More than 200 still missing in California's deadliest wildfire on...
11/12/2018, 9:47:43 AMMore than 200 people were missing early on Monday in California's deadliest... ✔ Reality television star Kim Kardashian said, ‘It’s been a really rough week in our home in Calabasas, Hidden Hills and our neighbors in Thousand Oaks and Malibu ✔ Actor Melissa McCarthy said, Please keep the victims, volunteers and firefighters in your thoughts ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
BBC Weather: Britain hit with FLOOD alerts as weather system ENGULFS nation
11/12/2018, 9:21:07 AMBRITAIN will be hit with a brutal weather system this week, which is set to unleash thunder and lightning along with heavy rainfall for parts of the country, according to BBC Weather. ✔ The BBC Weather presenter said the driest parts of the country will be in London and central, eastern and southern parts of England ✔ Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge also warned of thunderstorms and hail this afternoon ✔ The Met Office forecaster also said it will feel a touch warmer as the week progresses
UK Weather forecast: Flood WARNING as thunder, hail and showers strike Britain TODAY
11/12/2018, 8:32:54 AMMET Office forecast blustery showers, hail and thunder to strike the UK this afternoon, with flood warnings issued for England and Wales by The Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales. ✔ Britain is bracing itself for thundery and blustery weather today, with the possibility of floods after a weekend of heavy showers ✔ Met Office Meteorologist Simon Partridge said: Western and southern Scotland getting off to a rather showery start, far north east Scotland dry with some decent sunny spells first thing in the morning ✔ With light winds as well it may feel a touch warmer too
What is a wildfire, how do they start, why do they spread so quickly and where are they most likely to happen ?
11/12/2018, 9:21:11 AMBATTLING a ferocious wildfire which rapidly spreads is like trying to stop a tornado. But what exactly is a wildfire and how does it start? What is a wildfire? A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire, w… ✔ Common causes of wildfires include, lightning, campfires, smoking, burning debris, fireworks or arson ✔ It burnt 213,000 acres and destroyed 5,700 structures ✔ November 2018 - Hundreds of people were evacuated and dozens more were killed in huge wildfires northern and southern California
Surgeon in charge of disaster robotic operation employed in London
11/12/2018, 9:51:42 AMSukumaran Nair was 'walking before he could run' when he carried out surgery on 69-year-old Stephen Pettitt in Newcastle, who later died. He was then employed at St George's in London. ✔ Mr Nair admitted he was 'running before he could walk' in using the Da Vinci robot (pictured) St George's Hospital heart unit was suffering from a 'dark force' and the mortality rate rose, a report which has been leaked, found It is believed bosses at St George's knew about investigations by the police and the General Medical Council (GMC)
California wildfires: Survivor Greg Woodcox captures horrific aftermath of deadliest fire
11/12/2018, 10:51:33 AMHARROWING footage shows the horrific aftermath of the deadliest wildfire in California’s history, taken by a devastated man who was unable to save his friends. ✔ A distressing video filming the surroundings of a woodland area in California shows the shocking extent of the Camp Fire death toll ✔ California wildfires: survivor Greg Woodcox labelled it a horrific way to die (Image: Greg Woodcox) Official reports say a total of 228 people are still missing as a result of the horrific wildfires
Drought has hit Europe's Rhine River and its commerce hard: 'Everyone's hoping for rain' - Los Angeles Times
11/12/2018, 11:04:21 AMA prolonged dry spell across Germany and central Europe has reduced the depth, volume and width of the Rhine River to levels that are precarious for ships and commerce. ✔ But it also evokes myriad concerns about disruptions caused by record-breaking low water levels on one of Europe’s most important inland waterways ✔ The goal is to ensure continued supplies of fuel across Germany, the spokesman said ✔ Many of the ferries that connect the east and west sides of the Rhine have also canceled service
Neil Young criticises Trump after losing his home in California fires
11/12/2018, 10:44:45 AMSongwriter says state is vulnerable because of climate change and accuses US president of defying science ✔ He implied that federal funding would be withdrawn if the situation was not rectified ✔ Young continued: Imagine a leader who defies science, saying these solutions shouldn’t be part of his decision-making on our behalf ✔ Stewart said: California needs words of support & encouragement, not threats or finger pointing & accusations
'I'm not giving up hope.' Search for the missing continues in California wildfires
11/12/2018, 10:37:36 AMAs deadly wildfires that have claimed at least 31 lives continue to scorch California, officials are trying to help people find hundreds of missing loved ones. ✔ Photos: In pictures: Wildfires tear across California Llamas are tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach in Malibu on Friday ✔ Photos: In pictures: Wildfires tear across California Fires burn toward the Pacific Ocean as seen Friday from a helicopter over Malibu ✔ CNN's Dakin Andone, Nicole Chavez and Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report
Tesla makes free Supercharging available for owners affected by California wildfires
