May 18, 2018 - Articles

[umbertino]

4 hours ago, dinarham said:

 I live in a very woodsy part of Michigan ,one traffic light in the whole county . Years ago ,the DNR released 12 young male cougars into the woods  in some kind of experiment  to control the deer population . Then some Ted Nugent wannabees released  female cougars into the area . Boom ! .  I was walking down the beach one day and saw a a curious  big  object by the water's edge . I walked a little closer when this  "object " stood up and had a big long tail . I high tailed it out of there . 

 

Thanks for your testimonial, Dinarham

 

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[umbertino]

UK:

 

A life 'completely destroyed' by one paragraph of immigration law

 

Paragraph 322(5) has devastating conditions, as Sidharth Vijay found when he made a simple correction to his tax return

 

 

Sun 20 May 2018 15.58 BST

By  Amelia Hill

 

 

 

 

Vijay has been forbidden to work since September last year because of a legal amendment he made to his tax records in 2014

Photograph: Antonio Olmos for the Observer

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/20/a-life-completely-destroyed-by-one-paragraph-322-immigration-law

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Mother of victim says her daughter rejected Santa Fe suspect's advances

 

Dan Patrick wants armed teachers and fewer school entrances

 

Parkland father calls lieutenant governor’s comments ‘idiotic’

 

Tom Dart in Santa Fe and Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 20 May 2018 18.21 BST

 

 

Vid & pic

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/20/santa-fe-shooting-suspect-dimitrios-pagourtzis-motive

 

[umbertino]

Chelsea F.C. owner Roman Abramovich is without a UK visa

 

Russian billionaire’s visa ran out weeks ago and it is unclear whether he will get a new one

 

Andrew Roth

Sun 20 May 2018 15.52 BST Last modified on Sun 20 May 2018 20.45 BST

 

 

 

Roman Abramovich was not at Wembley to see his team win the FA Cup

Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/20/chelsea-owner-roman-abramovich-is-without-a-uk-visa

[umbertino]

Carved idol from the Urals shatters expert views on birth of ritual art

 

Studies date Shigir Idol to 11,500 years ago – and cast new light on hunter-gatherers at the end of the ice age

 

Robin McKie, Science editor

Sun 20 May 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

Part of the Shigir Idol being examined at the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/20/shigur-idol-shatters-expert-views-birth-of-ritual-art-hunter-gatherers

[umbertino]

Drone tour of Italy: Videos

 

There are plenty of beautiful places to explore in Italy, and now you can take a tour of the country from the comfort of your sofa. These 13 stunning drone videos will provide beautiful inspiration for travellers - armchair or otherwise

 

 

Catherine Edwards

catherine.edwards@thelocal.com
@CatJREdwards

23 March 2017

14:32 CET+01:00

 

 

Lago Maggiore as seen by drone. Screengrab: Francesco Ferrrari/YouTube

 

 

 

Vids

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20170323/take-a-drone-tour-of-italy-with-these-13-stunning-videos

 

 

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'He loved to stir it up': five writers, editors and friends on Tom Wolfe's legacy

 

Tina Brown, Graydon Carter and others take stock of Wolfe’s long-form, stylized reportage that he helped popularize in the 1960s

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Wed 16 May 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Tina Brown on Tom Wolfe: ‘I don’t think I’ve seen anybody else do the same acrobatics with language but at the same time keep their poise as a journalist.’

Photograph: Sophie Bassouls/Sygma via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/16/tom-wolfe-death-legacy-according-to-friends-editor-writers

 

 

 

 

Tom Wolfe obituary: a great dandy, in elaborate dress and neon-lit prose

 

Journalist and author who won a name as a brilliant satirist with the ‘novel of the 1980s’, The Bonfire of the Vanities

 

Stanley Reynolds

Tue 15 May 2018 17.28 BST Last modified on Thu 17 May 2018 18.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/15/tom-wolfe-obituary

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Kilauea volcano grows more hazardous as spewing lava causes first major injury

 

Scientists can’t say if lava flows will keep advancing or stop

 

Man hit by lava spatter suffered ‘serious’ leg injury on Saturday

 

Associated Press in Pahoa, Hawaii

Sun 20 May 2018 13.47 BST

 

 

Vids

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/20/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-lava-flows

 

[umbertino]

 

21 May

 

 

Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4.8m homes

 

Defence pamphlet shows how population can prepare in event of attack and contribute to country’s ‘total defence’

 

 

Mon 21 May 2018 13.36 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/21/sweden-distributes-be-prepared-for-war-cyber-terror-attack-leaflet-to-every-home

 

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Russian 'dirty money' is damaging UK security, MPs say

 

Government must stop money laundering by ‘kleptocrats and rights abusers’, which is helping Putin subvert international rules

 

 

 

Vid

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent and Patrick Wintour

Mon 21 May 2018 05.59 BST

[umbertino]

First baby in 12 years born on remote island where births are banned

 

Girl’s arrival on Fernando de Noronha on Saturday came as a surprise to everyone – including the parents

 

Agence France-Presse

Mon 21 May 2018 01.27 BST

 

 

 

Tiny Fernando de Noronha doesn’t authorize births because there is no maternity ward

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/21/first-baby-12-years-born-brazil-island-births-banned-fernando-de-noronha

[umbertino]

Ignore the hype over big tech. Its products are mostly useless

 

It’s years since Silicon Valley gave us a game-changer. Instead, from curing disease to colonies on Mars, we’re fed overblown promises

