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95112 | Article: PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:58 EST, 16 August 2013 . A 12-year-old girl barred from playing football for her school because of her gender is fighting back with the help of a civil liberties group. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is throwing its weight behind the case of Makhaela Jenkins whose local authority claims it is not being sexist because there are other sports girls can do instead of football. Makhaela already plays youth football in the Baltimore area, south east of Columbus, Ohio, but is not allowed to join the active roster for her school team because of her gender. Barred: Youth footballer Makhaela Jenkins, 12, is fighting an Ohio district policy that bans her from playing football for her school . The district's policy is that only boys can participate in football games and contact drills. According to Fox 28 Columbus, the ACLU has written to the school and labelled its principles as being old-fashioned. Jennifer Martinez Atzberger, ACLU of Ohio senior staff attorney, quoted by the news service, said: 'This school is using outdated and untrue stereotypes about gender to decide who participates in athletics.' She added: 'Federal courts in Ohio have made it clear since the 1970’s that if a girl wants to play football, and there is not an equivalent team for girls, she must be allowed to try out for the boys' team.' Makhaela, who has been playing mixed youth football for some time and has earned her place in the team, is popular with the coach and has earned the blessing of her family, also has the law on her side, Atzberger pointed out to Fox 28. The ACLU member highlighted a similar 1974 case, Clinton v. Nagy, in which a family won a District Court case when their 12-year-old daughter was also stopped from playing football on a municipal team because of her sex. Full Contact: Makhaela Jenkins has been playing youth football but her school will not allow her to play for its team. The school district says it offers girls other non-contact sports to take part in. Pictured, a tackle between New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens during the 2013 AFC Championship game . The letter was sent yesterday to Liberty Union-Thurston School District. Quoted in a Fox News article, the district's superintendent Paul Mathews claims their policy does not infringe any gender-related violations because the district offers other, non-contact sports for girls. 'We have opportunities for girls, but those opportunities do not include contact sports,' he told Fox News. The school district's board members have not yet publicly responded to the ACLU's letter, the news service said.
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| Makhaela Jenkins plays youth football but her school has barred her from games because of her gender . The Thurston District, Ohio, says it is not violating the law because there are other sports on offer for girls that are non-contact . The American Civil Liberties Union says the district's policy is out-dated, unacceptable and is unlawful . | train |
172588 | Article: The earliest surviving portrait of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral. Archaeologists are hoping to find his grave under a council car park in Leicester. Archaeologists today moved a step closer to finding the remains of King Richard III. They confirmed they have found the Greyfriars friary where he is believed to be buried in the most unlikely of settings - under a council car park in Leicester. They have found medieval window tracery, glazed floor . tile fragments, part of what may be the Greyfriars cloisters walk and a . section of wall. The team has so far excavated two 30-metre trenches in the Leicester City Council car park which is believed to cover the Greyfriars site where Richard was taken after meeting his end at the Battle of Bosworth. The team believe that the church is the most likely location for a monarch’s burial place – and the next step will be to dig another trench with the aim of intersecting the church itself. Richard Buckley, Co-Director of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services, said: 'Today, what we are saying is that we have found the Greyfriars and have uncovered tantalising clues as to the location of the church. 'It has gone about as well as we could hope for.' Richard Buckley of the University of Leicester with part of the medieval friary the team hopes will lead them to the body of King Richard III . 'We aim to dig a contingency trench over the weekend to see if these walls are the church. 'If this is the case we can point to the area where Richard III might have been buried.' Philippa Langley, of the Richard III society, said: 'We are in the right area. 'We have started to get a sense of where Richard’s body may have been brought. 'I did not think we would be where we are now at the start of the dig. A selection of medieval building materials found at the Greyfriars site in Leicester . 'I am totally thrilled. 'For me, the whole dig is now coming to life.' The dig is being filmed for a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary to be aired later this year. The researchers believe King Richard III was buried in a Franciscan friary in the area after being killed by the army of Henry Tudor during the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The friary was, however, knocked down during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries, and the exact location of the burial site has been one of Britain’s enduring historical mysteries ever since. Scroll down for video . The trench where part of Greyfriars, believed to be the resting place of King Richard III, was found . After closely examining ancient maps, . archaeologists believe the most likely site for the church is a car . park of a social services office in the centre of Leicester. Last week, . they began digging it up. Richard was King of England for two years, from 1483 until the Battle of Bosworth. His . death at the age of 32 marked the end of 30 years of civil war, known . as the Wars of the Roses, and the end of the middle ages. It also marked the dawn of the Tudor dynasty and the demise of the Plantagenets. His . clothes and armour were removed and his naked body carried on horseback . to Leicester, where the corpse was displayed in public for three days. He was then buried in the Franciscan friary, known as Greyfriars, but just over 50 years later the church was destroyed. Richard Buckley holding a piece of mullion from a traceried window from the later medieval period at the archaeological site in Leicester . In a field behind Fenn Lane Farm near Leicester, the treeline marks the spot where Richard III is believed to have been killed in battle. The 69p stamp featuring Richard III . Born . in 1452, Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 . until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. According to another tale, Richard consulted a seer in Leicester before the battle who foretold that 'where your spur should strike on the ride into battle, your head shall be broken on the return'. On the ride into battle his spur struck the bridge stone of the Bow Bridge; legend has it that, as his corpse was being carried from the battle over the back of a horse, his head struck the same stone and was broken open.Richard III was the last English king to be killed in battle . He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. Although Richard III has gone down in history as a monstrous tyrant with a . hunchback and a withered arm, most historians now claim such an . image is purely fictitious and down largely to how he was portrayed by . Shakespeare. Legend says the body was removed and . cast into the river Soar, but historians hope to prove wrong this . disputed version of events by finding it at the council site. The archaeologists, from Leicester . University, along with members of the Richard III Historical Society, . hope finding the remains will help to change the way the monarch is . viewed historically. Richard III is traditionally seen as a tyrant who murdered his way to the throne, disfigured by a hunchback and a withered arm. Many historians, however, claim that a distorted image of the king was deliberately created by the Tudors, the most notorious example of which is Shakespeare’s play about him. The Richard III Historical Society said it hoped the excavation, which is projected to last two weeks, would end ‘the enormous disparagement’ of his reputation. The site of the friary was bought by Alderman Robert Herrick, the Mayor of Leicester, in 1612, after the church was demolished in 1538. He built a mansion there. In 1914, Leicestershire County Council bought the land, later turning it into a car park. Archaeologists will start by digging two long trenches across the car park, hoping to find remains of the church and narrow down the search. They will also use ground-penetrating radar to find the best places to dig. Richard Buckley, co-director of the Archaeology Service at the university, said: ‘It is quite a long shot but it’s a very exciting project. We don’t know precisely where the body would have been buried but we suspect it would be in the choir or near the altar.’ If bones are found they will be assessed for trauma to the skeleton. Richard was hacked down after being surrounded and one historical account suggests that the blow which finally felled him was so hard that fragments of his helmet were left in his skull. They will also be subjected to DNA analysis. The remains will be matched against the DNA of Joy Ibsen, a 16th generation descendant of Anne of York, the sister of Richard III. Mrs Ibsen died four years ago, aged 82. At the site yesterday, Mrs Ibsen’s son Michael, 55, watched as the search began. The furniture-maker, who was born in Canada but now lives in London, said his mother would have been thrilled by the project. ‘The family were entertained when she got the call several years ago from a historian claiming she was a descendant,’ he added. The Chiddingly Boar, medieval silver-gilt livery badge of Richard III, helped researchers pinpoint the location of the battle of Bosworth when is was found in east Sussex in 1999 . Archaeologist Dr Glenn Foard shows today how the badge of the boar led them to pinpoint the battlefield and where the king fell. 'This is almost certainly from a knight in Richard's retinue, who rode with him to his death on that last charge,' he said . A flag and memorial stone mark Richard's Field, just northwest of Ambion Hill . Memorial: The plaque at the place where Richard is believed to have been killed . A depiction of the carnage during the Battle of Bosworth Field by 18th century painter Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) The Battle of Bosworth Field was . fought on the morning of August 22, 1485, and marked the end of the War . Of The Roses, the 30-year civil war between the houses of York and . Lancaster. One of the . most important clashes in English history, it saw the death of Richard . III, ushered in the Tudor dynasty and gave Shakespeare one of his best . known quotations. The leading role has been played by Laurence Olivier and Sir Ian McKellen, and the battle has also been immortalised in many artworks. The battle marked the final . confrontation between the Yorkist king Richard III and his challenger . Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond and leader of the House of Lancaster. The seeds of Richard's downfall were sown when he seized the throne from his 12-year-old nephew Edward V in 1483. Support . for the monarch was further diminished when Edward and his younger . brother disappeared and Richard was involved in the death of his wife. Henry laid claim to the throne from across the Channel. Following . an unsuccessful attempt to invade England from his base in France, . Henry arrived on the coast of Wales on August 1, 1485. Gathering . support as he marched inland, Richard hurriedly mustered troops and . intercepted Henry's army south of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire. After . Richard's death on the battlefield his rival was crowned King Henry VII . and became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty, which lasted . until 1603.
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| Team say dig is 'exceeding expectations', and now plan to look for the monarch's burial site . Archaeologists have identified the franciscan friary known as Greyfriars from window and tile fragments . If remains are found, they will undergo DNA analysis at the University of Leicester to confirm that they are those of Richard III . | train |
11930 | Article: By . Reuters Reporter . A U.S. citizen in Ghana is being tested for Ebola after he fell ill following a trip to two countries in the region battling the disease, a senior government official said on Monday. 'He is an American and records showed that he had been to Guinea and Sierra Leone in the past few weeks,' a senior health ministry official told Reuters. Test results are expected later on Monday. The Ministry of Health said in a statement a patient, who has not been named, was in quarantine at Nyaho clinic in Accra. Deadly toll: More than 450 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has raged since February . The deadly virus has plagued some of Africa's most vulnerable natures, like Sierra Leone (pictured). Health workers in Kenema carry the body of an Ebola victim on June 25 . Tests were being conducted at Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research in Accra. It urged the public to remain calm. A spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy in Ghana said it had been informed by the laboratory that a U.S. citizen was being tested for suspected Ebola and it was working to confirm this. Health officials have called for regional action to halt the world's deadliest outbreak of the disease, which has spread across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing at least 467 people since February. Ebola causes fever, vomiting, bleeding and diarrhea and kills up to 90 percent of those it infects. Highly contagious, it is transmitted through contact with blood or other fluids. A previous suspected Ebola case in Ghana tested negative in April. Ebola originates from fruit bats, though it is thought to be passed to humans after they eat bush meat .
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| More than 450 people have been killed by Ebola, which is 90percent lethal, since February . American reportedly visited Guinea and Sierra Leone . | train |
54372 | Article: By . Mark Duell . UPDATED: . 02:56 EST, 3 December 2011 . A father has been jailed for beating his mentally ill wife to death with a flashlight after she strangled their son and tried to kill their daughter. Christopher Smeltzer, 39, of New Hampshire, was jailed for up to 30 years after pleading guilty to killing Mara Pappalardo in November 2010. She was paranoid, obsessed with death and convinced her husband and mother-in-law were plotting to take her children away, a court heard. Sentenced: Christopher Smeltzer, 39, has been jailed for beating his mentally ill wife Mara Pappalardo to death after she killed Mason and tried to kill Mercey . Pappalardo was hospitalised for mental illness before she strangled their four-year-old son with a ribbon and tried to kill their seven-year-old girl. Smeltzer’s charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of a horrific scene he encountered. He found his son strangled, his daughter dangling off a bed with a scarf around her neck and his wife trying to commit suicide, prosecutors said. ‘As soon as I saw my son I knew something was very wrong,’ Smeltzer said. ‘I knew he was dead and I lost all control. Enraged, I struck my wife. ‘I did something that was not going to bring my son back,’ adding that he wished he had a ‘rewind button’ to go back and change what he did. Smeltzer believed his daughter was dead as well and toxicology tests confirmed he took a large quantity of pills in an effort to take his own life. Deaths: Smeltzer's charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of a horrific scene he encountered . His daughter Mercey awakened him the next morning and asked if her mother and brother were still breathing, prosecutors said. 'As soon as I saw my son I knew something was very wrong. I knew he was dead and I lost all control' Christopher Smeltzer . Mercey wanted her father to make her some . tea and had told investigators her father removed the scarf from her . neck, the court heard. A tape recording of Mercey reading a letter to the judge was played by her lawyer, because the girl did not attend the hearing. ‘I am mad and sad that my Daddy killed my Mommy and brother Mason,’ she said. ‘Please keep him in jail for the rest of his life.’ ‘Mercey is an innocent victim of Chris's actions as well as Mara's,' John Newman, defending, said. 'Chris is painfully aware his actions were wrong.' 'I am mad and sad that my Daddy killed my Mommy and brother Mason. Please keep him in jail for the rest of his life' Mercey Smeltzer . Smeltzer picked up his dead son, put his mouth to his son's mouth and found it was ice cold, Mr Newman told the court. The sentencing took place in a . Rockingham Superior court. There was tension between members of . Smeltzer's family and his wife's. At one point during the 90-minute . sentencing, a member of her family shouted to Smeltzer that God will be . the judge of his actions. Home: He found his son strangled, his daughter dangling off a bed with a scarf around her neck and his wife trying to commit suicide, prosecutors said . Pappalardo’s cousin Adam Roz faulted Smeltzer for leaving his wife alone with the children and said he failed as a father, husband and human being. 'Mercey is an innocent victim of Chris's actions as well as Mara's' John Newman . ‘In my heart, I feel anyone sitting here today should have, could have, but just plain didn't act,’ Mr Roz said. ‘For that, we're all guilty of this tragedy.’ Pappaladro's sisters spoke of her passion for nature and reading and dreams of writing children's books. ‘She believed in God, the saints, the power of prayer and love and even in magic,’ her sister, Mona Harris, said. Judge Tina Nadeau questioned whether the outcome would have been the same had Smeltzer not used drugs that night. 'In my heart, I feel anyone sitting here today should have, could have, but just plain didn't act. For that, we're all guilty of this tragedy' Adam Roz . But she acknowledged that he must have had an extreme emotional reaction to what greeted him when he came home. She said nothing she could do or say would lessen the grief for the families and imposed the sentence the state requested. It included a provision that five years will be suspended if he earns his college degree and takes anger management classes. With the suspension and credit for time served since his arrest, he could be free in nine years. Mercey now lives with one of her mother's sisters.
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| Christopher Smeltzer returned home to horrific scene . Son was strangled and daughter was hanging off bed . His wife Mara Pappalardo was obsessed with death . | train |
266851 | Article: By . Sarah Dean for Daily Mail Australia . A hate-filled American church group has labelled Australian comedian Adam Hills 'corrupt' in a vile rant after he decided to donate money to the late Robin William's favourite children's hospital instead of paying for them to fly to Iraq. Westboro Baptist church member, Benjamin Phelps, is angry that Hills did not give money to the church to fly to Iraq and picket ISIS like he originally joked during his British comedy show The Last Leg. 'You idiots can't do anything right ... the only reason you parted with any of your money was out of spite and hatred for Westboro,' Phelps said. Hills has so far raised over $100,000 for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, after his public spat with Westboro Baptist Church last week. He donated the money and urged his fans to do the same. 'Not only will it help a child, it will really piss of a bigot,' he said. Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is an American unaffiliated Baptist church that believes Williams spent his life 'mocking God and promoting sin' and 'pushing flagrant debauchery, and hedonism.' Scroll down for video . Angry: Westboro Baptist church member, Benjamin Phelps, is disappointed that Adam Hills is not giving the church money to fly to Iraq and picket ISIS . The funny man declared his feud with Westboro over in a segment of his comedy show on Channel 4 this weekend after becoming embroiled in a Twitter battle with the church when they claimed 'Robin Williams was in hell' for staring as a gay character in various films and supporting US troops. On Wednesday, in a disturbing video published on YouTube, Phelps said: 'Recently an Australian comedian named Adam Hills threw a hissy fit regarding our comments on the demon-possessed pervert Robin Williams.' Phelps is the eldest grandson of the church's original founder Fred Phelps and in 1995 was convicted of assault and disorderly conduct after spitting upon the face of a passerby during a picket. 'God hates signs': Adam Hills has poked fun at Westboro Baptist Church again but said their war of words is over . Comedian Adam Hills said he is still receiving abuse from people despite donating money to a good cause . In his shocking diatribe he accused Hills of making 'a big show by donating money to St Jude Children's Research Hospital'. After quoting the Bible, he continued: 'He made an oath in front of God and everyone that he would purchase these tickets first class so they least he could do is stop being so stingy with his money.' Phelps claimed he still wants the first flight out to Baghdad from Kansas for his 75 church members on Friday. 'If I'm doing my math right that comes to $904,425. You can't pay your way out of hell Adam Hills, but you ought to put your money where your big mouth is or cough up the fill amount to St Jude's. Amen.' The threat to pick Williams' funeral originally angered Hills and he fired a shot at the church on his television show, offering to fly members 'first class' to Iraq to picket extreme Islamists instead. Shocking: Phelps accused Hills of making 'a big show by donating money to St Jude Chidren's Research Hospital' 'If you really believe in standing up to those threatening the Christian way of life, Westboro Baptist Church, how about putting your money where your mouth is, taking a direct flight to Iraq and picketing the people threatening to behead Christians if they don’t convert?,' he said. Then on Saturday's show he said; 'We did seriously look into this and took onboard the advice of both the US and UK governments, neither of which were too happy about us sending professional s**t stirrers into a war zone.' Westboro Baptist Church seemed enthusiastic about the idea of going to the Middle East. They tweeted Hills saying: 'Cough up the tickets funny man, we got our bags packed. Iraq needs some preaching.' 'These guys are so desperate for attention they make Lady Gaga look like Salman Rushdie.' Hills joked. The Australian comedian said he wants to spread 'love not hate' The Westboro Baptist Church said Hills should provide their plane tickets to Iraq or be quiet . Instead of giving the church the publicity they wanted Hills said he is going to 'fight hate with love'. His Crowd Rise fundraising page, set up by charity Planting Peace, says: 'Our neighbors at the Westboro Baptist Church have announced their intention to protest the funeral of Robin Williams. 'In keeping with our philosophy of addressing acts of hate and intolerance with compassion and love, we are inviting the public to show their respect and support of a man who spent his life making others smile, who was always there for others in their time of need, and who supported the greater good through works of service and charity. In response to Hills rant, the Westboro Church claimed it had picketed in Iraq before . Robin Williams was the subject of an anti-gay video posted by the Westboro Church . 'Please join Planting Peace in counteracting the WBC’s message of hate through a fundraising event benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a cause Mr. Williams passionately and publicly supported.' Hills said there was one or two things he believed would happen to church members in Iraq, if they chose to fly. 'Either you’ll die while defending your beliefs and you’ll be carried away to heaven by a gold chariot to sit at the right hand of God for all eternity.' 'OR if I’m right, and I’m willing to bet a dozen first class flights that I am, God will be standing at the pearly gates alongside a 5ft 8 hairy American comedian dressed as a middle aged Scottish nanny saying, ‘Heeeellllooooo’. Robin Williams played an openly gay character in the film The Birdcage, one of many gay characters he portrayed. The Westboro Baptist Church members failed to show up to Williams’ memorial service, which was held in San Francisco on Tuesday, but they did respond to Hills on Twitter, saying, 'Iraq here we come.' The Group told Adam Hills to show them plane tickets or 'hush' on the topic of picketing Robin Williams funeral . The Tweet Adam Hills posted in which he tells followers he plans to reply to followers of the Westboro Church offer of acceptance . Robin Williams as Armand Goldman in The Birdcage - a film about a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion .
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| Adam Hills has raised over $90,000 for Robin Williams' favourite children's hospital in America . He decided to turn 'hate into love' after he attacked the Westboro Baptist Church for threatening to picket Williams' funeral . The group accused Williams of sinning because he played several gay characters on film . Hills ended his spat with the group in the latest episode of his comedy show The Last Leg . But the Kansas-based group has this week attacked him again . | train |
151363 | Article: (CNN) -- You've found a fabulous story to tell. You've snared the hard-to-get interviews. You're on the scene to watch the most dramatic moments unfold. The quotes are memorable, the tension palpable. It's a story that really matters. Now you're back at your desk, buried in a mountain of notes, audio, video and stills. Time to sharpen your editing chops. What drew you to the story in the first place? What surprised you? What choked you up? And, most importantly, what does it all mean? Questions are your friend at every storytelling stage -- from idea incubation to reporting, writing and producing. They can help focus and shape the story. Here are five questions you should ask -- and answer --while whittling down that mountain of material to build your story. It's called editing, but it's really just thinking smartly. 1. Through whose eyes am I telling this story? Whether told in words or pictures, many stories are seen through a wide-angle lens. And the result is that each quote and fact seems to carry the same weight. The story covers a lot of ground, but fails to go deep. Often it is more effective to change that focus, from wide-angle to close-up. In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, the mounting death toll threatened to render the victims faceless. And the enormity of the rescue efforts began to feel unfathomable. But CNN's Moni Basu focused on small, singular stories that stood for the universal: She told of one rescuer who became a woman's last hope. She took us inside the mind of one survivor pulled from the rubble after six days. Taking this approach, Basu followed the advice of E.B. White: "Don't write about Man; write about 'a' man." 2. Who has something at stake? Lisa Pollak, a former newspaper reporter who is now a producer for This American Life, was asked to interview the winner of the National Oreo Cookie Stacking Contest. And she did. But a key decision turned "One Good Thing on Top of Another" into a delicious surprise. The writing sparkles, but it's the storytelling that enchants. Read this gem of story, and see what important question led Lisa to a masterful stroke. 3. What's going to happen next? Take advantage of a story's mysteries, the questions raised. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and teacher Tom French calls this question -- "What's going to happen next?" -- the engine that propels the story forward. It's like sex, says another writer and editor: You want to hold back the climax. In a story (as in lovemaking), if the climax comes too soon, how long will you stick with it? In writing about his travels with two Muslims on a cross-country road trip for Ramadan, CNN 's Wayne Drash is careful to promise the reader that something surprising and dramatic is going to happen without giving it away. Are you hooked by his hint that the trip wasn't all "peace, love and Kumbaya"? 4. What's the story really about? Writing guru William Zinsser offers two questions to guide a storyteller in determining what material goes in the story and what hits the cutting-room floor: . 1. What is the story about? 2. What is the point? The first question is about content. The second is about meaning. Everything in your story must go to one of those questions. Otherwise, it stays in your notes. Another useful exercise: Describe your story in three to five words. Now reduce that description to one word. If you can't, you're still focused on the story's content. Finding just one word will force you to name its theme. CNN's Jessica Ravitz wrote about BP oil spill victims from Louisiana traveling to Alaska to see what they could learn from the victims of the Exxon Valdez spill more than 20 years ago. That's what her story was about. What was the point? Read Ravitz's story to see if you can tell how she answered that question. 5. Where should the story begin? Once you know the theme of your story, you have the answer to this question: begin with a scene or a moment or description that contains the story's essential meaning. Note the first image in Walter Astrada's video "Undesired," about the pressure women in India face to bear a male child. It contains the story's essence. Look at the first paragraph in Pollak's Pulitzer-winning story about a boy diagnosed with the same deadly disease as his brother and facing terrible odds. When you learn to investigate your notes and tape for what lies beneath -- the meaning -- your storytelling becomes just that: meaningful. Ready to give these tips a try? Do this: tell the story of an object that reveals something about someone you know. Then join us Thursday, October 14, at 3:30 p.m. ET for a conversation with Winburn.
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| The iReport Boot Camp challenges iReporters to improve their storytelling chops . This week's focus is editing, with advice from CNN.com Enterprise Editor Jan Winburn . Editing is really about thinking smart: finding the focus and the meaning of a story . Ask yourself five questions to shape your story . | train |
267556 | Article: Kim Kyong-hui, 67, is said to have died less than a month after her husband was executed by her nephew, Kim Jong-un . The aunt of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has died in mysterious circumstances, it was reported today. Kim Kyong-hui, 67, whose husband Jang Song-Thaek was executed under Jong-un's orders less than a month ago, is said to have either suffered a heart attack or committed suicide by North Korean media. There has been speculation on her health and whereabouts since the death on 8 December of her husband, also 67, described as 'scum' by his 30-year-old nephew. Mrs Kim, who was said to have been receiving treatment for heart disease, reportedly had a heart attack soon after her husband was killed in what is believed to be an attempt by Kim Jong-un to tighten his grip on North Korea. South Korean newspaper the Chosunilbo reported that North Korean intelligence services believed Mrs Kim to be dead, but had not confirmed how or where she had died. One theory is that she died abroad while seeking medical treatment - she is known to have visited heart specialists in Singapore and Moscow. Once a key figure in the totalitarian regime, Mrs Kim, the sister of Kim Jong-un's father, former leader Kim Jong-il, has not been seen in public since 10 September, when she was spotted at a concert with her nephew and his wife. Despite her husband having been executed, Mrs Kim's life was believed to be safe, particularly when she was chosen to join other dignitaries planning the funeral of a senior Workers Party official who died last month. She is said to have suffered from alcoholism and depression since the death of her only child, daughter Jang Kum-song, who killed herself in Paris in 2006. Mrs Kim, front, seen in 2011 with her nephew Kim Jong-un, front right, and husband Jang Song-Thaek, two behind Jong-un . Family power: Kim Kyong-hui in 1963 with her father, then North Korean leader Kim il-Sung, and brother, Kim Jong-il, left . Dictator's aunt: Kim Kyong-hui, centre front, is the younger sister of Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il . Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and an authority on North Korean affairs, told the Daily Telegraph that he would not be surprised if Mrs Kim were dead, given her history of ill health. He said: 'No one could go against her and she could force the party and the military to obey her orders by invoking her father's name. 'Her disappearance will inevitably cause a lot of political problems in Pyongyang. Kim Jong-un may be trying to cover her disappearance up for a while to consolidate his own political strength.'
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| Kim Kyong-hui, 67, is aunt of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, 30 . Her husband Jang Song-Thaek was executed by Kim Jong-un last month . Mrs Kim, whose only child died in 2006, is said to have had heart disease . North Korean media say officials believe she is dead but not how or where . | train |
185079 | Article: Los Angeles (CNN) -- Hal David, the lyricist behind such standards as "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and "What the World Needs Now is Love," has died at 91, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said Saturday. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning songwriter, who teamed with musician Burt Bacharach on dozens of hit songs, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke, ASCAP said. David's greatest hits . David started working with Bacharach in the late 1950s on tunes recorded by artists including Perry Como, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick. In May, President Barack Obama and the first lady hosted a concert honoring Bacharach and David as part of the "In Performance at the White House" series. "As a lyric writer, Hal was simple, concise and poetic -- conveying volumes of meaning in fewest possible words and always in service to the music," ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams said. "It is no wonder that so many of his lyrics have become part of our everyday vocabulary and his songs ... the backdrop of our lives." Singer Smokey Robinson on Saturday said David was one of his songwriting idols when he was growing up. "I hope that the music world will join together in celebrating the life of one of our greatest composers ever," Robinson said in a statement Saturday. "I will really miss my friend but I will celebrate his life and he will live on-and-on through his incredible musical contribution." Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, who also worked extensively with then-husband Burt Bacharach, said David made Bacharach's melodies seem "effortless." David was president of ASCAP from 1980 till 1986. The Recording Academy called David an "exquisite lyricist" whose work has left a "lasting impact on our culture." He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents who had immigrated from Austria. He studied journalism at New York University before joining the military during World War II. Returning to New York after the war, he began working with songwriters he met at the famous Brill Building, which at the time was the center of the city's song industry, ASCAP said. It was his collaboration with Bacharach that proved the most fruitful. They were some of the first to work with Warwick when she was a young vocalist. Dionne Warwick sings Hal David's last lyrics . They also helped Herb Alpert to No. 1 with "This Guy's in Love With You" and wrote The Carpenters' No. 1 hit "(They Long to Be) Close to You." British Invasion stars like Springfield and Sandie Shaw sought the pair's talents in the 1960s, and they got Tom Jones into the Top 10 with "What's New Pussycat." The pair's accomplishments extended to stage and screen as well. They wrote scores and themes for 1960s films including "Alfie" and "Casino Royale." Their "Raindrops" tune was written for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and reached No. 1. They wrote the score for the musical "Promises, Promises," which was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Grammy for best Cast Album of the Year in 1970. David parted ways with Bacharach in the early 1970s, but he went on to work with other composers, including Albert Hammond -- with whom he wrote "To All the Girls I've Loved Before." His first wife, Anne, died in 1987. He is survived by his wife, Eunice; two sons, three grandchildren, and two stepsons. David's older brother Mack, who died in 1991, was also a famous songwriter who wrote such hits as "La Vie en Rose," "Candy," and "Bibiddi-Bobbidi-Boo." People we've lost in 2012: They lives they lived .
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| He co-wrote dozens of hits with Burt Bacharach . His songs include "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick recorded his songs . He was an Oscar and Grammy Award winner . | train |
261939 | Article: By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 12:01 EST, 20 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:43 EST, 20 November 2012 . Once every office and most homes in the UK rattled and rang with their unmistakable sound but today marked the end of an era for the humble typewriter. The last one to be made in Britain has been taken off the factory floor as Brother stopped manufacturing the machine at its north Wales factory. The company has made 5.9 million in Wrexham since 1985 and has sent its last typewriter to the Science Museum in London to be displayed as an artefact. Historic: Edward Bryan, a worker at the factory since 1989, made the last typewriter and is shown here doing a final test on the production line . The original: This machine dates back to July 1985 and was the first to be made at Brother's Wrexham factory . After 130 years it is has finally become a victim of the computer-dominated world as Brother said demand in Britain had fallen to the point where it was no longer financially viable to keep making them. Edward Bryan, a worker at the factory since 1989, made the last typewriter. 'If people ever ask me, I can always say now, as a strange question, that I’ve made the last typewriter in the UK,' he said. 'I have made so many typewriters down the years. I once managed to make one with my eyes closed.' Made in Britain: Rachel Bloon from the Science Museum is handed the artefact by Craig McCubbin and Phil Jones from Brother UK . End of an era: The typewriter are of manufacturing at Brother's factory in Wrexham (pictured) ended today . The company said that it still had significant sales in the U.S. - where government departments and some offices still use them - but Brother's factory in the Far East produces enough typewriters to serve this market. Despite its British-sounding name Brother is a Japanese company from Nagoya that started life in 1908 as the Yasui Sewing Machine Company. It was given an English title, Brother, in 1954 to establish itself in the international market. Four years later a European division was set up in 1958 in Dublin and ten years later moved its UK headquarters to Audenshaw in Manchester after they bought the famous Jones Sewing Machine brand. In 2012, Brother's annual turnover was in excess of £3.8bn per year with its main manufacturing centres in China, Taiwan and soon Vietnam. It still does have production in the UK and is also well known for sponsoring Manchester City between 1989 and 1999, still one of the longest shirt deals in UK football history. The company will continue to use the Wrexham factory to run a recycling scheme for printer cartridges as well as to make other office technology. UK boss Phil Jones said the typewriter still held 'a special place in the hearts' of members of the public. He said: 'Because of this, and the typewriter’s importance in the history of business communication, we felt that giving it a home at the Science Museum would be a fitting tribute.' Typewriters were first mass produced by the Remington company in the 1870s. The Science Museum’s assistant curator of technologies and engineering, Rachel Boon, said staff were excited to add the item 'to our rich collection of typewriters' which numbers more than 200. She said: 'This model will enable us to tell the story of how technology has evolved in accordance with our communication needs.' The first known typewriter was invented in the US in 1830 by William Burt. But typewriters did not become a commercial success until the 1870s when inventors Christopher Sholes - who also invented the Qwerty keyboard - and Carlos Glidden made a deal with the Remington company to mass produce their machines. The first recorded idea for a typewriter is dated 1714 when an Englishman called Henry Mill patented his idea for "an artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another." However, it wasn't until 1808 that Italian Pellegrino Turri built the first working machine of its kind. Turri made the typewriter for his friend Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano, a story which was the basis of a novel by Carey Wallace published in 2010. It wasn't until 1870 when Danish pastor Rasmus Malling-Hansen invented his 'writing ball,' that production of typewriter-like machines began on an industrial level. Typewriters as we know them now started to circulate after the introduction in 1874 of the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer in the USA. This machine brought in the QWERTY keyboard, and was designed by Milwaukee journalist, poet, and part-time inventor Christopher L Sholes. The QWERTY keyboard was designed to solve problems during printing, separating frequently-used pairs of type-bars so that the type-bars would not clash and get stuck at the printing point. The Sholes and Glidden looked very like a sewing machine and had limited success on the market. The Remington later became the commercial leaders in typewriters and is the basis of all such machines since. It was the Underwood typewriter that captured the market place for the coming decades. By the 1920's all brands were an imitation of the Underwood, which boasted frontstroke, QWERTY, typebar machines printing through a ribbon, and the one shift key and four banks of keys.
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| Brother's last one is sent to the Science Museum to be displayed as an artefact . Ends nearly 30 years of production at company's Wrexham plant . | train |
105202 | Article: By . Kirk Maltais . A standard test given to potential employees of sports-media giant ESPN has been leaked online, providing wannabes with an idea of the amount of sports knowledge necessary to hold down what could be their dream job. The test, leaked by Deadspin.com on Friday, in an eight-section assessment of the proficiency of would-be employees with statistics, calculations, and sports knowledge. The test is given by email to job-seekers who apply with ESPN's Stats and Information Group. The first page of the first section from ESPN's email assessment, given to potential employees with the Stats & Information Group. The test was leaked online by Deadspin.com on Friday. People gathered inside of ESPN's Digital Center 2, a new studio opening June 2014 in ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. To get their jobs, employees' love and knowledge of sports were heavily tested. According to the assessment's instructions, test-takers have a limit of 45 minutes to complete the assignment, with anyone taking longer than that disqualified from employment. The instructions also say that any incomplete answers are marked as wrong, but that tools such as a calculator or the Internet are permitted. Questions asked include how to calculate a pitcher's ERA (earned run average), how to read an NBA box score, and how to spell the names of notable (if not quite 'star') athletes with interesting surnames. Examples include Dwyane Wade and Tedy Bruschi. On the set of SportsCenter, ESPN's marquee news show. Much of the statistics cited on ESPN's programming come from their Stats & Information group, who provide anchors with the information to discuss on-air . An outer view of ESPN's headquarters, in Bristol, Connecticut . Other questions include naming all of the tennis and golf majors, and matching athletes with their correct teams. 'At ESPN, success has no bias. It’s contagious. If you’ve got what it . takes, it finds you, grabs you, and rumbles the pit of your stomach.' reads the introductory message of ESPN's careers portal. A look at the listings show that most of their current jobs are at their Bristol, Connecticut headquarters, although they boast numerous other locations throughout the United States. According to forum postings found on SportsJournalists.com (which date back to 2010 and contain a 2008 version of the same test), this assessment is only the tip of the iceberg for potential applicants. Some accounts claim that they were quizzed on their sports knowledge over the phone before the interview, while others claim that they experienced many in-person interviews with supervisors after taking this test.
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| Participants given 45 minutes to complete the assessment, or else are disqualified from being employed . Questions include math problems, spelling, and reading box scores . Test is given to applicants with ESPN's Stats & Information Group . | train |
74550 | Article: By . David Kent . Wigan have signed Cardiff City left-back Andrew Taylor on a three-year deal. Taylor, 27, captained the Cardiff side that won promotion to the Premier League a year ago but drifted out of the picture following the departure of manager Malky Mackay in December. Wigan hope that he can help them back into the top-flight after they lost in the play-offs to eventual winners QPR last season. Departure: Andrew Taylor has left Cardiff to join Championship rivals Wigan . Manager Uwe Rosler said: ‘I’m very, very happy to get a player of Andrew’s stature and experience to our football club. ‘He was the captain of Malky Mackay’s promotion-winning team, he is a very experienced and reliable player who is at the best stage of his career and I’m looking forward to working with him. ‘He has all the qualities in his position that we are looking for; physically, technically he’s very good and tactically he has developed as a player well. ‘He’s willing to go forward, participating in our play offensively and he’s another cornerstone in our team for next season. ‘The quality he’s shown as a player for Middlesbrough and Cardiff is good but in particularly at Cardiff where he was captain of their promotion-winning team; I think that will do us very well as a team in next season’s campaign, especially when we’re bringing in younger players who need experienced players on the side to develop in the best way.’ Dependable: Wigan boss Uwe Rosler signed Taylor for his experience in getting Cardiff promoted . Taylor was a Youth Cup winner at Middlesbrough where he came through the club’s academy alongside the likes of Adam Johnson, Chris Brunt and James Morrison before joining Cardiff in 2011. He said: ‘Wigan Athletic are a big club, with Premier League experience and big aspirations. ‘The manager seems really good and I think his record when he came to the club last season speaks volumes. ‘It’s a fresh challenge for me and one I’m very excited about; I had three good years at Cardiff but everything has to come to an end and I’m looking forward to getting started at the DW Stadium.’ Promise: Taylor was a Youth Cup winner at Middlesbrough alongside Adam Johnson and Chris Brunt .
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| Andrew Taylor captained Cardiff when they were promoted . Fell out of favour under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Malky Mackay's sacking . Wigan boss Uwe Rosler keen to achieve promotion next season . Rosler claims Taylor's experience will be vital in Latics' hopes . | train |
276398 | Article: While the rest of us huddle indoors with the heating cranked up, Canadian photographer Annie Degré-Blais braves sub-zero temperatures in her quest for the perfect photo opportunity. The hardy 42-year-old uses pieces of naturally formed ice found near her home in rural Québec to take the incredible snaps, which play with perspective and light for an almost sculptural appearance. With the stunning Saint-Lawrence River as a backdrop, ice queen Annie takes most of her photographs at sunset for the best results, making the ice appear like precious jewels. Annie Degré-Blais spends her winters scouring rural Québec for naturally-formed ice sculptures that she uses for her incredible photographs . The 42-year-old Canadian braves sub-zero temperatures by the Saint-Lawrence River to take her incredible snaps . The ice structures in Annie's photographs take on a sculptural appearance in the winter sunshine . Wearing just hiking boots and a hooded parka jacket to protect her from frostbite, Annie scours the landscape for the most mesmerising ice formations that glimmer and glisten in the twilight. For the best results, Annie often works at sunset which makes the ice appear like precious jewels . Winters can be long and harsh in Quebec, but Annie claims the area's natural beauty is unrivalled . The ice reflects and refracts the glorious sunsets, which Annie has captures here . The ice in this pictures take on a golden appearance in the winter light . 'Winter can be long and cold in Quebec if you don't find an activity that you enjoy but its beauty is unrivalled so, for a photographer, it's heaven,' says Annie. 'I enjoy walking and taking photos and I particularly enjoy the space and solitude that winter brings. 'Nature is my inspiration and winter has become my favourite season to express myself through photographs.' Annie scours the landscape for the most mesmerising ice formations that glimmer and glisten in the twilight . Annie enjoys the space and solitude that winter brings, and wears just hiking boots and a hooded parka jacket to protect her from frostbite .
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| Annie Degré-Blais braves sub-zero temperatures in her quest for the perfect photograph . The 42-year-old photographer uses pieces of naturally formed pieces of ice as the subject for her work . Images are taken at sunset for the most stunning results . Ice queen Annie uses the stunning Saint-Lawrence River as a backdrop . | train |
246063 | Article: Boris Johnson is to renounce his US citizenship, clearing the way for him to become Prime Minister. The London mayor has dual nationality because he was born in New York - but has now revealed he wants to hand back his American passport. He said: 'The reason I'm thinking I probably will want to make a change is that my commitment is, and always has been, to Britain.' Scroll down for video . London mayor Boris Johnson has dual British and American nationality because he was born in New York . He added: 'It's an accident of birth that has left me with this thing. I've got to find a way of sorting it out.' Mr Johnson - who is running for parliament in Uxbridge and South Ruislip - said he would approach US ambassador Matthew Barzun about the change. 'It is a laborious business. They don't make it easy for you,' he told the Sunday Times during a week-long tour in the States. Constitutional experts believe dual nationality would not present any technical barrier to Mr Johnson becoming prime minister, but he would be likely to face questions about his loyalties. Aides said the mayor's priority was to avoid paying more to the US tax authorities, after he was recently forced to settle a large capital gains tax bill. Boris Johnson held talks with his New York counterpart Bill de Blasio yesterday on the last day of his US visit . US presidential front-runner Hilary Clinton joked about Mr Johnson's ambitions when she met him in New York on Thursday . Boris Johnson wants to be given a key role in David Cameron's planned EU renegotiation after the election in May, he has revealed. The London Mayor wants to put his expertise on Brussels, where he was a journalist in the 1990s, to advise the prime minister on how to win concessions from the EU. 'He knows the scene very well. If he wasn't mayor he would put himself forward,' a source told the Sunday Times . Mr Johnson admitted he had 'strong views about how a renegotiation could happen'. He added: 'I'd be very happy to help. I think there's a deal to be done. If I wasn't happily lashed to my oar as mayor of London, I would do it [full time].' Mr Johnson yesterday met the left-wing New York City Bill de Blasio, on the last day of his US visit. Although Mr Johnson was on a trade mission across the East Coast, much of the six-day visit had been dominated by talks on how to tackle the increased terror threat in major cities. Mr Johnson also took the opportunity to pay tribute to those killed in the September 11 attacks, insisting Britain and America will 'never to give in to those who mean us harm'. The mayor was given a tour of the memorial created to mark the 2001 tragedy by co-founder of the Tribute Centre Lee Ielpi, whose firefighter son Jonathan died trying to save others. He left flowers with a message that read: 'The people of London will never forget the thousands who lost their lives on 9/11 2001. 'We honour the memory. We remember the sufferings of their families and all the bereaved. Our two cities embody the highest values of our civilisation: freedom, democracy, pluralism amd tolerance. 'We are jointly resolved never to compromise those values and never to give in to those who mean us harm.'
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| London mayor has dual nationality because he was born in New York . He has now revealed he wants to hand back his American passport . London mayor said: 'My commitment is, and always has been, to Britain' Mr Johnson is running for parliament in Uxbridge and South Ruislip . He revealed he would approach the US ambassador about the change . | train |
156800 | Article: LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Porn icon Marilyn Chambers was found dead in her Los Angeles home Sunday night, but investigators do not suspect foul play, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman. Marilyn Chambers rose to fame as an adult-film actress in the 1970s. Chambers began her career in 1970 as a model for Ivory Snow soap, and starred two years later in the porn classic "Behind the Green Door." "She was a really nice girl," said actor Ron Jeremy, who co-starred with Chambers in adult films starting in the 1970s. Chambers' death was a "total shock," Jeremy said, because they had been scheduled to sign a contract Monday to perform together in an off-Broadway "tongue-in-cheek" re-enactment of the porn classic "Deep Throat." "What's strange is that she was at a stage where she was totally happy and totally content with her life," Jeremy said. "Her life was falling together, and she was doing really well." A family member found Chambers, 56, in the mobile home where she lived in the Canyon Country area and called police Sunday evening, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitemore said. The death appeared to be from natural causes, although toxicology tests have not been completed, Whitemore said. The coroner's investigation has not been completed, and no cause of death has been determined, according to a spokesman with the Los Angeles Medical Examiner's office. Although her career was mostly in X-rated films, Chambers' fame was boosted by the irony that her face had graced the Ivory Snow box, a soap advertised as "99 and 44/100 percent pure." Chambers eventually co-starred with all of the best-known porn actors of the 1970s and 1980s, Jeremy said.
