May 18, 2018 - Articles

[umbertino]

EU 'outright dangerous' in its use of natural resources, says WWF

 

About 2.8 planets would be needed if rest of world followed suit, biocapacity data shows

 

 

Arthur Neslen

Thu 9 May 2019 14.20 BST Last modified on Thu 9 May 2019 15.11 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/09/biocapacity-eu-outright-dangerous-in-its-use-of-natural-resources-says-wwf

 

[caz1104]

Even the folks that put out the "guardian" don't believe their own . But they love folks like Umbertino that help circulate there garbage.

[umbertino]

Blow up: how half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island

 

In 2001, a smugglers’ yacht washed up in the Azores and disgorged its contents. The island of São Miguel was quickly flooded with high-grade cocaine – and nearly 20 years on, it is still feeling the effects

 

 

Fri 10 May 2019 06.00 BST

By Matthew Bremner

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/10/blow-up-how-half-a-tonne-of-cocaine-transformed-the-life-of-an-island

[umbertino]

Neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow: ‘Changing the way that you think is cognitively costly’

 

In her new book, the scientist examines the role of fate in our lives, how our politics are formed and sniffing out Mr Right

 

 

Ian Tucker

Sat 11 May 2019 14.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/11/neuroscientist-dr-hannah-critchlow-science-of-fate-interview

 

[umbertino]

'I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it': confessions of an alcoholic

 

After years of lying to colleagues and loved ones, could I get sober?

 

Will Wiles

Fri 10 May 2019 12.00 BST

 

 

‘I started hiding cans. Next to my desk at home was a filing cabinet, and if I left the bottom drawer open it made a neat slot.’

Photograph: Lol Keegan/The Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/may/10/drink-gushed-into-space-confessions-of-an-alcoholic

 

[umbertino]

Science of anger: how gender, age and personality shape this emotion

 

What purpose does anger serve? Are men angrier than women? Can it affect our mental wellbeing? Science is beginning to uncover some of the answers

 

 

Sun 12 May 2019 10.00 BST

by Hannah Devlin

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/12/science-of-anger-gender-age-personality

[umbertino]

Doris Day, celebrated actor and singer, dies at 97

 

The star of a string of successful film musicals was also known for her work as an animal welfare activist

 

Benjamin Lee

Mon 13 May 2019 14.04 BST Last modified on Mon 13 May 2019 14.32 BST

 

 

 

Doris Day, circa 1962

Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/13/calamity-jane-star-doris-day-dies-at-97

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25 minutes ago, umbertino said:

Doris Day, celebrated actor and singer, dies at 97

 

The star of a string of successful film musicals was also known for her work as an animal welfare activist

 

Benjamin Lee

Mon 13 May 2019 14.04 BST Last modified on Mon 13 May 2019 14.32 BST

 

 

 

Doris Day, circa 1962

Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/may/13/calamity-jane-star-doris-day-dies-at-97

 

A great talent.

 

B/A

[umbertino]

Three people shot with crossbow found dead in German hotel

 

Investigators say they believe no one else was involved in deaths of men and two women

 

Associated Press in Berlin

Mon 13 May 2019 11.52 BST

 

 

The hotel in Passau, Bavaria, where the bodies were found

Photograph: Lino Mirgeler/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/13/three-people-shot-crossbow-german-hotel

[umbertino]

WhatsApp spyware attack was attempt to hack human rights data, says lawyer

 

NSO Group technology used against lawyer involved in civil case against the Israeli surveillance firm

 

Nick Hopkins and Dan Sabbagh

Tue 14 May 2019 13.27 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/14/whatsapp-spyware-vulnerability-targeted-lawyer-says-attempt-was-desperate

[umbertino]

Virus in the computer, emptied 40,000 current accounts, defeated the world's cyber gang

They have accumulated a fortune by emptying the current accounts of 40,000 people. The promise accumulated by an international cyberband that beats internet users using dirty malware, which can receive bank data, amounts to one hundred million dollars. Cyber criminals have been able to capture data, and thus money, even from companies and institutions. The dismantling of the organization was a complex police operation in which also Europol and the FBI participated, with surveys in the US, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine

 

 

May 17, 2019

 

 

 

 

https://vaaju.com/italyeng/virus-in-the-computer-emptied-40000-current-accounts-defeated-the-worlds-cyber-gang/

[umbertino]

Forbes: 5 Incredible Italian Cities To Get To Before Everyone Else Does (umb's note:  that includes my hometown)

 

Catherine Sabino

 

Apr 11, 2019, 08:30am

 

 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/catherinesabino/2019/04/11/5-incredible-italian-cities-to-get-to-before-everyone-else-does/#55446eb72485

 

[umbertino]

Google blocks Huawei access to Android updates after blacklisting

 

Reported move could hit Huawei Technologies’ ability to run phone operating system

 

 

Nadeem Badshah and Lily Kuo in Beijing

Mon 20 May 2019 10.34 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/19/google-huawei-trump-blacklist-report

 

 

I happen to have a Huawei smartphone....Somebody's present for my b-day  2 years ago...So far it worked all right...Let's see what happens this coming fall.....

