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Son of Beatles' producer dives into the messy 'White Album'

11/11/2018, 9:46:15 PM
Hardcore fans of the Beatles like to pore over every detail of the band and endlessly dissect their songs. Then there's Giles Martin, who manages to time travel to meet the Fab Four. Martin is the son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin, and he's lately been returning to the… ✔ It coincides with celebrations for the album's 50th birthday ✔ Martin's father was heavily involved in the Beatles' prior album, Sgt ✔ Online: https://www.thebeatles.com © Copyright 2018 The Associated Press ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



The buried secrets of the deadliest location on Earth

11/11/2018, 9:44:47 PM
Chicxulub Puerto, Mexico, is the centre of the impact crater that scientists believe was made when the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs smashed into the Earth’s surface. ✔ The asteroid, although bringing unimaginable violence to this area, benefitted one species above all others: humans, who, millions of years later, would evolve into the ecological gap created by the destruction of the world's biggest predators ✔ Places That Changed the World is a BBC Travel series looking into how a destination has made a significant impact on the entire planet



Perspective | Is this the end of unexpected car rental surcharges?

11/11/2018, 7:11:40 PM
With price transparency on the rise, it’s tougher than ever for companies to deploy surprise fees. ✔ Julie Codrington, a computer technician from Gibraltar, Mich., contacted me recently after being broadsided by fees for counter processing recovery, shuttle recovery and facility recovery on her bill ✔ Read more from Travel: Read past Navigator columns here



19 Dad Jokes For Anyone With A Painfully Literal Sense Of Humor

11/11/2018, 5:48:30 PM
Q: Without using numbers, how old are you? A: Thiry-one. ✔ And finally, this suspenseful play-by-play:



Photographer stages elaborate proposal featuring 100 hot air balloons

11/11/2018, 6:04:17 PM
When 26-year-old Australian photographer Jake asked his German girlfriend Marie, 28, to pose for a photo in Cappadocia, Turkey, she thought nothing was amiss. ✔ It was due to arrive at 12pm and their flight was at 3pm 'Marie's friend Aylin immediately called up the designer in Oregon, California, to see if it was possible to get the ring shipped to Germany [where they were] in five days.' 'She said it was possible but it was going to be close



Kerry Katona asked to prove daughter Dylan is really hers at airport

11/11/2018, 4:14:49 PM
Kerry Katona was shocked when airport staff demanded ID to prove she was the mother of her daughter Dylan-Jorge Kay. ✔ The former Atomic Kitten singer was completely shocked (Image: Instagram) Read More Kerry Katona looks totally unrecognisable as she debuts new pink curls Kerry's four-year-old daughter Dylan-Jorge has taken her father George Kay 's surname ✔ It looks like Kerry managed to fly without further issues (Image: Instagram)



Fukushima inn slashes costs in plan to revive onsen area

11/11/2018, 10:33:46 PM
FUKUSHIMA--A nearly fully renovated hotel building here is bucking the traditional way of attracting ✔ But after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami struck the region in March 2011, the hotel was closed down ✔ The owner was worried that negative publicity and false rumors about the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant would seriously damage business operations ✔ For room charges and other details, visit the hostel’s website at (http://yumori-hostel.jp/)



Neck scans could predict Alzheimer’s ten years before any symptoms

11/11/2018, 11:50:08 PM
A British study of more than 3,000 people found those with the most intense pulse in their neck were around 50 per cent more likely to suffer rapid cognitive decline over the next ten years. ✔ A five-minute neck scan could predict dementia a decade before symptoms appear, research shows ✔ Researchers at University College London measured the pulse of 3,191 people with an average age of 61 using one of the large carotid arteries which supply blood to the head and neck



I had steamy sex with my girlfriend's mum and I think I have a sex addiction

11/11/2018, 7:23:58 PM
DEAR DEIDRE:  I HAD a brief but hot affair with my girlfriend’s mum. We got away with it but it was such a stupid thing to do that I wonder if I am a sex addict. My girlfriend is beautiful and I lo… ✔ DEAR DEIDRE:   I HAD a brief but hot affair with my girlfriend’s mum ✔ After putting in a hard day we started working our way through a bottle of vodka ✔ We watched a film which had naughty bits and it got us in the mood ✔ My dad had left his laptop open last weekend when I was round his



