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(CNN) -- U.S. sailors from the USS Bataan, responding Saturday to a distress call from a Turkish-flagged container vessel that had run aground in the Aegean Sea and was listing, recovered two mariners, the Navy said in a news release. After the call, at about 10:30 a.m., the multipurpose amphibious assault ship dispatched a helicopter to the site, where Greece's Hellenic Coast Guard had already arrived, the Navy said. "Upon request for assistance, the aircraft lowered a rescue swimmer and recovered two Turkish mariners and returned to Bataan," it said. After the two men underwent a medical evaluation aboard the ship, they were transferred to the Hellenic Coast Guard. Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group is supporting maritime security operations, providing crisis response capability and theater security efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations.
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The ship sent a helicopter to Turkish-flagged container vessel .
The helicopter lowered a swimmer, who recovered two Turkish mariners .
The men were then transferred to Greece's Coast Guard .
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:18 EST, 27 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:55 EST, 27 July 2012 . After last week’s deadly shootings at the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, moviegoers across the nation have been on tenterhooks during their trips to the cinema. Moviegoers in Pittsburgh witnessed not one, but two scenes of chaos in an AMC Loews theatre Sunday night, which prompted audience members to run for safety. The footage, released by West Homestead police, first shows a middle-aged man getting into a brawl shoving another man to the ground; the second shows dozens of people fleeing from a theatre after two women got in a fight during a Dark Knight screening. Scroll down for video . Brawling: Two scenes of chaos broke out at a Pittsburgh-area movie theatre this Sunday; in this one, a man got in a fight with a teenaged boy over waiting too long for the toilet . Violent: The video shows the man shoving the teen to the floor, and the teen's mother pouring her beverage over the man; the man then allegedly punched her in the face . The first, CNN reported, began when a male teenager was knocking on the door to the cinema’s toilets. A man police identified as 51-year-old Anthony Labarbera emerges from the stall, apparently yelling at the teen. The teenager’s mother didn’t appreciate the harsh words against her son and followed him. What happens next, the video shows, is an all-out brawl, with the mother pouring her drink on the man. Police alleged that Labarbera then punched the mother on her face. Second incident: Later on Sunday, two women got in a fight during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, causing moviegoers to flee the theatre . Chaos: One witness said everyone was pushing one another in a desperate attempt to get out quickly . Scene: Both brawls happened at the AMC Loews in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh . Labarbera is facing simple assault charges for the alleged attack at AMC’s Loews Theater on the Waterfront, WPXI reported. The next incident happened when two women began fighting inside a screening of The Dark Knight Rises later that afternoon. According to WPXI, someone then yelled something which caused a mass-panic, and people began stampeding out of the theatre. ‘It was scary. People were screaming. Everyone was running, pushing each other,’ one witness told the station. To compensate, the theatre gave everyone in that screening a free movie pass. Watch video here: .
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Two scenes of panic broke out at Pittsburgh-area movie theatre .
One apparently began with fight over queues for the toilet .
Other began after someone yelled something out during Dark Knight Rises screening .
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As Apple's antitrust case enters its final stages, a former engineer has revealed the firm deliberately blocked rivals' music from its iPods (pictured) After just a few hours of deliberation, a jury in California has found in favour of Apple in a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over the price of its iPod music players. The eight-member jury in U.S. District Court rejected a claim by attorneys for consumers and iPod resellers, who argued that Apple's use of restrictive software froze out competing makers of portable music players. Apple had argued that the software provided necessary security protection. However, the jury said Apple's iTunes 7.0, released in the fall of 2006, was a 'genuine product improvement,' meaning that new features were good for consumers . Attorneys for the plaintiffs said they plan to appeal. 'We're glad we got this to the jury,' said attorney Bonny Sweeney, who had argued on behalf of the estimated 8 million consumers who purchased iPods from 2006 to 2009. But she asserted that a ruling by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, kept the jury from considering the full effect of the iTunes software update that was the focus of the trial. The case was filed nearly ten years ago and dates to a time when Apple used anti-piracy software that prevented its iPods from playing songs that were downloaded from online outlets that competed with Apple's iTunes stores. 'We thank the jury for their service and we applaud their verdict,' Apple said in a statement. 'We created iPod and iTunes to give our customers the world's best way to listen to music. 'Every time we've updated those products — and every Apple product over the years — we've done it to make the user experience even better.' As Apple's billion-dollar antitrust case entered its final stages, a former engineer earlier this week claimed the tech giant deliberately blocked rivals' music from its iPods. Rod Schultz, who worked as a senior software engineer at Apple between 2006 and 2008, said he worked on a project 'intended to block 100 per cent of non-iTunes clients.' The project was also set up to 'keep out third-party players' that competed with Apple's iPod, according to the Wall Street Journal. Mr Schultz was subpoenaed by the prosecution to prove Apple restricted rival music on its iPods, which ultimately pushed up the prices of the devices. Apple is accused of abusing its monopoly position in the digital music player market, and only earlier this month lawyers claimed the firm deliberately deleted rivals' song from iPods. The case went to trial in California last month, after being filed a decade ago. Plaintiffs are claiming Apple's restrictive software froze out competitors and allowed it to sell iPods at inflated prices. They are seeking $350 million (£224m) in damages, which could be tripled if the jury finds Apple broke federal anti-trust law. Apple stopped using the particular software in question in 2009, which means the lawsuit only covers iPod models bought between September 2006 and March 2009. Mr Schultz, who worked on Digital Rights Management (DRM), security and data encryption for iTunes and iPods during this time at the firm, said he was an 'unwilling witness' and was not happy about discussing his work, codenamed Candy. Apple, and Mr Schultz, claimed the aim of the project was to improve iTunes and protect its users from malware and other threats caused by downloading non-iTunes music. They added it was not the firm's intention to stifle competition. Earlier in the trial, the prosecution told the court that Apple deleted songs from iPods that had been bought from rival music stores. Each time an Apple user with non-iTunes music tried to sync their devices, between 2007 and 2009, the tech firm urged them to restore the players to factory settings. 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They are seeking $350 million (£224m) in damages, which could be tripled if the jury finds Apple broke federal anti-trust law. Apple stopped using the particular software in question in 2009, which means the lawsuit only covers iPod models bought between September 2006 and March 2009. Earlier in the trial, the prosecution told the court that Apple deleted songs from iPods that had been bought from rival music stores. Each time an Apple user with non-iTunes music tried to sync their devices, between 2007 and 2009, the tech firm urged them to restore the players to factory settings. And the lawyers claimed this was a deliberate move to wipe the rival files, and cause the users' music libraries to 'blow up.' But Apple insisted the move was a legitimate security measure. And the lawyers claimed this was a deliberate move to wipe the rival files, and cause the users' music libraries to 'blow up.' But Apple insisted the move was a legitimate security measure. The court case was almost dismissed earlier this month when the judge disqualified one of the claimants because her iPod wasn't bought during the time period detailed in the case. The other claimant withdrew her claims. But 65-year-old Massachusetts business consultant Barbara Bennet read about the floundering case online and volunteered to represent consumers in the suit. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has repeatedly shown impatience with the attorneys for not doing a better job of vetting the original named claimant in the case, who are supposed to represent the 'class of affected consumers'. 'We shouldn't have been here in the first place,' Rogers said as attorneys on both sides debated how to proceed Tuesday morning. A video testimony of late Apple boss Steve Jobs was played earlier in the trial, filmed six months before his death in 2011. In the testimony, Mr Jobs defended the software and said: 'We were very scared' of the prospect that hackers could break Apple's security system. He added that this might jeopardise Apple's contracts with music recording companies that didn't want their songs to be pirated. 'We would get nasty emails from the labels,' he added. Judge Rogers said she plans to send the case to the jury for deliberations early next week. A video testimony of late Apple boss Steve Jobs (pictured) was played earlier in the trial. In the testimony, Mr Jobs defended the software and said: 'We were very scared' of the prospect hackers could break Apple's security system because it might jeopardise Apple's contracts with music recording companies .
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(CNN) -- The planet's most in-form golfer won't be lining up at Dove Mountain this month, but Tiger Woods has committed to playing the first of the season's World Golf Championship events. Sunday's Pebble Beach winner Brandt Snedeker has suffered an untimely injury blow and has been ruled out of the $8.5 million Accenture World Match Play Championship in Arizona due to rib soreness. The new world No. 4 has been replaced in the elite 64-man field by 66th-ranked Swede Fredrik Jacobson for the February 20-24 tournament. Snedeker, who went on holiday after playing his fifth tournament this year, has been advised to rest by his doctor but hopes to return for next month's WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral. He has had finishes of 3-23-2-2-1 this season, having scooped the $10 million FedEx Cup jackpot after winning last September's Tour Championship in his final top-level PGA Tour outing of 2012. World No. 2 Woods has committed to both WGC events plus the Honda Classic, starting February 28, where he tied for second last year behind world No. 1 Rory McIlroy. "The Honda Classic is a really good tournament, and it does a lot for the community," said Woods, who has already won one title this year, finishing ahead of Snedeker at Torrey Pines last month. "I like the golf course, and I came pretty close last year. It's part of a busy stretch for me, and I want to continue playing well." His three-tournament run comes in the lead-up to the Masters, where the former world No. 1 will seek to win his 15th major title but first since 2008. Jacobson tied for seventh at Pebble Beach, just his second start since October due to back problems. He lost in the first round of the Match Play last year, his first appearance since 2005 when it was still held in Carlsbad, California. "I'm excited to come back," the 38-year-old said. "I was there a few years before last year, and any of these tournaments, the WGCs, the majors -- if you're on the bubble for them, you want to get some kind of rhythm where you get to play a lot of them and get accustomed to the courses." Phil Mickelson, who finished 60th in his Pebble Beach title defense the week after winning in Phoenix, will not be in the field at Dove Mountain. He withdrew to spend time with his family, and will be replaced by 65th-ranked Irishman Shane Lowry.
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an untimely injury blow and has been ruled out of the $8.5 million Accenture World Match Play Championship in Arizona due to rib soreness. The new world No. 4 has been replaced in the elite 64-man field by 66th-ranked Swede Fredrik fifth tournament this year, has been advised to rest by his doctor but hopes to return for next replaced by 65th-ranked Irishman Shane Lowry.
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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- At least four people were killed and 77 injured when a car bomb exploded in a residential neighborhood in southern Beirut on Thursday, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported. The explosion caused significant damage, Lebanese broadcaster Al Manar TV said. Video from Al Manar showed people gathered around smoking cars, and others bringing hoses to put out the flames. Thick clouds of dust rose as buildings collapsed after the blast. The district, Haret Hreik, is known as a Hezbollah stronghold. The blast was strong enough to be felt in nearby neighborhoods of the capital, NNA reported. A source with knowledge of the security situation told CNN that the car bomb exploded near Al-Jawad restaurant, about 50 meters (55 yards) from a building used by Hezbollah. There has not yet been any claim of responsibility for the blast. Lebanon's armed forces, in a statement published by NNA, urged people not to gather in the area in case of further explosions. Experts are gathering forensic evidence from the scene, the statement said. The explosion comes less than a week after a car bomb exploded in downtown Beirut, killing half a dozen people and injuring dozens. Among those killed in that blast was Mohamad Chatah, a former Lebanese finance minister and ambassador to the United States. He was an outspoken critic of Hezbollah and the Syrian regime. Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed Shiite militia that is better equipped than Lebanon's army, has been supporting government forces in neighboring Syria's civil war. This has led to increased tensions in Lebanon, where sectarian divisions reflect those in Syria. 'Opened the doors of hell' Outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned that worse is to come if the Lebanese people don't overcome their political differences and engage in dialogue, NNA said. A member of the Future Bloc, a political group opposed to Hezbollah, condemned the bombing. Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian crisis has "opened the doors of hell to Lebanon," said Ammar Houry, quoted by NNA. Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi condemned the bombing, which he labeled a "terrorist act," Syrian state news agency SANA reported. In an online statement, Derek Plumbly, the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon, expressed his "outrage that this is the fourth bomb to have exploded in Beirut's southern suburbs since July." "It is deeply distressing to have to condemn yet another appalling act of terrorism, the latest in the number which have killed and injured so many innocent people in this country," he said. Plumbly called for those responsible to be held accountable. Car bombs in the same area of Beirut in July and August killed dozens and injured hundreds. And in November, a suicide bomb attack outside the Iranian Embassy, close to the neighborhood where Thursday's attack occurred, killed two dozen people and injured about 150. Earlier this week, Lebanese state media reported that Saudi Arabia had pledged $3 billion to strengthen the Lebanese army. The money will allow Lebanon's armed forces to buy weapons from France. It's been seen as a move to counter the strength of Hezbollah, but many analysts are doubtful because of the time it will take to equip and train the Lebanese armed forces, in a period when tensions and violence are increasing day by day. Hezbollah still enjoys wide backing in Lebanon, but some groups have been angered by its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. 'Proxy war' Beirut-based Middle East analyst Rami Khouri told CNN the recent surge in violence in Lebanon was part of larger, regional turmoil. "We are seeing the greatest proxy war of modern times playing itself out in Lebanon and Syria and Iraq, that have now become really one battlefield in which two great ideological camps are fighting to the death like gladiators," he said. Political divisions and ideological tensions in Lebanon go back several decades, Khouri said, but they have been reinforced by the emergence of radical Islamist terrorist groups, linked to al Qaeda, following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The situation has been aggravated by the civil war raging on Lebanon's doorstep in Syria, Khouri said, but that is not its cause. It's not clear who is behind the bombings, he said, adding that the violence is not from ordinary Sunnis and Shiites attacking each other, but a more complex picture of extremist ideologies. Hezbollah was designated as a terrorist group by the United States in 1995 "for a long history of terrorist attacks against American citizens and officials, including the bombing of the U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks in Lebanon during the 1980s," the U.S. State Department website says. The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon is due to begin the trial this month of four Hezbollah suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. He was also killed in a car bomb attack. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reported from Beirut and Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London. CNN's Nic Robertson, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Larry Register contributed to this report.
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NEW: At least four people are killed and 77 injured in a large blast in Beirut, state media say .
U.N. representative in Lebanon condemns "yet another appalling act of terrorism"
The neighborhood hit by the car bomb is known as a Hezbollah stronghold .
Tensions are rising in Lebanon; many are angered by Hezbollah's role in Syria's conflict .
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(CNN) -- It's been almost 20 years since the first "Toy Story" debuted in 1995, but the franchise is still going strong. On Thursday, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger revealed that "Toy Story 4" is coming in June 2017 to the delight of pretty much everyone -- well, except those still grieving from "Toy Story 3." (Our hearts seriously may never recover.) But everyone else? Totally losing their minds. Yeah, we know you're excited. But as this fan perfectly summed up the news, we've still got a looooong way to go until June 2017. So let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit the movie that started it all, shall we? Here are five things you may not know about 1995's "Toy Story": . 1. It all goes back to a short called "Tin Toy" In 1988, Pixar created a short film using computer animation called "Tin Toy," which told the story of a little toy soldier who was horrified by the babbling baby eager to play with him. With that Oscar-winning short, Pixar's John Lasseter first started playing with "this notion of a juxtaposition with the audience," as Lasseter puts it in the documentary "The Making of Toy Story." "It's where you can show them something that they are so familiar with, and all of a sudden you can make them look at something from a different point of view," he explains. "Like, looking at a cute little baby from a toy's perspective. From a toy, that (baby's) a monster! We were inspired from 'Tin Toy' with the ideas we developed there of toys being alive." Pixar then played around with the idea of the "Tin Toy," Tinny, being one of two stars of a toy-focused buddy movie. But when the animation studio landed on the idea of the movie being set in a kid's bedroom, where one new toy would come to join the older ones, it didn't quite add up that a kid would be that excited about such a simple plaything. Enter Buzz Lightyear. 2. Buzz Lightyear was originally called "Lunar Larry" The action hero Buzz Lightyear is essentially a mashup of all of the Pixar team's favorite toys, and he was initially named "Lunar Larry." (The team also tried out something like "Tempest from Morph.") Tim Allen also wasn't the only actor under consideration for the part. In 2001, Billy Crystal admitted that he too had been offered the role. "It's the only regret I have in the business of something I passed on," Crystal said. As for Woody, brought to life by Tom Hanks, that was inspired by John Lasseter's Casper the Friendly Ghost toy, which also had that old-fashioned pull-string. 3. "Toy Story" wasn't supposed to be the movie's title . "Toy Story" was supposed to just be the working title for the project, and not what it was supposed to be called when it arrived in theaters. Back in 2011, "Toy Story 3" director Lee Unkrich turned to Twitter to reveal some of the options that were floating around back in the '90s. (Unkrich served as an editor on the first "Toy Story.") Some of the options were pretty straightforward, titles like "Made in Taiwan" "Moving Buddies" and "The Cowboy & The Spaceman." And then there were some really creative ones, from "Toyz in the Hood" to "Bring Me The Arm of Buzz Lightyear." We're kind of a fan of the potential title "To Infinity and Beyond," though. 4. The movie almost didn't happen . According to Entertainment Weekly, November 19, 1993 was a dark day for Pixar's creative team. That was when the studio presented a collection of story reels to Disney, whose animation chief was not at all into it. Among the complaints was that action figure astronaut Buzz Lightyear and quaint cowboy Woody were just unlikable and had awkward chemistry. (In the words of Joss Whedon, "The original Woody was a thundering a******.'') To fix it, Pixar re-examined their two starring characters -- and listened more closely to the voices behind them. "We originally thought Buzz was a heroic kind of super space hero Dudley Do-Right who always does the big gesture," said producer Ralph Guggenheim. "But that was a setup for a big fall. We listened to Tim (Allen's) recordings and wound up with a self-confident but modest space cop, a Sgt. Joe Friday who does his job every day." And for Hanks' Woody, who originally was supposed to be the top toy who reigned over the bedroom from the top of the bed, Pixar toned down some of the sarcasm and made him less of a dictator. "When we moved him down to the floor with the other toys who looked up to him as Andy's favorite," Guggenheim said, "he became one of the guys, more likable." 5. The license plate number on Andy's mom's minivan has a special meaning . Several Pixar fans make it a game to watch for hidden messages in the company's films, and the sequence "A113" is one of them. According to Disney Insider, that was the room number for a class Pixar's John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton were all in at CalArts. You can spot that sequence on the license plate of the minivan driven by Andy's mom in "Toy Story," "Toy Story 2" and "Toy Story 3."