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| NEW: She had been set to sign contract for off-Broadway show with Ron Jeremy . Marilyn Chambers starred in some of the most famous porn movies of '70s . Chambers, once a model for Ivory Snow, was in "Behind the Green Door" Chambers' body was found Sunday; investigators do not suspect foul play . | train |
68704 | Article: Turkish holiday: Sandra Bainbridge, with Derek Joyner, was stabbed more than 70 times at her home in Derbyshire by Andrea Cutler . A grandmother was stabbed to death by a schizophrenic drug addict who broke into her home while she was on holiday. Sandra Bainbridge, 70, returned from Turkey to find Andrea Cutler had taken over her 18th century listed cottage and assumed her identity. The intruder stabbed her 73 times and left her body under a duvet in the back yard. Mrs Bainbridge’s lover and holiday companion almost suffered the same fate when he turned up 24 hours later. Following a trail of blood upstairs Derek Joyner ran into Cutler holding a knife. After a struggle the 70-year-old grandfather of four fled and called police. But Mr Joyner was himself briefly put under arrest when police arrived and found no sign of Cutler. The 39-year-old had stolen her victim’s Nissan Pixo and was detained when the vehicle triggered a number plate camera the next day. Last night Mr Joyner described his encounter with Cutler as like ‘being in a horror film without the music’. ‘I remember the light from the room catching the eight-inch blade,’ he told the Mail. ‘I just slammed the door and held the handle. ‘She grabbed the handle from the other side and I could feel her getting the better of me and forcing the handle down. ‘I realised right there and then that I was fighting for my life and that I could not let go of that handle. ‘The narrow staircase represented the only way out and as I felt her grip weaken slightly I made up my mind to go for it. ‘I just kept picturing that knife being plunged through my back.’ The pair grappled in the porch before Cutler broke away, allowing Mr Joyner to escape. Detectives discovered that Cutler had adopted Mrs Bainbridge’s identity after forcing her way into the cottage five days earlier. She changed her home phone number and credit card PIN which she was able to use to buy a pair of shoes, a handbag and provisions. Nottingham Crown Court heard that Cutler had a long history of mental illness but was free to wander the streets despite being delusional and psychotic. Her mental health began to deteriorate after she started taking cannabis at the age of 15. She moved on to heroin, amphetamines, crack cocaine and ecstasy and both her children were taken into care. Sean Smith QC, prosecuting, said Cutler first developed mood swings in 1993 and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in 1994. She threatened to kill her adoptive parents at least twice and was sectioned in 2005. Guilty: Cutler, pictured, stabbed Sandra Bainbridge 73 times in the attack. She had a history of mental illness . In the year leading up to the attack, Cutler had repeatedly failed to attend medical appointments and refused to take mood stabilising drugs and other medication. In September 2013 she started a hate campaign against Amelia Horne, a former school friend who owned a café in Derby. She was cautioned for threatening to kill her and was then charged after she made further visits to the cafe. Cutler failed to show up at court in December and a warrant was issued for her arrest. The intruder stabbed Mrs Bainbridge in her 18th century cottage, above, and left her body in the back yard . She had left her Derby home however and slept rough in nearby Belper the night before she broke in to Mrs Bainbridge’s home. Cutler admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility and was given an indefinite hospital custody order. She had been charged with murder until doctors concluded she was suffering from schizo-affective psychosis. Kajal Patel, a psychiatrist who sits on the medical parole board, told Judge Gregory Dickinson QC that Cutler’s history suggested the crime ‘happened largely because she was not complying with her treatment’. In a victim impact statement read to the court, Ms Bainbridge's partner Derek Joyner, right, said it was 'like a horror movie without the music'. Left, Mrs Bainbridge . Derbyshire Healthcare Trust said staff had made ‘great efforts to try and engage’ with Cutler. It is taking part in an independent homicide inquiry into the case. In the year leading up to the attack, Cutler, above, had repeatedly failed to attend medical appointments and refused to take medication . Mr Joyner, a retired educationalist, met mother-of-three and former civil servant Mrs Bainbridge at a real ale tasting session in 2009. The two divorcees had planned to fly to Mexico for a ‘trip of a lifetime’ last January but the departure date turned out to be Mrs Bainbridge’s funeral. Judge Dickinson said her life had been ‘cut short in the most brutal and shocking’ manner by a ‘feckless, self-centred woman driven only by a desire for drugs’. The judge said Cutler had gone to ground because she realised a warrant would be issued for her arrest. He described the attack as ‘degrading’ and said Mrs Bainbridge was afforded no dignity in death. Of the 73 stab wounds, more than 40 were around the head, face and neck. But Mrs Bainbridge also suffered 13 stab wounds between her legs, possibly after death. In a statement outside court, Mrs Bainbridge’s family said Cutler was ‘aware that she needed to take medication, but refused to do so’. They added: ‘She chose a life of drug taking and crime and rejected the treatment, help and support she was offered. Her conscious choices made her into what she is – a merciless and vicious killer. ‘It is presently unclear whether action could have been taken to prevent what she did to Sandra Bainbridge. The authorities must now ensure that she is never at liberty to kill again.’ 'Sandra Bainbridge was a vibrant, fit person who loved life. She was adventurous, active and full of fun. A marvellous and unique person has been taken from her family and friends. 'They also have to live with the horrific knowledge of what she went through at the hands of Andrea Cutler. 'Andrea Cutler is completely responsible for the terrible crime she committed. She was aware that she needed to take medication, but refused to do so. She chose a life of drug taking and crime and rejected the treatment, help and support she was offered. 'Her conscious choices made her into what she is - a merciless and vicious killer. Her actions were not those of a person lashing out in fear, or even in anger. She was calculating and calm when planning and executing her crimes. 'She stabbed an innocent person 73 times and deliberately and horribly mutilated her. It is purely by chance that she did not kill others. Andrea Cutler is, and will remain, a cruel, unstable and very dangerous person. 'She has shown no remorse and no emotion when the details of her crime have been described in court. It is presently unclear whether action could have been taken to prevent what she did to Sandra Bainbridge. 'The authorities must now ensure that she is never at liberty to kill again.'
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| Sandra Bainbridge was killed after she returned home from holiday . Andrea Cutler broke into Ms Bainbridge's Derbyshire home in December . Drug addict Cutler stabbed Ms Bainbridge more than 70 times . Partner Derek Joyner said the scene was 'a horror film without the music' Cutler pleaded guilty to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility . Cutler was sent to a secure psychiatric facility for an indefinite period . | train |
8564 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:52 EST, 22 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:20 EST, 22 August 2013 . The magic of Disney has been taken to new heights after 80 metre high characters were projected onto The White Cliffs of Dover. Buzz Lightyear was just one of an all-star cast of cartoons which lit up the famous landmark in Kent and greeted excited visitors as they crossed the Channel. The hero space ranger was joined by fearless pirate Captain Jack Sparrow and super hero dad Mr Incredible as they stood at a whopping 80 metres high by 500 metres wide. Scroll down for video . Striking: A couple who stopped to look at the eye-catching projection of seven Disney characters onto the White Cliffs of Dover to mark the launch of Disney Infinity, the new video game where players can create their own adventures with characters . Making a statement: The parade's full line up included . Buzz Lightyear and Jessie (Toy Story), Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones . (Pirates of the Caribbean), Mr. & Mrs. Incredible (The Incredibles), . Mike Wazowski and Sulley (Monsters University) and The Lone Ranger and . Tonto (The Lone Ranger) The illuminations signalled the start of the first Digital Disney Parade which saw projected characters turn London into a city-sized playground as they ran amok across the famous landmarks. The iconic characters also marked the arrival of Disney Infinity, an all-new gaming universe where players can create their own adventures with characters like never before. Joss Hastings, from Disney UK, said: 'Disney Infinity creates a virtual toy box where fans can play with all their favourite characters together and design their own adventures. 'What better way to celebrate the . launch of the game in the UK than with the first Digital Disney Parade, . showing the characters making their own fun in London.' The . parade's full line up included Buzz Lightyear and Jessie (Toy Story), . Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean), Mr. & Mrs. Incredible (The Incredibles), Mike Wazowski and Sulley (Monsters . University) and The Lone Ranger and Tonto (The Lone Ranger). Iconic: The White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs . which form part of the English coastline and face the Strait of Dover . and France, reaching 350 feet. They spread both east and west from Dover . in Kent and are symbolic as they guard against invasions . It's not the first time famous faces have been projected on to the famous coastline, made famous by Dame Vera Lynn with her spirit-lifting Second World War son starting with the line 'There'll be bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover.' David Beckham was beamed on to the cliffs as part of a H&M marketing stunt to promote his new intimates range. The White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs which form part of the English coastline and face the Strait of Dover and France, reaching 350 feet. They spread both east and west from Dover in Kent and are symbolic as they guard against invasions. They are also the first or last sight for those travelling to and from the UK because crossing at Dover was the primary route to the continent before air travel was developed.
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| Hero space ranger was joined by . Captain Jack Sparrow and super hero dad Mr Incredible . They stood at a whopping 80 metres high by 500 metres wide as part of a Disney PR stunt . | train |
296657 | Article: (CNN) -- A possible threat posed by thousands of westerners who have been drawn to Syria by the ongoing civil war has become a top worry among counter-terrorism officials in Europe and the United States, FBI Director James Comey said Friday. Dozens of U.S. residents have gone to Syria, made plans or attempted to go, Comey told reporters. Of equal concern, he said, were citizens of European and other countries who can easily enter the United States because of visa-waiver agreements. He drew comparisons to the thousands of foreigners who received military training in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s, after first being drawn with U.S. encouragement to fight communism and then to join militant factions during the Afghan civil war. Some of those fighters became al Qaeda operatives, he noted, drawing a line from the Afghan war to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States. "There's going to be a diaspora out of Syria," Comey said. "And we are determined not to let lines be drawn from Syria today to a future 9/11." The comments came in a meeting with reporters at FBI headquarters that covered a number of topics. Comey said his agency was working with police around the country to try to help them respond to, and possibly thwart, mass shootings. He said the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit is now providing advice to police in cases where they discover a possible plot in the planning stage. In the past week, he said, with the FBI's help, one police agency was able to intervene and get a person to mental health treatment, possibly stopping an attack. Comey declined to provide more details about the incident. Comey also said police agencies around the country are now getting FBI training to do cyber investigations. As more crime moves from the street to online, more victims of theft could be helped by local police who are trained to do such investigations. That would allow the FBI to better use its limited resources, he said. "Our strategy is for the FBI to try and focus its resources on the national security intrusions, and the largest most sophisticated criminal operations," Comey said.
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| FBI Director James Comey says dozens of U.S. residents have gone to Syria . Europeans and others who have gone to Syria also pose a concern to the U.S., he said . Comey met with reporters at FBI headquarters and discussed a range of topics . | train |
293931 | Article: By . Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 19:56 EST, 25 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:10 EST, 26 March 2013 . The wife of the new Bank of England governor has suggested that her family is struggling to to find a place live in London - despite his £874,000 pay packet. Diana Carney publicly bemoaned that an influx of wealthy French fleeing their socialist president’s hefty taxes has led to a lack of suitable housing in the capital. Mark Carney, a former £1 million a year Goldman Sachs banker, is taking up the Bank of England governor’s post this July. He will receive a £250,000 housing allowance - or £5,000 a week. New Bank of England governor Mark Carney's wife Diana has bemoaned the fact that she cannot find housing in London despite her £5,000 a week housing allowance . Mrs Carney tweeted a link to a story about how France’s President Hollande is scaling back taxes on the rich, with the remarks: ‘Maybe I’ll be able to find a place to live in London after all.’ With a housing allowance of £5,000 a week, they can certainly afford to look at some of the most exclusive addresses in London. Mrs Carney - who runs a left-wing think tank Canada2020 and has praised the anti-capitalist Occupy protest movement - also signalled she expected to take part in policy-making in the UK. Speaking in a TV interview broadcast on Sunday, she said: ‘My husband was brought in to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the Bank of England, and I would hope that I can bring some ideas from Canada in the policy environment and learn from the UK, but also inject some perhaps new thinking in some of the areas with which we’re mutually dealing with the same issues.’ She cited income inequality as her top priority and also signalled that she hoped to work with Nick Clegg. Mr Carney is a former Bank of Canada Governor and will start his new role in July . ‘It’s been a big priority for the Deputy Prime Minister and they have a commission on what they call social mobility and I hope that I can continue working in this area and see if we can make some headway,’ she told Canada’s Global News programme, The West Block with Tom Clark. Before his appointment at the Bank of England, Mr Carney - the current governor of the Bank of Canada - was approached to become leader of the Canadian Liberals - a sister party of the Liberal Democrats. His wife’s remarks about the struggle to find accommodation in Britain sparked dismay from campaigners. John Mann, a Labour MP and member of the influential Treasury select committee, said: ‘Her husband is getting a housing allowance that is more than many of my constituents earn in ten years. I would be happy to help her find suitable accommodation. I’m prepared to move out of my London flat for her which will be available at just four per cent of her housing allowance.’ Mrs Carney linked to an article on Twitter that reported that French President Francois Hollande is to scale back taxes on the rich . Robert Oxley, of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: ‘While Diana Carney clearly recognises that punitive rates of taxation across the Channel are going to send people flocking to London, not many of us are lucky enough to have a taxpayer funded allowance to subsidise our homes.’ Mrs Carney, who was born in Britain, also said she was braced for interest from the public as part of a power couple. Asked if she could deal with press interest, she said: ‘We’ll do our best. I think we’re both pretty confident in who we are.’ The couple met at Oxford where they both played hockey. A daughter of a wealthy pig farmer, she attended the £31,000-a-year Marlborough College in Wiltshire before gaining a first in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St John’s College, Oxford. During a grilling by the Treasury select committee last year, Mr Carney defended his remuneration package, which includes a salary of £624,000. This is £144,000 more than the current governor, Mervyn King, because Mr Carney has declined to have a pension. ‘The housing allowance relates to the fact that I’m moving from one of the cheapest capitals [Ottawa] to one of the most expensive capitals,’ he said. ‘It’s a relatively common arrangement for senior executives.’ Mr Carney will start his Threadneedle Street role on 1 July 2013. Exclusive: In Canada the Carneys live in Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa's wealthiest enclave where many residents enjoy river views .
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| Tweeted about the number of people fleeing France's high taxes . Linked to a story about how Hollande is scaling back taxes, adding: 'Maybe I'll be able to find a place to live in London after all.' Diana and Mark Carney will receive a £5,000 a week housing allowance . Mr Carney is set to take up the role of Bank of England governor in July . | train |
251125 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:24 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:24 EST, 29 April 2013 . Worry: Two in three women are concerned about the rising cost of living . Women are carrying the heaviest burden of ‘recession stress’, a survey has revealed. Two in three – 66 per cent – are concerned about the rising cost of living, compared with 56 per cent of men. At the same time, 55 per cent are more stressed about work and money than before the economic downturn began in 2008, compared with 42 per cent of men. The concerns spread beyond the day-to-day battle about how to put food on the table and make sure the bills are paid. The study found that 43 per cent of mothers are worried about what the crisis means for the prospects of their children, compared with just 33 per cent of fathers. The figures come from the Future Of Britain study, published today. It identified that the real ‘squeezed middle’ are those aged 35-54. ‘ . With mortgages and children, more of this age group say they are struggling with bills than younger or older groups,’ it said. With women taking the lead role in seeing their families through the crisis, two in three are saving money by switching to cheaper supermarket own-label products, versus 57 per cent of men. Meanwhile 41 per cent of women have turned to websites such as eBay to sell possessions in order to pay bills compared with 34 per cent of men. Women are also saving more and making cutbacks by eating out less frequently and postponing home improvements. Recession stress: More than half of women in Britain are more stressed about work and money now than before 2008, compared to only 42 per cent of men . But the study also concludes that the downturn has caused profound changes in family choices, with one in 20 saying the lack of money means they have put off having children, while 3 per cent have delayed getting divorced or lived with someone longer than they wanted to. Ten per cent have stayed in a job they do not like, and more than one in four are working more hours or have also taken a part-time post. However, a lack of money can have some positive effects on health – one in five smokers have quit or are lighting up less, while one in three have cut down on alcohol or given up completely.
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| Women worry about the effects of the economic downturn more than men . More than half of women in Britain are more stressed now than before 2008 . Only 42 per cent of men worry more about work and money now . | train |
145230 | Article: A woman's funeral was postponed because her heartbroken and 'utterly devoted' husband was found hanging just a day before the service. Father-of-two Michael Hopper, 68, was discovered by police at his £400,000 home in Warminster, Wiltshire, on November 27. His wife, 65-year-old chemist dispenser Christine, had passed away there 11 days before he was found. Yesterday Warminster Rector, the Reverend Dennis Brett, said: 'I was going to conduct her service on November 28. Christine Hopper's funeral service was due to be held at West Wiltshire Crematorium (pictured) last month . 'Her funeral was postponed so there can be a joint service on December 16. It is tragic.' It is understood people had turned up to mourn her death at West Wiltshire Crematorium. June Perkins, a former neighbour of the couple, said: 'They were so utterly devoted to each other. They were so very close. It is so very sad. 'He would not know what to do with himself after he lost her.' Mr Hopper, a retired teacher, was found by the same police officer on November 27 who went to the house when his wife died on November 16. Yesterday Wiltshire Police stressed there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr Hopper's death. Police also confirmed they went to the house 11 days earlier after a call from the Ambulance Service regarding Mrs Hopper's death. 'But there were no suspicious circumstances over her death.' West Wiltshire Crematorium confirmed the double funeral would be held on 16 December. An inquest at Salisbury, Wiltshire, was told that Michael George Jeffery Hopper was found hanging by a police officer at his home in mid evening on 27 November. Toxicology tests were ordered. He was confirmed dead at the scene and it is not known how long he had been hanging. He was identified by the police officer who knew him from the earlier visit. The inquest was adjourned to a date to be fixed. Later the Coroner's office said: 'There will be no inquest into Mrs Hopper's death because she died from natural causes.'
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| Father-of-two Michael Hopper, 68, found dead a day before funeral service . He was found hanging 11 days after his beloved wife had died . Mr Hopper was found by the same officer who attended his wife's death . Her funeral was postponed and a joint service will be held next week . For confidential support on suicide matters in the UK, call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here. | train |
19955 | Article: (CNN) -- Kenyan police are searching for 12 members of the Eritrean national soccer team who failed to return home after competing in a regional tournament in Nairobi, a spokesman said Monday. The missing players make up nearly half the 25 players and coaches Eritrea sent to the Cecafa Cup, a tournament for nations from east and central Africa. Team organizer Nicolas Musonye alerted police when only 13 team members departed after the tournament finished Sunday. None of the 12 missing has a visa to remain in Kenya, national police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said. "The men were last seen on Sunday after the tournament ended," Kiraithe said. "They had requested a police escort to and from the stadium for the game, but had some free time after the game and absconded from their hotel." Kiraithe said the men were likely to be found soon. "Being players who we have escorted during the tournament, it is not like they are unknown to us. The possibility of them [successfully] hiding themselves from us is very limited," he said. The Eritrean government originally denied the absence of any players. But Information Minister Ali Abdu told the BBC on Tuesday they would get a "good welcome" on return despite "betraying" their country, which human rights groups have called increasingly repressive. The Eritrean team lost in the Cecafa Cup quarter-finals, with returning champions Uganda winning the two-week event. Musonye said it was not the first time Eritrean players have tried to avoid returning home: A similar incident occurred during the 2006-7 tournament in Tanzania. "For the next Cecafa Cup, we have decided to have a police escort for the Eritrean team for the whole duration," Musonye said. Police have received no requests for asylum from the men, and unless they have proper visas, they will be sent back to Eritrea when found, Kiraithe said. The Refugee Consortium of Kenya, a nonprofit organization that gives free legal aid and representation to asylum seekers and refugees, would not comment to CNN. But an official speaking on condition of anonymity told the Canadian Press that 12 players had sought their help, and their case for asylum would be presented to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Eritrea is under the rule of President Isaias Afwerki, whose government has imprisoned critics and exerted increasingly authoritarian controls over the economy, media and religion, according to U.N. reports and human rights organizations. The United States accuses Eritrea of arming Islamic insurgents who are trying to topple Somalia's U.N.-backed transitional government. Eritrea denies the allegation, but Uganda, which leads an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia that has taken heavy casualties during the insurgency, has sought U.N. sanctions against the Eritreans as a result. Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993, and the two countries fought a two-year border war in the late 1990s. Eritrean forces also clashed with troops from neighboring Djibouti in 2008. CNN's Ben Wyatt in London contributed to this report.
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| Players will seek asylum, refugee group tells Canadian Press . Players fail to rejoin rest of team in Kenya after tournament . Human rights groups say Eritrea has become increasingly repressive . A similar incident occurred during the 2006-7 edition of the regional African soccer event . | train |
207515 | Article: JFK Airport is looking for a few brave contractors willing to get close to potential Ebola patients for screenings at the airport, and who are willing to take the job for just $19 an hour. The staff will be hired by Angel Staffing Inc. who are looking for candidates with EMT or paramedic training. The lucky hires will help Customs and Border Protection officers and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers identify potential Ebola cases at Terminal 4. Scroll down for video . JFK Airport is looking for a few brave contractors (not pictured) willing to get close to potential Ebola patients for screenings at the airport, and who are willing to take the job for just $19 an hour . Screeners will need to get so close they even take the possible patient's temperature. Paramedics will be paid $20 per hour, but The New York Post notes that EMTs will only earn $19 per hour. Washington Dulles, Newark Liberty, Chicago O'Hare, and Hartsfied-Jackson Atlanta international airports are all hiring screening staff. Facebook user Jaclyn Namer was cautious about the job in a comment under the posting. 'Wow, that's really scary...Be safe everybody' she wrote. Others were less worried. 'I can help on weekends in Chicago,' wrote one Jeremy Voris on the same thread. Federal health officials say the entry screenings that start on Thursday add another layer of protection to halt the spread of the Ebola virus that has killed thousands. Screeners will use no-touch thermometers to try to find passengers with fevers. Washington Dulles, Newark Liberty, Chicago O'Hare, and Hartsfied-Jackson Atlanta international airports are all hiring screening staff . Using infrared temperature guns, staff are checking for elevated temperatures among passengers whose journeys began or included a stop in one of the three African countries. Customs officials reported about 150 people travel daily from or through Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea to the U.S. Nearly 95 per cent of these travelers land first at one of those five airports. Those countries have seen most of the deaths from the outbreak, which has claimed more than 4,000 lives. However Republican Representative Tim Murphy said today during a congressional hearing on Ebola that the screening processes are flawed because people can mask symptoms with Ibuprofen or simply avoid the airports which have installed screenings. The screenings are being conducted by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Customs officials reported about 150 people travel daily from or through Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea to the U.S. CBP staff will identify passengers to screen by looking at trip information and checking passports. On Monday, CDC director Dr Tom Frieden reported that 91 passengers at JFK were pinpointed as having a risk of being infected with Ebola. No passenger was found to have a fever but five were sent for further evaluation. Ebola patient Thomas Duncan landed in Dallas on September 20 after traveling from his home in Monrovia, Liberia. He also traveled through Brussels Airport in Belgium and Washington-Dulles. The 42-year-old Liberian national was not contagious while he traveled. Mr Duncan died last Wednesday after being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
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| The staff will be hired by Angel Staffing Inc. who are looking for candidates with EMT or paramedic training . Screeners will need to get so close they even take the possible patient's temperature . Federal health officials say the entry screenings that start on Thursday add another layer of protection to halt the spread of the Ebola virus that has killed thousands. | train |
311427 | Article: By . Mia De Graaf . A Spanish singer became a Twitter sensation after accepting an invitation from a Kim Jong-un imposter to perform in North Korea alongside Spanish D-list celebrities. Leticia Sabater, 47, responded within minutes of the bogus request to sing at the Festival of Uranium, genuinely enquiring about payment and dates. To the amusement of @norcoreano's 144,000 followers, the duped performer was won over. Duped: Leticia Sabater, 47, delighted Twitter users by entering negotiations with a fake Kim Jong-un account . Hilarious: The fake Kim Jong-un account tweeted an invite saying: 'As you know this year it is the Festival of Uranium and we would like to discuss it with you, what are your details'. Within minutes, Miss Sabater responded: 'What's that', to the delight of hundreds of Twitter users . 'OK, perfect,' she tweeted, after he promised 'the cost of the flight, of course, will be paid for'. The surreal exchange on Friday started when the presenter-turned-actress-turned-singer tweeted an invite to her 11,500 followers to appear in her new video. She was met with a tweet from the supposed Kim Jong-un saying: 'Hello Leticia, as you know this year it is the Festival of Uranium and we would like to discuss it with you, what are your details?' In a response that received 261 retweets and 110 favourites within minutes, Miss Sabater missed the nuclear power reference, and responded: 'What's that?' 'An international culture festival that features a Spanish contingency and all kinds of artists,' replied @norcoreano, a name which translates as 'North Korean'. He boasted that the winner of Spain's first Big Brother, Ismael Beiro, and Venezuelan singer Carlos Baute had already accepted invites to attend the Pyongyang event. The imposter assured Miss Sabater, who started out as a presenter, all expenses would be paid for . After a few messages, she passed the imposter her email address and asked him to email a full proposal . Negotiations: 'It is an international culture festival featuring a Spanish contingency, with all kinds of artists,' he said, adding that they are negotiating deals with Venezuelan singer Carlos Baute and Big Brother winner Ismael Biero. 'Money is no problem. It will be in Pyongyang,' he said . 'Money is no problem,' he added, meriting another 190 retweets. Despite the flurry of attention from both her followers and those of @norcoreano, Miss Sabater seemed to be lured in. There was a silence, before the satirical tweeter told his followers: 'I can confirm we are in negotiations to get Leticia Sabater involved in the Festival of Uranium'. She then responded with her email address, asking for more details. He soon informed readers: 'The negotiations to get Leticia Sabater involved in the International Festival of Uranium are going well.' The pay and schedule negotiations continued in a series of grabs of private messages which @norcoreano tweeted to his followers, that have now been deleted. Spectators of the surprising exchange rushed to inform Miss Sabater she may get to meet Dennis Rodman, the basketball player who famously harbours a friendship with the North Korean dictator and often visits . The North Korean leader's imposter eventually told the singer she would not have to sing live if she preferred not to: 'If I'm honest,' he messaged, 'we have a playback, I don't know what you think about that? A couple of songs, and one duet with Carlos Baute.' Convinced, Miss Sabater said: 'You have my email, if you want to email me the offer a half-hour performance and prelude on May 24 and 25... or send it to me today if you want, that's great, I'll have a look and let you know.' 'Sweet, we'll leave it at that,' he said, adding: 'This week I'll send you the offer, at the moment I am sealing a deal with Darek [a celebrity and stripper] and Dinio [a singer and porn star].' To which she said: 'OK, perfect'. The exchange shocked amused Twitter users, many tweeting the singer to tell her she may get to meet Dennis Rodman, the basketball player who famously harbours a close friendship with the North Korean leader. But Miss Sabater appeared unaware that the highly-publicised diplomatic tensions and threat of nuclear attack would deter most western from jetting to the reclusive state for a show. One of Miss Sabater's fans wrote: 'You are an adorable idiot!', to which she today responded: 'I know'
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| Leticia Sabater publicly negotiated payment for bogus 'Festival of Uranium' 47-year-old lured into Pyongyang event by fake North Korea leader account . Imposter promised 'all expenses paid', named other stars attending . Despite flurry of jokes on Twitter, singer-presenter continued discussions . Seemed unaware of diplomatic tensions between West and North Korea . | train |
226116 | Article: Lleyton Hewitt refused to be drawn on his future after his 19th consecutive Australian Open appearance came to a heartbreaking end against Germany's Benjamin Becker. Hewitt produced some inspired tennis to race through the opening two sets on Rod Laver Arena against a player who had never won a five-set match in his career. However, the former Wimbledon champion was unable to maintain that level and Becker - who admitted to kicking a door to let off some steam after leaving the court following the second set - roared back to secure a 2-6 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 victory in just over three hours. Veteran Lleyton Hewitt waves goodbye after crashing out of the Australian Open in Melbourne . The former Wimbledon champion would not confirm what his future now holds . Australian tennis fans cheer on their fading hero at Melbourne Park . Becker's win over Andre Agassi in the third round of the US Open in 2006 prompted Agassi to retire, but the 33-year-old German said: 'I hope it's not Lleyton's last match because then I get asked about it all the time. He is a great warrior, an unbelievable player, so I hope he continues.' Asked about his future plans, Hewitt - who won just one grand slam match in 2014 - said: 'I'll sit down and think about it. As I've said the whole time, I haven't thought about anything. 'But obviously the Davis Cup is the next main thing. Now that we've got some guys playing really good tennis at the moment, it's an exciting time. We have a good chance to possibly pull off an upset away (against the Czech Republic in Ostrava). That's the next focus.' Earlier in the day, top seed and four-time champion Novak Djokovic lost just five games as he cruised into the third round. World No 1 Djokovic thrashed Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-0 6-1 6-4 in an hour and 24 minutes, with all three singles matches on Rod Laver Arena in the afternoon completed so quickly that a men's doubles match was hastily added to the day schedule. The 33-year-old Australian raced to a two sets lead before blowing it against Benjamin Becker . Hewitt's wife Bec was in the stands to watch what may be her husband's final match at the Australian Open . Becker punches the air after completing a remarkable five set comeback . Djokovic won the first nine games against a hopelessly outclassed Kuznetsov, who received a sympathetic cheer when he finally troubled the scorers in the fourth game of the second set. The former Wimbledon boys' champion at least had the temerity to break Djokovic at the start of the third, but normal service was instantly resumed and Djokovic closed out the match in ruthless fashion. 'After my first-round match I was hoping to have this kind of performance, especially the opening two sets,' Djokovic said. 'Everything went as I planned and wished and hopefully I can stay on this path. '(Kuznetsov) is a very talented player. He's still young and he's of the generation of my younger brother (Marko) who knows him well, so I spoke to him because I had not seen Kuznetsov play a lot.' Djokovic has dropped just two sets over the first and second rounds since 2007, winning his first title at Melbourne Park in 2008 and lifting the trophy three years in succession from 2011. 'Generally this is my most successful grand slam and the tournament where over the years I've performed my best tennis,' the 27-year-old said. 'The reason? I think there is not one reason. A few reasons together. Andre Agassi cries as he announces his retirement after losing to Becker at the 2006 US Open . World No 1 Novak Djokovic breezed into the next round for the loss of just five games . Russian Andrey Kuznetsov could not cope with Djokovic's superiority on centre court . 'Probably the fact that I enjoy the conditions of play. Even though the last two years the courts have played faster, significantly faster than they were before, still I do enjoy being here in Australia. Some nice, positive, easy-going, sport-oriented energy going around. People appreciate the sport and make you feel good. 'Of course it's the beginning of the year. It's the first big tournament. Everybody comes fresh and motivated. I guess in this kind of package it's a combination of things that make me feel comfortable on the court here.' Defending champion Stan Wawrinka, who ended Djokovic's 25-match unbeaten run here in the quarter-finals last year, also safely reached the last 32, but needed two hours and 16 minutes to finally subdue the resistance of Romanian qualifier Marius Copil. The first two sets took longer to complete than Djokovic's entire match as they lasted an hour and 35 minutes, with Wawrinka winning both in tie-breaks before taking the third set 6-3. 'It was quite a tough match,' fourth seed Wawrinka said. 'I'm happy to get through, especially in three sets. Djokovic's coach and former Australian Open champ Boris Becker applauds his charge from the sidelines . Defending champion Stan Wawrinka was forced to work before coming through againstqualifier Marius Copil . 'The conditions weren't easy today. Quite hot. Really fast on the court. And he was playing great. He was serving big, putting lots of pressure. I wasn't playing my best tennis, but I'm happy the way I fight today and the way I did with the match. 'I'm happy with my game in general. To win the two first matches in three sets, it's great. I'm playing great tennis. As I say, if you want to get far in the tournament, it can be two long weeks. So you need to be ready to have some ups and downs. So far it's been good tennis. I'm happy.' Wawrinka will face Jarkko Nieminen in the third round after the Finn defeated German qualifier Matthias Bachinger in straight sets, with fifth seed Kei Nishikori taking on American Steve Johnson after coming from a set down to beat Croatia's Ivan Dodig.
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| Lleyton Hewitt lost to Benjamin Becker in five sets at the Australian Open . The 33-year-old former Grand Slam winner wouldn't be drawn on his future . Becker's win over Andre Agassi at 2006 US Open prompted his retirement . | train |
222394 | Article: By . Tara Brady . A father-of-three died from a heart attack the day after being sent home from hospital by an inexperienced nurse who misdiagnosed his chest pains as high blood pressure. Terry Best, 46, was pronounced dead after he was found slumped in his car outside a garden centre on November 28 last year. The previous day he had stopped off at the minor injuries unit at Whitworth Community Hospital in Matlock, Derbyshire, after getting chest pains while driving to work. Kerry Best says the NHS let her husband down after he was sent home by a nurse with chest pains . Despite showing sky-high blood pressure, an emergency nurse did not have enough experience to interpret an ECG heart scan properly. Mr Best was discharged just 25 minutes later and told to attend his GP instead of being referred for emergency care which may have saved his life. He was able to make an appointment with his doctor for the next evening but collapsed and died in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, earlier that day. An inquest at Milton Keynes Coroner’s Court in May concluded there had been a failure by the nurse to refer Mr Best for emergency care which resulted in a lost opportunity for him to receive necessary treatment. Terry Best who died of a heart attack the day after being discharged from hospital pictured with his wife Kerry . His wife Kerry Best, 40, who lived with Terry in Moseley, Birmingham, said NHS staff had let her husband down. She said: 'I knew Terry must be feeling very unwell for him to take himself to hospital as he was never one to make a fuss. 'I was relieved when he phoned to say he had been seen as I thought at least now he was in safe hands. 'To hear at the inquest that more could have been done to help him was very difficult to comprehend and I’m still struggling to come to terms with it now. 'I can’t understand why the emergency nurse allowed Terry to go home, it seems like common sense to me, that someone with central chest pains requires urgent treatment. 'I believe that the nurse was too reliant on a poorly drafted protocol. 'Terry was so full of life and a devoted husband and father.' Sent home: Terry Best was pronounced dead after he was found slumped in his car last year . Mr Best, who worked as a manager for a large garden centre company, had suffered with high blood pressure and high cholesterol for some time. He first began to experience intermittent chest pains, dizziness and pins and needles in his left arm in November last year. He decided to go to hospital on November 28 after the chest pains, which would occur approximately every 30 minutes, came on particularly strong as he drove to work. At his inquest, Senior Coroner for Milton Keynes Tom Osborne recommended that Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust implement a revised ‘Unwell Adult Protocol’ for patients with chest pain to ensure they received emergency care. Shortly after the death, the Trust commenced a ‘Serious Incident Investigation’ to ensure that lessons were learned. The investigation highlighted that they required more explicit protocols in place to ensure that adults with chest pains were treated appropriately. The Trust has now confirmed it has revised its ‘Unwell Adult Protocol’ for patients with chest pains to prevent further deaths. Mrs Best now wants the protocol to be implemented in all community hospitals nationwide to ensure all patients with chest pains have access to the appropriate treatment as quickly as possible. 'It gives me some peace of mind to know that the Trust has revised and implemented its protocol, as encouraged by the coroner, but it won’t bring Terry back' Kerry Best, Terry's husband . Mrs Best, his wife of 11-years, who is also the mother to two of Terry’s children aged 18 and 11, said: 'It gives me some peace of mind to know that the Trust has revised and implemented its protocol, as encouraged by the coroner, but it won’t bring Terry back. 'We are determined to see justice for what has happened and hope that the Trust will now work with our legal team to conclude our case so the children have financial security and we can begin the very long process of rebuilding our lives.' Adam Wright, a medical law expert at Irwin Mitchell lawyers, which is representing Mr Best's family, said: 'This is a tragic case that has left Kerry struggling to come to terms with the loss of her husband and three children without their dad. 'We are pleased that the Trust has now implemented a revised protocol for adults presenting with chest pains, albeit too late for Terry. Terry Best stopped off at the minor injuries unit at Whitworth Community Hospital the day before he died . 'We will now continue to investigate on Kerry’s behalf, whether Terry would not have died if he had received emergency treatment. 'We are also looking to secure the family financial security for the future; given Terry was the main breadwinner. 'The NHS must continually strive to learn lessons from any shortcomings and make improvements to its services as a whole to provide the best possible care. 'We believe that the revised "Unwell Adult Protocol" should be implemented nationwide, in all Community Hospitals, so that every adult patient with chest pains who might present at such a centre is safeguarded and referred for specialist treatment that could save their life.'
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| Terry Best, 46, was pronounced dead after he was found slumped in his car . Previous day he stopped off at Whitworth Community Hospital in Derbyshire . Emergency nurse did not have enough experience to interpret an ECG scan . Mr Best was discharged just 25 minutes later and told to attend his GP . He collapsed and died in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, the next day . His wife Kerry Best, 40, said NHS staff had let her husband down . | train |
63320 | Article: (CNN) -- George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, had a "little hero complex" but was not a racist, a Sanford, Florida, homicide investigator told federal agents, according to reports released Thursday. In an interview with FBI agents in March, investigator Chris Serino told authorities he "believed that Zimmerman's actions were not based on Martin's skin color, rather based on his attire, the total circumstances of the encounter and the previous burglary suspects in the community," according to an FBI report. The reports and other information in the case against Zimmerman were released Thursday by Special Prosecutor Angela Corey to Zimmerman's attorney. The U.S. Department of Justice took up a civil rights investigation after allegations that race played a part in the killing of Martin, 17, in February in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. The reports released Thursday do not draw conclusions in that investigation. Read the FBI reports (PDF) Martin's family and supporters say Zimmerman racially profiled the teen, describing him as "suspicious" during a 911 call and ignoring a police dispatcher's request that he not follow him. The 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer has said he killed Martin in self-defense, saying the teen punched him and slammed his head into a sidewalk before the shooting, according to family members and police. Trayvon Martin memorial removed but preserved . Among the evidence released Thursday are details about federal interviews with more than 30 people, including key members of the Sanford Police Department and Zimmerman's neighbors and co-workers. In his interview, Serino explained to the FBI agents that African-American gangs in the community "typically dressed in black and wore hoodies," the report said. "Serino believes that when Zimmerman saw Martin in a hoody (sic), Zimmerman took it upon himself to view Martin as acting suspicious," the report said. "Serino described Zimmerman as overzealous and as having 'a little hero complex,' but not as a racist. Serino explained that on numerous occasions he asked Zimmerman specifically if he followed Martin based on his skin color and Zimmerman never admitted to this fact." In June, Sanford police said Serino had voluntarily asked to be moved from detective to patrol officer. At the time, police Sgt. David Morgenstern said the move was not a demotion and that he did not know why Serino made the request. Many of Zimmerman's neighbors, whose identities are redacted, told federal agents they did not know him. Those who did had nothing derogatory to say about him. Similarly, interviewed co-workers were complimentary of Zimmerman. Several noted an incident in which a lock Zimmerman used to attach his orthopedic chair to his desk was cut, but said he handled it appropriately and professionally. One apparent co-worker, whose identity was redacted, told agents she saw Zimmerman as he was waiting to speak to human resources the Monday after the shooting and noticed his injuries. The woman told agents that Zimmerman was "absolutely emotionally devastated." A timeline of events . Another FBI report documents a March 30 interview with a store owner who contacted authorities to say Zimmerman had contacted him about two weeks earlier "in reference to purchasing a new firearm." Zimmerman told the owner, whose identity was redacted, that "his life is in danger and he needs more guns," the report said. It was unclear from the report whether Zimmerman purchased the firearm. The evidence also included audio of conversations between 911 dispatchers and Sanford police. The dispatcher tells officers to look for a "black male, late teens, wearing a dark gray hoodie and sweatpants, walking around," adding that the youth was last seen running toward the back of the neighborhood. Then, says the dispatcher, "There's screaming and a gunshot, are you responding?" Dispatchers later tell responding officers they have received a total of four calls regarding the incident. "Someone's laying in the backyard," a dispatcher says. "I need somebody ASAP," an officer says on the recording. "I've got one down with a gunshot wound, and I've got one secure." Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Thursday evening that the question of Zimmerman's attitudes on race was not pertinent. "None of that matters to why this armed watchman with a 9 mm gun got out of his car and chased an unarmed teenager and shot him in the heart," said Crump. "The fact I wear a hoodie doesn't justify you killing me," he told Burnett. Also released Thursday were reports on interviews with agents of the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, who arrested Zimmerman in 2005 on suspicion of battery against a law enforcement officer and obstruction of justice. The agents told authorities that Zimmerman did not use racial slurs or discriminatory language during the incident, the reports said. The charges against Zimmerman, who was accused of pushing an undercover agent, were later dropped after he entered a pretrial diversion program and completed an anger management class. A report on an interview with Zimmerman's ex-fiance was also released. The woman told authorities that while she and Zimmerman had physical altercations and at one point filed restraining orders against one another, she never saw Zimmerman exhibit any other violence or exhibit any racial bias. Additionally, details about Zimmerman's MySpace account, surveillance video and e-mails between Zimmerman and ousted Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee were released as part of the evidence handover. On the MySpace account in the name of "Joe G.," Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, recalls moving from Manassas, Virginia, saying, "I don't miss driving around scared to hit Mexicans walkin on the side of the street, soft ass wanna be thugs messin with peoples cars when they ain't around (what are you provin, that you can dent a car when no ones watchin) don't make you a man in my book. Working 96 hours to get a decent pay check, getting knifes pulled on you by every Mexican you run into." Also released were copies of the e-mails between Zimmerman and Lee before the shooting regarding the neighborhood watch program. Zimmerman, in the e-mails, notes there has been a "spike in robberies and home invasions in the neighborhood within the past two months." He adds that he has not had a positive view of Sanford police because of the "Sherman Ware incident." Ware, a black homeless man, was beaten by a Sanford police lieutenant's son. Zimmerman was critical of police handling of the case and reportedly worked on Ware's behalf. Zimmerman was released on $1 million bond last week. An initial bond of $150,000 was revoked last month after a judge learned that Zimmerman and his wife failed to disclose more than $150,000 in donations from the public. Shooting leaves community divided . CNN's Vivian Kuo and Mayra Cuevas and In Session's Jessica Thill contributed to this report.
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| NEW: Zimmerman's attitudes on race not the issue, Martin family attorney says . Multiple witnesses tell federal authorities that George Zimmerman is not racist . A co-worker says Zimmerman was "devastated" after Trayvon Martin's shooting . Zimmerman is accused of second-degree murder . | train |
42673 | Article: By . Pa Reporter . Pakistan succumbed to their lowest one-day score in five years as a pathetic 102 all out helped Sri Lanka claim a seven-wicket victory in the series decider in Dambulla. The tourists were badly let down by their batsmen as they were dismissed for their worst total in Sri Lanka in 32.1 overs, with just three batsmen reaching double figures and only Fawad Alam showing any sort of resolve in his 38 not out. Thisara Perera took four lower-order wickets but Pakistan's batsmen only had themselves to blame for their calamity before Sri Lanka comfortably knocked off the runs with a whopping 178 balls to spare, thanks to Tillakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 50, as they clinched the series 2-1. High five! Sri Lanka players celebrate after sealing a 2-1 one-day series victory over Pakistan . Seventh heaven: Tillakaratne Dilshan hit an unbeaten 50 to help Sri Lanka win by seven wickets . Not good enough: Pakistan players leave the field after their lowest one-day total for five years . Read em and weep: The total of 102 was Pakistan's worst ever one-day total against Sri Lanka . Their task was made ever so slightly easier as heavy rain meant the contest was reduced to 48 overs per side and Sri Lanka's victory target narrowed down to 101. Dilshan settled into his stride with three crunching fours in the second over as Sri Lanka's opening stand put on 46 to all but ensure the win. Upul Thranga, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene were all dismissed but Dilshan led the way, taking Sri Lanka past their victory target in the 19th over with his ninth four that also brought up his half-century. But Sri Lanka were earlier grateful for the type of implosion only usually reserved for Pakistan, who chose to bat after winning the toss. Bowled over: Thisara Perera took four low order wickets s Pakistan capitulated in dramatic fashion . One man team: Fawad Alam was the only Pakistan batsman to reach double figures . Hat's off! Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga dives to take a catch to dismiss Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal . Dhammika Prasad removed openers Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shehzad, and Pakistan had lost their top three batsmen before the eighth over when Lasith Malinga had Mohammad Hafeez trapped in front by an inswinger that would have gone on to clip leg stump. Pakistan's efforts were further undermined when captain Misbah-ul-Haq found himself well short of his ground after attempting a quick single - with Angelo Mathews' throw from point condemning his opposite number to the third run-out in his last seven innings. Umar Akmal's needless slash to mid-on gave Perera the first of his four scalps, while Shahid Afridi fell in characteristic fashion, caught on the off-side aiming a big heave off Seekkuge Prasanna. Champions! Sri Lanka captain Angelo Matthews (C) celebrates with his teammates and the trophy . An hour's rain delay meant Sri Lanka had to wait to polish off their opponents but there was to be no wag in the tail from Pakistan, with Fawad left stranded following a resolute 73-ball innings that contained three fours. It was Pakistan's lowest total in an ODI since they crumpled to 75 all out against the same opposition in Lahore in 2009 and ultimately handed victory to Sri Lanka. It’s not too late to play MailOnline Fantasy Football… There’s £1,000 to be won EVERY WEEK by the highest scoring manager . CLICK HERE to start picking your Fantasy Football team NOW! There’s £60,000 in prizes including £1,000 up for grabs EVERY WEEK… .
