May 18, 2018 - Articles

[nstoolman1]

26 minutes ago, umbertino said:

We ban cannabis but let people eat as much meat as they want. That makes no sense

 

If our goal is to limit social harm, we should reassess what we allow and what we ration

 

 

 

 

Keep your cotton picking hands off what I eat. I am healthier now than I have ever been by not eating off the FDA Pyramid. 

My insulin resistance makes the food pyramid a joke. I can't eat grains or sugary vegetables or my blood sugars go through the roof and I then become dependent on pharma meds to live.

Give me meat and fat and I stay off meds and feel great. 

Another case of someone not knowing what they speak of and wanting to control people. 

 

Nothing against you Umbertino.

 

[umbertino]

China demands release of Huawei executive arrested in Canada

 

Detention of Meng Wanzhou, who faces US extradition, reportedly related to alleged sanctions violations

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing and agencies

Thu 6 Dec 2018 09.12 GMT

 

 

 

Meng Wanzhou is one of the vice-chairs of the Chinese tech firm and the daughter of the company’s founder

Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/05/meng-wanzhou-huawei-cfo-arrested-vancouver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston’s miracle: how America stopped young men killing each other

 

The dramatic success of an initiative designed to forestall violence in US cities is gaining worldwide attention

 

 

Sandra Johansson in New Haven

Thu 6 Dec 2018 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

Detective Stacy Spell runs Project Longevity, a gang violence reduction initiative in New Haven

Photograph: Rob Schoenbaum

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/06/bostons-miracle-how-free-nappies-and-a-little-mentoring-are-curbing

Edited December 6, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

10 December: Human Rights Day

 

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70

 

 

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/

 

[umbertino]

70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

 

December 10, 2018 1:54 PM CST By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

 

 

 

 

“Enlightened Universe” an art installation created by Spanish artist Cristobal Gabarron. is composed of a large silver sphere surrounded by 70 figures joined hand-in-hand symbolizing global solidarity and responsibility for our planet. | UN Human Rights

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/70th-anniversary-of-the-universal-declaration-of-human-rights/

[umbertino]

Two nuns admit embezzling school funds for Las Vegas gambling trips

 

Church officials say pair took ‘substantial’ sum from St James school near Los Angeles

 

 

Haroon Siddique and agencies

Tue 11 Dec 2018 12.49 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/11/nuns-embezzling-school-funds-las-vegas-gambling-trips

[umbertino]

Strasbourg shooting: at least two killed in terrorist attack near Christmas market

 

French police say at least 11 others injured by gunman, who has ‘been identified’ but remains at large

 

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Tue 11 Dec 2018 21.45 GMT First published on Tue 11 Dec 2018 19.44 GMT

 

 

 

A police car by the entrance to the Christmas market in Strasbourg after the shooting

Photograph: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/strasbourg-shooting-in-eastern-france

[umbertino]

 

Sadly one of the badly wounded (at risk of life) is a joung journalist from my hometown.....His parents and GF  went immediately to Strasbourg to be with him.......

 

May God help him ( and all the others)

[umbertino]

Strasbourg Christmas market shooting: suspect on the run after three killed

 

France upgrades security threat level after terrorist attack leaves at least 12 injured

 

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Tue 11 Dec 2018 21.45 GMT First published on Tue 11 Dec 2018 19.44 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/strasbourg-shooting-in-eastern-france

[umbertino]

Strasbourg attack: 'It lasted for minutes, but felt like hours'

 

Witnesses describe panic and shock as gunman opened fire in city’s Christmas market

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Strasbourg

Wed 12 Dec 2018 14.24 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/strasbourg-attack-it-lasted-for-minutes-but-felt-like-hours

[umbertino]

Meng Wanzhou: Canadian court frees Huawei CFO on bail

 

Technology company executive facing extradition to the US is given $7.5m bail by a judge in Vancouver

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Wed 12 Dec 2018 05.03 GMT

 

 

 

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was bailed by a court in Vancouver on Tuesday

Photograph: HANDOUT/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/12/meng-wanzhou-canada-frees-huawei-cfo-on-bail

[umbertino]

Chérif Chekkat: who is the Strasbourg shooting suspect?

 

French police say the gunman is one of 12,000 ‘gangster-jihadists’ who exist under the radar

 

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Wed 12 Dec 2018 17.25 GMT

 

 

 

The religious practice and proselytising in jail of Chérif Chekkat (born in Strasbourg in 1989), who was on a police watch list, was described as ‘showing signs of radicalisation’.

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/cherif-chekkat-who-is-the-strasbourg-shooting-suspect

[Shabibilicious]

As I've noticed recently Umbertino, placing particular posters on ignore will diminish your negs greatly.....thus removing any doubt as to who the habitual haters really are.  Just a piece of advice. 

 

GO RV, then BV 

[umbertino]

Italian journalist seriously hurt in Strasbourg Christmas market attack

 

An Italian journalist is fighting for his life after being shot in a suspected terrorist attack at the Christmas market in Strasbourg, according to his friends and family.

Antonio Megalizzi, a 29-year-old radio reporter from Trento in northern Italy, is in a coma after taking a bullet to the head, his girlfriend's father told Ansa.

