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Admiral Nurse Halton | About Admiral Nurse Halton
Admiral Nurses are nurses who specialise in dementia care and work with the family carer as primary client. Admiral Nurses work collaboratively with families, helping them cope with the fear, uncertainty and difficult everyday reality of dementia. Admiral Nurses are at the forefront of dementia care and all have significant experience of working with people living with dementia before taking up the role. Admiral Nurses work with both the person living with dementia and their family. They: focus on the needs of the family, including psychological support and relationship centred work; help families better understand dementia and use a range of specialist clinical interventions that help people live well with the condition and develop skills to improve communication and maintain relationships; help families cope with feelings of loss and bereavement as dementia progresses; provide advice on referrals to other appropriate services. |
Dangal box office collection day 10: Aamir Khan film wins hearts and box offi... | Dangal's revelry doesn't seem to die anytime soon. The story of a desperate father who wants to make his daughters wrestling champions has touched the nerve of people hungry for seeing a heroic tale on screen.
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Doug Jones holds 10-point lead over Roy Moore in Fox poll | Democrat Doug Jones holds a 10-point lead over Republican Roy Moore among likely voters in deep red Alabama.
Greater party loyalty plus higher interest in the election among Democrats combined with more enthusiasm among Jones supporters gives him the advantage in the race to fill the U.S. senate seat previously held by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
That’s according to a Fox News Poll of Alabama voters conducted Thursday through Sunday using traditional polling techniques, including a list-based probability sample with both landlines and cellphones.
Jones receives 50 percent to Moore’s 40 percent, with 1-in-10 undecided (8 percent) or supporting another candidate (2 percent) — which could make a difference Tuesday. That’s even truer with such an unconventional election with unconventional candidates.
This race’s uniqueness is significant. It is impossible to know who will show up to vote in a special election to fill a seat in the middle of a term in an off-year. And it’s December, a time when people expect to be going to the shopping mall, not the voting booth.
On top of that, accusations of sexual misconduct against Moore emerged November 9. That’s just a month before the December 12 election. Since then, he has repeatedly denied the allegations, and after the GOP initially pulled its support, the party ultimately backed Moore.
By a 6-point margin, Alabama voters believe the allegations against Moore are true (39-33 percent). They were more evenly divided last month, believing the accusations by just 1 point (38-37 percent). About one quarter, 27 percent, feel it is too soon to say or have no opinion.
Among Republicans, 13 percent believe the accusations are true, 60 percent say they aren’t, and 26 percent are unsure. In November, it was 13-62 percent (26 percent unsure).
President Donald Trump, who won the state by 28 points in 2016, held off endorsing Moore until December 4 — about a week before Election Day. Yet Alabama’s senior senator, Republican Richard Shelby, announced Sunday he didn’t vote for Moore and instead cast a write-in vote.
Jones’s 10-point edge is outside the poll’s three percentage-point margin of sampling error. Last month, Jones was ahead by 8 points among likely voters and by 9 among the larger group of registered voters (November 13-15, 2017). In the new poll he’s up by 6 among registered voters.
Among just the 46 percent of Alabama voters who are “extremely” interested in the race, the Democrat’s lead widens to 53-40 percent.
Jones’s lead comes mostly from nonwhites, younger voters, and women. He’s the choice of nonwhites by 76 points (83-7 percent), by 31 points among voters under age 45 (59-28), and by 20 among women (54-34). That jumps to 46 points among women under age 45 (67-21 percent).
More Democrats (50 percent) than Republicans (45 percent) are “extremely” interested in the election. And more Democrats plan to vote for Jones (90 percent) than Republicans plan to vote for Moore (81 percent).
The small subgroup of independents breaks for Jones by 29 points.
Moore is preferred among whites by 20 points (55-35 percent) and whites without a college degree by 33 points (61-28 percent).
Support for Moore among white evangelical Christians is down 8 points since last month: it was 73 percent in November and stands at 65 percent now.
And his advantage among men has dropped from 12 points last month to just 3 points now. In addition, Republican men (41 percent) are less likely than GOP women (50 percent) or Democratic men (53 percent) to be “extremely” interested in the race.
“Moore might prevail if only the people who typically vote in Alabama elections turn out Tuesday, which is often what happens in special elections,” says Democratic pollster Chris Anderson, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Republican counterpart Daron Shaw.
“But this appears to be a special, special election with blacks and young voters animated by a caustic Republican candidate and the chance of winning a statewide election with national implications, and at the same time some Republicans and many moderates are turned off by Moore, too.”
A subtle but potentially noteworthy finding is Alabama voters who were interviewed on cellphones are +30 for Jones, while the race is roughly even among all others. The fact that traditional, high-quality probability samples, like the Fox News Poll, include both landline and cellphone numbers may be why these polls show Jones doing relatively well compared to automated or blended polls.
“It’s clear Jones is positioned to pull off the upset because his supporters are unified and energized, and Moore’s are conflicted and diffident,” says Shaw.
“But Jones is depending on many voters who show up only occasionally to cast their ballots. If their rate of follow-through drops from what we expect, the race could turn. The other factor is the race seems volatile, with a new twist or story every day, and because of this it is difficult to know what Republicans will ultimately do.”
The poll does indeed show enthusiasm is up among Jones supporters and held steady among Moore backers.
Fifty-seven percent of those planning to vote for Moore say they “strongly” support him, which is mostly unchanged from 58 percent in November.
Among Jones supporters, 70 percent “strongly” back him, up from 62 percent.
The portion of Moore supporters who are backing him because they dislike Jones is up 4 points since last month and stands at 13 percent.
Meanwhile, 29 percent of Moore’s supporters say they have reservations about their candidate, while just 13 percent of Jones’s supporters feel that way.
By a 15-point margin, strong moral character is more important to Alabama voters than how the candidate will vote in the Senate (48-33 percent).
For those who say moral character is more important, Jones tops Moore by 60-30 percent. Moore is preferred among those prioritizing how the candidate will vote in the senate by a narrower 54-38 percent.
The Fox News Poll is conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). The poll was conducted December 7-10, 2017, by telephone (landline and cellphone) with live interviewers among a sample of 1,127 voters selected from a statewide voter file in Alabama. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for the full sample of likely voters. For the sample of 1,408 registered voters it is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. |
A silent coup in Italy and other comments | Foreign desk: A Silent Coup in Italy
Talk about liberalism without democracy: Italian President Sergio Mattarella has barred a coalition of euroskeptic parties from forming a government — despite the clear mandate they won from voters. Commentary’s Sohrab Ahmari calls it “nothing less than a bloodless coup d’état” that “laid bare the naked contempt for the vox populi among the Italian and European liberal establishment.” Ostensibly, the row is over the coalition’s choice of a former Bank of Italy official who’s compared German domination of the EU to the Nazi occupation, as economy minister. Mattarella objected, citing European “uncertainty about our position in the euro.” Says Ahmari: Either Mattarella “is the most tin-eared politician on the Continent,” or “he is utterly indifferent to the democratic compact that nominally holds his republic together.” Or both.
Urban critic: Keep Government Out of Sports Betting
The US Supreme Court may have just legalized sports betting, but City Journal’s Bob McManus contends the inevitable rush to institute it “isn’t driven by sound policy or clear thinking.” First there are “the moral issues raised by government-promoted gambling.” Bottom line, though: “As an economic-development tool, gambling simply doesn’t deliver,” as proven by Gov. Cuomo’s “big bet on casinos as an upstate stimulator.” Instead of providing communities with windfall income, “the casinos themselves are asking for government subsidies.” But while betting apps likely will preclude a resurrected OTB, which went bankrupt after years of diminishing returns, history suggests government-sponsored sports betting “won’t generate the kind of cash that boosters are promising.” In fact, that’s “the only safe wager” to be made.
Historian: Jewish Boasting Mars Embassy Achievement
Even before the paint began to dry on the sign in front of the new US embassy in Jerusalem, noted Rafael Medoff at the Jerusalem Post, Jewish groups began claiming credit. Organizations quickly started fundraising based on their claims to a “significant role,” while a rabbi involved in interfaith work “insisted Christian public opinion” was the key factor. But as Medoff notes: Anyone who’s followed the decades-long effort to move the embassy understands that the decision was “the result of numerous diplomatic and political factors, congressional efforts and advocacy by both Jewish and Christian groups.” Yet the only way many of these groups can “justify their existence — and their staff’s salaries — is to make ever louder claims as to what they have supposedly accomplished.”
Political scribe: Jeff Flake’s 2020 Kamikaze Mission
Arizona’s Jeff Flake may be the latest senator to see a future president in the mirror, suggests The Week’s Paul Waldman. Flake, who’s not seeking re-election, sounds more and more like he’s prepared to mount “a doomed yet vital” GOP primary challenge to President Trump. Certainly, he’s become Trump’s “most incessant critic among elected Republicans.” Indeed, liberated from the need to submit himself to his party’s voters, “he has been sometimes blistering in his critiques.” Yet “any challenge to an incumbent would be doomed from the start,” as Flake himself acknowledges. And the most recent such challenges all led to the incumbent losing the general election. Which suggests that if Flake “really finds Trump as repugnant as he says, this would be the perfect way to attack him.”
From the right: Don’t Toss Audience Out With Roseanne
There’s little disagreement with ABC’s decision to cancel “Roseanne” after its star’s tweets. But Philip Wegmann at the Washington Examiner worries that “ABC and all of Hollywood are dangerously close to dismissing the audience of her television show as themselves racist.” And that, he adds, “would be the wrong conclusion.” Those 22 million viewers tuned in to see “comedy from outside a coastal bubble,” not to watch Roseanne “regurgitate conspiracy theories.” The show “spoke to a long-overlooked audience “ about “things they cared about.” And Roseanne, for all her faults, “tapped into a real cultural current,” though in the end she did her audience “more harm than good.” But the show’s cancellation creates “a unique vacuum that can’t be filled with yet another liberal derivative.”
— Compiled by Eric Fettmann |
Arsene Wenger reveals how "Arsenal players can repair relationships with fans" | Get Arsenal FC updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
Arsenal are having a tough season, we all know that.
They currently sit seventh in the Premier League ahead of their away trip to Middlesbrough on Monday night and things could get a whole lot worse.
The Gunners have lost their last four fixtures on the road - the first time this has ever happened under Arsene Wenger at the helm.
They are on their worst away run since 1995, and well, Arsenal fans are becoming increasingly angry by the week.
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It's understandable, but never nice to see, especially as calls for Wenger's head have become a regular occurrence at the Emirates.
Still, the Frenchman is staying positive, and recently put together a video with Arsenal Media outlining how he intends to fix things.
Written alongside the clip, which was posted on Instagram, is the message: "The boss on how the players can repair their relationship with the fans."
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Sounds genuine enough, and indeed it is as Wenger sincerely addresses the fans, saying: "The common denominator is that we both love the club.
"We both want to do well, and that's the common ground that is easy to find.
"The best way to make your fans happy is to turn up with a performance and have full commitment on the pitch.
"Fans always understand that you cannot guarantee winning every single game, but they want full commitment, and rightly so."
However, that's where the niceties end. While some fans congratulated the effort, many hit out in exactly the way you'd imagine.
"Ain't repairing a relationship with me fool," wrote one. Another added: "Get the job done. You and the players."
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A third wrote: "We don't need you to tell us this - we need you to show us! Even the biggest fans are turning now..."
While a fourth said: "Wenger is delusional, he is no longer capable of leading this team," and finally a fifth angry fan concluded with a bit of a rant.
"Where's the team been since December (sic) about commitment on the pitch. How about sort out this mess we call of a club.
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"Stop being stingy with signings and contracts and put us back on the level that we haven't been on for the last 7-8 seasons.
"Too many lies have been told to us fans and we're the ones who pay for it."
Expect to see more of this on Monday night... |
New York terror bombing 'carried out in retaliation to Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital' | Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
A terror bombing at New York's main bus terminal was in retaliation for US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a pro-ISIS propaganda channel has suggested.
The propaganda channel posted an image of an improvised explosive device photoshopped over a picture of Times Square, with a threatening caption reading: "The recognition of your dog 'Trump' Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will make us recognize explosives as the capital of your country."
The group's claim was reported by Site Intelligence, which monitors terrorist activity and propaganda. Trump's decision last week was met with fury around the world.
The suspect, from Bangladesh, is said to have told investigators "They've been bombing in my country an I wanted to do some damage here", the New York Post reported.
Police have said the suspect and three commuters were injured when the device exploded as millions made their way to work at about 7.30am local time.
The suspect was seen on the floor with his burned midriff exposed after his 'suicide belt detonated too early' in an ISIS-inspired terror attack.
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The image, published by the New York Post but which the Mirror has not independently verified, shows the injured man on the ground with his hands behind his back as police offers stand behind him.
He was arrested after a pipe bomb went off in an underground subway passage between Times Square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, one of the busiest transport hubs in the world.
The suspect has been named locally as Akayed Ullah, 27, a Bangladeshi native who moved to the US seven years ago, it was reported.
There were scenes of chaos as thousands of terrified commuters and tourists fled the city's main bus station in a stampede, with some being trampled as they tried to escape.
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Horrifying video footage appears to show the moment of the explosion just 200ft from the bus terminal at the peak of the morning commute.
The would-be suicide bomber's device was described as "low tech" - he had wires attached to him and a 5in metal pipe bomb and battery pack strapped to his mid-section, it was reported.
The suspect was taken into custody after the bomb "partially detonated", law enforcement sources told the New York Post .
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital and allegedly told investigators that he made the bomb at the electrical company where he works, the newspaper reported.
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It was unclear whether the bomb was deliberately set off in the tunnel at rush hour or if it went off accidentally and a separate location was the intended target.
Sources told the New York Daily News that Port Authority police rushed to the scene of the blast and struggled with the suspect, who still had wires attached to his body.
It was claimed that he tried to set off the rest of the bomb, but only part of it detonated.
Two officers grabbed him and removed the explosives which were attached to his body with Velcro and zip ties, it was reported.
The suspect is said to have suffered burns to his hands and abdomen, and lacerations.
He is expected to survive.
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Local media reported that Ullah arrived in the US seven years ago and his last known address was in Brooklyn.
Stunned witnesses described scenes of chaos as the bomb went off and smoke filled the passageway, sparking a massive rush to escape.
Security guard Christina Bethea, 29, of Yonkers, told the Daily News she heard the blast after getting off a train.
She said: “At the end of the tunnel, we heard the explosion, boom. You could see the smoke coming. When I saw the smoke, I just ran up the stairs.”
Byron Woodhouse, 55, said the sound of the blast was deafening.
He added: "It was loud. It was scary. People were running all over the place.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters: "This was an attempted terrorist attack.
"Thank God he did not achieve his goal. Thank God the only injuries we know about at this point are minor." |
EastEnders shocks fans with impressive reference to the royal baby just one day after Kate Middleton gives birth | The video will start in 8 Cancel
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EastEnders managed to shock fans tonight with a seemingly mystical prediction about the royal baby.
Despite the BBC soap being filmed weeks before it airs, a cheeky reference to the newborn prince was made just one day after his birth.
Kate Middleton and Prince William proudly showed off their son yesterday on the steps of the exclusive Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
Yet just over 24 hours later, Linda Carter revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby was a boy and even noted his weight of 8lbs, 7oz.
There were a lot of impressed viewers at home, but Shirley Carter didn't seem to care about the fifth in line to the throne.
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Delighted royalist Linda, who named her dog Lady Di, couldn't contain her excitement when talking to Shirley behind the bar of the Queen Vic.
She said: "8lbs, 7oz that's a very healthy weight isn't it. If he’s got his daddy's smile and mummy's hair he’s going to be perfect.
"It makes me want to cry. Dianna a grandma again. All that joy she’s missing out on."
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Not getting into the spirit, Shirley replied: "Linda why are you even talking about it I don't care."
She then forced Mick to listen to his wife talk more about the royal bundle of joy.
"I was just saying that 8lbs and 7oz that’s a very healthy weight isn’t it," said Linda to a sighing Mick.
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Shocked EastEnders viewers took to Twitter after the surprising scene.
One viewer said: "Never mind rainie coming back, how did they film that first scene where Linda’s talking about the royal baby if it was only born yesterday"
Another joked: "*insert obligatory royal baby segment here*"
A third added: "Another cheeky cut'n'paste to reference the new royal baby!"