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| Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by seven wickets to win one-day series 2-1 . Pakistan's paltry 102 was their lowest one-day total for five years . Thisara Perera took four wickets for Sri Lanka while Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 50 not out . Fawad Alam was the only Pakistan batsman to reach double figures . | train |
164580 | Article: (CNN) -- At this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, the televisions will be bigger, the watches smarter and more attractive, and the homes and cars more connected. CES, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, is a giant technology trade show that mixes dozens of major tech companies with hundreds of scrappy startups. The big names show off their most recent lines of gadgets alongside eye-catching prototypes of future devices that may or may not ever make it into stores. Smaller companies fill booths with oddball gadgets and robots, plus more mundane fillers like phone accessories. Here's a peek at what to expect from 2014's first big technology conference. A gadget for every limb . There are devices to go on wrists, faces, waistbands and necks. Wearable-technology makers will push even harder to make these small gadgets go mainstream after a year of mostly awkward and misguided offerings. The main focus has been on smartwatches, but so far products like Samsung's Galaxy Gear have combined only half-baked hardware and clunky designs. Google Glass is not yet available outside a select group of beta testers, but it already has something of a reputation problem. One area that has managed to find a profitable niche is fitness tech. Wearable devices like the FitBit keep it simple by tracking steps, calories and other workout stats, and by synching collected data to smartphones. Fitness wearables overlap with health tech, with devices that track vital signs and help doctors monitor patients from far away. But it's still unclear if companies will be able to transition sporty and geeky wearables into legitimately fashionable designs that will appeal to mainstream consumers. Major tech companies at CES can be particularly tone-deaf when it comes to appealing to women. (An area of the show floor dubbed "Mommy Tech" is an ominous sign.) The intelligent house . It's not enough for phones and wristwatches to be smart. Some of the same technology that goes into wearable devices (tiny sensors and low-power wireless connections) is being used to make homes more connected as well. The promise of a smart home that saves energy and can be controlled from a phone has been around for several years, but the industry was still figuring out how to best make the various devices speak to each other. This year there will be even more vendors shilling home gadgets, but outside of home security systems -- a smart thermometer like Nest or a code lock -- it's not clear whether regular consumers are itching to wire up their entire homes so that they can dim the lights from halfway around the world. The home-automation industry still has some issues to untangle before it connects with mainstream homeowners. Conflicting communications standards, like ZigBee and Z-Wave, are fighting for supremacy. A handful of major companies want to own the entire connected-home ecosystem, such as Lowe's with its Iris system. Other smaller companies such as SmartThings see a future where various bits and pieces of a home from different vendors can work together. TVs are still a thing . Televisions continue to be a dominant product at CES, with major companies like Sony, Samsung, LG and Sharp trying to make screens bigger, higher-resolution and splashier than ever before. There will be gimmicky and extremely costly features, like curved screens, and other new form factors that will appeal only to the most well-funded audio/visual fanatic. Last year, 4K was the new ultra high-resolution buzzword, but the volume of 4K content continues to be minimal. (Expect to see some new 4K compatible cameras and camcorders.) Google gave the format a boost this year when it announced it is working on a way for the new devices to stream 4K content from services like YouTube without gobbling up all the bandwidth. The new streaming format, called VP9, will be demonstrated by major TV manufacturers at CES. Other TV trends will include OLED screens, Internet compatibility in the form of improved TV operating systems, and gesture controls. Many TV companies have eased off of 3-D televisions, which still haven't caught on despite years of hype. Cars connect with smartphones . Driving and smartphones may not mix now, but car companies are still looking into ways to safely combine the two. Detroit's annual auto show doesn't take place until later in January, but the tech developments inside the cars will make an early appearance at CES. It takes much longer to design and produce a new car than it does a smartphone, tablet or computer. That means such in-car technology as dashboard computers often feel out of date as soon as they're released. Some car manufacturers are working around this issue by adding compatibility for iOS and Android devices and including safe new ways to interact with the systems while keeping eyes on the road. Cars are new territory for the smartphone operating-system battle, with Apple and Google each angling for prime placement inside of popular car brands. For example, Audi is expected to announce next week a partnership with Google to bring Android systems to its cars. In-car information and entertainment systems are a minor feature when compared to what's going on inside some vehicles. Major car companies, universities and tech companies like Google are all working on automated-driving features. Fully self-driving cars are still a ways off, but early features that will let vehicles communicate with other cars, gather data about your driving patterns and take over in stop-and-go traffic are beginning to appear. The games people play . CES is not the biggest show for video-gaming news. The major console releases came out just ahead of the holiday rush, and game shows E3 and GDC don't take place until later in the year. But some smaller gaming products will bring a bit of fun to CES this year. Mobile gaming is a huge market, so look for smartphone- and tablet-compatible accessories and controls, motion sensors and fun add-ons that communicate with your devices over Bluetooth. Valve's SteamOS gaming platform is expected to have a big presence at CES, while cult darling Oculus Rift -- a virtual reality headset -- also will be on the floor. Some tech that started with game systems, such as motion-controlled interfaces, will branch out into other devices.
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| The International Consumer Electronics show starts Monday in Las Vegas . TVs will get bigger (and curved), and will add more "smart" features . Tiny sensors will lead to a boom in home and wearable gadgets . | train |
289909 | Article: Rangers are set to make moves aimed at dispensing with Ally McCoist as manager after Monday’s annual general meeting at Ibrox. An announcement is expected to be made of Mike Ashley’s intent to underwrite the new £8million share issue, approval for which must be granted by shareholders in order to keep the club operating beyond the end of next month. With that availability of fresh funding and newly-appointed chief executive Derek Llambias at the controls, Ashley and his lieutenant can begin to impress their stamp on Rangers. VIDEO Scroll down to see Ally McCoist in a tough Rangers press conference . Ally McCoist could have manager Rangers for the final time against Livingston on Saturday . It’s understood the Ibrox board could be prepared to stave off the wave of unrest at the potentially stormy meeting with a solid declaration of Ashley’s commitment and financial way forward. And the Newcastle United owner could be painted as the stricken club’s saviour if loans of up to £3m already handed to Rangers by him were to be written off. All of which could mean yesterday’s 2-0 victory over Livingston becoming one of McCoist’s last, if not his final game, in charge of Rangers. Following a midweek meeting with football board chairman Sandy Easdale and Llambias, McCoist remained as manager for the Championship game at Ibrox. But, if bolstered by a guarantee of cash, Rangers can tackle negotiations over the terms of McCoist’s notice period within the next fortnight in a bid to reach a settlement. Attention would then turn to his backroom staff, including assistant manager Kenny McDowall, first-team coach Ian Durrant and goalkeeping coach Jim Stewart, as work begins on establishing a new football structure. That would be preferable to the new men in charge than prolonging the agony of McCoist remaining in control of the squad until as long as next December. Billy Davies remains a prominent contender to replace McCoist in the hotseat. Mike Ashley is keen to impress his stamp upon Rangers as soon as possible . Those manoeuvres will raise the stakes in Rangers’ imminent disciplinary clash with the SFA. Last Monday, the governing body issued Ashley and the club notices of complaint for allegedly breaching rules related to his increasing influence in Rangers’ day-to-day running. Ashley steered clear three months ago when then chief executive Graham Wallace went to the market and raised an emergency £3million. Instead, the Newcastle supremo struck a deal with Hargreave Hale for their investment in order to strengthen his shareholding to 8.92 per cent. However, he will ensure his shareholding is no more than 29.9 per cent following any flotation, otherwise he would be legally-bound to make a bid to buy the entire company. Meanwhile, it has emerged Mark Hateley was advised by formerteam-mates to be careful about courting a relationship with the Easdale brothers, Sandy and James — he sat beside them at the recent games at Alloa and Palmerston — months before this week’s revelation of his fall-out with McCoist. Hateley had phoned Nacho Novo and tried to speak to one current player in a bid to extract information about McCoist’s coaching methods. The Rangers manager blanked attempts by Hateley in midweek to mend the broken relationship, furious that his old team-mate appears to have joined the boardroom camp of those who are opponents of the McCoist tenure.
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| Rangers set to prepare moves aimed at dispensing with Ally McCoist . Club to make an announcement after Monday's annual general meeting . McCoist steered his side to a 2-0 victory over Livingston on Saturday . | train |
119934 | Article: Daniel Crowley's penalty guided Arsenal into the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup following a hard-fought win over Reading on Friday night. The 17-year-old midfielder, who signed his first professional contract with the club back in August, fired the spot-kick into the bottom corner to settle the tie on 65 minutes. It was Crowley's ninth goal of the season and set up a match against non-league Royston Town in the next round - but only after Reading missed a stoppage-time penalty. George Dobson (left) and Ben Sheaf celebrate Arsenal's progress to the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup . The Arsenal players celebrate after Daniel Crowley converted what proved to be the winning goal . Chris Willock leaps into the air to celebrate Arsenal progress in a closely-contested third round tie . Reading's Harry Cardwell fired over the crossbar with a penalty in the fourth minute of stoppage time . Arsenal: Huddart, Robinson, O'Connor, Johnson, Dobson, Sheaf, Crowley (c), Zelalem, Willock, Eyoma (Hinds 73), Mavididi . Substitutes not used: Keto, Smith, Chatzitheodoridia, Donovan . Scorer: Crowley 65 (penalty) Booked: Dobson . Reading: Ward (c), Lawal, Collins, Watson, Osho, Jules, Cardwell, Sheppard, Novakovich, Husin, Davis (Barrett 84) Substitutes not used: Southwood, Bennett, Smith, Andresson . Booked: Lawal . The young Gunners, coached by Frans de Kat, have been struggling in the league and were winless in seven games entering this fixture at Meadow Park in Boreham Wood. But they were motivated after reaching the semi-finals of the competitions last season, only to be knocked out over two legs by eventual winners Chelsea. Among the other talents named in the Arsenal team were Gedion Zelalem, who made his first-team debut earlier this year, and Stephy Mavididi, who scored two goals in the group stage of the UEFA Youth League. Reading started the match the brighter, with Tennai Watson and then Noor Husin missing chances inside the opening 10 minutes. Eventually, Arsenal began to control proceedings and Crowley forced a fine save out of Lewis Ward. Mavididi then jumped highest to head Crowley's cross against the bar. The pressure only increased as the first-half wore on, with Zelalem sending a low drive just wide of the post and Chris Willock drawing a good stop from Ward just before the break. Arsenal's Chris Willock carries the ball past Reading defender Tennai Watson during the match . Arsenal skipper Daniel Crowley takes the ball beyond Reading's Noor Husin during the third round tie . Crowley, who scored Arsenal's winner, is challenged by Reading's Jake Sheppard at Boreham Wood . The Reading stopper was called upon early in the second period to deny Crowley after the Arsenal playmaker beat two defenders to work a shooting opportunity. Zelalem and Willock both had another chance apiece before Arsenal's intense pressure finally told. George Dobson located Willock inside the box and he was brought down by Hammed Lawal. Crowley made no mistake from 12 yards and the hosts had the lead they deserved. Going behind seemed to spur Reading into life and Ryan Huddart had to make a superb reaction save to keep out Jake Sheppard. There was more drama to come, however, when Sheppard was fouled in the box during the fourth minute of stoppage time. Extra time beckoned but Harry Cardwell blazed his penalty over the bar and Arsenal squeezed through. Arsenal forward Stephy Mavididi goes into a challenge with Reading's Zak Jules . Daniel Crowley breaks past Reading's Andrija Novakovich as he tried to start another Arsenal attack . Arsenal's young star Gedion Zelalem in possession of the ball during the match at Meadow Park .
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| Arsenal beat Reading 1-0 thanks to a Daniel Crowley penalty . The skipper fired home after Chris Willock was brought down in the box . Reading's Harry Cardwell fired a stoppage time penalty over the bar . Young Gunners now face non-league Royston Town in the next round . | train |
256631 | Article: By . Lydia Warren and Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 00:47 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:47 EST, 24 May 2013 . The sister of the eight-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was finally released from hospital on Thursday, some 39 days after she lost her leg in the attack. Jane Richard's family revealed in a statement that the brave seven-year-old had been discharged from Boston Children's Hospital after undergoing 12 surgeries since the April 15 blasts, which killed her brother Martin, 8. The parents, Bill and Denise Richard, said that they were still heartbroken over the loss of their son but Jane's determination to get better was getting them through. 'While we remain devastated over Martin’s death and all that has happened to us, Jane's determination for getting better is an inspiring source of strength for the entire family,' they wrote. Torn apart: The Richard family has revealed that Jane, 7, (pictured front) has awoken from surgery and was told that her brother Martin (right) was killed in the Boston bombings on April 15 . Denise, 42, suffered head injuries in . the attack, while her husband Bill, 42, was hit by shrapnel. Only their . eldest child, 12-year-old Henry, escaped without injury. The parent said Jane was in good . spirits and was 'looking forward to beginning the next phase of her . recovery,' which will take place at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital . and involve rehab to regain her strength, balance and stamina. The family said they all shared 'very . emotional goodbyes' with the doctors, nurses and staff at the . Children's hospital who 'have taken such good care of not only Jane, but . all of us.' 'Jane and her body will ultimately . dictate the timeline for her stay at Spaulding,' they wrote. 'Jane's . stay will serve as a bridge to what will be the "new normal" for Jane . and our family going forward.' The family are holding a Mass in . Martin's memory at a church in their home of Dorchester on June 9, 2013, . which would have been his ninth birthday. Victim: Martin was one of three spectators killed when two bombs detonated at the marathon . Victims: Jane, left, is recovering from the blast that claimed her leg and killed her big brother Martin, right . Earlier this month, the Richard . family revealed the heartbreaking moment their daughter awoke two weeks . after the attack and learned her brother had died. In a statement, the family revealed Jane had 'difficult questions that . needed to be answered.' 'There are not words to describe how hard . sharing this heartbreaking news was on all of us,' it read. Amid the tragedy, the family was . celebrating the progress of little Jane, who has braved a dozen . surgeries to close the wound on her left leg and to eventually prepare . it for a prosthesis. She also battled infections in hospital. 'While she has more trips to the O.R. ahead of her, last night's operation marked an important milestone,' the May 9 statement read. 'If things go well, Jane could be ready to transition to the rehabilitation stage of her recovery in the next few weeks.' Bill . is recovering from his shrapnel wound and is hopeful that he will . regain hearing he lost from the blast, while Denise is recovering from . her surgeries, but is still missing sight in one eye. Henry has returned to school, 'which gives him a needed sense of routine and normalcy', the statement, which was uploaded to the family's website, said. Moments before: Martin (circled blue), his sister and father can be seen watching the marathon while one of the alleged bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and his bomb are circled with red . The Richards also took the time to . thank members of the public and authorities for their help throughout . 'our very darkest hour'. 'We . want to thank the people who quickly got to Jane and addressed her . injury in the street because they saved her life,' it read. 'We also . salute those who stood guard over Martin's body so he was not alone. Those officers will never know how comforting that was in our very . darkest hour.' Jane . Richard is believed to have been standing on the marathon fence next to . the big brother she idolized when the first of two bombs detonated near . to the finish line. Images from before the blast appear to show . Bill, a community organizer, holding his youngest children up on the . railings as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev plants his backpack bomb just behind . them. Bill and Jane's eldest brother Henry, 12, managed to escape from the bomb attack uninjured. It isn't clear whether any of the women . in the photograph is the children's mother, school librarian Denise, . who sustained head injuries and had to undergo brain surgery following . the attack. Jane is an enthusiastic Irish dancer having attended classes at the Clifden Academy of Irish Dance in Milton since the age of three, local reports noted. Blast: A photo shows the first bomb explode near the finish line of the Boston marathon on April 15 . Boston firefighter James Plourde carried one of the more than 180 injured away from the scene . 'Killers': Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, and his younger brother Dzhokhar, right, allegedly planted the devices . Neighbors said Jane looked up to her . older brother and they both attended the Neighborhood House Charter . School in Dorchester, where their mother served as the school librarian. Tracey . Monroe, a bystander who came to Jane's aid in the moments after the . blast, told WCVB.com: 'I saw her laying in the street. I held her head . in my hands and I tried to rub her and comfort her. I asked what her . name was and she said Jane. 'She was just a baby and so badly injured and scared. But she was so incredibly brave. I saw him [Martin] and at that point I knew he was gone. I'll never forget them - that little girl, she was so brave.' The bombs, described by experts as makeshift anti-personnel devices, were made from pressure cookers packed with shrapnel and ball bearings to cause the maximum injuries to bystanders. Police believe they were planted by brothers Dzhokhar, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. After their images were released by the FBI, Tamerlan was killed in an ensuing gunfight with police. His younger brother was found hiding in a boat outside a home hours later and was treated in hospital for an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck. He remains in federal prison in Massachusetts and is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction. For updates from the Richard family, visit their blog.
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| Martin Richard, 8, was one of the three victims killed in the April 15 blast . His sister Jane lost her left leg below the knee and underwent 12 surgeries before she was released from Boston Children's Hospital on Thursday . The children's mother Denise underwent brain surgery and still cannot see from one eye but has been released from hospital . Dad Bill was hit by shrapnel and brother Henry, 12, escaped without harm . Family said Jane's determination to get better was a 'source of strength' | train |
47824 | Article: By . Chris Foy . Follow @@FoyChris . To hell with moral victories, heroic near-misses and statistical consolations. England confront the All Blacks again with twin targets — victory and history. That is all. Nothing else will do. A week on from an agonising Auckland demise, England find themselves at a seminal moment in their crusade to re-emerge as a global force. Their time has come. They are no longer hampered by fixture congestion, or the absence of several injured men. They are no longer afflicted by the age-old English curse of being beaten before they start in these parts. The crunch: Marland Yarde and Kieran . Brookes collide in training ahead of the Auckland Test . The box kick . Stuart Lancaster is ready to unleash a line-up as potent as any under his regime and his side are utterly bereft of fear in the face of the world champions. There were no excuses last Saturday following the 20-15 defeat at Eden Park, but the backdrop of disruption meant that a defeat was widely acclaimed as a triumph of sorts. Asked if another heroic defeat would suffice, flanker Tom Wood said: ‘No. While we were proud of the effort and performance last week, we will never accept losing, regardless of the opposition. We go into every game intending and fully expecting to win.’ Considering the doomsday scenario of another shattering loss, he added: ‘It will be difficult and the pressure will begin to mount. We certainly didn’t come here to lose any games, never mind two on the bounce and be staring down the barrel of three losses. It certainly focuses the mind. We’ll concentrate on levelling the score.’ England know that what matters in this crucial second Test is finishing ahead on the scoreboard, whatever it takes. The big push: England will be desperate to level the series against New Zealand . The cross-field kick . There is a bigger picture, the need to build a game-plan capable of delivering World Cup glory, but the priority for now is managing to claim rugby’s most prized scalp in hostile territory. Success would be a giant stride forward. Five times England have played the All Blacks on New Zealand’s South Island and five times they have lost — in 1963, 1985, 1998, 2004 and 2008. Twice this city has staged this fixture and the visitors have conceded a century of points, scoring a paltry 25 in response. England have a 100 per cent record at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, but their opponents there — at the last World Cup — were Argentina, Georgia and Romania. English ambition has too often amounted to merely seeking respectability in the face of Kiwi supremacy, but that inferiority complex has been shattered. Lancaster’s side do not bend the knee at the first sign of those fabled shirts. Three times they have played these opponents since Lancaster took over in 2012 and the current aggregate score is 75-71 in England’s favour. In the aftermath of the opening skirmish in Auckland, there has been ample focus on various areas of English dominance:scrum and line-out, territory, possession — the old staples — along with line-breaks, metres made, defenders beaten and so on. In a nutshell, they played well but lost. It can’t happen again if their advance is to continue apace. The All Blacks are coming into this Test with contrasting priorities. They had the result last weekend, but fell a long way below the standards they have come to expect in winning all but one Test since claiming the home World Cup in 2011. Heartbreak: Conrad Smith scores the deciding try as unfancied England fell to gallant defeat in Auckland . The counter attack . Steve Hansen, the hosts’ head coach, anticipates a reaction from his players. ‘We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact we did win the Test, but at the same time we weren’t proud of our performance,’ he said. ‘This sets up brilliantly the second instalment of what could be a rivalry that endures all the way to next year’s World Cup final.’ England must hope their contingent of Premiership finalists swiftly reintegrate to guard against the threat of a damaging loss of cohesion. Theoretically, they will be improved by Danny Care’s spark at scrum-half and the combative authority of Owen Farrell at No 10, while the glass-half-full vision involves Billy Twelvetrees and Luther Burrell creating a platform to unleash the redeployed Manu Tuilagi out wide or on in-field forays. Up front, Chris Robshaw, Wood and Co will need to make a collective effort to smash Richie McCaw out of his poaching routine at the rucks. If they do so, Ben Morgan blasts forward with the same ball-carrying clout he did last week and the Geoff Parling-Rob Webber axis delivers another line-out masterclass, England will have a chance. More so if their defensive line-speed hurries the Kiwis into another torrent of errors. Gutted: Jonny May and Yarde look dejected following a defeat that was hard to swallow . It may come down to the impact of the replacements, which is when Lancaster will relish being able to send on the likes of Dylan Hartley, Courtney Lawes and Billy Vunipola. Having such pedigree and firepower to add second-half impetus could swing the contest England’s way. The majority of those in attendance under the stadium roof will expect the perfect conditions and the jolt to the system delivered seven days earlier to ensure a night of Black magic and the resumption of normal service. But maybe, just maybe, they will be condemned to watching Lancaster’s rising side seize their victory and history.
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| England are at a seminal moment in their crusade to re-emerge as a global force after last week's stinging 20-15 defeat to New Zealand . Stuart Lancaster is ready to unleash a line-up as potent as any under his regime and his side are utterly bereft of fear . England know that what matters in this crucial second Test is finishing ahead on the scoreboard, whatever it takes . There is a bigger picture, the need to build a game-plan capable of delivering World Cup glory, but the priority for now is managing to claim rugby's most prized scalp in hostile territory . | train |
165095 | Article: Middletown, Connecticut (CNN) -- Five people were killed and at least 12 were injured in a gas explosion Sunday at an under-construction power plant in central Connecticut, local officials said. Residents up to 20 miles away reported hearing the blast at about 11:19 a.m. at the Kleen Power Plant in Middletown, a suburb of Hartford, Connecticut. "There is no present or continuing threat to anybody from either substances getting into the atmosphere or of a possible subsequent explosion," Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said, adding terrorism has been ruled out. He said plant workers were purging a natural gas pipeline when the explosion occurred. "Urban search-and-rescue teams are on the premises ... with dogs, attempting to locate and account for further victims," Giuliano said. It's unknown how many people were working in the plant, which was about 95 percent complete, at the time of the explosion. Multiple contractors were involved in the project, Giuliano said, complicating efforts to account for those who may have been on the site. "[Each contractor] has their own foreperson, their own employee list, so we're trying to sort that out," Giuliano said. Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano said later Sunday that no one has come forward with any names of missing people and dogs have not detected signs of life beneath the rubble left by the explosion. The plant was expected to go online this summer, Giuliano said. Santostefano initially said about 50 people, most of them construction workers, were working at the time, but Giuliano said "we don't know that as a hard number right now." "What I've been told by the owners of the project is that there could be anywhere from 100 to 200 people working on the site on any given day," Giuliano said. But Santostefano later said the numbers Giuliano cited were weekday figures, and he repeated his estimate of 50 to 60 people at the site Sunday when the explosion occurred. He said he thought most of those escaped the blast. A no-fly zone was established over the site because of the unstable structure, Gov. Jodi Rell announced Sunday night. Middlesex Hospital in Middletown said it received 11 patients from the explosion. One patient with serious injuries was flown to a hospital in Hartford, and another was transferred to Yale New Haven Hospital, according to a statement on Middlesex's Web site. Two others had minor injuries and were treated and released. The remaining seven patients sustained injuries "mainly to the extremities, including broken bones, blunt trauma and abdominal pains," the statement said. Emergency room physician Dr. Jonathan Bankoff told reporters that some patients reported being thrown 30 or 40 feet by the blast. Two people were airlifted directly to the Hartford hospital from the scene, Middlesex spokesman R. Brian Albert said. A center was being set up at Middletown's City Hall for relatives of plant workers, he said. As of late Sunday afternoon, the hospital said it was not expecting more patients from the plant. After the explosion, it took a while for emergency crews to get into the plant, Santostefano said, because the plant was on fire and the natural gas had to be turned off at the source. No major incidents at the site had been reported since construction began there a couple of years ago, he said. People miles away reported hearing or feeling the blast. "It felt like the house was shaking," Peter Moore, who lives about 10 miles away in Durham, told CNN. He said he thought at first there had been a traffic accident on his street or there was a problem with his house. Moore said his mother, who lives in Woodbridge, about 20 miles away from the plant, also said she heard the explosion, and said it "sounded like someone pounded on the back door a couple of times." "It was almost like an earthquake," nearby resident Lynn Townsend told CNN affiliate WTNH. She said she heard the explosion and went outside to see "a very big, bright orange flame" between the plant's two smokestacks, and immediately dialed 911. "It really shook the house," she said. "Everybody was scared. The kids started to cry." WTNH.com coverage of Middletown explosion . Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance told WTNH his agency has received "an immense amount of inquiries" from residents who heard or felt the explosion. The site is a 620-megawatt gas-fired power plant, according to plant manager Gordon Holk.
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| Mayor: Workers were purging natural gas pipeline when the explosion occurred . Explosion happened at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Kleen Power Plant in Middletown, Connecticut . Plant was under construction, about 95 percent complete . "It was almost like an earthquake," nearby resident tells CNN affiliate WTNH . | train |
163448 | Article: By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 12:50 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:59 EST, 26 February 2013 . Hit web video 'Women of LA' has attracted an angry response from female comedians and musicians aiming to smash the perception that women in the celebrity capital of the world are not just vain, vacuous drug addicts chasing sugar daddies and living off their rich parents. In 'Women of LA', which has had nearly a million hits since it was uploaded, comedians Jamie Abrams and DJ Lubel sing about not being attractive or rich enough to attract any LA women, despite being nice guys. But in 'Nice Guys of LA' female comedians and rapper 2-K sing about men who think of themselves as nice guys but are actually raging misogynists who are only interested in hot, shallow women and think they are entitled to sex. LAdy Justice: Rapper DJ 2-Kangrily defends the women of LA in a response to a hit viral that she feels denigrates women . In one section, DJ Lubel raps: 'I want a nice guy whose presence I enjoy, who sees in me more than just a walking, talking f*** toy. 'Wait, I forgot, it's more important that I'm hot, and relying on my vagina is for sure my best shot! 'Ignorance is bliss, I'm better off lobotomised with big fake t***!' The video also features sections with self-appointed nice guys displaying what shallow hypocrites they really are. The chorus of the song runs: 'We deserve to get laid. We are the nice guys of LA.' The women assert their independence and intelligence in the comedy song . Single life: These women bemoan the lack of decent guys in celebrity-obsessed LA . The 'Nice Guys of LA' sing about their desire for frequent, no-strings-attached sex . One heavy-set moustachioed man, writhing on a sofa in his dressing gown and socks, sings: 'I've got some chick flicks on Blu-ray, so take a chance on me today - only hot girls though, OK?' Other portions show men blaming women for being shallow instead of blaming their own failings as human beings for their inability to get a woman. One desultory-looking man sings: 'Whores don't like me because I'm short', followed by a pipe-smoking man reading a pretentious book who emotes: 'Sluts don't want the intellectual sort.' Want a piece of THIS?: A man tries to seduce the viewer with the promise of chick flicks - but only if they're hot . One of the 'Nice Guys' attempts to seduce a pair of beautiful women with his impressive six dollars . Those offended by 'Women of LA' have praised the video in the Youtube comments. Katherine Cowell said: 'YES. This is awesome. Keep doing what you do. The Girls of LA needed a response.' However, the message has not resonated with everyone. Perhaps with tongue firmly in cheek, user CWSOjourner said: 'Love you ladies, you are all perfect! 'Or, you would be if you lost, like, five pounds or so.' Shallow: The men in the video think small gestures like flowers and cheap wine should . ensure they get sex and write off women who are not interested as . lesbians . 'Women don't like the intellectual sort,' bemoans one lovelorn LA resident . VIDEO Watch the 'Nice Guys of LA' in action .
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| Men of Los Angeles lampooned in response to hit viral . They are shown to be just as shallow as the women of LA . | train |
202152 | Article: By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 08:45 EST, 19 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:45 EST, 19 June 2012 . Always connected: The majority of British young adults use social networks by phone everyday . Young Britons are far more advanced than their counterparts anywhere else in the world in using mobile phones to check social networking sites in their everyday lives, a new survey has revealed. Two-thirds of mobile phone users in the 16 to 24 age group in the UK check Facebook and Twitter every day on their smartphones. But only 37 per cent of Americans from the same age group follow suit, according to the YouGov survey conducted for mobile messaging firm tyntec. Only the Germans (63 per cent) come close to the British for consistent use of mobile phones for networking. Young UK residents are the heaviest users of social networks via mobile phones in the world, the survey found. Fifteen per cent of people questioned . told researchers they use their smartphones for networking more than . five times a day, compared with only eight per cent of Americans with . such a high level of use. Young British people were also more . aware of new apps - such as the WhatsApp, the cross-platform mobile . messaging app. This allows phone users to exchange messages without . having to pay for SMS. Only 27 per cent of young Brits were unaware of this app, compared with 40 per cent of Americans under 30. People under 30 in Britain were also more aware of Viber and Pinger. Fifty-two per cent of young Brits told . researchers they were interested in having SMS integrated into social . networks, compared with 61 per cent of Americans. Researchers questioned altogether . 2,000 people in the UK and United States about SMS adoption, smartphone . usage, mobile social networking, free and low-cost calls and SMS . alternatives. Figures were also obtained from Germany. This Facebook image shows just some of the massive connections that occur over the social network . Michael Kowalzik, chief executive of . tyntec, said: 'It is interesting to note that, for both UK and US users, . the results show that a good proportion would use SMS if integrated . into social networks. 'This indicates a trust level and . familiarity with SMS which presents huge opportunities for internet . players and operators alike.'
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| Only Germany comes close with 63%, compared to Americans at 37% . | train |
58090 | Article: It has been declared the world's longest pub crawl and two friends have celebrated in the appropriate way - with a pint. Peter Hill, 59, and John Drew, 61, said cheers as they stopped at their 18,000th pub after a 30-year tour and vowed to carry on boozing 'until our livers give out.' The group - who call themselves the Black Country Ale Tairsters - started visiting different watering holes in 1984 after becoming bored of always visiting the same pub. Beer-loving friends raised a toast on the weekend after visiting their 18,000th bar in world's longest pub crawl . Peter Hill is one of the founders of The Black Country Ale Tairsters (left) pictured with his mates (right) Along with friends, they have drunk in a different pub every week since then - beginning back when a pint cost just 64p. Girls are banned from tagging along with them on their trips, which have taken in bars in every county in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The gang always wear homemade uniforms on each night out made of waistcoats fashioned from old beer towels. Peter Hill (second left) and dad Joe Hill (centre in red top) in Railway Train Pub in the West Midlands in 1988 . John Drew, Joe Hill, Karl Bradley and Peter Hill visiting 8000th pub Pavilion in Birmingham in 1998 . They also hold the record for being the first to travel to pubs around the entire coastline of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Last year they completed a seven-year quest to visit every pub in Wales after stopping off at all 3,905 of them. They have also been to every boozer in 11 Midlands counties and have driven over 250,000 miles during their monster trip, during which they've downed at least 36,000 pints. But there will be one notable absentee from the celebrations after Peter's dad Joe, who had been with the pint-supping pair throughout their adventure, died in April at the age of 83. The group visited their 5000th pub in 1993 (left) and marked their landmark 10,000th visit in Birmingham in 2001 (right) The Black Country Ale Tairsters leave their calling card at every pub they visit . Founding member Peter said they came up with the idea after becoming bored with drinking in the same pub each week. Machinist Peter, his retired dad Joe and scaffolder John then decided that the 800 Banks's pubs they visited weren't enough so embarked on the challenge to conquer every pub in Wales. Speaking from the landmark 18,000th pub at The Saxon Penny in Lichfield, Staffs., Peter said: 'It's fabulous that we have made it to here. 'I think we'll stay at this pub for a while yet, but we may squeeze in number 18,001 later on this evening. 'If I had to have a beer of choice I would just ask for any real ale to be honest. It's hard to think of a hobby which is so much fun. 'We are just going to keep going until our livers give out, or at least something gives out. The Black Country Ale Tasters at Powis Arms in Pool Quay, Dorset. The group has drunk in a different boozer every week since 1984 . The world's most epic pub crawl began with this map - and the dream of visiting bars in all counties in Britain . 'Although it may be a big surprise to people, we're not massive drinkers. We just love pubs and everything about them. 'We have our own score cards which we fill in and we write the number of the pub on the card and ask the landlord to sign the book we have which has information in from every bar we go to. 'We also keep a record of the pubs we go to by taking a photo of the pub, inside and out, and make a note of anything special about the place. 'It turned from a bit of fun to a serious hobby. I'll be doing this for as long as I can - I intend to visit every pub I can. 'Although I'll soon be 60 and I wonder where all the years have gone. 'We would never live long enough to have a drink in every pub in England. It's taken us seven years to visit 3,905 pubs in Wales. 'Nowadays, I try to limit myself to 1,500 pints a year. If it's a cider and lager pub we'll just have a swift half. In 2010, The Black Country Ale Tasters marked their 15,000th pub visit at the Watermill in Kidderminster . 'In every pub, we ask for a £1 donation, with the money going to the children's ward at Sandwell Hospital.' Around 20 tipplers were originally in the group but now only two remain including Peter, from West Bromwich, West Mids. Every pub they visit is rated, photos are taken and information is noted down and Black Country Ale Tairsters (BATs) approval is a recognised accolade in the local pub trade. They have also made trips to pubs right across Europe but they say these boozers don't count because they are not in the UK. David Parsons, 67, owner of the Tame Bridge public house in Great Bridge, West Mids., which is one of the team's favourite locals, said: 'These men are incredible, they are such a presence in the pub here. 'They have changed this pub, we used to serve a lot of lager but since they started coming with the knowledge they have of real ales, we sell a lot of the stuff. 'What they don't know about beer, no one does.'
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| Peter Hill and John Drew marked massive milestone in their epic pub crawl . The group - the Black County Ale Tairsters - began their quest in 1984 . Have visited pubs in every county in Britain, including every pub in Wales . Peter insists that group will continue 'until our livers give out' | train |
185816 | Article: By . David Wilkes . PUBLISHED: . 16:38 EST, 23 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:42 EST, 23 April 2012 . An armed mob ‘lured’ police on to the streets by firebombing a pub so they could attack them during last summer’s riots, a court heard today. They fired at least 12 shots at officers from four guns during the night of ‘orchestrated violence’ in Birmingham, a jury was told. Prosecutor Andrew Lockhart QC said the Barton Arms pub in the inner city Newtown area was set fire to before furniture from it was used to build a ‘makeshift barricade’ and to smash into other nearby shops and offices. Violence: An armed mob 'lured' police on to the streets by firebombing a pub so they could attack them during last summer's riots, a court heard today. This dramatic image shows a gunman firing a gun at police officers . Armed: The mob fired at least 12 shots at officers from four guns during the night of 'orchestrated violence' in Birmingham, a jury was told. This image shows some of those involved that night wearing masks . But in contrast to other incidents during the riots which spread across the country and saw large-scale looting, nothing else was stolen from any of the businesses because the dozens of masked and hooded men responsible for this incident had a ‘different agenda’. Mr Lockhart said: ‘This was an event in which they carried out a series of acts that they knew a large number of police officers would be deployed to deal with. ‘It was their aim to get a large number of police officers out on the streets where they could then be attacked... They were out on the street armed and intent on violence.’ It had ‘all the hallmarks of a planned event’, with two groups of men – the first numbering 25 or 26, and the second an unspecified number - converging on the pub and ‘a cheer going up’ when they came together. The jury was shown dramatic CCTV footage of some of them smashing their way into the pub with baseball bats shortly before midnight on August 9 last year before one lit a firebomb in the bar. Four people were upstairs in the pub at the time, which would have been obvious to the men attacking it as the upstairs lights were on, Mr Lockhart added. Vandalised: The jury was told that the Barton Arms pub, pictured, in the inner city Newtown area of Birmingham was set fire to before furniture from it was used to build a 'makeshift barricade' and to smash into other nearby shops and offices . The occupants dialled 999 when they heard the windows breaking and one of them rushed downstairs with a fire extinguisher when the intruders left. As the police were deployed, some of the group moved away and one could be seen on the CCTV firing a handgun. A police helicopter followed them as they left the area. On Monday, six men and two youths went on trial at Birmingham Crown Court over the incident. They are Tyrone Laidley, 20, Nicholas Francis, 26, and Joyah Campbell, 19, and two 17 year olds, who cannot be named for legal reasons, all of Birmingham. They were joined by Wayne Collins, 25, of Luton, Bedfordshire, Renardo Farrell, of Wolverhampton, and Jermaine Lewis, 27, of Oldbury, West Midlands. Planned: The court was told that it was the aim of the mob to get a large number of police officers out on the streets where they could then be attacked. This image showing a member of the mob was taken from the police helicopter . In the dock: Six men and two youths have gone on trial at Birmingham Crown Court over the incident . They are each charged with riot, violent disorder, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and arson being reckless to whether life would be endangered. Mr Lockhart said not all the defendants could be shown to have been carrying guns themselves, but it is the prosecution case that all of them ‘encouraged or supported’ those who did. Similarly, the firebombing of the pub was a ‘joint venture’. The jury was told they will hear evidence that some of the defendants had met the day before to discuss what they were going to do. They also heard that there is a series of links between them, ranging from having been to school together to socialising. The eight defendants each deny all four charges. Some of them say they were incorrectly identified as being present, while others claim they were there but were not involved in the disorder. The case continues.
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| They fired at least 12 shots at officers . from four guns during the night of ‘orchestrated violence’ in . Birmingham, a jury is told . Six men and two youths have now gone on trial over the incident . | train |
94276 | Article: (CNN) -- Champion skier or female fighter pilot? Whether to hurtle down the slopes at breakneck speed or defy G-force in the cockpit of a jet plane. The need for speed is the common theme, but it was an unusual and certainly unique career choice that faced Switzerland's Olympic downhill gold medalist Dominique Gisin. Even as an up and coming star on the junior circuit, Gisin was plagued by persistent knee injuries and fearing for her future in the sport, turned to her second passion, flying, to make a living. She had learned to fly as a teenager and after opting for pilot training in the Swiss military was one of the star recruits. Showing the sort of determination that was to see her reach the heights of the sporting world, Gisin may well have become the first woman to pilot fighter jets for the country's air force. Fate then played its part and, ironically as a result of her skiing injuries, the officers in charge of the flying program decided Gisin's fragile knees would not stand the rigors of full-time military service. "It was a risk so the decision was partly taken away from me," Gisin told CNN's Alpine Edge program. "But I never regretted. I mean I love skiing with all my heart. And although I love flying, skiing was my childhood dream. "And all the other people that were still in the selection back then, their sole dream was to fly. I think it was a fair decision." The choice of skiing looked to be validated by her first World Cup podium in early 2007, but Gisin's injury problems continued and after a fall in downhill training she was sidelined yet again through a knee problem. Indeed during the course of her 15-year skiing career, the 28-year-old has had no less than nine operations. "After every injury you lie in hospital and you're like 'I'm not going to do this again, for sure.' But then you set little goals," she recalls. "The goal that you can walk again, then that you can train again. And then that you can ski again. And then you're back on snow and it's just the most beautiful thing." Showing that trademark determination, she rebounded with her first victory on the circuit, tying for first place in a downhill at Altenmarkt with Sweden's Anja Paerson in January 2009. The shared victory was to set the precedent for Gisin's ultimate triumph, topping the podium in the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year. Without a win at the highest level since winning her third World Cup race in 2010, Gisin had gone into the Games with slender hopes of victory. But she had the perfect run down the treacherous Rosa Khutor piste and set a time of one minute 41.57 seconds which a host of top contenders could not match. Until Slovenia's 30-year-old Tina Maze -- a close friend of Gisin's -- did exactly that, posting precisely the same time down to a hundredth of a second. It was the first time in Olympic skiing history that a gold medal had to be shared. "We're close; even closer now," Gisin joked after their joint triumph. Victory was greeting with acclaim in skiing mad Switzerland, elevating Gisin to superstar status and putting paid to any doubts she may have had about her chosen career path. Gisin still finds time to keep her license as a pilot -- getting about 25 hours of flying in her log during the off season. She feels the experiences of her twin passions have a similarity that helps her concentration for the task in hand. "I think the freedom and the peace when you're up in the air and when you're on a (racing) course is quite similar. You focus on this very moment and that's a beautiful thing," she said. Despite reaching the pinnacle of achievement with her gold medal, Gisin has no intention of retiring just yet and is focusing on the world championships in Vail early next year for another taste of global glory. "I mean in the speed disciplines it's all about my head. If I can find the courage, if I can find the energy to race like I did in Sochi, a lot of things are possible," she insists. She is also a supportive figure to her 20-year-old sister Michelle, who is beginning to make a name for herself on the women's World Cup circuit, claiming 16th in the slalom in Aspen recently. Her 26-year-old brother Marc has also represented Switzerland on the World Cup circuit, but like his older sister has suffered a serious knee injury, tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a fall in 2012. But showing the battling spirit which is clearly a family trait he has returned to the circuit to pursue his promising career.
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| Dominique Gisin won gold at the Sochi Winter Games . Tied for first prize with Tina Maze in women's downhill . Originally trained as fighter pilot in Swiss Air Force . Has battled a series of crippling knee injuries in her skiing career . | train |
219676 | Article: Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghanistan's acting central bank governor says the country's second largest private lender is not in crisis, warning outspoken lawmakers -- who claim the bank is in trouble -- against spreading fear among its account holders. "Azizi Bank was neither facing any crisis before, (and) is not facing (a crisis) now." Mohebullah Safi told CNN. "Many Afghans have accounts... and we shouldn't panic the people, which could affect our national interest." Safi, who addressed parliament earlier this week at the request of lawmakers, said the central bank is investigating investment problems with Azizi Bank, but noted that its $588 million in reserves are safe. He added that officials are working to change the country's banking laws to better monitor investments made by Afghan banks and their partners both domestically and abroad. But Afghan parliament member Haji Zaher Qader claimed share holders tried bribe him to keep quiet over the bank's lending practices. "They offered me a million dollars that I keep silent and not to talk about (the) Azizi Bank crisis, but I refused their offer," he told CNN. Qader would not elaborate as to who offered him the alleged bribe or provide specifics about banking practices that are a cause of concern. Still, lawmakers have called for a forensic audit of the bank's finances in an effort to prevent a similar scandal to last year's massive fraud at the country's largest private lender, Kabul Bank. More than $900 million in loans went missing from Kabul Bank, many of them interest-free and made without proper documentation, no collateral or repayment plans. The recipients allegedly used the loans to finance lavish lifestyles outside Afghanistan, triggering a crisis that threatened a collapse of the entire Afghan financial system. It also exposed widespread corruption throughout the Afghan banking sector. Kabul Bank handled salary payments for thousands of Afghan soldiers, police and public workers and was reported to have held up to $1 billion in deposits belonging to Afghan citizens. CNN's Fazel Reshad contributed to this report .