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The "Toy Story 4" announcement has thrilled fans .
But the original 1995 movie almost didn't happen .
Here are four other fun facts about the film .
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"Pixar's John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter and",
"Andrew Stanton were all in at CalArts. You can",
"spot that sequence on the license plate of the",
"minivan driven by Andy's mom in \"Toy Story,\" \"Toy",
"Story 2\" and \"Toy Story 3.\""
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(CNN) -- Fidel Castro will continue to have a hand in shaping Cuba's future, but his brother and successor will remain in firm control of the government, Castro's daughter said Monday. Alina Fernandez, daughter of Fidel Castro, has long opposed her father's regime. "He is still behind the scenes, but Raúl is making the decisions," Alina Fernandez told CNN. "No doubt about it." Fidel Castro's nearly five decades of rule ended Sunday when Cuba's National Assembly chose his younger brother to be the Communist nation's new president. Raúl Castro, 76, assumed temporary control of Cuba more than a year ago after his brother suffered health problems. The lawmakers' selection, which had been widely expected, came five days after Fidel Castro, 81, announced his resignation in a letter published in Cuba's state-run newspaper, Granma. In his address to the National Assembly, Raúl Castro proposed that "we consult Fidel" on important decisions, which the 614 members of the legislative body unanimously passed. Watch CNN's Morgan Neill on what the transfer of power means » . Fernandez, who lives in Florida and has long opposed her father's regime, said her uncle may bring some changes for Cuban business people and foreign relations for the the island. "I think he will encourage some foreign investment," Fernandez said. "Small businesses also will be allowed. He wants more commerce with America, and that is what he will get." Raúl Castro was leader of the Cuban army for almost 50 years. As Cuba's acting president, he has kept a low profile. About six months ago, he began what he called a national debate on the problems of the country, acknowledging high unemployment and other economic concerns. However, he has said that only the Communist Party can guarantee continuity. In his address Sunday to the National Assembly, he called the party "the guarantee of the Cuban nation." E-mail to a friend . CNN's Shasta Darlington contributed to this report.
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Raúl Castro will seek more commerce with U.S., Fidel Castro's daughter says .
Fidel Castro still involved in Cuba's future, his daughter says .
Younger Castro brother chosen Sunday to be Cuba's new president .
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Missing: Amanda 'Nykki' Nicole Covey, 29, said she was going for a walk but never returned . A 29-year-old woman in Flagstaff, Arizona, has been reported missing after saying she was going for a walk but never returned. Authorities are looking for the missing person, Amanda ‘Nykki’ Nicole Covey, who left Hidden Hollow Trailer Park on Sunday at around 3pm. She planned to go for a walk and return two hours later, officials said, according to Azcentral.com. A missing persons flyer describes Covey as being 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 220 pounds, with hazel eyes. She has black, ‘mohawk-style’ hair that is shaved on the sides but typically wears a red wig. Gerald Blair, a spokesman for the . Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, said Covey was last seen wearing a . black corset top, black leather pants and riding boots. Disappeared: Amanda 'Nykki' Nicole Covey was last seen leaving Hidden Hollow Trailer Park on Sunday at around 3pm to 'go for a walk' Mystery: Covey was last seen wearing a black corset top, black leather pants and riding boots when she walked away from the trailer park in Flagstaff . Covey . has multiple tattoos: black stars below her right eye; a rose on one . shoulder and eyes on the other; and a tribal symbol and the word . 'FEATHERWOOD' on her back. Officials said Covey’s friends and family may live in Maryland but that she might have originated from Texas. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at 928-774-4523.
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By . Sophie Borland and Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 18:21 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:51 EST, 21 February 2013 . Sack Sir Dave: Nine in ten NHS employees want CEO Sir David Nicholson to resign . Nine in ten NHS staff say Sir David Nicholson should resign for presiding over one of our worst-ever hospital scandals. But as the NHS chief executive lost the confidence of doctors, nurses and other senior managers, the Prime Minister came to his defence in an extraordinary show of support. Mr Cameron insisted Sir David was doing a ‘very good job’ and should not be made a ‘scapegoat’ after a report this month implicated him in the Mid Staffordshire disaster, in which 1,200 patients died needlessly. Sir David, who has faced widespread calls to resign, insists he is ‘not ashamed’ to still be in his job and has blamed the failings on the ‘whole system’. But the findings from two online polls – which together received 2,000 responses – show he has lost the trust of health service professionals. When asked whether it was time for him to step down, 91 per cent voted yes. Speaking to reporters during his trip to India, the Prime Minister leapt to Sir David’s defence, saying: ‘I’ve been impressed with the grip and grasp he has over the NHS and his knowledge and understanding and love for it and what he helps to deliver in terms of results. ‘I obviously read that report very carefully. I looked at what people were responsible for. ‘It seemed to me that he had properly apologised and acknowledged the mistakes that the regional health authority had made when he ran it for that short period of time as these events unfolded. ‘We should not be seeking scapegoats and I think to highlight David Nicholson in that way would be seeking a scapegoat.’ A poll of 1,723 doctors, nurses, managers and other senior staff by NHSmanagers.net, a website for health workers, found 92 per cent wanted him to resign. A similar survey of 255 family doctors by GP magazine found 89 per cent wanted him out. Roy Lilley, a respected health policy analyst who runs NHS managers.net said: ‘This is a huge blow for Sir David. ‘It is clear he no longer enjoys the support of front-line staff. ‘As stories of quality horrors, bullying . and service dislocation emerge, it would seem time to recognise Sir . David’s huge contribution to the NHS in the past but make it clear he is . not the man to take the NHS into the future. Politicians insist on the . NHS being run in a business-like way. In defence: Prime Minister David Cameron said the NHS chief executive should not be made into a scapegoat over the Mid Staffordshire scandal, and has done a 'very good job' He continued: ‘If this were a business I think the shareholders would be calling for a new boss and a clean sweep of the board. ‘I don’t see why taxpayers should expect anything less.’ Sir David’s position has come under . increasing pressure over the last fortnight following a damning report . into the Mid Staffordshire disaster. - Cameron on shamed Sir David . Up to 1,200 patients are feared to have died at the trust unnecessarily between 2005 and 2009 while countless others suffered horrific neglect. Sir David has been accused of ignoring . the warning signs and failing to intervene while head of the regional . health board and later, the Department of Health. Although he has apologised to bereaved families, he has refused to quit his £211,000-a-year post. Last week he was implicated in . another scandal when it emerged he had ignored warnings about a hospital . trust now at the centre of a probe into high death rates. Gary Walker and David Bowles, two . senior managers at United Lincolnshire hospitals, said they raised . concerns three years ago but were hounded from their jobs. As many as 670 patients are now thought to have died unnecessarily at the trust and it faces an investigation over poor care. Ignored: Whistle blowers Gary Walker (left) and David Bowles (right), two senior managers at United Lincolnshire hospitals, say they wrote to Sir David in 2009 but were hounded from their jobs . Sir David appears to be losing . political support and at least two Tory MPs from the health select . committee, Chris Skidmore and Dr Sarah Wollaston, believe he should go. On Tuesday, health minister Dr Daniel Poulter also appeared to invite . him to ‘consider’ his position. When questioned on BBC’s Newsnight, Dr Poulter said: ‘David Nicholson can obviously consider his own position. ‘But . at the moment we are accepting the fact that he, like many people, has . made an apology for what he has done and we need now to move on and make . sure that we never let another Mid Staffs happen again.’ Aside . from his role in the scandal, many health professionals privately . believe that unless Sir David leaves, the culture of secrecy within the . NHS will not change. A spokesman for Sir David declined to comment on the results of the polls. Campaigner Julie Bailey, who led the . charge in calling for Sir David's resignation, said she was . ‘disappointed’ in the Prime Minister's comments. Miss Bailey, who set up the Cure The . NHS group after her mother Bella died at Stafford Hospital in 2007, . said: ‘We are really disappointed. We thought that this leader would . help us cure the NHS. There has been calls for Sir David Nicholson to be sacked over the shamed NHS Mid Staffordshire trust, a hospital which he visited and reviewed with a 'well done' at the height of the scandal . ‘It is not scapegoating anyone - this man has failed. He has failed not only in his role at the strategic health authority but he has also gone on to be knighted and promoted to chief executive of the NHS while we have 14 hospitals under investigation and a workforce that is demoralised. It is a sad day for Cure The NHS.’ She also called into question the impartiality of the chair of the Health Select Committee, Stephen Dorrell. Daily Telegraph columnist Sue Cameron reported that Mr Dorrell said the Tories should support Sir David ‘because they owe him’. ‘He played a blinder for the Government when it was trying to put through its health reform Bill,’ Mr Dorrell told the newspaper. ‘Now people should pay their debt for the support he gave.’ Miss Bailey said Mr Dorrell should not have made the comments prior to Sir David's evidence session before the committee on March 5. ‘I would also like to call into question Stephen Dorrell's position in defending Sir David Nicholson when he is chair of the Select Committee,’ she said. ‘It calls into question his impartiality when he is speaking to defend him before he has even heard evidence from him.’
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Nine out of ten NHS employees want health chief Sir David to resign .
David Nicholson was chief executive during the Stafford Hospital scandal .
Prime Minister David Cameron defends Sir David saying he was 'impressed'
Polls say 92 per cent of health workers and 89 per cent of GPs want him out .
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Grandparents who took over raising their grandchild when she was aged four after discovering she had been subjected to horrific abuse have shared their story. Evelyn and Ralph, from Manchester, who are in their fifties, took in their granddaughter, Melissa, (all names changed to protect the child's identity) after she was born into a violent relationship. The couple explained how they knew Melissa's mother Steph - their daughter - was a victim of domestic abuse but their attempts to get her to leave her violent partner always failed. Melissa, now nine, (not pictured to protect her identity, file photo shown) was neglected and abused during her first four years before going to live with her grandparents . Ralph explained: 'Melissa's mother Steph suffered from domestic violence when she was pregnant with Melissa and would come and stay with us after each assault. Sometimes we'd have to take her to hospital because she'd be bleeding so much. 'From the moment Melissa was born, Steph was emotionless, it was clear to us that she was having difficulties being a mum. Steph would scream and shout if Melissa cried and refused to take Melissa out in a pram for a walk. Steph hated the crying. She never hit Melissa, but she would hit herself because she was upset. 'When Melissa was six-weeks-old Steph went back to live with her partner again. We worried about Melissa all the time because we'd seen the first six weeks and thought that Steph needed support being a new mum. 'The following months and years Steph and her partner continued to fall out and fight and Steph would come back and stay with us with Melissa but she always went back to him.' However, the couple admitted they didn't know quite how bad things had got in Steph's home until Melissa finally went to live with them full-time when she was four. Ralph said: 'Melissa was so timid and scared. She had dog bite marks on the backs of her legs but Steph couldn't explain any of this. We had logged our concerns repeatedly with Children's Services but little was done to protect Melissa.' They were shocked by how little Melissa had been taught and how she was constantly frightened and confused. Ralph said: 'Steph and her partner had never spent any time trying to teach Melissa things or helping her learn. When Melissa came to live with us she couldn't speak very well or use a knife and fork. What language she had was littered with swear words. She wouldn't go outside in the garden to play because she'd never been allowed to play out before. 'She would follow us around the house and didn't like being away from us. When we took her to places she didn't know she would vomit or wet herself with stress. 'Melissa had been shouted at every day. She had seen self-harm every day. She was severely neglected. She had seen animals beaten and killed.' As if this wasn't shocking enough, the grandparents then learnt from Melissa that she had been sexually abused. 'We found out that she regularly saw people having sex and then we discovered she had been sexually abused,' Ralph said. 'We allowed Melissa to visit her mum to go on holiday when she was four years old. When she came back she described an incident which had happened on holiday with a family friend which we realised was a sexual assault. Her abuser was a teenager, approximately 17 at the time. 'He admitted it to the family, but they didn't take it seriously. He was told not to do it again and that was it. We later found out that there had been multiple assaults over a period of time.' Evelyn added: 'After disclosing the abuse Melissa had trouble sleeping, would have nightmares and became quite scared. She was like a newborn baby and refused to be left alone. When I was cooking she was clinging to my leg. I couldn't go to the toilet or shower alone. She didn't like sleeping alone and would share a bed with me or sleep on a camp bed in our room rather than be on her own. 'She found certain toys really scary to play with and wouldn't watch her old favourite programmes. She didn't understand what had happened but she knew it had scared her. 'Melissa became really secretive about her body and wouldn't let us wash her or clean her. I overheard her playing with her dolls one day where one doll was saying to the other "open your legs I'm not going to hurt you." Little by little she was describing the horrific things she'd been subjected to.' The grandparents said it has been a long and difficult road to recovery to help the little girl put her past behind her. The NSPCC's 'Letting the Future In' programme helps young victims of sexual abuse deal with their pasts and move on with their lives so they can reclaim a happy childhood (pictured posed by model) Now aged nine, the grandparents said Melissa's confidence and happiness has gradually improved after numerous courses they were referred to by Children's Services. But they said the real breakthough came after they sought help from children's charity NSPCC and their 'Letting the Future In' programme which supports the young victims of sexual abuse and their families. Evelyn said: 'The NSPCC was the first organisation that took a combined approach to dealing with Melissa's sexual abuse and did the work with us and Melissa in the same building but in different rooms. It's exactly what we needed.' Thanks to the programme, the couple said they have seen a remarkable change in Melissa's character and confidence. 'She's finally making friends and living a normal childhood,' said Evelyn. 'She's joined a local Brownie Guide group and is enjoying herself. She's doing things we couldn't even comprehend this time last year. The turnaround has been amazing. 'We've broken through to Melissa now and unlocked the little girl she was meant to be. She still has the memories of the abuse and neglect, but now we're replacing them with happy memories.' NSPCC practitioner Caroline, who worked with Melissa, agreed that the little girl has transformed for the better in recent months. She said: 'When I first started working with Melissa she wouldn't give me any eye contact, she was constantly looking to her grandma for reassurance. When I first met her she didn't know how to laugh, she was permanently scowling, fearful and nervous. When we were playing in the play room, she didn't want to play with me, she wanted to play by herself. 'Melissa wasn't showing behaviour that was appropriate to her age; she was acting a lot younger than she was. A lot of her behaviour was like that of a pre-school child, both emotionally and how she was reacting to things. Melissa was unable to make or maintain friendships at school and was very reliant on the adults around her. 'I think the breakthrough came when had some joint sessions with Ralph and Evelyn together with Melissa. Melissa wanted to play in the sand tray with some figures. She told a story through the figures about her old family who were dangerous and negative and her new family who were loving and safe. Through her play she showed that she was defending herself from her old family and protecting herself with her new family. It was very moving. 'Another time she had figures acting as her and her mum and played out a conversation between them where Melissa asked her mum to apologise for what had happened to her and she did. She then joined her figure to Evelyn and Ralph and her new family and they had a party. 'Since doing the Letting the Future In programme Melissa's social behaviour has become a lot more age appropriate, and although she still needs some adult support in lessons, she's understanding and learning a lot more than she has done in the past. She's grown up and feels ready to play with children her own age and have fun. Now she laughs and is a happy child.' Text FUTURE to 78866 to donate £3 to help the NSPCC be there for children like Melissa who have been abused, providing therapy and support to help them take their first steps on the road to recovery .
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Evelyn and Ralph took in their granddaughter, Melissa, when she was four .
She was born into a violent relationship .