*EastEnders continues on BBC One on Monday at 7.30pm |
West Somerset Slinky | About West Somerset Slinky
The West Somerset Slinky is a door-to-door community transport service, funded by Somerset County Council and operated by ATWEST (Accessible Transport West Somerset). It takes people from their homes to destinations of their choice, and then back home again. The service covers the whole of West Somerset, including Minehead, Watchet, Williton, Withycombe, Exmoor and surrounding areas. Journeys should be booked at least 24 hours in advance. ATWEST also run a number of Shopping Buses on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, which takes people living in rural areas of West Somerset to and from the shops and supermarkets in Minehead and Williton. |
Super Bowl: How long is the match? When is half-time? When will it finish? | Super Bowl: How long is the match? When is half-time? When will it finish?
Super Bowl - everything you need to know...
Who is playing in the Super Bowl?
Reigning Super Bowl champions the New England Patriots will attempt to retain their title against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Patriots have won five Super Bowls - all under the team of quarter-back Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick
The Eagles have got to two Super Bowls but they haven't won any. Their last Super Bowl appearance came in 2004 when they lost to the Patriots.
What time does the Super Bowl start?
The kick-off for Super Bowl LII is scheduled for 11.30pm on Sunday night in the UK. That's 6.30 pm ET.
When is half-time?
It should be half-time around 00.45am in the UK - although this could vary depending on how the first half goes. |
Sooraj Pancholi announces his next film with Prabhu Deva, says ‘can’t wait to work’. See photo | Sooraj Pancholi’s second film with Prabhu Deva will be a Telugu film remake. Sooraj Pancholi’s second film with Prabhu Deva will be a Telugu film remake.
After making a debut with Hero in 2015, Sooraj Pancholi did appear on screen but only in some singles. There were some unofficial reports about his next projects but nothing materialised. Now finally, the actor has made the project official and that too with the iconic choreographer and directed Prabhu Deva, and the actor seems to be ecstatic about the development. Taking to Twitter, the actor wrote, “Yes, it’s official! 🎥 Cant wait to work with you @prabhudheva sir. I have grown up watching you! Thank u for all the inspiration you have given us!”
There were reports that the actor would be collaborating with Suniel Shetty for Bosco Martin’s debut directorial Circus, but the project was shelved as Bosco got busy. Recently, the actor in an interview said that there is another project directed by Remo D’Souza that he has signed. “I am starting a film now. In 20 to 25 days probably, I will start shooting for the film. It is a love story… An action love story. That is all I am allowed to say right now,” said Sooraj while talking about the project.
Yes it is official! Cant wait to work with you @PDdancing sir I have grown up watching you! Thank u for all the inspiration😊🙏🏼👍🏼 @TSeries pic.twitter.com/UKcW6Dpqyn — Sooraj Pancholi (@soorajpancholi9) June 15, 2017
Sooraj’s first film Hero, which was produced and promoted by Salman, received an average response from critics and fans alike at the box office.
While Sooraj’s career seemed to have started slow, his Hero co-star Athiya Shetty, has grabbed her next with big banner. Athiya has been working on Mubarakaan, which is a multi-starrer film starring Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D Cruz. The film is scheduled to release on July 28 this year.
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Yankees' Luis Cessa: Will have MRI on Tuesday | Cessa exited during the fifth inning of Monday night's game against the Mets with an upper back injury, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
Cessa will undergo an MRI on Tuesday, but the Yankees do not believe the injury to be serious. The 25-year-old allowed two runs on five hits over 4.1 innings prior to exiting, with the only real trouble coming in the third as he gave up solo home runs to Curtis Granderson and Yoenis Cespedes. It was nothing more than a spot start for Cessa, with C.C. Sabathia (knee) expected to return this weekend. |
BRIEF-Semafo Q1 adjusted loss per share $0.01 | May 3 Semafo Inc:
* Semafo delivers cash flow from operations of $23.1 million in first quarter 2017
* Q1 adjusted loss per share $0.01
* Q1 earnings per share view $0.02 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Qtrly gold production of 55,400 ounces compared to 61,300 ounces
* Qtrly gold sales of $66.9 million compared to $74.6 million
* Says adjusted 2017 guidance to between 190,000 and 205,000 ounces of gold at a total cash cost of between $685 and $715 per ounce Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
BRIEF-Goldstrike, Newmont Mining Plan For Up To 10,000 Meter Drill Program On Plateau In 2018 | Dec 11 (Reuters) - Goldstrike Resources Ltd:
* GOLDSTRIKE AND NEWMONT MINING PLAN FOR UP TO 10,000 METER DRILL PROGRAM ON PLATEAU IN 2018 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: |
The 'Fifty Shades effect' escalates as cinema usher finds alarming item after film screening | Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
As any keen cinema-goer knows, over-priced popcorn and pic'n'mix are the perfect accompaniment to any film.
Fruit and veg, on the other hand, tend to be a less popular choice.
Unless, of course, you're going to a 50 Shades Darker viewing, in which case it may very well enhance your experience.
Though whether as a healthy snack or as, er, something else, is up to the individual.
Someone in Sydney certainly had their own reasons for taking a cucumber to a screening of the next instalment in the romance / drama franchise.
50 Shades of your five a day.
Whether you love or loathe these films, there's no denying their clout.
The books and films have reportedly inspired us Brits to be more adventurous between the sheets - often with suboptimal consequences: Firefighters have had to free 102 people from handcuffs and cut 23 rings off mens' penises .
But back to the cucumber.
An usher at the Hayden Orpheum Cinema claims to have stumbled across the vegetable after a screening of Fifty Shades Darker, and posted a picture on Twitter.
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He captioned it with: "That awkward moment when you find a cucumber in the cinema after a Fifty Shades session."
Some of the responses wondered if it was a PR stunt.
We're just wondering why he didn't put on a pair of gloves. |
Adam Levine gushes over daughter Dusty on Ellen | Adam Devine swung by The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an appearance that'll air Wednesday and gushed about his baby daughter Dusty Rose.
The 37-year-old said of his four-month-old by Behati Prinsloo: 'She's unbelievable. I'm so in love with her. It's crazy.'
They'd been discussing the fact he'd gotten a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame last Friday, and had brought both his wife and daughter to the event.
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Together again: Adam Devine swung by The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an appearance that'll air Wednesday and gushed about his baby daughter Dusty Rose
He called the honor of being presented with a star 'Super crazy,' and effused that he 'Can't believe it's actually there. It was badass.'
Levine also opened up about being a judge on The Voice - specifically, sitting next to Gwen Stefani, who's dating their fellow judge Blake Shelton. On the panel, Shelton and Stefani are separated by Pharrell Williams.
The seating placement's a fact 'I like to rub in his face constantly. You know, I got: “Your girlfriend’s over here with me."'
Garlanded: They'd been discussing the fact he'd gotten a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame last Friday, and had brought both his wife and daughter to the event
Proud papa: The 37-year-old said of his four-month-old by Behati Prinsloo: 'She's unbelievable,' adding that 'I'm so in love with her' and 'It's crazy'
Degrees of separation: Levine also opened up about being a judge on The Voice - specifically, sitting next to Gwen Stefani, who's dating their fellow judge Blake Shelton; pictured with fellow judge Pharrell Williams
Of the show, he said: 'Yeah, I mean, it’s still so fun. It really, really is. Like, it’s still a blast to shoot, and everyone that loves the show and approaches me, I always tell them: "It’s a delight to do that show."'
At the same time, 'it does start to kinda feel like – you know, we’re always doing it. It’s always happening. So, it kinda starts to feel like a weird, like, Groundhog Day meets, like, The Twilight Zone.'
He noted that you just see these same – although it’s nice, when, you know, we had Miley last sea'son, and now we have Gwen back. And then their – Blake and Gwen’s whole thing is weird. ‘Cause coaches are dating, and it’s weird, like...'
Ribbing: The seating placement's a fact 'I like to rub in his face constantly. You know, I got: “Your girlfriend’s over here with me"'
Rollout: During his appearance on the show, Levine provided a television debut for Cold, a single his band Marron 5 released on Monday
During his appearance on the show, Levine provided a television debut for Cold, a single his band Maroon 5 released on Monday. In the music video, he leaps into bed with Prinsloo and relates a night out gone awry.
As Levine told DeGeneres, he'd said: 'Listen, I’ll only make a video that’s sexy if (a) my wife’s on board with whatever we’re doing, and (b) literally, I have to be – I have to go to a party reluctantly, and then I have to get drugged somehow.'
Per him: 'That’s the only way I would ever stay at this party. And so that’s the video, is me getting drugged at a party and not knowing what someone slipped in my drink.'
The story behind the music video: As Levine told DeGeneres, he'd said: 'Listen, I’ll only make a video that’s sexy if (a) my wife’s on board with whatever we’re doing, and (b) literally, I have to be – I have to go to a party reluctantly, and then I have to get drugged somehow' |
CM Amarinder Singh announces development schemes for Amritsar | Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced a number of welfare and development schemes for Amritsar, including a Rs 3,000 crore World Bank aided project to establish a surface water-based drinking supply system in the city. The surface water scheme will replace the existing ground water-based drinking water supply scheme, which addresses a serious concern of the region, which is facing severe depletion of the ground water and cases of vector borne diseases.
Addressing a press conference in Amritsar, the chief minister also announced several new development projects, worth Rs 556.90 crore for Amritsar.
Amarinder announced the establishment of a directorate of fire services at state level in in the city, along with 50 percent reservation for women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
Another key decision of the government relates to provision of free homes for homeless people and subsidised houses for economically weaker section under the Shehri Awas Yojana.
The chief minister announced devolution of proprietary rights to old tenants on residential and commercial properties of municipal bodies, besides one-time settlement of old arrears of water and sewerage bills, and property/house tax.
Amarinder said as part of his government’s decision to place greater emphasis on e-governance in the delivery of urban civic services, most of such services in Amritsar would soon be available through mobile applications.
Other new developmental projects worth Rs 110 crore were announced in the press conference also.
These include construction of a 2-lane road from NH-54 to Amritsar-Bhikhiwind-Khem Karan Road (village Bohru) at a cost of Rs 22 crore, besides Mata Ganga Ji Marg connecting Amritsar-Jhabhal Road to Gurdwara Baba Budha Ji at an expenditure of Rs 26 crore.
Amarinder further told media persons that construction of road-over bridge (ROB) at level crossing on Amritsar-Mehta Road at Vallah would be undertaken at a cost of Rs 32 crore, in addition to a Rs 30 crore project for ROB/RUB at level crossing on Amritsar Attari Railway line crossing from Putligar Chowk towards Pakistan.
He said a Rs 171.90 crore Amritsar city development plan will consist of construction of ROB/under bridge at Jaura railway crossing, construction of a flyover from Batala Road HP petrol pump to Majitha Road at 4S Chowk among other projects.
A unified tourism information and facilitation centre would be set up for promotion of tourism in the city and multipurpose sports and recreation facility on a land of 26 acres will also be set up.
Public toilets and 17 places, beautification works around the Sri Durgiana temple and construction of slip roads and redesigning of congested roundabouts were other works announced by the chief minister.
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Smoke mostly subsided along major Brevard-Orlando roads | While concerns of smoke shutting down roads and highways seems to have lessened over the weekend, the problem hasn't blown over completely. Smoke mostly subsided along major Brevard-Orlando roads While concerns of smoke shutting down roads and highways seems to have lessened over the weekend, the problem hasn't blown over completely.
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Samsung Electronics gets South Korea nod to test driverless car carrying its parts, software | A flag bearing the logo of Samsung Electronics is pictured at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has got permission from South Korean authorities to domestically test a driverless vehicle fitted with its electronic parts and software, as the tech giant aims to muscle into the automotive industry in search of a new growth driver.
The land ministry, in a statement issued on Monday, said the car is a modified version of a South Korean car maker's vehicle using Samsung's own components such as cameras as well as its artificial intelligence software.
The firm plans to use the car to develop a self-driving algorithm capable of driving in adverse weather conditions and next-generation components for autonomous cars, the ministry said.
"We would like to clarify that the company has no plan to enter the car manufacturing business," Samsung told Reuters in a separate statement on Tuesday, adding the vehicle will further its development of "deep learning algorithms for autonomous operations".
Samsung has identified the auto industry as a new source of growth as the market for its key products such as smartphones matures. It completed the $8 billion acquisition of Harman International Industries earlier this year, a move that analysts say may help Samsung scale up quickly by taking control of an automotive parts maker with a proven track record.
It may take years for the auto industry to become a big enough business to rival its mainstay memory chip and smartphone operations, however. Samsung has not clinched any major supply agreements with car makers yet.
(Reporting by Se Young Lee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) |
Cardinals' Matt Carpenter: Scratched from lineup Monday | Carpenter was removed from Monday's lineup against the Pirates due to swelling in his lacerated finger, Jenifer Langosch of the MLB.com reports.
Carpenter suffered the laceration after hit was hit by a ground ball in Sunday's game against the Yankees. His time out of the lineup will depend on how quickly he can get the swelling to go down. |
Two kids sent their favorite toy on a trip to the edge of space | Two science-mad kids have successfully launched their favorite toy astronaut three times higher than planes fly — reaching the dizzy height of 23 miles.
Oscar Adams, 9. and sister Layla, 7, from England, sent their Blox Spaceman on a two-and-a-half-\hour journey to the edge of space and back, after attaching it to a payload on a near space balloon flight.
Working with experts from Sheffield based aeronautics company SentintoSpace, the children were able to use a carefully calculated volume of hydrogen to lift the balloon to an altitude of 23 miles.
The balloon reached the size of a double-decker bus as it rose, before bursting at peak altitude and sending the toy — with a camera attached to record the journey — spiraling back down to Earth.
The lucky pair were afforded the opportunity of space flight by their local Wilko store after their mom Kara wrote into the retailer to say how much the children loved the Blox range of toys.
Karen Jefferys, Senior Toy Buyer for Wilko said, “We love to make Christmas even more special for families up and down the country and wanted to go the extra mile for this space-loving family.”
“Arranging a space flight from a family home was no mean feat, but we managed to accomplish the mission with the help of Oscar and Layla.”
The children, who regularly do science experiments at home with their parents, couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw the footage of the Spaceman’s flight after the launch.
Their mom said: “The children are really passionate about science and space — we’ve done lots of experiments and activities at home before, such as freezing things with dry ice, bouncing bubble and even making bouncy eggs — but we’d never dreamed we could send one of their toys into space.”
“We kept the experiment a secret from the children as we couldn’t wait to see their faces when they found out about their very own space mission.”
“Oscar loves Tim Peake’s story so he was thrilled to have the chance to recreate space flight.” |
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron's state visit | Emmanuel Macron is expected to urge Mr Trump not to tear up the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran - something the US leader previously said has “terrible flaws”. Mr Trump said unless European allies including France fix these problems he will re-impose sanctions on Tehran - which would leave the nuclear pact on the brink of collapse. Mr Macron said after he arrived in Washington on Monday: “This visit is very important in our current context, with so many uncertainties, troubles and at times threats.” Mr Macron was treated to a colourful welcome ceremony at the White House on Tuesday during a state visit that threatened to expose differences on Iran, trade and Syria between two close allies.
REUTERS Donald Trump has welcomed Macron to the US
A 21-gun salute echoed across the South Lawn and a flute-playing fife and drum corps, in red-coated uniforms and tri-corner hats, marched by Trump and Macron and their wives, Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron. The two leaders were then to launch into a morning of talks expected to include how to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which Mr Trump wants to withdraw the United States from unless European powers strengthen its terms. In the evening, the Trumps are to host the Macrons at the first state dinner conducted by Trump since he took power. European calls for exemptions from Mr Trump's plan for 25 percent tariffs on steel imports are also on their agenda, as well as the U.S. president's desire to withdraw US forces from Syria as soon as practicable.
Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron join husbands on state visit Mon, April 23, 2018 First Ladies Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron join husbands US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron for three day state visit at the White House. Play slideshow EPA 1 of 32 US President Donald J. Trump hosts French President Emmanuel Macron |
Giants' Joan Gregorio: Sent to minor-league camp | Gregorio was reassigned to minor-league camp Monday, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Gregorio's usage was limited for the Giants this spring, as he tossed just 4.1 innings over five games. Over said outings he gave up two runs on four hits, with two being home runs. He'll likely return to Triple-A Sacramento for the upcoming season. Over 13 games (74 innings) with Sacramento last year, Gregorio logged a 3.04 ERA and 1.32 WHIP. |
Tories are `dismantling civilised society´, says Corbyn | Jeremy Corbyn will hail the “rebirth of municipal socialism” as Labour councils move to reverse years of town hall outsourcing and take services back in house.
