California Today: What an Earthquake Could Do to the State’s Housing Crisis
10/19/2018, 1:06:58 PMFriday: An earthquake drill raises some difficult questions, LeBron James‘s Lakers debut and saving an entangled owl in the Bay Area. ✔ [The Los Angeles Times] • The Bay Area has some of the worst roads in the nation , according to a new report ✔ She added that birds often become tangled in cords, strings and netting, especially with Halloween decorations in October ✔ Britain Releases Anjem Choudary, Radical Islamist Preacher, Under Strict Controls
Wife of missing Interpol chief says he might already be dead
10/19/2018, 2:23:28 PMGrace Meng says husband is a victim of 'political persecution' and calls Chinese officials 'cruel' and 'dirty' ✔ A Somali police officer says a number of people were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint outside the headquarters after being stopped by security forces AP 48/50 1 September 2018 A Utair-operated Boeing 737-800 which skidded off the runway and caught fire during landing, at Sochi international airport, in the Russian Black Sea resort
'MPs must not bow to Theresa May's Brexit plan – there are other options'
10/19/2018, 2:23:26 PMIf May’s deal were shot down, I believe the Commons would find a way to halt a cliff-edge departure – whether by calling for more negotiations, an extension of the Article 50 process beyond next March or a Final Say referendum ✔ According to local sources, 20 Palestinians were wounded during clashes as dozens try to defiance the Israeli order to shut down the school EPA 5/50 14 October 2018 Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning his men's final singles match against Croatia's Borna Coric at the Shanghai Masters
Politicians say nothing, but US farmers are increasingly terrified by it – climate change
10/19/2018, 12:13:49 PMResearch forecasts Iowa corn yields could drop in half within the next half-century thanks to extreme weather – yet it’s not part of the political conversation ✔ The University of Minnesota forecasts, based on research at Nasa, that Iowa corn yields could drop in half within the next half-century because of extreme weather and soil depletion ✔ His new book, Storm Lake: A Chronicle of Change, Resilience and Hope from a Heartland Newspaper, was published by Viking (Penguin Random House) on 2 October
UFO spotted on Google Maps: ‘Flying saucer’ captured on Street View in Bermuda
10/19/2018, 2:35:44 PMA FLYING saucer UFO snapped on Google Maps Street View has sparked an online frenzy with claims it is “definitely” an alien spacecraft. ✔ Many of them suggested the UFO was actually a small bird flying in front of Google’s cameras ✔ He said: It looks to me as though this feature is related to a large avalanche from a nearby mountain ✔ The track shows that it's sliding over a snow-covered glacier before it comes to a rest
Review: Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal in a floundering marriage in "Wildlife"
10/19/2018, 1:33:08 PMPaul Dano's directorial debut tells the emotional story of a young man witnessing the dissolution of his parents' union ✔ An only child may be the fulcrum of a nuclear family – the point around which a couple revolves in all their love, disappointment and distrust – and as such is a powerful witness to the failure of a marriage ✔ Because the film is viewed pretty much through Joe's eyes, the audience is as unsure as Joe about the hidden meanings of some of the adults' interactions
I won’t be marching for a people’s vote. There has already been one | Suzanne Moore
10/19/2018, 12:58:26 PMSaturday’s march shows that progressives still won’t listen to those who pressed the Brexit button, writes Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore ✔ Some of my best friends will be marching for a people’s vote on Saturday ✔ The remain campaign, from its passion-free name and its inherent self-righteousness, is the worst campaign I have seen in my lifetime ✔ Has that thing gone away, or will it be played by the likes of Steve Bannon
Driver destroys £27m jet engine parking plane at Amsterdam airport
10/19/2018, 2:02:19 PMFootage shows the clumsy driver of an airport tug pulling a jumbo jet into a parked platform and destroying its 'very pricey' engine. The accident happened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. ✔ The accident happened at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands ✔ No passengers or crew members were on board during the crash ✔ According to the Dutch airliner the engines are 'very pricey' with engines 'roughly costing between $12 and $35 million' (between £9.2 and £26.9 million)
The scent of a season: Explaining the aromas of fall
10/19/2018, 3:27:59 PMAs it turns out, you can actually smell the change of seasons. ✔ Autumn foliage fills the trees of Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Oct. 30, 2015 ✔ Occasionally, these gas molecules excreted by plants known as volatile organic compounds interact with variants of nitrous oxide ✔ The position of the jet stream changes as well, sinking to lower latitudes and becoming more efficient at transporting airborne particulates across the northern tier of the nation
It Really Is From The Bottom Of My Blackened Heart That I Tell You There Could Be Another Leadership Spill In Australian Politics
10/19/2018, 3:12:58 PM#ReJoyce ✔ I know it's only been two months since the last one, but it looks like we could be diving headfirst at turbo speed toward another leadership spill ✔ Their response?: The Libs can go and get the f*&% back in their box after their conduct ✔ I'm sure at some point in his career Barnaby will be the leader again
Reporter's Notebook: Space exploration reveals things we know but may have forgotten
10/19/2018, 3:32:39 PMJohn Dickerson takes a look to the stars for a change of perspective ✔ In our Reporter's Notebook, John Dickerson takes a look to the stars for a change of perspective ✔ But this time the Russian technology on the Soyuz rocket had saved an American life ✔ And that American, after he touched down, shook the hand of the human next to him, and the two joked about how short the flight had been
Dad dies landing headfirst in horror Austria snowboarding accident
10/19/2018, 3:37:26 PMA DAD-of-two suffocated to death as his pals desperately tried to revive him – after he landed headfirst in snow, an inquest heard. David Ewart, 48, was on the second day of his trip to St An… ✔ A DAD-of-two suffocated to death as his pals desperately tried to revive him - after he landed headfirst in snow, an inquest heard ✔ Alamy 2 The risky route had been closed off but Mr Ewart's pal Jamie Lord said it was not fenced off As the pair tried to save Mr Ewart, Mr Lord recalls him making muffled noises [as he tried to] move his legs
Bearing a baby and banana bread, Harry and Meghan enchant Australia
10/19/2018, 12:01:40 PMIn breaking all the usual protocol the royal couple have done everything right to bewitch a nation ✔ In any other royal visit, rain like this would have been a blow, but coming in the middle of one of the worst droughts the state has ever faced, it became a cause for celebration ✔ But make no mistake, this trip is also such an exercise, and it has been an incredibly successful one at that
Trump's Boast About Ted Cruz Rally Comes Back To Haunt Him. Again.
