Wednesday, August 2, 2017
"Germany accused Vietnam on Wednesday of kidnapping a former Vietnamese oil executive who was seeking asylum in Berlin and taking him home to face accusations of corruption"
"Police in Vietnam said this week that Thanh had turned himself in on Monday after a 10-month international manhunt."
"An increase in divorce petitions in one part of Indonesia is being blamed on the love of pigeon racing"
BBC:
It's the reverse situation in parts of India, where pigeon racing seems to be in a terminal decline, The Hindu newspaper reported recently.
Locals in south-eastern Andhra Pradesh say the generations-old tradition is falling foul of modern forms of entertainment, with pigeon fanciers finding it difficult to find opponents to race against.
Their version of racing birds is rather different from others, with the last pigeon to return to the coop being declared the winner, not the first.
"A bottled water startup co-founded by teen heartthrob Jaden Smith is suing Hampton Creek Inc. over a trademark dispute"
BB:
Just Goods Inc., which sells water in fully recyclable cartons, claims Hampton Creek changed its logos and marketing in a way that violates an agreement the two companies signed in 2014. Just Goods alleges that Hampton Creek revised its brand to emphasize the word “just” after encountering legal or marketing difficulties in the course of its business, according to a complaint in San Francisco state court filed about a month ago.
"The Mystery of L.A. Billboard Diva Angelyne's Real Identity Is Finally Solved"
HR:
The man, who claimed to work in an undefined role for the federal government, said he was a hobbyist genealogist, occasionally taking on paid assignments in the field as an amusing side gig. A few years earlier, he'd decided it'd be fun to set himself the challenge of cracking Angelyne's case. "And I did," he explained.
Later, at the 101 Coffee Shop in Hollywood, the genealogist — who looks like Michael Kelly's contained political operative Doug Stamper from House of Cards — unfurled an elaborate story of Angelyne's past, based on material he contended he'd enterprisingly pulled and synthesized from a global network of public databases. He laid down a folded printout of a row of yearbook photos.
"This one," he said, pointing at a 1967 Monroe Senior High School sophomore from the San Fernando Valley, third from right, "is Angelyne." A schoolgirl with hooded eyes and long center-parted locks, in a button-down white shirt and tie, stared out across half a century. "Also known as
"Amazon wants their drones to tell you that your house needs work"
Patent granted:
“The one or more service provider computers may analyze the data and identify that the roof of the location is in disrepair and in need of service. Subsequently, the one or more service provider computers may generate and provide a recommendation to the customer informing them of the identified property and offering an item or service that is appropriate for the identified property (e.g., a roof repair service recommendation).”
Another example would be fertilizer or an arborist, if the drone spots dying trees in the back garden.
"There Are Still More Questions Than Answers In The [Ole Miss Football] Scandal"
"some disturbing rumors concerning [the fired head coach's] time as a high school teacher."
Looking forward to the Hot Toys Domino figure; also, Josh Brolin's before and after
Josh Brolin now:
Josh Brolin in Sicario:
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