 

 

Mon 21 May 2018 06.00 BST

By  John Harris

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/21/big-tech-products-silicon-valley

[umbertino]

Russian broadcaster RT faces three new Ofcom investigations

 

Latest alleged broadcasting code breaches mean channel has 11 cases pending against it

 

Jim Waterson

Mon 21 May 2018 12.47 BST Last modified on Mon 21 May 2018 12.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/may/21/russian-broadcaster-rt-three-new-ofcom-investigations

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Key white supremacist found living in Montreal exposes reach of hate groups

 

Propagandist who goes by the pseudonym ‘Zeiger’ has been organizing a small network of neo-Nazis in the city since 2016

 

 

Mon 21 May 2018 11.30 BST

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

White nationalist demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12 August 2017. White supremacist ‘Zeiger’ attended the rally with a small group from Quebec

Photograph: Steve Helber/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/21/key-white-supremacist-found-living-in-montreal-exposes-reach-of-hate-groups

[umbertino]

Asteroid from another star system found orbiting wrong way near Jupiter

 

For the first time, a permanent member of our solar system has been found to have originated elsewhere

 

Mon 21 May 2018 13.27 BST

By  Nicola Davis

 

 

 

Images of asteroid 2015 BZ509, which appears to have come from another star system

Photograph: Royal Astronomical Society

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/21/retrograde-asteroid-is-interstellar-immigrant-scientists-say

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Google sued for 'clandestine tracking' of 4.4m UK iPhone users' browsing data

 

Collective action seeking up to £3.2bn ($4.30B) for claims Google bypassed privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser

 

Samuel Gibbs

Mon 21 May 2018 16.18 BST Last modified on Mon 21 May 2018 18.30 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/21/google-sued-tracking-44m-uk-iphone-users-browsing-data-apple-safari

[umbertino]

Death in the sun: Australia's 88-day law leaves backpackers exploited and exposed

 

The 2017 death of Olivier Caramin joins a growing list of problems backpackers can face in rural jobs, including rape, harassment and underpayment

 

 

Mon 21 May 2018 01.48 BST

Anne Davies

 

 

 

Belgian backpacker Olivier ‘Max’ Caramin died after picking pumpkins on a farm in Queensland

Photograph: Facebook

 

 

 

More pics & 1 vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/21/death-in-the-sun-australias-88-day-law-leaves-backpackers-exploited-and-exposed

 

 

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Elon Musk announces $78,000 high-performance version of Tesla Model 3

 

New faster dual-motor AWD variants added to lineup as firm continues battle to ramp up production of ‘mass market’ Tesla

 

Samuel Gibbs

Mon 21 May 2018 13.26 BST Last modified on Mon 21 May 2018 13.28 BST

 

 

 

Musk says Model 3, launched to compete with the likes of BMW’s M3, will ‘beat anything in its class on the track’.

Photograph: Imaginechina/REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/21/elon-musk-announces-high-performance-tesla-model-3-dual-motor-awd

[umbertino]

Barack and Michelle Obama to make films for Netflix

 

Former US president and first lady will develop ideas for films and documentaries

 

Jim Waterson Media editor

Mon 21 May 2018 18.32 BST

 

 

 

Former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said they were excited to ‘partner’ with the streaming giant

Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/may/21/barack-and-michelle-obama-to-make-films-for-netflix

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Adventure tourists: when you visit remote tribes, learn the art of sharing

 

Living with Guyana’s Wai Wai taught me that building relationships – and earning money – is vital for indigenous people to get access to healthcare and education

 

 

Mon 21 May 2018 11.49 BST Last modified on Mon 21 May 2018 13.11 BST

By  Elliott Oakley

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/21/adventure-tourists-remote-tribes-art-of-sharing-elliott-oakley

[umbertino]

New Starbucks policy allows non-paying guests to sit in cafes and use restrooms

 

Move comes after company was accused of bias when two black men were arrested for sitting without buying anything as they waited for a meeting

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Mon 21 May 2018 22.16 BST

 

 

 

Rashon Nelson, left, and Donte Robinson settled with the city of Philadelphia for a symbolic $1 each and a promise to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs

Photograph: Jacqueline Larma/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/20/new-starbucks-policy-allows-nonpaying-guests-use-restrooms

[Muleslayer]

I believe that title could be expressed as vagrancy.

[umbertino]

 22 May

Why speaking Spanish is becoming dangerous in America

 

Reports of people being berated or attacked while communicating in the world’s second most spoken language are on the rise

 

Jose Fermoso

Tue 22 May 2018 17.10 BST Last modified on Tue 22 May 2018 18.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/22/speaking-spanish-dangerous-america-aaron-schlossberg-ice

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South Africa kidnappers make ransom demand in bitcoin

 

Abductors of boy, 13, left note demanding £92,000 ($123,657) worth of cryptocurrency for his release

 

Jason Burke in Johannesburg and agencies

Tue 22 May 2018 19.52 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/22/south-africa-kidnappers-ransom-demand-bitcoin

 

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'I am not a racist,' says lawyer behind racist New York cafe rant  ( please see one of above articles - page 1)

 

Aaron Schlossberg makes his first public statement since he was filmed verbally abusing restaurant workers for speaking Spanish

 

Sam Wolfson in New York

Tue 22 May 2018 20.32 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/22/aaron-schlossberg-apology-new-york-lawyer-racist-rant-video