China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission

New Russian weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound

It carries a nuclear weapon of up to 2 megatons.

USA deficit update

Under his watch the trade deficit has grown over $100 billion, going from $502 billion in 2016 to $621 billion in 2018, an increase of 19%. The deficit for Goods has increased $140 billion from $751 billion to $891 billion. At its current pace, the Goods deficit could also hit $1 trillion in 2020; 

A 54-year-old homeless man died on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday night, City Attorney Mike Feuer announced Wednesday.

3 billion fewer birds than 50 years ago.

This is not good news.

More than 140,000 people worldwide died from measles last year, most of them younger than 5

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus. Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days. Initial symptoms typically include fever, often greater than 40 °C (104 °F), cough, runny nose, and inflamed eyes.

Measles is a childhood infection caused by a virus. Once quite common, measles can now almost always be prevented with a vaccine.

Also called rubeola, measles can be serious and even fatal for small children. While death rates have been falling worldwide as more children receive the measles vaccine, the disease still kills more than 100,000 people a year, most under the age of 5.

Key facts
Even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available, in 2017, there were 110 000 measles deaths globally, mostly among children under the age of five.

Measles vaccination resulted in a 80% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2017 worldwide.
In 2017, about 85% of the world's children received one dose of measles vaccine by their first birthday through routine health services – up from 72% in 2000.

During 2000-2017, measles vaccination prevented an estimated 21.1 million deaths making measles vaccine one of the best buys in public health.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/measles/symptoms-causes/syc-20374857

Coffee time

Hit and Run epidemic: Fix crosswalks, add traffic signals and more lights. Look at this corner is without a traffic signal.

A study by Friedler et al. (2011) indicated that women entertained by a clown doctor after in vitro fertilization had more successful fertility treatments and increased pregnancy rates

Urban legends. To Cross Push Button.

How long do we have to wait?

LEMON LAW: Can the Boeing 737 Max be returned?

Wings too close together who will fly on this "jet makeover."


Will it ever fly again?


Does anyone trust the 737 Max?

To Cross Push Button? Do these cause HIT and RUNS?

"To cross Push Buttons"

 

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mysterious hedge

2019 Fire Season Outlook

2019 Fire Season Outlook

California experienced the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in its history in 2017 and 2018. Fueled by drought, an unprecedented buildup of dry vegetation and extreme winds, the size and intensity of these wildfires caused the loss of more than 100 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and exposed millions of urban and rural Californians to unhealthy air.


While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, the fire season in California and across the West is starting earlier and ending later each year.


Climate change is considered a key driver of this trend. Warmer spring and summer temperatures, reduced snowpack, and earlier spring snowmelt create longer and more intense dry seasons that increase moisture stress on vegetation and make forests more susceptible to severe wildfire.


The length of fire season is estimated to have increased by 75 days across the Sierras and seems to correspond with an increase in the extent of forest fires across the state.

                      

Fairfax and Selma rolling stops.

Jane Fonda Arrested While Protesting in D.C.

Jane Fonda has moved to DC so she can protest climate change weekly.

Worn out crosswalks plague Los Angeles hit and runs.

A hit and run accident is any accident in which a driver intentionally leaves the scene without providing contact information. Examples of hit and run accidents include: A car hits you and speeds off. A driver hits your unattended parked car and leaves no contact information or way of collecting damages.

 

 

 

They Survived Dorian but Wonder How Many More Hurricanes They Can Withstand

They Survived Dorian but Wonder How Many More Hurricanes They Can Withstand

Most residents in eastern North Carolina, where people rattle off the names of storms like old enemies, were spared the worst from Dorian.

But they haven’t all recovered from last year’s flooding.

A deadly storm system now threatens 90 million people with destructive weather -- including major cities

Missing or worn out Crosswalks lead to hit and run epidemic in Los Angeles

when was the last time this was painted?

State of emergency for 12 South Georgia counties ahead of Hurricane Dorian

As Hurricane Dorian threatens Space Coast, NASA, SpaceX and ULA work to secure their launch pads

Alaska records hottest month

July 2019 was Earth's hottest month on record

Welcome to global warming.

08/07/2019 GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING FOR THE U.S.

El Paso and Dayton, two mass shootings.

El Paso shooting being treated as domestic terrorism; police say the suspect is cooperating
The suspect, Patrick Crusius, 21, will face a possible death sentence if convicted in the shooting Saturday that left 20 dead, prosecutors said.

Their names are Andre Pablo Anchondo, 23; Jordan Anchondo, 24; Arturo Benavides, 60; Leonard Cipeda Campos, 41; Maria Flores, 77; Raul Flores, 77; Jorge Calvillo Garcia, 61; Adolfo Cerros Hernandez, 68; Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66; David Alvah Johnson, 63; Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90; Maria Eugenia Legarrega Rothe, 58; Elsa Mendoza Marquez, 57; Maribel Loya, 56; Ivan Hilierto Manzano, 46; Margie Reckard, 63; Sarah Esther Regaldo Moriel, 66; Javier Rodriguez, 15; Teresa Sanchez, 82; Angelina Englisbee, 86; Juan Velazquez, 77; and Gloria Irma Marquez, 61.

Dayton, Ohio shooting: Gunman's sister among nine killed by Connor Betts
authorities released a full list of the victims Monday.


Preliminary information has been released about the victims of the mass shooting that occurred in Dayton, OH. Dayton police report that that the brother of the shooter, 22-year-old Jordan Cofer, was among the nine victims, according to the Associated Press. Authorities did not provide any information as to whether his killing was intentional on the part of the shooter, who has now been identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts, a white man from Bellbrook, OH.
Cofer was initially reported dead under a different name and gender by authorities, but a report by Splinter News revealed that Cofer preferred a different name and him/him pronouns to friends and a trusted circle. Cofer was reportedly the first victim in the shooting. There is no indication that his identity as a transgender man was a factor in his death at this time.