Their daughter was a victim of domestic abuse but refused to leave partner .
Grandparents didn't realise quite how bad situation was till child moved in .
She could barely speak and was often frightened .
They discovered she had been neglected and witness self-harm .
She had even been victim of sexual abuse .
They sought help of NSPCC to help Melissa overcome her ordeal .
Now age nine, she's finally beginning to have a happy childhood .
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"Grandparents who took over raising their",
"grandchild when she was aged four after",
"discovering she had been subjected to horrific",
"abuse have shared their story. Evelyn and Ralph,",
"from Manchester, who are in their fifties, took",
"in their granddaughter, Melissa, (all names",
"changed to protect the child's identity) after",
"she was born into a violent relationship. The",
"couple explained how they knew Melissa's mother",
"Steph - their daughter - was a victim of domestic",
"abuse but their attempts to get her to leave her",
"violent partner always failed. Melissa, now nine,",
"(not pictured to protect her identity, file photo",
"shown) was neglected and abused during her first",
"four years before going to live with her",
"grandparents . Ralph explained: 'Melissa's mother",
"Steph suffered from domestic violence when she",
"was pregnant with Melissa and would come and stay",
"with us after each assault. Sometimes we'd have",
"to take her to hospital because she'd be bleeding",
"so much. 'From the moment Melissa was born, Steph",
"was emotionless, it was clear to us that she was",
"having difficulties being a mum. Steph would",
"scream and shout if Melissa cried and refused to",
"take Melissa out in a pram for a walk. Steph",
"hated the crying. She never hit Melissa, but she",
"would hit herself because she was upset. 'When",
"Melissa was six-weeks-old Steph went back to live",
"with her partner again. We worried about Melissa",
"all the time because we'd seen the first six",
"weeks and thought that Steph needed support being",
"a new mum. 'The following months and years Steph",
"and her partner continued to fall out and fight",
"and Steph would come back and stay with us with",
"Melissa but she always went back to him.'",
"However, the couple admitted they didn't know",
"quite how bad things had got in Steph's home",
"until Melissa finally went to live with them",
"full-time when she was four. Ralph said: 'Melissa",
"was so timid and scared. She had dog bite marks",
"on the backs of her legs but Steph couldn't",
"explain any of this. We had logged our concerns",
"repeatedly with Children's Services but little",
"was done to protect Melissa.' They were shocked",
"by how little Melissa had been taught and how she",
"was constantly frightened and confused. Ralph",
"said: 'Steph and her partner had never spent any",
"time trying to teach Melissa things or helping",
"her learn. When Melissa came to live with us she",
"couldn't speak very well or use a knife and fork.",
"What language she had was littered with swear",
"words. She wouldn't go outside in the garden to",
"play because she'd never been allowed to play out",
"before. 'She would follow us around the house and",
"didn't like being away from us. When we took her",
"to places she didn't know she would vomit or wet",
"herself with stress. 'Melissa had been shouted at",
"every day. She had seen self-harm every day. She",
"was severely neglected. She had seen animals",
"beaten and killed.' As if this wasn't shocking",
"enough, the grandparents then learnt from Melissa",
"that she had been sexually abused. 'We found out",
"that she regularly saw people having sex and then",
"we discovered she had been sexually abused,'",
"Ralph said. 'We allowed Melissa to visit her mum",
"to go on holiday when she was four years old.",
"When she came back she described an incident",
"which had happened on holiday with a family",
"friend which we realised was a sexual assault.",
"Her abuser was a teenager, approximately 17 at",
"the time. 'He admitted it to the family, but they",
"didn't take it seriously. He was told not to do",
"it again and that was it. We later found out that",
"there had been multiple assaults over a period of",
"time.' Evelyn added: 'After disclosing the abuse",
"Melissa had trouble sleeping, would have",
"nightmares and became quite scared. She was like",
"a newborn baby and refused to be left alone. When",
"I was cooking she was clinging to my leg. I",
"couldn't go to the toilet or shower alone. She",
"didn't like sleeping alone and would share a bed",
"with me or sleep on a camp bed in our room rather",
"than be on her own. 'She found certain toys",
"really scary to play with and wouldn't watch her",
"old favourite programmes. She didn't understand",
"what had happened but she knew it had scared her.",
"'Melissa became really secretive about her body",
"and wouldn't let us wash her or clean her. I",
"overheard her playing with her dolls one day",
"where one doll was saying to the other \"open your",
"legs I'm not going to hurt you.\" Little by little",
"she was describing the horrific things she'd been",
"subjected to.' The grandparents said it has been",
"a long and difficult road to recovery to help the",
"little girl put her past behind her. The",
"NSPCC's 'Letting the Future In' programme helps",
"young victims of sexual abuse deal with their",
"pasts and move on with their lives so they can",
"reclaim a happy childhood (pictured posed by",
"model) Now aged nine, the grandparents said",
"Melissa's confidence and happiness has gradually",
"improved after numerous courses they were",
"referred to by Children's Services. But they said",
"the real breakthough came after they sought help",
"from children's charity NSPCC and their 'Letting",
"the Future In' programme which supports the young",
"victims of sexual abuse and their families.",
"Evelyn said: 'The NSPCC was the first",
"organisation that took a combined approach to",
"dealing with Melissa's sexual abuse and did the",
"work with us and Melissa in the same building but",
"in different rooms. It's exactly what we needed.'",
"Thanks to the programme, the couple said they",
"have seen a remarkable change in Melissa's",
"character and confidence. 'She's finally making",
"friends and living a normal childhood,' said",
"Evelyn. 'She's joined a local Brownie Guide group",
"and is enjoying herself. She's doing things we",
"couldn't even comprehend this time last year. The",
"turnaround has been amazing. 'We've broken",
"through to Melissa now and unlocked the little",
"girl she was meant to be. She still has the",
"memories of the abuse and neglect, but now we're",
"replacing them with happy memories.' NSPCC",
"practitioner Caroline, who worked with Melissa,",
"agreed that the little girl has transformed for",
"the better in recent months. She said: 'When I",
"first started working with Melissa she wouldn't",
"give me any eye contact, she was constantly",
"looking to her grandma for reassurance. When I",
"first met her she didn't know how to laugh, she",
"was permanently scowling, fearful and nervous.",
"When we were playing in the play room, she didn't",
"want to play with me, she wanted to play by",
"herself. 'Melissa wasn't showing behaviour that",
"was appropriate to her age; she was acting a lot",
"younger than she was. A lot of her behaviour was",
"like that of a pre-school child, both emotionally",
"and how she was reacting to things. Melissa was",
"unable to make or maintain friendships at school",
"and was very reliant on the adults around her. 'I",
"think the breakthrough came when had some joint",
"sessions with Ralph and Evelyn together with",
"Melissa. Melissa wanted to play in the sand tray",
"with some figures. She told a story through the",
"figures about her old family who were dangerous",
"and negative and her new family who were loving",
"and safe. Through her play she showed that she",
"was defending herself from her old family and",
"protecting herself with her new family. It was",
"very moving. 'Another time she had figures acting",
"as her and her mum and played out a conversation",
"between them where Melissa asked her mum to",
"apologise for what had happened to her and she",
"did. She then joined her figure to Evelyn and",
"Ralph and her new family and they had a party.",
"'Since doing the Letting the Future In programme",
"Melissa's social behaviour has become a lot more",
"age appropriate, and although she still needs",
"some adult support in lessons, she's",
"understanding and learning a lot more than she",
"has done in the past. She's grown up and feels",
"ready to play with children her own age and have",
"fun. Now she laughs and is a happy child.' Text",
"FUTURE to 78866 to donate £3 to help the NSPCC be",
"there for children like Melissa who have been",
"abused, providing therapy and support to help",
"them take their first steps on the road to",
"recovery ."
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abuse have shared their story. Evelyn and Ralph, in their granddaughter, Melissa, (all names she was born into a violent relationship. The Steph - their daughter - was a victim of domestic abuse but their attempts to get her to leave her quite how bad things had got in Steph's home full-time when she was four. Ralph said: 'Melissa every day. She had seen self-harm every day. She we discovered she had been sexually abused,' reclaim a happy childhood (pictured posed by victims of sexual abuse and their families.
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Ellen Moshweu was just trying to go to church. A police officer shot her in the back on that November day in 1990. David Mabeka was at home in 1986, sleeping through a newly declared South African government state of emergency, when police burst in to his home and took him away. A young black man, just trying to get home, was thrown into the back of a police van and taken to jail despite the indignity of presenting a white police officer valid identity papers. The officer crumpled the pass at the man's feet and took him to jail anyway. Thaabo Moorsi, "severely tortured and detained." Soyisile Douse, "shot dead by policemen." Families separated. Races relocated. This was apartheid. For many too young or too distant to remember, apartheid is little more than a distant historical fact, a system of forced segregation to learn about in history class, to condemn and to move on. But for South Africans who survived the decades of punishing racial classification, humiliating work rules, forced relocation and arbitrary treatment by authorities, the end of apartheid was the birth of an entirely new world, midwifed in large part by Nelson Mandela. A history of apartheid . Though white Europeans had long ruled in South Africa, the formal system of apartheid came into existence after World War II. The country's National Party -- led by the descendants of European settlers known as Afrikaners -- ushered it into existence after sweeping into power on a campaign calling for stricter racial controls amid the heavy inflow of blacks into South African cities. Between 1949 and 1953, South African lawmakers passed a series of increasingly oppressive laws, beginning with prohibitions on blacks and whites marrying in 1949 and culminating with laws dividing the population by race, reserving the best public facilities for whites and creating a separate, and inferior, education system for blacks. One of the laws, the Group Areas Act, forced blacks, Indians, Asians and people of mixed heritage to live in separate areas, sometimes dividing families. Blacks had to live in often barren tribal homelands or townships near cities, often in polluted industrial areas. Whites got the best agricultural areas, the choicest city addresses. A system of passes and identity papers controlled where blacks could travel and work. "Ooo, don't talk about the Group Areas Act," the resident of one such area, Gadija Jacobs, said, according to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. "I will cry all over again. There's when the trouble started ... when they chucked us out of Cape Town. My whole life came changed. What they took away they can never give back to us." Apartheid rules governed virtually every aspect of daily life. Blacks had to use different beaches and public restrooms. Signs distinguished facilities reserved for whites -- often referred to as Europeans. Blacks earned meager wages compared with whites, and their children went to poorly funded schools. In one of the telling anecdotes of the apartheid era, black nannies who dressed and fed and sang to the children of their white employers were unable to join them in the Dutch Reformed Church, the main Afrikaner congregation. South Africa since apartheid: Boom or bust? Growing defiance . In the 1950s, growing calls for civil disobedience against the government took hold, sometimes resulting in violence as police cracked down on the protests. The 1952 Defiance Campaign, for instance, prompted thousands of black Africans to flout the laws in hopes that their arrests would overwhelm the country's prison system and bring attention and eventual change. Thousands were arrested, but the African National Congress, which organized the campaign, had to call it off after scores were hurt by police. In 1960, the tide began to turn when South African police killed 69 protesters gathered outside the Sharpeville police station for a nonviolent protest. The killings led not only to international outcry but calls for armed struggle by the ANC and other groups. A grim record . That struggle continued for years. It's laid out in gruesome detail in the records of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, formed after the end of apartheid to help expose and heal the country's many wounds. Moshweu, the woman shot in the back as she went to church, told her story to the commission in 1996. She told an awful story, of a police officer with almost complete power in her neighborhood, a man who used to randomly fire off his gun -- and who she said had also killed her son. "He brought suffering to me by killing my son. He wanted to kill me. That is why he shot me," she told the commission. Mabeka, who testified at the same hearing, told the commission he spent two months in prison after being taken from his home in 1986 and beaten at a police station. "They assaulted me with fists; they kicked me, and I fell on the ground," he said. "They didn't ask me anything; they didn't tell me what do they -- what did they want." John Biyase told his story to researchers from Michigan State University in 2006. He recalled marching in Johannesburg in 1977 after police closed many of the high schools attended by blacks in an apparent effort to break up resistance efforts. Police trapped the marchers and set on them as they tried to escape. "They just hit everybody," Biyase told his interviewers. "There was blood, cries. I remember we were shouting, 'Peace! Peace! Peace!' " He spent three weeks in the city's John Vorster Square prison in a cell with 20 other young men. There, he remembers police threatening to take troublemakers to the 10th floor "workshop," where police were suspected of staging fatal accidents involving inmates. "We knew what the workshop meant," he told his interviewers. "Death." Finally free . When Mandela was freed in 1990, four years before he would become president, another surprising element of apartheid reared its head. Before his release, few had seen Mandela's now-famous face or heard his voice. Under apartheid, the government banned the publication of anything to do with opposition groups such as his African National Congress. "We were fed the information we were allowed," said Susan Campbell, a former prosecutor who now is an environmental lawyer in the coastal town of Knysna. "It was only after his release, really, that we actually saw who he was." Nelson Mandela: 10 surprising facts you probably didn't know .
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Apartheid was more than racial segregation .
It was a brutalizing regime of laws that ripped families apart and led to violence .
Nelson Mandela is revered for his role in helping bring down the system .
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thousands of black Africans to flout the laws in country's prison system and bring attention and for a nonviolent protest. The killings led not Knysna. "It was only after his release, really, that we actually saw who he was." Nelson Mandela:
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(CNN) -- Whether Moammar Gadhafi stays or goes, the turmoil-wracked country is likely to be in for more of a rough time, two Libya experts told CNN Monday. "Whichever way this goes, I think there's going to be a good amount of chaos," said Diederik Vandewalle, associate professor of government at Dartmouth College. During his 42 years in power, Gadhafi has limited the formation of political and other institutions, Vandewalle said. "All civil society organizations have been eviscerated by the regime," he said. In a telephone interview Monday night, he predicted more bloodshed if Gadhafi steps aside. "We could see some tribal uprisings" as competing groups seek a share of Libya's oil wealth, he said, describing the likely scenario as "not very pretty." But, he added, oil exports will likely continue after "some" interruption. "It would be in the interest of all parties that oil keep flowing," he said, dismissing as unlikely any apocalyptic scenario in which Libya would descend into civil war. The current uncertainty will likely be decided in the next few days, he predicted. "It seems to me that we're in an endgame here," he said. "The big question is how much bloodshed we're going to see." He called the violence against unarmed civilians "extraordinary, but not surprising from a regime that's truly entrenched." There are few candidates in the wings to replace Gadhafi -- "no younger leadership able to assume that mantle of leadership," he said. But Gadhafi's imminent departure is not a foregone conclusion, he added, putting the odds at "80% go, 20% stay." Ronald Bruce St John, who has written seven books on Libya, said Gadhafi's reign appears to be drawing quickly to a close. "He's losing support by the hour from critical people in his regime," he said. But St John said it was unlikely that the next leader would emerge from the military, since Gadhafi has long sought to keep the institution at arm's length. "Though he was an army officer when he came to power and was supported by the military and all the original members of the Revolutionary Command Council were from the military, he has, from the beginning, evidenced a great distrust for the military," St John said. "He recognized it as the most likely power to overthrow him." As a result, Gadhafi has routinely rotated commanders "so no one established a base of support." Unlike Egyptians, who were seeking a more liberal system, Libyans want a new system, St John said. Accomplishing that will mean "a great deal of chaos in the short term," he predicted. "If he does leave, I think we'll see the tribal leadership of Libya, probably through social leadership committees, trying to come up with some kind of a nonviolent solution," he said. St John noted that two major tribes had already withdrawn their support of Gadhafi. One of them, the Warfala tribe, has long been a supporter. The other, the Zuwayya, is one of the larger tribes of eastern Libya and is located near the terminals from where oil is exported. "That's a significant loss," he said. Though another strongman could emerge, St John predicted instead that a nationwide network of "social leadership" committees set up by Gadhafi in 1993 and composed primarily of traditional leaders and tribal leaders would seek to take charge. Gadhafi had tried without success to eliminate the more than 100 tribes in Libya in an effort that lasted from 1969 to 1980, St John said. So in 1993, the leader made a dramatic move -- reinforcing the tribal system and recognizing its leaders as important by creating social leadership positions, St John said. The leaders were given power at the local level as well as such "goodies" as housing and scholarships for their tribal members, he said. But the gifts came with a catch: "In turn, you must recognize that you're in charge of your tribe," St John said. "If they step out of line, we'll go to you." If Gadhafi leaves power, "those tribal leaders will try to find a way to put together some kind of a new government," he predicted. "I think you'll see the tribes being the ones that will, in the short term anyway, try to find a way through the obvious chaos that's going to occur." Are you there? Share photos, video . Not everyone predicts rough sailing. Sayyid Idris Al-Senussi, an exiled Libyan opposition figure who said his great-uncle was overthrown by Gadhafi, predicted that any transition would go smoothly. "If Gadhafi departs, there will be no problem," he told CNN in a telephone interview from Washington. "There will be a national council, which would be represented by all the tribes and all the Libyans from all different walks of life." He said the opposition already has a constitution and a flag ready for use in the event of Gadhafi's departure. "We will have a democracy," he predicted. "After this experience, I don't think they'll allow anybody to single-handedly rule." Despite an exile that has lasted four decades, Al-Senussi said he would return to Libya "in a heartbeat." But Dartmouth's Vandewalle said Al-Senussi and his relatives would have little hope of gaining a position of power upon their return. "It's about as likely that they'll get back in power as the Marcoses in the Philippines," he said, referring to the family of the former president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, who in 1986 fled a military rebellion and moved to Hawaii.
