Indonesia's love affair with its dying natural disaster spokesman
11/17/2018, 2:29:12 AMSutopo Purwo Nugroho, who has stage 4 cancer, guides the country through 2,300 disasters each year and has become a national treasure ✔ Such is the public’s love for Sutopo that after he first posted about Raisa, a campaign to secure a meeting between them was launched on social media under the hashtag #RaisaMeetSutopo, which resulted in the pair meeting this week ✔ That’s so much better than having a long life but making people miserable!
After Surviving California's Deadliest Wildfire, Evacuees Are Now Being Infected With A Virus At Shelters
11/17/2018, 3:12:40 AMNorovirus is a highly contagious gastrointestinal virus that spreads easily in crowded conditions. ✔ Joseph Grado and his wife, Susan Grado, at a shelter for fire victims in Chico, Calif ✔ Standing in line waiting for a hot meal, Janae Frutos said her good friend, Sina Sonoquie, got violently ill while volunteering at the East Avenue Church in Chico, one of the affected shelters
The List of Missing in California Fire Jumped by Hundreds. How Was It Put Together?
11/17/2018, 2:52:13 AMThe news that more than 1,000 people are still missing in and around the Northern California town devastated by wildfire shocked even people helping with the search. ✔ Eric Reinbold, the police chief of Paradise, the town worst affected by the fire, said the new list underscored how many older people may have been trapped by the fire ✔ But he prays it’s nowhere near the hundreds of people on the list: Nobody wants that number to be that high
Rant of UN envoy who compares Britain to communist China
11/17/2018, 3:05:29 AMBritain, the fifth largest economy in the world, is a country in the grip of ‘social calamity and economic disaster all rolled into one’. ✔ Following a 12-day tour of the nation’s most deprived hotspots the Australian lawyer concluded that ours was a nation characterised by a ‘punitive, mean-spirited and often callous approach’ to the disadvantaged South African law professor Rashida Manjoo, the UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women, absurdly declared in 2014 that Britain had the most sexist culture on the planet – this in a country where both the head of state and the Prime Minister are female! Just as grotesque was the verdict of Brazilian academic Raquel Rolnik, the UN’s special rapporteur on housing, who claimed in 2013 that the Tories’ withdrawal of spare bedroom subsidies – falsely dubbed ‘the bedroom tax’ by Labour – for social tenants amounted to ‘a violation of human rights’
California hopes to get the jump on fires by expanding its high-tech early warning camera system
11/17/2018, 1:27:52 AMPG&E, the parent company of the Pacific Gas & Electric utility unit, is expected to become a major player in the early warning camera expansion, CNBC has learned. ✔ Noah Berger | AP Residences leveled by the wildfire line a neighborhood in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 ✔ He said the technology also can be useful to look at the impacts of fires on landscapes and to spot areas that can be subject to erosion, mudslides and other risks after blazes
Heartbreaking Photos Show Devastation of Camp Fire in California as Death Toll Rises to 71
11/17/2018, 3:06:33 AMThe number of casualties has increased to 71 in California's most deadly and destructive fire ✔ Of those, seven people were found in Paradise and one person was found in Magalia ✔ The house I thought my son would experience his first years of his life in ✔ To help victims of the California wildfires, visit the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation, the California Fire Foundation and the American Red Cross, for more information
1,000+ now listed missing as official death toll in California blaze rises to 71 (VIDEOS)
11/17/2018, 3:27:12 AMCasualties of the deadliest wildfire in California's history continue to mount, with eight more bodies found Friday bringing the official count to 71. Over 1,000 people have been reported missing, Butte County Sheriff said. ✔ READ MORE: California wildfire rips through nuclear waste site, fueling airborne toxin risk concerns The Camp Fire broke out last Thursday morning in Pulga and quickly spread due to dry and windy weather conditions ✔ Schools as far away as San Francisco and San Jose are closed because of the hazardous conditions, and authorities have advised residents not to go outside without a mask for several more days
Trump: Climate contributes to wildfires but mostly it's bad management
