May 18, 2018 - Articles

[umbertino]

 

Last night  he / she  ( them) worked very hard....48 negs

 

Ok.....Your ( negger) satisfaction  is important.....If that makes you happy...

 

Just sorry that you have to work so much because of me.....

 

 

I will keep praying for you brother / sister

 

[umbertino]

30 injured after severe turbulence tosses passengers on US flight

 

Passengers describe ‘blood all over’ Istanbul-New York plane, and attendant broke leg

 

 

Associated Press

Sun 10 Mar 2019 09.58 GMT Last modified on Sun 10 Mar 2019 12.35 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/10/30-injured-after-severe-turbulence-tosses-passengers-on-us-flight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No survivors after Ethiopian plane crash, airline says

 

Ethiopian Airlines fight ET 302 believed to have had 157 passengers and crew on board

 

 

Jonathan Watts in Nairobi

Sun 10 Mar 2019 11.35 GMT

 

 

The dead included 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, eight Chinese citizens, eight US citizens, seven British citizens, seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Dutch citizens, four Indians, four Slovakians, three Austrians, three Swedes, three Russians, two Moroccans, two Spaniards, two Poles and two Israelis, according to Tewolde Gebremariam, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines

 

 

Many were going to attend an important  climate conference in Nairobi, Kenya

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/10/ethiopian-airlines-says-kenya-flight-with-157-onboard-has-crashed

 

[umbertino]

Ethiopian Airlines crash: Boeing faces safety questions over 737 Max 8 jets

 

Cockpit and flight recorder may hold clues to why flight ET302 crashed killing 157 people

 

 

Gwyn Topham, Lily Kuo, Kate Lyons and Dominic Rushe

Mon 11 Mar 2019 14.28 GMT

 

 

 

Vids & graphs

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/11/ethiopia-airline-crash-china-grounds-boeing-737-max-8-jets-in-wake-of-disaster

 

 

[umbertino]

UK and other EU countries ban Boeing 737 Max planes after Ethiopia crash

 

Move leaves US regulators increasingly isolated in maintaining plane is safe

 

 

Gwyn Topham and Dominic Rushe

Tue 12 Mar 2019 13.47 GMT

 

 

Vid & graphs

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/11/airlines-and-agencies-reassure-alarmed-passengers-about-boeing-737-max-8

[umbertino]

'Boulevards of death': why pedestrian road fatalities are surging in the US

 

Study cites population growth, driver distraction because of increased phone use and the growing popularity of SUVs as deaths reached an almost three-decade high last year

 

 

Lauren Aratani and Hazar Kilani in New York

Tue 12 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

A memorial for fatal pedestrian victim Allison Donovan at the Powder House Boulevard in Somerville, Massachusetts

Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/12/boulevards-of-death-why-pedestrian-road-fatalities-are-surging-in-the-us

[umbertino]

Flight attendants’ union calls for grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes

 

March 12, 2019 3:08 PM CDT By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

 

 

 

 

A Boeing 737 (MAX 8 jetliner, belonging to Southwest Airlines, lands at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, on Wed., Feb. 27. Southwest operates more 737 MAX 8's than any other airline in the U.S. | Larry MacDougal via AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/flight-attendants-union-calls-for-grounding-boeing-737-max-8-planes/

[umbertino]

Brazil shooting: at least 10 killed at high school

 

Six students and the two gunmen are among the dead in school shooting near São Paulo

 

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 13 Mar 2019 17.45 GMT

 

 

 

Police officers guard the entrance of the Raul Brasil school. About 1,000 children attend the school, police said

Photograph: Mauricio Sumiya/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/13/brazil-shooting-school-sao-paulo-deaths-latest-news-updates

[umbertino]

Cardinal George Pell to spend nearly four years in jail for child sexual assault

 

Chief judge calls Pell’s crimes ‘breathtakingly arrogant’ as he sentences Pell to six years in jail, with non-parole period of three years and eight months

 

 

Melissa Dave

Wed 13 Mar 2019 00.29 GMT Last modified on Wed 13 Mar 2019 09.58 GMT

 

 

Vid & pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/13/cardinal-george-pell-to-spend-nearly-four-years-in-jail-for-child-sexual-assault