In a speech to Labour’s local government conference in Nottingham, Mr Corbyn will call for an end to Conservative policies of austerity and privatisation which were “dismantling our civilised society”.
He will also defend a call by the party’s ruling national executive committee for Labour-controlled Haringey council in north London to halt plans for a controversial housing development in partnership with the private sector.
Jeremy Corbyn is hailing the `rebirth of municipal socialism´ (Aaron Chown/PA)
The bitter row over the Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV) saw the resignation last month of the council’s long-standing leader Claire Kober, complaining of “sexism, bullying, undemocratic behaviour and outright personal attacks” by hard left supporters of the Labour leader.
Mr Corbyn will acknowledge that – faced with the urgent need for regeneration – the council believed it got the best deal it could for the borough’s residents.
However he will say the NEC’s decision to step in reflected the deep concerns which the project had caused locally.
“HDV is highly controversial, with local people worried that they could lose their homes and not get a new one in return,” he will say.
“That’s why 40% of Labour councillors opposed the proposals, as did the majority of party members in both CLPs (constituency Labour parties), both Labour MPs and local unions.
“It has been a unique situation, which is why the NEC unanimously asked the council leadership to put their plans on hold and take part in a mediation process – to bring everyone together.”
More broadly, he will say the collapse of the outsourcing giant Carillion and the bail-out of the East Coast Mainline franchise had “brutally exposed” the flaws in the privatisation agenda.
“Austerity and privatisation are dismantling our civilised society and causing misery,” he will say.
“We must urgently move on from Tory austerity and the failed privatisation obsession that has allowed services for the many become cash cows for the few.
“The whole edifice of the ‘private good, public bad’ dogma has crumbled.
“We have seen what privatisation means: services get worse or are lost, jobs get cut, workers’ pension funds are left to wither while the boardroom executives get huge bonuses on top of eye-watering salaries and private shareholders dine off public services.” |
Lakers news: Lonzo Ball 'sent message' with Rajon Rondo signing - Woj | GETTY The Lakers signed point guard Rajon Rondo to challenge Lonzo Ball in the starting five
It emerged earlier this week that Ball suffered a torn meniscus late in the season, requiring surgery to repair the damaged joint. The former No 2 draft pick is expected to be declared fit in time for training camp later this year, however the timing of the news raised questions about how the information became public knowledge. It had been suggested that Ball’s camp had leaked the news to the media in the hope of dissuading rival teams to trade for the 20-year-old. Ball has been mooted as a potential trade chip in the Lakers’ pursuit of Spurs star Kawhi Leonard but the California native will be desperate to remain a part of the franchise given the arrival of LeBron James this week.
GETTY Lonzo Ball is desperate for a chance to play alongside LeBron James next season
Shortly after news of Ball’s injury made its way online, the Lakers announced the signing of unrestricted free agent Rajon Rondo on a one-year $9m deal – a move Wojnarowski claimed was a thinly-veiled message to the Ball camp. “This is a message to Lonzo Ball,” Woj said. “His injury, that knee injury, there is a belief around the Lakers that it was within his world that got leaked out there to keep him from being traded. He does not want to be traded. “It wasn’t the Lakers who wanted information out on that knee injury. There were a lot of teams who where checking on possible deals with the Lakers.
GETTY Lonzo Ball was selected by the Lakers with the second pick in the 2017 Draft |
Jeremy Kyle gets 'shamed' by Scottish politician after he asks why new mothers need condoms | The video will start in 8 Cancel
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A confused Jeremy Kyle asked why new mothers needed condoms this morning and was 'shamed' by a Scottish politician.
The stand-in Good Morning Britain host, who is covering for Piers Morgan for a second week, got a chat about the birds and the bees from Mark McDonald MSP, Scotland's Minister for Children and Early Years,
Jeremy asked why condoms were being put in baby boxes for Scottish mums, each of which will cost £160, which the government hopes will encourage safe sleeping and prevent cot death
But in an amazing response, Mr McDonald said he thought the presenter had done enough episodes of The Jeremy Kyle Show to understand "how the process works".
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Jeremy asked: "Why are there condoms in a box given to new mothers?"
A confident Mr McDonald replied: "Well I would have thought you'd done enough episodes of The Jeremy Kyle Show by now Jeremy to understand how this process works."
"But there is an issue about getting an understanding for parents of the fact that a woman is exceptionally fertile postpartum and ensuring the parents are making the necessary precautions.
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"Indeed the finished box includes condoms as well so we want to encourage and ensure that parents do not experience unexpected second pregnancies as a consequence of unsafe sex following the birth of a child, that is why there are condoms in the box."
A stunned Jeremy accepted the response, claiming the MSP was a "good lad" for making the joke about his show.
Jezza added: "Fair play Mark, absolutely fair play I'll say to him, absolutely."
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Good Morning Britain viewers took to Twitter to mock Jeremy for his lack of contraception knowledge.
One viewer said: " #GMB Mark McDonald... thanks for shaming Jezza"
Another added: "Oh Jeremy, contraception is important after birth, it's so easy to get pregnant again quickly. @GMB #GMB "
A third said: "When's the #jeremykyle box out DNA test, lie Detector, teeth, toothbrush, chav shell suit and a bottle of white lightening #GMB "
* Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV from 6.00am |
LOOK: Goose attacks unsuspecting high school golfer and absolutely levels him | To those who think golf isn't a dangerous sport, think again. Imagine, you're out hitting the links just trying to sink some putts and you get RKO'd out of nowhere, BY A GOOSE. Well, that's exactly what happened to one unsuspecting high school golfer in Michigan.
Photographic evidence below shows an unnamed golfer on the Blissfield High golf team getting absolutely pummeled by the waterfowl.
The golfers just finished teeing off and were walking down the fairway. To the left there was a goose nest and the golfers did a good job of avoiding it but the guard goose (hanging out on the far right thought differently. — Blissfield Athletics (@BlissAthletics) April 22, 2018
The good news is, no one was physically hurt in the incident, however that didn't stop the Blissfield Athletics Twitter page from roasting their own guy. |
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Charles Manson's cause of death revealed after notorious cult leader passes away in hospital aged 83 | The video will start in 8 Cancel
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Notorious cult leader Charles Manson's cause of death has been revealed.
The death certificate for the serial killer, responsible for orchestrating the murders of a pregnant film star and six others, shows he passed away from acute cardiac arrest, respiratory failure and colon cancer, according to TMZ.
The certificate, released by Kern County and obtained by the website, lists cardiac arrest as the primary factor in his death aged 83 on November 19.
Respiratory failure and metastatic colon cancer are listed as underlying causes.
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The cult leader passed away last month after falling gravely ill in prison.
The serial killer had been rushed from Corcoran State Prison in central California to a hospital 100 miles away in Bakersfield with an undisclosed complaint before his death.
A statement at the time said he passed away from natural causes: "Inmate Charles Manson, 83, died of natural causes at 8.13pm on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at a Kern County hospital."
Manson had serious health issues back in January, when he was hospitalised for severe intestinal bleeding and needed surgery.
The notorious leader of the Manson Family cult was serving nine life sentences in prison after ordering his followers to carry out the horrific killings in 1969.
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Among his victims were heavily- pregnant actress Sharon Tate - the wife of movie director Roman Polanski - and celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring.
Writer Wojciech Frykowski, his partner and coffee bean heiress Abigail Folger, and 18-year-old Steven Parent were also slayed in the US-based attacks.
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Manson - who led the infamous "Manson Family", a quasi-commune in the Californian desert - was convicted over the seven murders in 1971.
Manson and his followers were sentenced to death but that was changed to life in prison when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional in 1972.
He was turned down for parole 12 times. |
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Arkansas judge barred from execution cases after protest | LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A judge who lay on a cot as though he were a condemned man on a gurney after issuing an order halting Arkansas' multiple execution plan was barred Monday from taking up any death penalty-related cases and referred to a disciplinary panel.
The state Supreme Court reassigned the cases from Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen days after he participated in the anti-death penalty demonstration outside the governor's mansion. Griffen's protest has sparked outrage among death penalty supporters, including Republican lawmakers who described it as judicial misconduct and potential grounds for Griffen's removal from the bench.
"To protect the integrity of the judicial system this court has a duty to ensure that all are given a fair and impartial tribunal," the court said in its two-page order. Justices also referred Griffen to the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission to consider whether he violated the code of conduct for judges.
This photo provided by Sherry Simon shows Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen taking part of an anti-death penalty demonstration outside the Governor's Mansion Friday, April 14, 2017 in Little Rock, Ark. Griffen issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the state from using its supply of vecuronium bromide after a company said it had sold the drug to the state for medical purposes, not capital punishment. Local media outlets had tweeted photos and video of Griffen appearing to mimic an inmate strapped to a gurney at the demonstration. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge's office said she planned to file an emergency request with the state Supreme Court to vacate Griffen's order, saying Griffen shouldn't handle the case. (Sherry Simon via AP)
Griffen did not immediately return a message Monday seeking his reaction to the high court's order. He has said he's morally opposed to the death penalty and that his personal beliefs alone shouldn't disqualify him from taking up certain cases. For years, he has been pushing the boundaries of how much a judge can speak out on controversial issues.
"We have never, in my knowledge, been so afraid to admit that people can have personal beliefs yet can follow the law, even when to follow the law means they must place their personal feelings aside," Griffen told The Associated Press on Saturday.
On Friday, Griffen granted a restraining order preventing Arkansas from using its supply of vecuronium bromide, one of three drugs it uses in executions, because the supplier said the state misleadingly obtained the drug. The state has appealed the ruling, which blocked a plan to execute eight men in 11 days in four double executions, starting Monday night.
Lawmakers have suggested the move may be grounds for the Arkansas House to begin impeachment proceedings, saying the demonstration and a blog post Griffen wrote on the death penalty last week may amount to "gross misconduct" under the state constitution.
"He is outside the bounds of normal behavior for most judges probably anywhere in America," Republican state Sen. Jason Rapert said.
The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission confirmed Monday an investigation of Griffen is pending following the state Supreme Court referral. Griffen, who served 12 years on the state appeals court, previously battled with the judicial discipline panel over remarks he made criticizing President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. The panel ultimately dropped its case against him.
Griffen testified before the state Legislature in 2015 against a religious objections measure that was criticized as anti-gay, and he regularly blogs about current events in posts that weave in Biblical passages. They include a post days before his ruling that criticized the execution push in Arkansas.
"While the world meditates about divine love, forgiveness, justice, and hope, Arkansas officials plan to commit a series of homicides," he wrote.
Griffen, 64, is a Baptist minister who was first elected as Pulaski County judge in 2010. He ran twice unsuccessfully for state Supreme Court - including a bid for chief justice in 2004. In his other state Supreme Court race in 2006, Griffen challenged his rival to a debate over the free-speech rights of judges.
Griffen said he wouldn't consider a person's participation in an anti-execution event enough, on its own, to warrant disqualifying a juror from a death penalty case. The question, he said, is whether the juror could set his or her personal views aside and follow the law.
"We do not require people to come into court with blank slates, either in their minds or their heart," he said Saturday.
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Protesters gather outside the state Capitol building on Friday, April 14, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark., to voice their opposition to Arkansas' seven upcoming executions. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
Former Arkansas death row inmate Damien Echols talks with the media before speaking at a rally opposing Arkansas' upcoming executions, which are set to begin next week, on the front steps of the Capitol Friday, April 14, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. (Stephen B. Thornton /The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP) |
British scientists will travel to US for AAAS conference | Academics form the UK will provide some highlights of the conference by the AAAS
Academics from the UK will provide some of the highlights of the conference in Boston, organised by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
British scientists are taking part in key presentations on space weather, energy supply, gravity waves, precision agriculture, artificial intelligence and personalised medicine.
Other items on a wide-ranging agenda include gene editing and its likely impact on society, new advances in combating cancer, biological machines, deep sea floor mining, "fake" news, and US science policy following the election of President Donald Trump. |
Dominic Calvert-Lewin told Jamie Carragher he 'dived' in Liverpool vs Everton derby | TWITTER
Everton snatched a 1-1 draw with a Wayne Rooney penalty after Dejan Lovren nudged over Calvert-Lewin in the area.
The decision split pundits, players and managers as they argued whether the spot-kick should have been given.
Carragher himself believes it was a penalty and slammed Lovren for his clumsy challenge.
But things appeared to take a twist today when Carragher saw Calvert-Lewin while shopping.
He posted a picture of the two of them on Twitter and wrote: "I’ve changed my mind! Just bumped into @CalvertLewin14 even he said he dived!!!!!!"
But just as Liverpool fans started to bombard him with messages, Carragher revealed it was only a joke.
He added: "He didn’t to be fair as I didn’t give him a chance to speak after telling him & Tom Davies they were jammy B******s!!!!!"
Do these pictures prove Dejan Lovren DID foul Dominic Calvert-Lewin? Sun, December 10, 2017 Dejan Lovren conceded a late penalty in Merseyside derby after appearing to push Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the back Play slideshow Sky Sports 1 of 6 Dejan Lovren fouls Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the Merseyside derby
Jurgen Klopp yesterday claimed Liverpool were robbed of victory in the Merseyside derby at Anfield.
It was Rooney's first goal in six derby appearances and came after Mohamed Salah had fired the Reds ahead with a stunning strike for his 20th goal of the campaign.
But Klopp believes the penalty decision by referee Craig Pawson was wrong.
He said: "I don't think it was a penalty. Obviously, if you all think it is a penalty then all the fouls between Ashley Williams and Dominic Solanke should have been free-kicks.
"That is how it is. We have to take it. The last moment Calvert-Lewin makes a step, but Lovren doesn't push him or anything. It's just body contact. That happens in midfield and 60 or 70 times it is not a free-kick."
GETTY Dominic Calvert-Lewin was accused of diving |
Yogi at one | The UP government is being watched. So far, the view is nothing to write home about (File) The UP government is being watched. So far, the view is nothing to write home about (File)
The five states which went to the polls in the first quarter of 2017 included the big states of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. But it can be said that Captain Amarinder Singh’s government, which completed a year in office on March 16, is not being watched with the intensity that the Yogi Adityanath regime invites. And Manohar Parrikar, who stepped down as a Union minister to return to Goa, and whose government finished its first year on March 14, barely draws national comment. This is not iniquitous, but only due to the fact of UP’s salience on the political map and because neither Parrikar nor Singh came to office with a staggering mandate, nor with the great expectations of change that Yogi did. The Uttar Pradesh election was won without a chief ministerial candidate, purely on the strength of Brand Modi and the promise of sweeping change.
The choice of Adityanath for chief minister was seen by some as a masterstroke, a visible affirmation of a different future. It was indeed daring to pick upon a candidate who had made his name as an ardent vocaliser of Hindutva rather than a Hindutva proponent who could organise and administer. In some quarters, it was seen as a reckless choice. In the year since the BJP’s central leadership made it, however, the substantive promises on which UP turned into a saffron swathe, barring a few islands of influence of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, have been quietly forgotten. Instead, high-visibility campaigns over far lesser issues were foregrounded.
Parts of western Uttar Pradesh have roads with lunar surfaces, suitable for Mars rovers. Adityanath had dramatically vowed to make all of the state’s roads pothole-free in three months but none of the agencies involved, the department for public works, corporations and panchayati raj bodies, could meet the deadline. In a big-ticket investor summit in February designed to shed the Bimaru tag, the biggest MoU signed came under a cloud. On the other hand, the formation of anti-Romeo squads in already stressed police thanas across the state provided instant gratification, and the state’s encounter culture was resurrected and dangerously encouraged and showcased. And always, there were cows to be rescued. But UP seeks jobs, not Romeos, and the debacle in the by-elections in Phulpur and Adityanath’s own seat in Gorakhpur suggests that disrespecting a poll promise will be costly.
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* Carbo Ceramics - On April 27, co announced exploring options to monetize some of company's international assets
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Wales v Scotland live stream - How to watch rugby Six Nations online | The Six Nations 2018 gets underway this afternoon as Wales play Scotland in Cardiff.
It’s a huge match at the Principality Stadium with the two rivals looking to make a good start to the tournament.
Wales struggled to make an impact in last year’s Six Nations taking a shock 5th place, whilst Scotland were the surprise of 2017 winning three of their five games.
Wales boss, Warren Gatland, is aware that his side need to get off to a better start.
Speaking ahead of the clash with Scotland, he said: "We are aware of how important this first-up game is.
"It is a great chance for us to get off to a good start, and then hopefully look forward to Twickenham in week two. This is our bread and butter.