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"I think there's going to be a good amount of chaos," says one Libya expert .
Gadhafi has "eviscerated" civil society organizations .
Tribal leaders expected to seek a solution .
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"there's going to be a good amount of chaos,\" said",
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"years in power, Gadhafi has limited the formation",
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"eviscerated by the regime,\" he said. In a",
"telephone interview Monday night, he predicted",
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"see some tribal uprisings\" as competing groups",
"seek a share of Libya's oil wealth, he said,",
"describing the likely scenario as \"not very",
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"into civil war. The current uncertainty will",
"likely be decided in the next few days, he",
"predicted. \"It seems to me that we're in an",
"endgame here,\" he said. \"The big question is how",
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"\"extraordinary, but not surprising from a regime",
"that's truly entrenched.\" There are few",
"candidates in the wings to replace Gadhafi -- \"no",
"younger leadership able to assume that mantle of",
"leadership,\" he said. But Gadhafi's imminent",
"departure is not a foregone conclusion, he added,",
"putting the odds at \"80% go, 20% stay.\" Ronald",
"Bruce St John, who has written seven books on",
"Libya, said Gadhafi's reign appears to be drawing",
"quickly to a close. \"He's losing support by the",
"hour from critical people in his regime,\" he",
"said. But St John said it was unlikely that the",
"next leader would emerge from the military, since",
"Gadhafi has long sought to keep the institution",
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"when he came to power and was supported by the",
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"their tribal members, he said. But the gifts came",
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"you're in charge of your tribe,\" St John said.",
"\"If they step out of line, we'll go to you.\" If",
"Gadhafi leaves power, \"those tribal leaders will",
"try to find a way to put together some kind of a",
"new government,\" he predicted. \"I think you'll",
"see the tribes being the ones that will, in the",
"short term anyway, try to find a way through the",
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"the Philippines,\" he said, referring to the",
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England can still win the 2015 World Cup but the right lessons need to be learned from this tour — and there needs to be fundamental changes in the way we play which will have a considerable knock-on effect on selection. What we saw in the first half in Hamilton last night only reinforced what we witnessed in third quarter in Dunedin last week. Head coach Stuart Lancaster faces some major decisions, but the clock is not his friend. He has one huge factor in his favour and that is ‘home’ advantage. But even that will be lost unless some real soul-searching is carried out ... and quickly. Whitewash: England were on the end of a 3-0 series defeat against New Zealand . Job on his hands: Stuart Lancaster has got work to do if England want to win the World Cup on home soil next year . Is he content for England to be competitive in 2015 — and with home advantage they will definitely be that — or is he prepared to aim for the ultimate and change the way his team plays? My worry is that there is already talk about winning in 2019, and to look that far ahead is nonsense . Quite simply, England are not quick enough man for man and as a collective at the very highest level. Everybody in the All Blacks’ back division has pace and poses a massive threat individually and in unison, whereas England yesterday only had Marland Yarde and Ben Youngs firing any bullets in the 36-13 defeat. And then Kieran Read, Richie McCaw and Jerome Kaino in the backrow looked a yard quicker than the England trio throughout the game. Pace is absolutely everything at this level — you are not going to bully yourself to victory against the top southern hemisphere teams. Talk about a decent second half is misguided. That was a really disappointing England performance, much more than a bad day at the office. That was a step backwards and the gulf in class was alarming. Yet, so too was the way in which the game was played and that must come down to Lancaster and his coaching staff. Nor do I want to hear any more about the England rugby culture and values. Quickstep: Kieran Read was one of New Zealand's star performers during the match . Paceman: Marland Yarde was one of the few players offering England a threat of pace . That has to be an absolute ‘given’ and to me the values have always been there despite the highly publicised issues at the last World Cup. A great rugby culture isn’t going to win you a World Cup, although its absence can lose you a tournament. South Africa, Australia and especially New Zealand have all five-star rugby cultures themselves; ask any Kiwi what the shirt means in New Zealand. What can really win England the World Cup is world-class coaching and selection, followed by execution by the players. So the core question is this: Do England continue to go down the current path or do they change before it’s too late? Do England stick with a big strong pack, but at this level a yard short of pace, augmented by big strong backs and an international class goal-kicker? Or do they look for a much more dynamic and adaptable game plan with pace throughout the team to prize open opposition defences. To me, this is not a gamble but a necessity for the growth of the game in England. It has to be the latter. It doesn’t matter how big and powerful you are because New Zealand and South Africa will simply knock you over. For me, Manu Tuilagi is potentially a great player but his physicality is nothing special when you play against these guys. He didn’t look in the same league as the Ma’a Nonu and Malakai Fekitoa yesterday. England would get so much more out of him if they developed his passing game and used him as a decoy rather than just a battering ram. He has to be much more than that. He could yet play inside centre if they adopted a game plan that brings out those skills. We saw a brilliant off-load from him to create a try for Chris Ashton last week. You will see the best of Manu when you have the likes of Danny Cipriani at fly-half and Anthony Watson adding his pace and X-factor on the right wing. Yarde will be much more effective if he has like-minded attacking players in support and we will then begin to see the best of Mike Brown again as an attacking force. The more pace and invention, the better. Players will feed off each other and become even more dangerous. Potential: Manu Tuilagi has what it takes to be a great player . Invetion: Mike Brown tackled by two New Zealand players during the match . Just look at New Zealand. If England take that route then they must change the composition of the backrow. It’s just too slow if you are going to play at the sort of pace I am talking about. But if they decide that type of game is beyond them then Lancaster’s current selection is perfect. Against the very best you just can’t have Tom Wood and Billy Vunipola starting together. Which brings us back to an issue that will not go away — Steffon Armitage. He has to be included because he is the best natural openside England have and the artificial circumstances of his non-selection are ridiculous. I would move Chris Robshaw to No 8 and bring in a fit-again Tom Croft at blindside wing forward for the first game of the autumn, which just happens to be against New Zealand at Twickenham. England aren’t a million miles away and they looked very tired at an end of a long season playing in the toughest of rugby environments. The players we need have been knocking around for a while. We just haven’t had them on the pitch at the same time, with everybody singing from the same hymn sheet. Selection headache: Steffon Armitage must start for England in the future, believes Woodward . Deflated: Tom Wood (left) and Ben Morgan reflect on their defeat . England have some serious thinking to do and, while the focus must be firmly on the future, I would demand a special meeting with the RFU if I was Lancaster and make it clear that they have badly let him and English rugby down. In fact he should have made that clear a year ago when the end-of-season farce became apparent. It is utterly unacceptable that England embark on a three-match Test series against the world champions on their own patch with almost half his first-choice players unavailable because of club commitments. There can be no debate on this. Such a cock-up must never happen again. Those absentees had a huge knock-on effect and led to selection confusion. The First Test is vital and if England had arrived with their ‘Gun’ team, fully prepared and raring to go, they would probably have won and the series might have been unfolded differently. England were ambushed and what followed has been a huge wake-up call. All is not lost — but it is now decision time. My team for England's next test (vs New Zealand on November 8):Backs: 15 Brown, 14 Watson, 13 Burrell ,12 Tuilagi, 11 Yarde, 10 Cipriani, 9 CareForwards: 1 Corbisiero, 2 Hartley, 3 Cole, 4 Launchbury, 5 Lawes, 6 Croft, 7 Armitage, 8 Robshaw (c)
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England can still win 2015 World Cup, according to Sir Clive Woodward .
But lessons must be learned from disappointing tour of New Zealand .
Stuart Lancaster's side lost the series 3-0 with 36-13 defeat in final Test .
Woodward believes England coach was given impossible job on the tour .
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"England can still win the 2015 World Cup but the",
"right lessons need to be learned from this tour —",
"and there needs to be fundamental changes in the",
"way we play which will have a considerable",
"knock-on effect on selection. What we saw in the",
"first half in Hamilton last night only reinforced",
"what we witnessed in third quarter in Dunedin",
"last week. Head coach Stuart Lancaster faces some",
"major decisions, but the clock is not his friend.",
"He has one huge factor in his favour and that is",
"‘home’ advantage. But even that will be lost",
"unless some real soul-searching is carried out",
"... and quickly. Whitewash: England were on the",
"end of a 3-0 series defeat against New Zealand .",
"Job on his hands: Stuart Lancaster has got work",
"to do if England want to win the World Cup on",
"home soil next year . Is he content for England",
"to be competitive in 2015 — and with home",
"advantage they will definitely be that — or is he",
"prepared to aim for the ultimate and change the",
"way his team plays? My worry is that there is",
"already talk about winning in 2019, and to look",
"that far ahead is nonsense . Quite simply,",
"England are not quick enough man for man and as a",
"collective at the very highest level. Everybody",
"in the All Blacks’ back division has pace and",
"poses a massive threat individually and in",
"unison, whereas England yesterday only had",
"Marland Yarde and Ben Youngs firing any bullets",
"in the 36-13 defeat. And then Kieran Read, Richie",
"McCaw and Jerome Kaino in the backrow looked a",
"yard quicker than the England trio throughout the",
"game. Pace is absolutely everything at this level",
"— you are not going to bully yourself to victory",
"against the top southern hemisphere teams. Talk",
"about a decent second half is misguided. That was",
"a really disappointing England performance, much",
"more than a bad day at the office. That was a",
"step backwards and the gulf in class was",
"alarming. Yet, so too was the way in which the",
"game was played and that must come down to",
"Lancaster and his coaching staff. Nor do I want",
"to hear any more about the England rugby culture",
"and values. Quickstep: Kieran Read was one of New",
"Zealand's star performers during the match .",
"Paceman: Marland Yarde was one of the few players",
"offering England a threat of pace . That has to",
"be an absolute ‘given’ and to me the values have",
"always been there despite the highly publicised",
"issues at the last World Cup. A great rugby",
"culture isn’t going to win you a World Cup,",
"although its absence can lose you a tournament.",
"South Africa, Australia and especially New",
"Zealand have all five-star rugby cultures",
"themselves; ask any Kiwi what the shirt means in",
"New Zealand. What can really win England the",
"World Cup is world-class coaching and selection,",
"followed by execution by the players. So the core",
"question is this: Do England continue to go down",
"the current path or do they change before it’s",
"too late? Do England stick with a big strong",
"pack, but at this level a yard short of pace,",
"augmented by big strong backs and an",
"international class goal-kicker? Or do they look",
"for a much more dynamic and adaptable game plan",
"with pace throughout the team to prize open",
"opposition defences. To me, this is not a gamble",
"but a necessity for the growth of the game in",
"England. It has to be the latter. It doesn’t",
"matter how big and powerful you are because New",
"Zealand and South Africa will simply knock you",
"over. For me, Manu Tuilagi is potentially a great",
"player but his physicality is nothing special",
"when you play against these guys. He didn’t look",
"in the same league as the Ma’a Nonu and Malakai",
"Fekitoa yesterday. England would get so much more",
"out of him if they developed his passing game and",
"used him as a decoy rather than just a battering",
"ram. He has to be much more than that. He could",
"yet play inside centre if they adopted a game",
"plan that brings out those skills. We saw a",
"brilliant off-load from him to create a try for",
"Chris Ashton last week. You will see the best of",
"Manu when you have the likes of Danny Cipriani at",
"fly-half and Anthony Watson adding his pace and",
"X-factor on the right wing. Yarde will be much",
"more effective if he has like-minded attacking",
"players in support and we will then begin to see",
"the best of Mike Brown again as an attacking",
"force. The more pace and invention, the better.",
"Players will feed off each other and become even",
"more dangerous. Potential: Manu Tuilagi has what",
"it takes to be a great player . Invetion: Mike",
"Brown tackled by two New Zealand players during",
"the match . Just look at New Zealand. If England",
"take that route then they must change the",
"composition of the backrow. It’s just too slow if",
"you are going to play at the sort of pace I am",
"talking about. But if they decide that type of",
"game is beyond them then Lancaster’s current",
"selection is perfect. Against the very best you",
"just can’t have Tom Wood and Billy Vunipola",
"starting together. Which brings us back to an",
"issue that will not go away — Steffon Armitage.",
"He has to be included because he is the best",
"natural openside England have and the artificial",
"circumstances of his non-selection are",
"ridiculous. I would move Chris Robshaw to No 8",
"and bring in a fit-again Tom Croft at blindside",
"wing forward for the first game of the autumn,",
"which just happens to be against New Zealand at",
"Twickenham. England aren’t a million miles away",
"and they looked very tired at an end of a long",
"season playing in the toughest of rugby",
"environments. The players we need have been",
"knocking around for a while. We just haven’t had",
"them on the pitch at the same time, with",
"everybody singing from the same hymn sheet.",
"Selection headache: Steffon Armitage must start",
"for England in the future, believes Woodward .",
"Deflated: Tom Wood (left) and Ben Morgan reflect",
"on their defeat . England have some serious",
"thinking to do and, while the focus must be",
"firmly on the future, I would demand a special",
"meeting with the RFU if I was Lancaster and make",
"it clear that they have badly let him and English",
"rugby down. In fact he should have made that",
"clear a year ago when the end-of-season farce",
"became apparent. It is utterly unacceptable that",
"England embark on a three-match Test series",
"against the world champions on their own patch",
"with almost half his first-choice players",
"unavailable because of club commitments. There",
"can be no debate on this. Such a cock-up must",
"never happen again. Those absentees had a huge",
"knock-on effect and led to selection confusion.",
"The First Test is vital and if England had",
"arrived with their ‘Gun’ team, fully prepared and",
"raring to go, they would probably have won and",
"the series might have been unfolded differently.",
"England were ambushed and what followed has been",
"a huge wake-up call. All is not lost — but it is",
"now decision time. My team for England's next",
"test (vs New Zealand on November 8):Backs: 15",
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(CNN) -- Alaska's vast expanse of wilderness and natural beauty is captivating to its residents and visitors alike. Whether you're new to this fascinating state or a native Alaskan, it takes time to explore all the Land of the Midnight Sun has to offer. "I feel even if we do a lot of homework online, it won't be enough to have a good vacation in Alaska," iReporter Uday Ellala said. Don't let this wide-open landscape intimidate you. Traveling to Alaska is well worth the planning. "Alaska is an amazing, enchanted place," iReporter Joan Splinter said. "The scenery is unbelievably beautiful, and the people are warm and welcoming." iReporters, both tourists and locals, shared their favorite experiences and tips for navigating your way across the state. First-timers . Don't feel overwhelmed by Alaska's sheer size -- or treat this like it's your only opportunity. First-timers in Alaska should try to immerse themselves, iReporter Laura Grabhorn said. "Instead of going for the whirlwind, pick a couple of destinations and spend a few days there. From Seattle, you can get to Sitka in less than two hours. Rent a car and enjoy the place!" she said. Go with a plan for what you want to see and experience for your "immersion." Also, don't forget to keep the season in mind when making your plans. "If your first visit to Alaska is in the summer, your next trip must be in the winter," Splinter said. "Winters are magical: peaceful, amazing sunrises and auroras. It is easily my favorite season there of all!" iReporter Adyson Ellis has a few tips of her own for the summer. "Make sure you have hotel reservations, as rooms can get booked a year in advance. Be prepared for high gas and food prices, and in the smaller communities, there are limited places to eat, so plan accordingly." Because hot weather is rare in Alaska, don't forget to bring layers of clothing, especially if you go out on the water. "First-timers should see glaciers, attempt to go fishing on a stream or the ocean and, of course, consume much fresh seafood," iReporter Russ Dale suggested. Cruising through . Photographer and iReporter L. Craig Smith knows the importance of making the most of your trip. His recommendation? "A cruise through the Inside Passage of Alaska to explore and experience the small and beautiful mining and logging towns, as well as witnessing up close the beautiful glaciers." To take a gander at the wild side of Alaska, get your adventure on in the Kenai Peninsula, Smith suggests. iReporter Dino Robert U. Eleazar recommends taking a cruise to maximize your time in Alaska -- and visiting multiple cities. "I've been to Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway, Sitka and Icy Straight Point, amazing places. At least you can visit not just one place in Alaska, but the cruising experience is really the best," he said. Road trippin' For those with the opportunity to see Alaska by car, iReporter Joan Splinter advises to venture along the road rarely taken. "There is nothing like seeing Alaska by land. Homer -- a haven for artists and sportsmen alike -- is the crown jewel of the peninsula. The four-hour drive from Anchorage to Homer can easily take you six hours or more if you stop to photograph the amazing scenery along the way," she said. You can also adventure through Alaska with horseback riding, kayaking, float planes and water taxi tours, Splinter said. Where to eat and stay . In Juneau, Laura Grabhorn recommends several places to grab a bite. "My absolute favorite is Hangar on the Wharf: awesome food in a friendly and low-key spot. It used to be the Juneau airport, and now you can eat and see float planes taking off and landing and enjoy the mist and clouds as they tumble down the mountains." She also suggests the Twisted Fish Company in Juneau and the Larkspur Café in Sitka. Joan Splinter loves visiting Homer, and when she does, she stops by Fat Olives or Cosmic Kitchen. "For fine dining, Cafe Cups cannot be beat by any restaurant in Alaska or the lower 48." She usually stays at the Timber Bay Bed & Breakfast or the Ocean House Inn. When Grabhorn is in Juneau, she stays at the Alaska Beach Cabin on Indian Cover with a waterfront view. In Sitka, she suggests staying at the Shee Atika Totem Square Inn. "Lovely people, and they'll help you find your way around town and give you water for your stroll." Feasting in Alaska: Dried moose, whale blubber and spit-roasted yak . Favorite spots . As iReporter Paul Tamsai said, "I would recommend the Denali area, but there is no place that I would not recommend." While Juneau, the state capital, is a favorite with its museums, art galleries and live shows, iReporters ventured all across the state. "I love Seldovia!" said Alicia McDonald, a former Anchorage resident. "The town is in such a beautiful setting, the people are great, the sunsets are gorgeous, the views are humbling ,and there is such a peacefulness to the area." iReporter Russ Dale felt similarly about Ellamar. "There is no way to describe the breathtaking sights I saw, no way to describe the glee and transformation of a free soul on the edge of the untamed wild."