11/17/2018, 12:09:43 AM'You need forest management. It has to be. I’m not saying that in a negative way, a positive -- I’m just saying the facts. And I’ve really learned a lot,' he explained in an interview. ✔ Officials in Northern California put the number of homes lost there at nearly 8,800, and the sheriff said the task of recovering remains had become so vast that his office brought in 287 more searchers Wednesday, including National Guard troops ✔ Large areas of Los Angeles still remain off-limits due to downed power lines, embers that could re-ignite, buckled roads, and lack of power and communications
British snapper's flash photo wins prize
11/17/2018, 1:09:54 AMStephen Cheatley's shot of lightning over Blackpool won the Weather Photographer of The Year title. ✔ He won the over-17s category Neil Barr Neil Barr said of his shot, taken during a blizzard in Greenock, Scotland: I headed out on foot to the local supermarket for essential supplies and took my camera with me to hopefully capture some of the magic
Thursday’s snowstorm pushes annual D.C. rainfall toward all-time record
11/17/2018, 2:55:30 AMIt would take 2.76 additional inches to surpass 1889, the wettest year on record. ✔ By Martin Weil Martin Weil Local reporter Email Bio Follow November 16 at 9:38 PM Without doubt, the precipitation came at a heavy cost in traffic collisions, delays and injuries ✔ When the liquid equivalent of each was measured, the Weather Service said the day contributed 1.15 inches of water to the total collected here since Jan. 1
April Love Geary covers baby bump in black leather jacket
11/17/2018, 1:42:08 AMThe Woolsey Fire consumed their home in Malibu. But April Love Geary and Robin Thicke looked to be focusing on the positive when they were spotted Friday out in Los Angeles. ✔ Cute couple: The model and her 41-year-old singer beau Robin Thicke were seen leaving a lunch date in the tony neighborhood of Beverly Hills Impressive: Daring to impress, the brunette beauty covered her growing baby bump in a black leather motorcycle jacket with a fur trimmed collar April and Blurred Lines singer Robin were evacuated from their Malibu abode on Friday due to the raging wildfire spreading through California, and on Monday, the singer returned to the site of his home to find everything gone
Air Quality in California: Devastating Fire Leads to a New Danger
11/17/2018, 2:52:12 AMA week after the most destructive fire in state history ripped through this small town, the flames have been replaced by a new danger: the air. ✔ Nov. 16, 2018 An extensive study of the 2015 wildfire season in Northern California found that smoke exposure led to increased emergency room visits for adults of all ages, but particularly those over 65 years old ✔ California, she added, is being reset to a new reality
Cyclone kills 13 in southern India, 80K people evacuated
11/17/2018, 2:30:58 AMNEW DELHI-- A cyclone hit the coast of southern India on Friday, killing at least 13 people, damagin ✔ NEW DELHI-- A cyclone hit the coast of southern India on Friday, killing at least 13 people, damaging homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 80,000 residents ✔ Heavy rains damaged rice fields and roads, and strong winds uprooted banana and papaya trees along the coastline
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Lady Kitty Spencer's ex woos Elizabeth Hurley
11/17/2018, 2:29:57 AMWhen Princess Diana’s niece Lady Kitty Spencer, 27, split up with Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro, he denied he had become romantically involved with Elizabeth Hurley, writes RICHARD EDEN. ✔ She was raised away from the limelight by Craig’s first wife, Scottish-born actress Fiona Loudon, and uses her mother’s surname ✔ But she saw him regularly, although he admitted he found fatherhood ‘horribly difficult’ ✔ She’s a fellow at the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
In a Chico salon, a brief respite from the smoke of California fire
11/17/2018, 12:13:49 AMUnrelenting smoke smothers everything in Chico. The acidic and sour-smelling haze hangs on hair, skin, and clothes. Some evacuees don’t have access to showers and clean towels, and the smoke from the deadly Camp fire feels impossible to escape from. Hair is like a sponge, and absorbs the smoke, s... ✔ It also has led to dangerous and unhealthy air quality ✔ You can donate to the #CampFire efforts through the North Valley Community Foundation https://t.co/ZDkEw998SH or through The United Way https://t.co/1L8rz5N5ne https://t.co/GT0Ua0805R Butte County, CA (@CountyofButte) November 14, 2018 For shelter: People can offer and seek free, temporary housing on Airbnb’s disaster relief page
PM fights on as EU states tell Michel Barnier to toughen-up on Brexit deal