"Playing at home in front of a full house is definitely what gets the juices flowing and what makes it exciting for the players and coaches."
However, it won’t be an easy game with Scotland full of confidence heading into today's game.
Scotland Head Coach Gregor Townsend, said: “We’ve selected a squad that we believe can start the NatWest 6 Nations championship with the intensity and speed required to win in Cardiff.
“Last year’s championship highlighted that every game is a fierce competition and that all teams have to play at their very best to win away from home.
“I’m sure it’ll be great occasion to kick off this year’s championship and we can’t wait to get started.”
So, if you want to watch all the action, here’s how to tune in online. |
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Inspectors halt Royal Caribbean cruise on life-saving gear -media | Feb 14 A Royal Caribbean cruise ship remained in a Florida port on Tuesday morning after U.S. Coast Guard inspectors halted its departure when they found a problem with its life-saving equipment, local media reported.
Majesty of the Seas, a ship that carries more than 2,000 passengers, remained docked in Port Canaveral, Florida after it was scheduled to leave for a Bahamas cruise on Monday afternoon, an NBC affiliate reported.
"We passed our previous inspection but the U.S. Coast Guard would like for us to change the jackets immediately," Royal Caribbean tweeted late on Monday night. It was not immediately clear if it was referring to emergency flotation vests.
Several Royal Caribbean passengers expressed frustration on the delay on Twitter, and the company responded by asking for their patience.
"We couldn't be more disappointed," Tweeted Kelsey Graham, who said that she was on the cruise with her grandmother to celebrate the latter's 85th birthday.
It is unclear how many people are aboard the 880-foot-long (268-meter-long) ship.
No comment was immediately available on Tuesday by telephone from Royal Caribbean headquarters in Miami before business hours. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee Editing by W Simon) |
MEA says ‘no new development’ at Doklam, China defends patrolling | India and China have agreed to disengage at Doklam, the MEA said. India and China have agreed to disengage at Doklam, the MEA said.
Following reports of Chinese troop build-up on Doklam plateau, India on Friday made it clear that there were “no new developments” at the “face-off site and its vicinity” since the disengagement on August 28.
New Delhi’s clarification comes on a day Beijing defended the presence of its troops in Doklam area, saying its soldiers are patrolling the region to exercise Beijing’s sovereignty, according to a PTI report from Beijing.“The Donglang (Doklam) area has always belonged to China and has been under the effective jurisdiction of China,” the Chinese foreign ministry told PTI in response to questions about a report that the People’s Liberation Army is beefing up troops in the area.
Sources told The Indian Express in New Delhi that after the “mutual and sequential withdrawal from the site where the border standoff took place”, there has been no movement of troops at the site. While questions were raised on New Delhi’s use of the term “vicinity”, a source said, “The military understands the meaning of the word ‘vicinity’…and they are monitoring the movements.”A top source, who was involved in the negotiations to resolve the border standoff, said, “There can be build-up anywhere else, away from the site, but that does not change the status quo. What was agreed by both sides, when they decided to disengage, has not been violated so far.”
On Friday evening, Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar stated, “We have seen recent reports on Doklam. There are no new developments at the face-off site and its vicinity since the August 28 disengagement. The status quo prevails in this area. Any suggestion to the contrary is incorrect.”More than five weeks after India and China stepped back from a standoff at Doklam, on the Sikkim border, Indian soldiers remain on high alert, with around 1,000 Chinese troops still present on the plateau, a few hundred metres from the site of face-off.The presence of Chinese soldiers in Chumbi Valley, where the plateau is located, was also acknowledged by Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa during his annual press conference on Thursday.
Sources told The Indian Express on Friday that there has been “no alarm bells” so far, although South Block was keeping a close watch on the situation.“We are not downplaying their presence, but till the time there is no change in the status quo…there is no reason to be alarmed at the presence of troops on the Chinese side,” the source said. “We have enough troops on alert, and as back-up…but there is no breach of the diplomatic understanding of August 28 so far.”
In Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a written response to PTI, “There is no dispute. The Chinese border forces have been patrolling in the area of Donglang (Doklam), exercising their sovereign rights and safeguarding territorial sovereignty according to the historical boundary.” About Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar’s visit to Bhutan, the first such visit after the 73-day Doklam standoff, the Chinese foreign ministry said, “Although China and Bhutan have not yet established diplomatic relations, the two countries have maintained traditional friendly relations.”It said China has always respected Bhutan’s sovereignty and independence. “China hopes that other countries also respect Bhutan’s sovereignty and independence and develop normal bilateral relations with Bhutan, at the same time also hopes it can help enhance the mutual trust between regional countries, safeguarding regional peace and stability,” it said.
On August 28, when the standoff ended, the MEA had issued two statements, the second of which, in the evening, made clear that both sides had withdrawn their troops.Sources had then told The Indian Express that troop withdrawal had been “mutual” and “simultaneous” but “sequential”. The source refused to elaborate which side began the withdrawal. “The two sides went back to their positions almost simultaneously…following standard operating procedures of withdrawal,” the source said.
With PTI inputs
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Trump and Putin had ‘very clear positive chemistry’: Tillerson | President Trump and Vladimir Putin met face-to-face for the first time on Friday at the G-20 summit in a historic sit-down that lasted more than two hours as they discussed Syria, North Korea and Russian meddling in the US election.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who sat in, said the two “had a very robust and lengthy exchange” right at the start of their meeting about the Kremlin’s interference in the presidential race.
“The president pressed President Putin on more than one occasion regarding Russian involvement. President Putin denied such involvement, as I think he has in the past,” Tillerson said during a press briefing in Hamburg, Germany.
The secretary of state, who had met the Russian strongman when Tillerson was head of ExxonMobil, said the two leaders agreed that it was important to move past the election controversy.
“I think what the two presidents rightly focused on is: How do we move forward from here? Because it’s not clear to me that we will ever come to some agreed upon resolution of that question between the two nations,” he said.
He added that it “may be an intractable disagreement at this point.”
But Tillerson also said it was more important to get a commitment from Russia that election shenanigans won’t happen again.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who also sat in on the meeting, as did two interpreters, told reporters later that Trump had accepted Putin’s denials.
“President Trump said he heard clear statements from Putin that [the charges of meddling] are not true, and that Russian authorities did not intervene, and he accepted these declarations,” Lavrov said.
When the discussion veered to Syria, the two sides found common ground when discussing a previously negotiated cease-fire deal aimed at stemming the violence in the southwestern portion of the war-torn country.
“This is our first indication of the US and Russia being able to work together in Syria,” Tillerson said. But differences remained on other issues.
Tillerson said the Trump administration saw no long-term role for the Assad regime in Syria, which is being propped up by the Russians.
Trump and Putin also discussed North Korea, which last week test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts warned was capable of striking Alaska.
“We’re going to continue those discussions and ask [Russia] to do more. Russia does have economic activity with North Korea, but I would also hasten to add Russia’s official policy is the same as ours, a denuclearized Korean peninsula,” said Tillerson.
But the US’ top diplomat conceded the Russians “see it a little different than we do” on the tactics and “pace” to achieve that goal.
Putin told Russian state media that he and Trump also talked about terrorism, but no details were revealed.
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The meeting was planned for 30 to 40 minutes — but lasted for two hours and 16 minutes.
Tillerson said that was because Trump and Putin got along so well from the start.
“The two leaders, I would say, connected very quickly. There was a very clear positive chemistry between the two,” he said.
They were not interested, he said, in “re-litigating the past” but instead wanted to look to the future. “We simply have to find a way to go forward.”
The pair also bonded over their mutual dislike of the media. “These are the ones who insulted you?” Putin said to Trump, as he pointed to a pack of reporters.
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Winter Olympics-bound Jagdish Singh misses flight due to confusion over coach | Winter Olympics will held in the South Korean city Pyeongchang. (AP Photo) Winter Olympics will held in the South Korean city Pyeongchang. (AP Photo)
Cross country skier Jagdish Singh’s participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics was on Saturday jeopardised as he could not board the flight for the South Korean city due to ambiguity over his accompanying coach. Jagdish was to leave for Korea this evening along with celebreated luger Shiva Keshavan but both Winter Games Federation of India (WGFI) and his employer, Indian Army, wanted coaches nominated by them to travel with him. Jagdish trains at the High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) at Gulmarg and is scheduled to compete in the 15-km Nordic skiing freestyle event scheduled for February 16.
The WGFI proposed names of President Col. (Rtd.) Jodh Singh Dhillon and Secretary General Roshan Lal Thakur but they were rejected by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) since it is a de-recognised body. The HAWS recommended Major General Atul Kaushil — its commandant — to accompany Jagdish but the IOA wanted to check his credentials whether he was actually Jagdish’s coach.
IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said that all the paperwork, ticket and kits for Jagdish were ready but he did not turn up to board the flight. He also said that the HAWS has not replied to IOA’s mail to furnish details of its nominee regarding his association with Jagdish as coach. Mehta said Jagdish’s travel schedule can be reworked and his ticket can be re-booked but before February 8. He has written a letter to the HAWS to immediately confirm the travel schedule of Jagdish.
“We bring to your kind attention that Indian Olympic Association has not received the travel confirmation of Mr. Jagdish Singh. It is a matter of serious concern that despite our repeated mails, you are not confirming the travel schedule of the athlete.
“As informed earlier that on Feb 8 there is Team Welcome Ceremony at the Games Village and participating athlete should attend this ceremony and it is a national prestige at International Sports Arena,” Mehta wrote in the letter addressed to the OIC Army Winter Games Node at the HAWS.
“Since the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, has de-recognized Winter Games Federation of India, neither WGFI nor HAWS kept us informed about the selection, training and coaches participating in National/International Winter Sports. It is once again requested that kindly take a serious note of this issue and confirm the travel programme of the athlete at the earliest.”
Mehta also said that “justification with regard to the official imparting coaching (to Jagdish) may kindly be intimated to the Indian Olympic Association”.
When contacted, Jagdish told PTI: “I need a coach to accompany me. The coach is a must as he will have to do waxing (of his ski) and other things. But what can I say, the name of the coach sent from here (HAWS) has not been accepted. I don’t know what will happen.”
Meanwhile, Keshavan on Saturday left for South Korea to participate in his sixth Winter Olympics. He was felicitated by Mehta at the IOA headquarters in New Delhi on Friday.
“We wish Shiva all the best and hope that his achievements will inspire future generations of Winter Sports Athletes,” Mehta said.
Keshvan successfully defended his Asian title this year by winning gold at the Asian Championship held in Altenberg, Germany in December last.
The Winter Olympic Games kick off on February 9 with the Opening Ceremony, followed by the four heats of the Luge Men’s Singles events on February 10 and 11. The final result will come out with the total time earned from the four runs.
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India beat South Africa in Women’s World Cup Qualifiers | Indian bowlers ensured that the opponents could never get easy runs. (Source: AP) Indian bowlers ensured that the opponents could never get easy runs. (Source: AP)
India closed in on a berth in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 after a 49-run win over South Africa while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh also registered notable wins in the first round of Super Six matches in the qualifiers today.
India captain Mithali Raj starred in what was seen as a high-profile match since India and South Africa had topped their respective groups and carried a maximum of four points from the preliminary league to the second stage in which they play teams from the other preliminary group.
The top four from the Super Six qualify not only for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 but also for the ICC Women’s Championship. India have one foot in the door with three wins but with Sri Lanka defeating Pakistan by five wickets and Bangladesh beating Ireland by seven wickets in other matches today, there is a mathematical chance of five teams finishing at par at the end of the league.
Asked to bat first, India got off to a slow start, scoring only 14 off the first 10 overs but the complexion of the game changed once
Raj came to the crease. She and opener Mona Meshram lifted the team with a fine 96-run second-wicket stand to help put up a competitive 205 for eight. Raj scored 64 off 85 balls with 10 fours and Meshram got 55 off 85 balls with five fours and two sixes.
South Africa’s reply suffered some early setbacks and they were reduced to 41 for three in the 19th over as openers Lizelle Lee (one) and Laura Wolvaardt (zero) as well as former captain Mignon du Preez (15) could not do much. Pace bowler Shikha Pandey and left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht, who shared the new ball, finished with four and three wickets, respectively, as South Africa folded for 156 in 46.4 overs.
Mithali said: “The win today definitely eases the pressure on us, especially for the last match of the Super League against Pakistan. It also gives us time to assess what all we are not doing right so that we can improve on those aspects in the coming matches.”
Meanwhile, host Sri Lanka had a memorable outing as they restricted Pakistan to 212 for seven and got to the target with 16 deliveries to spare. For Pakistan, opener Nahida Khan (64) and Javeria Khan (63) were associated in a steady 119-run stand for the second wicket. Both batters fell to pace bowler Chamari Polgampola, who along with captain and left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera, grabbed two wickets.
For Sri Lanka, Eshani Lokusiriyage (65 not out) and Prasadani Weerakkody (45) helped the team reach the target after openers Nipuni Hansika (37) and Chamari Athapaththu (35) set the platform with a 75-run partnership. |
French Open 2018: Jared Donaldson serves UNDERARM to Grigor Dimitrov - and wins! | Jared Donaldson had to resort to serving underarm against Grigor Dimitrov
The American was expected to lose comfortably to Dimitrov, who is ranked 52 places above him in the world, but twice took a set lead to threaten an upset.
But twice the Bulgarian pegged Donaldson back and the 21-year-old began to struggle physically as the match ticked past the four-hour mark.
And with the chance a point on his serve to take 7-6 lead, the American produced a cheeky underarm serve which Dimitrov could only return long and give Donaldson the game.
Some fans criticised the move for its “lack of etiquette” but the tactic is a perfectly legitimate one within the rules and helped the struggling Donaldson to a crucial hold. |
IPL 2018 MI vs SRH Predicted XI: What is the MI vs SRH Dream 11? | MI vs SRH Predicted XI for IPL Match 23 at Wankhede Stadium. MI vs SRH Predicted XI for IPL Match 23 at Wankhede Stadium.
Mumbai Indians take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 23 of Indian Premier League 2018 at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Mumbai would like a win in the game as they have lost four games out of five so far in the tournament. The one game they have won was against Royal Challengers Bangalore. That win was with a big margin and the four losses have been very close encounters which have kept Mumbai’s run-rate in the positive. But looking for a win against Sunrisers, they would like to change their playing for the game. Rohit Sharma has said that he would like to have a settled line-up but the form of Kieron Pollard and his own are causing trouble for Mumbai.
As far as Sunrisers Hyderabad are concerned, they began the tournament with three wins but since then have lost two consecutive games and would like to return to winning ways on Tuesday. But their team might need a shuffling. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will not play the game against Mumbai as he has been rested. Shikhar Dhawan and Yusuf Pathan are also doubtful as they are injured. Hyderabad are likely to change their playing XI for this game and the likes of Bipul Sharma can get a game. Sandeep Sharma is expected to return to the playing XI.
Here are the Mumbai Indians Predicted XI and Sunrisers Hyderabad XI
Mumbai Indians Predicted Playing XI: Suryakumar Yadav, Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman
Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rashid Khan, Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
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Centre nod for Krishna Murari as chief justice of Punjab and Haryana HC | On April 19, the Supreme Court Collegium had first recommended Justice Murari be to elevated as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. On April 19, the Supreme Court Collegium had first recommended Justice Murari be to elevated as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Union Law Ministry cleared the appointment of Justice Krishna Murari of the Allahabad High Court as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, sources said on Wednesday. The appointment is likely to be formalised by the President through a warrant of appointment in the next few days.
Justice Murari will succeed former chief justice S J Vazifdar, who retired on May 3.
On April 19, the Supreme Court Collegium had first recommended Justice Murari be to elevated as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. However, the central government, on May 3, had issued a late night order appointing Justice A K Mittal, the senior-most judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court, as the acting chief justice of the court.
The apex court Collegium, while recommending Justice Murari for the post, had taken into consideration regional representation of chief justices in the high courts. The collegium had also considered the name of Justice Dilip Gupta, the senior-most judge of Allahabad High Court, but had chosen Justice Murari over him citing a longer term.
Justice Murari, a member of the Bar, was elevated as Additional Judge of Allahabad High Court in 2004. He was elevated as a permanent judge in August 2005.
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Four-year-old swallowed coins after watching Go Compare ad featuring a cash-eating monster | Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email
A young child swallowed coins after copying an advert for Go Compare featuring a cash-eating monster.
The TV commercial shows a woman shocked to find the small Monster Bill eating cash from her neighbour's purse.
The neighbour explains that the monster was her home insurance bill, to which the woman exclaims: "It's eating all your money."