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iReporters share their tips and photos for venturing through Alaska .
Don't try to see everything in one trip; instead, focus on what you want to experience most .
Whether by cruise ship or car, your trip to Alaska will be filled with scenery .
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By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 05:00 EST, 18 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:02 EST, 18 January 2013 . It seems that Hillary is not the only Clinton to be in the wars lately as daughter Chelsea stepped out with a plaster on her leg. But despite the unsightly fashion faux-pas,Chelsea was all smiles in New York yesterday after speaking about mother and U.S. Secretary of State, who was hospitalised earlier this month when doctors detected a blood clot in her head during a routine checkup. The spotlight has been on the 32-year-old from New York following rumours that she may be considering moving into politics after accepting the role of honorary chair for the National Day of Service tomorrow. In the wars: Chelsea Clinton stepped out in New York with a plaster on her leg yesterday as rumors swirled that she may be considering moving into politics after accepting the role of honorary chair for the National Day of Service tomorrow . Speaking on the TODAY show she said of her mother: 'She is exuding the energy, the vibrancy and certainly the mental acuity that she always has. 'I’m so grateful that she is not only fine, but healthy and vibrant and strong and, God willing, will be for the next 65 years of her life.' New role: Chelsea will be the honorary chair after participating in the festivities as an adolescent when her father was in office . Acting as the all-day summit’s . honorary chair is a new role for the woman who participated in the . festivities as an adolescent, standing next to her father, Bill Clinton, . as he was sworn into office in 1993 and 1997. She will headline a service summit on . the National Mall for the president's call for Americans to honor the . legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the holiday weekend celebrating . his birthday. She will join other participants . including actresses Eva Longoria and Angela Bassett, singers Ben Folds . and Yolanda Adams, television personality Star Jones and Delaware . Attorney General Beau Biden, the vice president's son. Hillary is in such excellent shape that ‘she had time for three more husbands’, Bill Clinton said. He said: 'She's always been very, very healthy and she has very low blood pressure, very low standing heartbeat. 'I tell her that, you know, she's still got time to have three more husbands after me. So, I think she'll live to be 120.’ Chelsea was often seen but not heard as a youth growing up in the White House, but increasingly has made her public voice heard in recent years. She campaigned for her mom, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's, 2008 presidential primary campaign against Obama and now is an NBC News special correspondent. Mother and daughter: Chelsea with mother Hillary Clinton who was hospitalised earlier this month when doctors detected a blood clot in her head during a routine checkup . Last fall she traveled to Nigeria on . behalf of her father's charitable foundation, meeting with the country's . president and promoting the Clinton Health Access Initiative's efforts . to reduce child mortality there. A week after Election Day, she . appeared at the Glamour Women of the Year awards in New York with a . stage full of women who had been involved in races across the country, . noting that gender progress was made in 2012 although there still is a . long way to go. She has promoted efforts to allow gay marriage and assisted in raising money for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Chelsea said: ‘When I was growing up, both my parents and grandparents instilled a commitment to service in me. ‘They taught me that helping our neighbors and serving our community were essential parts of being a good citizen and a good person.’ First daughter: Chelsea is pictured aged 11 in January 1992 before her father won the presidential election .
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A leading British poet who is dying of kidney failure is appealing for a donor to come forward after doctors warned that he does not have long left. Award-winning writer Hugo Williams was diagnosed with kidney failure two-and-a-half years ago and has to endure gruelling dialysis three times a week for four hours a time. His desperate family has now started a Facebook campaign to find a matching donor who can give the 72-year-old poet his quality of life back. Poet Hugo Williams is appealing for a kidney donor to come forward as he is dying of kidney failure . Mr Williams, the brother of Upstairs Downstairs actor Simon Williams, has also offered to immortalise the kindness of the donor in verse. The T.S. Eliot prize winner said: ‘Anything would be better than feeling like this. I’m tired of living this life. I have to be at a certain level of fitness to be eligible for a transplant and my health is declining. ‘It’s just a guess, but the next three months are likely to be crucial. In reality, we don’t know how long it will be. ‘I’m just worried that this transplant won’t come off. I desperately need to find a donor. Time is running out.’ His daughter Murphy Williams, 45, of Cornwall, said: ‘My nagging, unspoken fear is that my father will die on the waiting list, well before his time. He was healthy and active before the dialysis. ‘Every time he doesn’t pick up the phone, my family and I go into an awful panic, thinking the worst. The fear is always there. Mr Williams was diagnosed with kidney failure two-and-a-half years ago and has been warned time is running out to find him a donor. His family has set up a Facebook page to help find him a new kidney (pictured) ‘I feel like he deserves a lot more life and shouldn’t be going through this. It would just be awful if he was condemned to this limbo life.’ Mr Williams, the son of actor Hugh Williams and the model and actress Margaret Vyner, attended Eton College and has won many poetry prizes. He has written a collection of poems called From the Dialysis Ward detailing his suffering, some of which have been nominated for the Forward poetry prize. A new collection, I Knew the Bride, has just been published. The poet was diagnosed with kidney failure two-and-a-half years ago and has been on dialysis ever since while he waits for a kidney transplant. But there are just 3,000 kidney transplants each year and roughly 6,000 people on the waiting list, according to Kidney Research UK. His daughter said: ‘My father is not coping well on dialysis. Mr Williams' family are worried he will die waiting for a kidney because he will soon be too weak for surgery . ‘It’s very much a half-life. You’re . just waiting and you’re not able to live. The waiting list is getting . longer and longer. It used to be two to three years.’ Mrs . Williams, who runs a luxury marshmallow company, added: ‘It’s a huge . change to his life and he’s had lots of bad reactions to the treatment. The main thing is that it saps your energy and makes you very weak. He . has a diminished quality of life,’ she said. ‘He’s led such a healthy life and he’s always been fit and trim and eaten healthily. ‘My . father is a poet. He’s incredibly sensitive and fragile. He’s also . sociable and he likes living his life and this is a just a shell of a . life and he is depressed. ‘He’s . not the same and he knows he’s not the same. I would just love to get . my dad back. I want him to come to Cornwall to visit his grandchildren . who adore him. Mr Williams is married to art curator Hermine Demoriane, 71, who lives between Britain and France, and the pair have one daughter together. Miss Demoriane, who uses her maiden name, launched a Facebook and Twitter campaign to track down a donor three weeks ago and the page already has a thousand followers. The T.S. Eliot prize winner said: 'Anything would be better than feeling like this. I'm tired of living this life' She is also trying to arrange a cross . match with another donor, so she can donate her kidney to a person who . has a healthy relative or friend who is able to donate to Mr Williams. Peter . Storey, of Kidney Research UK, said: ‘Around 6,000 people are waiting . for a kidney but fewer than 3,000 transplants are carried out each year. ‘The prevalence of patients presenting with kidney failure is increasing steadily by four per cent each year. Many people who could benefit from a kidney transplant remain on dialysis, which offers a restricted quality of life. And sadly, around one person a day dies whilst waiting. ‘There is currently no cure for kidney diseases, so early detection is vital to provide any chance of halting, preventing or reversing the damage to the kidney caused by the disease. ‘However, the signs are often difficult to spot which is why the disease is often referred to as the “silent killer” and many patients go undiagnosed until their kidneys completely fail.’ The Facebook page can be found at facebook.com/hugowilliamskidney and the Twitter hashtag is #teamhugo .
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Hugo Williams was diagnosed with kidney failure more than two years ago .
He has to have dialysis three times a week for four hours at a time .
He has been warned that time is running out to find him a donor .
His family are worried that he will die waiting for a new kidney .
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . He was only trying to find a comfortable place to catch up on his sleep, but this cunning faredodger has become something of an internet hit after he was caught taking a nap on a bus in Canada. An OC Transpo employee spotted the fox sneak through an open front door of a bus while it was receiving scheduled maintenance early on Sunday morning in Ottawa. The fox clearly only had one thing on his mind though, if the pictures taken of him curled up asleep on one of the seats are anything to go by. Forty winks: The fox has become a hit in Ottawa after he was pictured asleep on a bus seat . Do not disturb: An OC Transpo employee spotted the fox sneak through an open front door of the bus while it was receiving scheduled maintenance early on Sunday morning . Police were informed however, who in turned called the Ottawa Humane Society to retrieve the animal. Like any typical faredodger though, as soon as the fox woke up and realised the authorities were out to catch him, he jumped off the bus and fled. Images of the fox asleep on the vehicle have now been widely shared on the internet, and have even inspired a parody Twitter account @OttawaBusFox. Among the several humorous tweets made on the account is: 'What is the big deal. I was tired. Like none of you have never dozed off on a bus. Did you all get your mugshots in the news? #busfox' The account has also tweeted: 'No. I did not tap my @PRESTOcard whatever that is. I don't have opposable thumbs. #busfox' One passenger however was not too impressed and tweeted: 'Typical. The fox falls asleep on the bus and even has his feet on the seat. That's so rude.' On the run: Like any typical faredodger, as soon as the fox woke up and realised the authorities were out to catch him, he jumped off the bus and fled . While unusual, reports of animals on public transport are not unheard of. In December 2011, MailOnline reported on Dodger the ginger tom who found a way to get round the tiresome business of walking anywhere, by hopping on the bus. The 15-year-old reportedly sat on bemused passengers’ laps as the bus made round trips of up to ten miles from Bridport to Charmouth in Dorset.
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Washington (CNN) -- A judge's claim that she was ordered to always rule in the U.S. Coast Guard's favor in cases against civilian mariners cannot be substantiated, the Department of Homeland Security inspector general concluded Tuesday. The inspector general also concluded that the judge's two-year delay in coming forward with the allegation casts doubt on her veracity. Inspector General Richard L. Skinner's 53-page report is a nearly complete victory for the Coast Guard's administrative law judge program, which hears cases brought against merchant mariners, and a repudiation of retired Administrative Law Judge Jeffie J. Massey, who claimed the system was rigged in the Coast Guard's favor. Massey, a judge from July 2004 until March 2007, said in a court affidavit and later testified before Congress that Chief Administrative Law Judge Joseph N. Ingolia specifically told her in 2005 that she should always rule for the Coast Guard. Massey also said comments by fellow judges buttressed her belief that the Coast Guard should prevail on all cases. "I was specifically told that I should always rule for the Coast Guard and that it I ever found myself faced with a circumstance when I just absolutely, positively could not find anyway to rule in favor of the Coast Guard on any issue, that I should rule against them, but word it delicately and just apologize for it as much as I could," she said. But the DHS Inspector General's Office concluded Tuesday that, "There is no evidence supporting... Massey's claim except her own statement." Massey's brief employment at the Coast Guard "was rife with conflict" and there was a "growing distrust" between her and colleagues, the report says. "These factors likely contributed to ... Massey's belief that (her boss) and others were engaging in misconduct and pressuring her to rule against mariners," it says. Massey's allegations roiled the administrative law judge's office of the Coast Guard and sparked an investigation by the Baltimore Sun into the Coast Guard's judicial system. The newspaper reported that mariners prevailed only 14 times out of about 6,300 charges brought over eight years. Most of the cases were settled or resulted in guilty pleas without reaching a courtroom, and some were dismissed, but overall Coast Guard prosecutors had a 97 percent success rate, the Baltimore Sun reported. The Skinner report, parts of which are redacted, apparently does not address the numerical findings of the Baltimore Sun. Massey said it was at an April 8, 2005, meeting that Ingolia told her to always rule in favor of the Coast Guard. Ingolia dismissed all but one colleague from the room before making the remark, she said. Massey cited several other reasons she believed she was to have a pro-Coast Guard bias. In one instance, she said, a fellow judge commented about one of his cases, saying, "If I ruled that way, the Chief Judge would have my job." In yet another instance, Massey alleged, Ingolia and others engaged in improper conversations about pending cases. But the inspector general's office said it could not substantiate any of Massey's allegations. Both Ingolia and the senior staff member present at the 2005 meeting said Ingolia "did not say anything that could reasonably be construed as directing ALJ Massey to rule in favor of the Coast Guard," the inspector general's report said. "Instead, they assert that (Ingolia) only instructed her to follow Coast Guard's regulations." The staffer called Massey's allegation "a flat lie." Massey first made her allegation two months after she retired in an affidavit in support of a mariner in a $15 million lawsuit against Coast Guard employees. "The timing and manner in which Massey made her allegations also undermine the gravity of the allegations," the report says.
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(CNN) -- Economists pore over central bank interest rate decisions, key retail numbers and consumer confidence figures for signs of economic health -- but could road toll collections also carry clues for the future? Academics at Germany's Institute for the Study of Labor, based in Bonn, believe they can. They have developed a system, called the Toll Index, to tap road toll data for indications of industrial production in Europe's biggest economy. "Toll collectors use it to bill people, to finance our roads. We use it usefully to solve early forecasting problems," Klaus Zimmermann, one of the institute's directors, told CNN. Most heavy vehicles in Germany carry GPS technology which links to a satellite system for collecting road tolls. The data -- which calculates the number of trips made across borders -- is then used by Zimmerman's team for economic forecasting. DSV head Jens Bjorn Andersen, one of Europe's biggest transport companies, points out the industry is one of the first to feel the brunt of an economic downturn. The industry suffers if consumers cut back on spending, because there is less need to transport goods. Transportation was hit by a rapid drop in volumes after the third quarter of 2008, as the global slump kicked in, Andersen said. "The downturn in the whole world economy was probably seen first in transport companies," he added. Driving a truck through Europe's debt crisis . According to Zimmermann, the transportation industry is able to give analysts a quick status check on the economy, rather than having to wait weeks or months for official data to be released. "[It's] the first forecast of the economy which is actually better than existing economic indicators," he said. Nikolaus Askitas, the institute's chief technology officer, said they considered exploring river and rail transport for economic indicators but the trucking industry provided the best data. "[How do you] bring the product from the production site to the harbor or to the railway station? By trucks," said Askitas. The Toll Index still has some kinks, such as inability to differentiate between trucks which are carrying goods for export and those which are not. But its developers argue the speed of its data analysis delivers an insight into market movements as they are happening. CNN's Emily Smith contributed to this story .
