umbertino Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) World’s oldest man dies in Japan aged 113 Masazo Nonaka, who enjoyed watching sumo wrestling and eating sweets, died at home Agencies in Tokyo Sun 20 Jan 2019 10.48 GMT Last modified on Sun 20 Jan 2019 12.26 GMT Masazo Nonaka, pictured last April, was born on 25 July 1905 Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/20/worlds-oldest-man-masazo-nonaka-dies-in-japan-at-113 Super blood wolf moon: rare total lunar eclipse to appear in northern hemisphere skies Last blood moon for two years will combine with a supermoon to create the unusual celestial phenomenon Guardian staff and agencies Sun 20 Jan 2019 15.24 GMT A blood moon last occurred in July 2018, though clouds largely obscured the celestial phenomenon in the UK Photograph: JM F Almeida/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/20/super-blood-wolf-moon-rare-total-lunar-eclipse-to-grace-northern-hemisphere-skies Edited January 20, 2019 by umbertino 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonangler Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, umbertino said: Super blood wolf moon: rare total lunar eclipse to appear in northern hemisphere skies Thanks Umbertino, we are all planning to brave the cold to view this.. B/A 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Does marijuana use really cause psychotic disorders? Alex Berenson says the drug causes ‘sharp increases in murders and aggravated assaults’. As scientists, we find his claims misinformed and reckless Carl L Hart and Charles Ksir Sun 20 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/20/marijuana-cannabis-health-effects-issues-mental-health-disorders-science 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2019 Florida bank shooting leaves at least five dead Suspect, 21, in custody Incident occurred just after 12.30pm in Sebring Reuters Wed 23 Jan 2019 22.10 GMT Last modified on Wed 23 Jan 2019 22.23 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/23/florida-shooting-bank-latest-news-sebring-hostages-suntrust 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) Italy violated Knox's right to defence - Strasbourg court European Court of Human Rights says Rome must pay 18,000 euros ($20,430) Strasbourg 24 January 201912:13 News Amanda Knox http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2019/01/24/italy-violated-knoxs-right-to-defence-strasbourg_c8ee4280-1103-47f3-a580-f39dec19294a.html Italian police mistreated Amanda Knox, rules European court of human rights Europe's top human rights court on Thursday said Italy failed to provide adequate legal representation for Amanda Knox, an American student acquitted in 2015 of the gruesome killing of her British housemate AFP news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 24 January 2019 12:31 CET+01:00 https://www.thelocal.it/20190124/italy-police-amanda-knox-human-rights-court-echr Edited January 24, 2019 by umbertino 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Revealed: Facebook let children run up huge bills to boost revenues Firm has settled US lawsuit over purchases with parents’ credit cards, court papers show Alex Hern Fri 25 Jan 2019 14.01 GMT Last modified on Fri 25 Jan 2019 14.22 GMT Facebook promoted games that allowed users to buy in-game advantages with real money Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/25/revealed-facebook-let-kids-run-up-huge-bills-maximise-revenue 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabibilicious Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Wow.....It looks like your neg numbers really spiked overnight. I'm sorry my friend....as you know, the human condition is not always a good one. And as usual, I've used my allotment of +'s for the day. GO RV, then BV 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Shabibilicious said: Wow.....It looks like your neg numbers really spiked overnight. I'm sorry my friend....as you know, the human condition is not always a good one. And as usual, I've used my allotment of +'s for the day. GO RV, then BV Thanks Shabs.......Glad you did notice that cos I had the feeling that when I was trying to talk about it in the past many thought I was lying / making up stuff.....So I do appreciate, Bro..... Haters will be haters...I know I have to deal with it I wanted to plus you but it looks like my pluses end up real fast nowadays.....Ok.....Until I get re-loaded again..... 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Brazil dam collapse: 10 bodies found and hundreds missing Chance of finding survivors ‘minimal’ after tailings dam at iron ore mine bursts Dom Phillips in Pacaraima Sat 26 Jan 2019 13.31 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/brazil-dam-collapse-news-latest-mining-disaster-brumadinho 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Rescuers find body of toddler who fell down Spanish well Two-year-old Julen Rosseló fell down 100-metre borehole near Málaga 13 days ago Sam Jones in Madrid Sat 26 Jan 2019 09.25 GMT First published on Sat 26 Jan 2019 02.17 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/26/rescuers-find-body-of-toddler-who-fell-into-a-well-in-spain 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Suspect