A parent, who said their four-year-old child swallowed coins after watching the ad, complained that it could encourage emulation by younger children.
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GoCompare said that while there was a clear difference between swallowing coins and Monster Bill's eating of fake paper money, it was concerned by the complainant's experience and "would never wish for that to happen".
It said it would apply a restriction to prevent the ad from screening during or adjacent to programmes commissioned for, principally directed at or likely to appeal to children under 16.
Ad clearance agency Clearcast said that while the eating of paper money was not to be recommended, any potential harm could not be compared to the swallowing of coins, adding that as eating paper was not especially harmful it did not see the need to impose a timing restriction on the ad.
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it was concerned that the ad might encourage young children to attempt to swallow money themselves, which was "a dangerous practice to emulate".
"As such, while we acknowledged that the ad was suitable for older children, there was a risk that the ad would cause harm to younger children," it said.
It ruled that the ad must not be broadcast again in its current form before 7.30pm.
A GoCompare spokesman said: "Our advert featuring Monster Bill was never designed to appeal to children, and while we believe it is unlikely that the advert would influence a child to copy the character, we understand the concern and are happy to apply the 7.30pm time restriction." |
Facebook cracks down on 30,000 fake accounts in France | Facebook logo is seen at a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris, France, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it suspended 30,000 accounts in France as the social network giant steps up efforts to stop the spread of fake news, misinformation and spam.
The move, which comes 10 days before the first round of a hotly contested French presidential election, is among the most aggressive yet by Facebook to move against accounts that violate its terms of service, rather than simply respond to complaints.
Facebook is under intense pressure in Europe as governments across the continent threaten new laws and fines unless the company moves quickly to remove extremist propaganda or other content that violates local laws. (reut.rs/2oBwHEO).
The pressure on social media sites including Twitter (TWTR.N), Google's (GOOGL.O) YouTube and Facebook has intensified in the run-up to the elections in France and Germany.
Facebook already has a program in France to use outside fact-checkers to combat fake news in users' feeds.
Also on Thursday, Facebook took out full-page ads in Germany's best-selling newspapers to educate readers on how to spot fake news.
U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that the Russian government interfered with the U.S. election last year in order to help Donald Trump win the presidency. Officials say a similar campaign is under way in Europe to promote right-wing, nationalist parties and undermine the European Union.
In a blog post, Facebook said it was acting against 30,000 fake accounts in France. It said its priority was to remove suspect accounts with high volumes of posting activity and the biggest audiences.
Two people familiar with Facebook's process said the company had strengthened its formula for detecting deceptive accounts being run by automated means. As an example, the new process considers accounts that have smaller circles of friends and that therefore had been less of a priority previously.
A key motivator was the need to get tougher on misinformation ahead of the French elections, the people said, although the move also targets accounts that generated spam for financial gain.
"We've made improvements to recognise these inauthentic accounts more easily by identifying patterns of activity — without assessing the content itself," Shabnam Shaik, a Facebook security team manager, wrote in an official blog post.
The company is using automated pattern-recognition to identify repeated posting of the same content and increases in messaging.
Thursday's action follows other moves by Facebook to make it easier for users to report potential fraud and hoaxes.
(Reporting By Eric Auchard in London and Joseph Menn in San Francisco; Editing by Jonathan Weber and Bill Trott) |
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World Cup 2018 to get live 4K, HDR and VR broadcast on BBC iPlayer | Hisense BBC iPlayer World Cup 2018 UHD
The BBC has committed to airing 29 of the World Cup 2018 matches live in 4K UHD as well as HDR but not only that, it'll be sharing coverage in VR too. The BBC iPlayer will be used to stream the content over the internet so those with a 4K and HDR enabled TV can enjoy the games at the highest quality that FIFA offers. There is a catch. The BBC will only be able to deliver the games to a certain number of viewers. That means you'll need to get in early if you want to watch at full quality. The BBC says the high-quality content will be available to "tens of thousands" of people, but on a first come first served basis.
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You will require a decent internet connection to enjoy the full experience as anything too slow will be automatically presented with a lower quality version. The BBC said: "For the full 3840 pixel Ultra HD, you'll need at least a 40Mbit/s connection. If your connection is 20Mbit/s and above, you'll be presented with 2560 pixel Ultra HD. All footage will be shown at 50 frames per second." A wired TV connection, over Wi-Fi is also recommended for maximum quality. The BBC did previously trial a UHD and HDR live sports event with a single rugby game streamed to the iPlayer Beta. The World Cup in 4K will work on the normal BBC iPlayer as found on many smart TVs. The full list of supported televisions can be found here.
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While the broadcast is called HDR, for high dynamic range, it actually uses a BBC specific format called HLG, Hybrid Log Gamma. It's essentially the same but optimised for broadcast. The HDR quality will not only work on most HDR TVs but should also work on standard dynamic range UHD TVs too. You won't see the same range but it should push whatever TV it is to its limit for quality. The BBC says this will be useful for future live broadcasts: "The experience and data gathered from this trial will help the BBC to optimise UHD delivery in the future. The trial also helps the BBC and wider industry prepare for a time when delivering such large-scale events in such high quality, for larger audiences, over the open Internet is normal."
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BRIEF-Euro Yatirim Holding Q1 net loss widens to 3.3 million lira | BRIEF-Wells Fargo Bank increases prime rate to 4.25 percent
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Yes, your hospital may be able to order the death of your child | Who decides whether your sick child lives or dies? You or the hospital?
On Monday, the parents of 22-month-old Alfie Evans, who has extensive brain damage, were told their son’s life would be terminated by hospital staff. That night, the hospital turned off his ventilator. The hospital decreed “once all external signs of life have ceased,” doctors would confirm “that death has occurred.”
Alfie is now clinging to life.
Alfie’s parents tried appealing to British courts, but judges ruled on April 20 that “the hospital must be free to do what has been determined to be in Alfie’s best interests.” Determined by whom? Not his parents, who want to maintain life support. “He isn’t suffering, he isn’t in pain, he isn’t diagnosed,” his father explains. “It’s a straight-up execution.”
Alfie isn’t the first child sentenced to die by a British hospital. Last year, 11-month-old Charlie Gard died in a London hospital of a rare disease after the hospital refused to let Charlie’s parents transfer him to the US for experimental treatment. More recently, a toddler named Isaiah Haastrup was taken off life support over the objections of his parents.
Can it happen in the United States? You bet. It depends on what state you live in.
Texas law gives life-and-death power to hospitals, never mind what families want. In most states, including New York, families are likely to win if they go to court to stop a hospital from pulling the plug. Unfortunately, they don’t know that and get steamrolled by hospital staff. Later, they may regret they didn’t hold out for more time with their child or a rare, unexpected improvement.
Pope Francis offered to take in Alfie at a facility in Rome that treats many brain-damaged children, and air ambulances stood by. The British hospital, backed up by the courts, opposed the transfer, even while denying him life support. The hospital is dooming him to die.
Sounds like what happens in Texas. In 2005, a court gave a Houston hospital the go-ahead to turn off the ventilator keeping baby Sun Hudson alive, over the mother’s objections. In 2017, again with a court’s OK, another Texas hospital cut off life support from 46-year-old Chris Dunn, who was awake and communicative, but descending into organ failure because of pancreatic cancer. His mother pleaded with the judges that the hospital was “trying to play God.” But Texas law gives hospitals that power.
George Pickering’s adult son was on life support in a Texas hospital. Doctors declared him brain-dead, but Pickering felt his son squeeze his hand to communicate, and was convinced he could recover. When the hospital started to cut off life support, Pickering holed up in his son’s room with a handgun to stop the process.
“They were moving too fast,” he said. He was arrested and jailed, but when he got out, his son had recovered — a rare outcome.
In other states, laws favor parents who are willing (or able) to go to court. Jahi McNath, a teenager, was declared brain-dead by a California hospital ready to stop life support. But Jahi’s mother won the right to take her daughter home, where she’s still living four years later on a ventilator.
Hospitals claim ending life support is in the child’s “best interest.” Don’t believe it. Oxford University ethics professor Julian Savulescu says there are few conditions painful enough to contemplate ending a child’s life. He cites Epidermolysis Bullosa, where a baby’s skin peels off relentlessly, causing extreme, unrelenting pain, infection and death within a year. But Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, Jahi McNath and the other children denied care weren’t in pain.
Cost is why many hospitals pull the plug, says Savulescu. They should be honest about it. Instead, hospitals stick to their phony argument about protecting the child’s “best interests.”
They refuse to say more, hiding behind claims they’re protecting patient privacy. As if it’s OK to end a child’s life but not to publicly disclose the child’s condition.
Hospitals need to back off their authoritarian “we know best” posture. And show respect for parents.
Betsy McCaughey is a senior fellow at the London Center for Policy Research. |
Mariners' Chris Herrmann: Sent to DL | Herrmann (oblique) was placed on the 10-day disabled list prior to Wednesday's game against the Rangers, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports.
Herrmann was sent to the shelf after an MRI revealed the 30-year-old is dealing with a strained oblique. The move is retroactive to Monday, so he'll be eligible to return as early as June 7. That said, oblique injuries are often tricky, so the Mariners figure to proceed cautiously with the backstop. He appeared in just one game with Seattle prior to suffering the injury, going 1-for-4. David Freitas was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma in a corresponding roster move and will serve as the Mariners' backup catcher in Herrmann's absence. |
Arsenal news: Spanish football expert reveals big doubt over Unai Emery | GETTY/ESPN Arsenal news: Unai Emery was appointed new Gunners boss last week
Emery was appointed Arsene Wenger’s successor at Arsenal seven days ago. The former Paris Saint-Germain boss has a rebuilding job on his hands after the Gunners failed to qualify for the Champions League for a second successive season under Wenger. Lowe knows Emery’s style of football well after his successful spells in La Liga with Valencia and Sevilla. He reckons he will be a success at Arsenal and will bring something they have been crying out for.
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Unai Emery will do a lot of the work that simply has not happened at Arsenal in recent years Sid Lowe on Arsenal boss Unai Emery
But Lowe says that is only if Emery, whose English is not perfect, can get that across to his players. “One thing is for sure, Unai Emery will do a lot of the work that simply has not happened at Arsenal in recent years,” Lowe told ESPN FC. “Some of the tactical work, some of the intensity, some of the forcing players to do rather more than occasionally pass the ball nicely. “So in that sense, he fits very well.
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BRIEF-Precise Biometrics core profit falls to SEK 3.8 mln, sees flat 2017 sales | Feb 14 Precise Biometrics Ab:
* Continued growth and strategic acquisition
* Q4 consolidated net sales increased to SEK 25.7 (23.5) million.
* Q4 operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) totaled SEK 3.8 (6.7) million.
* Q4 cash flow from operations improved to SEK 11.8 (8.8) million
* Says expects net sales for full year to be in line with net sales for 2016
* Says anticipates a weaker revenue development during the first half of the year because of reduced revenues from FPC
* Says expects gradually increasing volumes starting from the second half of the year
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Korean Air HQ raided by prosecutors over suspected... | By Haejin Choi
SEOUL, May 31 (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co Ltd over suspected embezzlement and breach of trust by members of its owning family, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday.
A company spokesman told Reuters an investigative team was at the headquarters but declined further comment. A prosecution spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment.
The investigation is the latest involving the flag carrier's owning family, which came under increased scrutiny in April after the chairman's daughter, Cho Hyun-min, allegedly threw water at an attendee of a business meeting.
Cho Hyun-min is the younger sister of Heather Cho, who was jailed in 2014 for demanding a Korean Air plane return to its gate at a New York airport, after losing her temper over the way she was served nuts in first class.
The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office is investigating suspicion of tax evasion, embezzlement and breach of trust by Korean Air Lines Chairman Cho Yang-ho and members of his family, Yonhap reported citing prosecution sources.
The prosecutor's office began investigating potential tax evasion by the family after the Seoul office of South Korea's tax agency questioned whether Chairman Cho paid tax on inheriting overseas assets from his father, Yonhap said.
Prosecutors are also tracking suspicious money flows within accounts of Cho family members and associates, Yonhap reported.
Chairman Cho earlier this month stepped down from the post of co-chief executive at affiliate Jin Air Co Ltd amid growing public pressure for Cho family members to step back from management positions.
(Reporting by Haejin Choi; Additional reporting and Writing by Joyce Lee; Editing by Stephen Coates and Christopher Cushing) |
Anne Robinson has mouse exterminators on call | With her acid tongue and withering glare, she is the undisputed Queen of Mean.
But television’s most terrifying presenter has been left a quivering wreck thanks to the most unlikely of enemies - a scuttling mouse.
So terrified of the odd stray rodent is she, that Anne Robinson has employed a permanent pest control unit.
So terrified of the odd stray rodent is she, that Anne Robinson has employed a permanent pest control unit
The former Weakest Link host now receives monthly visits from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s rodent team, who check her house from top to bottom, and make the necessary reinforcement should a mouse dropping be found.
A source said: ‘Anne is absolutely petrified of mice and rats; it’s almost a phobia.
‘Her next door neighbour’s building works caused a small influx of rats.
‘Understandably, she was fairly livid especially when she stumbled upon a rat casually sunning itself on her back patio.
‘Pest control were immediately called out, and poison was put down to get rid of the problem.
‘She was also advised to block-up any cupboard gaps or holes in the wall with iron wool to stop them from being able to get in.
‘Clearly Anne never wishes to come nose to nose with a rodent again, or hear the pitter patter of tiny paws, so she has the council on a retainer - meaning they come out once a month merely as a preventative measure.
The former Weakest Link host now receives monthly visits from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s rodent team
They check her house from top to bottom, and make the necessary reinforcement should a mouse dropping be found
‘For peace of mind alone, it is worth every penny.’
Whilst a one-off visit - and two follow-up visits - costs £120, the council offers special rates for those on a retainer.
According to its official website, a small house or flat with a mouse problem will be charged a minimum of £500 a year for an annual retainer.
However, given that the 72-year-old star lives in a £6 million detached house on one of London’s finest streets, she is likely to be paying considerably more than this.
Of course, such a rodent repulsion is likely to come as something of a shock to her legion of TV fans.
For 12 years she left contestants shaking in their boots thanks to her scathing put-downs and a dismissive raise of the eyebrow as she unceremoniously told them, ‘You are the weakest link; goodbye!’
Indeed, so scary was her on-screen demeanour, one commentator likened her to an ‘emotional dominatrix’.
The popular presenter, a former journalist said to be worth around £50 million, is notoriously straight-talking.
She has previously admitted to having had a facelift, and has spoken about her erstwhile battle with alcoholism which she overcame.
Speaking about her television persona, she previously said: ‘As far as I’m concerned, I’m doing my bit for the sisterhood just by being here.
‘If you look at Mrs Thatcher, female solidarity wasn’t even on the ninth page of her mission statement, but by becoming prime minister, she did more for women than any feminist you could mention.’ |
BRIEF-Photronics Q3 earnings per share $0.06 | Aug 14 (Reuters) - Photronics Inc
* Photronics reports third quarter fiscal 2017 results
* Sees Q4 2017 earnings per share $0.03 to $0.09
* Q3 earnings per share $0.06
* Sees Q4 2017 revenue $108 million to $116 million
* Q3 sales $111.6 million versus I/B/E/S view $115.1 million
* Q3 earnings per share view $0.09 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
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First woman to run the Boston Marathon just did it again 50 years later | Fifty years after becoming the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon, Kathrine Switzer made history with her feet once again — and this time, no one tried to rip off her iconic bib number.
Switzer, now 70, donned bib No. 261 for the 121st Boston Marathon on Monday, the same number she wore in 1967 when then-race director Jock Semple tried to rip off her bib and stop her from finishing the race. The moment was captured in an iconic photo showing Switzer’s then-boyfriend coming to her aid.
She went on to finish the 1967 Boston Marathon in 4 hours and 20 minutes, roughly 24 minutes faster than her unofficial time on Monday of 4:44:31 after signaling the start of the women’s elite race. That was good enough for eighth place within her age group (70-74) and 22,586th place overall, according to unofficial race results.
Earlier in the race, Switzer posted videos to her Facebook page chronicling her run, referencing the approximate spot where Semple tried to stop her from finishing the race half a century ago.
“So proud of you Katherine,” one commenter wrote in response to the video. “You are such a role model for Women. Have a great race. Enjoy every minute.”
Prior to Monday’s race, Switzer — who won the 1974 New York City Marathon and finished second in the 1975 Boston Marathon — told the Boston Globe she started training about 18 months earlier and was told by her physiotherapist to train every other day and to focus on the recovery process.