Kerry Katona forced to prove she was daughter's DJ's mother

11/11/2018, 5:00:36 PM
The shocked mother-of-five took to Instagram to share the astonishing ordeal, after having reportedly been asked by staff members to prove she was Dylan-Jorge’s parent. ✔ MailOnline has contacted Kerry’s representatives for further comment ✔ There is no animosity and there isn’t any bad feeling.'  It's over: Kerry recently called it quits with her beau Ryan Mahoney, 29, after four months together ✔ The couple called time on their relationship after a 'make-or-break' trip to Thailand



'No compassion': Quadvelieg dumps on Morrison over asylum claims

11/11/2018, 7:08:25 PM
Former Border Force boss Roman Quaedvlieg calls for asylum seekers to be removed from Nauru as says he never saw compassion in his dealings with Scott Morrison. ✔ Did I see any of that sort of compassionate prism through which that Lifeline showed him this week, I didn't see that .. ✔ Independent Kerryn Phelps vowed to use her crossbench power to demand children be removed from Nauru following ongoing warnings from the medical community that the situation on the island had reached crisis point ✔ That will give the release valve that everyone needs, he said



Global Leaders Agreed to Meet in Papua New Guinea—Just Don’t Ask Them to Stay There

11/11/2018, 10:27:18 PM
Host nation for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is plagued by crime, lacks sufficient hotel rooms. ✔ With one of the smallest economies among the 21 nations attending the summit, Papua New Guinea took on this year’s hosting rights at a time when a $19 billion Exxon Mobil Corp. -led natural-gas project looked set to transform its economy ✔ It’ll be a week of a lot of activity and checkpoints and convoys, and it’ll all be over, he said recently in a hotel room overlooking Ela Beach, a stretch of white sand that was made over for the summit



Can these two scientists create some romantic chemistry?

11/11/2018, 5:06:59 PM
Date Lab | An experiment in “positive assortative matching.” ✔ It was more organic rather than just Q&A-ing each other ✔ (Daniele Seiss/For The Washington Post) (Daniele Seiss) They also dug a bit deeper for a good chunk of the evening, by discussing whether they are good people ✔ For food, they shared everything and spoke highly of the flatbread ✔ Paul Oyer is the Mary and Rankine Van Anda entrepreneurial professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business



Dating site just for oldies, with no millennials and no swiping right

11/11/2018, 10:28:49 PM
The Oldie, founded in 1992, has launched Greydar, a free service one newspaper diarist cheekily called ‘a mixture of Tinder and English Heritage’. ✔ When The Oldie was founded by Private Eye co-founder Richard Ingrams in 1992, the idea was to give a funny, ironic, well-informed voice to the old ✔ But they weren’t being catered to by the advertising agencies, who hadn’t worked out that the old enjoyed most of the free disposable income in the country, too ✔ Non-subscribers submit proof of identification to make sure all members are bona fide



Perspective | Is there a difference between national art and nationalist art?

11/11/2018, 10:34:42 PM
A Phillips Collection show charts the evolution of identity at the northern edge of Europe. ✔ Tori Wranes, a Norwegian artist born in 1978, contributes an unsettling bit of whimsy with a video titled Ancient Baby, with the artist appearing masked and hovering in space ✔ (Tori Wranes) Nordic Impressions is on view at the Phillips Collection through Jan. 13



Spice Girls on their HUGE sell-out tour, backing the PM and people power

11/11/2018, 11:10:47 PM
SPICE GIRLS mania returned to Britain this weekend as the world’s most successful girl group ever sold more than 600,000 tickets to a fast-growing stadium tour. But as Baby, Sporty, Scary and Ginge… ✔ The last year was very dark, the whole #MeToo thing, but it had to happen ✔ The Spice World philosophy is let’s get into the solution now ✔ And then obviously it’s got to be right for all of us and then, finally, the stars aligned ✔ You can watch portions of this interview on ITV’s Lorraine show tomorrow from 8.30am



27 Super Cheap And Easy Ways To Improve Your Sleep

11/11/2018, 5:11:46 PM
Small adjustments for better zzzzs. ✔ And if you're a side sleeper, try a memory-foam knee pillow to help relieve any back pain you have ✔ Read more about these poses and why they might help on Livestrong ✔ Keep the vibe super cozy, and the lights really dim ✔ Check out BuzzFeed Reviews to find the best things for every budget!



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