arrested in Louisiana shootings which left five dead Dakota Theriot, 21, arrested in Virginia Theriot’s parents and three others killed in two incidents Associated Press Sun 27 Jan 2019 14.49 GMT First published on Sun 27 Jan 2019 14.29 GMT Dakota Theriot was booked on two counts of first-degree murder, home invasion and illegal use of weapons Photograph: AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/27/louisiana-dakota-theriot-suspect-arrested-five-dead One in 20 Britons does not believe Holocaust took place, poll finds Call for better education after scale of ignorance is revealed in survey to coincide with memorial day Harriet Sherwood Sun 27 Jan 2019 00.01 GMT Last modified on Sun 27 Jan 2019 08.34 GMT A visitor studies stories of Holocaust victims during the annual Holocaust memorial commemoration event at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on 23 January Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/one-in-20-britons-does-not-believe-holocaust-happened 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Binghamton schools put on notice after strip search of Black girls January 24, 2019 9:11 AM CST By Scott Hiley Parents and community members packed the meeting of the Binghamton District School Board. | PLOT https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/binghamton-schools-put-on-notice-after-strip-search-of-black-girls/ 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Three-year-old boy missing in woods for two days says friendly bear kept him safe Casey Hathaway from North Carolina hailed ‘a survivor’ by police after becoming lost in sub-zero temperatures Staff and agencies Mon 28 Jan 2019 02.57 GMT Last modified on Mon 28 Jan 2019 10.08 GMT Casey Hathaway told family he hung out with a bear after he went missing near his grandmother’s North Carolina home Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/28/three-year-old-boy-missing-in-woods-for-two-days-says-friendly-bear-kept-him-safe 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) Facebook paid 13-year-olds for access to all their internet data Accusations that social media giant used privacy loophole could stoke conflict with Apple Alex Hern Wed 30 Jan 2019 12.17 GMT Last modified on Wed 30 Jan 2019 12.41 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/30/facebook-paid-13-year-olds-for-access-to-all-their-internet-data Polar vortex: Chicago colder than Antarctica as temperatures plummet Great Lakes may dip to -40F amid bitter cold carried by the polar vortex, a stream of air that spins around over the North Pole Jessica Glenza in New York and agencies Wed 30 Jan 2019 16.23 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/30/polar-vortex-us-weather-latest-temperatures-midwest-east Edited January 30, 2019 by umbertino 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Super Bowl: 33 arrested for sex trafficking in Atlanta in run-up to game Four victims have been rescued, authorities say, as more than 600 DHS officials will be in the city on Sunday for protection Guardian staff and agencies Thu 31 Jan 2019 17.27 GMT Atlanta police chief Erika Shields speaks at a news conference in Atlanta Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/31/super-bowl-security-georgia-sex-trafficking-arrests Death of the private self: how fifteen years of Facebook changed the human condition In 2004, the social network site was set up to connect people. But now, with lives increasingly played out online, have we forgotten how to be alone? John Harris Thu 31 Jan 2019 05.59 GMT Last modified on Thu 31 Jan 2019 10.54 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/31/how-facebook-robbed-us-of-our-sense-of-self Edited January 31, 2019 by umbertino 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Lisbon's bad week: police brutality reveals Portugal's urban reality A viral video of police violence has brought national attention to the long-ghettoised community in Bairro da Jamaica Ana Naomi de Sousa in Lisbon, Portugal Thu 31 Jan 2019 12.00 GMT Pics https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/31/lisbons-bad-week-police-brutality-reveals-portugals-urban-reality Visited in 2009....Beautiful city....... 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 Betrayal, torture and a $100m bribe: what the El Chapo trial has revealed As proceedings wind down, it is clear the exposure of corruption throughout the Mexican state will be the trial’s principle legacy Ed Vulliamy Sat 2 Feb 2019 08.