“And I screamed because I’m an everyday kind of runner,” she told the newspaper.
Switzer said she finished two 20-mile races during her training, as well as distances of up to 1,000 meters at a 5K pace and core workouts twice a week. That’s a far cry from the regimen she ran during her peak as a competitive runner, back when she would log more than 100 miles per week and complete at least one 26.2-mile trek before each official marathon.
“But I’ve never been 70 before,” she told the Globe.
But Switzer — who organized 125 charity runners for Monday’s race through her 261 Fearless Foundation, a nonprofit she launched in 2015 to empower female runners — said she was primarily concerned with getting enough downtime prior to the demanding run.
“I’m not worried about the physicalness of my capability,” she said. “What I’m worried about — outside of an injury or something out of the blue — but what I do worry about is being tired.”
Switzer said she can easily recall the 1967 race half a century later. At the time, the 20-year-old journalism student from Syracuse University realized what finishing the course would mean to women around the world, particularly female runners.
“That’s a helluva lot of pressure. Actually, it’s the same pressure I feel on Monday. You know? Because people are going to remember me more if I don’t finish than if I do finish,” Switzer told the Globe. “And so, somehow I’ve got to finish.”
The incident thrust her into a role as an “iconic athlete, sports and social advocate, author and Emmy-award television commentator,” according to her blog, Marathon Woman. The number 261 has since come to symbolize being “fearless in the face of adversity,” Switzer writes.
She said she began the race 50 years ago simply as a “kid who wanted to run,” while referencing Roberta Bingay Gibb’s finish in 1966 without an official bib number.
“[S]o I wasn’t trying to break any barriers,” Switzer recalled on her blog. “It wasn’t until a race official attacked me during the run did I become determined to finish and speak out on behalf of all women.”
Women were ultimately allowed to officially run in Boston during the 76th race on April 17, 1972. Switzer finished in third place that year with a time of just under 3 hours and 30 minutes, according to Boston.com.
Fifty years later, Switzer continues to inspire. On Thursday, the Boston Athletic Association announced that Switzer’s bib number would be retired from the Boston Marathon. Race officials had previously retired just one other bib number — 61 — in honor of John Kelly, who notched 61 Boston finishes, MassLive.com reports.
“Now that she’s getting into her later years, you’d think she’d sit back and say, ‘I’ve done my part,'” runner Rosy Spraker told CBS Boston. “But now I think 261 Fearless is going to be her biggest achievement.” |
Pound to euro exchange rate: Euro boosted as German unemployment falls and inflation rises | The pound to euro exchange rate has been given "cause for celebration", as German unemployment has fallen and inflation risen, although the political situation in Italy continues to remain, an expert has claimed.
Today’s exchange rate is at 1.140, as of 7.00am according to Bloomberg.
Laura Parsons, currency analyst at TorFX, commented on the exchange rate.
“The GBP/EUR exchange rate experienced some mid-week movement as a run of upbeat reports from the Eurozone gave the euro cause for celebration.
“Although the ongoing political crisis in Italy lingered in the background, the common currency surged by nearly one per cent against the US dollar and pound as German inflation rose and unemployment fell. |
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Boehringer Inaugurates Biopharma Mfg. Facility in China | Boehringer Ingelheim recently inaugurated its commercial production site for biopharmaceuticals in Zhang Jiang Hi-tech Park of Shanghai, China. The site, with the first-phase investment of more than 70 million, is the first and only biopharmaceutical facility established by a leading multinational active biopharmaceutical manufacturer in China utilizing mammalian cell culture technology.
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Rangers' Sam Dyson: Implodes again to lose third game | Dyson allowed two runs on three hits and two walks to blow his third save and record his third loss of the season Sunday against Seattle.
It would be surprising to see Dyson continue pitching in the ninth inning going forward, or at least in the immediate future. He's allowed 13 runs through just 4.1 innings and hasn't converted a single save opportunity. With Matt Bush nursing a shoulder injury, Jeremy Jeffress is likely the next closer candidate, but this also has the potential to turn into a committee effort with Jose Leclerc and Tony Barnette also in the mix. |
Trump set to spend £105MILLION on new army bases in South Korea to ward off Kim Jong-un | GETTY The US is set to bolster its facilities in South Korea
In a statement, the Department of Defence said: “Gilbane Federal [of] Concord, California was awarded a $133.4 million… contract for the construction of two facilities: US Forces Korea Operations Centre, and Phase III Facility at US Army Garrison Humphreys.” Construction is expected to be completed by May 2, 2020, as the US tries to bolster its influence in the region.
The news comes after US Vice President Mike Pence said his country’s "era of strategic patience" with North Korea is over during a visit to the Korean demilitarised zone (DMZ). The US and South Korea have vowed to work together to quell the threat from North Korea, which has increased substantially in recent weeks as the international community becomes increasingly concerned by Kim Jong-un’s nuclear capabilities.
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China and the US are also hoping discuss the best way of reducing the threat from North Korea, although officials in Beijing are unhappy at the prospect of the US anti-missile defence system THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) being deployed in South Korea. Last month, China’s ambassador to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva said his country firmly opposed the deployment of THAAD “and will take necessary measures to defend our own security interests”. Fu Cong added: “All parties concerned should work together for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and its peace and stability.”
GETTY There have been a number of protests in South Korea about the deployment of THAAD
THAAD has a range of 130 miles and can reach an altitude of 90 miles, and is designed to shoot down short and medium-range ballistic missiles. South Korea’s Disarmament ambassador Kim Inchul said: “THAAD is purely defensive. It is the only defence measure we can take facing the massive threat posed by North Korea.”
GETTY The USS Carl Vinson was recently deployed close to the Korean shore as tensions in the region rise |
WATCH: Uni pals viciously attacked on Budapest train - and they’re STILL ON THE TRAIN | Elizabeth Nelson, from Liverpool, alerted Express.co.uk to the vile attack just minutes after her 19-year-old granddaughter, Heidi Molloy, was viciously assaulted - and left with a black eye.
The terrified girls have been forced to remain on the train as they have not yet reached their next destination, Hungary’s Budapest.
The astonishing footage shows the man, who appears to be in his 50s, lashing out and shouting abuse at the girls before throwing a series of no-holds barred punches.
Ms Nelson told us how the video was filmed just moments after the man threw a bottle of water at one of the girls, who are currently on a trip around Europe to celebrate finishing their first year at Leeds University. |
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Rajasthan: Meo Panchayat announces boycott of ‘cow smugglers’ | Following a spate of encounters between alleged cow smugglers and Alwar police, the district’s Meo Panchayat has announced a boycott of “cow smugglers.”
Announcing the decision to socially boycott “cow smugglers,” Alwar’s Meo Panchayat chief Sher Mohammad said, “Because of a few, the image of the entire community is being tarnished.”
He said: “We have appealed time and again that such acts be stopped. But the incidents have continued.”
He urged the residents of Palla village in Haryana, the native place of Umar, to boycott his family.
“If they fail to take a decision in a day or two, then the panchayat will initiate a boycott of the village, even though it is in Haryana,” Mohammad added.
Referring to a police raid in September last year when 36 cow carcasses were seized by police in the district’s Ramgarh area, Mohammad claimed that the Meo Panchayat had boycotted those families too.
The decision of the Meo Panchayat came hours after Haryana resident, Umar, was caught by police following a shootout.
The police said Umar was a cow smuggler.
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Vizag to host conference on energy efficiency and conservation | The port city of Visakhapatnam will host a one-day national conference on August 18 to dwell on best practices so as to achieve potential energy saving of 1,32,000 million units across the country by 2018-19. The conference is being organised under the aegis of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Union power ministry, and will see participation from delegates from 29 states and Union Territories.
The power targets to achieve a monetary saving of Rs 53,000 crore through energy efficiency and conservation as part of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, according to AP State Energy Conservation Mission CEO A Chandrasekhar Reddy.
In a release here today, he said deliberations at the seminar would focus on Ujala, LED street lighting national programme, demand side management in the agriculture sector, perform, achieve and trade (PAT) scheme for energy efficiency in the industrial sector, energy conservation building code and standards and labelling programme in the domestic sector.
“Under the Ujala scheme alone energy saving of one lakh million units, amounting to Rs 40,000 crore, is estimated to be achieved. Over 25 lakh street lights have been converted to LEDs, saving 9,000 million units of power and Rs 5,500 crore,” Reddy said.
The World Bank has ranked AP as the No. 1 state in the country in energy efficiency.
“We have completed distribution of 2.17 crore LED bulbs that could result in an energy saving of 1,709 million units and Rs 946 crore.
“Similarly, six lakh LED street lights have been installed in urban local bodies, easing them of a financial burden of Rs 86.45 crore, reducing power consumption by 133 MU power per annum,” he said.
The successful implementation of LED street lighting and Central Control and Monitoring System in Visakhapatnam would be showcased to delegates from 29 states and Union Territories attending the conference, the CEO added.
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New Fox Comedy 'The Mick' Set In Greenwich | Fish-out-of-water stories on the Connecticut gold coast are the basis of a couple of first season network sitcoms. After "American Housewife" brought Katy Mixon trying to adjust to life in tony Westport, Fox 's new comedy "The Mick" brings a raucous Rhode Islander to Greenwich to take care of her sister's spoiled kids.
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Gorgeous health blogger reveals her THREE simple steps to easy weight loss | Getty Images/Sphere Faya Nilsson says weight loss requires a three-pronged approach
The blonde beauty shared a wealth of information in her new book, 'Fit In 3: The Scandi Plan', and Express.co.uk got an exclusive look at the health bible. Faya believes there are three simple steps to health; diet, exercise and wellbeing. Many people are aware of the first one, but let the third slip - and this is why their plans aren't sustainable long term. Wellbeing covers everything from sleep to drinking enough water, but can even go more basic than that.
Discussing breathing properly, Faya said: "When I’m stressed, I tend to hold the air high up in my lungs. "My chest feels constricted, my whole body is set rigid, girded for something, and my breathing becomes shorter, sharper and shallower. "The first step towards combatting this is to stay mindful of your breathing and to recognise when those short breaths start, or you feel the rigidity set in your body; many of us have become conditioned to hold ourselves in this hardened manner. "As soon as you recognise poor breathing technique, the ancient Chinese qigong method of deep and smooth breathing can prove extremely powerful.
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I’d encourage regular breaks during which you close your eyes, sit comfortably and take a minute to breathe deeply and smoothly Faya Nilsson
"It advocates conjuring air from deep within the belly (which engages the large muscles in the diaphragm, massaging your internal organs and keeping them functioning nicely), inhaling through the nose and exhaling fully through the mouth, and is so effective that even in full-on fightor- flight mode, you can totally relax your wound-up posture. "It simply requires a mindful awareness of your chest, your muscular tension, your belly and your emotional state. "Easier said than done perhaps, but chances are this happens more frequently than you might think, so I’d encourage regular breaks during which you close your eyes, sit comfortably and take a minute to breathe deeply and smoothly. "I find that sitting cross-legged, fully upright, in a simple meditation pose is an incredibly conducive position from which to breathe deeply."
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Ensuring you sleep regularly and properly is also key to looking and feeling your best. Faya explained: "You might think that missing a few hours sleep is not a problem: I’ll just sleep a bit more on the weekend. "But you can’t bank sleep and you can’t recover what you’ve missed. "The consequences of cumulative sleep debt are physical: your immune system weakens; you have diminished energy; your concentration wanes; your metabolism slows; you feel sluggish; you might want to eat more; you’ll probably grow moodier and more stressed... and you’ll almost certainly lack the motivation to train. "Scientists recommend on average eight hours sleep a night. "My view is as follows: whatever amount enables you to feel wide awake and fully functional the next day is the right amount for you." Finally, being kind to yourself is an unusual recommendation, but one Faya swears by.
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US blames North Korea for hacking spree, says more attacks likely | The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyber attacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely. The North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017.
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Canadiens' Carey Price: Shuts door in Game 3 victory | Price stopped 20 of 21 shots in Sunday's Game 3 victory over the Rangers.
It was a strong showing for Price, who gave up three goals in Game 2. He's now turned in back-to-back victories and has been excellent in the postseason thus far. Price is the clear-cut starter for the Habs and will play a huge role in how far the team makes it in the playoffs. Montreal is now leading the series against the Rangers 2-1, so with Price playing the way he is, the Habs have a great shot of pulling away. |
Ashes 2017: Our duty to rebuild trust and faith within England team, says Jonny Bairstow | Jonny Bairstow said the team’s focus was now on ensuring they retained the Ashes. (Reuters File Photo) Jonny Bairstow said the team’s focus was now on ensuring they retained the Ashes. (Reuters File Photo)
Johnny Bairstow accepts that accusations of poor behaviour by England players have dented their trustworthiness in the eyes of fans but believes the team can rectify that by winning the third Ashes Test. England need to at least draw the Test in Perth to stay alive in the five-match series after they lost the first game in Brisbane by 10 wickets and the second in Adelaide by 120 runs.
Off-the field incidents over the last few months, however, have also dogged the team and blighted the team’s image. Already missing all-rounder Ben Stokes pending the outcome of a police investigation into an incident in Bristol in September, Bairstow was accused of ‘headbutting’ Australia’s Cameron Bancroft in a Perth bar early in the tour.
Ben Duckett, who was part of the England Lions side also in Australia, was then stood down after he poured a drink over a team mate — reported to be bowler James Anderson — in the same Perth bar ahead of a warmup game before the third Test.
“There are things that have been blown up,” the wicketkeeper told British media ahead of the third Test. “That is part and parcel of it and we need to rebuild the trust we have built over the last few years as a team.
“It’s taken a bit of a hit, but it’s our job and our duty to rebuild that trust and faith within the England cricket team. That starts on Thursday. You rebuild it by winning games of cricket.”
Bairstow, however, said the team’s focus was now on ensuring they retained the Ashes.
“As a group of players, those things have been addressed and we need to move forward,” he said. “As players we get back into training, and that is at the forefront of our mind.
“We’ve got three matches to go and we’ve got to win three Test matches. That is the challenge we’re faced with. There is no reason why we can’t do that for the rest of the series.”
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Olivia Cooke dazzles in sequinned gown at Ready Player One premiere | It is the hotly-anticipated new sci-fi film from iconic director Steven Spielberg.
And Ready Player One stars Olivia Cooke and Hannah John-Kamen dazzled as they arrived at the film's London premiere on Monday.
Bates' Motel star Olivia, 24, who plays Samantha "Sam" Cook in the film, looked out-of-this-world in a celestial silver and lavender sequinned gown, which featured a plunging neckline which flashed her cleavage.
Time to shine: Ready Player One stars Olivia Cooke and Hannah John-Kamen dazzled as they arrived at the film's London premiere on Monday
Cinching in at her slender waist and taut midriff before flowing into an elegant skirt, the dazzling gown featured lines of glittering purple sequins which caught the light as the star posed.
Her brunette tresses were styled in big, bouncy waves, parted in the middle, while her sparkling features were enhanced with smoky shadow, long lashes and a fushcia lip.
Tomb Raider star Hannah, 28, who plays F'Nale Zandor in the sci-fi film, wowed in a vibrant canary yellow gown which featured crystal embellishment along the neckline.
Flaunting her ample bust and trim waist in the dress, it gracefully flowed into a chic ruched skirt.
Her brunette tresses were swept over to the side while her pretty features were accentuated with smoky shadow, fluttery lashes and a rose lipstick.
Adding an extra touch of sparkle, she slipped on some glittering crystal chandelier earrings.
Ready Player One is set in a future Dystopian earth, where humanity spends its time in an interconnected virtual space known as the OASIS, to escape the desolation of Earth's cities.
The founder dies and offers ownership of the space and $500bn to the first person who can find a hidden treasure within the space, by problem-solving and playing games, with a battle ensuing between a young man and his friends and a corrupt megacorporation.
The film, which also stars Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Ben Mendelsohn and Lena Waithe, will be released in the US on March 29.
It is based on the novel by Ernest Cline.
Although the premiere suffered technical difficulties when the theatre's sound system went down during a crucial scene - leading it to be replayed- it won acclaim from critics and fans alike. |
Bellevue continues to debate shelter | The process of siting a men's shelter and affordable housing development in Bellevue took another faltering step forward last week, although nonprofit partners developing the project have no more clarity on where they could expect to build or whether the project will be approved at all. As conceived, the project includes a 100-bed low-barrier shelter, a 125-seat day center and cafeteria and roughly 100 units of housing.
