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The Daily Tulip – News From Around The World

Tuesday 4th September 2018

Good Morning Gentle Reader….  Bella and I did our usual constitutional walk this morning, sea mist for company again, but no matter a couple of hours and it will be gone, evaporated up into the heavens.. I was asked yesterday is this only walk that Bella gets, the answer is no.. At 7.00am we set off on our 5/6 mile walk which is done as a "Power Walk" which takes us all the way around Estepona, we see the port, the old town and the sun rise as we come down the promenade, takes us about 45 to 50 minutes, then back to the house for breakfast and them through the day she and I will go out 3 or 4 times more until her collar comes off at night and she goes to sleep.. and that's a typical day in Bella's life... So that explained, let's have a look at the news and see if I can explain any of that...

ELECTRIC SHOCK COLLARS FOR DOGS AND CATS SET TO BE BANNED…. Electric shock collars for dogs and cats are set to be banned, Environment Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce this week. Used as training devices, the remote controlled collars can trigger an electric pulse of varying strength, or spray noxious chemicals at the animal. Mr Gove, who has described Britain as a "nation of animal lovers", is imminently poised to reveal the move to prohibit their sale, the Mail on Sunday has reported. The newspaper said the Environment Secretary has branded the collars as "punitive devices" which "can cause harm and suffering, whether intentionally or unintentionally, to our pets". Use of the collars has been banned in Wales, and earlier this year Scotland began moves towards prohibiting dog owners using them. But it is only the UK Government which can ban their sale across the country. Ministers launched a public consultation on the issue in March. The devices cause dogs to yelp, squeal, crouch and exhibit physiological signs of distress, the Dogs Trust has previously said. And despite being sold to improve the way dogs behave, they can worsen the animal's behaviour, the charity stressed. Polling for the Dogs Trust earlier this year showed almost a third of people (31%) wrongly thought the collars, which can continuously shock a dog for 11 seconds, were already banned. The poll of 2,067 adults by Populus also found that 84% knew they caused pain and 83% of dog owners would not use them. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson was among MPs who pledged their support to calls for a ban by the charity in February, and compared their use to caning a child.

APPLE SETS SEPTEMBER 12 DATE FOR NEXT BIG PRODUCT LAUNCH…. Apple is planning to reveal its latest products in under two weeks' time which is widely expected to include new iPhone handsets. The company sent media invites to a launch event taking place on September 12, hosted at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California. As usual, Apple didn't detail exactly what it is planning to unveil, simply saying "Gather round". The firm's September events tend to be the launch pad for its latest iPhone models, but in previous years there have also been updated iPads and the Apple Watch. Last year, Apple released three new handsets, the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus and a new flagship device, the iPhone X. The most recent financial results from July show that iPhone sales have started to stagnate, only increasing by 1% on the previous year. However, revenue still managed to grow 20%, thanks to the price of the iPhone X. In August, Apple became the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at one trillion dollars.

CHELSEA MANNING COULD BE BARRED FROM ENTERING AUSTRALIA…. US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour scheduled to start on Sunday, her tour organiser has said. Think Inc said it had received a notice of intention from the government to deny Ms Manning entry. "Which after a little bit of research and speaking to our legal counsel, we understand is potentially an imminent refusal of her visa," Think Inc director Suzi Jamil told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. The group is calling on her supporters to lobby new Immigration Minister David Coleman to allow her into Australia. Ms Manning was an intelligence analyst for the US Army when she leaked military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. She served seven years of a 35-year sentence before then-President Barack Obama granted her clemency in 2017. The transgender activist, who recently lost a long-shot bid for a US Senate seat in Maryland, is scheduled to speak at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday and has subsequent events in Australia and New Zealand. The Department of Home Affairs said while it does not comment on individual cases, all non-citizens entering Australia must meet character requirements set out in the Migration Act. The reasons a person might fail the character test include a criminal record or a determination they might be a risk to the community, according to the department. Labour foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said the government should be transparent about the reasons, if Ms Manning is denied entry. Amnesty International accused the government of trying to silence Ms Manning. "By refusing her entry, the Australian government would send a chilling message that freedom of speech is not valued by our government," the organisation's national director Claire Mallinson said in a statement. Lawyer Greg Barns, who has represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, said people with criminal records have been allowed into Australia in the past. He said no one would seriously suggest Ms Manning was a risk to the Australian community.

WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG COULD BE 'HOLY GRAIL' IN OBESITY FIGHT…. A weight-loss pill has been hailed as a potential "holy grail" in the fight against obesity after a major study showed it did not increase the risk of serious heart problems. Researchers say lorcaserin is the first weight-loss drug to be deemed safe for heart health with long-term use, which could see regulators approve it for prescription on the NHS. Taken twice a day, the drug is an appetite suppressant which works by stimulating brain chemicals to induce a feeling of fullness. A US study saw 12,000 people who were either obese or overweight given the pills or a placebo - with those who took the drug shedding an average of nine pounds in 40 months. Further analysis showed no big differences in tests for heart valve damage. Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said the drug is potentially the "holy grail" of weight-loss medicine. Professor Jason Halford, an obesity expert at the University of Liverpool, told the Daily Telegraph that the drug's availability in the UK depends on whether it is approved by NHS regulators. The Food and Drug Administration, the US medicines watchdog, approved lorcaserin's use in some adults in 2012. The drug has been on sale there since 2013, where it costs between 220 and 290 dollars (£155-£225) a month. The study into its long-term effects was led by Dr Erin Bohula, a cardiovascular medicine expert at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital. She said: "Patients and their doctors have been nervous about using drugs to treat obesity and for good reason. There's a history of these drugs having serious complications."

EU BACKS ENDING DAYLIGHT SAVING…. The EU Commission is proposing to end the practice of adjusting clocks by an hour in spring and autumn after a survey found most Europeans opposed it. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said millions "believe that in future, summer time should be year-round, and that's what will happen". The Commission's proposal requires support from the 28 national governments and MEPs to become law. In the EU clocks switch between winter and summer under daylight saving time. A European Parliament resolution says it is "crucial to maintain a unified EU time regime". However, the Commission has not yet drafted details of the proposed change. In a consultation paper it said one option would be to let each member state decide whether to go for permanent summer or winter time. That would be "a sovereign decision of each member state", Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein explained on Friday.He stressed that the proposal was "to no longer constrain member states into changing clocks twice per year".

Well Gentle Reader I hope you enjoyed our look at the news from around the world this, morning… …

Our Tulips today are a rather vibrant yellow, and I love them...

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 Tuesday 4th September 2018 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 #Spain #Tulips #Travel #Coffee