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By . Simon Walters . PUBLISHED: . 18:40 EST, 1 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:40 EST, 1 September 2012 . Firm stand: A source says the Queen does not want titles changed . The Queen wants moves to scrap the word ‘Empire’ from awards such as the OBE and MBE to be put off until after her reign, it was claimed last night. It follows a Labour bid to replace ‘Empire’ with ‘Excellence’ in the titles of the honours because it is a ‘jingoistic relic of Britain’s colonial past’. The moved was resisted after Tory MPs threatened to veto a Westminster review of the honours system in protest. They insisted that there should be no change until at least 2017, the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Order of the British Empire. A senior source told The Mail on Sunday that the Queen believes honours should stay the same, and any future changes should be dealt with when Prince Charles accedes to the throne. ‘I have been told that her view is, “If it really must be changed, can you please wait until I am no longer Monarch?” ’ said the source. Buckingham Palace last night said: ‘We have no comment on speculation as to Her Majesty’s views on the continued inclusion of the word “Empire” in the honours system.’ Senior Tory MP Bernard Jenkin, chairman of the Commons Public Administration Select Committee, which investigated the honours system, said last night: ‘If this is the Queen’s view, it is personally understandable. 'An “Order of British Excellence” sounds wet and is the kind of thing that must make her heart sink. It would have been unthinkable when she ascended the throne and would have had her father and grandfather spinning in their graves.’ 'Her father would turn in his grave': The Queen, seen here with Prince Phillip yesterday, has indicated that a change should be avoided at any cost whilst she sits on the throne . Mr Jenkin said Prince Charles should have the final say if similar reforms were proposed when he succeeds the Queen. ‘Whatever changes are made in the future, the views of the sovereign must be paramount and take precedence over those of politicians,’ he said. Mr Jenkin said he favoured retaining ‘Empire’, but added that if it were to go, it could be changed to Order of the British Commonwealth. ‘The transition from the Empire to the Commonwealth is one of the greatest achievements of the modern Monarchy and to recognise that in awards would be much more in keeping with the tradition and heritage of the honours system,’ he added. OBE: 'Officer of the British Empire' would become Officer of British Excellence' Sharp divisions opened up during a Commons inquiry into the honours system over whether ‘Empire’ should remain in the Order of the British Empire – which includes, in order of seniority, the KBE or DBE (Knight Commander or Dame Commander), CBE (Commander of the British Empire), OBE (Officer of the British Empire) and MBE (Member of the British Empire). Republican Labour MP Paul Flynn said the Order, created in 1917, was an outdated ‘relic’ of the ‘jingoism of a country at war’. He said that it should be replaced by ‘Excellence’ – or renamed the British Citizen’s Medal. However, Conservatives refused to agree to the idea and threatened to pull the plug on the entire report. Mr Flynn and fellow Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins issued their own rebel ‘minority report’ in protest. The Queen has a direct personal link to the Empire: her father, George VI, was the last Emperor of India, losing the title in 1947 when the country was granted independence. The hardline decision by Mr Jenkin’s committee to block any change – or even a review – into the matter marked a U-turn. When the same committee studied it before the last Election, it questioned the continued use of the word ‘Empire’. In its latest report, MPs said they had heard ‘mixed evidence’. Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling told the inquiry: ‘We do not have one [an empire]. We are making someone a Commander of the British Empire and we are in no position to offer him such a command.’ But Richard Tilbrook, the Head of the Honours Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, pointed out that when the OBE was created, the statutes made it clear that for any changes to take place, the Order would have to be closed and a new one created. The report concluded: ‘We do not recommend any changes ahead of the Order’s centenary in 2017.’
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Evelyn Davey fell outside a social club on a wet day in Ormesby, Yorkshire .
The 89-year-old was left waiting for paramedics for two hours in the rain .
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By . Mark Prigg . The solar powered plane that is set to try and fly around the world without using fuel next year has been unveiled. Pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg said the Solar Impulse 2 improves dramatically upon the single-seater prototype that first took flight five years ago. They say the technology has advanced so much the new design could remain in the air indefinitely. Scroll down for video . t 72 meters (236 feets) its wingspan is eight meters longer than the first prototype - longer even than the wings of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet - but still only weights 2.3 metric tons (2.54 tons), about as much as a large car . 72 meters (236 feets) wingspan . Eight meters longer than the first prototype and longer even than the wings of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet . Weighs 2.3 metric tons (2.54 tons), about as much as a large car . 7,200 solar cells that cover its massive wings . During the day, they charge batteries, allowing the plane to fly through the night . 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Benjamin Proud got England off to a flying start in the Commonwealth Games pool on Friday night. The 19-year-old Londoner landed gold for his country in the 50 metres butterfly, the first final of a pulsating evening session, leaving South African superstar Chad le Clos among those in his wake. Proud won in a British and Games record time of 22.93sec, with South Africa’s Roland Schoeman second in 23.13 and Le Clos taking the bronze in 23.36. Flying start: Benjamin Proud celebrates winning gold in the men's 50m butterfly . Swim star: Benjamin beat the British and Commonwealth records to win gold in Glasgow . Le Clos, 22, was one of the stars of London 2012 with his family earning wider endearment through the colourful and regular presence of his emotional father, Bert, during the Olympic TV coverage. But it was a different kind of Proud occasion last night. The new champion, who trains in Plymouth under Jon Rudd, said: ‘I don’t know what to say. I just treated it like any other race, but now tears are almost in my eyes.’ Giant killer: Benjamin Proud is congratulated by Olympic superstar Chad le Clos (L) Proud only made his big breakthrough last year, being the top home sprinter at the British international meet in Leeds in March 2013, when he won 50m butterfly gold and 50m freestyle silver. Then, in a race that marked him out as one to watch, he broke Mark Foster’s 10-year-old British 50m butterfly record in the semi-finals of the British Championships as he took the fly title. That and other decent performances at the Nationals earned him a place at last year’s World Championships in Barcelona, where he finished 18th in the 50m freestyle and 11th in the 50m fly. Local girl: Home crowd celebrated a bronze medal for Scotland's Corrie Scott (L) in the 50m breasttroke final . ‘I’m happy for Ben,’ said Le Clos last night while Foster, at poolside as a BBC pundit, said: ‘I was a bit gutted when Ben broke my British record, but it had stood for long enough, I suppose! ‘This was a mature swim, he just got everything right and he was in the zone. He will get stronger and there is lots more to come from him.’ Scottish fans were celebrating a bronze for Corrie Scott in the 50m breaststroke.
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Benjamin Proud won gold in the 50m butterfly at the Glasgow 2014 Games .
The 19-year-old set new British and Commonwealth records for the event .
Proud beat South Africa's Roland Schoeman and Olympic superstar Chad le Clos .
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"The 19-year-old Londoner landed gold for his",
"country in the 50 metres butterfly, the first",
"final of a pulsating evening session, leaving",
"South African superstar Chad le Clos among those",
"in his wake. Proud won in a British and Games",
"record time of 22.93sec, with South Africa’s",
"Roland Schoeman second in 23.13 and Le Clos",
"taking the bronze in 23.36. Flying start:",
"Benjamin Proud celebrates winning gold in the",
"men's 50m butterfly . Swim star: Benjamin beat",
"the British and Commonwealth records to win gold",
"in Glasgow . Le Clos, 22, was one of the stars of",
"London 2012 with his family earning wider",
"endearment through the colourful and regular",
"presence of his emotional father, Bert, during",
"the Olympic TV coverage. But it was a different",
"kind of Proud occasion last night. The new",
"champion, who trains in Plymouth under Jon Rudd,",
"said: ‘I don’t know what to say. I just treated",
"it like any other race, but now tears are almost",
"in my eyes.’ Giant killer: Benjamin Proud is",
"congratulated by Olympic superstar Chad le Clos",
"(L) Proud only made his big breakthrough last",
"year, being the top home sprinter at the British",
"international meet in Leeds in March 2013, when",
"he won 50m butterfly gold and 50m freestyle",
"silver. Then, in a race that marked him out as",
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"Championships in Barcelona, where he finished",
"18th in the 50m freestyle and 11th in the 50m",
"fly. Local girl: Home crowd celebrated a bronze",
"medal for Scotland's Corrie Scott (L) in the 50m",
"breasttroke final . ‘I’m happy for Ben,’ said Le",
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"long enough, I suppose! ‘This was a mature swim,",
"he just got everything right and he was in the",
"zone. He will get stronger and there is lots more",
"to come from him.’ Scottish fans were celebrating",
"a bronze for Corrie Scott in the 50m",
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By . Jonathan McEvoy and Katherine Faulkner . PUBLISHED: . 16:29 EST, 10 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:32 EST, 13 August 2012 . Poised on the diving board in the tiniest of trunks, he could not have looked in better shape. But Tom Daley nearly missed out on a medal because sweets and ice cream were making him too fat, he revealed yesterday. The 18-year-old, who won a bronze medal in the diving on Saturday, had to go on a diet to be in with a chance at the Olympics. So he cut out his two vices, losing more than a stone. Achieved his dream: Bronze medallist Tom Daley of Great Britain poses with the national flag after the medal ceremony . After a shaky performance last night Daley was ecstatic to claim bronze . Jumping for joy: A relived Tom Daley jumps in front of the media cameras . Daley started his new regime after his . coach, Alexei Evangulov, the director of British diving, said his . Chinese competitors were ‘working three times harder’ than him and he . would have to take his diet more seriously. ‘At the beginning of the year he was . saying I was fat,’ Daley said after winning his medal. ‘I’ve lost seven . and a half kilos (1st 3lb). I can’t wait to go and eat what I like!’ Daley, who began competing in . international diving championships when he was 13, said he had started . putting on weight after he stopped growing. ‘When you get to a certain age you can’t get away with eating like a growing kid,’ he said. ‘It got to the stage where I just . needed to cut out the sweets, cut out the not so good stuff, and then . cut down a little bit on portion size so that I got down to my fighting . weight. ‘I made sure that I was eating healthy . balanced meals, which I was anyway but just cutting out the snacks in . between. 'I love ice cream just generally, any flavour, I used to have . one every weekend, so that’s the main thing that I had to cut out. 'It’s . worked out for me. I was glad I did it.’ Tom Daley put in a strong performance to win bronze in the 10m platform diving final, ultimately missing out on a gold medal by the slimmest of margins . Here we go: Tom Daley is thrown into the pool after winning his bronze medal . Well earned splash: Daley celebrates in the pool with teammates after winning a bronze medal . The roar from supporters as they screamed, clapped and cheered whenever he appeared on the platform seemed likely to raise the roof . But after returning to the athletes’ village following his victory, the first thing he did was ditch the . diet. ‘I had a tub of chocolate ice cream,’ he grinned. Hours earlier Daley leapt into the pool in delight after it was announced that he had won bronze in the individual diving. He dedicated his medal to his father . Rob, who died last May from a brain tumour, saying: ‘I really wish my . dad was here to see me do that performance, because we had such a long, . tough journey together.’ At a press conference yesterday, Daley added: ‘The bronze was really a gold for me after the tough 18 months I’ve had. Tom Daley pictured with his father Rob Daley who died in May last year, said he wanted to do his proud . ‘I’m over the moon that I’ve come home with a medal, it was something I’ve worked so hard for since I was a young kid.’ In his father’s last few days, Daley would hold his hand and tell him how much he wanted to do him proud at the Olympics. But he cut short just one training session throughout his father’s long illness – on the day he passed away. That was exactly as his father would have wanted it. Realisation: Daley gestures to team GB after he realizes he has won a medal in the Men's 10m Platform Final diving competition . As his scores were displayed on the board they waved Union flags and chanted 'Team GB, Team GB' Even after undergoing surgery, Daley . senior cooked breakfast for his sons, drove them to their various . training sessions and waved a giant Union Jack at the poolside every . time Tom competed. Following his father’s death, however, . Daley came under fire from critics – including his coach – who said he . was spending too much time promoting his lucrative sidelines instead of . training. In February, after a poor performance, Evangulov went public . with his anger. ‘Nobody will listen to me,’ he said. ‘If Tom stopped all his media work now, I might be able to get him up to . the third-best diver. Winner: Tom Daley of Britain settled for the bronze at 556.95 after leading going into the final dive in front of a raucous home crowd . Worrying: It was a tricky start for Britain's poster boy - his first dive ended with a splash and he was scored a 75.60. Tom Daley and coach Andy Banks complain to an official regarding a re-dive after flash photography from spectators interfered with his dive . 'I don’t mind what he does if he gets the medal. He can become a rock star.’ While Daley’s success this weekend . will help to silence his critics, it seems unlikely to stop his . ambitions outside diving. There are already rumours that he has signed a . deal with an independent production firm to launch his TV career. ‘Going into TV presenting is actually . what I want to do when I finish diving or maybe alongside diving,’ he . said yesterday. ‘But I don’t know what’s going on to be honest. ‘I haven’t had any meetings with my . management people since the Games so I don’t know what they’ve got . planned for me but I’d be excited to try something like that in the time . that I’ve got off.’ And, of course, there’s Rio. ‘An . Olympic gold medal is the next thing I want to achieve,’ he said. Support: David Beckham was also in the audience and could be seen high-fiving eldest child Brooklyn as Daley stormed to the top of the leaderboard after his fourth dive. His two other sons, Romeo and Cruz were also with him . Before the event Daley revealed that David Beckham had text him words of advice . ‘Peak . age for a diver is 22 to 24 so for me Rio 2016 is going to be a peak . Olympics. ‘I’ve already been doing the dives I . do now for two years. 'Going into Rio I’ll have been doing them six years . and the next Olympics I’ll have been doing them ten years. ‘If I could get a gold medal in Rio then that would round off my collection.’ But for now, he said, it’s back to . normal. ‘I’ve got my Spanish A-level results on Thursday and then I’m . back to school in September, so it’s kind of just back to reality . really.’ The already hyped pressure on Daley, one of the poster boys for the London Olympics, reached new levels in the past week after he finished fourth in the platform synchro alongside Pete Waterfield . 'I knew going into the last round that if I was on par with the others then they were going to overtake me because of the degree of difficulty that I had going into the last round,' said Tom Daley . Favourite: Strongly-fancied Chinese diver Qiu Bo competes in the semi-final . Top performer: Lin Yue of China is expected to be among the medal contenders . VIDEO: Tom Daley fans took to the streets of London to show their support!
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Daley led going into the final round, but was beaten into third by excellent dives from David Boudia , who won gold, and silver medallist Qiu Bo .
The 18-year-old looked elated as the final results were shown, jumping in the pool and hugging those around him .
Singer Cheryl Cole: 'Good luck @tomdaley1994 you've got this !! #teamGB'
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Congressional Republicans are vowing to fight President Barack Obama's plan to make immigration changes through executive action, but they are struggling with how to do that without triggering another government shutdown. The House and Senate need to pass a measure during the lame duck session to fund federal agencies, which will run out of money in mid-December. House conservatives are pressing Speaker John Boehner to attach language to the spending bill that would block any money for federal agencies to give out any new visas or green cards. But House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Kentucky, who is crafting a yearlong so-called "omnibus" spending measure, warned that effort could trigger a shutdown, and insisted no one wants to go down that road. "There's no one stronger than me against unilateral action by the President on this subject, however it's been said before - don't take a hostage you can't shoot," Rogers told reporters after a meeting with all House Republicans on Thursday. The debate over how to confront Obama is posing a sudden challenge for Republican leaders fresh off their victories during last week's midterm elections, which gave them control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in nearly a decade. A day after the election, Mitch McConnell, who will become Senate majority leader in January, said Republicans would take positions Obama wouldn't like but pledged not to shut down the government. Obama, who is traveling in Asia this week, has said he remains committed to using his executive authority to address immigration by the end of the year but the precise timing isn't clear. White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters in Myanmar that Obama is "nearing a final decision." Boehner told members at Thursday meeting that one of his top priorities is to use every tool available to him to stop any effort by the president to go around Congress on immigration, according to several Republicans who attended. But the Speaker also said he doesn't want a shutdown, and he cautioned members that they need to game out a smart way to respond before they move forward with a vote. At an afternoon press conference, Boehner pledged to "fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path." He said no decisions were made and GOP leaders were considering various ways to block the action, but did not rule out waging the fight on the spending bill. "All options are on the table," he said. Arizona Republican Rep. Matt Salmon, who drafted a letter signed by more than 50 House GOP members to Rogers, told reporters he's not pushing for a shutdown, but leaders shouldn't rule out any options. "It's really tragic that before we even fight a fight, or even stake a claim that we're throwing in the towel. I just don't think that's the way to operate. We don't have to talk about ultimatum scenarios at this point in time," Salmon told reporters after the meeting. Salmon argued that after the midterm elections Republicans have a mandate to push back at the president, and they should use their legislative authority to curb his executive actions. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid supports Obama's effort to address immigration but has privately conveyed concerns to the White House that an executive action could threaten passage of the spending bill. "The President has said he'll do the executive action, the question is when," Reid told CNN in a hallway interview in the Capitol. "He can do it, you know, it's up to him. But I'd like to get the finances of this country out of the way before he does it. But it's up to him." Several Republicans told CNN the memory of last year's shutdown and the damage it inflicted on the GOP brand is fresh enough that members are willing to give the Speaker some time to decide what approach to take. A vote on a spending bill is not expected on the House floor until early December. What's complicating the next move for Boehner and other congressional Republican leaders is no one knows the details yet on the timing or scope of what the President will do. Even if House Republicans have the votes to pass something as part of a spending bill, any measure that blocks the president from using his own authority will be blocked in the Senate, which is still controlled by Democrats, or vetoed by the president. That leaves the clock ticking before the government runs out of money on December 11th. One option GOP leaders are considering is passing a short term spending bill -one lasting a few weeks even - that would avoid a shutdown and give them more time to decide how to respond to the President after he rolls out his plan, which is expected by the end of the year. Another is to expand the lawsuit against President Obama that House Republicans already approved to challenge his authority to implement Obamacare. Although the House voted to sue the president in July, the formal legal paperwork hasn't been filed with the courts yet. Whether leaders decide to challenge the president as part of a spending bill or later, it's clear that conservatives are bracing for a major confrontation with the president over his plans to allow potentially millions of undocumented workers to remain in the U.S. "I trust him completely to do the worst left wing, twisted policy that he can come up with" Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks told CNN.