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Oklahoma woman is in 'imminent danger' after being kidnapped | A 29-year-old woman is feared to be in 'imminent danger' after being kidnapped from her Oklahoma home on Monday night by a man rumored to be her boyfriend while she was trying to call 911.
Morgan Rower was taken from her apartment in Broken Arrow by Justin Korf, 39, at around 9.30pm on Monday.
Police say she was trying to call 911 to report a domestic dispute at time.
Morgan Chelsea Rower, 29, was kidnapped from her home by her boyfriend Justin Korf, 39, on Monday night while trying to call 911, according to authorities
Friends of the pair said they were dating and had been arguing about cheating, something police have not yet confirmed. They are shown together in a social media image
They did not confirm the relationship between the two but friends said they were dating and had been arguing about cheating.
Authorities in Oklahoma say Korf is driving white 1999 Dodge Durango with Oklahoma plates.
He was last seen driving south, they said.
Korf has a lengthy criminal record, most of which is made up of traffic offenses including driving under the influence and without a license.
In 2008, he pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer.
He was accused of rape and kidnap in Oklahoma in 2007 but the charges were dismissed in exchange for him pleading no contest to a felony assault charge.
Morgan was trying to call 911 to report a domestic dispute when she was taken, police said
Korf had a lengthy criminal record which includes convictions for felony assault and rape and kidnapping arrests which were dismissed as part of a plea deal
Police say Korf is driving the pair in a white 1999 Dodge Durango (file image of the same car shown above)
In 2004, he had a domestic battery charge dismissed as a result of the prosecution's witness falling through.
Other charges including committing robbery with a firearm were dismissed for the some reason.
He has also faced accusations of drug dealing marijuana.
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Catalonia: BBC host slams Spanish MEP over lack of EU intervention | While Madrid have now apologised for the violent scenes on Sunday, which saw hundreds injured by police trying to enforce a Spanish out ban on the vote, which they claimed was “illegal”. Brussels warned Catalonia risks “abandoning the European Union” by splitting from Spain, as the bloc scrambles to avoid a Catalexit which would see the bloc disintegrate further after an already-chaotic 18 months. A spokesman for the European People’s Party, the largest group inside the European Parliament, said Catalonia needed to acknowledge the “truth”. He said: “Someone needs to tell the Catalan people the truth.
BBC Catalonia independence: Spanish MEP slapped down over lack of EU intervention
Why don’t you allow a vote to go ahead which could be a legal vote? Anushka Asthana
“If you contest the law to abandon Spain you also need to know that you abandon the EU.” Discussing the lack of intervention from Brussels on the BBC’s Daily Politics, Spanish MEP and member of the European People’s Party Antonio Lopez-Isturiz was invited onto the programme. He said: “How can the EU accept that democracy is beaten on the streets? That it is beaten by democracy, the rule of law and the constitution, which is our continental legal system. “We can not allow this, this could be a very bad example for the rest of the European countries which also have some of these problems.
“Let me tell you Spain is a democracy since 40 years ago. I was born and raised in this democracy, I want this to succeed and that there is a common understanding between all the regions in Spain.” However, host Anushka Asthana took issue with his comments and slapped down the Spanish MEP’s outlook on democracy. She blast: “Illegal or not, destroying ballot boxes, arresting officials, suspending parliament, that doesn’t sound like a democracy to us!”
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Kate Upton performs Spears' hit One More Time | Britney Spears dancing in a schoolgirl outfit for her first hit is one of the most memorable moments in music history.
And Kate Upton is seen recreating the iconic (Hit Me Baby) One More Time music video for Lip Sync Battle this Thursday.
The 24-year-old flaunts a LOT more cleavage than the original video, as she shows off her sexiest moves - seen in a sneak peak of the show on Monday.
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A very busty Britney! Kate Upton reveals her cleavage in a plunging top as she performs Spears' hit One More Time
The original: Britney Spears dancing in a schoolgirl outfit for her first hit is one of the most memorable moments in music history
She had a black bra underneath a white shirt which is undone, and tied across her chest - revealing her decolletage and toned midriff.
The Sports Illustrated model lifts her skimpy mini skirt to reveal even more flesh.
She completes her fashion with black over the knee socks and black heels.
Spot the difference: The Sports Illustrated model lifts her skimpy mini skirt to reveal more flesh
Kate's blonde locks are pulled into side bunches, with white scrunchies decorating them.
Surrounded by a troupe of similarly clad dancers, the star bumps and grinds along the ground whilst miming to the track - which was the best-selling song of 1999.
Even host Chrissy Teigen looks shocked at the provocative performance.
On top form: Kate's blonde locks are pulled into side bunches, with white scrunchies decorating them
Sexy performance: Surrounded by a troupe of similarly clad dancers, the star bumps and grinds along the ground whilst miming to the track - which was the best-selling song of 1999
Going for it! Kate appears to be putting up a fierce battle for the show
Open mouthed: Even host Chrissy Teigen looks shocked at the provocative performance
Kate appears to be putting up a fierce battle, despite her relative lack of dance experience compared to her opponent.
She's pitched head to head against Ricky Martin.
Meanwhile, Kate recently revealed that her baseball player fiancé Justin Verlander has a set of no-nonsense pre and post-game sex rules.
Corridor dancing: Britney Spears dancing in a schoolgirl outfit for her first hit is one of the most memorable moments in music history
Speared it! The singer burst onto the music scene in the late 1990s with this iconic video
In February, the beauty spilled the beans to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live, disclosing that the Detroit Tigers pitcher puts their sex life in lock down around game time.
After a fan rang in and rather awkwardly asked about whether her fiancé needs to abstain to get his head in the game, the model did not hold back.
Kate said: 'There's no sex before a game - absolutely none! Also what I've just found out is, if he plays too well, there's no sex after, either.'
Lip Sync Battle airs Thursday at 10 p.m. on Spike.
Competition: Kate was up against singer Ricky Martin on the show
In the hips! Ricky looked like he had his signature moves out for his turn |
Gujarat GSEB 12th HSC 2018 results declared: How to check at gseb.org | GSEB 12th result 2018: The result is available at gseb.org GSEB 12th result 2018: The result is available at gseb.org
GSEB 12th HSC 2018 results: The result of Higher Secondary (HSC) general stream exam of the Gujarat Board has been released today at gseb.org. The overall pass percentage of HSC general stream is 55.55 per cent. The overall pass percentage has dipped with 55.55 per cent this year as against 56.82 per cent previous year. The highest scoring district is Dang this year. A total of 206 schools scored 100 per cent result while 451 students got A1and 8,245 students received A2. The girls have outperformed boys by scoring 74.78 per cent while boys have scored 63.71 per cent marks. In the regular category, a total of 3,37,055 lakh students appeared of which 1,59,899 were girls and 1,77,156 were boys.
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In Gujarati medium, 3,53,813 students appeared and the pass perecentage is 94.25 per cent. Similarly, in Hindi, 1,01,787 students attended the HSC exams and the pass percentage is 96.89 per cent. Nearly 4.45 lakh students appeared for the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) exam of which 1.43 lakh candidates have failed to clear English, their second language.
In the science stream, the result of which was released early this month, a total of 1.34 lakhs students appeared for the exams out of which 98,067 passed, taking the pass percentage to 73%, whereas the pass percentage of boys is 71%. The pass percentage of girls is at 74.9%. The top-scoring district was Rajkot while the sixth highest scoring district is Chota Udaipur.
GSEB 12th HSC 2018 results: How to check online
Step 1: Visit the official website, gseb.org
Step 2: Click on the result tab
Step 3: In the new window, enter registration number/ roll number
Step 4: Results will appear on the screen
Step 5: Download it, and take a print out for further reference.
GSEB 12th HSC 2018 results: How to check via app
-Visit the google play store
-Download the result app as per rating
-Pre-register with your registration number/ roll number
-Result alert will be appeared on the screen, soon the declaration of results.
GSEB 12th HSC result 2018: Passing marks
To qualify in a subject, a candidate must obtain a minimum of grade ‘D’ To be eligible for higher Secondary Certificate, a candidate must obtain minimum of grade ‘D’ in all subjects. Those candidates who have obtained grade ‘E1’ or ‘E2’ in the subjects of External Examination shall have to improve their performance through subsequent attempts and qualify.
About 74.91 per cent girls cleared the exams in the science stream while the pass percentage of boys is 71.84 per cent. Unlike in 2016-2017, when the boys broke the previous records and outshone girls though only by a narrow gap of 0.46 per cent, this year, the girls retained their numero uno position by a margin of 3.07 per cent.
About the Gujarat Board (GSEB)
The GSEB is responsible for the conduct of Class 10 and 12 exams in the state. Every year, 2 (including 4-semester type examinations) main examinations are held – the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam for standard 10 and the Higher Secondary (School) Certificate (HSC) examination for Standard 11 and 12 students in Gujarat. The board is also responsible for the State entrance examinations GUJCET.
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Sea level fears as more of giant Antarctic glacier... | The giant Totten Glacier
More of a giant France-sized glacier in Antarctica is floating on the ocean than previously thought, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears it could melt faster as the climate warms and have a dramatic impact on rising sea-levels.
The Totten Glacier is one of the fastest-flowing and largest glaciers in Antarctica with scientists keen to keep a close eye on how it melts given the enormous amount of water it could potentially unleash.
Using artificially created seismic waves that help scientists see through the ice, researchers have discovered that more of the Totten Glacier floats on the ocean than initially thought.
"In some locations we thought were grounded, we detected the ocean below indicating that the glacier is in fact floating," said Paul Winberry from Central Washington University, who spent the summer in Antarctica studying the Totten.
The findings are important because recent studies have shown the Totten Glacier's underbelly is already being eroded by warm, salty sea water flowing hundreds of kilometres inland after passing through underwater "gateways".
As it does, the portion of the glacier resting on water rather than rock increases, accelerating the pace of disintegration.
Winberry said more of the glacier floating on a warming ocean could help explain recent periods of accelerated melting.
"It also means the Totten might be more sensitive to climate variations in the future," he added.
Glaciers are huge bodies of dense ice that slowly move down valleys, mountains and slopes under their own weight over many centuries, sculpting the earth below as they go.
They hold the vast majority of Earth's fresh water and are the main contributor to rising sea levels when they melt.
According to NASA monitoring, between 2002 and 2016, Antarctica lost 125 gigatonnes of ice per year, causing sea levels worldwide to rise by 0.35 millimetres annually.
From the air, the contours of Totten Glacier are invisible because the entire Antarctic continent is covered by a seamless, kilometres-thick blanket of snow and ice.
That is why scientists are so determined to understand what is happening underneath the glacier, hidden from view.
Team leader Ben Galton-Fenzi, from the Australian Antarctic Division, said the Totten Glacier contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by about three metres (9.8 feet) if it all melted.
"Since the 1900s the global sea-level has risen by around 20 centimetres and by the end of the century it's projected to rise by up to one metre or more, but this is subject to high uncertainty which is why studying glaciers such as the Totten is important," he said.
"These precise measurements of Totten Glacier are vital to monitoring changes and understanding them in the context of natural variations, and the research is an important step in assessing the potential impact on sea-level under various future scenarios."
Instruments to measure the glacial flow, speed and thickness have been left on the glacier for another 12 months collecting data. |
Man accused of sexually assaulting Tennant Creek girl has charges dropped | Charges against a man accused of the sexually assault of a two-year-old girl in Tennant Creek have been dropped.
NT police said their investigation identified new information that led to the arrest of another offender and the withdrawal of charges against the 24-year-old man arrested over the incident in February.
A 25-year-old man faced Alice Springs Court on Monday charged with sexual intercourse without consent and was remanded in custody.
Charges against a man accused of the sexually assault of a two-year-old girl in Tennant Creek have been dropped
"The 24-year-old has now been released from custody," NT police said in a statement on Thursday.
Sex crime detectives are continuing to investigate an incident in Tennant Creek in February, which resulted in a two-year-old girl being transferred to Alice Springs and then the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital for surgery and a blood transfusion.
The child tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease and was provided with post-exposure HIV medication. |
London fire: £1m raised as offers of help pour in after Grenfell Tower blaze | PH Donations pouring in for the victim's of the terrible blaze
Companies, individuals and charities sprang into action to help those in need of food, water, clothes and shelter after the inferno in north Kensington. Three appeals have raised a seven-figure sum in just over 24 hours since the blaze which killed a dozen people and left scores more injured. An appeal on JustGiving launched by Karolina Hanusova raised £286,437 while another set up by Hayley Yearwood has generated £431,910.
The London Evening Standard launched an appeal on a dedicated website dispossessedfund.org.uk, raising £282,939 as of 6am today. The three appeals had more than 30,000 supporters between them, with supporters leaving messages including "My heart goes out to all those that had to gone through this" and "A terrible tragedy. My heart cries for all those lives lost".
GETTY Three appeals have raised a seven-figure sum in just over 24 hours
David Holdsworth, the chief operating officer at the Charity Commission, has urged people to give to registered causes. He said: "We are saddened to hear of the tragic events in west London. "There are many registered charities on the ground doing what they do best to assist those who have been affected.
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"We are urging members of the public that wish to make donations to check that they give to a registered charity in order to best support those affected, and also importantly to check with those charities what support they need - whether that is money, time or other essential supplies." Rest centres at the Westway Sports Centre in Crowthorne Road, St Clement Church, Treadgold Street and the Rugby Portobello Trust in Walmer Road, cared for people overnight.
GETTY Companies, individuals and charities sprang into action to help the victims after the inferno
Local football clubs Queens Park Rangers and Fulham rushed to support those left homeless by the blaze. QPR said it had opened its doors and facilities to those affected by the fire, but also said it could not accept any more donations, while Fulham also helped with the collection drive. |
Manchester City vs Chelsea: 5 super talents set to shine in FA Youth Cup final | John Terry set to leave Chelsea at the end of the
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Chelsea travel to Manchester City 's Academy Stadium tonight for the first leg of their FA Youth Cup final.
It is the third consecutive time the clubs have faced off for the biggest prize in English youth football - Chelsea winning 5-2 in 2015 and 4-2 in 2016 on aggregate - and Jody Morris' side will be aiming for the club's sixth triumph in just eight years.
With a new pair of eyes in charge of first team affairs now in Antonio Conte, players will be keen to impress in a bid to join the first team for pre-season this summer. City, too, have an exceptional set-up and will look to Pep Guardiola to utilise the exciting pool of talent at his disposal.
There will be an array of talent involved over both games and fans will have an opportunity to glimpse the stars of the future - here are five of them to look out for:
Trevoh Chalobah
(Photo: Getty Images Europe)
The younger brother of first team player Nathaniel Chalobah, Trevoh is emerging as a real leader at the back for Morris' side.
Look for Chalobah to play the David Luiz role in the 3-4-3 formation: specifically when City drop off, the Sierra Leone-born talent will step up and look to play long, arching passes into his team-mates' feet.
Tall, strong and powerful, this could very well be the centre-back England have been missing since the golden age.
Perhaps his most unique quality is the manner in which he will charge forward once he has neatly sidestepped a challenge or two before feeding the ball out wide to launch a counter-attack.
Chalobah will then drive forward in hope of receiving the a return ball or offering a presence inside the penalty area for crosses.
Jadon Sancho
(Photo: Daily Mirror)
A left winger with incredibly quick feet, Jadon Sancho has transitioned well from London to Manchester City's academy and is already training with the first team under the watchful eye of Guardiola.
You can immediately see the influence from Neymar by the way he attacks opposing full-backs. Though Sancho is always looking to work it back on to his right, the speed at which he is able to role the ball back on to his left and spin in behind makes him a nightmare for defenders.
"When I get the ball one v one position, I always think how can I beat him," Sancho told City's official YouTube channel. "I'll just tease him, keep on the ball and run alongside him and wait until he sticks a leg in. I know when a full-back likes pressing me or standing off me, which gives me an advantage."
Phil Foden
(Photo: West Bromwich Albion FC)
At the heart of Lee Carsley's midfield, Foden is happiest when spraying passes with his wonderful left foot.
Breaking the lines with perfectly-weighted through balls, but also eager to carry the ball forward when afforded space, much like Jack Wilshere.
Foden will look to combine with Sancho when he comes off the left wing, with the key to stopping City likely to come from stopping the Stockport-born starlet feeding his team-mate in behind.
When City are purring, it's Foden at the heart of it and when on song, he's one of the most enjoyable young players in English football.
Mason Mount
(Photo: CameraSport)
It will be fascinating over the two legs who controls the middle of the pitch and Mount could rival Foden to influence the tie most in this area.