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| Acting director says Azizi Bank's $588 million in reserves are safe . Lawmakers have called for a forensic audit of the bank's finances . Last year, more than $900 million in loans went missing from Kabul Bank . | train |
117893 | Article: From ancient mead-halls to modern pubs and clubs, it seems mankind has always enjoyed drinking - but the way we talk about alcohol has changed a lot over the centuries. Whereas once the words 'drunken' and 'inebriated' sufficed to describe over-indulging, now we resort to elaborate euphemisms such as 'squiffy', 'blotto' and 'wasted'. And in addition to modern slang for drinking, there are a host of now obsolete words once used to describe a heavy binge - the likes of 'bumpsy', 'suckey' and 'hit under the wing'. Scroll down for video . Historic: This 15th-century manuscript shows how excessive drinking has always been popular . Horrors: Gin Lane, by William Hogarth, depicts 18th-century drunkenness; a new book traces the way people have talked about alcohol over the centuries . The history of the ways the English language describes alcohol has been traced by eminent linguistics professor David Crystal using the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary. In a new book, the academic reveals that the vocabulary of drinking is richer than almost any other topic - and unites English-speakers across barriers of class, age and gender. During the Anglo-Saxon period, the words 'drunken' and 'fordrunken' were the most common ways of describing alcoholic excess, Professor Crystal writes in the book Words in Time and Place. However, in time there developed 'a universal trend to avoid stating the obvious', according to the author, and English-speakers began to resort to euphemisms when they discussed drinking. Fordrunken (Old English): First used in Alfred the Great's translations of Latin works, it continued in use throughout the Middle Ages and is found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Tippled (1564): A 'tippler' was someone who sold ale in a tavern - the word is thought to be related to 'tap'. It later became attached to somone who drinks a lot. Bumpsy (1611): Apparently inspired by the way drunkards are more likely to bump into things because they cannot walk straight. The word 'bum' was also a children's word for a drink in the 16th century. Blootered (1805): A 'blooter' is a clumsy oaf in medieval Scottish slang, leading to the adjective meaning drunk which is still in use in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Up the pole (1897): A nautical term - the pole was the mast, so someone 'up the pole' would be in a dangerous situation. It first appeared in the dictionary after a judge asked what it meant during a court case. Poggled (1923): Military slang which has its origins in the Hindi word 'pagal', meaning a madman or an idiot. It was used particularly when a drunk person was behaving wildly. Tired and emotional (1981): A modern euphemism usually used in a comic setting. The OED first cites it in an episode of political sitcom Yes Minister. The earliest slang terms included the 14th-century 'cup-shotten', meaning overcome with liquor, 'inebriate', dating back to 1497, and 'bousy' - a forerunner of the modern 'booze', borrowed from Dutch and first recorded in 1529. Some words still in common usage have a long pedigree - for example 'intoxicated', which originally meant poisoned, was first used in relation to drink as far back as 1576. William Shakespeare and the King James Bible are commonly regarded as two of the greatest influences on the English language, and the situation is no different when it comes to phrases for drunkenness. 'In drink' was apparently coined by Shakespeare in the play Henry IV Part 1, where Falstaff uses it while talking to Prince Hal, and 'in their cups' makes its first appearance in the Bible's description of how alcohol affects the mood. Professor Crystal divides the slang terms into a variety of different categories, based on the ways they characterise the process of losing control. He writes in the book: 'One fruitful vein is to find terms that characterize drunken appearance (owl-eyed, pie-eyed, cock-eyed, lumpy, blue, lit) or behaviour, especially erratic movement (slewed, bumpsy, reeling ripe, towrow, rocky, on one’s ear, zigzag, tipped, looped) or lack of any movement at all (stiff, paralytic).' Over the years, some drinkers appear to have viewed drunkenness as similar to being cooked - 'stewed', 'boiled', 'pickled' and 'steamed' have all arisen since the 18th century. While the origins of many terms - such as 'rummy' and 'under the influence' - may be relatively obvious, others are rather more complex. 'Three sheets in the wind', for instance, is a naval analogy - 'sheets' are ropes attached to a sail, so when three of them are loose the sail will flap around and cause the boat to weave like a drunk person. Change: But events such as Munich's Oktoberfest uphold traditional ways of drinking - and getting drunk . Contrast: Now drinking increasingly centres on bars and clubs which serve shots of spirits such as tequila . Work: David Crystal explores how English has been adapted over time in his new book, pictured . A minority of words attempt the subtle task of describing someone who is only a little drunk, such as 'squiffy', popularised by the novels of P.G. Wodehouse, and 'half-shaved', used in the US during the 19th century. Most drinking slang appears to have developed organically, but some is promoted by the actions of governments - for example, since drink-driving was outlawed in Britain in 1966, the phrase 'over the limit' has been used to describe being drunk. Professor Crystal also points out that many words which originally described drinking have over the past few decades mutated and become attached to drug use as well. 'High', 'loaded' and 'stoned' all began as alcohol slang, even though now they would more naturally describe someone who had taken narcotics. Elsewhere in the book the author - one of the world's greatest experts on the English language, who is now Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor - also follows the development of words for topics such as dying, money, fooling around and going to the toilet. The work is based on the Historical Thesaurus, which uses the world-famous Oxford English Dicitionary to chart how different words meaning the same thing come into use before falling out of popularity. Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, by David Crystal, is out now published by Oxford University Press. Give up the ghost (Old English): This phrase dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, when 'gast' (ghost) was commonly used to mean spirit or soul. Pass (1340): To say that someone has 'passed' is considered sensitive language in North America - it first appeared in the 14th century, and was popularised by Shakespeare in King Lear. Bite the dust (1697): This phrase was also rendered as 'bite the ground' and 'bite the sand' when it was first used by writers such as Dryden and Pope. It is based on the image of a soldier falling to the ground during battle. Snuff out (1864): Based on the metaphor of extinguishing a candle. The phrase, transformed into 'snuff it', is now usually used in a casual context. Meet your maker (1933): Despite the apparently archaic nature of this phrase, it was first used by American crime novelist Dorothy L. Sayers. Privy (1225): Taken from the French 'privée', meaning private place. This was for many years the main word used to describe the toilet. Jakes (1530s): The etymology of this word is unclear, but it may derive from the name Jaques. It is now mostly heard in regional dialects. Water closet (1755): A euphemistic term, usually abbreviated to WC, which alludes to the small size of most toilets - comparable to a closet. Outhouse (1819): Originally meant any building outside, but became attached to toilets during the time when they were commonly installed in separate buildings near the main home. Loo (1940): Another obscure origin. It could be an abbreviation of 'Waterloo', or come from the French 'l'eau', as an allusion to 'water'. Commonly associated with the genteel middle class. Hoddypeak (1500): Based on an old word for a snail's shell. The horns of a snail were associated with the 'cuckold's horns' which denoted a husband whose wife was unfaithful. Nincompoop (1673): The suffix 'poop' was used as a verb meaning to deceive. 'Nin' could be a reference to the word 'ninny', or it could denote the name 'Nick'. Silly billy (1834): This rhyming phrase was often adopted by clowns who 'acted the fool' alongside a straight man. It became attached as a term of abuse to prominent people called William, most famously King William IV. Plonker (1981): Popularised by Only Fools and Horses, where main character Del Boy used it as a term of abuse for his sidekick Rodney. Earlier in the 20th century, the word was a slang term for penis. Numpty (1988): Possibly an abbreviation of 'numbskull', with the ending adapted by analogy with the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. First used in Scotland. Money (1325): Even though this is by far the most common word today, it did not enter English until the 14th century. In the early days of banknotes, 'money' was sometimes used to refer only to coins. Mammon (1539): A name for the Devil in the Bible. It became the personification of greed, and for several centuries was also used to mean money or riches in a more general sense. Mopus (1699): Taken from a German word for bread, this was the name of a small coin. The phrase 'having the mopusses' is used now in the Midlands and North of England. Dough (1851): This ancient word became a slang term for money in the US during the 19th century, and was then imported into the UK by Arthur Conan Doyle and P.G. Wodehouse. Lolly (1943): 'Lollipop' was Cockney rhyming slang for 'drop', which referred to money given as a tip.
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| Professor David Crystal has used a historical thesaurus to trace the ways we talk about getting drunk in English . Originally people used 'drunken' or 'inebriated' but the language has become more elaborate over the centuries . Among the bizarre terms included are 'suckey', 'blootered' and 'towrow' The revelations are featured in a new book, Words in Time and Place . Professor Crystal also uncovers the changing words used to describe death, money, fools and the toilet . | train |
285227 | Article: A Lithuanian builder was held last night after a wealthy property developer and his wife were found dead. Viktoras Bruzas, 38, went on the run following the fatal stabbing of Patrick Kettyle, 55, and his wife Gillian Kettyle, 54, in an attack at their £750,000 Surrey home. After a ten-hour manhunt Bruzas was stopped by police in his Mercedes at 6pm last night in Oxshott, Surrey, just five miles from the scene of the double murder. Surrey Police had been urgently searching for 38-year-old Lithuanian builder Viktoras Bruzas (right) after the bodies of married couple Patrick (left), 55, and Gillian Kettyle, 54, were discovered at about 12.30am yesterday . Mr Kettyle (pictured) and his wife are said to have known Bruzas, and the two suspects were also known to each other . Police had been called just after midnight yesterday by Mrs Kettyle’s 16-year-old son Timothy, who is said to have witnessed a knifeman lashing out, stabbing his victims in the chest, head and legs. Paramedics tried to save the couple but they died at the scene. Kristina Bruziene, is reportedly the estranged wife of Bruzas. She was employed by the dead couple as a secretary in 2012 . Police confirmed that Bruzas and the Kettyle family were known to each other, and said this relationship was an ‘important part’ of their investigation. Mr Kettyle had employed Bruzas’s ex-wife, Kristina Bruziene, 37, as a secretary at his million-pound building and property development firm after the builder introduced them. Bruzas grew up in Kaunas, Lithuania, the country’s second biggest city, 65 miles west of the capital, Vilnius. He married his wife in Lithuania before they moved to the UK in their twenties. The couple settled in Forest Gate, East London, and had their son Richard, who was born in September 2007. Bruzas was known by his neighbours as a quiet man who worked hard to support his family, doing odd jobs in people’s homes and fixing locks. Apparently earning well, he moved with his family five years ago to a £400,000 home in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Bruzas was working as a builder for Mr Kettyle’s construction firm while his wife handled the accounts. Pictures posted on Facebook suggest they were happy, devoted parents. A window at the Kettyle's home appears to have been smashed. The middle-aged couple were found by a family member who was not hurt in the attack, police revealed at a press conference . A forensics officer collects a knife in Fetcham, Surrey, where the couple were found (right) but it is too early at this stage to tell whether it was used in the killings. Forensic officers were in the house (left) A police spokesman said: 'A potential weapon has been found near the property and we are currently examining it. But we cannot confirm if it is linked to the incident at this early stage' A forensics officer could be seen putting the knife, which had a black and silver handle and appeared to have a bent and broken blade, into a plastic evidence container . Last night another man in his 30s arrested in Walton-on-Thames on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder was released on police bail. Police were called at around 12.30am on Thursday and issued an appeal seven hours later to find Bruzas, whom they believed was on his way to West Sussex. But he was later found just five miles away and arrested on suspicion of murder. Last night detectives were examining a knife with a broken blade found by a dog walker not far from the murder scene, in the leafy stockbroker village of Fetcham. A forensic officer photographs evidence.The knife was found 400 metres away from the couple's home . Aerial pictures of the Kettyle's home shows police tape cordoning off the house and garden as officers stand guard . A number of construction companies are registered to the address under Mr Kettyle's name . The house where the bodies were found is a two-storey detached house with a brick-paved drive and neat bushes at the front, the second house along The Copse . The killer is believed to have smashed a glass window in a conservatory at the rear of the house to gain entry. Stunned neighbours described the Kettyles as a quiet, friendly couple who were often seen taking Mrs Kettyle’s son to his grammar school in Guildford where he recently achieved top GCSE grades. The couple married in 2004 and have three children between them from previous marriages. Last night Mrs Kettyle’s stunned niece and nephew Bronwyn, 21, and Lewis Davies, 18, said: ‘It’s the worst thing that could have happened. They were fantastic people. It’s so sad for the whole family. ‘They didn’t deserve this. It’s a tragic loss. Patrick was such a gentle man, he was always so loving. It just doesn’t feel real at all, it’s such a shock.’ Suspect Bruzas, is from Lithuania and lives in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey . A blue tent was also set up next to the cordon. Detective Superintendent Nick May of Surrey Police said at the scene that Bruzas and the victims were known to each other . Officers carried out a fingertip search of Meadow Way, checking gardens and hedges, emptying household bins and probing building work in a front garden . Detectives said a large-scale manhunt had been launched to find Bruzas . The house where the bodies were found is a two-storey detached house with a brick-paved drive and neat bushes at the front, the second house along The Copse. A forensics officer searches the garden . Police search bins close to the scene in Fetcham, Surrey . Mr Kettyle founded his own construction company, Kettyle Ltd, in 1985 which had a £6million annual turnover and also let several properties. He is understood to have retired, but it is thought his wife worked as an office administrator in nearby Cobham, Surrey. The Kettyles were close friends of Friends Reunited founders Steve and Julie Pankhurst who made £30million from the sale of the site in 2005. Neighbour Gwynaeth Laxton, 80, said: ‘I am in complete shock and feeling quite shaken up about it. We had not long been asleep when we heard a commotion outside. ‘I thought it was foxes or other animals jumping over the fence. But then a short while later we heard the police turn up.’ Speaking at a press conference, Detective Superintendent Nick May, said the couple had been subjected to a 'sustained attack' The victims were found with stab wounds after the attack at The Copse in Fetcham, Surrey . The sleepy road where the murders took place has been cordoned off by the police who are scouring the scene for evidence . Police talking to neighbours that live next door to were the bodies were found . At the scene, police tape was stretched across the street to cordon off a large area outside the house, while shocked residents chatted in the road . The head of Surrey and Sussex Joint Major Crime Team, Detective Superintendent Nick May, said: ‘At this stage we believe that the offender or offenders entered the property at some time after midnight and subjected the victims to a sustained attack. 'Officers and paramedics were called to the scene at around 12.30am by a family member who was in the property at time but was unharmed in the attack.’ Prior to Bruzas’s arrest, police had been liaising with both the National Crime Agency and Interpol, who were in touch with the Lithuanian authorities. Officers also carried out a fingertip search of a street close to the Kettyles’ home, checking residents’ front gardens, and emptying household bins. Police set up at the scene. Senior officers said they had been working with the National Crime Agency and Interpol in a bid to track down the Lithuanian . Forensics officers were seen removing evidence from the £750,000 family property . Forensics officers in white suits and wearing masks over their mouths were seen going in and out of the property . The quiet road has been closed off by police where the double murder took place. Police vehicles, vans belonging to forensics officers and a mobile command centre were also parked in the quiet street . The former home of Vickoras Bruzas in Walton-on-Thames . Fetcham is a leafy commuter village in Surrey, just south of the M25. The sleepy road where the murders took place has been cordoned off by police . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
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| Viktoras Bruzas, 38, went on the run following double fatal stabbing . Patrick, 55, and wife Gillian Kettyle, 54, in attack at £750,000 home . After a ten-hour manhunt Bruzas was stopped by police in Mercedes . Police were called just after midnight yesterday by Mrs Kettyle's son . | train |
178190 | Article: (CNN) -- Roger Federer made it five straight wins in a row as he reached the semifinals of the French Open Tuesday at the expense of home favorite Gael Monfils. The third seed clinched a 6-4 6-3 7-6 victory on his third match point after two hours and 34 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier. It set up a mouthwatering semifinal clash with second seed Novak Djokovic, who received a quarterfinal bye when his Italian opponent Fabio Fognini pulled out with a thigh muscle injury. 16-time grand slam champion Federer has enjoyed an untroubled passage to his sixth French Open semifinal at Roland Garros and apart from falling an early break of service down was rarely extended by Monfils. Federer recovered to level before clinching the opener and quickly broke twice to take command in the second. Monfils retrieved one of the breaks but Federer served out at 5-3 to take a comfortable two-set lead. Monfils had won their last meeting but never looked capable of repeating the feat despite offering stiff resistance in the third set where he hit back to level after falling behind again. But in the tiebreak Federer raced into a big lead to secure five match points and wrapped it up with a forehand down the line. A far stiffer test awaits the Swiss ace Friday with Djokovic unbeaten this year and set to be crowned as new world number one if he can beat Federer. "Playing a semi-final here at Roland Garros is a great moment and playing such a great player is what we train for," Federer said in a court side interview after beating Monfils. In other men's action Tuesday, Britain's Andy Murray conjured up another recovery act to beat Victor Troicki of Serbia to earn his place in the quarterfinals. The match was held over from Monday night at two sets all and fourth seed Murray fell 5-2 down in the decider before mounting a stirring recovery. He eventually closed out a 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 victory and will next play Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela. Murray beat him at Roland Garros in both 2009 and 2010 but has been battling an ankle sprain from an earlier match. "The problem is if you go over on the ankle again," Murray told AFP. "That's the danger because obviously it's weak just now... It's one thing I have to be careful with. Going over on it again would be an issue." Top seed Rafael Nadal plays Robin Soderling in the other quarterfinal match Wednesday.
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| Roger Federer earns semifinal clash against Novak Djokovic at French Open . Federer beats home favorite Gael Monfils in straight sets while Djokovic had bye . Andy Murray beats Victor Troicki to reach last eight at Roland Garros . | train |
293823 | Article: Sorry: Dominic Grieve, the country's most senior law officer, has apologised after he said minority communities have brought with them 'endemic' corruption . Corruption is rife in Britain’s Pakistani community, the country’s most senior law officer has warned. Dominic Grieve said politicians needed to ‘wake up’ to the threat of corruption posed by minority communities using a ‘favour culture’. In remarks that will inflame already sensitive diplomatic relations with Pakistan, the attorney general said he was referring to ‘mainly the Pakistani community’. He said electoral corruption was a . problem in constituencies such as Slough in Berkshire. Tory councillor . Eshaq Khan was found guilty of fraud involving postal ballots in 2008. Khan and five others were jailed in 2009 for using 'ghost' voters to win a local council ballot to oust longstanding Labour councillor Lydia Simmons from her seat on Slough Borough Council. The audacious scam in 2007 was described by the Crown Prosecution Service as part of an 'epidemic' which threatens to destroy democracy in the UK. Father-of 10 Khan received a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perjury. The . Electoral Commission is planning to introduce tougher identity checks . at the ballot box in Tower Hamlets in East London, another area that has . suffered from electoral fraud. In a statement released today, Mr Grieve said: 'I am very clear that integration between ethnic communities in the United Kingdom has worked well and has delivered great benefits for all of us. 'The point I was making is that, as a law officer, it's my duty to ensure the rule of law is upheld, and one of the issues that I feel requires close attention is any potential for a rise in corruption to undermine civil society. 'I am absolutely clear that this problem is not attributable to any one community, as I know very well from my many years promoting community cohesion.' Tory MEP Sajjad Karim, the party's legal affairs spokesman in the European Parliament, hit out at Mr Grieve, calling his comments 'offensive'. He told the BBC: 'As a member of the British Pakistani community myself, I found these comments to be offensive, divisive; I do think they were ill advised and I'm afraid the very general way in which Dominic is trying to make the points that he is making will have the net effect of being seen as purely populist in nature. Mr Grieve had previously said electoral corruption was a problem in constituencies such as Slough in Berkshire where Tory councillor Eshaq Khan (pictured) was found guilty of fraud involving postal ballots in 2008 . 'It was quite clear when one carries . out even the most basic examination of the claims that he is making that . the facts do not support the argument that he is presenting'. Mr . Karim added: 'It's absolutely essential that if any politician in an . influential position, regardless of whatever personal political . ambitions that individual may have, it is essential that they do not try . and behave in a way that creates a general impression about any . particular community. 'If . Dominic has got any individual specific points he wants to make in . relation to voter fraud or anything of that nature that's quite a . separate issue and can be looked at. Disgraced Khan used fake votes to win a seat on Slough Borough Council (file picture) 'But . to try and generalise in this way and to paint all British Pakistani . community members in a certain light, I'm afraid that is simply . something that cannot be ignored and it is certainly not something that . the British public at large will accept from Dominic at all.' Labour's Khalid Mahmood accused Mr Grieve of 'scapegoating' the Pakistani community and called for David Cameron to state whether he backed his Attorney General. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'This is the law officer who has made this statement. 'The Prime Minister needs to make clear whether this is his understanding of what's going on, either agree with Dominic or not.' He added: 'I wholly agree with Dominic that he does need to address issues of political fraud wherever they exist. 'That can be done without scapegoating a particular community and getting tension within communities.' But Tory Andrew Stephenson, chairman of the all-party group on Pakistan, backed Mr Grieve and said there was a problem 'mainly driven by corrupt political activists on all sides'. The Pendle MP told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'There is, in parts of the Pakistani community, a favour culture. But also there are very strong family bonds. 'So if you allow an entire family to be registered on postal votes, where the head of the household can see how his wife and how his children are voting, they will instinctively almost want to vote in the same way as him because of the strong family bonds. 'Unfortunately the postal voting system allows that to happen and means that women and young people are disenfranchised from the political process.' David . Cameron sparked outrage earlier in his premiership when he accused . Pakistan of ‘exporting terrorism’ while on a visit to India. Mr Grieve told the Daily Telegraph that . corruption could also be found in the ‘white Anglo-Saxon community’ as . well as among other groups. But he said the rise of corruption . was ‘because we have minority communities in this country which come . from backgrounds where corruption is endemic. 'It is something we as . politicians have to wake to up to’. Condemnation: Baroness Warsi, the Foreign Office minister, has previously said the Conservatives lost three seats at the general election because of voter fraud in the Asian community . Inflammatory: David Cameron sparked outrage on a previous visit to India by suggesting Pakistan was 'exporting terrorism' Baroness . Warsi, the Foreign Office minister, has previously said the . Conservatives lost three seats at the general election because of voter . fraud in the Asian community. Mr . Grieve, whose Beaconsfield constituency in Buckinghamshire has a . sizeable Asian community, said: ‘I can see many of them have come . because of the opportunities that they get. ‘But . they also come from societies where they have been brought up to . believe you can only get certain things through a favour culture. ‘One of the things you have to make absolutely clear is that that is not the case and it’s not acceptable.’ Asked if he was referring to the Pakistani community, Mr Grieve said: ‘Yes, it’s mainly the Pakistani community, not the Indian community. I wouldn’t draw it down to one. I’d be wary of saying it’s just a Pakistani problem.’ He added: ‘I happen to be very optimistic about the future of the UK. We have managed integration of minority communities better than most countries in Europe.’ Mr Grieve also admitted that the ‘volume’ of potential immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria next year when movement controls were lifted ‘may pose serious infrastructure problems’. Jailed for electoral fraud: Eshaq Khan . Disgraced Tory representative Eshaq Khan and five others used fake votes to oust longstanding Labour councillor Lydia Simmons from her seat on Slough Borough Council. The audacious scam in 2007 was described by the Crown Prosecution Service as part of an 'epidemic' which threatens to destroy democracy in the UK. Eshaq Khan, 52, received a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and perjury. During his trial the court heard that Eshaq Khan, a father-of-10, had been dishonestly elected as a Tory councillor in May 2007 after a scheme in which 'ghost voters' were registered on the electoral role. The fraudulent plot was uncovered when ousted Labour councillor and former Mayor Miss Simmons and her Labour team questioned the result. They pointed out that at a number of houses up to 19 names - all Asian - had registered in the run up to the election at the same address then opted to vote by post. Charles Miskin, prosecuting at the trial said the action of the convicted vote-riggers was like a virus that needed to be eradicated. He referred to a report by Electoral Commission Richard Mawrey QC which served as a warning that unless the UK election procedures are changed, the nation's democracy will be at stake. Citing the report Mr Miskin said: 'The systems to deal with fraud are not working well, they are not working badly - the fact is there are no real systems. 'Until there are, fraud will continue unabated. The system for voting would disgrace a banana republic.'
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| Dominic Grieve made inflammatory remarks in a newspaper interview . He said minority communities have 'endemic' corruption . 'It’s mainly the Pakistani community, not the Indian community', he claimed . He has been accused of making 'offensive' and 'ill advised' comments . The senior law officer said that the authorities should take action to combat electoral fraud in areas with high migrant populations . | train |
227794 | Article: New manager Tony Pulis watched on as West Brom earned a creditable draw away at West Ham on New Year's Day, and Sportsmail takes a look at his in-tray at Selhurst Park. Go back to basics . Too often this season West Brom have played pretty football that lacked any punch. Defensively, set pieces must be improved. Tony Pulis was in the stands at Upton Park to watch his new West Brom side against West Ham . The Baggies need to make signings this month and Stoke striker Peter Crouch fits the bill . Get fans on his side . Supporters were never on board with Alan Irvine’s appointment. Pulis will be given much greater slack so must harness that goodwill. Buy to ensure safety . West Brom need pace in wide areas, a versatile full back, an imposing central midfielder and a striker of stature. Peter Crouch, who only has six months left on his Stoke deal, fits that bill. Work with key staff . It will be interesting to see how he works with Terry Burton, technical director responsible for recruiting players. Decisions are needed over the coaching staff with David Kemp and Gerry Francis arriving. Pulis needs to be able to work efficiently with technical director Terry Burton (left) in the transfer market .
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| Tony Pulis has been confirmed as West Brom's new manager . The former Crystal Palace boss replaces Neil Warnock at Selhurst Park . The Baggies need to spend this month to ensure survival . | train |
305841 | Article: By . Sarah Griffiths . Shopping on London’s bustling Oxford Street may be bad for your bank balance. But now there is evidence that it is detrimental to your health too, as it has been shown to have the highest levels of toxic air in the world. A scientist has revealed that the busy stretch of shops has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which is produced by diesel fumes and can trigger asthma and heart attacks. Scroll down for video . Gasp! Oxford Street (pictured) has the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the world, which is produced by diesel fumes from buses and taxis and can trigger asthma and heart attacks . The chemical irritates the lining of the lungs and leaves healthy people more susceptible to lung infections. Noticeable symptoms include wheezing, coughing, colds, flu, and bronchitis. David Carslaw, of King’s College London, told The Sunday Times that he has recorded peak levels of 463 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air, which is over three times higher than the average amount of the pollutant since the start of the year. He told the newspaper: 'To my knowledge, this [level] is the highest in the world in terms of both hourly and annual mean. NO2 concentrations [in Oxford Street] are as high as they ever have been in the long history of air pollution.' Even at the average, 135 milligrams per cubic metre, the nitrogen dioxide levels are three times higher than the EU’s safety limit. The street broke hourly limits of 200 milligrams per cubic metre more than 1,500 times during the year. Dr Carslaw told MailOnline 'This [Oxford Street] is easily the highest annual mean NO2 concentration in Europe.' Delhi and Mumbai, which are frequently pictured with smoggy skies, have average levels of NO2 at 62 micrograms per cubic metre in comparison. In February, figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs claimed that traffic travelling along the A302 - known as Grosvenor Place - which runs adjacent to Buckingham Palace, produced the highest levels of the toxic gas at an average of 152 micrograms per cubic metre of air in 2012. The study also found that Oxford Street was highly polluted, registering at an average of 150 micrograms near Marble Arch, while Trafalgar Square has an average of 138 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air. Not amused: In February, figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs claimed that traffic travelling along the A302 - known as Grosvenor Place - which runs adjacent to Buckingham Palace (pictured) produced the highest levels of toxic gas nitrogen dioxide at 152 micrograms per cubic metre of air . Park Lane, Knightsbridge and Covent Garden were all found to have seriously high levels of the pollutant. Bosses from the collection of shops down London’s most famous high street are calling on Mayor Boris Johnson to reduce the number of buses that crawl down Oxford Street. Richard Dickinson, chief executive of New West End Company which represents traders in Oxford Street, told The Independent: ‘We are working closely with the relevant London authorities to look at longer term traffic reduction initiatives and we are keen to see ideas rapidly put in place. Businesses in the West End want action.’ City Hall said that it has already reduced the number of buses by a fifth, while hybrid engines on London’s famous double decker’s are set to cut the pollution problem. Almost 30,000 people die every year due to respiratory problems caused by air pollution and nitrogen dioxide in particular has been linked to breathing issues. Pollutant mapped: The study, which was released in February, measured the average nitrogen dioxide levels in different parts of the capital in 2012, and found that Oxford Street, Park Lane and Buckingham Palace were among the polluted hotspots in London . Environmental groups criticised the state of affairs in February. Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean Air in London, said: 'These levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are nothing short of staggering. 'The World Health Organisation guideline is no human exposure in a single hour over 200 micrograms per cubic metre (with an annual average guideline of 40). 'The thought that hundreds of thousands or millions of tourists and Londoners in a year may be exposed to air pollution this high is deeply troubling. 'In London, we need the Mayor to: ban the oldest cars emitting carcinogenic diesel exhaust as Berlin did more than four years ago, remove the turning circle requirement that still forces cabbies to choose between two large diesel taxis if they want a new vehicle and reinstate Phase 5 of the low emission zone that was a key commitment in the Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy until scrapped early last year. 'He also needs to ensure his ultra-low emission zone for 2020 includes the roads with the highest NO2 rather than excluding them which will force the most-polluting vehicles to join those avoiding the congestion charging zone and issue smog warnings to save lives, avoid hospitalisations and build public understanding of air pollution. The UK faces fines of up to £300m from the European commission after they launched legal action due to a failure to reduce high levels of NO2 air pollution from traffic. The commission said this was despite over a decade of warnings and several extensions and postponements given to the British government. Other European countries have also failed to meet the air quality directive, the commission said. A Defra spokesman said: 'Air quality has improved significantly in recent decades. Just like for other Member States, meeting the NO2 limit values alongside busy roads has been a challenge. 'That is why we are investing heavily in transport measures to improve air quality around busy roads and we are working with the Commission to ensure this happens as soon as possible.' The agency highlighted that the UK meets the EU air quality limit values for all other air pollutants. Responding to the figures in February, a spokesman for Boris Johnson said: ‘London’s air quality is steadily improving, meeting legal limits for eight out of nine EU regulated pollutants. 'Since the Mayor was elected NO2 emissions have reduced by 20 per cent and the number of people living in areas exceeding NO2 limits has halved but he fully recognises the need to take further action. 'This includes the introduction of the world's first Ultra-Low Emission Zone in central London from 2020, tougher requirements for taxis from 2018 and a £20million fund to tackle local problem areas. 'These most ambitious measures will deliver enormous economic and environmental benefits for central London and will make this global city an even better place to live, work and visit.'
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| Scientist from King's College London recorded peak levels of 463 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air on Oxford Street . Shopping destination has an average of 135 milligrams of NO2 per cubic metre - over three times the higher than the EU’s safety limit . Pollutant's created by diesel fumes and can trigger asthma and heart attacks . | train |
1444 | Article: By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 08:43 EST, 22 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:50 EST, 22 August 2013 . A Milwaukee woman has been charged with drink driving after being caught riding a motorcycle ‘with no hands’ on Friday afternoon. Police witnessed the woman drive right past them, her jacket was unzipped she had nothing on underneath and she was screaming at passing cars. Footage filmed on the police car’s dash . camera shows the women adopting a Christ-like pose on the back of the . bike as she weaved in and out of the traffic. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Police witnessed the woman drive right past them, her jacket was unzipped she had nothing on underneath and she was screaming at passing cars . Footage filmed on the police car's dash camera shows the women adopting a Christ-like pose on the back of the bike as she weaved in and out of the traffic . A deputy can be heard saying, 'She's screaming at every car on the freeway and kind of assaulting people with her motorcycle.' The cops then pursued her for several miles northbound along Interstate 43 while she drove at 57 miles per hour. Bayside Police Department had to request additional assistance from other squads to help stop traffic as the woman drove ‘all over the road’ with little concern for the safety of herself or others. At one point she slowed down until she was doing 10 miles per hour in a 65 speed zone, but once she had adjusted the bike she accelerated off again. The pursuit eventually ended when the women lost control of the vehicle in middle of the highway and police rushed to her assistance . As well as being over the legal alcohol limit, police believe the woman was high on prescription drugs . The pursuit eventually ended in Mequon, when the women lost control of the vehicle in middle of the highway. Police rushed to her assistance, she was described as ‘clearly out of it’ and 'stammering about religion.' Miraculously her only injury following her crash was a cut on her chin. As well as being over the legal alcohol limit, police believe the woman was high on prescription drugs. This is the second time she has been arrested on a drink driving offense. Video: Bare-breasted woman crashes motorcycle on Milwaukee highway .
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| Unnamed Milwaukee woman caught riding her motorcycle 'with no hands' She eventually crashed, but escaped with only a cut to her chin . She had been riding with her arms stretched out in a Christ-like pose and was found 'stammering about religion' Woman charged with drink driving and police believe she was also high on prescription drugs . | train |
270029 | Article: (CNN) -- Jan Hooks, the actress and comedian who rose to fame with sly turns on "Saturday Night Live" as Ivana Trump, Tammy Faye Bakker, Sinead O'Connor and as part of the lounge-singing Sweeney Sisters, has died. She was 57. Her representative, Lisa Lieberman, confirmed the death to CNN. The cause of death was not revealed. In the late-'80s era of the show that also featured Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn and later Mike Myers, Hooks was the definition of a team player, always putting the sketch first. It was a character-actress attitude, one admired by others on the show. "She was totally amazing as a sketch player," one of her colleagues, Kevin Nealon, told People magazine. "She so immersed herself in her characters, and her timing was amazing. She got it from some crazy stratosphere, and I was so attracted to that talent in her, and I don't think she ever knew how well respected and admired she was for her talent," said Nealon, who also dated Hooks for a while. Hooks' ability can best be seen in her portrayal of Tammy Faye Bakker, part of the evangelist couple who co-founded the PTL Club and were later embroiled in scandal. Bakker, in many ways, was an easy target: an overwrought figure who wore heavy eye makeup, the very caricature of an evangelist's wife. But Hooks found something deeper, as she showed in a "Church Chat" sketch during the days when PTL was in trouble due to a Jim Bakker affair and accusations of high living by the couple. Hooks also stood out with her portrayal of Candy Sweeney, the blonde half of an effervescent pair of lounge singers who ladled on bad jokes and schmaltzy versions of pop hits, ignorant of their over-the-top performances. They regularly included a clanging version of "The Trolley Song" from the '40s movie "Meet Me in St. Louis." But Hooks generally shunned the star turns others took on the show. In "The Sinatra Group," a parody of "The McLaughlin Group" led by Phil Hartman's Frank Sinatra, she was a deadly serious Sinead O'Connor, letting Hartman get the laughs for his tough-talking Sinatra. Hooks was on "SNL" from 1986 to 1991. She wasn't planning to leave the show, she later said, but was offered a part on "Designing Women" and couldn't pass up the opportunity. She played Carlene Dobber for two seasons on the show, which was set in Atlanta, right next to her hometown. Hooks was born in Decatur, Georgia, in 1957. After moving to Florida and Texas in her teen years, she returned to Atlanta and joined a comedy troupe named the New Wit's End Players, where she met writers Bonnie and Terry Turner. The three soon had jobs on a TBS show built around the offbeat Bill Tush, back when TBS was Ted Turner's Atlanta Braves-airing "SuperStation." (Tush later became a CNN showbiz correspondent.) The Turners -- no relation to Ted -- also worked on "SNL" and later created "3rd Rock from the Sun," which occasionally featured Hooks. Did you ever meet Hooks? Share your photos and memories with CNN iReport . Hooks also appeared on "30 Rock" and sometimes provided the voice of Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, the wife of convenience store owner Apu, on "The Simpsons." Hooks had roles in just a handful of movies, but her turn in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" (1985) as an Alamo tour guide had many people sharing the scene on social media. "Not now, but sometime this weekend I'll think of Jan Hooks saying 'adobe' and I'll get tear-eyed. I know it. #RIPJanHooks," tweeted Patton Oswalt. Hooks also appeared in "Batman Returns" (1992), "Coneheads" (1993) and "Simon Burch" (1998). People we've lost in 2014 . CNN's Ralph Ellis contributed to this story.
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| Hooks launched her career on "The Bill Tush Show" in Atlanta . She performed on "Saturday Night Live" from 1986-91 . She played the character Carlene Dobber on "Designing Women" | train |
75800 | Article: By . Arthur Martin . Last updated at 11:07 AM on 30th September 2011 . A High Court judge yesterday warned residents living on Europe’s largest illegal traveller site that they cannot expect to get what they want by breaking the law. The stinging rebuke came as Mr Justice Ouseley presided over the latest legal attempts by travellers to stop the bulldozing of Dale Farm. The news also came as it was revealed the legal battle over Dale Farm has so far cost taxpayers at least £1.6million. 'A lovely turnout': Ladies representing the Dale Farm travellers arrive at the High Court, dressed in black skirts, colourful tops... and carrying Red Bull . Since 2005, Basildon Council has . spent at least £1.41million on court cases, bailiffs and other measures. This does not include officer time additional costs. However, the authority cannot collate its costs for barristers at . numerous public inquiries and enforcement action over the site between . 2001 and 2004 when the problem began. Plans to start the £18million eviction were scuppered when three separate judicial reviews were lodged at the High Court. After a judge gave them a stay of execution earlier this week, inhabitants of the Essex site triumphantly declared they would be still be living there in 30 years. But yesterday Mr Justice Ouseley said: ‘It is not always possible to get what they most want, especially when what they most want is to go on committing a criminal offence.’ He added that the travellers were faced with two options – move into housing, or ‘take risks on the roadside’. He continued: ‘Whatever choice they make cannot be visited on an authority endeavouring to uphold the law.’ One of the applications has been brought by Mary Sheridan, who claims being evicted would be a breach of her human rights. Although Basildon Council has said the travellers can apply for accommodation, her barrister Marc Willers argued that it had an ‘obligation to facilitate the gipsy way of life’. He added that if the case went to the European Court of Human Rights, the travellers were likely to win. But Reuben Taylor, acting for the council, said allowing them to escape eviction would ‘strike to the very principles of the rule of law’. Those who refused to leave 51 illegal plots at six-acre Dale Farm were originally due to be removed on September 19, but bailiffs were blocked by a last-minute injunction. Shades of blonde: Stylish sisters Margaret and Mary McCarthy draw attention to their cause as they pose outside the High Court . I'm ready for my close-up: The Dale Farm Divas were so dressed to impress that there was speculation they could be hoping to star in an offshoot of the reality show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding . Even if the latest judicial review applications fail, the travellers are due to return to the High Court next week. They will argue that the council’s plans are ‘over-enforcement’. Meanwhile, the Dale Farm divas were enjoying their 15 minutes of fame as they strode into the High Court for the latest episode in the legal fight to stop travellers being evicted from the site. The power-dressing girls were in London, showing their support in the fight to allow travellers to stay at the camp in Basildon, Essex. The McCarthy sisters - Joanna, 38, Tina, 40, Margaret, 46, Kathleen, 50, and Marie, 55 - attracted the attention of the judge at court last week when they wore matching blue and pink floral-print blouses to show 'solidarity'. Legal fight: Leader of Basildon Council Tony Ball (centre) arrives with other council officials for the hearing . After Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart praised . their 'lovely turnout' and said they 'brightened up the court' last . week, they were back today to show off a wider variety of styles. Indeed they were so dressed to impress that there was speculation they could be hoping to star in an offshoot of the reality show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Three of them teamed midi-length black skirts in a jersey fabric with colourful tops. The two blondes wore fashionably striped T-shirts - one with a nod to last week's florals - while another was dressed in an pink, ruffled top with black piping and her hair pulled back in a chignon. One was clad in sandals in a nod to the unseasonably fine weather while her two sisters opted for demure Mary-Jane black courts. Another McCarthy fashionista paired black leggings with a black and leopard print top. We mean business (from left to right): Candy Sheridan, Margaret McCarthy and Mary McCarthy gather on the steps of the High Court to talk to the media about their plight . All of them glowed with a healthy tan as the travellers arrived for the latest episode in their decade-long battle with the courts - which has been condemned by some critics as a 'farce' - and which could cost in the region of £18million. And the girls brought a posse of female friends with them - all dressed for the occasion - to show their support for three separate applications for judicial review following the official eviction date last week. Many of the women at court were in bright pink, with one sporting a multicoloured bag, black mini and pink socks peeping over knee-high black boots. Another came in one of the high-impact floral blouses, but toned down the look by throwing a grey cardigan over the outfit. The first challenge today was brought by Irish traveller Mary Sheridan. Her counsel, Marc Willers, said the case had an 'extensive history' but Ms Sheridan was not claiming she should be allowed to stay at Dale Farm 'forever - or indeed for many years, or even a year'. Controversy: The Dale Farm travellers site in Essex. The residents won a temporary reprieve following a 10-year legal battle to evict them . Daily life: Richard and John 'Button' Sheridan, aged 2, play with bubblewrap outside their caravan at Dale Farm seemingly unaware of the court battle over their home . Mr Willers said: 'This claim is . brought on this basis: there is no alternative, suitable accommodation . at this point in time, and it would be disproportionate to be forced to . leave in the absence of such accommodation.' It was not being suggested that Ms . Sheridan felt she had any hope or prospect of being granted planning . permission at Dale Farm in the future. The . judge heard the other claims for judicial review would raise several . other legal issues under human rights legislation and planning law. The hearing is now expected to take at least two days. According to Basildon Council leader Tony Ball, the wheels of justice were 'grinding slowly' but 'going forward'. Sound asleep: Triplet brothers asleep in their shared bed. It was argued there had been no proper consideration of the impact of eviction on children's physical and mental health and emotional well-being . Welfare: It was argued that there had been a failure to give the interests of children, like Gaffer Flynn, 2, living on the site primary importance . He said: 'We will be back in court . tomorrow afternoon and again on Monday and the judge has indicated there . will be a judgment by Tuesday at the earliest. 'As . I have said before, it has taken 10 years so far, and we now know the . vast majority of British people support us, and we can wait a few more . days for justice to be done.' According . to a YouGov poll, two-thirds of the British public support the . council's attempt to clear the 51 illegal plots at six-acre Dale Farm - . home to about 400 travellers. The . residents unsuccessfully applied to English Heritage for official . protection status for the scaffolding gateway at the site entrance. According to a YouGov poll, two-thirds of the British public support the council's attempt to clear the 51 illegal plots at six-acre Dale Farm - home to about 400 travellers like Tom Sheridan, aged 1, and his brothers . Battle: There are already indications that the travellers are confident of securing at least six plots . They say it has become an 'emblem of the struggle for travellers' rights'. Today, Mr Justice Ouseley was at first presented with two judicial review applications, but a third was swiftly added. In . the first challenge, the judge is being asked by Ms Sheridan to quash . the council's decisions to carry out evictions on the grounds that they . violate the travellers' Article 8 rights to family and private life . under the European Convention on Human Rights. Mr . Willers said Ms Sheridan was the daughter of Mary Flynn, another Dale . Farm resident who lost a recent Court of Appeal attempt to block the . council's use of direct action to clear the site. Her failed application . was based on her poor health. Mr . Willers argued the personal circumstances and medical conditions of . several Dale Farm residents meant council decisions to continue direct . action against them was unreasonable and legally flawed. He also argued there had been a failure to give the interests of children living on the site primary importance. The . council had failed to comply with its obligations under section 11 of . the 2004 Children Act to safeguard and promote the welfare of the . children. Flower power: The Dale Farm divas, including Kathleen McCarthy at centre, impressed the judge at court last week with their matching floral tops . Backing performers: Other women from Dale Farm followed the sisters' lead in brightly coloured outfits . Mr Willers argued there had been no proper consideration of the impact of eviction on their physical and mental health and emotional well-being. Even if their latest judicial review application fails, the travellers are still due to return to the High Court next week. They will then argue before Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart that the council's plans to go to the site to demolish hard standings for caravans and remove buildings, walls and fences will amount to 'over enforcement', not covered by the enforcement notices. There are already indications that the travellers are confident of securing at least six plots.