[umbertino]

Reputed boss of Gambino crime family shot dead in New York

 

Death of Francesco ‘Franky Boy’ Cali is first targeted killing of a mob boss in city for more than 30 years

 

 

Erin Durkin in Staten Island, New York, and Jamiles Lartey

Thu 14 Mar 2019 17.14 GMT

 

 

New York police department and New York City fire department respond to a report of shots fired in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island

Photograph: Joseph Ostapiuk/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/14/reputed-boss-gambino-crime-family-shot-dead-new-york

[umbertino]

Ralph Nader’s Grandniece Died in Ethiopian Plane Crash; Now He Is Urging Boycott of Boeing Jet

 

March 13, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/13/ralph_naders_grandniece_died_in_ethiopian

[umbertino]

Deadly air in our cities: the invisible killer

 

Traffic pollution is putting our children at risk. We meet campaigners – many of them concerned mothers – fighting back

 

 

Tim Smedley

Sun 17 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

Aerial view south across the city of London in fog and or air pollution

Photograph: Andrew Holt/Getty Images

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/17/air-pollution-london-low-emission-zone-deadly-toxic-fumes

[umbertino]

Nebraska floods leave towns submerged and at least one dead

 

Family say man killed while attempting to rescue stranded motorists amid deluge of rainwater and snowmelt

 

 

Associated Press in Omaha, Nebraska

Sun 17 Mar 2019 02.26 GMT

 

 

 

A semi truck and trailer are swept off the road by floodwaters in Arlington, Nebraska

Photograph: Ryan Soderlin/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/16/nebraska-flood-man-dead-rescue-effort

 

[umbertino]

Utrecht tram shooting: three dead as police hunt gunman

 

Security increased across Netherlands as police say shooting may have terrorist motive

 

 

Jon Henley European affairs correspondent

Mon 18 Mar 2019 14.06 GMT

 

 

Emergency services at the scene in Utrecht

Photograph: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/18/utrecht-shooting-tram-dutch-netherlands

 

 

News Channel just said that the shooter is allegedly a Turkish man, 37, by the name of Gokman Tanis

[umbertino]

The Latest: Dutch tram shooting suspect arrested

 

By Associated Press |

PUBLISHED: March 18, 2019 at 1:44 pm | UPDATED: March 18, 2019 at 1:45 pm

 

 

 

Emergency services attend the scene of a shooting in Utrecht, Netherlands, Monday March 18, 2019. Police in the central Dutch city of Utrecht say on Twitter that “multiple” people have been injured as a result of a shooting in a tram in a residential neighborhood (Martijn van der Zande via AP)

 

 

 

 

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/03/18/the-latest-dutch-police-considering-terrorism-in-shooting/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing 737 Max: US prosecutors investigate plane after fatal crashes

 

Investigation, issued by grand jury in Washington DC, includes subpoena seeking documents related to aircraft’s development

 

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Mon 18 Mar 2019 16.24 GMT

 

 

 

A mourner lays flowers at the memorial march during a visit to the crash site of Ethiopian airlines flight ET302 on 14 March in Ejere, Ethiopia

Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/18/boeing-737-max-airplanes-inquiry-us-federal-authorities

Edited March 18, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Brazilian drug gang opens fire on convoy of trucks carrying nuclear fuel

 

Latest incident raises concerns about Brazil’s nuclear security in a state struggling with violent crime

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 20 Mar 2019 01.34 GMT

 

 

Police in Brazil have exchanged gunfire with gang members as they escorted trucks carrying uranium to the Angra nuclear plant

Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/20/brazilian-drug-gang-opens-fire-on-convoy-of-trucks-carrying-nuclear-fuel

 

Let's see the miracles fascist President  Bolsonaro will achieve......

