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The Daily Tulip – News From Around The World
Monday 13th November 2017
Good Morning Gentle Reader…. A few clouds in the sky this morning , nothing to worry about as far as rain goes, quite spectacular when the stars peep through I must admit… feels a little colder than the indicated temperature of 12c though more like 8c with the wind blowing off the ocean.. Today we walked down to the Orchidarium the largest one in Europe with over 5000 Orchids on display and beautiful park like surroundings that are full of people during the day taking advantage of the seating to eat a picnic or to take a rest, evening times it’s the gathering place for young children that live close by and being only 500 meters from the national Police station it’s a safe place for kids to hang out.. not that there are any as Bella and I walk through the grounds….. not a sole to be seen.. as we turn back to the house and fresh water and hot coffee awaits us ..
AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CABOCHE SUSPENDED FOR PUNCHING HORSE…. A jockey has been suspended for punching his horse before a race in South Australia. Video of the incident shows Dylan Caboche, 22, mounted on the horse, She's Reneldasgirl, and struggling to guide it to the starting gates. He then dismounts and hits the horse in the ribs. Racing authorities handed the apprentice jockey a two-week suspension for misconduct over the incident in Port Lincoln on Wednesday. Thoroughbred Racing South Australia said it "does not condone and will not tolerate such behaviour". "It is hoped this penalty - which will remain on the rider's record and will impact his earning ability - will send a strong signal to others," it said in a statement. However animal welfare groups have criticised the length of the penalty. "Two weeks suspension. We're meant to believe this is an industry that takes animal welfare seriously," Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses wrote on Facebook. Concerns about animal rights were also raised this week following Australia's premier horse race, the Melbourne Cup. One horse had to be put down after falling in a separate race at the event.
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DELHI RESIDENTS PANIC AS 'DEADLY SMOG' RETURNS…. Panic has gripped the Indian capital, Delhi, as residents woke up to a blanket of thick grey smog on Tuesday. Visibility is poor as pollution levels reached 30 times the World Health Organization's recommended limit in some areas. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) declared "a state of medical emergency" and urged the government to "make every possible effort to curb this menace". The levels of tiny particulate matter (known as PM 2.5) that enter deep into the lungs reached as high as 700 micrograms per cubic metre in some areas on Tuesday, data from the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research website shows. Delhi acts against pollution The IMA has also recommended that the city's half marathon, due to be held on 19 November, should be cancelled. https://youtu.be/USmSd6V3XUc
A PARALYSED CHILD FROM INDIA'S 45-DAY JOURNEY FOR SURGERY…. After an accident that left her paralysed, an eight-year-old girl spent more than a month travelling hundreds of kilometres in search of a hospital that could treat her. BBC Marathi's Mayuresh Konnur retraces her journey from a poor tribal village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra to Mumbai, the state capital.
Raja and Shanti Walvi were grazing cattle when their daughter, Ravita, fell from a tree - a fall of 25ft (7.6m). They don't know exactly when it happened. The Walvis are tribal farmers who only speak their native language, Bhil, and cannot read or write.
But according to an estimate by the hospital where she was admitted on 18 October, the accident was early in September. That would mean it took one-and-a-half months for Ravita's parents to get her to a hospital equipped to deal with what she had: a spinal fracture.
LOUVRE ABU DHABI: UAE MUSEUM UNVEILED BY EMMANUEL MACRON…. French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a ￡1bn newly-built museum in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The new Louvre, built over the past 10 years, holds 600 artworks permanently and 300 loaned from France. Praised by critics, the building boasts a latticed dome designed to allow the desert sun to filter through.
It holds art and items related to history and religion from around the world and Mr Macron called it a "bridge between civilisations".
He said: "Those who seek to say Islam is the destruction of other religions are liars." The project, agreed between France and Abu Dhabi in 2007, was initially intended to open in 2012 but was delayed by the global financial crisis and plummeting oil prices, sending the final cost soaring over its original $654m (then ￡340m) budget.
SELF-DRIVING SHUTTLE BUS IN CRASH ON FIRST DAY…. A self-driving shuttle bus in Las Vegas was involved in a crash on its first day of service. The vehicle - carrying “several” passengers - was hit by a lorry driving at slow speed. Nobody was injured in the incident which city officials say was the fault of the human driver of the lorry. The man was subsequently given a ticket by police.
The shuttle is the first of its kind to be used on public roads in the US. The collision comes a day after Waymo - owned by Google's parent company Alphabet - announced it is launching a fully self-driving fleet of taxis in Phoenix, Arizona. The Las Vegas shuttle, designed to ferry passengers to the famous strip, uses a system developed by Navya, a French company also testing its technology in London. The shuttle carries up to 15 people and has a maximum speed of 45km/h, but typically travels at around 25km/h.
A spokesman for the City of Las Vegas told the BBC the crash was a “fender bender” - a minor collision - and that the shuttle would likely be back out on the road on Thursday after some routine diagnostics tests. “A delivery truck was coming out of an alley,” public information officer Jace Radke said. "The shuttle did what it was supposed to do and stopped. Unfortunately the human element, the driver of the truck, didn’t stop.” Self-driving technology has been involved in crashes before, but almost all reported incidents have been due to human error. Earlier this year an autonomous vehicle being tested by ride-sharing company Uber in Arizona rolled over after another driver on the road failed to give way. https://youtu.be/rlc_2JdjAoM
Well Gentle Reader I hope you enjoyed our look at the news from around the world this, Monday morning… …
Our Tulips today are beautiful…..But then I would think that wouldn't I....
A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it's always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of "Colombian" Coffee and wish you a safe Monday 13th November 2017 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…
All good stuff....But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in
Be safe out there…
Robert McAngus