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| Judgment to be returned by the High Court on Tuesday . The legal battle has so far cost taxpayers at least £1.6 million . Dale Farm divas dress to impress for the latest episode in legal battle to stop travellers' eviction . | train |
205128 | Article: With the transfer window not closing until September 1, there is still plenty of time for some frenzied activity from clubs searching for talent to either strive for silverware or stave away relegation. And, with the curtain being raised on the Championship season on Saturday, there's an opportunity for Premier League clubs to run the rule over several players that are surely destined for the bigger stage. Sportsmail takes a look at 10 stars who could soon be playing their trade in the top flight... Bakary Sako (Wolves, 26, winger) Powerful left winger who has scored scored 21 league goals in two seasons for Wolves since arriving from Saint-Etienne for £4m. Wing man: Bakary Sako has been a revelation since arriving at Molineux from St Etienne . Will Hughes (Derby, 19, midfielder) Hughes only turned 19 in May but has already made 89 first-team appearances for the Rams. Oozes confidence on the ball. Blond ambition: Derby starlet Will Hughes has already attracted attention from Premier League clubs . Ross McCormack (Leeds, 27, forward) Scored 28 goals in the Championship last season and also topped the assists chart, convincing Fulham to fork out £11m - unlikely to move again so soon but will be hoping to win promotion with the Cottagers. Hot Scot: Ross McCormack was last season's leading Championship scorer before a move to Fulham . Mats Moller Daehli (Cardiff, 19, midfielder) A rare shining light for Cardiff in a season of debacle after his January arrival from Norwegian side Molde. Full of energy. Top boyo! Despite being relgated with Cardiff, Mats Moller Daehliproved his worth in the Premier League . Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn, 24, striker) Scotland international striker has scored an incredible 89 league goals in the last three seasons. Cost £8m from Huddersfield in 2012. Prolific: Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes has scored 89 goals in three seasons at Ewood Park . Patrick Roberts (Fulham, 17, forward) A star in youth football with England and Fulham, the tricky and diminutive forward looks set to burst on to the scene this season. Jordan Obita (Reading, 20, winger) England Under 21 international showed his versatility by playing much of last season at left back. Looks a Premier League player. Jack of all trades: Reading's Jordan Orbita looks equally adept playing full-back and as a winger . Joe Gomez (Charlton, 17, defender) Charlton are very excited about their latest academy product, with new manager Bob Peeters set to start the season with the England youth at centre back. Kid and play: Academy graduate Joe Gomez is set to start in the heart of defence for Charlton . Moses Odubajo (Brentford, 21, winger) Outstanding for Leyton Orient last season. Scored a screamer in the League One play-off final but moved across London following the defeat. It's a London thing! Moses Obubajo moved from Leyton Orient to Brentford in the summer . Britt Assombalonga (Nottingham Forest, 21, striker) Showed he is capable of any type of finish on the way to a 33-goal tally in all competitions for Peterborough last season, earning him a £5m move to Forest. CLICK HERE to start picking your Fantasy Football team NOW! There’s £60,000 in prizes including £1,000 up for grabs EVERY WEEK… . Eye for goal: Britt Assombalonga's free scoring for Peterbrough earned him a £5m move to Forest .
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| The Championship season starts on Saturday August 9 . Several stars could interest Premier League clubs before window closes . Players on their radar include Bakary Sako, Lewis Grabban, Will Hughes, Ross McCormack, Mats Moller Daehli, Jordan Rhodes, Patrick Roberts, Jordan Obita, Joe Gomez, Moses Odubajo and Britt Assombalonga . | train |
84742 | Article: By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 07:24 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:29 EST, 6 September 2013 . Comedian Sarah Silverman has been inundated with condolences after announcing to the world her pet dog has died. Well-wishers were moved to console the U.S. TV star after she wrote a touching tribute to her beloved Duck 'Doug' Silverman - described as her 'constant companion' and 'longest relationship'. Writing on the social network whosay, the 42-year-old stand-up told followers how she cradled him during his last moments alive and of the bond she formed with the dog she rescued from an animal shelter 14 years ago. Cherished: Stand-up comic Sarah Silverman described her cherished pet dog called Duck, pictured during the various outings, her constant companion in a moving obituary which provoked a wave of condolences . Remembered: Sarah Silverman told her more than 4.6million twitter followers about the death of her 'best friend' 'Duck' In anguishing details she told of the last minutes of his life: 'I held him and kissed him and whispered . to him well passed his passing. I picked him up and his body was limp – . you don’t think about the head – it just falls. I held him so tight.' She wrote: 'He was a happy dog, though serene. And stoic. And he loved love. 'Over . the past few years he became blind, deaf, and arthritic. But with a . great vet, good meds, and a first rate seeing-eye person named me, he . truly seemed comfortable. 'Recently, . however, he stopped eating or drinking. He was skin and bones and so . weak. I couldn’t figure out this hunger strike. Duck had never been . political before. And then, over the weekend, I knew. It was time to let . him go. 'My boyfriend Kyle . flew in late last night and took the day off from work to be with us. We . laid in bed and massaged his tiny body, as we love to do – hearing his . little “I’m in heaven” breaths. Fond memories: Sarah Silverman's dog Duck goes for a stroll around the streets of New York in its little dog slippers . 'The . doctor came and Kyle, my sister, Laura and I laid on the bed. I held . him close – in our usual spoon position and stroked him. I told him how . loved he was, and thanked him for giving me such happiness and for his . unwavering companionship and love.' The vet then administered 'basically . an overdose of sleeping meds', Ms Silverman said, adding: 'And then . finally, when his body lost its heat, and I could sense the doctor . thinking about the imminent rush hour traffic, I handed him over.' Sighning . off, she added: '14 years. My longest relationship. My only experience . of maternal love. My constant companion. My best friend. Duck.' Star qualities: The stand-up comic and TV celebrity even starred alongside her beloved pet dog in the series The Sarah Silverman Program, pictured . Inseparable: Sarah Silverman rescued 'Duck', pictured, from an animal home 14 years ago . The obituary, written last night, prompted a wave of sympathy from people around the world. Emilio Archibeque wrote: 'So sorry to . hear about your lil ducky. My partner and I went through the same thing . early January with our old boy "Sonny". 'It was the hardest thing we . ever had to do. I think I cried non-stop for weeks. But it does get . easier "if you can believe that" at this moment for you. Now I'm . starting to cry again.' While . another called Roxy Russell added: 'OMG Sarah! Thank you for sharing . yourself and your sweet duck in thise loving tribute.' Distraught: Comedian Sarah Silverman, pictured, wrote a moving obituary about her pet dog who died last night .
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| Comedian Sarah Silverman pens touching obituary to beloved dog Duck . Has been inundated with condolences after putting news of death online . Treasured pet had featured in her TV show and had his own Facebook page . Stand-up star rescued pet from animal shelter 14 years ago . | train |
87189 | Article: By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 06:29 EST, 7 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:37 EST, 7 October 2013 . These mythical hybrid creatures look uncannily real thanks to a man and his Photoshop skills. Norwegian student Arne Olav has been playing Frankenstein, morphing together images of different, ordinary animals to create with some hilarious hybrid creatures. From the wacky 'guinea lion' through to the 'platyporse' and 'pengwhale', these playful creations have gained a cult following online. Neigh way! Norwegian student has gained a cult following online for his pictures of weird and wacky creatures made from photos of two ordinary animals morphed together such as this 'shorse' The 24-year-old said: ‘I try to think of unique-looking animals so that the hybrid will be memorable. ‘Take for example beluga whales, pugs and proboscis monkeys. They look nothing like any other animal so I thought that they'd make for fun subjects for animal hybrids. Better than study: The 24-year-old student started experimenting with the pictures as a distraction from study during exam time, creating hybrid creatures such as this 'purilla' Pug attack: This pug dog looks oddly at home with a shark's body in this strange hybrid combination . Cute and cuddly? Olav first started the craze with this image after feeling inspired by a picture of his friend's guinea pigs . A galloping 'snorse': Olav's pictures became popular among his friends and family and now are found all over the internet . ‘I've also gone the other way by . choosing horse as a base and trying lots of different animal heads on . horses to see what it would look.’ Mr Olav started experimenting with the pictures last year and take him just 30 minutes to create. The electronic engineering student first started creating the pictures as a distraction from a hectic exam period, gaining inspiration from his friend’s guinea pigs. Double take: Olav said he's been getting some great reactions from family and friends to his pictures . Be afraid, be very afraid: This 'spider pig' looks uncannily real but don't be fooled by the artist's master Photoshop skills . A quack or a neigh? Olav is enjoying the attention from family and friends but says his six-year-old nephew will have to wait a few years before he teaches him how to make creatures such as this 'huck' Mr Olav said: ‘A friend of mine has two . guinea pigs and we used to joke about how silly they are, being totally . harmless and non-intimidating. ‘So, when I wanted breaks from reading . to the exams, I began to Photoshop guinea pig heads onto other animals, . to make them look even weirder. ‘I think the Guinea Lion is the first animal hybrid I made.’ Since then, the student has gone from strength to strength and his Photoshop skills are the envy of all his friends and family. Frankenstein-style: Olav (right) started experimenting with animal photographs last year and has created animals worth of films such as Sharknado (left), a film about a freak tornado filled with human-eating sharks . He said: ‘I've had great reactions from both family and friends for my animal hybrids. 'People think the pictures are funny, and for that I'm grateful. ‘My six-year-old nephew begs me to teach him how to make them, but he's got to wait a few years first.’ The photos are as wacky and weird as Sharknado, a film about a freak tornado filled with human-eating sharks which terrorises Los Angeles. Wacky hybrids: Olav takes two ordinary animals and uses Photoshop to morph them together to 'make some memorable' like this 'probiscird' Quick study fix: The pictures take Olav just 30 minutes to create .
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| Student Arne Olav started making the pictures as a distraction during study . Has gained an online following for his wacky creations made on Photoshop . | train |
145901 | Article: By . Ap Reporter and Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 10:00 EST, 16 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:44 EST, 17 September 2013 . New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson conceded the Democratic primary race to Bill de Blasio on Monday. Thompson dropped out of the race and endorsed de Blasio at an event dubbed a 'unification rally' just after 11am on Monday at New York City Hall. The move comes as a relief to frontrunner de Blasio, who will now avoid an October 1 runoff in what has become a dramatic battle to replace three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg . Out of the race: Bill Thompson conceded Monday to Bill de Blasio in the long battle for New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's job . With Thompson out of the race, de Blasio will face Republican nominee Joe Lhota on November 5. 'If this were a general election,' said Thompson, 'you could bet I'd fight to the last vote.' Now twice an also-ran, Thompson graciously conceded to his fellow Brooklynite Bill de Blasio. 'Today I am proud to stand next to a great New Yorker and throw my full support behind him,' Thompson said. de Blasio took the stage praising the man he bested and referring to the press event as 'a gathering of friends.' No run-off: Bill de Blasio will now avoid an October run-off that many Democrats feared would throw the race's momentum to Republicans . party pressure? Here, de Blasio hugs New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The governor reportedly had a hand in convincing Thompson, who only yesterday said he planned to stay in the race, to leave the race . 'For years I've had the honor or working with Bill,' said de Blasio. 'There's no man of greater integrity.' de Blasio also took the opportunity to praise New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose work for the state de Blasio called 'nothing short of miraculous.' Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was also in attendance, played a role in brokering the deal, reports the New York Daily News. 'At the end of the day the voters acted and they acted smartly,' Governor Cuomo said at the concession event. Like fellow Democrat Thompson, Cuomo threw his support behind de Blasio. 'It is my honor to support him,' said Cuomo. In unofficial returns with 99 percent of precincts reporting, de Blasio had had 40.3 percent of the vote - slightly more than the 40 percent threshold needed to win outright. Thompson was at 26.2 percent. A runoff had long been expected in the crowded Democratic race. But after last week's unofficial returns put de Blasio above the 40 percent mark, Thompson faced pressure to concede and spare the party further division ahead of the general election. He said as recently as Sunday he would wait until the official tally was finished. 'It it my honor to support him': Governor Andrew Cuomo, like Thompson, threw his personal support behind de Blasio . ‘I think that's important. We want to see every vote counted,’ he said then. Currently the city's elected public advocate, de Blasio has been riding a wave of momentum that built during the last month of his campaign, which he billed as 'a progressive alternative to the Bloomberg era.' After lagging in the polls, de Blasio got voters' attention by protesting a hospital closing - and getting arrested - and airing ads in which his teenage son gave voice to his liberal platform and showed New Yorkers de Blasio's interracial family. Thompson, a former city comptroller and the only African-American in the race, ran a more centrist campaign, offering himself as a seasoned, thoughtful manager. He hadn't led in polls of the crowded Democratic field this year, but supporters noted that he had been underestimated in the past: Thompson came much closer than polls predicted to unseating Bloomberg in 2009, despite being vastly outspent. De Blasio has said Thompson had every right to want the official count. On Friday, elections officials began checking vote totals from more than 645,000 ballots cast via lever machines that were hauled out of storage for the primary, after the elections board worried it wouldn't be able to reprogram the city's newer, optical-scanner devices for a potential runoff. That count was finished Sunday night and was to be announced Monday afternoon. The elections board was beginning to count some 78,000 absentee and other paper ballots Monday. While a runoff had been anticipated, trying to figure out who would be in it had been something like Parcheesi for politics junkies. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was the front-runner for months and was jousting with Thompson for second place in polls as recent as early September. Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner leaped to the front of the pack for a time after getting into the race in May, before the public learned that his X-rated exchanges with women online continued even after similar sexting spurred his 2011 resignation from Congress. Regardless of the mayor's race, Democrats still will be asked to go to the polls again on Oct. 1. There's a runoff between City Councilwoman Letitia James and state Sen. Daniel Squadron for the party's nomination to succeed de Blasio as public advocate. If de Blasio's final vote count ends up below 40 percent, the mayoral primary will also be on the ballot, because Thompson missed the Friday deadline to have it removed.
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| Just yesterday, Thompson maintained his intention to stay in the race throughout the long recount . 'It is my honor to support him': Governor Andrew Cuomo, who also endorsed de Blasio, reportedly helped convince Thompson to concede . Bill de Blasio will now go on to battle Republican Joe Lhota in the fight for Mayor Bloomberg's job on November 5 . | train |
286601 | Article: (CNN) -- A Syrian army helicopter dropped barrel bombs on a vegetable market in Aleppo on Thursday, killing 24 people, opposition activists said. Dozens more were injured in the attack on the opposition-held town of Atareb, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria. Barrel bombs, which are drums packed with explosives and shrapnel, can level entire buildings with one hit. Rescue efforts were under way as volunteers used bulldozers to clear wreckage and remove the rubble of the bombed buildings, according to the opposition. It posted purported videos of the attacks on social media. Another airstrike targeted the nearby village of Tal Rifaat, the group said. CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of the reports or the videos. The attack comes days after several U.S. officials said the Syrian government may have used chlorine gas in a deadly attack on its people. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States "had indications of the use of a toxic industrial chemical, probably chlorine, in Syria this month in the opposition-dominated village of Kfar Zeita." If true, a chlorine attack would undermine a deal brokered by Russia last fall and approved by the U.N. Security Council that requires Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to the international community. The Syrian opposition does not have helicopters to carry and deliver such weapons, and has been trading accusations about the April 11 chlorine incident with the government. The United Nations says more than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since the opposition launched anti-government protests in 2011.
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| Barrel bombs are drums packed with explosives and shrapnel . They can level entire buildings with one hit . Days earlier, U.S. officials accused Syria of using chlorine gas in a deadly attack . | train |
98172 | Article: By . Mike Dawes . Worcestershire's academy director Damian D'Oliveira has died at the age of 53, the county have confirmed. D'Oliveira, the son of Worcestershire and England legend Basil D'Oliveira, had been battling cancer for the last two and a half years. A statement on the county's official . website read: 'The players were informed of the news of his death . shortly before the start of today's [June 29] LV= County Championship . match with Glamorgan at New Road. Sorely missed: Worcesteshire's Damian D'Oliveira has died aged 53 after a two-and-a-half-year cancer battle . 'He leaves his wife Tracey and two other children in Marcus and Dominic.' D'Oliveira played for Worcestershire between 1982 and 1995 and scored more than 9,000 first-class runs. In . his capacity as academy director he had overseen the introduction of a . number of talented players into the first team at New Road, including . his son Brett. D'Oliveira's father Basil passed away at the age of 80 in November 2011 after a long battle against Parkinson's disease. Born in . South Africa, Basil D'Oliveira - or 'Dolly' as he was affectionately . known - made headlines in 1968 when he was included in the England squad . for the tour of his home country which had to be called off as the . South African apartheid regime refused to accept his presence. The incident marked the start of South Africa's sporting isolation. Basil D'Oliveira played for Worcestershire between 1964 and 1980. Former Worcestershire chairman Duncan . Fearnley says the memory of the academy director, who has died at the . age of 53, will live on through the many players he brought through the . club's youth ranks. Eyes on the prize: D'Oliveira is the son of Worcestershire and England legend Basil who died in November 2011 . Speaking as former team-mates gathered for the county's old players' day, Fearnley explained how Damian had given his life to cricket and to Worcestershire. 'He had a good career here, he loved this club like his dad did,' Fearnley said. 'His name will live on through the players out there now in the first team as many of them came through the academy he was in charge of. 'They have all come through the ranks together.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
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| Worcestershire's academy director Damian D'Oliveira has died aged 53 . D'Oliveira passed away after a battling cancer for two and a half years . D'Oliveira's dad, Basil, was a cricketing legend for the county and England . | train |
256813 | Article: She shot to fame on Made In Chelsea as the resident fashionista with a penchant for pink hair, nose rings and cutting comments - most of which were directed at Lucy Watson. So it comes as no surprise that Phoebe-Lettice Thompson has chanelled her creativity into her own fashion range. The 23-year-old, who worked on Tatler's fashion desk during her time on the E4 show, has teamed up with London label Illustrated People to create her 22-piece debut range. Cool vibes: Phoebe-Lettice Thompson, who found . fame on Made In Chelsea, has designed a collection with Illustrated . People but refrained from modelling it herself because 'that would be . naff,' she says . Speaking to MailOnline about her 'easy and accessible' new collection, which ranges in price from £35-£65, Phoebe said: 'The inspiration stems from my fascination with the vibrant Tokyo fashion scene and the Harajuku girls living there. 'I love Gwen Stefani's style, it really resonates with me so I channelled it into this range.' Fashion background: Phoebe, left, was inspired by the cool girls of Tokyo, right, when it came to designing her new range, right, which is priced between £35-£65 . Far east: Phoebe's self-styled campaign was shot in East London, where she hunted for 'badass' models to be her clothes horses . Phoebe's urban-inspired collection is filled with gingham co-ords, masculine shorts and chic 90s silhouettes. 'I've combined the random, the good with the bad, to get something quite strange,' she says of the range, which juxtaposes grotesque imagery such as bloody eyeballs with pretty pastels. Unlike . many celebrities, who simply put their name to a brand, Phoebe, who . began working in a couture house at 16, maintains that she has done . everything herself. 'I'm totally confident, I know how it works so they . let me do exactly what I wanted,' she explained. Speaking . about her personal style, Phoebe, who cites Moschino, Balmain and . Meadham Kirchhoff as her go-to labels, said: 'My dress sense is weird. I . dress how I feel and I love wearing pieces that no one else has. Creative control: Unlike many celebrities, who simply put their name to a brand, Phoebe did everything herself from scouting the models to shooting the campaign . Cool kids: Phoebe chose models who 'are hot but would beat you up' to model her urban range . 'I think clothes are a really good talking point and can be an ice breaker. When I was younger, I was such a cyber goth. My mother wouldn't let me dye my hair.' Phoebe, who loves shopping on eBay and in Topshop, cites Paris Hilton, Azealia Banks and Angel Haze as her style icons and says that she'd love to see 'cool girls' like Jourdan Dunn wearing her clothes. She refrained from modelling herself because, she says, 'I'm not a model and it would be naff if I did it.' Instead, she scoured East London for some really 'badass' models, the type who 'are hot but would beat you up,' she says. Inspired: Phoebe used The 'Kawaii' - a distinct Japanese theme meaning cute - as her inspiration and had everything shipped over from Japan . Avid Made In Chelsea fans will notice that Phoebe is distinctly absent this season. 'I left at the end of season six because I wanted to concentrate on my career,' she revealed. Speaking about her plans for the future, she added: 'I like being freelance because it gives me freedom and I really enjoy brand and creative direction. I'd love my own line, that would be the dream. 'I thought it was so unattainable but I'm so keen.' Goodbye, Chelsea! Phoebe left the E4 show at the end of last season to focus on her fashion projects .
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| Phoebe, 23, has teamed up with Illustrated People . 22-piece range inspired by cool girls of Tokyo . Would love to see Jourdan Dunn wearing it . Left MIC at end of last season to focus on work . | train |
155911 | Article: By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 12 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:47 EST, 12 September 2013 . A scandal-hit NHS trust where up to 16 babies died because of poor care has apologised after it emerged management sent an 'insulting' email about an inquest into a child's death. Liza and Simon Brady lost their son, Alex Davey-Brady, in September 2008 asphyxiated at birth amid claims that midwives at Furness General Hospital delayed his delivery . The couple secured the release of a dossier of emails referring to the couple and the inquest into Alex's death. Tragedy: Liza and Simon Brady lost their son, Alex Davey-Brady, in September 2008 amid claims that midwives at Furness General Hospital delayed his delivery . Controversial: The hospital has apologised to the family of baby Alex, after an internal email brought the 'bad news' of his inquest . It suggests that staff at the Barrow in Furness hospital 'briefed' witnesses ahead of inquests and were concerned about bad publicity. In one memo dating back to June 18 2009, Ranu Rowan, head of legal services, said: 'I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I have this morning received a letter from the coroner informing me that the Davey-Brady inquest has been listed on July 2. 'This means we now have four inquests in Barrow next month which have a potential for adverse publicity (and I have a further 10 witnesses to brief in addition to the 10 I already had).' The email was sent to disgraced former chief executive Tony Halsall, medical director Peter Dyer and chief of nursing Jackie Holt. Mrs Brady said: 'Why do they need to be the 'bearer of bad news'? 'The way they write things it's like you are a number rather than an actual person or a family. 'They say 'the bearer of bad news', but to me the inquest is an opportunity to learn. 'I always knew they were very closed - but to have it in black and white is a different feeling. 'It has left my angry and asking how can we take confidence that things are being put right.' Inquiry: A probe has been launched after as many as 16 babies died in a decade within the trust running Furness General Hospital in Cumbria . The trust has a history of staff abusing grieving parents. Last year it emerged staff at the trust had made a number of cruel jibes about James Titcombe, whose son Joshua died. The trust later apologised for any distress caused by the remarks. Mr Titcombe was also subject to cruel emails on a previous occasions from midwives he had reported to the Nirsing and Midwifery Council. In a statement John Cowdall, chairman of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, said: 'The email released to Mrs Brady under the Data Protection Act was sent in 2009 from the head of legal services to the former chief executive, medical director and director of nursing to make them aware of an upcoming inquest. 'The member of staff was highlighting the number of upcoming inquests in a short period of time, and the potential impact these could have on public and staff confidence in the trust. Prabas Misra, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at the hospital, wrote a damning letter to bosses after Alex's death alleging midwives appeared to be rejecting doctors' advice. Mr Cowdall added: 'We take each inquest very seriously and are truly sorry that the email has subsequently upset Mrs Brady and her family. 'When it was sent in 2009, the email was meant as an internal communication to ensure that senior board members were aware of the situation and the possible effect on staff and public confidence. We do not believe it was meant to belittle the importance of the inquest.'
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| Liza and Simon Brady lost their son, Alex Davey-Brady, in September 2008 . Secured private documents linked to their son's death at Cumbrian hospital . Boss wrote of 'bad news' inquests and 'potential adverse publicity' Documents say staff at Barrow in Furness hospital 'briefed' before hearing . Management apologise today for any 'upset' inflicted on couple . | train |
205140 | Article: By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 09:01 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:12 EST, 13 June 2013 . A 10-year-old horse has been shot in the face with a crossbow in a brutal act of animal cruelty. The RSPCA is appealing for help after Bambi, a chestnut mare, was shot in the nose with a 20 inch bolt arrow, believed to be fired from a crossbow, in Barnsley, south Yorkshire. The injured pony was spotted by a horrified member of the public on Monday night at around 7pm in a field in Barnsley. Bambi was shot in the nose with a bolt arrow believed to have come from a crossbow . The member of the public contacted the RSPCA, however inspectors were not able to get near Bambi without causing further distress to the animal. Inspector Joanne Taylor called out a vet who assessed the horse from a distance and concluded it was safe to leave her until the owners arrived, as to catch her would have caused her more anxiety. Bambi was taken was to the equine unit of a local vet on Tuesday, where X-rays revealed the arrow had gone into the sinus four inches deep. Experts say that the chestnut mare was lucky the arrow hadn't gone through her face as she would have died . The arrow was removed and her puncture wound stitched up. Her owners, who do not wish to be named, said: 'We were horrified by what had happened, and so upset to think that someone was wandering around the area brandishing a dangerous weapon.' Vet Bill Black said: 'Bambi was extremely lucky that the arrow had not struck her in the forehead as she would have been dead.' The arrow was 20 inches long and was embedded four inches into the horse's sinus . Inspector Taylor said: 'This was a horrific and deliberate act of animal cruelty on a defenceless animal. 'The arrow had caused Bambi so much distress, every time she moved she banged it causing her more pain and it really unnerved her, you could tell she was terrified by what had happened. 'We believe this arrow bolt is likely to have been fired from a cross bow, the bolt had one red and two yellow quills on it.'
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| The 10-year-old horse has been shot in the face with a crossbow . Bambi, a chestnut mare, was shot with a 20 inch bolt arrow in Barnsley . She was spotted by a member of the public on Monday night in a field . Experts say Bambi was lucky as the arrow went into the sinus four inches deep . | train |
105974 | Article: Millions of British households will have to retune their TV sets following plans to sell off broadcasting frequencies used by Freeview (file picture) Millions of households will have to retune their TV sets and up to 300,000 will need to move their aerial or install a new one following a decision to sell off the broadcasting frequencies used by Freeview. Regulator Ofcom yesterday announced the decision, which will create space on the nation’s airwaves to expand high-speed mobile phone services. It is predicted the move will cost viewers up to £16million and affect up to 20million homes. The retuning will start in 2019 – possibly earlier. Meanwhile the companies that run the network of masts could face a bill of £470million to install equipment needed to cope with the change. This could be at least partly funded through the BBC TV licence fee. The radical overhaul has been challenged by a company called Digital UK. The firm, which is owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva – who own and operate the transmitter network – warned that the move will be expensive and disruptive for viewers. The decision by Ofcom will allow the Government to sell the highly lucrative 700 megahertz transmission band to mobile phone networks offering high speed 4G services, potentially raising billions of pounds for the Treasury. Announcing the proposals, Ofcom said they will greatly improve signals used by mobile phones and boost the economy. It added: ‘Demand for mobile data could be 45 times higher by 2030 than it is today.’ Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said: ‘This is a crucial next step in the development of the UK’s communications infrastructure. ‘More spectrum will be available for mobile broadband where demand is especially high, but the UK will retain a competitive terrestrial television platform as well.’ But the impact on viewers, digital terrestrial television (DTT) and the Freeview channels broadcast through masts and aerials was buried in the detail of the report. This states: ‘We estimate that 14million to 20million households will need to retune. For the vast majority of viewers the proposed replan will only involve a simple retuning of their TVs or set-top boxes. For up to 0.5 per cent of households using DTT, it will also involve replacing their rooftop aerial.’ Ofcom estimates up to 190,000 will need to move their aerial, while another 110,000 will need to buy a new one, at an average cost of £150 a time. The regulator estimates the overall cost to consumers will be £10million to £16million. Ofcom estimates up to 190,000 will need to move their aerial, while another 110,000 will need to buy a new one, at an average cost of £150 a time. The regulator estimates the overall cost will be £10million to £16million . Digital UK said: ‘Neither broadcasters nor viewers should bear the cost of any transition and terrestrial television must be assured continued access to alternative airwaves for the long term.’ Telecoms expert Dominic Baliszewski, of broadbandchoices.co.uk, said the changes are good news for mobile users, particularly in rural areas. He said: ‘The decision to free up more frequencies for mobile broadband is a bit like opening a new lane on a busy motorway for certain types of traffic – this will mean more capacity and better speeds. ‘The 700Mhz band is better at passing through walls and can travel further than other frequencies. The means that people in rural areas, or other areas with historically poor coverage, might stand to benefit the most.’
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| Millions will have to retune TV sets following decision to sell frequencies . Up to 300,000 homes will also need to move their aerial or install new one . Ofcom announced plan to sell Freeview frequencies to mobile phone firms . Retuning will start in 2019 and move is predicted to cost viewers £16million . | train |
263881 | Article: Up for the cup: Jennifer Aniston shows off marks left by cupping . As she posed for the photographers on the red carpet, Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston looked every inch the A-lister. Shiny hair, immaculate make-up, a glowing tan — not to mention revealing shorts that showed off her perfectly toned legs. But having paid such attention to her appearance, why did Aniston choose a low-backed top that succeeded only in showing off a series of unsightly circular marks on her back? Peculiarly, Aniston was modelling the latest celebrity must-have. Forget Kabbalah bracelets and coconut water: every Hollywood star worth her salt knows that their health routine must include cupping. For those round marks on Aniston’s back are a tell-tale sign of cupping, an ancient Asian therapy where heated cups are placed onto the skin, creating suction that supposedly improves blood flow. Practitioners claim it helps everything from muscle pain to cellulite and depression. Inevitably, it was Gwyneth Paltrow — that well-known proponent of anti-gravity yoga and elimination diets for her children — who set the trend for cupping when she attended a film premiere in 2004 with the distinctive circular welts clearly visible on her back. Victoria Beckham was recently spotted walking through Heathrow Airport with the trademark bruises, and tennis star Andy Murray has also declared himself to be a cupping devotee, even though his girlfriend Kim Sears said it made him ‘look like a reptile’. So — apart from leaving you looking like a well-used coaster — how does cupping actually work? Dating back 5,000 years, the therapy is a form of acupuncture, and is based on the idea that suction from the cups draws the skin up and mobilises blood and energy around the body. ‘If someone is under stress, or they’ve suffered a physical trauma like a pulled shoulder, the energy in their body can become stagnated,’ explains Ian Stones, an acupuncturist in Farnham, Surrey, and member of the British Acupuncture Council, who has been practising cupping for six years. Miracle cure or celebrity fad: Practitioners claim it helps everything from muscle pain to cellulite and depression . ‘Cupping enables the blood and energy to move again and travel to the area to begin the healing process. ‘It can also have good results if someone is coming down with a cold. The suction can help to stop the cold penetrating further into the system.’ Typically, a flame is first placed inside a glass or rubber cup, so the heat can create a partial vacuum, before the flame is removed and the cup held to the skin for about three minutes. Although the resulting marks can look alarming, they are temporary, and this kind of cupping should not hurt in any way as the cups used are thick-rimmed and do not heat up. Other forms of cupping — which costs around £50 per session — involve using a sort of suction kit, so no flame is needed. The UK’s leading cupping practitioner is Dr Nish Joshi, a Harley Street holistic doctor who was held in high regard by the late Princess Diana. Fan: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow made an appearance at a film premier in 2004 sporting large circular marks . His website recommends cupping ‘to aid the lymphatic flow, reduce fluid build-up, increase the blood circulation which will help give the skin a healthier appearance and reduce cellulite’. It was Dr Joshi who was responsible for Gwyneth Paltrow’s introduction to cupping (‘Joshi is truly special. I love him,’ she has said), and other patients include Sadie Frost, Patsy Kensit and Ralph Fiennes. The photographs of Aniston sparked speculation she may be trying for a baby, as some supporters of cupping say it can be a useful aid to fertility. Cupping specialist Saud Hadi says: ‘There are a number of cupping points on each side of the spine which correspond to organs. The most important organ for fertility is the kidney — it’s the source of life according to Chinese medicine. ‘From the look of [Aniston], she’s had cupping in the right spots for fertility treatment. The marks are likely to extend right down to her lower back. If the patient is in good health and has a good diet — like Aniston — then cupping fertility treatment can work within about five days. It also complements IVF treatment.’ But Mr Stones is doubtful. ‘I do a lot of fertility treatment and cupping wouldn’t be my first port of call,’ he says. ‘The location of the cupping marks on Jennifer Aniston would indicate some kind of musculoskeletal injury, such as back pain.’ And he adds that while cupping is perfectly safe, he would not generally use it on pregnant women. ‘It can be a fairly strong treatment, and in pregnancy we like to keep things gentle and light.’ In China, cupping is such an integral part of mainstream medicine that it is practised at hospitals for a variety of conditions. The country’s hugely successful Olympic swimming squad are regularly photographed with cupping marks, as it is thought to be helpful with muscular pain. But while Gwynnie and Jennifer are clearly fans, there are plenty of people who think cupping is simply hogwash. After the author Arabella Weir underwent a series of cupping treatments at the Joshi Clinic, she reported: ‘It feels like 20 14-year-old boys giving you love bites, but not as much fun. I had three or four sessions and I didn’t feel any different — apart from the fact that I wore a burka for two weeks afterwards to hide the unsightly marks. Why would anyone [who’s had cupping] parade around in a backless dress?’ Dating back 5,000 years, the therapy is a form of acupuncture, and is based on the idea that suction from the cups draws the skin up and mobilises blood and energy around the body . Many medical experts are scathing, and warn that fads such as this can become dangerous if people start to use them in place of seeing their GP. ‘Cupping doesn’t make any sense at all,’ says David Colquhoun, professor of pharmacology at University College London. ‘Bleeding was part of mainstream medicine in the 18th century, until they found out it was harmful rather than helpful. ‘Putting a suction cup on the body may cause the skin to constrict and there could be some increased blood flow, but the idea that this could treat any medical condition is laughable. ‘It’s utterly implausible and just another ingenious way of relieving the rich and gullible of their money.’ Unfortunately, he continues, too many people expect every ailment to be curable. ‘There are many medical conditions — back pain being one of them — that we can’t do much about, or even find out what the cause is. That’s sad, but spending thousands on something as daft as cupping won’t help.’ A review of 135 studies on cupping therapy, published last year in the journal PLOS ONE, found that cupping may be effective on conditions such as acne, facial paralysis and herpes when combined with other treatments such as acupuncture. However, the researchers acknowledged that some of the studies in their review may have contained bias, and said more research was needed. Acupuncturist Ian Stones says he has seen significant results from cupping, adding that the technique is almost always used as part of a larger package of acupuncture treatment, which could explain why there may not be substantial research on its effects as an isolated therapy yet. However, Edvard Ernst, a leading professor of complementary therapy, has little time for such claims. In his book Trick Or Treatment? Alternative Medicine On Trial, he found that despite cupping’s long history, the only controlled trial on this treatment showed no reduction in pain. He added that the fact the skin appears to be sucked into the cup as if ‘by magic’ means cupping is likely to generate an ‘above-average placebo response’. Put simply, people are fooled by the seeming wizardry of the suction action into thinking that cupping must be doing something for them. Professor Ernst says: ‘There is no good evidence that cupping helps any condition — except the dreaded condition of celebrities craving attention.’
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| Forget Kabbalah bracelets and coconut water, every Hollywood star knows their health routine must involve cupping . Heated cups are placed on the skin, creating suction that supposedly improves blood flow . | train |
239782 | Article: By . Corey Charlton . It's notoriously difficult to get students excited about science but one teacher has found a winning formula - taking them to McDonalds. Caroline Molyneux has students flocking to her revision classes at weekends with her cunning combination of biology and fast food. Working from Sharples High School, Bolton, Greater Manchester, she said students can munch on ice creams, breakfast or lunch while they work through past papers. Caroline Molyneux (left) pictured during a study session with her students at McDonald's. She has been nominated for a prestigious national teaching award for her willingness to go the extra mile . 'We stage revision sessions in school and we started this one a month ago. It has been really successful. It is quite relaxed and informal and the pupils stay for quite a bit.' she said. 'Some have their breakfast or their lunch, and there are ice-creams on hand as we look through past papers.' And her somewhat unorthodox commitment to helping students study their biology GCSE papers has seen her shortlisted for an award. Her dedication to inspiring the next generation has her shortlisted for the prestigious 2014 School Biology Teacher of the Year Award - just one of three nominated nationwide. The science teacher is very popular with the students at Sharples High School, Bolton, Greater Manchester (pictured) for her commitment to helping them with their studies . The kids are lovin' the revision sessions at McDonald's, where they can grab a bite to eat while studying biology . The award recognises the 'very best and most inspiring biology teachers'. 'I was put forward for the award at my old school - Balshaw in Leyland,' she said. 'They kept it from me until I was shortlisted. I’m just one of three people - it was a big surprise. 'The assessors visited Sharples High School and spoke to the pupils - it is always nice to be nominated but it’s fantastic that this is because of student nominations.' The assistant headteacher has been . teaching for nine years, but has a background as a researcher at the . University of Molecular Microbiology. She now teaches biology, chemistry and astronomy and is an educational leader for the National Space Agency. She is also not scared to lay down a challenge: 'If anyone tells me they don’t like science, I will find out why. Here we make science exciting and interesting. 'Balshaw is an outstanding school and Sharples is on its way to being outstanding. I wanted to be part of that. 'I think teaching is a vocation, and not just a job. I love it and to support the children in helping them get the most out of their five years in school.' Dr Mark Downs, chief executive of the Society of Biology, said: 'Excellent teachers have a profound positive effect on their students’ learning, career choices and aspirations. 'It is rewarding to know that once again, the entrants for this award are teaching outstanding and innovative lessons which inspire their students.'
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| Students can grab a bite to eat at the 'relaxed and informal' study sessions . Teacher Caroline Molyneux goes through past papers in the restaurant . She's now been shortlisted for a prestigious national teaching award . | train |
170511 | Article: Last year, voters in Colorado approved legalizing recreational marijuana, and on Tuesday night, they resoundingly supported taxing it. With nearly all votes counted, 65% supported the new tax, while 35% opposed it. The measure would impose a special 15% excise tax on marijuana to help fund school construction, along with a 10% sales tax to bolster marijuana-related law enforcement efforts. The passage was widely expected, despite opponents arguing it's unfair to single out marijuana for higher taxation than products such as beer. Strong support for the measure is pegged largely to the money it is expected to bring in. The nonpartisan Colorado Legislative Council projects that the measure will generate nearly $70 million in additional state tax revenue next year. There were 30 other measures on the ballot in six states Tuesday, all of which were too early to call for CNN. Here are highlights from a few: . Colorado: secession . Voters in 11 counties in northern Colorado are being asked if they want to secede from the state. Ten counties in conservative, rural northeastern Colorado would theoretically form a 51st state known as North Colorado. Moffat County, located in the northwest corner of the state, would become a panhandle for neighboring Wyoming. The plan has no chance of becoming reality. Among other things, it would also require statewide and congressional approval. But approval or even a close vote at the county level would send a loud message of growing grassroots conservative anger toward a more liberal Denver-based Democratic establishment that has taken up controversial measures related to gun control, gay rights and green energy. With more than 50,000 votes counted in Weld County, the most populated county of those trying to secede, 58% of votes were against secession and 42% were in favor of it. CNN, however, does not yet have a projection on this measure. Similar secession measures have been floated in a number of other states in recent years in a reflection of the country's growing ideological and partisan divide. Washington: Labeling genetically modified food . Voters in Washington state are considering a hotly contested initiative that would require labeling all foods containing genetically modified ingredients. The measure pits local consumer advocates, who argue that the measure is needed for consumers to make better informed choices, against large agribusinesses such as Monsanto, which argue that such a law would spook potential customers and unfairly imply that such products are unsafe. Washington is the second state to consider such a ballot measure. A similar proposal was narrowly rejected by California voters last year. With more than 800,000 votes counted, 53% of Washington State voters opposed the labeling, while 47% supported it. It is still, however, too early for CNN to call this race. According to the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures, 95 bills relating to the issue have been introduced in various legislatures so far this year -- a reflection of growing public interest in the controversy surrounding genetically modified foods. Other noteworthy measures . Voters in New Jersey are considering whether to amend their constitution to raise the state minimum wage from the federal level of $7.25 to $8.25 per hour. Future annual increases would be tied to changes in the cost of living. Eighteen states have a minimum wage that exceeds the federal requirement, according to the NCSL. New York voters are being asked to revise their constitution to allow the legislature in Albany to authorize seven casinos, with the goal of generating new revenue for public schools and potentially cutting property taxes.
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| Voters in Colorado resoundingly supported taxing marijuana on Tuesday . Voters in 6 states will consider 31 ballot measures Tuesday . Voters in 11 Colorado counties are considering the question of secession . New Jersey voters are being asked to raise their state's minimum wage to $8.25 per hour . | train |
5355 | Article: It is the world's most southerly post office and the most popular tourist destination in Antarctica. Each year, around 70,000 cards are posted at the remote hub, destined for more than 100 different countries. But the staff at Port Lockroy, who spend the Antarctic summer manning their remote outpost, are joined each year by 3,000 gentoo penguins. Located on Goudier Island, 700 miles south of the Chile and Argentina coastlines, the unusual post office sends out cards and letter which will take between two and six weeks to reach their destinations. Run by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust on behalf of the Government, the remote base receives an income from the Post Office and a small gift shop which goes towards the renovation of historic sites in Antarctica. The unusual spot has become a favourite stop-off with tourists arriving on cruise ships from around the world to explore the stark continent and learn about its wildlife. Port Lockroy is home to 3,000 gentoo penguins who return each year to find a mate and raise their young . Tourists visiting the remote outpost can see the baby penguins as they hatch . Port Lockroy was first discovered in 1873 by German Edward Dorman and became known as a safe place to anchor and shelter form storms, as well as an area where whalers processed their catch. In the early 20th century, as nations battled to lay claim to parts of Antarctica, Britain sent men and two huts, known as Base A and Base B, to construct a permanent presence at Port Lockroy. It is those bases that still exist today, and the post office is a throwback to the small one constructed by the men to send letters back to loved ones. The site is preserved as a historic attraction, showing the spot where Britain laid claim to a part of Antarctica with a permanent base in the early 20th century . The post office also has a small guft shop and museum, explaining the history of Britain's presence . After being closed in 1962, the huts fell into disrepair, but were restored in the 1990s with the idea of protecting the area as a historic monument. Now a small museum shows how the men lived in the 1950s at the remote outpost. Each year, in time for the Antarctic summer, a small staff crosses the notorious Drake Passage from South America to staff the post office for five months. Each year the post office processes around 70,000 cards sent to 100 different countries . The base shows how workers lived in the 1950s while protecting British interests in the area . The base was restored to esactly how it was to show how difficult conditions could be . There is no running water, no electricty and even in summer, the temperatures are freezing. As staff man the post office, around 3,000 gentoo penguins flock to the area to find a mate and raise their young. Since the historic outpost was renovated in 1996, the penguins have also been monitored, to better understand how they live and help protect them. And the famous post office has also become the subject of numerous documentaries, such as a partnership between the BBC and American channel PBS.