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

12 December 2018

17:24 CET+01:00

 

 

 

Passersby lay tributes to victims of the Strasbourg Christmas market attack. Photo: Patrick Herzog/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20181212/italian-journalist-antonio-megalizzi-hurt-in-strasbourg-christmas-market-attack

[Waaa]

9 hours ago, Shabibilicious said:

As I've noticed recently Umbertino, placing particular posters on ignore will diminish your negs greatly.....thus removing any doubt as to who the habitual haters really are.  Just a piece of advice. 

 

GO RV, then BV 

hey great idea.

does not work for the ostrich but maybe for him It will!

[Shabibilicious]

9 hours ago, Waaa said:

hey great idea.

does not work for the ostrich but maybe for him It will!

 

 

GO RV, then BV  

[umbertino]

Strasbourg attack suspect killed by police

 

Police say Chérif Chekatt, who allegedly killed three people, is dead

 

 

Kevin Rawlinson and agencies

Thu 13 Dec 2018 21.09 GMT

 

 

 

French special police forces secure an area of Strasbourg

Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/13/strasbourg-attack-suspect-killed-by-police-reports-say#img-1

 

 

[umbertino]

Italian reporter shot in Strasbourg attack has died

Antonio Megalizzi was hit in the head in terrorist attack

 

Redazione ANSA Paris

14 December 201818:23 News

 

 

 

Antonio Megalizzi

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/12/14/italian-reporter-shot-in-strasbourg-attack-has-died_0da81a60-ff71-4373-85e1-002a61b5a8d9.html

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

'A child is killed daily': saving lives in Brazil's deadliest city for adolescents

 

A growing movement is demanding action to curb the soaring murder rate among young people in Fortaleza

 

 

Jo Griffin in Fortaleza

Fri 14 Dec 2018 11.21 GMT

 

 

A mural of Janio Heinrich, an 18-year-old who worked for peace but was shot dead by gang members in Grande Bom Jardim, Fortaleza

Photograph: Phil Clarke Hill for the Guardian

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/14/saving-lives-brazil-deadliest-city-for-adolescents-fortaleza

[umbertino]

Vitaminwater contest: Ditch smartphone for a year, win $100,000

 

Posted: Fri 8:58 PM, Dec 14, 2018  | 

Updated: Fri 9:01 PM, Dec 14, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Vitaminwater-contest-Ditch-your-smartphone-for-a-year-win-100000-502830231.html

[umbertino]

Human rights body calls on US school to ban electric shocks on children

 

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a notice to the Judge Rotenberg Center to immediately stop the shocks

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Tue 18 Dec 2018 11.00 GMT

 

 

A resident pictured inside the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts, during the Guardian’s visit in September 2010

Photograph: Rick Friedman for the Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/18/judge-rotenberg-center-electric-shocks-ban-inter-american-commission-human-rights

[umbertino]

Suspect held after Scandinavian tourists killed in Moroccan mountains

 

Interior ministry says women, from Denmark and Norway, found with cuts to their necks

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Rabat

Tue 18 Dec 2018 11.07 GMT

 

 

 

The women’s bodies were found near the village of Imlil in the High Atlas mountains

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/17/bodies-of-two-female-tourists-found-in-moroccos-high-atlas

[umbertino]

Carmakers criticise 'unrealistic' EU plan to slash vehicle emissions

 

Anger over intended 37.5% cut for new cars but environmental groups say it is not enough

 

 

Jasper Jolly

Tue 18 Dec 2018 14.19 GMT Last modified on Tue 18 Dec 2018 15.26 GMT

 

 

 

Take-up of electric cars has been slow, comprising 1.5% of all cars sold in the EU last year

Photograph: Cyril Zingaro/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/dec/18/carmakers-criticise-unrealistic-eu-plan-slash-vehicle-emissions

[umbertino]

Facebook has built a Frankenstein monster. When will they admit that?

 

In the wake of the latest highly critical reports into Facebook and Google, it’s time for the tech giants to relinquish their hold over our lives

 

 

Wed 19 Dec 2018 14.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 19 Dec 2018 15.34 GMT

David Carroll

 

 

 

 

Life-sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing “Fix Fakebook” T-shirts are displayed by advocacy group, Avaaz, on the South East Lawn of the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, ahead of Zuckerberg’s appearance before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing

Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/19/big-tech-back-off-facebook-google

[umbertino]

Der Spiegel says top journalist faked stories for years

 

Publication says Claas Relotius committed journalistic fraud ‘on a grand scale’

 

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin and agencies

Wed 19 Dec 2018 16.15 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/19/top-der-spiegel-journalist-resigns-over-fake-interviews

[umbertino]

Violating our privacy is in Facebook's DNA

 

The latest scandal to hit Facebook is shocking. But the deeper story is that Facebook’s position is more secure than we feared

 

 

Thu 20 Dec 2018 11.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 20 Dec 2018 11.02 GMT

Siva Vaidhyanathan

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/20/facebook-violating-privacy-mark-zuckerberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl, 10, dies after female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone (West Africa)

 

Renewed calls for country to end practice after girl bleeds to death following mass initiation into secret society

 

 

Kate Hodal

Thu 20 Dec 2018 07.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 20 Dec 2018 15.45 GMT

 

 

 

Vid ...... I did check....It's viewable....Of course the stories told are very sad and somehow politely graphic.....You're warned....It's a tough reality for the women....That's for sure

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/20/girl-10-dies-after-female-genital-mutilation-in-sierra-leone