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Republicans are debating how to confront Obama over immigration .
Some GOP lawmakers say leaders shouldn't rule out a shutdown .
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A video has revealed the gruesome step-by-step process that takes place when you die. From your bodily functions shutting down to the process of embalming to make you presentable for your funeral, all of the gruesome details are discussed. The video was created by the American Chemical Society on YouTube channel Reactions. Scroll down for video . A video by American Chemical Society explains what happens when you die. It explains the bodily functions that shut down after death. When blood stops circulating it pools in your body due to gravity (shown) your cells begin to die. This makes your body bacteria and fungi start to decompose your body . It begins: ‘Let’s say hypothetically that you were to just slump over dead in your chair right now, so what happens next?’ First, according to the narrator, your heart stops pumping so the flow of blood around your body ceases. This causes it to coagulate, forming clots and becoming thick and lumpy. It also gets pulled down by the force of gravity in a process called post-mortem hypostasis or livor mortis. ‘Without circulation your body temperature also drops and your muscles stiffen in a process known as rigor mortis,’ the narrator continues. This also stops you breathing, which means no oxygen gets to your cells. This prevents mitochondria in cells making ATP, a chemical used for many tasks, and ultimately they too die. They results in the release of enzymes such as Lysosomal enzymes, which create an environment that is very attractive to bacteria and fungi. These begin to decompose and putrify your body. ‘Before you’re buried or cremated your family may want a funeral,’ says the narrator. ‘To slow down the decomposition process and keep you looking tidy chemistry comes in handy via a process called embalming.’ ‘The embalming process happens in two steps. First, your body is going to be loaded full of conservative chemicals like formaldehyde or glutaraldehyde using a pump and your circulatory system. First your heart stomps pumping, so the flow of blood around your body stops. This causes the blood to coagulate, forming clots and becoming thick and lumping. Your muscles then stiffen in a process known as rigor mortis, which also stops you breathing and means no oxygen gets to your cells. Your cells thus too begin to die, releasing enzymes that make your body very welcoming to bacteria and fungi. These decompose and putrify your body and ultimately, within a year or so, most of the flesh on your body will have decomposed leaving just your bones behind. To stop your body decomposing this scientists can pump you full of chemicals - called embalming. This keep you presentable for about a week such as for your funeral (stock image of cemetery in Bath shown). But ultimately your body will decompose to bones in a year or so . Dissolving dead bodies to create a brown, foul-smelling syrup may sound gruesome, but that’s exactly what some people are hoping to happen to them once they pass away. The process is called alkaline hydrolysis and was developed more than two decades ago to get rid of animal carcasses. It’s a more efficient and environmentally-friendly of getting rid of dead bodies, according to scientists. Alkaline hydrolysis uses lye, 300°C heat and huge amounts of pressure to destroy bodies in big stainless-steel cylinders that look similar to pressure cookers. The process involves submerging the body in a solution of water and potassium hydroxide, which is then pressurised and heated for two-and-a-half to three hours. This leaves a green-brown tinted liquid containing amino acids, peptides, sugars and salts and soft, porous white bone remains which are easily crushed. Because of its environmental advantages, some in the funeral industry say it could someday rival burial and cremation. It also eliminates concerns about crematorium emissions, including carbon dioxide, which can be released into the air as part of the process. ‘Next all your stomach contents get sucked out and all the dark nether regions touched by the circulatory system are filled up with the same chemicals. ‘ . The embalming process allows your body to be displayed and buried without decomposing, but the process is only temporary; eventually your body will again decompose, usually in a week or so. The awful smell that comes from a dead body comes from two particular chemical bioproducts, putrescine and cadaverine, which ‘smell absolutely disgusting’ according to the narrator. Other bad smelling compounds include dimethyl disulphide and dimethyl trisulfide, which both contain sulphur, that ‘reek like rotten egg and skunk.’ These bioproducts also, together with many other gases, make your body extremely bloated as the decomposition process continues. Ultimately, within a year, most of the flesh on your body will have decomposed - and in 40 to 50 years your bones will be dry and brittle, but can last for hundreds of years. One common misconception, though, is also that hair and fingernails continue growing after death. As explained in the video this is not the case, but rather it just seems this way because skin contracts when it is dehydrated, making them seem to grow. ‘So hopefully now you’ve got a good sense of what happens when you can sense no more,’ the video concludes.
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Video by American Chemical Society explains what happens when you die .
It explains the bodily functions that shut down after death .
When blood stops circulating your cells begin to die .
This makes your body bacteria and fungi start to decompose your body .
To stop this scientists can pump you full of chemicals - called embalming .
This keep you presentable for about a week such as for your funeral .
But ultimately your body will decompose to bones in a year or so .
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By . Daniel Martin, James Chapman and Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 08:52 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:27 EST, 6 December 2013 . Employers will no longer have to pay National Insurance contributions when they take on workers under the age of 21. George Osborne announced that what he called the ‘jobs tax on young people’ would be abolished by 2015 in a bid to cut the stubbornly high level of youth unemployment. The announcement follows the introduction earlier this year of the Employment Allowance, which cuts £2,000 off the NI bill for thousands of businesses and charities. Jobcentres will be told to do more to help 16 and 17-year-olds who will lose their benefits if they refuse to accept training, work placement or community work . The . new changes for under 21s mean the cost of employing a young person at a . salary of £12,000 will be reduced by £500, the Chancellor said. On a salary of £16,000, the bill will be cut for employers by £1,000. During . his Autumn Statement speech, Mr Osborne said: ‘We are going to abolish . the jobs tax on young people under the age of 21. Employer National . Insurance contributions will be removed altogether on a . million-and-a-half jobs for young people. ‘We’re . not going to leave young people behind as the economy grows. We are . going to have a responsible recovery for all. The cost for a business of . employing a young person on a salary of £12,000 will fall by over £500. For someone on £16,000, that’s over £1,000 off.’ Because . the change requires legislation, it will not happen until April 2015, . and will not apply beyond the upper earnings limit of £42,285, he said. Latest figures show how the proportion of under-25s described as 'NEETs' still stands at almost 15 per cent, despite overall unemployment falling . Curbs: Chancellor George Osborne said young people will not be able to leave school and sign on to the dole . Mr Osborne told MPs that unemployment was forecast to fall in the next few years from 7.6 to 5.6 per cent.Businesses have created three jobs for every one lost in the public sector, and this trend was forecast to continue, he said. Tim Stovold, employment tax partner at accountancy firm Kingston Smith, welcomed the National Insurance changes. ‘Scrapping . NI for the under 21s could save employers up to £4,658 per employee so . is a valuable incentive to employ younger workers,’ he said. ‘This is a . bold move as it will benefit not just small businesses but also . multi-nationals.’ On the up: Almost 30million people are now in work in the UK, up by 1million since the 2010 general election . Lottie . Dexter, director of Million Jobs campaign which called for the move on . NI, said: ‘We are thrilled with this pro-youth Autumn Statement. ‘Levelling . the playing field for under-21s and backing youngsters to succeed means . the Government are clearly serious about tackling youth unemployment.’ Paul Green, from over-50s group Saga, said the announcement was ‘great news’. ‘We . have been campaigning for a cut in taxes on employing young people and . the long-term unemployed for many years and we are delighted the . Government have listened and acted,’ he said. But . Karen Darby, founder of CrowdMission.com, told the BusinessZone . website: ‘I hope we don’t see a spike in unemployment for 22-year-olds.’ And Gareth Stevens, . from QualitySolicitors, said: ‘Removing National Insurance contributions . for employees under the age of 21 will likely lead to a surge in . employment tribunal claims under the age discrimination banner.’ Mr Osborne also launched a crackdown on unscrupulous firms who . designate their workers as self-employed, depriving them of basic . employment rights such as the minimum wage in a bid to avoid employer . National Insurance. Poorly qualified youngsters will be banned from going straight from school to a life on the dole, George Osborne said yesterday. The Chancellor said young jobseekers lacking basic skills will have their benefits docked unless they agree to do up to 16 hours training a week to improve their employment chances. The move is designed to tackle growing fears that the one million young people not in employment, education or training – so-called Neets – could become a ‘lost generation’. Poorly qualified youngsters will be banned from going straight from school to a life on the dole, George Osborne said . It also goes part way towards meeting David Cameron’s party conference pledge in October that youngsters would be required to ‘earn or learn’. But it stops short of his plan to strip benefits from the under-25s, which was vetoed by Nick Clegg. Under the new scheme, youngsters lacking at least a Grade C GCSE in both maths and English will be required to undergo extra training in return for their benefit. Those who are still out of work after six months will be required to sign up for a traineeship, community work or work experience or be stripped of their benefits. The scheme will apply to 18 to 21-year-olds and will be piloted in small areas from next April before being rolled out to the rest of the country. Mr Osborne said: ‘Without basic maths or English, there is a limited chance any young person will be able to stay off welfare. So we are taking a new approach.’ He went on: ‘A culture of worklessness becomes entrenched when young people can leave school and go straight onto the dole, with nothing expected in return. That option is coming to an end in our welfare system.’ Mr Osborne said the Government would also invest around £10million a year in Jobcentre Plus support for 16 and 17-year-olds who want help to find apprenticeships and training. Phil Orford, of the Forum of Private Businesses, welcomed the recognition of the ‘need to ensure young people have the basic skills required for work’. A new cap on total welfare spending will be set next year and take effect in 2015. The Chancellor set out plans for a radical new limit, to be set every five years, that will include housing benefit, tax credits, disability benefits and pensioner benefits, although the state pension will be excluded. Governments will have to comply with any breach of the cap by cutting welfare in what George Osborne says will be a ‘limit on the nation’s credit card’. Ministers say the cap is designed to prevent repeats of the spike in incapacity benefit claims under the Conservative governments of the 1980s and 1990s and the surge in housing benefit under Labour. It is also designed to try to bind Labour’s hands by building structural limits into welfare – a huge proportion of Government spending. 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Mr Osborne said the limit on total welfare expenditure would be set by the Chancellor at the beginning of each Parliament, and MPs would be asked to support it. If the limit was breached, the Chancellor would have to explain why, and a vote would be held in Parliament. In 2014, the Government is expected to spend £112bn on welfare payments, excluding state pensions. Charlotte Ravenscroft, of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, warned: ‘Many charities fear the new welfare cap will drive the government to make spending decisions that will lead to vulnerable people bearing the brunt of further cuts.’ Lord Razzall, a Lib Dem trade and industry spokesman, added: ‘The devil will be in the detail.’
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Cadaver dogs are to search the former site of the sister campus of a notorious Florida boy's reform school where pupils were beaten, raped and killed. University of South Florida researchers have found the remains of 51 people buried at Dozier School in Marianna and are now turning their attentions to the Okeechobee School for Boys, with the search to begin in April. When the notorious state-run reform school in Marianna became overcrowded, a second campus in Okeechobee was opened in the late 1950s. The Okeechobee School for Boys (pictured) was built in the late 1950s to cope with the overflow from Dozier School in Marianna - cadaver dogs will begin searching for possible remains in April . Former students Marvin Mike, left, and Joseph Johnson, right, have spoken out about the abuse they suffered and witnessed while attending the Okeechobee School for Boys . Several of the same staff members accused of brutal beatings in Marianna were also transferred to the Okeechobee campus. The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office told WESH.com they plan to bring cadaver dogs to the campus in April in the wake of their findings in Marianna. Some former students from the 1950s and 1960s have for at least a decade accused employees and guards at both schools of physical and sexual abuse. Although records only showed 31 burials at the Marianna school between its opening in 1900 and its 2011 closure, USF researchers found the remains of 24 additional people during a dig in 2013. They are currently working to identify all the remains. Like Marianna, boys were housed at Okeechobee for minor offenses such as petty theft, truancy or running away from home, but many former students claim they were subjected to bloody beatings. Several of the same staff members accused of brutal beatings in Marianna were also transferred to the Okeechobee campus . Although records only showed 31 burials at the Marianna school between its opening in 1900 and its 2011 closure, USF researchers found the remains of 24 additional people during a dig in 2013 . Boy would be taken to a small office called the Adjustment Center where they would be forced to lie face down and be beaten repeatedly with a leather paddle. Former students recall stories of boys being beaten to death and buried behind the school's dairy barn. 'Some of the boys they would just beat, beat, beat, beat until they passed out,' Joseph Johnson told WESH. 'It was known among us that they would kill you. They would literally beat you to death.' He claims he saw a boy being carried out and driven in a station wagon to the back of the school where the next day there was a fresh grave. When he asked a staff member they told him they had buried a cow. Another student, who was on the segregated black side of the school, recalls friends suddenly disappearing and staff members claiming that the boys had run away . 'If they ran away, why hasn't anyone heard from them again?' Marvin Mike told WESH. 'They didn't run away. They was carried away.' He said his friend, Cherry Black, went missing only for his body to be found in a septic tank on campus two weeks later. Staff claimed the boy had tried to run away, hid in the tank, and accidentally drowned in sewage. Mike never believed their story. 'They killed him and put him in there,' Mike said. White metal crosses mark graves at Dozier School for Boys in Marianna: A sister school in Okeechobee will now be searched by cadavar dogs to see if the remains of young boys are buried there .
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They are now turning their attention to the Okeechobee School for Boys .
It opened in the late 1950s as a second campus for Dozier and several of the staff members accused of brutal beatings in Marianna transferred over .
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New York (CNN) -- Attorneys for the family of a 9/11 victim said they will push forward with a wrongful death lawsuit against United Airlines and a private security company despite a federal judge's decision to dismiss the Massachusetts Port Authority from the suit. The lawsuit, originally filed in Manhattan federal court, alleges that Massport, United Airlines and security company Huntleigh USA were responsible for the security breaches that led to the death of Mark Bavis, 31, who was aboard United Flight 175 when it crashed into the World Trade Center's South Tower on September 11, 2001. Donald Migliori, an attorney for Bavis' family, said that Wednesday's dismissal of Massport -- the agency that owns and operates Boston Logan International Airport -- from the lawsuit was a disappointment, but that it narrows the case's focus around security on the airplane itself. "It will be very targeted to United Airlines," he said of the lawsuit. "United failed wholesale at keeping the American public safe." The suit claims that security screeners at Logan International had trouble communicating in English, were unable to detect weapons such as the chemical spray Mace, and were operating under a general manager who was unaware of the al Qaeda terrorist threat. "This was a tragic event and we are actively working to resolve this case," said United Airlines spokeswoman Megan McCarthy. From the start, the defendants have said they are not liable for the attacks. Massport filed a motion to dismiss in May, claiming that the Federal Aviation Administrations regulations for screening passengers and their baggage was the airline's responsibility, not the airport's. Massport was dismissed from the suit on Wednesday. "The entire Logan airport community will forever carry in its heart the events of September 11, 2001," said Massport interim CEO David Mackey in a statement released after the dismissal. "Our thoughts and prayers will always be with the victims of that tragic day and their families." The Bavis family is one of 96 families who opted not to settle through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Migliori said. Their lawsuit, which is the last remaining suit brought by family members of 9/11 victims, was filed in 2002. "There are lessons that can be learned from this and they want those lessons to be viewed and not buried," Migliori said. The trial is set to start November 7. CNN's Sheila Steffen contributed to this report .
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Andrew Gale has yet to discover what his short-term disciplinary future holds but is already hatching big plans for a new era of Yorkshire success under his captaincy. Gale is likely to hear during the next two days whether, and if so when, he will face an England and Wales Cricket Board hearing over alleged racial content in his on-field spat with Lancashire's Ashwell Prince. He has already paid for his conduct that day at Old Trafford earlier this month, serving a mandatory two-match ban which covered Yorkshire's victory over Nottinghamshire when they clinched the County Championship title at Trent Bridge two weeks ago and their 'coronation' final fixture at home to Somerset. Andrew Gale was prevented from joining Yorkshire's trophy presentation due to the ongoing inquiry . Additionally, and controversially, he was prevented from joining Yorkshire's trophy presentation in Nottingham as it emerged the ECB's inquiry into his altercation with Prince was still ongoing. Gale, and Yorkshire chairman Colin Graves, were not at liberty to discuss that case during a Q&A session with club members in the Headingley long room at lunch against Somerset on Tuesday. The half-hour set-piece was an occasionally chaotic occasion, due to a faulty microphone which interrupted Gale and Graves many times. Both, however, did manage to convey their resolve to be part of a decade of domination of English cricket for Yorkshire. Yorkshire's captain was accused of using racially offensive language towards Lancashire's Ashwell Prince . More than 300 members packed the venue, and were immediately informed no questions could be answered about 'the current situation with Yorkshire and the ECB'. Graves spoke of his pride at having come a 'hell of a long way' with what was a 'club in crisis' when he first began investing in Yorkshire 12 years ago. Graves, also an ECB vice-chairman, made it clear too - irrespective of the outcome of the disciplinary procedure facing the captain - he has long valued Gale as a pillar of Yorkshire's team. Recalling why he first decided to become involved at Headingley, Graves said it was 'for people like Andrew Gale - because to me, that is what Yorkshire cricket is all about ...'. Together, Graves hopes they can help ensure there is no false dawn this time - as there was when Yorkshire last won the title, in 2001. Colin Graves said Yorkshire's county success 'could be the start of an era, for the next 10 years' 'I believe it could be the start of an era, for the next 10 years,' Graves said. 'That's the target I'm setting, for Yorkshire to dominate - county cricket, one-day cricket. 'I think we've got the coaching staff, the players, the academy ... to achieve that.' Gale has the same aspirations. He noticed 'summat special' about Yorkshire even when they first joined up at the start of this season, determined to erase the disappointment of a late fade into runners-up spot the previous summer. As for that long-term future, Gale added: 'This should just be the start of things for Yorkshire cricket. 'We've got to go on now and win trophies year after year.' Yorkshire were presented with the County Championship trophy after their match against Nottinghamshire .