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| Penguin Post Office is located at Port Lockroy in Antarctica . British outpost is preserved as a historical site . Each year cruise passengers visit and send 70,000 cards around the world . | train |
5218 | Article: By . Mark Prigg . For the man who has everything, it could be the ultimate way to protect your most treasured possessions. The £80,000 ($128,000) Fortress, made by German company Döttling, even boasts a built-in humidor for keeping cigars safe, and a watch drawer that will wind the timepieces it protects. The safe even comes with a million dollar guarantee for its contents - and is covered with calfskin to make sure it fits into any well decorated living room. Only ten of the Fortress safes will be made - and they are certified for insurance claims of upto a million dollars . The firm behind the Fortress said it 'introduces a new era of security'. It is ready for connection to a burglar alarm including a 'silent alarm' function and, in this configuration, provides tested and certified insurance cover of up to US $1,000,000. It claims all of the features can be customised for each buyer - but refuses to reveal how much it costs. 'The edition is limited, but the possibilities are boundless,' it says. 'We designed the interior of the high-security safe, of which only a limited edition of ten per securityclass exist, with the objective of maximum versatility.' Among its features the Fortress includes eight watch winders and a humidor. Using specially designed software, each watch winder is individually controlled, and owners can set the amount and even direction of winding. Inside the safe there is also a humidor made of original Spanish cedar, with an electronic humidifying system show the owners information about the conditions their cigars are in. The safe can be built with extra top compartments to house watches, which are automatically wound, and a computer controlled humidor for keeping cigars in their optimum condition . When fully 'locked down' the safe can be connected to a home's burglar alarm system so it can silently alert police if attempts are made to open it . The exterior of the safe has also been made from luxurious materials, and the firm boasts: 'All of these intrinsic values require, of course, that the outer appearance of the Fortress liveup to them. 'Therefore the corpus of the safe is handsomely upholstered with finest calfskin. 'And since individuality is a given at Döttling, the Fortress is also available in other configurations and color combinations upon request.' The safe can be customised for each owner's needs - with only ten of each version being made. The firm has not revealed the price of the safe . The calfskin-covered designed features retro looking clocks and switches - but also contains the latest electronic sensors .
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| Contains humidor crafted out of Spanish cedar, with an electronic humidifying system to control atmosphere . 8 watch winders individually controllable using specially designed software . | train |
85268 | Article: By . Meghan Keneally . Fired: Jill Abramson was paid significantly less than her male counterparts for the past 13 years . The recently-ousted executive editor of The New York Times had been paid more than a hundred thousand dollars less throughout her career at the paper than her male counterparts, new reports reveal today. Jill Abramson's unexpected removal from the paper of record came as a shock to many and once speculation began to swirl that she had raised concerns about gender pay discrepancies before her firing, the owner of The Times tried to dismiss those claims by saying that she was paid more than her male predecessor- a statement that has now been proven untrue. Bill Keller was the paper's executive editor from July 2003 until he resigned and Abramson replaced him in September 2011. Her starting salary at that point was $475,000 while Keller's salary in 2011, after eight years as editor, was $559,000. The New Yorker reports that her salary was raised at some point in the past three years to $503,000 and then when she complained about the discrepancy recently, it was raised again to $525,000- but that still left her $34,000 short of Keller's final salary. This is a direct contradiction to what Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr, said in a public statement that he released to attempt to tamper the fires once word got out that pay discrepancy was a factor in Abramson's dismissal. Scroll down for video . Succession plan: Bill Keller (right) left the executive editor spot in September 2011 and Abramson (center) replaced him- though she was paid nearly $85,000 less at the time. Dean Baquet (left) has since replaced her . 'Her pay is comparable to that of earlier . executive editors. In fact, in 2013, her last full year in the role, . her total compensation package was more than 10% higher than that of her . predecessor, Bill Keller, in his last full year as Executive Editor, . which was 2010,' Sulzberger said in the statement. 'It was also higher than his total compensation in any previous year.' December 2000: Jill Abramson becomes the Washington bureau chief, taking over after Phil Taubman. He was reportedly paid at least $100,000 more than she was . July 2003: Abramson and John Geddes were appointed as co-managing editors by Bill Keller, who had just been appointed as the paper's executive editor. Abramson earned $398,000 which was less than Geddes, though it is unclear how much he earned . September 2011: Keller stepped down and Abramson took his place, making her the first female executive editor of the paper. Keller's salary was $559,000 at the time and Abramson's starting salary was $475,000 . If The New Yorker's figures are true, Sulzberger's statement is factually incorrect. Behind closed doors before her dismissal, Abramson was reportedly angered further when she later discovered that the pay discrepancy did not just start when she reached the top of the masthead. She learned that she consistently earned less than her male counterparts when she was both managing editor and the Washington bureau chief. As managing editor, she earned $398,000 which the New Yorker reports is less than what John Geddes, her male co-managing editor, earned. Phil Taubman was paid at least $100,000 more than Abramson when he served as Washington bureau chief before she did from 2000 to 2003. These figures, reported late Thursday . by The New Yorker's media reporter Ken Auletta, contradict what . Sulzberger Jr said in the public statement that he released to attempt . to tamper the fires once word got out that pay discrepancy was a factor . in Abramson's dismissal. 'It . is simply not true that Jill’s compensation was significantly less than . her predecessors,' he said in the statement released Thursday . afternoon, one day after he announced the removal of Abramson. The . Times' spokeswoman Eileen Murphy has made the point repeatedly that the . editors' compensation levels cannot be looked at as one solitary figure . because the editors also receive bonuses, stock grants, and unspecified . long-term incentives. #pushy: Recently canned New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson is using her newly discovered free time to take up boxing...and to fuel rumors she was fired for being #pushy with this Instagram photo posted by her daughter . According to The New Yorker reporter Ken Auletta, Ms Murphy 'conceded' that Abramson's recent decision to hire a lawyer to look into the discrepancy issue did play a role in her firing- not because of the famously-liberal company's lack of dedication to equal pay but because 'it was part of a pattern'. Sulzberger has consistently tried to paint the firing as a result of conflicting management styles- Abramson's allegedly being too brusque and, as quoted in one report, 'pushy', as opposed to her replacement Dean Baquet who is known for being well-liked in the newsroom and more approachable than his female predecessor. Memo from Arthur Sulzberger Jr. obtained by POLITICO . Dear Colleagues, . I am writing to you because I am concerned about the misinformation that has been widely circulating in the media since I . announced Jill Abramson’s departure yesterday. I particularly want to . set the record straight about Jill’s pay as Executive Editor of The . Times. Pushback: NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. has already swung back with a Thursday memo to employees that said not only was Abramson not paid less than her male predecessor, but was compensated more . It is simply not true that Jill’s compensation was significantly less than her predecessors. Her pay is comparable to that of earlier executive editors. In fact, in 2013, her last full year in the role, her total compensation package was more than 10% higher than that of her predecessor, Bill Keller, in his last full year as Executive Editor, which was 2010. It was also higher than his total compensation in any previous year. Comparisons between the pensions of different executive editors are difficult for several reasons. Pensions are based upon years of service with the Company. Jill’s years of service were significantly fewer than those of many of her predecessors. Secondly, as you may know, pension plans for all managers at The New York Times were frozen in 2009. But this and all other pension changes at the Company have been applied without any gender bias and Jill was not singled out or differentially disadvantaged in any way. Compensation played no part whatsoever in my decision that Jill could not remain as executive editor. Nor did any discussion about compensation. The reason — the only reason — for that decision was concerns I had about some aspects of Jill’s management of our newsroom, which I had previously made clear to her, both face-to-face and in my annual assessment. This Company is fully committed to equal treatment of all its employees, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic. We are working hard to live up to that principle in every part of our organization. I am satisfied that we fully lived up to that commitment with regard to Jill. Arthur .
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| Abramson was abruptly fired on Wednesday after having a lawyer look into pay discrepancies . New reports reveal Bill Keller, the executive editor she took over for in 2011, was paid $559,000 when he left and her starting salary was $475,000 . Her salary was eventually increased to $503,000 . When she complained after learning that it was less than her male predecessor, it was increased to $525,000 . Comes hours after The Times published put out a statement saying it was 'simply not true that Jill's compensation was significantly less' She later learned she had also been paid less than her male colleagues in her two prior posts as co-managing editor and Washington bureau chief . | train |
224587 | Article: A war veteran who vanished from his care home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France has left his £600,000 estate to lifeboat charity the RNLI. Bernard Jordan – nicknamed the Great Escaper after his cross-Channel adventure last year – died peacefully in hospital aged 90 on December 30. Mr Jordan hit the headlines last summer when he travelled to the 70th anniversary D-Day events in Normandy wearing his war medals and grey mac. He slipped out of The Pines care home in Hove, East Sussex, telling carers he was going for a walk – but in reality he hopped on a ferry to France. Scroll down for video . Hero: Bernard Jordan, the 90-year-old war veteran who broke out of his care home in East Sussex to attend the D-Day commemorations in Normandy, pictrured with new friend in France, has left £600,000 to the RNLI . Loss: Irene Jordan (pictured with Bernard), 88, died a week after the death of her husband and the details of their will have been revealed . Second World War veteran Mr Jordan, a former Royal Navy member and ex-mayor of Hove, said on his return that his aim was to remember his fallen ‘mates’. His wife Irene, who was in the same care home, died seven days after her husband, aged 88, and today it emerged the couple's entire estate has been left to ensure lives are saved at sea. In love: Mr Jordan, pictured on their wedding day in 1946, said when he fled his care home: ‘I didn’t want to make a fuss. I squeezed her hand and gave her a kiss' RNLI chief executive Paul Boissier today praised Mr Jordan's spirit, which he said is shared by the volunteers who risk their lives to save people lost at sea all around the coasts of the UK every day. He said: 'This is absolutely wonderful, unexpected news. 'Bernard's story charmed the nation last year when he journeyed from his Sussex care home to France to commemorate the D-Day landings. 'That spirit, that determination, is embedded deep within the psyche of our volunteer lifeboat crews who go to sea to save others in peril on the sea. 'I am delighted that the couple chose to leave us this sizeable donation, and their contribution, like those of Bernard's veteran peers, will never be forgotten.' An RNLI spokesman said the legacy came as a 'huge surprise' but believed the couple's admiration stemmed from Mr Jordan's time in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Guy Rose, the legal admin manager for the RNLI, said: 'This is a wonderful gift from Bernard and Irene. 'He really made a name for himself last year and there can't be many who weren't touched by his story. 'Gifts left in wills are so valuable to the RNLI and they ensure we can continue our life-saving work for people in, on or near the water.' Journey: Mr Jordan (centre) pictured onboard a ferry to France with a cabin crew and members of the Candy Girls entertainment troupe. Staff described him as a 'charmer' and said he had been a hit with the ladies . Found: Veteran Bernard Jordan has been found in Normandy after travelling to France to mark the anniversary of D-Day. Above, the 89-year-old is pictured now (left) and during his time as a member of the Royal Navy (right) A ceremony celebrating Mr and Mrs Jordan’s lives will be held at All Saints Church in Hove on January 30 followed by a private funeral. A minute’s silence will be held at the next full meeting of Brighton and Hove City Council to remember the couple. Mr Jordan had, in past interviews, referred to his wife as a ‘smashing woman’. Mr Jordan’s disappearance sparked a police search last June 5 and his whereabouts emerged only when a younger veteran phoned later that night to say he had met Mr Jordan and he was safe. He described how he kept his exploit secret from his wife. On the morning he left, he dressed and put on his medals, making sure to hide them under his blue mac before he said goodbye to Irene. ‘I didn’t want to make a fuss,’ he said at the time. ‘I squeezed her hand and gave her a kiss. 'I told her, “You’ll miss me for a bit, but I’ll be back shortly.” Then I went downstairs and told the care home staff I was going out. I gave them a wave and just walked out.’ Hero's welcome: He sparked a nationwide search after escaping from his care home and sneaking to France for the Normandy commemorations. He was later applauded for his escapade . Final journey: Mr Jordan had hoped to return to Normandy this year and Brittany Ferries, which carried him across the Channel last summer, offered him free crossings to D-Day events for the rest of his life . He had decided to join British veterans, most making their final pilgrimage to revisit the scene of their momentous invasion, to remember the heroes of the liberation of Europe. Some 156,000 Allied troops landed on the five invasion beaches on June 6 1944, sparking an 80-day campaign to liberate Normandy involving three million troops and costing 250,000 lives. Mr Jordan had hoped to return to Normandy this June. Brittany Ferries, which carried him across the Channel last summer, offered him free crossings to D-Day events for the rest of his life after learning of his exploits. Following his death, the Royal British Legion said Mr Jordan’s decision to go to France highlighted ‘the spirit that epitomises the Second World War generation’. On his 90th birthday, days after he returned from his escapade, he was inundated with more than 2,500 birthday cards from around the world.
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| Veteran Bernard Jordan, 90, died seven days before his beloved wife Irene . The couple decided to leave their £600,000 estate to the RNLI . Bernard sneaked out of of care home in Hove and went to Normandy . Donning war medals under a raincoat, he joined his comrades on a coach . Police listed former mayor as missing person - until he turned up in France . He said afterwards all he wanted to do was remember his fallen 'mates' | train |
285774 | Article: Haryana, India (CNN) -- She's just 16 years old and one month ago was about to sit her final-year exams when she says she was shoved into a car and gang-raped by eight men in a small village in the Indian state of Haryana. "I remember being driven by the canal, all the guys were standing there then four more boys came on a motorbike," said the teenager, who had been hoping to be the first female high school graduate in her family. "There were approximately 12 men. Eight men raped me, they then fed me a pill, they filmed the whole thing and left." The teenager kept her ordeal secret for 10 days before her mother noticed something was wrong. "She would just lie in bed all day, she wouldn't talk, she wouldn't eat, I thought she was ill. Those rapists had threatened to kill our family and show the video to the entire village if she opened her mouth," she said. The 16-year-old's mother also remained silent. "People told me to forget about what had happened. They said this is a matter of your daughter's reputation. Who will marry her if people find out she was raped? Let it be, don't make a big deal," she said. Bollywood star: The Truth Alone Prevails . When her father heard about the rape video, he couldn't live with the thought of his daughter's pain and how she would be judged by society, her mother said. He committed suicide by swallowing pesticides. Devastated by his death, the teenager vowed to seek justice, not only for herself but other rape victims in Haryana, many of whom are too scared to report the crime. "It happens a lot with dalit [lower caste] girls but they keep quiet because they fear for their reputation. I probably would not have spoken up either but I didn't want my father's sacrifice to go to waste," she said. Police say all eight of the accused rapists have been arrested and are awaiting trial. In the past month, at least 17 other young women have reported rapes in Haryana, a relatively sparsely-populated state in the country's northwest. In 2011, 733 rapes were reported throughout the state, a fraction of the 24,206 cases alleged throughout the country over the full year. While more than 24,000 rapes were reported, convictions were only recorded for just over one quarter of cases, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Local police say the incidence of rape has fallen in Haryana over recent months, and that recent cases have attracted "hype." "The nature of the crime created hype in the number of rape cases registered in Haryana," said Satish Balan, Police Superintendent of the Hisar district. "In two cases there were suicides which led to media coverage of rapes in Haryana otherwise the number of rapes registered has come down by 15%. This is the truth." Some local politicians blame progress and the proliferation of modern technology like mobile phones, internet, television and films for encouraging sex attacks. However, women's rights groups say the increasing gap between the number of men and women in Haryana is one of the main contributors. The 2011 National census revealed there were 877 females for every 1,000 males in the state, compared with the national ratio of 940 females to 1,000 males. High incidences of female feticide in Haryana are largely to blame for the imbalance, say rights groups, who say families traditionally value boys over girls. Government of India census results . Provisional population results . The khap panchayats, or the self-appointed village caste councils, which have no legal authority, have suggested that lowering the legal age for marriage could cut the incidences of rape. "The marriageable age for girls, which is 18 right now should be changed to 16 or 15 so then these cases will decrease, these will be stopped," council member Jitendra Chhattar told CNN. The United Nations says lowering the marriageable age is not a solution. In an open letter to the country's minister for Women and Child Development, Krishna Tirath, four U.N. agencies urged the Indian government to give the issue urgent attention. "Child marriage is not a solution to protecting girls from sexual crimes including rape. In fact, child marriage denies a girl of her childhood, disrupts her education, limits her opportunities, increases her risk to be a victim of violence, jeopardizes her health and therefore constitutes an obstacle to the achievement of nearly every Millennium Development Goal and the development of healthy communities," the letter said. Tirath told CNN in an interview Thursday that she strongly condemned the cases of rape being reported in Haryana. "I will be taking the issue up with the Chief Minister of Haryana to take strict and stringent action to ensure that safety and security of women is not compromised in anyway. We are already working on the issues on the child-sex ratio and giving it the highest priority," she said. Opinion: Make schools safe for girls everywhere .
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| The teenager kept her rape ordeal secret for 10 days . When her father heard about his daughter's suffering he killed himself by swallowing pesticide . Local police say rape incidents have fallen in Haryana over recent months, and that recent cases have attracted "hype" Women's rights groups say there is an increasing gap between the number of men and women in Haryana . | train |
207978 | Article: The preparations for war are over. My pilot, John Peters, and I are sitting at the threshold of the runway in a fully-armed Tornado bomber. Outside it is pitch black, the dead of night. All the doubts and fears I’ve battled in the past few weeks begin to recede as we prepare for the technical practicalities of modern warfare. Instruments, weapons, fuel, defensive systems, flight controls — everything is checked, double checked, and then checked again. Glancing around the gloomy airfield I can see the flashing lights of myriad aircraft, their crews carefully going through the endless procedures that will make a dangerous mission as risk-free as possible. Beneath us, the awesome power of the jet bucks and strains to be released as John winds up the engines to maximum power. I glance over to the aircraft on our right and give a friendly wave through the darkness. I can’t see if my friend responds. Scroll down for video . Beaten and paraded on Iraqi TV: John Nichol was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and taken as a hostage in Baghdad by Iraqi soldiers . As the massive twin engines, in full afterburner, throw sheets of flame out of the rear of the aircraft, we blast into the night sky and are on our way at several hundred miles an hour towards the target. It is the early hours of January 17, 1991, the first night of the first Gulf war in Iraq, and there is no turning back from whatever the coming hours hold for us. Of course we are nervous, but we are also ready and there is no time for fear. We have been trained for this moment and we are determined to succeed, to prove ourselves in battle, and to survive ... Scenes like this one — which is still seared in my memory — may be unfolding in the Middle East just a few hours from now as our armed forces prepare, once again, to go to war. The horrific footage of Islamic State terrorist fighters beheading innocent hostages has goaded the U.S. into action, and a coalition of nations is already striking ISIS targets from the air. And where America deploys the ‘big stick’, its staunch ally Britain normally follows. Our military personnel — mostly young men and women — have been ordered on to a war footing and it is highly likely the Royal Air Force will soon join the fray against the jihadists in Iraq. Bags are being packed, wills reviewed, children and loved ones will be hugged more closely than usual. It will only take a debate in Parliament today to seal the decision to send our war planes over Iraq again. The prospect of battle is perhaps only hours away, so how will those involved be feeling? I can clearly remember my emotions in the build-up to Operation Desert Storm — the operation to liberate Kuwait — in 1991. The predictable worry and uncertainty was mixed with a sense of anticipation, even excitement. War is the job I had been trained for, so there is a sense of wanting to test oneself to the full. For me the sense of destiny was very real: the world was watching events unfold on its TV screens in much the same way we are today. To be part of history on this scale felt electrifying. As our commander put it, we were going to be the ‘thunder and lightning’ of Desert Storm. But, at the same time, there was a real sense of trepidation . . . My Tornado squadron was based on the island of Bahrain and on the eve of the war to evict Saddam Hussein’s troops from Kuwait, the tension on our base was palpable. I needed to get away, to collect my thoughts, so I went for a jog along the coast. My abiding memory of that time is of sitting on the rocks, staring out to sea and contemplating that I may not have long to live. My two young nieces had sent me a cassette tape and, as I listened to their innocent voices telling me of the excitement of birthdays and the presents they had received, it was hard to suppress my tears. I had prepared for the practicalities of war, including a will to be made. But the hardest thing was to write the ‘last letters’ that would be delivered to loved ones only if the worst happened. It is an almost impossibly poignant task to tell them that if they are actually reading that letter then you will not be coming home — ever. Visit Atlantic Speaker Bureau . John Peters, Mr Nichol's pilot. The pair were finally released after seven weeks but were subject to beatings, mock executions and being paraded on TV . How do you explain that no matter how much it hurts they must be strong and get on with the rest of their lives? How do you express the depth of your love in a letter that you hope will never be read? There was also a real eagerness, perhaps even desperation, to get into combat. Yet I remember feeling sick when I thought about what the coming hours might bring. I was about to fight and possibly die. But the thought at the forefront of my mind was not ‘Will I survive?’, it was ‘I just hope I don’t let my mates down.’ The other thought was about capture and possible torture — and perhaps this is a consideration high on the minds of those preparing to go to war again there today. Saddam Hussein had ordered his people to tear any captured aircrew ‘limb from limb’. John, my friend as well as my pilot, and I had agreed that if we were faced with the enemy, rather than being captured, we would provoke a shoot-out which would result in our deaths, perhaps taking a few of them with us. We hoped we would never have to test the theory. Days after that conversation, we were screaming over our target at around 600mph, just 50ft above the desert, and turning to head back to base. Our bombing mission had been a dismal failure and we were returning dejected, wondering what our mates would say about making a cock-up of our very first mission. Suddenly, a heat-seeking surface-to-air missile slammed into the right-hand engine of our jet. It was like being hit by an express train. As the titanium-laced missile warhead exploded, the 30-ton jet was blasted sideways like a leaf in the wind, moments later, as the plane blew up in flames, I keyed the transmit button on the radio, ‘Ejecting, Ejecting’. As the ejection seat rockets fired it was like being grabbed by a giant hand and thrown into the middle of a cauldron of fire, gales, confusion and fear. Seconds later, the parachute deployed and I was on the ground in the heart of the enemy desert. It was an overwhelming sensation and I wanted to sit down and let circumstances wash over me — to let someone else take control. But you can’t just give up, you have to continue the fight until all the options are exhausted. John and I were on the run in the desert for a couple of hours before shots rang out and the sand around us was blasted by a hail of bullets. We were now faced with the terrible dilemma we had always feared. Fight and die? Or surrender? I can still see John turning towards me saying, ‘there’s always hope’. We put our guns down and were captured. I truly thought I might die in those first few seconds as the Iraqi soldiers beat us to the ground in blind rage. Luckily, an officer managed to calm them down and we were loaded onto a vehicle. The sense of fear and desperation was coursing through me, but I still held out hope of survival. My fear was heightened as a young Bedouin boy who had guided the soldiers to our position began to draw his finger across his throat in a slitting motion. The immediate future looked bleak. We were taken to Baghdad, and the brutality of those weeks of capture was terrible — beatings, mock executions, cigarettes stubbed out on our skin, and of course, being humiliatingly paraded on TV. But there was also hope — yes it would have been easy for them to kill us, indeed one of Saddam Hussein’s sons apparently ordered that we should be shot. We always had hope that we might survive and be reunited with our loved ones. And eventually, after seven weeks, we were. After a short and successful campaign, the allied coalition won and we were released to the Red Cross. As today’s generation of young men and women prepare to take to the skies in anger once again over Iraq, the terrible prospect of capture after being shot down must be at the forefront of their thoughts. But this time it is even more chilling — for the brutal, public murder of ISIS hostages by beheading is well understood by all involved. These are highly trained professionals, however, and any concerns in their minds will be pushed aside. It may sound inane to outsiders, but fears for one’s own fate are daily realities for modern military people. They know the risks, they understand the dangers. But they cannot, will not, let those concerns influence their actions. Just as I was paid to do the job 24 years ago, so they have taken the ‘Queen’s shilling’ to carry out their orders today. They will want to test themselves in battle, they will want to fight bravely, they will not want to let their mates down. That is the very ethos of military life. And whatever trials and hardships the coming days bring our armed forces, I know they will acquit themselves with courage, dignity and professionalism. As a country, we can be justifiably proud of them.
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| Mr Nichol took part in Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait in 1991 . Saddam Hussein ordered his people to tear captured aircrew ‘limb from limb’ Mr Nichol and his pilot John Peters had agreed plan if faced with enemy . They agreed to trigger a shoot-out leading to death, rather than be captured . Days later, their jet was hit by surface-to-air missile and it blew up in flames . Iraqi soldiers beat them to the ground before they were taken to Baghdad . Their capture involved beatings, mock executions and being paraded on TV . They were released after seven weeks into the hands of the Red Cross . The Red Line — The RAF’s Bloodiest Raid On Hitler’s Germany by John Nichol is published by Collins at £8.99. | train |
259907 | Article: (CNN) -- Brazil's economic powerhouse was once thought of as the ugly sister to Rio de Janeiro's beach-fronted glamour. São Paulo, the world's fifth-largest city, is the fashion capital of Brazil. But, over the past few years, São Paulo's fashion, music and design scenes have gained such momentum that it's tipped by some as a cooler destination than more touristy Rio. True, São Paulo doesn't have a beach, nor does it go out of its way to cater to foreign visitors, but hidden in the sprawl is a trove of hip hotels and restaurants, modernist architecture and some of the best shopping south of the Equator. It would take a lot longer than a day to discover everything São Paulo has to offer, but our guide should help visitors short on time to navigate the city's immense grid of skyscrapers and traffic jams to find an entirely different Brazilian experience. Watch the sun come up over the world's fifth-largest urban area like many of its mega-wealthy inhabitants -- with a helicopter ride over the city. Tourist rides normally leave from Campo de Marte Airport and take in aerial views of city landmarks such as Ibirapuera Park and Avenida Paulista. You may have worked up an appetite by now, so head back into town for breakfast on Rua Oscar Freire, São Paulo's answer to Rodeo Drive. Eat delicious cheese bread known as pão de queijo, fruit, yoghurt and granola, and wash it down with a freshly squeezed juice or coffee at Oscar Cafe. The prosperous, tree-lined avenues of the surrounding area, known as Jardims, are perfect for a bit of shopping. Look out for Clube Chocolate, where you can buy upscale designerwear in divine surroundings (Rua Oscar Freire 913) and Endossa, a collaborative shop filled with cubes of shelving where entrepreneurs can rent a cubby-hole to sell their wares. From here it's possible to walk to Avenida Paulista, São Paulo's financial district, and there you can mill past some of the most expensive real estate in South America with the Paulistano businessfolk on your way to take in some culture at MASP, also known as São Paulo Museum of Art. Once you've had your fill of high culture, take in some of São Paulo's famous street art on Beco de Batman, which translates as "Batman Alley." Every inch of this street in the super hip Vila Madalena area is covered in graffiti, much of it by well-known local artists. Recharge your batteries with a beer and snack on empadas, delicious miniature pies with a variety of fillings like palm hearts, Portuguese salted fish and cheese at Empanadas (Rua Wisard 489, Vila Madalena). Otherwise, why not hop in a cab and head over to Liberdade to check out the home of the biggest Japanese community anywhere in the world outside Japan? Check out the Buddhist temple (Rua São Joaquim), karaoke bars and sushi restaurants -- one of the best of which is Takô (Rua da Glória 746, Liberdade). With its green-copper facade, the Hotel Unique is just one example of São Paulo's stunning modern architecture. The highlight of this area, if you happen to be lucky enough to be there at the right time, is the anything-goes weekend market Feira da Liberdade (Praça da Liberdade), and if you're even luckier you might catch one of the sumo competitions held there from time to time. After all these hours in the concrete jungle you may be longing for a bit of green, which you can find in ample supply in the enormous Ibirapuera Park. As you wander the tree-lined walkways, dodging throngs of body-conscious Paulistanos exercising along the way, you will encounter one masterpiece of modernist architecture after another -- mostly designed by the father of Brazilian modernism Oscar Niemeyer. Look out for the beautiful sci-fi dome, Oca, and the Grande Marquise, an extraordinary white pavilion that houses MAM (Museu de Arte Moderna) and features expanses of covered concrete which attract many of the city's skateboarders. No visit to São Paulo, or indeed any part of Brazil, is complete without trying a caipirinha -- a winning combination of the local firewater, cachaça, smashed limes, sugar and ice. If spirits are a bit much for you, try a divine -- and very Paulistano -- twist on the original with squished kiwi fruit and sake. You could combine a few cocktails with catching the final rays of the day on the rooftop of another of São Paulo's modernist masterpieces, Edifício Itália (Terraza Italia Restaurant, Avenida Ipiranga 344). Here you can enjoy a breathtaking panorama, with another Niemeyer masterpiece -- the wavy-façaded Edifício Copan -- in full view. It's got to be dinner time by now. In São Paulo your options are almost unlimited. With huge populations of Japanese, Italians and even Lebanese, the problem is not where to eat but how to choose. A highlight of São Paulo's dining scene has to be Restaurante Figueira Rubaiyat, where you can eat awesome steaks and very good seafood in a dining room that has been built around an enormous fig tree. If you're still rearing to go after that little lot, São Paulo's nightlife options are almost endless. You can shake your moneymaker with the best of them at one of the city's clubland stalwarts Love Story, or if you are looking for something a little more low-key, then why not round off the day on the rooftop terrace of the Skye Bar at Hotel Unique. The hotel's space-age green copper façade is indeed unique, and it is also a good bet for a bed for the night in really special surroundings.
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| São Paulo's art, fashion and music scene means it's no longer second to Rio . Among the grid of skyscrapers is iconic modernist architecture by Oscar Niemeyer . Uniquely Brazilian, the city also has a twist of other cultures . Do what the Paulistanos do and sample street-side delicacies and top cocktails . | train |
211497 | Article: By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 06:06 EST, 30 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:30 EST, 30 March 2013 . Children have been banned from a town centre at night under sweeping new police plans to crack down on anti-social behaviour. Police officers have been given the power to stop anyone under 16 from walking the streets in Barsley, South Yorkshire, after 9pm, and to take them home if they are not with a parent or responsible adult. The six-month dispersal order - which police said was introduced in the wake of reports of rowdy and abusive behaviour in the town centre - has been branded 'totally wrong' and a 'blatant infringement' of civil liberties by critics. No children allowed: Police in Barnsley can now stop children under 16 from walking around the town centre after 9pm . The order, which came into force yesterday and covers the hours between 9pm and 6am, also gives police the power to disperse groups of two or more people from areas where there is persistent anti-social behaviour. Any breach of a dispersal order, such as refusing to comply with being told to leave, is classed as a criminal offence. 'Abusive behaviour': Police said Barnsley residents have complained of feeling 'harassed and intimidated' Campaigners have warned that the ban infringes on civil liberties and said it amounted to treating groups of young people as criminals. Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch, said a dispersal order was a 'blunt, crude tool' that, at best, moves the problem to another location nearby.'It is a sign that the police have lost control of the streets and yet does nothing to restore either the community spirit or respect for the law that has been lost,' he said. 'It's simple - if people break the law, harass people and cause distress then the police should arrest them. 'The idea that simply by being under 16 and in town is grounds for the police to take you home seems a waste of time and resources. 'To treat every group of young people as criminals is totally wrong and a blatant infringement on people's rights to move around Barnsley.'The campaign group Liberty has said dispersal orders 'blur the distinction between nuisance and criminal behaviour'. Inspector Julie Mitchell, from South Yorkshire Police, said: 'Over the past few months, we have received numerous reports of nuisance caused by large groups congregating in the town centre. 'The Barnsley Interchange has reported a number of nuisance behaviour incidents within their premises, and the County Way car park has been a regular venue for nuisance drivers late at night. 'Many interventions have been put in place and although some measures have had some success, nuisance behaviour still persists on an almost daily basis. 'The common theme that appears to cause the most concern is rowdy, inconsiderate and abusive behaviour,' Insp Mitchell added. 'This is often from people in large groups and has led to members of the public and business community reporting the feeling of being harassed and intimidated.' The officer said discretion would be used and that the force wants to encourage residents and visitors to go into the town centre for retail and leisure. 'By dispersing those groups intent on engaging in poor behaviour, we will ensure Barnsley is a safer and stronger town for everyone else,' she said.
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| Police can stop under 16s from walking streets after 9pm in Barnsley . Dispersal order came into force yesterday in South Yorkshire town . Branded 'totally wrong' by civil liberties campaigners . Follows reports of rowdy and abusive behaviour, police say . | train |
76851 | Article: SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- A South Korean fishing boat and its four crew members were heading home Saturday after being held for a month in North Korea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. South Korean fishing boats anchored at Geojin port, Goseong, South Korea, August 1. The Yeonan-ho and its crew were handed over to a South Korean patrol boat waiting at the sea border Saturday evening, Yonhap reported, citing South Korean maritime police. North Korean officials captured the vessel and its crew July 30 after the boat strayed deep into North Korean territorial waters, North's Korean Central News Agency reported at the time. South Korea's Defense and Unification Ministry said the 29-ton vessel had been returning from its fishing operations and mistakenly crossed seven miles into North Korean waters in the process, according to Yonhap. South and North Korea have remained in conflict since the conclusion of the Korean War in 1953. The war ended in a truce but no formal peace treaty was ever signed. Rapprochement talks between the two sides hit a wall after conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in early 2008. He had a tougher stance toward the North than his liberal predecessor, Roh Moo-Hyun. Tensions between the two were heightened in July when North Korea launched seven short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan. The launches came after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on May 25 and threatened the United States and South Korean ships near its territorial waters. Several steps in the past week have hinted at a thaw in relations, however. Last week, the two sides had the first high-level, cross-border contact in nearly two years. On Friday, the countries reached an agreement on future reunions for families separated for decades by the Korean War. The agreement on reunions came after three days of talks between the two sides, mediated by the Red Cross, in North Korea, Yonhap reported. Reunions will be held from September 26 to October 1 at Mt. Keumgang, Yonhap reported.
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| Reunions for divided families to be held from September 26 to October 1 . Agreement comes after three days of talks mediated by Red Cross . Talks were first cross-border contact between North and South in two years . | train |
311715 | Article: BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese investors want to cash in on the country's NBA fever with a bid to buy a 15 percent stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Chinese superstar Yao Ming has been linked with a switch to Cleveland if Huang's deal goes through. Chinese-born businessman Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimated to be worth more than $70 million. Huang has masterminded previous sports deals, including introducing Mandarin advertisements in the Houston Toyota Center, home of Rockets and Chinese basketball star Yao Ming. With his U.S.-based partner Marc Ganis, Huang founded SportsCorp China, a company that facilitates sports and sponsorship contracts between the United States and China. Ganis said that if the deal goes through, it would rank as the largest international sports transaction ever made by Chinese nationals. "Simply having Chinese ownership will increase significantly the visibility of the team within China," Ganis said. "There will be much more coverage [of the Cavaliers] on the electronic news as well as the printed news. which means the team gets a much broader brand penetration in China for themselves, for their sponsors, and for any other business activities that they may want to engage in." The news has already sparked excitement among China's massive basketball fan base. "It makes me proud that the Chinese will be working with my favorite team," said a 14-year-old boy at Beijing's Youth Pro Basketball Training Camp. "It's an honor." At the training camp, players practice in the shadow of a giant statue of four-time NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal, who last month moved to losing Eastern Conference finalist Cleveland from Phoenix Suns. "They're crazy for basketball," said the camp's founder and former Chinese national basketball player Ma Jian. "Basketball has probably become the number one most popular sport in China." Ma says China's fascination with shooting hoops stems partially from NBA efforts to promote the league in the world's most populous nation. A minority ownership of an NBA team will take China and the NBA's love-love relationship to the next level. "It is a natural extension of what the NBA's efforts have been in China," Ganis said in an interview, "for Chinese investors to look not just at sponsoring the NBA, not just getting athletes as endorsers of their products, but also for them to now move into ownership of NBA franchises," The move is also expected to bolster the Cavaliers' marketing opportunities in China, where the franchise's merchandise is already a top seller. Some say that deal may even entice LeBron James, who has claimed he wants to be the first billion-dollar athlete, to re-sign with his hometown team next summer. James, or "Little Emperor" as the Chinese call him, is hugely popular in China. It seems the feeling's mutual. Playing for a team with links to China, "should be fun," James told Cleveland newspaper, The Plain Dealer. "It's a big market; they love the game of basketball .I've been over there the last four or five summers, and I know how much they are inspired about the game." There's also speculation that if the deal is finalized, the Chinese presence at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena may increase by one. A move by Yao to the Cavaliers has been at the center of discussion in the Chinese bloggosphere. A Chinese forum post reads: "I think there is around a 60 percent chance that Yao Ming will go to the Cavaliers because now the team is part-owned by Chinese investors and they will want to sign him." "This is all an unknown," said Yao in the interview with his hometown Shanghai TV station. Although Yao's recent injury may keep him off the court, it won't keep Chinese fans from watching the NBA -- despite speculation that his broken foot could end his career or, at the very least, keep him out of the next season. "Despite Yao's injury, many people in China will still be interested in basketball," says Mang Hongche, the manager of one of Beijing's NBA Stores. "Yao Ming's our favorite, but besides Yao there are also other players that we like, like Kobe and LeBron." With Chinese basketball fans in it for the long-run, the future may see more partnerships between the NBA and China. "In the next three to five years you will see a lot more sponsorships [with the NBA]," Ma Jian said. "The Kenny Huang deal and Yao Ming are just a piece driving this market." Some analysts say there's a possibility the NBA and China may even tie the knot by creating an NBA-CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) partnership. "At the end of the day, the NBA is still a league, so at some point they'll want to have a league here on the ground," says Michael Sun, managing director of sports giant IMG. "This is something that I'm sure [NBA China CEO] Ted Chan thinks about every day."
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| Chinese businessman hopes to buy 15 percent stake in Cleveland Cavaliers . Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimated to be worth more than $70 million . Chinese people fanatical about basketball and national sports hero Yao Ming . Further Chinese investment in the NBA is expected in the future . | train |
70976 | Article: By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 22:26 EST, 24 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:54 EST, 25 February 2014 . A Youtube personality has released footage of a supposed ‘homeless man’ who was seen panhandling for money before he later drove off in a nice car and was eventually confronted at his house nearby. The footage, filmed by YouTube personality Jack Vale in Roseville, California, shows the apparently shameless hustler collecting donations on the street. According to Vale, his uncle had given the man some money several days ago only to then see the man a few moments later getting into a nice white car and driving off. However some have doubted whether the footage is real as Vale's previous videos include a series of pranks. Scroll down for more . Disturbing video footage has emerged of a supposed 'homeless man' seen panhandling for money before he later drives off in a nice car and is eventually confronted at his house nearby . Another Good Samaritan hands over his cash to the fake beggar . After a hard day's begging, the 'homeless man' drives off in his nice car . Vale decided that he would investigate and on Saturday spotted the man begging again. The footage starts with the man, who is shabbily dressed and carrying a mis-spelt sign that reads ‘Homeles (sic) Anything helps God bless’, accepting money from a series of Good Samaritans. When the man decides that he has finished begging for the day, Vale and his uncle follow him to a garage, where he emerges moments later driving a clean, late model Chevrolet Malibu. After following the supposed homeless man to a property in a nice neighborhood they wait for him to enter before knocking on his door and confronting him. Initially the man claims the house isn't his, but as thing heat-up he quickly losses his cool and refers to the house as his. After following the supposed homeless man to a property in a nice neighborhood they wait for him to enter before knocking on his door and confronting him . The man quickly looses his cool and orders Vale to 'get the f**k off my porch' After admitting that he was the one holding the sign, he pushes Vale and tells him to ‘Get the f**k off my porch.' The credibility of the video has been called into question by some commentators on the YouTube channel, which is more typically home to pranks that Vale has made his name with in the past. The video ends with Vale saying that he hopes the expose doesn't discourage others from giving to those who are genuinely in need. 'Do what you can to help them. Remember, it's more about the place in your heart where the gift comes from,' he said. Video: Watch expose of fake homeless man .
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| Disturbing footage appears to show man panhandling in California before he gets in his car and drives to his house . The footage was posted online by YouTube personality Jack Vale . He confronted the fake beggar who admitted to his crime, but then lost his cool and told Vale to 'Get the f**k off my porch' Some commentators are skeptical as Vale's YouTube channel is typically reserved for his pranks . | train |
272161 | Article: (CNN) -- Brazil playmaker Kaka confirmed his transfer from Italian side AC Milan to Spanish club Real Madrid, in a move worth a reported $100 million. Kaka announces to the world that he will play for Real Madrid next season. "Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, Kaka, now plays for Real Madrid following the deal reached with AC Milan," Real Madrid announced on its Web site. "The Brazilian footballer satisfactorily passed a full medical checkup. Kaka has signed a contract linking him to Real Madrid for the next six seasons." Spanish media reported the deal was worth in the region of $100 million (65 million euro). Due to fluctuations in exchange rates this figure eclipses the previous transfer record paid in dollars by Real for French star Zinedine Zidane in 2001, but not in euros.All the latest transfer gossip . "It will be very difficult to fill the void that Kaka will leave, as he is a shining example of commitment and professionalism," the Italian side said in a prepared statement. "AC Milan, on behalf of the Rossoneri managers, players and supporters, send him the most cordial and affectionate wishes for the continuation of his sporting career." See the 20 most wanted footballers . The 2007 World Player of the Year completed the deal following a medical examination on Monday, at the request of the Spanish Primera Liga giants, his national federation said. The 27-year-old midfielder is currently on international duty ahead of Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Paraguay on Wednesday but was released for the medical tests in the north-eastern city of Recife. International duty means the official unveiling of the player in the Spanish capital will more then likely not occur until the end of the month, after Kaka returns from helping Brazil defend the Confederations Cup in South Africa. Kaka is set to become the first of the new wave of "galacticos" brought together under the leadership of returning club president Florentino Perez. Milan president Silvio Berlusconi had told Kaka that he had to decide on his future on Monday. The Serie A club's owner revealed on Italian television station Rai, he would meet with the Brazil playmaker at the start of next week to thrash out Kaka's future. Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani said last week that the club had agreed to sell the 27-year-old Kaka for "solely economic" reasons. "Milan can not go on losing $100 million a year," he told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday . "Kaka has behaved very professionally with us, he has never asked for his deal to be revised or his contract extended. He has been here six years and won everything there is to win. But we can't afford to miss out on $100 million." Galliani had said there was no chance of English club Chelsea -- who appointed former Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti as manager on Monday -- swooping in to beat Real for Kaka's signature. An agreement with Chelsea could not exist," he told Gazzetta dello Sport. "Kaka goes to Real or he remains at Milan. That is his will and we are doing everything in complete agreement." Kaka scored the final goal from the penalty spot as Brazil moved to the top of South American qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals after thrashing Uruguay 4-0 in Montevideo, their first victory in the country for 33 years. With Milan, Kaka won an array of awards including the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup and the Seria A title. He was a crucial part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning squad he was also voted the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2007. Last January, Kaka rejected a move to Premier League Manchester City who were prepared to pay him a reported $750,000 per week.
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| NEW: Kaka signs deal with Real Madrid, Spanish club announces . Transfer from A.C. Milan worth a reported $100 million, according to media reports . Chief executive Galliani says that Milan must sell Kaka for economic reasons . Kaka currently in Brazil with the national team for World Cup qualifying double . | train |
97460 | Article: (CNN) -- A wave of violence struck Iraq on Tuesday, with bomb blasts and gun battles killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, police officials told CNN. It's the latest violence to strike Iraq, where nearly 200 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in bomb blasts and gunfights across the country since April 23. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks, nor was it clear whether they were related. Among the attacks was a bomb blast at a coffee shop in Muqdadiyah, north of Baghdad, that killed one person and wounded nine, a police official said. In Baghdad, roadside bombs killed three people and wounded six, a police official said. Gunmen also reportedly killed an anti-government demonstration organizer in Haditha, while a Ministry of Industry employee was gunned down in northern Baghdad, officials said. CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.