Right-footed, though comfortable enough to strike at goal with his weaker left, Mount glides across the turf in a way unseen in English football for quite some time with shades of Adam Lallana to his game.
When the level increases, often the difference can be bravery to receive the possession under pressure and Mount almost enjoys being fed the ball with opponents on his case. A low centre of gravity and comfort to turn off either foot in possession mean his style is more entwined with Spanish football.
Dujon Sterling
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Sterling is versatile and can play all along the right side and will certainly be compared with Victor Moses by first team boss Antonio Conte when watching the 17-year-old closely.
One of the quickest players of his age over five meters, Sterling is able to expertly slow or stop his run before accelerating past opponents with a subtle changes of direction, usually by dropping his left shoulder.
Sterling seems to enjoy the defensive side of the game too and smartly tracks the left winger, even when the action is on the opposite side of the pitch to strongly defend the back post.
The first leg of the FA Youth Cup final, Manchester City vs Chelsea, is live on ITV4 from 7:30pm on Tuesday April 18. |
Canucks' Sam Gagner: Appears to be status quo with injury | Gagner (concussion) is feeling better, according to Canucks coach Travis Green, but there's no real update on the pivot ahead of Saturday's home game against the Lightning,
In other words, Gagner's effectively been ruled out for the upcoming contest. He must still be feeling the effects of a huge hit that he imposed on Blackhawks forward Tomas Jurco on Thursday. Look for the bottom-six pivot to be reevaluated ahead of Tuesday's road bout against the Panthers. |
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* Says net profit for FY 2017 Q1 to increase by 140 percent to 170 percent, or to be 15.2 million yuan to 17.1 million yuan, compared to net profit of FY 2016 Q1 (6.3 million yuan)
* Says increased revenue, government subsidy, contract income as main reasons for the forecast
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Botswana miss out after baton drop, U.S. run year's fastest time | Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 4x400 Metres Relay Heats - London Stadium, London, Britain – August 12, 2017. Karabo Sibanda of Botswana attempts to retrieve the baton and clashes with Anderson Henriques and Hugo De Sousa of Brazil.
LONDON (Reuters) - Botswana missed out on the men's 4x400 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday after dropping the baton in their semi-final heat while the United States ran the year's fastest time.
Bahamas, Olympic champions on the same track five years ago, also failed to qualify for the final as did Jamaica.
Botswana, among the title favourites, were fifth but quickly making up ground on the leaders at the end of the third leg of the second semi-final when Nijel Amos tried to hand the baton to Karabo Sibanda.
Sibanda took the baton but it slipped out of his hand and, as he went to pick it up, he collided with Brazil's Anderson Henriques who was left sprawled on the track and had to be helped away.
Sibanda went on to complete the race and Botswana still finished sixth, ahead of Japan.
The U.S., aiming for a seventh world title in a row, ignored the trouble behind them as they stormed away to win the heat in 2:59.23 ahead of Trinidad and Tobago and Belgium.
Belgium snatched third spot from Britain when Kevin Borlee pipped Martin Rooney on the final straight.
Britain still went through as one of the fastest losers as did France who were fifth in the heat in 3:00.93 but still faster than Spain, winners of the first semi-final in 3:01.72.
Spain were followed by Poland and Cuba, the other qualifiers for Sunday's final. Jamaica were fourth while Bahamas, who also won bronze in Rio de Janeiro last year, trailed home in sixth. |
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No Samsung phones, Nike uniforms for North Koreans? Sanctions cloud Olympic perks | SEOUL (Reuters) - All of the almost 3,000 athletes competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are set to get perks including the latest $1,100 Samsung smartphones, top of the range new equipment to take home and sleek Nike uniforms.
All except perhaps the 22 athletes from North Korea.
Tough international sanctions including travel restrictions and a ban on the sale of luxury goods and sports gear have complicated South Korean Olympic organisers’ efforts to provide their northern neighbours with the same benefits available to other Olympians.
For months, South Korean President Moon Jae-in has sought North Korea’s participation in the hopes it will ease tensions between the still officially warring nations and prevent the kind of violent incidents which have plagued previous major events hosted by the South.
Officials have rolled out the red carpet and are keen to make sure the visits go off without a hitch.
North Korean female ice hockey players and their South Korean teammates, who will compete as one nation in the Games for the first time, have been living and training together this week, even sharing a birthday cake.
Other members of the North Korean delegation, such as the cheer squad, will be housed in luxury hotels.
Overshadowing those efforts, however, are a host of U.S. and U.N. Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang over its efforts to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.
At almost every turn, South Korea has had to go great lengths to make sure its hospitalities don’t run afoul of sanctions or other laws, according to several South Korean officials.
Just raising the North Korean flag alongside other national banners in the Olympic Villages required an exemption from South Korean laws banning praise of the North Korea regime, a Pyeongchang organising committee official told Reuters.
The officials all declined to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the matter.
NO GALAXY NOTE 8, NO NIKE?
Samsung Electronics, an official sponsor of the Winter Games, is offering 4,000 Galaxy Note 8 smartphones specially designed for the Olympics to “all” of the participating athletes.
The International Olympic Committee will distribute them, a Samsung Electronics spokesman told Reuters.
But South Korea is not sure if North Korean athletes will be eligible for the treats because of U.N. Security Council sanctions, an Olympics organiser told Reuters.
The official declined to elaborate, but experts say providing the $1,100 Samsung phone could violate U.N. sanctions that ban the sale of luxury items and electronics with a potential “dual” commercial and military use.
Meanwhile, the joint women’s hockey team will wear uniforms made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor Nike, because of concerns about U.S. sanctions, another South Korean government official told Reuters.
Unilateral U.S. sanctions go far beyond the U.N. sanctions, effectively banning U.S. companies and individuals from trading with North Korea.
“We are trying to figure out ways to live up to the sanctions,” the official said.
An employee wipes a Samsung Electronics' smartphone at its booth in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Nike said it would comply with U.S. sanctions.
“The Korean women’s hockey team will not compete in Nike uniforms,” a company spokeswoman told Reuters.
North Korean athletes will also have to return Finnish hockey sticks, skates and other equipment the IIHF has “rented” for them when they leave South Korea, the official said.
The federation was not immediately available for comments.
FLIGHT RISK
South Korea’s unification ministry said it had sought and received temporary permission from the United States to fly an airliner to North Korea this week.
A Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S8 smartphone is seen on display at its booth in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
The flight took South Korean athletes for training in a ski resort in the North on Wednesday, and brought North Korean athletes to the South on Thursday.
Any aircraft or ship visiting North Korea is banned for 180 days from entering the United States. The exemption granted this week only applies to the latest flight, meaning U.S. approval is needed any time North Korean officials visit during the Olympics by airplane or ferry.
A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said Washington was in “close contact with the Republic of Korea on our unified response to North Korea.”
A U.S. Treasury official said the department evaluates applications “for certain prohibited transactions and activities, which can include those related to the upcoming Olympics”, without giving more detail.
For this week’s flight, an Airbus aircraft was used rather than one made by U.S. Boeing due to stricter U.S. sanctions, South Korean broadcaster Channel A reported. Asiana Airlines, who operated the plane, declined to comment.
To comply with South Korean military rules, the airliner had to fly some distance out to sea to avoid flying over the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone, the unification ministry said.
FIVE-STAR HOTEL
The North Korean Olympians are staying at the athletes’ village in Gangneung with athletes from other countries. The Olympics organising committee was unable to say whether they are being given any special treatment, such as beefed up protection.
North Korea’s 230-member cheering squad is expected to stay at Inje Speedium, according to a unification ministry official, a four-star hotel surrounded by forest. Rooms there cost 242,000 won ($226) to 715,000 won per night.
Its taekwondo performance team will stay at the five-star Grand Walkerhill in Seoul, which overlooks the Han River and previously hosted American stars such as Michael Jackson and Paris Hilton.
The spending is not unprecedented. When North Koreans visited the South for the Asian Games in 2002, the Seoul government spent 1.3 billion won hosting them.
But now, even paying for routine things such as medical treatment or providing souvenirs can run into problems, said Yoo Ho-yeol, a professor at Korea University in Seoul.
“Benefits provided to North Korean delegation, which were in the past were not subject to sanctions, can now become a controversy, since sanctions have become much more comprehensive in recent years,” he said. |
Jewish leaders say Corbyn has failed to act against... | Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt to build bridges with Jewish community leaders have received another setback after they accused him of failing to take action to tackle anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.
After more than two hours of talks with the Labour leader at Westminster, the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) said their meeting was a “disappointing missed opportunity” to address the issue.
In a joint statement, the board’s president, Jonathan Arkush, and JLC chair Jonathan Goldstein said Mr Corbyn had failed to adopt any of the measures they had proposed following last month’s demonstration outside Parliament against anti-Semitism in Labour.
Jewish leaders have accused Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism in the Labour Party (Jonathan Brady/PA)
JLC & BoardofDeputies statement following our meeting with Jeremy Corbyn: pic.twitter.com/gMXCwqopPG — Board of Deputies of British Jews (@BoardofDeputies) April 24, 2018
“Our sole objective from this meeting was to build trust with Mr Corbyn, but this will not be possible until and unless he and the party turn their many strong words against anti-Semitism into equally strong actions in order to bring about a deep cultural change in his supporters’ attitude to Jews,” they said.
In response, Mr Corbyn said he was “absolutely committed” to rooting out anti-Semitism in the party and had instructed new general secretary Jennie Formby to overhaul its disciplinary procedures to ensure complaints were dealt with “swiftly and fairly”.
“We will lay out the further steps we are taking in the coming weeks. We will continue to engage and work with Jewish community organisations to deal with this issue. Our party will not fail our Jewish brothers and sisters,” he said.
I am grateful to the Board of Deputies, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust for a positive and constructive meeting about tackling antisemitism.
My full statement here: https://t.co/WF7QILhzEO — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) April 24, 2018
The meeting leaves relations between Labour and the mainstream Jewish organisations at a low ebb, amid claims that some of the most vitriolic anti-Semitic abuse has come from hard left supporters of Mr Corbyn.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr Corbyn used an article for London’s Evening Standard to again apologise Writing in the Evening Standard to again apologise for the party’s failure to “fully to get to grips with the problem”.
“My party and I are sorry for the hurt and distress caused,” he said.
However, Mr Arkush and Mr Goldstein said that after “two years of inactivity” by the Labour leadership, such statements were no longer enough.
They said the proposals they had put forward – which included a fixed timetable for dealing with outstanding case of anti-Semitism, , expediting long-standing case like that of Ken Livingstone, and the “transparent oversight” of the party’s disciplinary process – was the “minimum level of action” they expected.
Board of Deputies President Jonathan Arkush and @JLC_uk chair Jonathan Goldstein tell media of a disappointing meeting with Jeremy Corbyn today pic.twitter.com/Tht6f6jBD2 — Board of Deputies of British Jews (@BoardofDeputies) April 24, 2018
“Words in letters and newspaper articles will never be enough. We welcome the fact that Mr Corbyn’s words have changed but it is action by which the Jewish community will judge him and the Labour Party,” they said.
“Thousands of British Jews did not demonstrate outside Parliament just for a few lawyers and another newspaper article; they demanded action and so do we.
“We will hold the Labour Party to account for any future failures and continue to represent the interests of British Jews with clarity and resolve. We also commit to do our utmost to work with all those within Labour who want to help make it a safe and equal space for all of its members.”
Despite the harsh criticism, Mr Corbyn insisted that it had been a “positive and constructive” meeting and he rejected complaints by some on the left that accusations of ant-Semitism were simply “smears” to undermine his leadership.
“I am absolutely committed to rooting out anti-Semitism from our party and our society,” he said.
“When members of Jewish communities express genuine anxieties, we must recognise them as we would those of any other community.
“Their concerns are not ‘smears’. Jews belong in the Labour Party and we are utterly committed to making it a safe and welcoming place for them.” |
Bergdahl expected to plead guilty, avoid trial | WASHINGTON (AP) - Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said.
Bergdahl's decision to plead guilty rather than face trial marks another twist in an eight-year drama that caused the nation to wrestle with difficult questions of loyalty, negotiating with hostage takers and America's commitment not to leave its troops behind. President Donald Trump has called Bergdahl a "no-good traitor" who "should have been executed."
The decision by the 31-year-old Idaho native leaves open whether he will return to captivity for years - this time in a U.S. prison - or receive a lesser sentence that reflects the time the Taliban held him under brutal conditions. He says he had been caged, kept in darkness, beaten and chained to a bed.
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives for a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after walking away from his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty this month rather than face trial for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, two individuals with knowledge of the case said. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson, File)
Bergdahl could face up to five years on the desertion charge and a life sentence for misbehavior.
Freed three years ago, Bergdahl had been scheduled for trial in late October. He had opted to let a judge rather than a military jury decide his fate, but a guilty plea later this month will spare the need for a trial.
Sentencing will start on Oct. 23, according to the individuals with knowledge of the case. They weren't authorized to discuss the case and demanded anonymity. During sentencing, U.S. troops who were seriously wounded searching for Bergdahl in Afghanistan are expected to testify, the individuals said.
It was unclear whether prosecutors and Bergdahl's defense team had reached any agreement ahead of sentencing about how severe a penalty prosecutors will recommend.
An attorney for Bergdahl, Eugene Fidell, declined to comment on Friday. Maj. Justin Oshana, who is prosecuting the case, referred questions to the U.S. Army, which declined to discuss whether Bergdahl had agreed to plead guilty.
"We continue to maintain careful respect for the military-judicial process, the rights of the accused and ensuring the case's fairness and impartiality during this ongoing legal case," said Paul Boyce, an Army spokesman.
Bergdahl was a 23-year-old private first class in June 2009 when, after five months in Afghanistan, he disappeared from his remote infantry post near the Pakistan border, triggering a massive search operation.
Videos soon emerged showing Bergdahl in captivity by the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan in the years before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and harbored al-Qaida leaders including Osama bin Laden as they plotted against America. For years, the U.S. kept tabs on Bergdahl with drones, spies and satellites as behind-the-scenes negotiations played out in fits and starts.
In May 2014, he was handed over to U.S. special forces in a swap for five Taliban detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison, fueling an emotional U.S. debate about whether Bergdahl was a hero or a deserter.
As critics questioned whether the trade was worth it, President Barack Obama stood with Bergdahl's parents in the White House Rose Garden and defended the swap. The United States does not "leave our men or women in uniform behind," Obama declared, regardless of how Bergdahl came to be captured. The Taliban detainees were sent to Qatar.
"Whatever those circumstances may turn out to be, we still get an American soldier back if he's held in captivity," Obama said. "Period. Full stop."
Trump, as a presidential candidate, was unforgiving of Bergdahl, who has been assigned to desk duty at a Texas Army base pending the outcome of his case. At campaign events, Trump declared that Bergdahl "would have been shot" in another era, even pantomiming the pulling of the trigger.
"We're tired of Sgt. Bergdahl, who's a traitor, a no-good traitor, who should have been executed," Trump said at a Las Vegas rally in 2015.
Bergdahl's guilty plea will follow several pretrial rulings against him that had complicated his defense. Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, the judge, decided in June that testimony from troops wounded as they searched for him would be allowed during sentencing, a decision that strengthened prosecutors' leverage to pursue stiffer punishment.
Some of Bergdahl's fellow soldiers want him held responsible for any harm suffered by those who went looking for him. The judge ruled a Navy SEAL and an Army National Guard sergeant wouldn't have found themselves in separate firefights if they hadn't been searching.
The defense separately argued Trump's scathing criticism unfairly swayed the case. The judge ruled otherwise. Nance wrote in February that Trump's comments were "disturbing and disappointing" but didn't constitute unlawful command influence by the soon-to-be commander in chief.
Bergdahl's lawyers also contended that misbehavior before the enemy, the more serious charge, was legally inappropriate and too severe. They were rebuffed again. The judge said a soldier who leaves his post alone and without authorization should know he could face punishment. The misbehavior charge has rarely been used in recent decades, though there were hundreds of cases during World War II.
Defense attorneys don't dispute that Bergdahl walked off his base without authorization. Bergdahl himself told a general during a preliminary investigation that he left intending to cause alarm and draw attention to what he saw as problems with his unit. An Army Sanity Board Evaluation concluded he suffered from schizotypal personality disorder.
The defense team has argued that Bergdahl can't be held responsible for a long chain of events that included decisions by others about how to retrieve him that were far beyond his control.
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Associated Press writer Jonathan Drew in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed to this report. |
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