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 2 Feb 2019 14.51 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/02/el-chapo-trial-revealed-betrayal-torture-bribe 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 Witness claims El Chapo had sex with minors he called ‘vitamins’ Unsealed documents made public just as jury is about to start deliberations in Joaquín Guzmán’s drug-trafficking case Edward Helmore in New York and agencies Sun 3 Feb 2019 17.32 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/03/el-chapo-trial-sex-with-minors-witness-claims-court-papers Four-year-old shoots mother in face after finding gun under mattress Pregnant woman, 27, has ‘life-threatening’ injuries New Washington state law governs unsafe gun storage Associated Press in Seattle Sun 3 Feb 2019 18.49 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/03/four-year-old-shoots-mother-face-gun-mattress 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 Cryptocurrency investors locked out of $190m after exchange founder dies QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest exchange, was unable to access password or recovery key after Gerald Cotten died last December Dominic Rushe Mon 4 Feb 2019 16.51 GMT Last modified on Mon 4 Feb 2019 16.56 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/04/quadrigacx-canada-cryptocurrency-exchange-locked-gerald-cotten 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) Erasing the hate: the tattoo shop offering former white supremacists a fresh start At Sickside Tattoo Studio in Mississippi, reformed gang members and white supremacists such as TM Garret seek free cover-ups for ink from their pasts Deborah Bloom Tue 5 Feb 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 5 Feb 2019 14.45 GMT Nate Greer takes a smoke break outside Sickside Tattoo Studio in Horn Lake, Mississippi Photograph: Melissa Golden/The Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/05/sickside-tattoo-studio-erase-the-hate-white-supremacist-tattoo-cover-ups Alabama officer won't be charged for killing black man during mall shooting The officer had said he shot and killed Emantic ‘EJ’ Bradford, Jr because he thought Bradford was the gunman in a mall shooting Associated Press Tue 5 Feb 2019 20.15 GMT Last modified on Tue 5 Feb 2019 21.41 GMT April Pipkins holds a photograph of her deceased son, Emantic ‘EJ’ Bradford Jr in Birmingham, Alabama on 27 November 2018 Photograph: Jay Reeves/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/05/alabama-officer-wont-be-charged-for-killing-black-man-during-mall-shooting Runner suffocated mountain lion after animal attacked him, officials say Colorado Parks and Wildlife says man fought off the cougar, hiked out of the area after attack and drove himself to hospital Katharine Gammon and Associated Press Tue 5 Feb 2019 18.35 GMT A mountain lion makes its way through fresh snow in the foothills outside of Golden, Colorado Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/05/colorado-mountain-lion-attack-man-suffocated-animal Edited February 5, 2019 by umbertino 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Finland's 'free cash' experiment fails to boost employment But scheme giving unemployed £475 ($614.60) a month did leave participants happier and healthier Jon Henley and agencies Fri 8 Feb 2019 16.39 GMT Helsinki, Finland. The scheme was aimed at seeing whether a guaranteed income might incentivise people to take up more low-paid or temporary work by removing their concerns about losing benefits Photograph: peeterv/Getty Images/iStockphoto https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/08/finland-free-cash-experiment-fails-to-boost-employment The linguistic scam of Italy’s ‘citizenship income’ Roberto Ciccarelli Il Manifesto Global Edition October 21, 2018 https://www.bin-italia.org/the-linguistic-scam-of-italys-citizenship-income/ 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Rio declares three days of mourning after fire kills 10 teenage footballers Flamengo president says it is ‘the worst tragedy to happen to the club in its 123 years’ Sam Jones and agencies in Rio de Janeiro Sat 9 Feb 2019 13.00 GMT A man wearing a Flamengo soccer kit prays during a memorial mass for the victims of the fire Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP More pics & 1 vid https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/09/rio-de-janeiro-brazil-declares-three-days-of-mourning-after-fire-kills-10-teenage-footballers-flamengo 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Attorney: New racist threats at GM plant where nooses found Workers who sued General Motors after nooses and racist graffiti were found at its largest U.S. transmission plant nearly two years ago........ By JOHN SEEWERJanuary 17, 2019 https://www.apnews.com/fd86523e19674656b887c073b5ae887c 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 El Chapo trial: Mexican drug cartel boss found guilty Joaquín Guzmán, 61, could spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted following three-month New York trial Adam Gabbatt in New York and agencies Tue 12 Feb 2019 17.41 GMT El Chapo twice escaped prison before his final capture in 2016 Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/12/el-chapo-mexican-drug-kingpin-guilty-drug-trafficking 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted February 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2019 Six California police officers fire shots at rapper asleep in car, killing him Family of Willie McCoy allege racial profiling after Vallejo police fire ‘multiple rounds’ at man Sam Levin in Oakland Tue 12 Feb 2019 23.15 GMT Willie McCoy had been sleeping in his car outside a Taco Bell, authorities said Photograph: Courtesy David Harrison https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/california-police-shooting-willie-mccoy 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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