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| A bomb blast at a coffee shop north of Baghdad kills one, wounds nine, police say . An anti-government demonstration organizer is gunned down in Haditha, police say . Roadside bomb blasts in Baghdad killed three, wound six, police say . | train |
47622 | Article: By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 05:46 EST, 13 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:46 EST, 13 September 2013 . A father-of-two with a rare cancer gene had his stomach removed despite being given the all-clear by doctors - and found he was in the early stages of the disease. Dan Taylor, 33, decided to have the procedure to make sure he would live to see his young daughters grow up. Doctors found he had the mutant E-cadherin gene which meant he had an 80 per chance of developing the aggressive stomach cancer that claimed the lives of two of his cousins. Dan Taylor (pictured with his wife, Anne) has a rare gene which meant he had an 80 per cent chance of developing stomach cancer. He had his stomach removed to ensure he would live to see his daughters grow up . They told Mr Taylor he had not yet developed the disease but he still underwent the major six-hour operation to remove his stomach. Medics then discovered he had been in the early stages of the disease after all and that the procedure had saved his life. Mr Taylor, of York, who inherited the gene from his father’s side of the family, said: ‘I have two adorable children and want to see them grow up. ‘The survival rates of stomach cancer are absolutely dire so it wasn’t a difficult decision to make. ‘To go ahead with an operation of that magnitude is a personal choice. One of the great things is the risk has gone and is never coming back. ‘I’m so glad I did it because I did have the early stages of stomach cancer. Mr Taylor (pictured with his wife, Anne, and daughters Abigail, five, and Edith, two) had tests which suggested that he did not have the cancer but he decided to have his stomach removed anyway . ‘I’d had an endoscopy and biopsies at the end of 2011 which came back clear for stomach cancer, but the risk was still there. ‘We were told endoscopies can be unreliable and biopsies can miss cancer by millimetres so I decided to take the drastic decision to have my stomach removed. ‘People say I’m really unlucky to have that gene but I feel incredibly fortunate I found out about it and had this treatment before I had to go through something much worse. After the operation, Mr Taylor discovered that he did actually have early stage stomach cancer so the surgery saved his life. He says he is relieved that the risk is gone . ‘Rather than a negative thing, I think it’s quite a positive.’ Mr Taylor and his wife Anne, who run a web design company, now face an anxious wait to see if their daughters Abigail, five, and Edith, two, have also inherited the cancer gene. The youngsters will have to wait until their early teens until they can be tested for the gene which they have a 50 per cent chance of carrying. Mr Taylor said: ‘We have the stress that one day our kids may go through something like this but that’s a long way off. Mr Taylor cannot store food now that he does not have a stomach so he has to eat a high-calorie diet and has lots of small meals every day . ‘The way medicine is progressing it could be something which is resolved without an operation.’ Mr Taylor made a speedy recovery after the operation and less than two weeks later was enjoying a couple of pints in his local. After six weeks he was back at work. The operation was possible as the stomach is mainly used for food storage and is not essential for digestion. As part of the procedure the bottom of Mr Taylor’s oesophagus was connected to the top of his intestines. Mr Taylor, who runs a web design company with his wife, says that he was amazed by how quickly he recovered after the operation . This has reduced his capacity for food and means he needs to eat little and often, with lots of high calorie meals. He said: ‘It’s not a different as you might think. I enjoy a diet most people would be jealous of and have a lot of biscuits and crisps at my desk. ‘I am always pretty optimistic but by my standards the recovery was quicker and easier than I thought and I feel better than I ever thought I would again.’ The E-cadherin gene provides instructions for making a protein that helps cells stick to one another. The proteins bind cells together so that they form organised tissues. The gene is also thought to act as a tumour suppressor, preventing cells from growing and dividing in an uncontrolled way to form a cancerous tumour. Because this protein helps cells stick together, it may stop cancer cells detaching from a tumour and travelling through the bloodstream to other parts of the body. More than 50 mutations of the gene have been found in people with an inherited cancer syndrome called hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. This disorder greatly increases the risk of a person developing cancer of the stomach lining. In these people, the cancer most commonly develops when they are in their 30s or 40s.
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| Dan Taylor, 33, had an 80% chance of developing stomach cancer . Aggressive disease killed two of his cousins so he had tests to see if he had it - were negative but he decided to have his stomach removed anyway . After op, medics discovered he actually already had early signs of disease . Without a stomach he can't store food so has to eat a high-calorie diet and have lots of small meals . | train |
214494 | Article: Washington (CNN)Cybersecurity and Internet access will be themes in the coming week as President Barack Obama highlights the agenda he will be emphasizing in his State of the Union address. Obama will meet with congressional leaders from both parties Tuesday to "discuss a wide range of issues including places where he hopes we can work together to grow the economy and protect our national security," a White House official told CNN. This comes just after the House of Representatives voted to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, but its fate is uncertain in the Senate. The White House has promised a veto of that measure if it reaches the President's desk. On Monday, the President will visit the Federal Trade Commission, where he will lay out proposals and executive action on identity theft, Internet privacy and technology in schools, the official said. Next week, Obama will speak about the government's efforts to work with the private sector on cybersecurity and will travel to Iowa, where he will focus on increasing access to high-speed broadband across the country. This is all part of a new tactic by the White House to build support for its initiatives before the annual January 20 address. Ordinarily, presidents have held these types of events after the speech. In the past week, the President visited Michigan, Arizona and Tennessee, where he announced proposals focused on the economy and helping the middle class -- highlighting a strengthened auto industry, policies aimed at making homes more affordable, and a plan to make community college free for most students. But Republicans -- such as Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, who accompanied the President on his trip Friday to their home state of Tennessee -- have already voiced some skepticism. Asked whether he would support Obama's community college proposal, Corker said "Oh no, no, no, no, no," instead urging other states to do something similar to the President's initiative rather than create "a whole new bureaucratic federal program."
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| At FTC, Obama will lay out proposals and executive action on identity theft, Internet privacy and technology in schools . In Iowa, he will focus on increasing access to high-speed broadband across the country . He already has announced proposals during trips to Michigan, Arizona and Tennessee . | train |
214933 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:08 EST, 18 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:08 EST, 18 November 2012 . The 73-year-old ex-husband of a young trophy wife has been charged with stalking her months after she allegedly stabbed him in their kitchen with a knife. Brygida Schefler, 28, told police her ex-husband, Maciej Nowicki, hid tracking devices in her SUV and frequently spied on her outside her home in Volusia County, Florida following their violent fight in July. After Maciej accused Schefler of cheating on him that month, prompting Schefler to allegedly plunge a kitchen knife into his left arm, she filed an injunction for protection against him. Still got the spark: Brygida Schefler, 28, has accused her ex-husband Maciej Nowicki, 73, of stalking her months after filing an injunction against him following a fight that left him with a 6-inch knife in his arm . On Thursday Schefler accused him of violating that injection for domestic violence as well as bragging about the tracking devices installed, according to a police affidavit obtained by the Daytona Beach News-Journal. While visiting a friend on Thursday Schefler told police she saw Nowicki parked across the street watching her, leading to his arrest. Stalker: Scheffler, pictured, told police she has found tracking devices in her SUV and has also seen Nowicki, her senior by 45 years, watching her from his car . Schefller told police she doesn't want her ex-husband arrested, just for him to leave her alone. Nowicki, who denied intentionally following Schefler to deputies, is being held without set bail in Volusia County. An obviously passionate couple in their own ways, after Nowicki accused his then-wife in July of having an affair over the last year Scheffler allegedly attacked him with a 6-inch knife, plunging it into the septuagenarian’s left forearm. Scheffler was arrested and charged with aggravated battery on a person older than 65. Nowicki had raised his arm to protect himself when he suffered the blow, the police report states. Investigators said the 72-year-old had grabbed a gold club to defend himself, reported The Daytona Beach News Journal. Scheffler, . a waitress who is originally from Poland, then threatened Nowicki that . if he called police it would be the last thing he’d do as her friends . would come ‘do him in’, officials said. Nowicki ignored the threats and called 911. Responding deputies found Nowicki with large amounts of blood pouring from his arm. There was blood and a small amount of flesh on the knife, said investigators. Scheffler told the News Journal that all the charges against her were false. 'Everything that the man said and all the charges they put on me are false,' she said.
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| Brygida Schefler, 28, accuses her ex-husband Maciej Nowicki, 73, of stalking her months after filing an injection for protection against him . The injection was filed after a fight that left Nowicki with a 6-inch knife in his arm . Nowicki had accused Schefler of cheating on him . | train |
246456 | Article: Since his appointment last year he has been showered with lavish gifts from royalty, world leaders and luxury goods makers. But in keeping with his famously frugal reputation Pope Francis has declined to keep the generous presents for himself and is to raffle them off for charity, according to reports. The top prize is a Fiat Panda in papal white, with four runners up winning one of a selection of bikes including a tandem and a racing bike. In keeping with his famously frugal reputation Pope Francis has declined to keep the generous presents for himself and is to raffle them off for charity, according to reports . Sixth prize in the ten euro raffle, to be drawn 8th January, is a HD video camera, Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reported. Also up for grabs are an Illy coffee machine and a Panama hat by luxury manufacturer Homero Ortega, alongside more mundane presents including watches, silver photo frames, pens, briefcases and shoes. More strangely gifted umbrellas, perfumes and shoes also form part of the booty. Tickets can be bought by anyone in Vatican post offices and museums. Pope Francis said that a Christian's faith can be measured by often they put their hand in their wallet to help others.He said it wasn't enough to go lukewarm to mass and lead a life without grave sin . Francis has often called for 'a church for the poor', telling his official alms giver Monsignor Krajewski that he 'wouldn't need a desk' but should be out on the streets finding the needy. Yesterday morning he said that a Christian's faith can be measured by often they put their hand in their wallet to help others. He said it wasn't enough to go lukewarm to mass and lead a life without grave sin. 'True conversion is putting your hand in your pocket', he said.
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| Pope Francis has declined to keep the generous presents for himself . Instead he plans to raffle them off for charity, according to reports . Prizes include a Fiat Panda in papal white, a tandem and a racing bike . Also up for grabs are an Illy coffee machine and a Panama hat . 'True conversion is putting your hand in your pocket', Pope Francis said . | train |
48194 | Article: By . Phil Vinter . Jailed: Tyrone Powell was sentenced to two years in prison after his friend Carlo Renzi fell from the roof of his car . A drunk driver who 'accidentally killed' his best friend who he 'loved like a brother' when a prank went wrong has been jailed for two years. Father-of-four Carlo Renzi, 31, from Swansea died when he fell from the roof of his friend's car after the pair had spent the afternoon drinking. Swansea Crown Court heard Tyrone Powell, 27, was driving near a pub in Port Tennant when Mr Renzi jumped onto the roof of his Ford Fiesta, a practise known as 'car surfing'. Mr Renzi was unable to hold on and he fell off, later dying of his injuries. His wife, Claire, who was in the car when the accident happened on November 12, said the pair were 'clowning around'. She . said: 'It was silly and foolish. It was a stupid prank that went wrong. Carlo was a clown. He loved clowning around, that's how he was.' The court was told that Mr Renzi and . Powell had consumed around six pints that afternoon during a drinking . session in Port Tennant. Mrs Renzi said her husband did not seem drunk but said he was 'full of life'. The two friends began play fighting through the window of Powell's car before he began to slowly drive away. Father-of-four Carlo Renzi, 31, from Swansea died when he fell from the . roof of his friend's Ford Fiesta after the pair had spent the afternoon drinking (file pic) Mrs Renzi said she did not know her husband had jumped onto the roof and Powell later told police he 'panicked' after seeing Mr Renzi, a former Welsh Guard, clinging onto the roof. After hearing a 'thud' he stopped the car and ran to his friend. He held him as Mrs Renzi ran to the pub to get help. Mr Renzi was pronounced dead at 8.28pm. Powell pleaded guilty to careless driving while under the influence of alcohol. His . barrister John Hipkin said: 'The defendant and Carlo were the best of . friends. He wouldn't have set out to hurt Carlo deliberately because he . loved him like a brother. 'They were always joking together. This was a joke, which as Claire Renzi said, went tragically wrong. 'This is a defendant who acknowledges the pain that he has caused to the family in question. Swansea Crown Court heard Tyrone Powell, 27, was driving near a pub in Port Tennant when Mr Renzi jumped onto the roof of his Ford Fiesta . 'There's nothing he can do to turn the clock back and bring his best friend back to those who loved him.' Judge Huw Davies QC said the case was one of the most 'unusual' he had come across. He banned Powell from driving for two years and jailing him for two years. He said: 'No sentence of imprisonment, whatever its length, could possibly reflect the tragedy of loss and hurt which the family of the deceased have experienced. 'They (the sentences) do not in any way reflect the tragedy of loss or the significance of the loss of Carlo Renzi to those who are his nearest and dearest.'
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| Driver had consumed six pints of alcohol earlier that day, court heard . Carlo Renzi was unable to hold on and he fell off, later dying of his injuries . | train |
171390 | Article: By . James Rush . The ousted founder of American Apparel has accused the board of conducting a 'hateful campaign' against him. Dov Charney was fired last week with the board citing his alleged misuse of company funds and role in disseminating nude photos of an ex-employee who filed a case against him in 2011. But Mr Charney, 45, has now described the allegations as false and insisted he is still the 'best man for this job'. Dov Charney has accused the board of American Apparel of conducting a 'hateful campaign' against him . In his first interview since being fired, Mr Charney told the Financial Times: 'I think it's highly unusual that a board - any board - would indulge in such a hateful PR campaign against its founder.' American Apparel most recently said that they decided to fire Charney based on information saying he allowed an employee to impersonate and post naked photos online of a former employee who sued Charney in 2011 for $260 million after she claimed he forced her to be his 'sex slave.' The case was thrown out in 2012 but the former employer was subject to an online campaign to discredit her and Charney is now facing claims he failed to stop it. The New York Post . has reported that Charney was expected to say that he did not know about the . blog before it was published online and therefore isn't responsible for . the 'liabilities' cited by American Apparel. Charney's . lawyers have pointed out that the board renewed his employment in April . 2012; more than a year after the blog was published. On Monday, the independent directors of the retailer rejected a demand to meet and reinstate Mr Charney, a source close to the matter said. Irene Morales, 21, said that Charney allegedly made her his sex slave and new information states Charney may have allowed an employee to impersonate her online . Charney's lawyer demanded a meeting on Monday, and the board's refusal to meet with and reinstate him makes a legal battle with the ex-CEO, who still controls 27 percent of the company's stock, more likely. In the letter to the board, sent on Thursday, lawyer Patricia Glaser said the company had failed to give Charney 21 days' notice of his severance package as required by law, making his dismissal 'not only unconscionable but illegal.' A link to the letter, whose receipt the source familiar with the matter confirmed, was provided in an article on the Wall Street Journal's website. The letter threatened legal action should Mr Charney not regain his executive positions. Mad genius? Dov Charney, 45, a Canadian national, started American Apparel in 1991 as a humble wholesale T-shirt manufacturer . The board sees no point in meeting with Charney at this time, the source said. The management shakeup followed years of company stagnation, as the company amassed more than $250 million in debt. The . company's co-chairman, meanwhile, has also said this week the company . was not for sale and that the search for a new chief executive had . generated 'enormous interest.' Big business: American Apparel currently employs 10,000 employees and operates 249 retail stores in 20 countries . Explosive allegations: In 2011, Irene Morales (left) sued Dov Charney (right) accusing him of treating her as a 'sex slave' Allan Mayer, the company's new co-chairman, also told Reuters that American Apparel did not need immediate capital. He said: 'We are certainly not looking to sell the company. 'If . someone came and said they want to buy American Apparel for $10 per . share, we'd be crazy to not listen ... but by no means looking to sell . now.'
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| Founder of American Apparel Dov Charney was ousted from role last week . Board cited alleged misuse of company funds and his role in disseminating nude photos of ex-employee who filed case against him in 2011 . Mr Charney has described the allegations as false and insisted he is still the 'best man for this job' | train |
130325 | Article: Philadelphia (CNN) -- India Barnes charged a makeshift goal during Friday's soccer practice. The 9-year-old's blue and white uniform flapped at her back as she dodged past her teammates through a patch of dirt. She tried to score and was stopped short by a defender, before hustling downfield to try again. Following in the footsteps of her older brother, Barnes started playing soccer when she was 4 years old, for Coach Walter Stewart. "I want to grow up and be a professional soccer player," Barnes gushed. Barnes and her teammates got together Sunday to watch the women's World Cup finals with their coaches, who doled out pointers to their players over boxes of pizza. Gallery: Women's World Cup final . Huddled on an oversized couch, the girls cheered on the U.S. team -- covering their faces during the infamous penalty kick phase. Stewart started coaching the all-girls team in 1998 with only eight players at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center in South Philadelphia. He began first as a volunteer boys' baseball and soccer coach before launching the girls' soccer club. Stewart oversees the urban program, whose players are mostly African-Americans competing against suburban teams and elite clubs. "I don't recruit and we're not exclusive," Stewart said. "It's not like I went out and picked the girls. The program exists because the girls want to play and we happen to be in a predominately African-American neighborhood." The Anderson Monarchs are named after two very important role models: Marian Anderson, the great opera singer from Philadelphia, and Jackie Robinson's 1945 Negro League team, the Kansas City Monarchs. Stewart walked away from partnership at a downtown Philadelphia law firm to become a fourth-grade teacher at a Catholic elementary school and to volunteer his out-of-school hours to introducing soccer to urban youth who otherwise might not have a chance to play. "I just think everybody should have an opportunity to play. There are girls who want to play that may not get the opportunity in many parts of the country, and they can play, and they're very good," he said. Although he has girls who want to play, the team plays with virtually no funding on a borrowed patch of field in urban Philadelphia that is overused, dotted with patches of dirt and at times littered with trash and even drug paraphernalia. "There would be no team if it wasn't for Coach Walt. It really is a labor of love. He doesn't get paid and we can barely afford uniforms," said Jada Pennick, whose daughter, Cyndey, plays for the team. The players also face other obstacles. Many hail from neighborhoods that are rife with violence and drug use, that lack access to after-school activities. "They deal with the challenges of inner-city living for black girls, and soccer isn't that popular socially," said Jafi Barnes, assistant coach. "We deal with racism, social pressures, but it does teach them about life and brings them closer together." The Monarchs aren't just about soccer. Grades are just as important as picking up ball-handling skills -- or more so. "The idea is to get to college. You can't play and you can't attend a Division I school without having the grades," Barnes said. "This is about a lifestyle change." Barnes' two stepdaughters, Marquise and Kiya, play for the Monarchs. His wife, Karea, said the program changed her daughters -- who never played soccer before -- for the better. "They're both straight-A students, they have perfect attendance, and soccer keeps them focused," she said. "People should know about the hidden talent in cities across the country and reach people who have never played." The U.S. women's soccer team may have lost to Japan, but it's still inspiring this special team of inner-city girls who play soccer on a dusty field in urban Philly. "They just want a chance to play," Stewart said. "They're no different than anybody else."
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| The Anderson Monarchs girls' soccer team is part of an urban league in south Philadelphia . After leaving his legal practice, Walter Stewart started coaching the girls in 1998 . Stewart got the team together to watch Sunday's women's World Cup . Despite its loss, the U.S. team has inspired the girls . | train |
112674 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . When strangers kept telling Aron Dale he was a dead ringer for Harry Styles, the student hit on a brilliant idea. He gave up university in the hope of making a lucrative living as a lookalike of the One Direction heart-throb. But the 25-year-old has had only six jobs in more than a year – mostly at children’s parties – at £100 a time. Scroll down for video . Lookalike: Aron Dale, of Redcar, North Yorkshire, insists that whenever he goes shopping he is 'surrounded' by screaming fans who think he really is the floppy-haired One Direction singer . Similar? Mr Dale (right) said people in his local area 'no longer mistake' him for Harry' Styles (left) That is despite him signing up with five lookalike agencies and claiming that he can’t go out without being mobbed by fans of the 20-year-old singer. He even says he can’t have a girlfriend because they get too jealous of all the attention he receives. The former engineering student claims . he is a ‘distraction’ for women who cannot stop looking at him - and . often brings crowds of females ‘to a standstill’. He . added: ‘At first I didn’t really notice I looked like Harry because One . Direction is more for young girls, so I didn’t really take an interest . in the band. ‘But soon . people were stopping and gawping at me in the streets and friends and . family were commenting on our similar looks. It has its ups and downs, . looking like a famous singer. ‘But . I can bring a whole coffee shop or restaurant to a standstill when I go . out dressed in Harry’s trademark clothing - bandana round my head, . skinny jeans and leather boots. ‘On . top of this, I talk like him and I have the same swagger - I just am . him. It can be difficult looking like someone famous but I guess this is . my life now. There’s not much I can do about my face. Out and about: Mr Dale, who lives in a £90,000 terraced house in Redcar, is planning to move to London . Posed up: Mr Dale is currently signed to five . lookalike agencies and makes £100 an hour for each appearance - but has . had so little work that he is thinking of moving to the capital . ‘When everyone fancies you, the novelty wears off after a while.’ 'When everyone fancies you, the novelty wears off after a while' Aron Dale . He says his lukewarm success as a lookalike since packing in his Northumbria University engineering course is because everyone in his home town of Redcar, North Yorkshire, already knows he isn’t the real Harry. He is now thinking of moving south. ‘When I’m in London I can’t walk around without being mobbed. There’s got to be money in looking like I do. I need to make the most of it while Harry’s so big.’ But not everyone in the seaside resort agrees that he is such a twin for the pop star. One local, 18-year-old Samantha Timmins, said: ‘He looks like Harry’s third cousin. I suppose he has the same hair. He looks more like my uncle Steve.’ Gemma Walker, 17, a One Direction fan from the town, was less subtle, saying: ‘He’s completely deluded.’ Compared: Mr Dale (left) has only had six jobs in more than a year - mostly at children’s parties, but insisted his lack of success is down to 'everyone' in his hometown already knowing he is not the real Harry Styles (right) One Direction: Styles (left) pictured with bandmates Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik . Mr Dale is currently signed to five lookalike agencies and makes £100 an hour for each appearance - but has had so little work that he is thinking of moving to the capital . He said: ‘If I lived in London it would be a different story. Redcar is a small place and everyone knows who I am here, so they no longer mistake me for Harry. ‘If I get the right publicity, I could be huge.'
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| Aron Dale says screaming fans 'surround' him whenever he goes shopping . 25-year-old cannot have a girlfriend 'because they would get too jealous' Former engineering student wants to leave Redcar for London to find work . | train |
39911 | Article: MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- They could probably smell him coming for miles. Circus performers Andrea and Daniel Raffo with their son, Davian. "Breakfast, boys," Daniel Raffo proclaimed as his cats jumped with excitement in their cages. Raffo set down his wheelbarrow, filled with Grade A beef. Using a pitchfork, he fed his Bengal tigers. It's the morning ritual at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Raffo is the show's tiger trainer. He's a fifth-generation circus performer from Argentina. On this morning, the show awakes in Miami, Florida. "You get up in the morning; you wash the animal, clean it up; you feed them, then you play with them a bit," Raffo said. "And then during the day, you spend some time with your family." He lives in a trailer with his family so he can stay close to the tigers. He, wife Andrea and son Davian are all on a two-year tour with Ringling Bros. But why would anyone live on the road like this, with a 4-year-old? Andrea is also part of the circus, performing an aerial ballet, hanging by her hair high above the crowds, just like her mother and grandmother, who taught her the act. "I can finish my act and then go up and see my son, so it's good, 'cause we're always together," Andrea Ayala Raffo said. The Raffos keep a home in Florida but are rarely there. "Home is actually my trailer, when we travel, and have dinner every night and watch TV. That's really my home," Andrea Raffo said. And these lives on wheels come with real family needs. Just outside Section 405 at Miami's American Airlines arena, across from the Mexi-go Taqueria and Nacho Time food stands, school is in session. Jonathan Leiss is a licensed teacher with the circus. He uses a nationally recognized home-schooling curriculum. He pitches a one-room schoolhouse in every city where the show pitches its tent, for all of the school-age children of the circus. School is open five days a week. He teaches all the subjects, and every one of his students gets personal attention. "I would describe it as a rigorous curriculum," he said. "We don't want to allow anything to slip through the cracks because we're traveling. This is a real school." Leiss added, "If I was teaching in a public high school, I could have 120 students. That's a lot less opportunity to really address what each student needs." Katherine Stuart is one of the students. The 8-year-old is growing up quickly, surrounded by circus people from 32 countries. One of the performers is teaching her Spanish. She says she likes to wash the elephants, and she loves the travel. "You can see all these different places and what it looks like, and I also wanted to know what each state looked like, so I get to do it," she said. Katherine's dad is Mike Stuart, the general manager. With his wife, Mary, and son Tylar, 3, he hits about 36 cities a year. When CNN arrived at his temporary office at the Miami arena, Katherine was reading with Mike. Tylar was with Mom, playing a "Blues Clues" game on the computer. "This is a 24/7 job, so I make time pretty much every day to sit with my kids, go out with my kids," Mike Stuart said. The Stuarts, like most of the 350 circus members, live on a train, with all of a home's amenities. But finding a park or a playground is a must for them. "I have a house in Massachusetts. I probably see it once a year, maybe for a week or two," Stuart said. "But, more or less, we travel on the train. It's year-round, basically. ... So really, home is wherever the circus takes me." One disadvantage is that the kids do not have a lot of friends to play with. But the family is always together. "I think there's a lot of people who travel for their jobs, that are not fortunate enough to travel with family, where this job allows us to be able to do that," Mary Stuart said. The Stuarts believe that their lives and the lives of their children have been enhanced by the real-world learning experiences. "Instead of just reading it in books, they're going to see these things, and to me, that's more fulfilling," Mike Stuart explained. Citing privacy reasons, the circus did not allow CNN to see the train. With any traveling family, there will inevitably be spiritual needs. Sister Dorothy Fabritze is a full-time circus worker and Catholic nun who holds religion classes, working across cultures, sharing the circus lifestyle. "I saw that these people needed to find that they too were a parish, that they too were a community," she explained. "We can support and walk with each other in this journey that we call life." Fabritze arranges for clergy to visit the circus weekly. She's a former missionary who spent 16 years in Papua New Guinea. Here, she says, she hopes to be a biblical presence amid the glitzy backdrop and colorful characters, from acrobats to clowns to animal trainers. "Some come asking for Bible study. We'll do that. Some come forward and say, 'My child needs the sacrament, with confession and communion. Can you help me?' Of course I can," she explained. For about two years, Fabritze also worked backstage, opening and closing the curtain between acts, for 800 shows in two years. She remembers those times as "God moments." "They knew that I'd be there, and they would just come over and in the darkened area just talk to me about whatever they wanted to talk, and wonderful things happened. Wonderful spiritual things happened, just because I was there," she said. And although things may sometimes seem, quite literally, a bit upside down here, it's just life under the big top at the greatest show on Earth.
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| Dad is a tiger tamer, Mom hangs by her hair, and they travel with son . Life with a traveling circus includes one-room school and religious classes . Circus general manager and family travel to 36 cities each year . Parents say children learn from traveling, meeting workers from other countries . | train |
259255 | Article: By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 09:01 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:31 EST, 13 August 2013 . A former family home which was turned in to a nudist colony boasting a dungeon, pool and sauna has been ordered to close after a council ruled it breached planning laws. The Kestrel Hydro Naturists Spa, in Stanwell Moor, Surrey, has seen membership soar since it opened nearly 10 years ago. But after failing to get permission to run the spa as an adult private members' club as well as not getting approval for 'outdoor structures and hardstandings', Spelthorne Borough Council ordered it to be closed last week. Planning breach: The Kestrel Hydro Naturists Spa, in Stanwell Moor, Surrey, has been told to close for flouting planning regulations . Flouting: The council found that the spa had not sought the right approval for its 'outdoor structures and hardstandings' The spa boasts a string of outdoor attractions, including a sauna, hot tub, heated swimming pool and banqueting tent for members. The council said it wanted the property to be returned to a 'family home' and for 'any structures installed by the Hydro' to be removed. The planning committee heard how the spa had 'grown' in recent years and had 'become a full blown nudist colony....complete with dungeon'. Couples pay £40 to attend the spa, with single women paying £15 and single men £50. Graham Tattershall, a director of the . spa, said the decision threatened the jobs of at least seven people and . insisted he was still planning on holding a 'Bank Holiday Barbecue' on . Monday August 26 and said he was fighting the decision. Shut down: Couples pay £40 to attend Kestrel Hydro Naturists Spa, in Surrey, with single women paying £15 and single men £50 to visit . He admitted that temporary planning . permission for various outdoor attractions had lapsed, adding: 'I went . into business nearly nine years ago with a view to running a . hydrotherapy centre. It's grown over the years. 'The spa is run very professionally and there's no impact on the local village. 'We don't want to antagonise the council. It is all above board, we just want to carry on for our members. 'We will be appealing the decision and looking at another way of applying for permission.' Attractions: Kestrel Hydro Naturists Spa boasts a dungeon as well as a hot tub, pictured . The spa's website states: 'Everyone has a first time! ...pluck-up the courage...and you will be amazed at the friendly, welcoming and fun community that you are joining. 'Our naturist spa provides a relaxed, intimate and no-pressure environment where you can relax, chat and make new friends. 'We provide a wide variety of interesting areas to explore and you may prefer to explore them on your own, as a couple, or with others. 'Both experienced and new couples are welcome at our Spa. 'The venue is naturist, hence you must remove all of your clothing in the changing area. 'You may use the towels provided, or bring your own. We also recommend that you bring your own flip flops and your own towelling robe, if you prefer.' Row: Spelthorne Borough Council ordered the spa to be returned to a 'family home' after planning rules were found to have broken . Brian Taylor, of British Naturism, blasted the spa for claiming to be anything to do with 'Naturists', saying: 'I doubt this is a nudist colony as that term is generally understood. 'It certainly isn't a Naturist club recognised by British Naturism. 'Sadly we have no control over the use of the word 'naturism' and there are far too many adult clubs who, presumably ashamed of their true purpose, masquerade behind the respectable image of Naturism, by trying to call themselves that. 'We have no problem with the existence of adult/swingers clubs - each to their own, but we cannot forgive them muddying the image of Naturism because, time and again, this causes us problems. 'A nudist "colony", club or whatever you or they choose to call it, that has its own dungeon is not a Naturist club. We at British Naturism will not be defending this outfit'
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| Council wants Kestrel Hydro Naturists Spa, in Stanwell Moor, Surrey, to be returned to a 'family home' Couples pay £40 to attend the spa, with single women paying £15 and single men £50 . Spa has sauna, hot tub, heated swimming pool, and a dungeon . | train |
591 | Article: By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 05:13 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:15 EST, 13 August 2013 . They are the brightly-coloured clogs with signature aeration holes most commonly spotted on middle class mothers doing the school run. And whilst they enjoyed huge success when they burst onto the footwear market back in 2007 thanks to their comfortable style, Crocs haven't maintained that success in recent times . Last month, the brand reported a 43 percent decline in second-quarter profits, and their stock fell by nearly a quarter in one day. Out of fashion: They have long been the Marmite of the fashion world and now Crocs have seen earnings fall . Despite selling £630 million of shoes in . 2011 and £739 million in 2012, the first quarter of 2013 saw earnings . fall by 42.5 per cent compared to the previous year, which the company blame on colder-than-normal weather and decreased consumer interest. And last Thursday, shareholders suffered another blow after it was reported that analysts from brokerage Stern Agee downgraded the company from 'neutral' to 'underperform'. Sam Poser, the analyst who wrote the report for Stern Agee, cited reasons for this rating as reduced earnings expectations and concerns over the senior executive leadership, according to The Daily Beast. He wrote: 'Unfortunately, it appears that those who concur with the top executives remain at the company, at the expense of numerous talented people who have left.' Losing their appeal: Despite selling £630 million of the shoes, which were credited for their comfortable style, in 2011 and £739 million in 2012, the first quarter of 2013 saw earnings fall by 42.5 . Overhaul: In an attempt to win over the fash pack, the brand have recently had a style overhaul and redesigned the original £29.99 Crocs to give them a more stylish appeal . Ultimately, it is the end of Crocs’ hypergrowth, and their stock has fallen by about half in the past two years. In an attempt to win over the fash pack, the brand have recently had a style overhaul and redesigned the original £29.99 Crocs to give them a wider appeal. Fashion writer Nicole Mowbray said: 'Crocs should stop pretending to be cool and stick to what they do best — comfortable clogs. Or simply publicise how comfortable all their shoes are, rather than bleating on that they’re stylish. 'In the Seventies, supporters of Millwall Football Club used to chant: ‘Nobody likes us, we don’t care.’ 'Perhaps they’re words the million-dollar Crocs company would do well to listen to.' Fashion blogger Lydia Faye Jones added: 'I'm a girl with a serious shoe obsession, however thankfully Crocs have never been one of them. 'The shapeless chunky style and hideous array of colours are why I'm not surprised the demand for Crocs has rapidly decreased! 'They have never been fashionable and it looks like now they never will be.' Famous fans: The quirky footwear is loved by celebrities such as Brooke Shields and Whoopi Goldberg . Crocs CEO John McCarvel said: 'Crocs, . in fact, is alive and kicking. Our transformation to a diversified, . four-season lifestyle footwear brand is still on track. 'We are a very different company . today compared with five years ago – more than 300 different footwear . styles, more than 500 of our own branded retail stores, better wholesale . relationships, a very strong balance sheet, and more competitive cost . structures – and global consumer demand for our products remains very . strong. 'We’re on track to sale approximately 55 million pairs of shoes around the world this year.'
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| Crocs reported a 43% decline in second-quarter profits in June . Stock fell by nearly a quarter in one day as a result . Brokerage Stern Agee downgraded company from 'neutral' to 'underperform' Have recently unveiled new designs to try win over fash pack . | train |
101391 | Article: David Beckham reunited with his former manager Sir Alex Ferguson to watch Chelsea face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League in the French capital today. Beckham, who ascended the stands alongside former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, took up pride of place at the Parc des Princes to watch his former club. The 39-year-old ended his playing career with PSG in 2013, making ten appearances in the French team's Ligue 1 winning campaign. Last laugh: David Beckham shares a joke with Sir Alex Ferguson at the Champion's League match between Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain in the French capital on Tuesday . Beckham also enjoyed successful spells with Real Madrid, LA Galaxy, AC Milan following his all-conquering spell at Manchester United, where Sir Alex was his manager. The pair enjoyed a close relationship at the start of Beckham's career at the club, but this deteriorated in the early noughties, following his marriage to Victoria. In 2000, Sir Alex allowed Beckham to miss a training to look after a sickly Brooklyn, then one, but after discovering that Victoria had attended a fashion event that evening, the then-ManU manager fined Beckham two weeks' wages and dropped him from a match. Sir Alex argued that David should have attended the training and Victoria look after Brooklyn, and has since publicly blamed the marriage for changed Beckham's 'professional priorities'. 'He was never a problem until he got married,' Sir Alex said during a Q&A session in Glasgow in 2007. Famous football fans: Beckham, ascended the stands ahead of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy . Support: PSG was Beckham's last club as a professional footballer in 2013, and also enjoyed successful spells with AC Milan, LA Galaxy, Real Madrid and Manchester United . Fun and games: The relationship between Beckham and his former Manchester United boss turned sour in the early nougties, but they appeared to have left their troubles behind at Tuesday's match . THAT boot: Ferguson famously kicked a boot that hit Beckham over the eye, requiring stitches, during a dressing room row in 2003 . 'Getting married into that entertainment scene was a difficult thing – from that moment his life was never going to be the same. He is such a big celebrity, football is only a small part. The big part is his persona.' The culmination of their feud came in 2003 when Sir Alex kicked a boot that struck Beckham over the eye, requiring him to have stitches. According to Sir Alex, he kicked the boot at Beckham after the player swore at him in the Manchester United changing room following an FA Cup defeat against Arsenal. However, it seems the two have let go of their old issues, as they were seen joking and laughing in the stands at the Parc des Princes. The former footballer had arrived by train from London after spending the past few days in New York to support his wife Victoria at her Fashion Week show on Sunday. Lone rider: Beckham was dressed all in black as he arrived at Paris' Gare du Nord station today . Heading home: David Beckham with his children Harper, Romeo, Cruz and Brooklyn arrive to catch a flight back to London at JFK airport in NYC . Beckham had departed from New York on Monday evening along with his children Brooklyn, 15, Romeo, 12, Cruz, nine, and Harper, but travelled to Paris alone today. His three-year-old daughter has already become a darling of the fashion industry, being hailed as the world's best dressed child after the family's appearance on Victoria's front row. Mrs Beckham herself had every reason to celebrate after sending a polished and sophisticated collection down the runway, which she described as 'sexy, liberating and full of bounce'. In the hours that followed her show, a steady stream of positive reviews began flowing in, with Women's Wear Daily lauding the star for putting 'an abstract, artful spin on her minimalist polish'. Speaking to The Independent today, Mrs Beckham said: 'I have a different way of expressing myself because I haven't had that formal training. She added: 'I've learnt a lot, in the last seven years. I've learnt a lot very, very quickly. And I continue to learn.'
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| David Beckham spotted with Sir Alex Ferguson at the Parc des Princes . Also in attendance was former French president Nicholas Sarkozy . Beckham watched former club PSG face Chelsea in the Champions League . Beckham ended his playing career with Paris Saint-Germain in 2013 . | train |
266057 | Article: Of all al Qaeda's affiliated groups, the Somali terrorist organization Al-Shabaab has over the past several years had the deepest links to the United States. Some 15 Americans have died fighting for Al-Shabaab, as many as four of them as suicide bombers in Somalia, and an American citizen even took up a leadership role in the group. Al-Shabaab has also found supporters in places as diverse as Seattle, St. Louis, San Diego, Minnesota, Maryland, Ohio and Alabama. Al-Shabaab had particular success recruiting Somali-Americans to its cause after the Ethiopian army invaded Somalia in 2006, which Al-Shabaab cast as Somalia being taken over by a "crusader" army. Ethiopia is a majority Christian nation. The largest group of American citizens and residents who have provided manpower and money to Al-Shabaab reside in Minnesota. According to a count by the New America Foundation, 22 residents of Minnesota have funded or fought with Al-Shabaab during the past four years. Opinion: How Al-Shabaab picks its targets . Three of them provided funds to Al-Shabaab, and 19 have been indicted for traveling to fight in Somalia or have died in the war there. The story of Minnesotan support for Al-Shabaab began in late 2007, when Cabdulaahi Ahmed Faarax, an American citizen of Somali descent in his early 30s, and several other men met at a Minnesota mosque and discussed traveling to Somalis to fight for Al-Shabaab. Faarax told the group that he had "experienced true brotherhood" while fighting in Somalia and that "jihad would be fun" and they would "get to shoot guns," according to the U.S. Justice Department. That meeting resulted in seven men traveling from Minnesota to Somalia to fight for Al-Shabaab in late 2007. One was Shirwa Ahmed, a 26-year-old naturalized American citizen. Ahmed became the first American to conduct a suicide attack when he drove a truck loaded with explosives toward a government compound in Puntland, northern Somalia, blowing himself up and killing 20 other people in October 29, 2008. He is buried in a cemetery in Burnsville, a suburb of Minneapolis. Other American suicide attackers would follow. In early June 2011, Farah Mohamed Beledi, 27, of Minneapolis detonated a bomb, becoming one of two suicide attackers responsible for killing two African Union soldiers in Somalia, according to the FBI. The third American to conduct a suicide attack was Abdisalan Hussein Ali, a 22-year-old from Minneapolis who took part in a strike on African Union troops in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on October 29, 2011. There may even have been a fourth American suicide attacker in Somalia. On September 17, 2009, two stolen U.N. vehicles loaded with bombs blew up at the Mogadishu airport, killing more than a dozen peacekeepers of the African Union. The FBI suspects that 18-year-old Omar Mohamud of Seattle was one of the bombers. For those Americans who have traveled to Somalia to fight for Al-Shabaab, it has often proved to be a one-way ticket. A 2011 report by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security found that at least 15 Americans had died while fighting for Al-Shabaab (as well as three Canadians). Opinion: What threat do foreign jihadists pose? Some of the young men who volunteered to fight in Somalia had grown up in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, which is one of the poorest places in the United States. In recent years, Somali-American family incomes there averaged less than $15,000 a year, and the unemployment rate was 17%. Al-Shabaab's American support network also extended well beyond Minnesota. Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver in San Diego who was in contact with an Al-Shabaab leader, was convicted of sending funds to the group along with three co-conspirators this year. In St. Louis, Mohamud Abdi Yusuf pleaded guilty in 2012 of providing funds to Al-Shabaab. A resident of Ohio, Ahmed Hussain Mahamud, was indicted in 2011 for funding Somali-Americans traveling to join Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab's support network in the United States has reached beyond the Somali-American community. Ruben Shumpert, an African-American convert to Islam from Seattle, was killed in Somalia in 2008. A former U.S. soldier, Craig B. Baxam, 24, of Laurel, Maryland, was arrested by Kenyan authorities in December 2011 as he tried to make his way to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab, which he told FBI agents he considered to be a religious duty. Omar Hammami of Daphne, Alabama, grew up Baptist and converted to Islam when he was in his teens. In a lengthy autobiography that Hammami posted online last year entitled "The Story of an American Jihadi," he explained his long journey from growing up Christian in a small town in Alabama to fighting on the front lines in Somalia with Al-Shabaab. The journey began with a life-changing trip to Syria, the homeland of his father, when he was 15 that sparked his interest in Islam. Hammami wrote in his autobiography (PDF), "when I came back from that vacation, I had become a different person." Over the past several years, Hammami rose up the ranks in Al-Shabaab, becoming an important leader. Disputes with other Al-Shabaab leaders led him to split off from the group. He was killed this month, probably by members of Al-Shabaab, according to Islamist websites. In the wake of many of these developments, for the past three years, the Justice Department and the FBI have engaged in a serious effort to crack down on U.S. support for Al-Shabaab, in particular in Minnesota, in an effort codenamed Operation Rhino. This seems to have had some success, as the number of Americans indicted for supporting Al-Shabaab on the front lines or with their wallets has dropped sharply since the launch of Operation Rhino. Al-Shabaab breaks new ground with complex Nairobi attack . Over the weekend, Al-Shabaab issued a list of nine names it claimed were among the attackers who carried out its deadly assault on the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabaab alleged that three of the attackers were from the United States. The FBI is looking into whether these claims are true. Whether or not any Americans played a role in the massacre in Nairobi that has claimed 62 lives, there is a deadly history of American support for Al-Shabaab.
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| Peter Bergen: Of al Qaeda's affiliates, Al-Shabaab has had deepest links to the U.S. He says 15 Americans have died fighting for Al-Shabaab, including suicide bombers . Bergen: Ethiopian invasion of Somalia has played a role in stirring recruitment . He says FBI, Justice Department have cracked down on American support . | train |
219408 | Article: Arsenal have been handed a major boost with the news that Olivier Giroud will return to full training next month. Manager Arsene Wenger revealed on Friday that the striker is three weeks ahead of schedule in his return from an ankle injury that has kept him sidelined since August 23. Giroud wasn't expected back until mid-December, but he may now be fit for first-team action as early as November 29, when Arsenal visit West Brom. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Arsene Wenger discuss Giroud and Theo Walcott's injury . Olivier Giroud looks set to return to training at Arsenal after the international break . Giroud picked up an ankle injury against Everton back in August and has missed the start of the season . 'Olivier is coming along very well. He's three weeks ahead of schedule and I think he will join in normal training after the international break,' said Wenger. 'Of course, it's a big boost. He's miles ahead of schedule.' Danny Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez have carried Arsenal's goalscoring burden in Giroud's absence. The Chilean, in particular, has been in lethal form for the Gunners. And Wenger heaped praise on his summer signing from Barcelona, saying the South American's fighting qualities have ensured he's hit the ground running during his first season in English football. He also compared the forward to one of his former transfer targets, Luis Suarez. Jack Wilshere faces a late fitness test on Saturday could be out for Arsenal's game with Burnley . Kieran Gibbs faces a late fitness test ahead of Arsenal's game with Burnley . 'There are similarities, Suarez sometimes gives the ball to the opponent but he gets it back straightaway,' said Wenger. 'Sanchez is the same, there is no time between offence and defence. They are very quick as well. 'If you look across Europe, South America is the only continent that develops strikers. We have to question ourselves, what can we add to our academies to develop strikers again? 'They both played street football with friends. In street football when you are 10, you play with 15-year-olds so you have to be shrewd. You have to show that you are good, you have to fight, win impossible balls. 'When it is all a bit more formulated then you develop less your individual skill, your fighting attitude. We have lost that a little bit in football.' Sanchez will be aiming to add to his impressive season tally of eight goals against Burnley today. Wenger is set to rest Aaron Ramsey, who still doesn't feel 100 per cent after a hamstring problem. Victory against the Clarets could cut the deficit to league leaders Chelsea to six points. But while Wenger admits chasing down Jose Mourinho's side will be an uphill challenge, he insists his side are up to the task. Theo Walcott is making progress in his return from injury but will not play against Burnley . 'I won't write us off, let other people do that,' said the Frenchman. 'It is a little bit linked with mathematics. It doesn't consider who we played, how many times we played away, what is the quality of the team we played against, which missing players we had in the big games. That is absolutely normal but I have a strong belief we will come back and we can prove that on the pitch. 'Chelsea are in a strong position at the moment. I believe it would not be realistic to think that we'll catch Chelsea very quickly. 'We have to get consistent results to get a chance to come back. Personally, I'm more focused on the quality of our games and on the consistency of our results, before we think about coming back on Chelsea.'