11/12/2018, 9:35:31 AMTESLA has made free supercharging available for car owners affected by the California wildfires. ✔ This follows tweets from company CEO Elon Musk who authorised employees to give assistance to those affected ✔ We hope this provides assistance for your transportation needs and will notify you before returning your vehicle to its original configuration in mid-December
This Library Has New Books by Major Authors, but They Can’t Be Read Until 2114
11/12/2018, 11:39:56 AMThe Scottish artist Katie Paterson is collecting 100 unpublished works that won’t be released in their writers’ lifetimes. ✔ In a small clearing in the forests of Nordmarka, one hour outside the city limits of Oslo, a thousand spruce trees are growing ✔ It is no coincidence that the re-enchantment comes at a time when books as objects are treated like endangered species, their vitality threatened by the rise of new media ecologies and economies
Going With the Flow of Traffic
11/12/2018, 9:01:48 AMThe right equations can help solve congestion by treating cars on a road like fluid in a pipe ✔ The laws of conservation are the starting point for finding equations for fluid flow ✔ For traffic flow there is, for example, conservation of mass, which says that on any portion of road, the rate of change of the number of cars must equal the net flow of cars into that region ✔ More Everyday Math Secret Codes Built on Very Large Numbers October 3, 2018 Making Sense of Sets, in Theory and Life August 30, 2018
California wildfires, Florida recount and Veterans Day: 5 things you need to know Monday
11/12/2018, 8:50:49 AMCalifornia's fires rage on with the suspected pipe bomb mailer scheduled for court and federal offices closed for Veterans Day. Here's what to know. ✔ Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, Calif ✔ Boca Raton Police Services released body camera video of officers questioning Cesar Sayoc over an unrelated matter weeks before his suspicious packages arrest
Rock Legend Neil Young Scorches ‘So-Called President’ Trump Over Wildfires
11/12/2018, 9:46:43 AMThe Rock & Roll Hall of Famer said he lost his Malibu home in the blaze. ✔ In response, Young slammed our so-called president, saying the real reason wasn’t mismanagement, but climate change ✔ Firefighters have never seen anything like this in their lives, Young wrote ✔ Neil Young on Malibu Beach, 1975 pic.twitter.com/eAQjI6cjY9 Classic Rock In Pics (@crockpics) August 8, 2018 Download
Trump Wants To End Hurricane Maria Relief Funding To Puerto Rico: Report
11/12/2018, 10:32:01 AMAxios reported that the president was even hoping to demand some of the relief money back. ✔ More than $6 billion has been allocated to help aid storm recovery, but hundreds of thousands of people are still waiting for help, living in homes that are in desperate need of repair, according to The New York Times ✔ It is time to make sure that it does not happen again
What caused the California wildfires and why have they been so destructive?
11/12/2018, 10:50:56 AMDozens of people are dead and hundreds are missing as fierce wildfires continue to rage through California. Ordinary people have lost their homes along with celebrities such as Gerard Butler and Mi… ✔ That change has impacted the ability to move firefighting resources around the state ✔ My animals and LOVE OF MY LIFE made it out safely & that’s all that matters right now ✔ My house no longer stands but the memories shared with family & friends stand strong
California gunman Ian Long was "ticking time bomb," high school coach says
11/12/2018, 11:04:46 AM"Warning signs were there," says track coach who recalls Ian Long as "sadistic"; second coach recalls when Long mimicked shooting her ✔ -- A high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him on Sunday as volatile and intimidating, and said repeated complaints to school administrators about his behavior failed to prompt any discipline ✔ Long rejoined the team after apologizing in front of several coaches and administrators
Most dangerous holiday destinations REVEALED – many are popular with Brits
11/12/2018, 11:11:47 AMWHICH? revealed the most dangerous holiday destinations of 2018 – and some may surprise you. ✔ analysed different destinations, before ranking them in terms of safety ✔ It took crime rates, terror threat, natural disasters and health concerns into consideration when putting together its list ✔ Findings showed that South Africa was the least safe country in terms of illegal activity, while Japan was the most prone to being struck by a deathly act of God
Colombia may have signed a peace deal, but activists keep getting killed - Los Angeles Times
11/12/2018, 11:04:20 AMWith killings of Colombian social leaders and activists on the rise, the government will unveil a new plan designed to better protect them, a plan that can’t come soon enough for civil society groups under threat such as Rios Vivos. ✔ The killers found Hugo Albeiro George Pérez sitting and chatting at a fruit juice stand ✔ But it hasn’t stopped us because the ones who have stayed are the strongest ✔ In May, a landslide and subsequent blockages of underground tunnels nearly caused the 730-foot high dam to collapse
Trump to be investigated by Congress over use of state powers to target media
11/12/2018, 9:42:54 AMDemocrats vow to launch probes on wide range of issues involving presidential administration ✔ You shouldn’t be working for CNN REUTERS 7/10 Trump continued: 'The way you treat Sarah Huckabee is horrible and the way you treat other people are horrible ✔ I'm not going to be handing out subpoenas like somebody’s handing out candy on Halloween, he said