Cofer was a student at nearby Wright State University and was studying environmental science. He had planned to graduate in 2020, according to his Facebook page.
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Lois L. Oglesby, 27, a Black woman who was killed in the shooting, is survived by her two children, one of whom is a newborn, reports Dayton Daily News. According to close friend Derasha Merrett, Oglesby was in nursing school and looked forward toward a new career while also remaining dedicated to her children.
"She was a wonderful mother, a wonderful person," Merrett said. "I have cried so much, I can’t cry anymore.”
Jevin Lamar, a cousin to victim Thomas J. McNichols, 25, described him to The New York Times as a “a great father, a great brother — he was a protector.”
The other people who were killed in the attack were identified as: Saeed Saleh, 38, a Black male; Derrick R. Fudge, 57, a Black male; Logan Turner, 30, a white male; Nicholas P. Cumer, 25, a white male; Beatrice N. Warren-Curtis, 36, a Black female; Monica E. Brickhouse, 39, a Black female. Many of the victims were killed outside of Ned Peppers, a bar located in the Oregon District of downtown Dayton.
Though the majority of the victims were Black, Police Lt. Col Matt Carper said it was unlikely that the gunman shot the victims based on race.

Water in Hawaiian volcano for the first time.

Prevent hit and runs. Fairfax Ave.needs traffic signals. Across six lanes in residential area and no crosswalks or traffic signal.

Can you find the no left turn sign behind the trees on the corner?

Heat wave continues, 200 million under threat

Green New Deal -Save the planet

Tackle the twin crises of inequality and climate change.


Flooding lingers in central US as heat wave threatens East Coast.


Barry may still pack a punch with heavy thunderstorms, localized flooding.
Imminent flash flooding expected in Worcester area, National Weather Service says

Instability in Antarctic ice projected to make sea level rise rapidly

All coastal cities threatened.

The Maelstrom Whirlpool.

The story of a storm, larger than any other before, welcome to the future, available on Amazon.

‘Wow, what is that?’ Navy pilots report unexplained flying objects

Storms across Ohio and Indiana. Tornadoes, recording breaking rain. Rescues in Mississippi.

52 Tornadoes leave a trail of destruction across Ohio and Indiana. More than 64,000 homes affected.

How Hit and Run accidents relate to worn out crosswalks and missing traffic signals. Are they the major cause? Every corner needs a camera and every street needs speed monitors and repainting of crosswalks.

A hit-and-run crash occurs about once every 18 minutes in Los Angeles, according to data analyzed by the NBC4 I-Team that illustrates the extent of a problem that has been called an "epidemic."

The I-Team examined data reported to the California Highway Patrol on all hit-and-run cases in Los Angeles County for 2015. More than 28,000 reported hit-and-run crashes during that year occurred over a widespread area of the county at an alarming rate and 50 percent of all incidents in Los Angeles County are hit-and-run cases.

The United States recorded 25 new measles cases last week, raising the total number of cases this year to 1,148 in the country’s worst outbreak in a quarter century, federal health officials said on Monday. At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October. Madagascar measles epidemic kills over 1,200 people, more than 66,000 people infected.

An Israeli flight attendant died after contracting measles and falling into a coma, Israeli media reported Tuesday, the latest incident amid growing measles outbreaks worldwide.

More cases of the virus were reported in the first half of 2019 than in any other year since 2006, the World Health Organization announced Monday. Compared to this time last year, there have already been nearly three times more reported cases of measles. Measles:

Have you had your measles shot? How to know if you need the measles vaccine or booster
If you were born 1967-1991: The measles vaccination program started in 1963, according to the CDC. The vaccine was made better by 1967 and the first dose was routinely recommended starting that year, while the second dose — also known as the booster shot — was routinely recommended in 1991, Offit said.

“If you received one dose, you have about a 90 percent chance of being protected. Which is to say, if you were born between 1967 and 1991, you have a 90 percent chance of being protected,” he noted.

“If you were born after 1991 and have received both doses, you have about a 97 percent chance of being protected.”

HOW ABOUT PEOPLE BORN IN THE LATE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S? HOW DO THEY KNOW IF THEY'RE PROTECTED?

Parents of 3 NYC children face $1,000 penalty for violating measles order

3 children killed as powerful storms sweep across southern U.S. Two children died in Texas when a tree fell on the car they were in, and a boy in Louisiana drowned in a drainage area, officials said.

Severe Storms Continue

Inspired living and dangerous crossing.Selma and Fairfax intersection needs a traffic signal.

A dozen dump trucks, street cleaning, pedestrians, commuters, and local residents. 

Warming oceans are killing dolphins, study shows

The end of the Boeing 737 MAX 8? Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed Boeing's emergency procedures before crash: report

Citing unnamed sources familiar with the investigation, the WSJ reported that despite following the steps, which included turning off an automated flight-control system, pilots could not regain control of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.

Unique engine position could be a design error that is leading the problem.

Is this the end of the Boeing 737 MAX 8?

'The party of no healthcare':

How Donald Trump is reshaping his strategy post-Mueller.

Airbnb

This is not an isolated incident. As ABC Action News reported this past October, a couple staying in a Florida Airbnb noticed something odd about a smoke detector above the bed. Upon inspection, it turned out to be a hidden camera saving to an SD card. 

Scooter liability and class actions. Where are the Helmets?

When you rent a scooter you need a helmet, but they don't include one, so you go without.
Bikes and scooters everywhere, but no helmets. Millions to be made, but why don't they protect riders.