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| Olivier Giroud has been out with an ankle injury since August . The France striker is due to return to training after the international break . Arsenal face Burnley on Saturday 3pm at the Emirates . Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs face fitness tests ahead of Burnley game . Theo Walcott will not be rushed back into team to face Clarets . | train |
176053 | Article: (CNN) -- A display board at an Alabama airport crashed down Friday, killing a child underneath and leaving at least one other person in critical condition, hospital and airport officials said. The large digital sign -- showing when and where flights were arriving to and departing -- collapsed around 1:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. ET) inside Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, airport spokeswoman Toni Herrera-Bast said. It fell on multiple people who were transported to area hospitals. One of them, Luke Bressette, died from his injuries, said Justin Cohen with Children's of Alabama. The boy's age was not immediately known, but officials described him as a child. At least one person is in critical condition at UAB Hospital, hospital spokeswoman Megan Davis said. Larry Snyder was riding up the escalator when he saw the display board fall, telling CNN affiliate WIAT that one family was especially affected. "The family was crushed, little kids crushed underneath the sign. And everybody was scattering to lift it up," Snyder said, adding that he was among those who helped. Video footage showed people sweeping up the area and a cut-out spot on a wall with protruding wires. As of early Friday evening, authorities didn't know why the board fell, according to Herrera-Bast. The incident happened in a new part of the airport, in a public area before security checkpoints. According to CNN affiliate WVTM, the area opened up March 13 and includes a covered parking deck, children's play area, eating establishments, a new baggage system and other features. CNN's Greg Botelho and Ryan Rios contributed to this report.
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| NEW: The incident occurred in a part of the airport that recently opened . A flight display board collapses at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama . A boy who was injured dies; at least one person is in critical condition, hospital officials say . A witness says "little kids (were) crushed underneath the sign" | train |
37497 | Article: (CNN) -- We all know the feeling of dread that washes over you when standing at the baggage carousel after a flight. "Did my bag make it?" In the last couple of years, another wrinkle has been added to the mix in the form of bag fees. In the past, if an airline lost, delayed or damaged your bag, you could get compensation. That's still true today, but what about that fee you paid just for the right to check your bag? Can you get that back? While some airlines will give you something back, the majority won't. That's surprising to a lot of people, and it doesn't really seem fair. Are you paying just to check your bag or are you paying for it to actually get to your destination when you do? Only one airline will refund your bag fees if your bag is lost, delayed, or damaged and that's Frontier, with its hubs in Denver and Milwaukee. Kudos to Frontier for doing the right thing, but very few others will do anything at all. Alaska led the way in compensating travelers when it first introduced its bag fees for the first checked bag. Now, if you aren't reunited with your bags within 20 minutes of arriving at the gate, you're entitled to a $20 discount on a future flight or 2,000 bonus miles in the airline's frequent flier program. There are a couple of catches. This won't automatically get put into your account -- you'll have to talk to someone at the airport within two hours of your arrival to get the credit. Also, it's only one coupon per person, regardless of how many bags were checked. Delta has also decided to do something in this arena, but it's structured differently. If your bags are delayed more than 12 hours on Delta, and you've paid the first and second bag fees, then you can get a credit as well. But on Delta it's a $25 credit for the first bag and another $25 if you had a second bag. Unfortunately, this is really the end of the line when it comes to getting something in return when your bags go missing. United has a bag fee refund form, as do others, but the only reasons it says it gives refunds are if there were duplicate charges, if you didn't travel or if you didn't actually check a bag. If your bag was delayed, it appears you aren't getting that fee back in any shape or form. Southwest and JetBlue, of course, won't refund your money for checking that first bag, because they don't charge a fee for those bags. Instead, they bake the cost into the ticket price, and you aren't getting a refund for that. There is a little bit of relief on the horizon from the federal government, but it's really minor at best. Regulation soon goes into effect that will require airlines to refund bag fees but only if the bag is lost permanently. In other words, if your bag is simply delayed for a day or two or 10, then this regulation doesn't apply. It's only if that bag is lost and gone forever. Not much teeth to this rule. So what can you do? Well, if your bag is lost or delayed, you can always try contacting customer relations at the airline. Depending upon the situation, that might be able to get you some bonus miles or a voucher, but that's the luck of the draw.
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| Brett Snyder thinks travelers should receive refunds if they don't get their luggage . Delta has a $25 to $50 voucher if your bags are delayed by more than 12 hours . Frontier is one airline that refunds bag fees if your bag doesn't arrive on your flight . | train |
224571 | Article: New York (CNN) -- After the Alzheimer's came, my mother could not know how shadows fell across our once ebullient family: our solidarity fractured, our tempers flaring in furious incomprehension, hearts breaking in mute despair. None of us knew how to watch this woman disappear, her features slowly masked with blankness, her supple body rigid and wooden, her absolute vividness obliterated by the heavy fog of her disease. As those of us touched in some way by Alzheimer's know too well, the emotional, social and economic burden of this disease is nearly unbearable -- for individuals, for families and for our country: . • 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease; a new case develops every 70 seconds. • One in eight people aged 65 and older has the disease, and the risk is even higher for those over 85. • Today, 9.9 million people are caring for a family member with Alzheimer's. • Alzheimer's and other dementias cost Medicare, Medicaid and businesses $148 billion annually, a number that will grow quickly and substantially as baby boomers reach age 65. Prevention. Cure. Hope. These are words seldom associated with Alzheimer's disease. But groundbreaking scientific research and an opportunity for powerful collaborations could lead to discovery of the ultimate cure for Alzheimer's disease: its prevention. I know this is so because my friend Dr. Karen Hsiao Ashe, an internationally renowned Alzheimer's disease researcher at the University of Minnesota, has developed a research road map that calls for bringing together a group of the world's foremost laboratory and clinical investigators in the field to make prevention a reality by 2020. This achievable goal adds "hope" to the vocabulary of Alzheimer's disease and holds the promise that my children and yours will never suffer its hardship. My son, Alec, is an artist like his late grandmother. His paintings are large and uncompromising, stunning in texture, original in design. He's got the real thing. He's got "it," just as she had. But what if he also has something else, like the APOE-e4 gene, known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's? What if he is in line to inherit this devastating disease? What I could barely endure happening to my mother, I know I could not possibly endure happening to my son. So, like my friend Karen, I embrace prevention as the ultimate cure for Alzheimer's disease. Anything short of that is too risky. Karen is identifying the biological processes that occur in the earliest stages of the disease -- long before symptoms appear -- to develop cost-effective, widely available interventions. She compares Alzheimer's disease prevention to the polio vaccine: "Had a vaccine not been developed for polio, hospital wards today would be filled with people needing artificial ventilators to breathe. Similarly, not only is treatment of Alzheimer's likely to be less effective than prevention, it's also likely to be 10 to 10,000 times more expensive," she recently told Twin Cities Business magazine. Karen and her colleagues are homing in on a promising possibility: a pill containing the molecular compound that could block the chemical chain reaction in the brain that leads to Alzheimer's. So what's the holdup? Well, money, of course, and attitude, perhaps. Finding a treatment within the next 10 years that will prevent Alzheimer's disease will require a major national investment to bring together the scientists to develop an effective, safe and affordable way to block the disease. According to Harry Johns, president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Association, "No other disease causes so much suffering, is so certainly fatal, affects so many and drives so much cost with so little spent to overcome it." Why is that? Johns names ignorance, age discrimination, stigma and denial as likely explanations. My plea is deeply personal, but by 2050, Alzheimer's will affect as many as 16 million Americans, and none of us will be able to deny the reality. We must fight mightily now to prevent the shadow of this disease from darkening the lives of our children and grandchildren. We must invest today in research that will most swiftly lead to the ultimate cure: prevention. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Kate Mulgrew.
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| Kate Mulgrew says millions of Americans are affected by Alzheimer's disease . New research aims to prevent the brain process that leads to the disease, she says . Mulgrew: Nation must commit money, attention to developing a promising treatment . | train |
168858 | Article: By . Chris Parsons . One million women worldwide will show their support for a brutally murdered Iraqi immigrant by posting pictures of themselves wearing hijab headscarves as part of a global campaign. Muslim mother-of-five Shaima Alawadi was found beaten and unconscious in her San Diego home last month in an apparent killing which officials described as a 'hate crime'. Now as a show of solidarity towards the female Islamic community, one million women - many of whom are non-Muslim - have posted photos of themselves wearing the traditional headscarf. Show of unity: Lore, left, a Romanian Christian from France and Buddhist Tess Murray, right, were just two of the one million women who wore hijabs in support of Shaima Alawadi . Solidarity: These students were just a few who participated in the hijab day to show support for the family and friends of Alawadi . Two more supporters of the One Million Hijabs campaign show their unity for murdered Muslim Shaima Alawadi . The campaign, 'One Million Hijabs for Shaima Alawadi', has seen women worldwide wear the Islamic headscarf to show support for the family and friends of Alawadi, who was found dead on March 21. Alawadi's husband had made an emotional plea to catch her 'racist' killer, after she was found in a pool of blood next to a note which read, 'go back to your country, you terrorist'. On a Facebook group created for 'One Million Hijabs', women have also sent their messages of support while posting their photos. Killed: Alawadi, 32, was found beaten and unconscious in her San Diego home in March 2012 . The Facebook group associated with One Million Hijabs has already been visited tens of thousands of times by those looking to support Shaima's family . One woman, named only as Saroise, said: 'I wear this Hijab which is in respect to all women who wear it within their own choice, i myself am a protester from Occupy Dame street left a piece of my soul in Tahrir square and heart in Gaza. Another member of the campaign, Lauralyn, said: 'I am a Detroit school teacher and have been wearing a hijab for almost a week as a symbol against bigotry and discrimination. 'The support and love from my students and community has been almost overwhelming.' Alawadi was found unconscious by her teenage daughter in the dining room of the family home in El Cajon, one of the nation's largest enclaves of Iraqi immigrants. Speaking in the days after her killing, Kassim Alhimidi, the mother-of-five's husband, said: 'The main question we would like to ask is what are you getting out of this and why did you do it?' Ten of thousands of women have visited a Facebook group set up for One Million Hijabs already since Alawadi's tragic death last month . Final journey: Family and friends escort Mrs Alawadi's body to a waiting hearse following a memorial service . Appeal: Kassim Alhimidi (right) speaks during a . memorial service for his murdered wife Shaima Alawadi at the Imam Ali . Ibn Abi Talib Center in Lakeside, California. He is flanked . by his son Mohammed Alhimidi .
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| Muslim mother-of-five found in pool of blood in her home last month . One million women to show support for Alawadi by wearing traditional Islamic headscarf . Police have yet to identify or apprehend suspect in connection with killing . | train |
136727 | Article: Families were evacuated from a hotel at Disneyland Paris yesterday, amid fears that a shooter was on the loose in the theme park. There were separate reports of gunfire outside a synagogue in the city's 19th district yesterday morning, and another potential hostage situation at a pharmacy in Jaures. Tensions were already high in the city following the deaths of 17 innocent people in a wave of terrorist attacks last week. Scroll down for video . Immediate response: Armed police stand guard inside Disneyland Paris amid reports of another terror threat . Evacuation: Families were evacuated from a hotel at the theme park, as tensions in Paris reach breaking point (file photo) The Sequoia Lodge Hotel (pictured) at Disneyland Paris was briefly evacuated following a security incident . A Euro Disney spokesman told MailOnline: ‘At 11.30am Paris time on Saturday, January 10, the Sequoia Lodge Hotel at Disneyland Paris was briefly evacuated following a security incident, which turned out to be a false alarm. ‘As a precaution a number of guests were taken into the hotel car park as is usual resort procedure. ‘The whole process, which mainly concerned the lobby area, lasted less than an hour, with the safety cordon lifted quickly and the rest of the resort was not affected in any way.' France's President has warned its citizens to remain vigilant in the wake of a brutal attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, the fatal shooting of a policewoman and a deadly showdown between a hostage-taker and police at a Jewish supermarket. The French Defence Ministry has placed 500 extra soldiers on patrol around Paris to calm nerves in the wake of the attacks. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said France will keep its highest possible security level in the greater Paris area. Initial reports of a gunman in the theme park yesterday morning conflicted with separate accounts that police were investigating a bomb threat. And according to Le Parisien, a woman was arrested after shouting from her window that she was Hayat Boumeddiene, who's wanted in connection to the hostage drama which left five people - including the killer - dead in Vincennes yesterday. Tense: Police investigated reports of another potential hostage situation at a pharmacy in Jaures yesterday . False alarms: The police presence at what was eventually deemed a false alarm in Jaures (pictured) coincided with a separate investigation of gunfire outside a synagogue . Fear: Incident at Jaures pharmacy (pictured) was a false alarm - as were the threats at Disneyland and synagogue . The evacuation was eventually dismissed as a false alarm, as were reports of a potential shooting at a synagogue. At around 1pm, armed officers were called to rue Armand Carrel, Paris, following reports that a number of shots had been fired outside the Jewish place of worship. Dozens of officers sped to the scene and the road was closed sparking concerns another terror attack was underway, following two days of violence in the city. Pictures show police on the scene, with one officer pictured with his gun drawn. But police sources later told Le Figaro newspaper that the shots heard in the 19th arrondisment were in fact from firecrackers - adding a 'nervous' resident had called police. There was a large police and military presence across the city on Saturday, with armed officers and soldiers patrolling public buildings and stations. Rumours on social media that hostages were being held inside a pharmacy in Jaures, have also been been rubbished. Keeping watch: Heavily armed policemen stood guard at the Eiffel Tower as part of heightened military across the city . Protection: 500 extra military personnel were put on patrol on the streets of Paris yesterday, in the wake of recent attacks . Caution: France's Presidet, Francois Hollande (left), has urged its citizens to be vigilant after a week of terror in the capital . Grief: Hundreds of grieving Parisiens laid flours outside the Jewish grocery store where four hostages were killed yesterday . Meanwhile, hundreds of Parisiens were laying flowers at the Jewish deli where four people were killed by convicted Islamist, Amedy Coulibaly, yesterday. Dozens of armed policeman stood guard at an extended security area outside the Hyper Cacher store, as grief-stricken locals paid their tributes to the dead. It was one of two separate sieges brought to an abrupt and bloody end yesterday, following three days of constant terror in the French capital. Police commandos stormed the Jewish grocery store in a storm of bullets and stun grenades, killing an Al Qaeda-linked gunman who was holding 15 hostages. Twelve minutes earlier, and only 25 miles away, another stand-off ended with the deaths of Charlie Hebdo killers, Said and Cherif Kouachi. Firing their Kalashnikovs, they charged straight into the guns of hundreds of soldiers and police surrounding their final hideout.
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| Tensions in Paris reaching breaking point following wave of terror attacks . Hotel evacuated amid conflicting reports of shooter and bomb threat . Comes after Charlie Hebdo massacre and supermarket hostage situation . Armed police respond to reports of gunfire outside a synagogue in Paris . Another potential hostage-situation at Jaures pharmacy also investigated . 500 extra soldiers on patrol in Paris as President Hollande urges vigilance . | train |
131800 | Article: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus misused a key rigging component in a hair-hanging stunt, causing a fall that seriously injured eight acrobats, federal workplace safety regulators said Tuesday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for a serious safety violation and proposed the maximum fine, $7,000, for the circus' parent company, Feld Entertainment. It concluded circus staff had improperly loaded a carabiner clip. The company disputed the finding and was deciding whether to contest it, said Stephen Payne, a spokesman for Feld Entertainment. Dangerous act: Performers seen hanging during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus on Friday, May 2 in Providence, R.I. - days before it went wrong . OSHA investigators said the company attached two rings to the bottom of the carabiner, rather than one, in violation of what it said was industry practice and of the manufacturer's instructions. Investigators said that caused the clip to be overloaded. Payne disputed that, saying the clip was carrying a lower load than it was rated to hold. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, called it a 'catastrophic failure,' and said it demonstrates the circus industry needs professional engineers to develop, evaluate and inspect the structures it uses in performances. 'We can never put a price on the impact this event had on these workers and their families. Employers must take steps to ensure this does not happen again,' he said. Caught on camera: Smart phone footage captured by a member of the audience shows a platform - from which a number of performers were suspended by their hair - crashing to the ground . Emergency: Eleven people were admitted to hospital after the platform collapsed in front of crowds . Payne said safety of its workers and audience are the company's top priority, and it is making the necessary changes. The eight acrobats were attached by their hair to a chandelier-like apparatus and suspended in the air. They had just begun their act on May 4 when the carabiner clip snapped, sending them plummeting to the ground 15 feet below. A ninth worker on the ground was hit and was also hurt. Most of the women were severely injured. Some were unable to walk as of June, and they have collectively gone through dozens of surgeries. Critically injured: Circus acrobats Julissa Segrera, second from right, of the United States, and Dayana Costa, right, of Brazil, were two of the performers involved in the accident . Several of the women hired a lawyer and at that time said they were planning to sue the company. The lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday. One of the women, Samantha Pitard, has returned to the circus, but the others have not and are being covered by workers' compensation insurance, Payne said. The hair-hanging act has not returned to the circus. Payne said they haven't decided when it will return or what it will look like.
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| An acrobatic stunt went horribly wrong on May 4 during a performance by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Rhode Island . Eight acrobats were critically injured after a high wire snapped and a platform - known as the Human Chandelier - collapsed . The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has now cited the circus for safety violation and proposed the maximum fine, $7,000 . It concludes circus staff had improperly loaded a carabiner clip . | train |
150200 | Article: The six-month-old girl with a rare genetic disorder and a ‘bucket list’ blog created by her parents died of complications from the disease yesterday, her father wrote today. Avery Lynn Canahuati was born in November with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA) and was given only months to live. Her father Mike had chronicled his daughter’s life in a blog, writing in her voice about all the things she wanted to do before she died, including wearing a big bow and going to a tea party. Scroll down to read Avery's full bucket list and see video . Last photo: The last photo of Avery was taken 15-20 minutes before she stopped breathing. He said Avery was 'sitting on mommy's lap looking at me and all it took to get her to smile this big was for me to keep saying "Hi"' Avery's list: The child's father Mike has been keeping a lengthy list of all the things Avery wants to do before she dies - including eating junk food, left, and wearing a big bow, right . Happier days: Avery was born on November 11, 2011, one of many 11-11-11 babies; she's pictured with proud parents Laura and Mike . On the blog, Mr Canahuati wrote that . their daughter passed away on Monday after one of her lungs collapsed. The infant then went into cardiac arrest. He wrote: ‘Avery’s passing this . quickly came as a complete shock to all of us, as she had just been . given a thumbs up at her last doctor’s appointment only three days ago.’ He then shared a note ‘written by’ Avery, that was heartbreakingly hopeful. The note thanks everyone for . their prayers and support, and reads: ‘When people think of me, I they . will not waste time sitting there feeling sorry for me, rather I hope . they will STAND UP in honour of me and all my friends. ‘They can do so by spreading awareness and helping to fund a cure for my friends.’ Mr Canahuati said on his blog that he . could now scratch off of Avery’s bucket list. One, ‘Not let SMA take my . smile away,’ and two, ‘Take one last breath, then take one more before I . go to live with my Uncle Bryant, Nana Carolyn, Papa George, and all my . great-grandparents.’ The last photo of Avery, he wrote, was . taken 15-20 minutes before she stopped breathing. He said Avery was . ‘sitting on mommy’s lap looking at me and all it took to get her to . smile this big was for me to keep saying “Hi.”’ Four-legged friend: Some of the readers of Avery's Bucket List suggested the smiling girl play with a newborn puppy . Nearly there: One of Avery's things to do includes meeting Santa. With this outfit, she's on the right track . Fun with mom: Another reader suggested sliding down a slide; in another, Avery is pictured with a plush giraffe stuffed toy . Mike and Laura Canahuati received the heart-wrenching news only weeks ago that their daughter Avery had less than 18 months to live. Avery’s blog has become something of . an internet sensation – the website alone has garnered more than half a . million page views, and her Facebook page has more than 12,000 ‘likes.’ Avery . ‘wrote’ on her blog: ‘I have a lot of living to do in just a little bit . of time and I’m going to need all of the help I can get from my parents . and anyone else who wants to help. ‘Keep . in mind in everything I do, the two most important things are that I’m . spending time with my mommy & daddy, while at the same time . spreading awareness for SMA.’ The initial bucket list included several childhood milestones, such as going swimming, going on a road trip, sit on daddy’s shoulders, have a birthday party, and stay up past my bedtime watching TV with mommy and daddy. One of goals on the list was a little more salacious: Get a tattoo. Bucket list: Little Avery Canahuati was diagnosed with Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy on Good Friday and given only 18 months to live . The cheery blog has struck a chord with parents across the world. Mrs Canahuati told Good Morning America that’s when the couple knew they had a powerful platform on which to speak. The mother said: ‘When we saw how many people it was reaching in a few days, that’s when we realised we could really get the word out on SMA and spread the word as much as we could.’ The disease is the number one killer of U.S. children under two, she said, though the disease is largely unknown. She urged possible parents to get tested for the genetic disease before conceiving. ‘Our goal for Avery is to be the face of SMA,’ she said. For more information on SMA, or to donate to the cause, please visit: . Fight SMA (www.fightsma.org) Muscular Distrophy Association (www.mda.org) Wrap my arms around my mommy & daddy . Give my mommy & daddy a big kiss . Swim w/dolphins . Go tubing down a river . Paint a picture for my mommy & daddy . Reach my 5-month birthday . Go on a road trip . Throw a party and invite all my friends & family . Swing on my swingset . Play dress up and wear all the clothes in my closet and have a photo shoot . Play dress up in my mommy's closet and have a photo shoot . Go swimming . Be a cheerleader . Go to San Diego and visit the Zoo . Attend a birthday party . Attend a sleepover . Stay up past my bedtime watching TV with my mommy & daddy . Sleep in my mommy & daddy's bed because I was afraid of the boogeyman in my closet . Sit up . Go hiking . Go camping & make s'mores . Make cupcakes . Bake with my Tia Kristy . Sit on my daddy's shoulders . Lounge by the pool reading trash magazines . Get a mani/pedi . Go to a waterpark . Read a book . Have a drink with mommy & daddy . Get a massage . Ride a bicycle . Go roller skating . Be potty trained . Play hide & seek . Have a birthday party . Have as many birthday parties as people want to have with me . Celebrate my real 1st birthday . Go to the movies in my pajamas . Watch the Polar Express . Go kayaking . Make a lemonade stand . Get my drivers license . Go hunting . Go bowling . Make college visits with my mommy & daddy . Learn to type . Go to the beach . Visit my Nana & G-Pa in New Braunfels . Go to a concert . Learn to play an instrument . Sing karaoke . Go to an Aquarium . Visit where my mommy & daddy first met . Play poker . Get a present in the mail . Dance . Go on a boat . Lose my first tooth and get a present from the tooth fairy . Meet Santa Claus . Dress up for Halloween and go trick or treating . Get a tattoo . Have a father daughter dance while watching Father of The Bride . Have a tea party . Have an even BIGGER tea party . Blow bubbles with my mommy and daddy . Ride in a convertible and feel the wind in my hair . Go take pictures in the bluebonnets . Give butterfly and eskimo kisses .
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| Avery Canahuati diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy on Good Friday . In response, father made blog called Avery's Bucket List that allows family to spend time doing things together . Blog - which is written by father Mike in the voice of his daughter - has become internet sensation . Avery passed away May 1 after initially getting positive feedback from doctors on her health . | train |
226179 | Article: By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:02 EST, 7 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:02 EST, 7 October 2012 . A former school teacher and Bengals cheerleader charged with having sex with one of her 16-year-old students has accepted a plea deal. Sarah Jones, 27, is due in court on Monday to accept the deal and be sentenced, according to sources. Her mother Cheryl Jones, a school principal, is also expected to accept a plea deal tomorrow after she was charged over tampering with evidence in her daughter's case. Deals: Former teacher and cheerleader Sarah Jones, left, and her mother Cheryl Jones, right, are expected to accept plea deals on Monday in Kentucky . Sarah Jones has been under house arrest after she was charged in Covington, Kentucky with sexual abuse for allegedly sleeping with a student at the high school where she taught English. The women's lawyer Eric Deters told WCPO that both of his clients would accept a deal but refused to give further details. The mother and daughter are expected in court on Monday at 9am. Jones is accused of having sex with a . 16-year-old football player at Dixie Heights High School, where she . taught English. She had resigned from the school in November citing . 'personal reasons'. The five-year veteran of the NFL's . Ben-Gals cheerleading team has said the rumours were started by the alleged victim's bitter . ex-girlfriend. However she admitted there were 9,000 pages of . photos, Facebook messages and texts between her and the student. Spotlight: Jones was charged with first-degree sexual abuse of a minor . The indictment, filed in March, states . the alleged sexual relationship with the high school student took place . between October 1 and December 31. She pleaded not guilty in April. She also pleaded not guilty to . unlawful use of electronic means to induce a minor to engage in sexual . activities, a charge often reserved for people peddling child . pornography over the internet. Her mother Cheryl, 55, a middle . school principal who is now on administrative leave, faces a single . charge of tampering with evidence in her daughter's case. She also . pleaded not guilty. In the interview earlier this year, Jones said that she has only had sex with one man, her ex-husband, Nathan Wilburn. They married in July last year and separated just one month later. They are now divorced. Mugshots: The 27-year-old teacher (left) and her mother, a school principal, were both expected to accept plea deals tomorrow, according to their lawyer . 'Rumours': She also taught high school English but quit last November for 'personal reasons' Jones also grabbed headlines in 2009 . when photographs and postings uploaded on TheDirty.com branded her a . 'slut' with 'two STDs'. When she emailed the site to plead . they take photographs down, more posts appeared claiming she had had sex . with Bengals players. Appearing . on ABC at the time, she said: 'To stand in front of 30 15-year-olds and . tell them you don't have two STDs and that you are not a slut is the . hardest thing you will ever have to do.' Ms . Jones sued Nik Richie, TheDirty.com’s founder, for character . defamation. She was awarded an $11million default judgement but the . litigation is ongoing.
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| Sarah Jones, 27, is due in court in Kentucky on Monday . Her mother Cheryl Jones, who was charged over tampering with evidence, also expected to take deal . | train |
175927 | Article: By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary . A Washington teenager was on the phone with her mother as she hiked alone on a mountain in Alaska, saying she was nervous about the slippery terrain before her mother heard a scream, and then silence. The 18-year-old had fallen 30 feet from a cliff. The mother, Shelly LaGrou, said Tuesday that she waited, roughly 1,500 miles away in Omak, Washington, to hear her daughter's voice again. 'This was the first time she went hiking alone,' mother Shelly LaGrou told the Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle. 'She hikes several times a week with friends, but they were all at work. She wanted to go see some waterfalls.' Rescued: Cherelle LaGrou fell off a cliff while speaking to her mother on her phone . Survivor: LaGrou was saved by park troopers - and the dramatic rescue was captured by the National Geographic show 'Alaskan State Troopers' 'She was on the phone before this happened to her,' Shelly LaGrou told the Chronicle. 'We were on the phone together when the ground went out from under her. 'She was hysterical and did not know what happened. I calmed her down.' 'I'm still living it,' she told The Associated Press in a phone interview. Daughter Cherelle LaGrou, who is working in Alaska this summer, came back on the phone after a while, saying she had slipped down the slope and couldn't climb back up. She was hysterical and crying, telling her mother she wasn't ready to die. 'I am not sure what she found to get a finger hold to stop herself in the slide,' Shelly LaGrou told the Chronicle. 'She had her feet against the rock wall, which was a rock surface. It was rocky, icy down below.' Shelly LaGrou tried to keep her daughter calm Sunday while her husband frantically called the teen's employer, Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, which alerted Alaska State Troopers. That call set in motion a dramatic 45-minute rescue near Denali National Park that was captured by the National Geographic Channel reality show 'Alaska State Troopers.' It's expected to air this fall. The teen said that before her rescue, she believed she was staring death in the face and thought about everything she would miss in her life. Instead, she sustained only minor scratches. Saved: Cherelle LaGrou, pictured, believed she was staring death in the face and thought about everything she would miss in her life after she fell . Park: The rescue took place in the Denali National Park . 'It feels like it was something out of a movie,' she said, laughing when reminded that in a way, it was. 'It was all just so unreal that it was actually happening.' Shelly and Cherelle LaGrou were talking for about 15 minutes before the teen fell from a ridge atop Fox Creek. The mother suggested Cherelle tuck her phone away to free both hands. The teenager did that, listening to her mother with a headset. She told her mother she had reached the edge of the mountain and didn't know what to do. Then came the scream. When the teen came back on the phone, she was hysterical and said her feet kept slipping. In that position, there was no way she could have called for help herself, Cherelle LaGrou said. Minor: Cherelle LeGrou sustained only minor scratches from the incident . Mother and daughter prayed together that angels would hold the teenager against the wall of the mountain. Soon after troopers arrived, Cherelle LaGrou's phone went dead. After the teen was safely on the ground, officials called her parents. While she waited to hear from rescuers, Shelly LaGrou didn't know they had secured her daughter with a rope. All she knew was that her daughter had been getting weary of trying to hold on. 'I knew that just one wrong slip any second, and I'd be hearing her scream again and she'd be gone,' she said.
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| Cherelle LaGrou, 18, was on the phone with her mother as she hiked alone on a mountain in Denali National Park saying she was nervous about the terrain -- right before she fell 30 feet from a cliff . Alaskan state troopers were able to rescue LaGrou, who only sustained minor scratches . | train |
103362 | Article: By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 15:49 EST, 29 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:02 EST, 30 October 2012 . Attack: Tony Power, 78, was the founder of top . lingerie firm Panache whose underwear is worn by Hollywood star Scarlett . Johannson, TV presenter Holly Willoughby and Jordan aka Katie Price . An entrepreneur who set up a multi-million-pound lingerie firm from his garage has died after he was beaten during a park robbery earlier this month. Anthony Power, 78, was found with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain after the attack on October 8, which took place at High Hazels Park just a few miles from his home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Police confirmed today that Mr Power, who founded the Panache lingerie firm, died from his injuries over the weekend. Detectives believe that the attack on Mr Power may have been an attempt to steal his £180,000 Bentley Continental, which was parked nearby. He suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain. The attack happened after Mr Power drove to the park – seven miles from his home in Bradway, Sheffield – to look for his elderly brother because he was concerned for his welfare. His brother was later found safe and well. Mr Power, who was being treated in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, made his fortune as he went from selling bras from his garage to supplying lingerie across the globe. His rags to riches tale began in the early 1980s when he was made redundant from Playtex where he worked as a salesman. His commercial brainwave was to realise there was a gap in the market for lingerie aimed at curvier women and he set up his company, Panache, in 1982 with money from mortgaging his house. Crime scene: A police cordon at the scene where Mr Power was attacked in High Hazels Park, Sheffield . Today, the international firm has . annual sales of £23million and its bras are supplied to major high . street and online retailers. Underwear: Model wears a Panache bra. The label was launched by Mr Power in 1982 . Its products have received celebrity . backing from the likes of actress Scarlett Johansson and TV presenter . Holly Willoughby. Mr Power, who lived with his wife Maureen, stepped . down from running Panache in 2008 . The Sheffield-based company also has offices in New York, Germany and Hong Kong and employs 200 employees. The company is currently run by Mr Power's sons, John, who he worked alongside for almost two decades, and Danny who is the business development director. He also had two daughters, Siobhan and Louise and a number of grandchildren. The business won a Queen's Enterprise award in 2002 and now has several separate brands - including Panache Superbra and Panache Swimwear. A spokesman for Panache said shortly after the attack on October 8: ‘As a close, family-run company, this . incident has come as a big shock and our thoughts and prayers are with . the Power family at this difficult and private time.’ Residents in Mr Power’s neighbourhood expressed their shock at the time. A local man, Imran Khan, 30, has been charged with attempted murder and robbery in connection with the incident. A 30-year-old man from nearby Darnall, . Sheffield, has been charged with attempted murder and robbery . Police confirmed that Mr Power died from his injuries, sustained in High Hazels Park (pictured), at the weekend . The firm said in a statement: 'It has come as a great shock to us all at Panache Lingerie that founder & former chairman Anthony Power, who was the victim of a horrific attack in a Sheffield park on Monday 8th October, sadly due to his injuries, passed away with his family around him on Friday night at the Northern General hospital. 'Anthony Power established Panache, the lingerie manufacturer, over 30 years ago as A, J & D Marketing after working for many years in the lingerie industry. 'An entrepreneur, Anthony Power built up the business, now known as Panache Lingerie from scratch. The company now employs over 170 staff members worldwide in the Sheffield, New York, Germany & Hong Kong offices with Panache’s brands being sold in over 38 countries worldwide. 'In 2007 at the age of 73, grandfather of eight Anthony, handed over the role of Chairman & Managing Director to his son, John Power, who occupies this position today alongside his brother Danny Power who is Business Development Director in what is an extremely close, family run company with over 120 employees in the local area. 'The thoughts and prayers of everyone within Panache are with the Power family at this difficult and private time,' the statement said. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
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| Tony Power was the founder of top . lingerie firm Panache whose underwear is worn by Scarlett . Johannson, Holly Willoughby and Katie Price . Mr Power had gone to a park to look for . his missing brother when he was attacked . He was found unconscious and was left with fractured skull and bleeding on the brain . Police confirmed that he died from his injuries over the weekend . | train |
73207 | Article: (CNN) -- Every post you "like." Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend. To you, those are ways to enjoy, expand and improve your experience on Facebook. To Facebook, they're the building blocks of a multibillion-dollar company. In business, there's a well-worn line that could apply to the social-networking behemoth: If you're not paying for it, you're not the customer. You're the product. In this case, you're a product worth, to Facebook, an average $4.84 a year. As Facebook hits Wall Street this week with a public stock offering that could value the company at more than $100 billion, investors appear dazzled by the company's uncanny ability to put the right advertisements in front of its roughly 900 million users. "The unique thing about these guys is the accuracy with which they can help advertisers and marketers understand who they're getting," said Arvind Bhatia, an analyst with Sterne Agee Financial Services. "On Facebook, your information is authentic; they are able to basically make the ads, and your experience, more relevant. I think that is unique. It's unprecedented and the reach is unparalleled." In documents filed in relation to its stock offering, Facebook says that about 85% of its revenue comes from advertising. The other 15% comes from payments made within apps that run on the site (a head-turning 12% is from a single source -- Zynga, makers of social games such as "FarmVille.") As Bhatia suggests, Facebook's unprecedented advertising advantage is built upon the service it provides. As users interact with the site, they gradually build a fuller and fuller picture of themselves. That, in turn, lets Facebook sell advertisers on its ability to put their product in front of the people most likely to be interested. CNNMoney: You're only worth $1.21 (per quarter) to Facebook . How targeted ads work . For example, say a woman who has listed her hometown as New Orleans changes her relationship status from "single" to "engaged." Facebook suddenly has a hot prospect to offer up to a bridal retailer or caterer in the Big Easy. To dig deeper, if she lists her MBA from Loyola and has "liked" pages for, say, Saks Fifth Avenue and Mercedes Benz, you get a fuller picture of how much she might be willing to spend. "With a reported 901 million members, Facebook is a great test bed for understanding consumers and their purchasing interests," said Jan Rezab, CEO of Socialbakers, a social-media analytics firm. "Before Facebook, marketers relied on online surveys or focus groups to determine customer interest. Now, they can reach the customer directly on their Facebook page." Facebook doesn't publicly give away the details of how its system works. But as it has begun wooing potential investors, the company has been more willing to talk about its advertising approach. Dan Rose, Facebook vice president of partnerships and platform marketing, discussed the appeal of its social ads at an event recently in Austin, Texas. According to research from Pew, the average Facebook user has 229 friends. When that user likes a product or company's ad, it serves as an endorsement to those friends from someone they know and, presumably, trust. "When I raise my hand and say, I like Einstein (Bros.) bagels, and then one of my friends sees that ad, they're going to see my name in that ad," Rose said. Through Facebook's partnership with the media-research firm Nielsen, "We found that when my friend's name is in an ad, I'm over 60% more likely to remember the ad, and I'm over four times more likely to purchase the product," he said. "This is word of mouth. This is word of mouth at scale. This is what, as marketers, we've always been trying to bottle up and find a way to take advantage of. And the social Web is finally allowing us to do that." In his 2010 book, "The Facebook Effect," David Kirkpatrick recounts chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg's arrival in 2008, when she sharpened the company's focus on what would become the current advertising model. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, meanwhile, remained focused on growing the site and improving user experience -- a focus he reportedly maintains to this day. Kirkpatrick writes of the level of detail a Facebook ad can reach: . "Anybody can pick through endless combinations on Facebook's self-service ad page," he wrote, referring to the tool advertisers use to target their ads. "You can show your ad only to married women aged 35 and up who live in northern Ohio. Or display an ad only to employees of one company in a certain city on a certain day. (Employers aiming to cherry-pick people from a competitor do this all the time). "Customers for Facebook's more expensive engagement ads can select from even more detailed choices -- women who are parents, talk about diapers, listen to Coldplay and live in cities, for example." In its Wall Street filing, Facebook listed its Average Revenue Per User at $1.21 per quarter, or $4.84 a year. That's less than rivals like Google and Yahoo and miniscule compared to companies with more traditional business models, like wireless providers and cable companies. But, as Rose says, it's all about scale for a company that will likely reach 1 billion user accounts by the end of the year. Are you living without Facebook? User data and privacy . Not that the model hasn't made some folks antsy. Time and again, tweaks to Facebook's privacy settings have prompted user backlash, occasionally to the point that the site has reversed or modified those changes. According to a recent Associated Press/CNBC poll, three out of five users say they have little or no faith that the company will protect their personal information. Half of those who use the site daily say they wouldn't make a purchase through it and 57% of all users claimed they never click on ads or other sponsored content. On a page about its advertising approach, Facebook makes it clear that it never sells user data, saying that "if you don't feel like you're in control of who sees what you share, you probably won't use Facebook as much, and you'll share less with your friends." Facebook officials also emphasize that while advertisers can market to specific users, they don't receive the data that was used to make the selection and never know the actual names of the people they've reached. Facebook's policy is to not actually look at user data except to check whether someone is violating the site's terms of service. Doubling down on user satisfaction is the most important thing Facebook can do, Bhatia said, even if it occasionally means passing up chances to max out the amount it could earn on the data users provide. "For them, the user experience does come first and I think that's the right strategy for the long term," he said. "Along the way, putting the user experience first makes a lot of longer-term business sense." As an analyst, Bhatia is bullish on Facebook, leading the pack with an early "buy" rating at the beginning of this month. With Facebook reportedly looking at expanding into China and at monetizing its mobile app (an untapped resource even though the majority of time on the site is now spent on mobile devices) he expects its data-driven model to keep making money well into the future. "Facebook is going to become just like search, [which] disrupted online advertising," he said. "What Google did eight years ago -- that is what Facebook is doing now. The reach is unparalleled and they're just scratching the surface."
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| Facebook's multibillion-dollar business model relies on user data . Experts say the social network's targeted advertising can be uniquely precise . If you have a Facebook account, the company values you at $4.84 a year . Facebook has to balance targeting ads, user experience, privacy concerns . | train |
137166 | Article: A 10-year-old boy has been accidentally shot dead by his 14-year-old brother after the teenager started playing with what he believed was an unloaded shotgun in Texas, police have said. Jackson Roberts, a fourth grader and talented baseball player, was reportedly sitting in a cabin in Lubbock on Friday night when his sibling pointed the weapon at him and shot him in the chest. He managed to stumble over to his father, who was outside the cabin at the time, before being rushed to Childress Regional Medical Center. But despite medics' best efforts, he shortly died. Scroll down for video . Tragic: Jackson Roberts (pictured), a fourth grader and talented baseball player, was sitting in a cabin in Lubbock on Friday night when his brother, 14, pointed a gun at him and accidentally shot him in the chest . Missed: Jackson's mother, Renae Roberts, posted this photo of the youngster (far left) to Facebook this year . Beloved: After he was shot, Jackson (pictured with his mother) managed to stumble over to his father, who was outside the cabin at the time, before being rushed to Childress Regional Medical Center, where he died . Jackson, who has been described as 'quiet and always smiling', was a popular student at Roscoe Wilson Elementary School and played baseball in Lubbock's Southwest Little League. On Saturday, his mother, Renae Roberts, who was not at the property at the time of the shooting, posted a photo of the youngster and his brother, taken several years ago, on Facebook. The grief-stricken mother, who is believed to have separated from the boys' father, Bobby, also uploaded an image of a white baseball with her son's number, 51, printed in black over it. Although she did not write anything on the site, her Facebook friends offered her words of support and paid tribute to Jackson, whose brother is not being identified by MailOnline. Siblings: Ms Roberts uploaded this photo of Jackson and his brother to Facebook following the fatal shooting . Mother and son: Although she did not write anything, Ms Robert's (right) Facebook friends offered her words of support and paid tribute to Jackson (left), whose brother is not being identified by MailOnline . Paying tribute: Baseball instructor, Devin Rocha, wrote on Facebook: 'Jackson made me laugh everytime I saw him, whether in a lesson or just practicing. He made me a better person when I was around him' Praying for the family: Another friend, Lynee Jones, said: 'My heart grieves for your loss and I'm praying for your entire family. It's obvious you have an army of prayer warriors and dear friends that are praying also' 'I am at a loss for words': Amy Harder McGavock added: 'Just know that I am praying for you constantly' Baseball instructor, Devin Rocha, wrote: 'Jackson made me laugh everytime I saw him, whether in a lesson or just practicing. He made me a better person when I was around him. 'The world lost a great baseball player and a great kid. My heart is truly broken for your family.' Another friend, Lynee Jones, said: 'My heart grieves for your loss and I'm praying for your entire family. It's obvious you have an army of prayer warriors and dear friends that are praying also.' Police are investigating the shooting, which occurred at the Childress property at around 11pm on the day after Thanksgiving. The weapon used is believed to have been an 12-gauge shotgun. Team effort: Police are investigating the shooting, which occurred at the Childress property at around 11pm on the day after Thanksgiving. Above, Jackson is pictured with Lubbock's Southwest Little League in 2012 . Talented: A memorial service will be held at 11am on Thursday at Lake Ridge United Methodist Church. The family is raising money for funeral costs. Above, Jackson in baseball gear (right) and playing the game (left) It is unknown how Jackson's brother came across the gun, but it is believed to belong to the pair's father. Officers told KTRE there is nothing to suggest the incident was not an accident. They said the teenager thought the weapon was unloaded when he shot his younger brother in the upper left chest area, causing a fatal injury. On Monday, Jackson's teammates at Southwest Little League reportedly gathered at their fields to remember their friend and pray, while the number 51 was displayed on the scoreboards. 'That speaks tremendous amounts about not just the type of kid he is, but the family, too,' one of the players' sisters, Kayla Crow, who described Jackson as 'fun but fearless'. Elementary school: Jackson, who has been described as 'quiet and always smiling', was a popular student at Roscoe Wilson Elementary School (pictured) and played baseball in Lubbock's Southwest Little League . Devastating loss: It is unknown how Jackson's (pictured) brother came across the gun, but it is believed to belong to the pair's father. Officers told KTRE there is nothing to suggest the incident was not an accident . 'And how much they're loved - how much he was loved not just by the Southwest team, but by everyone. He was a quiet but smiling boy.' Crisis counselors are available all week at Roscoe Wilson Elementary, KCBD reported. A memorial service will be held at 11am on Thursday at Lake Ridge United Methodist Church. The family is raising money for funeral costs. To donate, click here.
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| Jackson Roberts, 10, was shot dead by his 14-year-old brother on Friday . Teenager had started playing with what he believed was unloaded gun . Jackson managed to stumble across to father, who was outside room . He was rushed to Childress Regional Medical Center in Texas, but died . Police are investigating fatal shooting, but believe it was an accident . It is unknown how brother came across gun, which 'belonged to father' Jackson described as talented baseball player who was 'always smiling' | train |
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