11/17/2018, 12:35:13 AMTHERESA May is facing a fresh fight with Brussels after European countries told Michel Barnier to toughen up the trade part of the Brexit deal. Member states are unhappy about the rushed UK-wide fu… ✔ Brussels will then publish its latest draft of the text on Tuesday, with a view to it being rubber stamped by leaders at a special summit on the 25th ✔ Reuters 8 Dutch PM Mark Rutte has said changes to the proposals are 'unlikley' to happen An EU diplomat said leaders will still meet later this month regardless of developments in London and could switch attention to no deal planning ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk
Johnston Press puts itself into administration amid debt crisis
11/17/2018, 12:03:04 AMJohnston Press, the publisher of the i newspaper, The Scotsman and The Yorkshire Post, has announced its intention to place itself in to administration. ✔ In August 2018, the company's share price spiked, surging by as much as 70% in afternoon trading amid rumours that a mystery buyer was quietly snapping up more stock ✔ 'Local papers raising local and regional issues are vital for our democracy,' he added
'Nothing has changed': the men who remain in limbo on Manus Island
11/17/2018, 1:32:25 AMFormer case worker Nicole Judge returns to Manus more than four years after she left believing the camp would soon close ✔ On Monday another group of 14 were transferred under what the PNG police described as security preparations for Apec ✔ A US state department official told Guardian Australia the ban does not apply to refugees, and there wasn’t any kind of ban on nationalities or religions within the country’s refugee program, but there were additional screening and vetting procedures recently introduced to identify potential threats
Opinion | Brexit: A Series of Unfortunate Choices
11/17/2018, 2:26:29 AMBritons voted two and a half years ago to leave the European Union. As the split-up looms, they’re faced with nothing but bad options. ✔ The key element of the compromise that has emerged is a 21-month transition period during which Britain would remain in a temporary customs arrangement with the union while the technology is put in place to ease flow of people and goods across borders
PETER OBORNE: Leadership challenge could boost Theresa May
11/17/2018, 2:30:06 AMBuoyant, unbroken and very much in command, Theresa May has survived the departure of two Cabinet ministers and a host of junior members from her Government, writes PETER OBORNE. ✔ This is what he tweeted: 'David Davis was a terrible Brexit Secretary ✔ This week, peers voted to overturn a ruling by the House of Lords’ commissioner for standards, and block the suspension of Lib Dem peer Lord Lester for alleged sexual harassment ✔ This ruling demonstrates yet again that the Lords is a morally corrupt and indeed worthless institution in urgent need of root and branch reform
JAN MOIR: You have to admire Theresa May's resilience and grit
11/17/2018, 2:30:15 AMAs resignations thumped onto her desk and Brexiteers stepped up their pygmy attacks on her authority, the embattled Prime Minister did not shirk from her duty, says Jan Moir. ✔ Men who would never treat another man in the some disrespectful and occasionally repellent way they treated her ✔ In the meantime, it is good to know that Mrs May is a church-going Christian who believes in the power of prayer – she will certainly need all of them now ✔ She took the blows, and did it her way – but where do we go from here
Cops in Melbourne's west who are both bloodhounds and sheepdogs
11/17/2018, 3:46:06 AMAccording to Peter Dutton we are hiding under our beds, surviving on tinned Camp Pie and filtered urine, too frightened to venture into the streets. ✔ ‘‘We can’t arrest our way out of this, we need to change behaviour ✔ It has made 285 arrests, while a parallel disruption and suppression patrol operation has made 711 arrests and detected more than 3400 offences ✔ Jail alone is not enough and fear is not an option
Opinion | Sorry, Feminists, Men Are Better at Scrabble
11/17/2018, 12:22:56 AMNothing stops women from competing at the game’s highest levels, but almost none of them do. ✔ The NAS report recommended additional sex-discrimination bureaucracy in STEM workplaces, new state and federal laws, female-friendly evaluation structures, and explicit steps to increase female hiring ✔ The National Science Foundation pours millions of taxpayer dollars into intersectionality and microaggression studies to smoke out invisible STEM sexism and to promote diversity in research labs ✔ Appeared in the November 17, 2018, print edition
Sifting through the remains of her home