[umbertino]

Rare super worm moon will loom large as it coincides with equinox

 

Phenomenon last occurred in spring 1905 and won’t happen again until the year 2144

 

 

Nicola Davis

Wed 20 Mar 2019 17.20 GMT First published on Wed 20 Mar 2019 17.17 GMT

 

 

 

 

The super worm moon moniker is a nod to the emergence of worms in the soil at the time of the March full moon

Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/20/rare-super-worm-moon-will-loom-large-as-it-coincides-with-equinox

[caz1104]

friggin Trump

[umbertino]

‘Potentially historic’ flooding may deluge parts of US south, experts warn

 

Flooding could inundate states along the lower Mississippi River after wreaking nearly $1.5bn in damage in Nebraska

 

 

Associated Press

Thu 21 Mar 2019 13.35 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Mar 2019 13.48 GMT

 

 

A team enters a flooded house to pull out several cats during flooding of the Missouri river near Glenwood, Iowa on 18 March

Photograph: HANDOUT/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/21/mississippi-river-flooding-missouri-nebraska-noaa

 

[umbertino]

On 3/20/2019 at 7:58 PM, umbertino said:

Rare super worm moon will loom large as it coincides with equinox

 

Phenomenon last occurred in spring 1905 and won’t happen again until the year 2144

 

 

Nicola Davis

Wed 20 Mar 2019 17.20 GMT First published on Wed 20 Mar 2019 17.17 GMT

 

 

 

 

The super worm moon moniker is a nod to the emergence of worms in the soil at the time of the March full moon

Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/20/rare-super-worm-moon-will-loom-large-as-it-coincides-with-equinox

 

Maybe one day you negger will be kind enough to explain to me what's the point to give me a ruby for the above post ...... And also for others, if if you feel like letting me know....But let's start with this ....I am sincerely  trying to understand your reasons ( other than hate, I mean...)

[umbertino]

Nebraska flood damage losses hit $1.4 billion, more states flooded

 

March 21, 2019 12:55 PM CDT By Associated Press

 

 

 

 

This March 20 aerial photo shows flooding near the Platte River in in Plattsmouth, Neb., south of Omaha. A Weather Service hydrologist says "major and perhaps historic" flooding is possible later this month at some spots on the Big Sioux and James rivers. DroneBase via AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nebraska-flood-damage-losses-hit-1-4-billion-more-states-flooded/

[umbertino]

'A family against a billionaire': twist in battle over Zuckerberg's Hawaiian estate

 

Parcels near Facebook CEO’s property auctioned off amid lengthy fight over Native Hawaiian land rights

 

 

Jon Letman in Lihue

Sat 23 Mar 2019 08.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Mar 2019 02.24 GMT

 

 

Pics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/23/mark-zuckerberg-hawaii-estate-land-parcels-auction

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Larry Cohen, cult exploitation director, dies aged 77

 

The director of the It’s Alive and Maniac Cop franchises also wrote scripts for TV and the Colin Farrell thriller Phone Booth

 

 

Andrew Pulver

Mon 25 Mar 2019 13.37 GMT Last modified on Mon 25 Mar 2019 13.39 GMT

 

 

 

 

‘Every movie is exploitation’ ... Larry Cohen

Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/25/larry-cohen-dies-director-its-alive-maniac-cop

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Packets of hot sauce save two people's lives in one month

 

Man in Oregon trapped in his car for five days ate hot sauce, and moments after a Taco Bell customer got up from his seat to retrieve some hot sauce, a car burst through the restaurant’s wall

 

 

Matthew Cantor in Oakland, California

Mon 25 Mar 2019 15.10 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/mar/25/hot-sauce-packets-might-save-your-life

[umbertino]

Edible marijuana sends outsize number of people to hospital, Colorado study finds

 

University researchers say effects of edibles can be longer lasting than people realize after study reveals ‘striking results’

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Mon 25 Mar 2019 21.00 GMT

 

 

Edibles on display in California. The rates at which people are hospitalized for cannabis use in Colorado are still far lower than alcohol-related hospitalizations, the researchers said.

Photograph: Richard Vogel/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/edible-marijuana-colorado-cannabis-hospital-study

[umbertino]

Australian man nets $46m in Oz Lotto after accidentally buying two winning tickets

 

‘Speechless’ Melbourne man won on same marked numbers he’d been playing for 30 years

 

 

Staff and Australian Associated Press

Wed 27 Mar 2019 00.02 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/27/melbourne-man-nets-46m-in-lotto-after-accidentally-buying-two-winning-tickets