Brave he may be but 'Trolley Man' should not be a model
11/12/2018, 9:10:32 AMThe public must consider the possible consequences of taking action if caught up in incidents like those in Melbourne. ✔ Further, and this is an important point now that smart phones are so ubiquitous, remaining close to the incident simply to film it on a phone can be a recipe for disaster, as would have happened had the gas cylinders in Bourke Street blown up ✔ He is chairman of Stratium Global, a consulting firm
Celebrity homes destroyed by wildfires
11/12/2018, 11:10:08 AMGerard Butler and Miley Cyrus are among those whose California houses have been razed by the fires. ✔ Gerard Butler, Miley Cyrus: Stars' homes destroyed by California wildfires @GerardButler/Twitter Gerard Butler and Miley Cyrus are among the celebrities whose homes have been destroyed by the deadly wildfires in California ✔ The Westworld set @johnschreiber Report Image Copyright @johnschreiber @johnschreiber Report The fire also reached a ranch that has been the set of several films and TV shows
Imperial Russian Army Was Only One to Fight and Die on Eastern and Western WWI Fronts Alike
11/12/2018, 8:52:15 AMThey shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn; At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We will remember them. — Laurence Binyon, World War I ✔ By that time, Russia had suffered several serious reverses on its own borders and, as recorded by Professor Paul Dukes of Aberdeen University, The Eastern Front in the First World War commands far less attention than the Western, even though it extended further, involved more soldiers and probably resulted in more losses
Keir Starmer defies Jeremy Corbyn and says Brexit CAN be stopped
11/12/2018, 9:51:50 AMShadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer insisted 'all options must be on the table' including a second referendum, insisting the process of quitting the EU can be halted in defiance of Jeremy Corbyn. ✔ 'Theresa May is simply giving us a devil in the deep blue sea - she's saying you can either fall off a cliff or get on this bridge to nowhere, and you're going to have to vote on that,' she told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show ✔ But what we've had are discussions and they know what it is that we want, and they know we are democrats and if they were in our position they'd be trying to negotiate exactly the same way as we are.' Told it was a fantasy prospectus, Ms Thornberry replied: 'It is not a fantasy prospectus.'
Jodie Whittaker took us into PC hell on Doctor Who by Jim Shelley
11/12/2018, 9:16:48 AMDemons Of The Punjab did see the Time Lord complete a trip previously thought impossible: going from bad to worse. ✔ Doctor Who proved there are some journeys even its iconic hero cannot make ✔ The premise was Yaz going to the Punjab to find out the secrets of her grandma’s youth ✔ Unlike his predecessors Steven Moffat and Russell T.Davies, Chris Chibnall has vowed not to re-visit the Daleks, the Cybermen, or any of the series’ other vintage creatures – but to feature only new creations
Spectrum internet goes down after California wildfires
11/12/2018, 8:34:09 AMCompany provides internet to millions of people across the country ✔ Jet Capsule/Cover Images 2/43 A humanoid robot gestures during a demo at a stall in the Indian Machine Tools Expo, IMTEX/Tooltech 2017 held in Bangalore Getty Images 3/43 A humanoid robot gestures during a demo at a stall in the Indian Machine Tools Expo, IMTEX/Tooltech 2017 held in Bangalore Getty Images 4/43 Engineers test a four-metre-tall humanoid manned robot dubbed Method-2 in a lab of the Hankook Mirae Technology in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images 5/43 Engineers test a four-metre-tall humanoid manned robot dubbed Method-2 in a lab of the Hankook Mirae Technology in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images 6/43 The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie 'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images 7/43 Engineers test a four-metre-tall humanoid manned robot dubbed Method-2 in a lab of the Hankook Mirae Technology in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images 8/43 Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi Rex 9/43 Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session Rex 10/43 A test line of a new energy suspension railway resembling the giant panda is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China Reuters 11/43 A test line of a new energy suspension railway, resembling a giant panda, is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China Reuters 12/43 A concept car by Trumpchi from GAC Group is shown at the International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China Rex 13/43 A Mirai fuel cell vehicle by Toyota is displayed at the International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China Reuters 14/43 A visitor tries a Nissan VR experience at the International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China Reuters 15/43 A man looks at an exhibit entitled 'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Getty 16/43 A new Israeli Da-Vinci unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by Elbit Systems is displayed during the 4th International conference on Home Land Security and Cyber in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv Getty 17/43 Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S Reuters 18/43 The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar
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