11/17/2018, 3:53:42 AMAs classes at Oaks Christian School are canceled until after the Thanksgiving holiday, teachers help Seminole Springs mobile home park resident and homeowners association President Paulette Koenig sift through the remains of her home for a treasured jade heart that belonged to her grandmother. ✔ An ashy haze has blanketed many parts of Northern California, leading to an unhealthy air quality index ✔ Residents of the Piuma Canyon area will be required to go through Cold Canyon Road or to the eastern entrance of Piuma Canyon Road, instead of Malibu Canyon Road ✔ Vehicles won’t be allowed to exit westbound Piuma Road to Malibu Canyon Road, officials said
Horrible air across Northern California keeps many indoors
11/17/2018, 1:23:56 AMHorrible air across Northern California keeps many indoors ✔ The teams were supposed to face off Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The Pac-12 conference and the universities came to the decision after extensive consultation with campus medical and environmental experts, according to a Cal statement ✔ A reward of $10,000 is available for information leading to a possible responsible party, Cal Fire said
California fires: Death toll in Paradise rises to 71; more than 1,000 unaccounted for
11/17/2018, 2:39:10 AMThe remains of eight additional people were found Friday, pushing the death toll to 71. The number of missing rose by 400 since Thursday night, but officials said there could be duplications or some listed may not have checked in with those who reported them missing. ✔ Though some healthy adults could benefit from wearing them, the face masks offer too much of a false sense of security and they would need to be fitted specifically for each person, Beilenson said ✔ I drove by on my lunch hour yesterday, thought I’d have time and saw hundreds in line and was like, ‘Nuh-uh,’ said Reed, 56, who was there to collect a package for her mother and a week’s worth of mail that had accumulated since the Camp fire destroyed her home Nov. 8
Trump and Brown vow to work together to help California after devastating wildfires
11/17/2018, 3:40:54 AMTrump, Brown vow to work together to help after devastating wildfires ✔ The city of Sacramento said in a statement that staff will continue distributing its remaining N95 masks ✔ The individual homeowner just has a nightmare ahead, said John Mulville, Southern California regional director for real estate research firm Metrostudy
Rohingya refugee camp quiet after Bangladesh postpone return
11/17/2018, 2:55:13 AMCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh-- Normal life returned to a Rohingya Muslim refugee camp in Bangladesh on Fr ✔ We were in a panic, Hossain said, adding that the family slept outside and didn't eat much because they didn't want a cooking fire to attract attention ✔ Myanmar might claim that it is ready to receive the refugees, but the truth is that the conditions are not safe, and the Rohingya cannot make a decision about voluntary returns until human rights protections are guaranteed with international monitoring, and there is accountability for the horrible abuses by the military, she said
Saudi crown prince's 'fit' delays UN resolution on war in Yemen
11/17/2018, 12:54:33 AMMultiple sources tell CNN that a much-anticipated United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and for Saudi Arabia to allow humanitarian aid to reach millions of starving people was "stalled" this week after the resolution's sponsor, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, met face-to-face with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. ✔ Its executive director, David Beasley, who just returned from Yemen, told reporters he touched babies who felt like ghosts due to starvation ✔ The UK's willingness to make changes to the resolution to ease Saudi concerns drew sharp criticism from human rights advocates ✔ CNN's Nicole Gaouette, Richard Roth, Michael Conte and Kristina Sgueglia contributed to this report
Waiters Are Sharing The Most Awkward Dates They've Witnessed And It's A Whole Lot
11/17/2018, 12:44:58 AM"Once appetizers came out the man thought it would be a good idea to serve his wife divorce papers." ✔ Look, most of us will experience a really awkward date night out at some point in our lives ✔ Basically, I was serving a younger couple (early 20s) who seemed pretty early in their relationship ✔ They were ordering drinks and the guy ordered the girl's drink for her ✔ Top trending videos Watch more BuzzFeed Video
Mars 2020 will look for life in one of three sites
11/17/2018, 2:03:36 AMA new Mars rover will look for life—but there’s a fight over where it should search. ✔ LOS ANGELES In three years, a new explorer will touch down on the Red Planet ✔ But windswept sand formations known as ripples pose a hazard to the rover here and at other sites ✔ An emotional farewell to the spacecraft that revolutionized our view of Saturn
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