10/19/2018, 2:27:52 PM"There will be high school football games on Friday night with bigger crowds than that." ✔ melissa turkel (@TurkelMelissa) October 18, 2018 New venue for the Trump-Cruz rally still far from Texas’ biggest stadium https://t.co/7MoEe2SV0c https://t.co/hq5rnIiYle Margaret Chadbourn (@MLChadbourn) October 18, 2018 Trump's rally has been moved to the Toyota Center, which holds roughly 18,000 people
Alex Spanos Thought He Could Manage Anything; Then He Bought the San Diego Chargers
10/19/2018, 2:40:31 PMReal-estate baron Alex Spanos tried to run his San Diego Chargers like a construction firm. That didn’t work, and his Monday-morning tantrums terrorized the staff. “I was terrible.” ✔ Alex Spanos in front of the Spanos Park development in Stockton, Calif., in 1997 ✔ He sold bologna sandwiches, made by himself and his wife, on nearby farms ✔ Mr. Spanos, who suffered from dementia in the past decade, is survived by four children, 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren
On my Arizona ranch, I see how federal handouts put ranching land and self-sufficiency at risk
10/19/2018, 12:18:25 PMMy family has sought to remain self-sufficient in running our ranch. But the trap of federal subsidies has reshaped our land and even our culture. ✔ This is very rough country, mostly volcanic materials extruded through limestone faults; it's all very durable rock ✔ Eric Schwennesen is a rancher in Arizona and the author of The Field Journals: Adventures in Pastoralism ✔ He is director of Resource Management International and has worked to promote healthy rangelands for decades
‘Corrupt Chris’ and ‘Two-Faced Tammy’: Candidates Try Their Best Trump Impressions
10/19/2018, 1:12:48 PMCandidates have learned what Mr. Trump and his digital campaign gurus figured out in 2016: visceral anger travels further than inspirational messages. ✔ All the oxygen is in these broad, national debates, said Rob Flaherty, the creative director of Priorities USA, a progressive organization that is among the biggest liberal buyers of digital advertising ✔ How One Journalist’s Death Provoked a Backlash That Thousands Dead in Yemen Did Not
The Biology of Bravery—and Fear
10/19/2018, 2:54:02 PMResearchers are getting a better picture of how our brains help us overcome dangers and threats ✔ Of course, it’s not necessary to have a brain disorder in order to control one’s fear, even in the face of heart-stopping danger ✔ The new science of bravery holds out the promise of finding that balance, between anxious passivity and recklessness, in our everyday lives
The Morning Download: Microsoft’s New AI Ethics Chief Counsels Corporations
10/19/2018, 12:36:19 PMTaking stock of growing concern about the need for “ethical guardrails” to keep artificial intelligence from going off track, Microsoft has created a new position to help companies address a range of potential problems such as bias and transparency ✔ Ars Technica says that the current FCC agency's deregulation efforts, particularly as they apply to rural areas and disaster recovery, deserve some of the blame ✔ (WSJ) Migrant children who come into the U.S. without family are staying longer in crowded shelters as authorities struggle to handle their growing numbers and to screen potential sponsors
Queen's new biopic Bohemian Rhapsody almost never saw the light of day
10/19/2018, 2:23:52 PMDeparture of Sacha Baron Cohen and director Bryan Singer among setbacks delaying arrival of Freddie Mercury story on the big screen ✔ Bohemian Rhapsody , the new biopic of Queen centring on the band’s flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury, finally arrives in UK cinemas on 24 October ✔ The former had a montage of closed-down movie theatres ✔ The scariest endeavours that I’ve chosen to take in my life have been the most fulfilling and rewarding
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