The Daily Populous

Sunday December 17th, 2017 morning edition

image for TIL Sir Christopher Lee, who played Saruman in the Lord of the Rings movies, was the only actor to actually meet J. R. R. Tolkien personally.

Lee's maternal great-grandfather had been an Italian political refugee who sought refuge in Australia; his great-grandmother was Australian opera singer Marie Carandini.

After enrolling in Miss Fisher's Academy in Wengen, he played his first villainous role as Rumpelstiltskin.

His mother then married Harcourt "Ingle" Rose, a banker and uncle of the James Bond author Ian Fleming.

Lee witnessed the execution of Eugen Weidmann, the last person to be publicly executed in France, in June 1939.

Christopher Lee was the only person of the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy to have ever actually met J.R.R.

Lee was the only actor of The Lord of the Rings who had ever met Tolkien.

In the Film The House that Dripped Blood Lee, in one clip, is filmed reading a paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings . »

The FCC Is Blocking a Law Enforcement Investigation Into Net Neutrality Comment Fraud

Authored by motherboard.vice.com

The FCC is blocking a law enforcement investigation into fraudulent comments designed to provide bogus support for the agency’s looming net neutrality repeal.

"Today the FCC make[s] clear that it will continue to obstruct a law enforcement investigation," said Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for Schneiderman’s office.

Expect the agency’s failure to police comment fraud to play a starring role in these legal arguments to come. »

India's stand on net neutrality is clear, US can decide for itself: Centre

Authored by deccanchronicle.com

He said it is for the USA to decide their stand on net neutrality but "Our stand from day one is very clear - right of non-discriminatory access to internet is not negotiable".

Facebook was offering free internet access to some websites that were available on its Free Basics platform.

"I am happy to announce today, India today is home to 108 mobile factories in the last three years," he said. »

Navajo Nation sues Wells Fargo in fake-account scandal

Authored by nbcnews.com

The suit includes a letter that the tribe says Wells Fargo sent in January reassuring members that "there has been no impact from Wells Fargo's improper sales practices ... to the Navajo Nation community.".

"Wells Fargo's unlawful sales practices spread to its branches on the Navajo Nation," and the bank "lied to the Navajo Nation in an effort to cover it up," the suit alleges.

Wells Fargo said it was earmarking an additional $2.8 million to pay back customers harmed by the scheme. »

UV: A huge 5km wide asteroid is hurtling towards Earth

Authored by unv.is

What does exist, however, is a rather large asteroid named 3200 Phaethon, which is going to pass close by to planet Earth at some point fairly soon.

There is, of course, no reason to panic as the piece of space rock will pass us safely by.

Furthermore, this will be the third-largest "hazardous" asteroid to pass this close to Earth and the closest since 1974. »