[umbertino]

Billionaire pledges to pay student debt for 2019 class at historic black US college

 

Robert Smith makes pledge to eliminate students’ debt estimated at $40m at Morehouse, Martin Luther King’s alma mater

 

Martin Pengelly and agencies

Sun 19 May 2019 19.49 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/19/morehouse-college-billionaire-pledge-pay-student-debt

[umbertino]

Brazil bar 'massacre': 11 people reportedly killed by group of gunmen

 

Authorities unable to explain why seven attackers converged on bar in northern city of Belém and then started shooting

 

Staff and Associated Press

Mon 20 May 2019 03.01 BST

 

 

Policemen guard a site where, according to local media, an armed group entered and opened fire at a bar, killing 11, in Belem, Para state, Brazil

Photograph: STRINGER/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/brazil-bar-massacre-11-people-reportedly-killed-by-group-of-gunmen

 

Been to Belem as a part of a Brazil trip in 1985...It used to have already a bad reputation even for Brazilian standards

Edited May 20, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Revealed: 1.6m Americans live near the most polluting incinerators in the US

 

Lower-income and minority communities are exposed to majority of the pollution coming from waste-burning plants, report finds

 

Oliver Milman in New York

Tue 21 May 2019 14.59 BST

 

 

The Covanta incinerator in Chester, Pennsylvania. Residents live right behind the plant, which burned about 200 tons of garbage a day until the practice was discontinued in April

Photograph: Hannah Yoon/The Guardian

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/21/us-pollution-incinerators-waste-burning-plants-report

[umbertino]

Man miraculously survives taking an arrow to the heart

May 22, 2019

By Ben Feuerherd

 

 

 

https://nypost.com/2019/05/22/man-miraculously-survives-taking-an-arrow-to-the-heart/

 

[umbertino]

Boom to bust: faded smalltown America – in pictures

 

Niko J Kallianiotis travelled through the main streets of Pennsylvania to photograph ‘the silhouette of what once was’ now the coal industry has gone

 

All photographs by Niko J Kallianiotis

Wed 22 May 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/may/22/pennsylvania-small-town-america-in-pictures-photography-niko-j-kallianiotis

 

Edited May 22, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Blast in French City of Lyon Injures 8; Causes Unknown

French local officials say that an explosion in the city of Lyon has caused minor injuries to eight people

 

By Associated Press, Wire Service Content May 24, 2019, at 12:41 p.m.

 

 

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-05-24/blast-in-french-city-of-lyon-injures-8-causes-unknown

[umbertino]

More than a dozen injured in suspected package bomb blast in France

 

Police evacuate Lyon street after incident described by Emmanuel Macron as an attack

 

Agence France Presse in Lyon

Fri 24 May 2019 18.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/24/suspected-package-bomb-blast-lyon-france

[umbertino]

Exploding stars led to humans walking on two legs, radical study suggests

 

Scientists say surge of radiation led to lightning causing forest fires, making adaptation vital

 

Ian Sample Science editor

Tue 28 May 2019 14.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/28/exploding-stars-led-humans-walking-on-two-legs-study

[umbertino]

From chicken to tomatoes, here's why American food is hurting you

 

The recent news about glyphosate and cancer only highlights a broader problem with our system: our obsession with killing the natural world is poisoning us

 

Maria Rodale

Tue 28 May 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/from-chicken-to-tomatoes-heres-why-american-food-is-hurting-you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida appoints first chief science officer to take on climate crisis

 

Tom Frazer plans to make water quality a priority in new role created by Republican governor Ron DeSantis

 

Richard Luscombe in Miami

Tue 28 May 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/florida-tom-frazer-chief-science-officer-climate-water-quality

Edited May 28, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Tornadoes hit unusually wide swaths of U.S., alarming scientists

 

May 28, 2019 12:53 PM CDT By Julia Conley

 

 

 

A tornado in the Oklahoma City suburb of El Reno left at least two people dead after it flattened a motel and caused widespread damage to a mobile home park on May 25. | CBC News / YouTube screenshot

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/tornadoes-hit-unusually-wide-swaths-of-u-s-alarming-scientists/

[umbertino]

Hells Angels banned by Dutch court in biker gang crackdown

 

Court has said the ‘club of outlaws’ is a danger to the public order

 

Agence France-Presse in The Hague

Wed 29 May 2019 13.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/29/hells-angels-banned-by-dutch-court-in-strike-against-biker-gangs

[umbertino]

Heavily processed food like ready meals and ice-cream linked to early death

 

Two major studies add to body of evidence against foods made with industrial ingredients

 

Ian Sample Science editor

Wed 29 May 2019 23.30 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/may/29/studies-link-too-much-heavily-processed-food-to-early-death

 

 

 

 

 

Crispr gene-editing will change the way Americans eat – here's what's coming

 

The technology will be labeled and subject to stringent health and environment review in the EU, but not in the US, where produce could be radically changed

 

Karen Weintraub

Thu 30 May 2019 06.50 BST Last modified on Thu 30 May 2019 15.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/30/crispr-gene-edited-food-technology-us-produce