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Andre Gale could face England and Wales Cricket Board hearing .
Yorkshire captain accused of using racist language .
Incident involved Lancashire's Ashwell Prince .
gale banned for two matches and missed trophy presentation .
Gale and Colin Graves both predicted new era of success for Yorkshire .
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Mauro Icardi and Wanda Nara's controversial relationship reached a new level on Tuesday as the couple married in Buenos Aires. Nara (or Icardi as she will now be called) is the ex-wife of Maxi Lopez, but publicly split from the Argentine to hook up with compatriot and Inter Milan striker Icardi in November 2013. Icardi and Lopez famously clashed during a Serie A game between Sampdoria and the Nerazzurri in April, with the latter refusing to shake the 21-year-old's hand. VIDEO:Scroll down to see Lopez refuse to shake Icardi's hand . The happy couple: Inter Milan star Mauro Icardi and Argentine model Wanda Nara got married on Tuesday . Brief: They have been dating for just six months, with Nara the ex-wife of Icardi's old team-mate Maxi Lopez . Brief: They have been dating for just six months, with Nara the ex-wife of Icardi's old team-mate Maxi Lopez . Ceremony: The wedding took place in Buenos Aires in front of just 12 relatives (and the groom wore jeans) Making no secret about it: Mauro Icardi took to Twitter at first to publicly devote his love to Wanda Nara . Three's company: Icardi and Lopez (left) fell out after the Inter forward started to see his former friend's wife . Where is the love? Wanda Nara revealed in an interview that he marriage with Maxi Lopez was failing apart . The wedding took place by civil union and was in front of only 12 invited guests, with the groom in jeans. Unsurprisingly, Lopez wasn't one of them. The former Barcelona forward looked after Icardi when he first came to Italy and the pair spent lots of time together and with Lopez's then wife Nara, as well as the couple's three children. The love triangle between the two players and Argentinian WAG Nara was exposed in November 2013 when it was revealed Icardi had made moves on his former friend's wife as their marriage fell apart. The Inter Milan forward took to Twitter to declare: 'I love you [Wanda Nara], it will never be easy to say what I feel, . because I discovered that those two words ('I love you' = 'te amo' in Spanish) carry with them one feeling without limits!' The tweet coincided with an interview given by Nara released by Revista People, in which the model revealed: 'It’s been three months since my husband had sex. Maxi has neglected me. Although I’ve been living in luxury, I am also living with hidden pain. 'I think . the time has passed for me to save my family. I will not fight for the money, . because he knows me.' Good times: The couple pose with a relative at the service . Tradition: The cake is cut in Argentina... the couple have been officially dating for months . Love triangle: While Mauro Icardi has gained a wife, he has lost a friend in Maxi Lopez (right) Coming out: Wanda Nara and Mauro Icardi attend a Serie A match together after their union was exposed . The pair have since become renowned . for posting almost daily declarations of their love over social media as . well as numerous 'selfie' pictures. But, it is pictures of a different kind that have angered her husband after Lopez hit out this week at the couple for putting up Twitter images featuring the two children he fathered with Nara. 'I can understand that, being a public figure, he publishes photos. But I'm not comfortable with my kids being in those photos,' Lopez said to Sky Sport. He added: 'The kids are my strength... and they know I will do everything to protect them because they mean everything to me.'
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Icardi and Nara marry in front of 12 relatives in Buenos Aires .
Couple have officially been dating since November 2013 .
Nara is the ex-wife of Icardi's former team-mate Maxi Lopez .
Pair clashed on-pitch in April, with Lopez refusing to shake Icardi's hand .
Nara said her and Lopez 'hadn't had sex in months' before split .
Icardi plays for Inter Milan and Lopez for Sampdoria .
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(CNN) -- When iReporter Carlos Ortega evacuated Galveston's West End last week, there was a road, a row of houses and about 150 feet of sand between his house and the water. Now the surf laps about 30 feet from his door. iReporter Carlos Ortega says there's "not an inch that isn't damaged" in his Galveston, Texas, neighborhood. Hurricane Ike devastated the Texas city over the weekend, and Gov. Rick Perry said it could be weeks before residents could return. "There's substantial structural damage, obviously ... (no) electrical power," he said. "It's going to be a while." Ortega, a professor at the University of Houston, and his partner walked about six miles down the beach on Sunday and said there's "not an inch that isn't damaged." iReport.com: See Ortega's home before and after Ike . He said one beachfront house was knocked off its stilts and was lying on the ground like an amusement park funhouse. A dead cow washed in front of another home. "It was pretty depressing and devastating to see how everything was just torn up," he said. "People's lives and houses were just torn up." All but two of the houses on the "front row," nearest the beach, in their Bermuda Beach subdivision were destroyed, he said. "You wouldn't know there was a house there." "The house across the street from us is completely gone, and there's no trace of it," he said. The first floor of their house is covered with 3 to 4 feet of sand and debris, including huge chunks of asphalt from the road that ran in front of the house. "We don't keep anything of value down there," he said, because people expect to get high water occasionally. There were some windows out on the second level, but they did not have much water damage. Ortega said the storm washed a Jet Ski out of the garage and dumped it about five blocks away. iReport.com: Have you been home after Ike? Share your story . It still worked, Ortega said, but was stuck in the sand. Ortega rode out the storm at his house in Houston, which also suffered some damage. "The expectation was that it was going to be like three years ago when the last storm (Rita) came through, and it was so much worse," he said. iReporter Matteu Erchull stayed on Galveston Island during the storm. "I think everybody downplayed the severity of the storm, including myself," he said, adding that he didn't regret staying. iReport.com: Ike passes over Galveston iReporter . After the storm, he put on his fishing waders and helped rescue some of his neighbors. "Some people literally hid in their attics. Right after the storm, you go into these areas, and they were just helpless," the former Eagle Scout said. "They were just waiting." Nearly 2,000 people who did not evacuate have been rescued along the southeastern Texas coast, said Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Office of Homeland Security. On Sunday, a Galveston County sheriff's official said three bodies were pulled from storm wreckage in Port Bolivar, bringing to 10 the number of reported deaths in Texas linked to Ike. Erchull said he got through the storm OK, but most of his stuff was ruined. "I lost everything. Water rose up to about 10 feet. Got into everything and flooded everything I had," he said. He said he tried to wash his clothes, but he just couldn't get the smell out. "The smell was just this really musky moldy wet smell, it's really hard to explain. Imagine leaving your clothes accidentally in the washer for 10 days, it's just disgusting," he said. Erchull said there's no power on the island, and the National Guard was going door-to-door asking people to leave. He went to Dallas, where he was up all night telling his friends what had happened and what to expect when they get back. "It's hard to tell people that there's not much to go back to," he said.
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Galveston residents may not be able to come home for weeks .
iReporter Carlos Ortega says beachfront houses are gone in his neighborhood .
iReporter Matteu Erchull rode out storm and lost everything .
Are you cleaning up after Ike? Share photos, videos .
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By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 07:19 EST, 5 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:54 EST, 5 September 2012 . Alleged assault: A teenage boy says Herbert Daniel Ortiz allegedly sexually assaulted him after his mother recognised the man in a YouTube video . A mother found out her teenage son had been sexually assaulted by a wrestling coach after she watched a YouTube video made by another victim. The online video made by another male alleged that he had been victimised by Herbert Daniel Ortiz, 29, a coach at the Bad News Panthers Children’s Wrestling Club in Rosemead, California. On seeing the video, the mother recognised Ortiz and asked her 14-year-old son if he had been a victim to which he revealed that he allegedly had. In a written statement the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said: ‘In the video, another male alleged he was victimized by the suspect and was warning viewers, specifically those residing in Rosemead, California, to protect their children. ‘The mother recognised the suspect as a former assistant wresting coach at Rosemead High School and asked her 14-year-old son if he had been a victim. ‘Her son then disclosed the sexual abuse by the suspect.’ Ortiz was a former assistant wrestling coach at Rosemead High School from 2007 to 2009 and then was a founding coach at the children’s wrestling club in 2010. Authorities said Ortiz was aware of the YouTube video. Detectives have been unable to locate Ortiz and believe he is trying to elude authorities and his last known residence was in Baldwin Park in California, according to the department. Wrestling coach: Ortiz was a wrestling coach at Rosemead High School from 2007-2009 before founding the Bad News Panthers Children's Wrestling Club . The alleged assaults occurred in Californian cities Rosemead, El Monte and Baldwin Park after Ortiz befriended the suspect. Investigators believe there may be additional victims who may have been sexually abused by the suspect. The children’s wrestling club sells itself on the website as ‘an outlet for local youths to come and test their inner strengths.’
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Bastian Schweinsteiger believes hosts Brazil have been allowed to get away with 'hard tackling' at the World Cup so far - and has urged referees to be harsher in their punishment. Germany face Brazil in the semi-finals on Tuesday in Belo Horizonte and Schweinsteiger is keen for the referee to keep a close eye on Luis Felipe Scolari's side. The hosts committed 31 fouls during their 2-1 quarter-final victory over Colombia - who themselves offended 23 times - and Juan Zuniga's foul even ended Brazilian Neymar's World Cup by fracturing his vertebra. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Germany's Schweinsteiger discuss Brazil's change of style . Warning: Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has urged referees to be wary of Brazil's 'hard tackling' Late: Brazil committed 31 fouls as they beat Colombia 2-1 in their World Cup quarter-final . Schweinsteiger said: 'I am all for a healthy hardness but some of Brazil's fouls were over the limit.' 'Brazilians are not only football magicians, hard tackling is part of their game - we have to be careful and so does the referee.' And the midfielder's views were echoed by Germany assistant coach Hansi Flick. He said: 'Brazil is an outstanding team that plays at the limit of the allowed and will go over the limit if necessary. '(Neymar's injury) It's definitely a loss for Brazil, Neymar has lived up to expectations, but his absence can unite the team more and we expect a very strong opponent,' Flick said. And Schweinsteiger said that although 'we are all very sad that Neymar is not playing', Brazil's squad will be even more tightly knit as they 'will try to win the title for Neymar'. Showdown: Schweinsteiger's warning was ahead of Germany's World Cup semi-final with hosts Brazil . High foot: Fernandinho attempts to rob the ball from the boot of Colombia's James Rodriguez . The 29-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder was also full of praise for the Brazilian coaching staff of Scolari and his assistant Carlos Alberto Parreira. 'They are two coaches with a lot of experience who have both won the World Cup,' he said. 'They are clever coaches and you need intelligent coaches to win the title.' Agony: Neymar screams in pain after he injures his back and will miss the rest of the World Cup . VIDEO Willian ready to fill Neymar's boots . Inspiration: Germany assistant coach Hansi Flcik believes Brazil will unite after Neymar's injury . VIDEO Klopp analyses Germany's chances .
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Schweinsteiger thinks Brazil have been able to get away with bad tackling .
He thinks referees should be harsher on the hosts from now on .
Brazil committed 31 fouls against Colombia in their 2-1 quarter-final win .
Germany face Brazil in World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday .
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(CNN) -- They were the strangest 34 minutes in Super Bowl history: The two teams were standing on the field. A hundred million people were watching at home. And the only thing that was happening was -- nothing. The power outage at the Superdome was not only one of the biggest story lines for Super Bowl XLVII. It sets the stage for the big game in one year at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Think about it: If a minor power outage can dominate talk around the biggest sporting event of the year, imagine the possible doomsday scenarios for the league's first cold-weather outdoor game. A winter storm could shut down the transportation hubs -- as a powerful nor'easter was expected to do through the Mid-Atlantic region starting Friday afternoon. Freezing rain could make the experience miserable for spectators. 5 Super Bowl moments to talk about Monday . Or the poor weather could keep the fans from arriving early in the week leading up to the game, which is when the host market reaps the biggest benefits from having the game. For these reasons and more, the New York/New Jersey Super Bowl -- just 359 days from now, for those fans already in serious football withdrawal -- could be the most important in NFL history. If the game is a success, it could not only open the door for New York/New Jersey to host future games -- and the CEO of its host committee said last week he wants that to become a reality -- but it also could lead to bids from other cold-weather markets such as Denver, New England and Washington. The funniest tweets of the #Blackout, er Super Bowl . If the game is a failure, it would not only reflect poorly on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who pushed for it, but it also would be the third black eye in four years for the marquee event on the NFL calendar. In 2011, the Super Bowl in Dallas was marred by controversy when temporary sections in Cowboy Stadium failed inspection, which meant 1,250 fans had expensive tickets for the game but no seats. This winter, the power failure may have helped the 49ers -- down 28-6 when the lights went out -- to regroup and nearly pull off the greatest comeback in the game's history. New York/New Jersey is on the clock. Can it exceed expectations? Al Kelly, the CEO of the host committee, not only thinks it will, but also believes hosting the game won't be a one-time thing. "It's the biggest sporting event in North America," Kelly said. "It's only right that it gets on the biggest stage in the world, and hopefully it makes sense that that should happen once a decade. Right? Jokesters, advertisers pounce on Super Bowl power outage . "I don't have any vision that we're going to get three out of the next 12 Super Bowls or something. 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But the New York/New Jersey bid is combating more than just Mother Nature to make it successful. Fans generally attend an event like this to be around others like themselves. They take over a city like New Orleans for the week. Will New York swallow the game whole? The city hopes it has a solution -- something called "Super Bowl Boulevard," a massive fan event in Manhattan from January 29 to February 1 that will feature nightly concerts, NFL-theme exhibits and even the Lombardi Trophy. Still, with the teams practicing in New Jersey and the game and game-day events across the Hudson River, Kelly knows most fans will have to rely on public transportation. "If you can make the fan comfortable, feeling safe and feeling welcome, and there's a lot to do, I think that makes a great Super Bowl experience," Kelly said. "I don't know how much the game is the draw. The game is the great enabler -- it creates all of this -- but whether the Super Bowl is exciting or not exciting, they still want to come back to it and the experience that surrounds it." Goodell is counting on it. He admitted that the success or failure of the New York/New Jersey game will affect where the NFL places its big event in the future. Glendale, Arizona, will host the game in 2015, while the 2016 host -- Miami or San Francisco -- will be announced on May 22. "The game of football is made to be played in the elements," Goodell said. "Now, we hope they're not extreme, but we'll be prepared for that if that's the case. Some of our most classic games were played in extreme weather conditions. You know them all: The Ice Bowl. Some of the games that I look back as a fan and say, 'That was fun.'" Will Super Bowl XLVIII end up on that list? Or will a winter storm make that 34-minute power outage in New Orleans seem like a happy moment in NFL history by comparison?
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Steve Politi: Superdome power outage sets stage for next year's Super Bowl in N.J.
Winter storm could shut down transportation and make for freezing, miserable spectators .
But if the game is a success, more cold-weather markets may host Super Bowls .
Fans like to take over host cities, so Politi wonders if NYC will "swallow the game whole"
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(CNN) -- A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a new book that while Bill Clinton was in the White House, a key component of the president's nuclear launch protocol went missing. "The codes were actually missing for months. This is a big deal," says General Hugh Shelton. "We dodged a silver bullet." In his book "Without Hesitation," the retired Army general writes, "Even though movies may show the President wearing these codes around his neck, it's pretty standard that they are safeguarded by one of his aides, but that aide sticks with him like glue." He adds that President Clinton "assumed, I'm sure, that the aide had them like he was supposed to." What apparently was missing was a card with code numbers on it that allows the president to access a briefcase -- called the "football" and kept by an aide always near the president -- containing instructions for launching a nuclear attack. Once a month, Defense Department officials conduct an in-person verification to make sure the president has the right codes. At least twice in a row, Shelton writes, a White House aide told the Pentagon checker that the president was in a meeting but gave a verbal assurance that the codes were with him. Then one month around the year 2000, according to Shelton, when the time came to replace the codes with a new set, "the president's aide said neither he nor the president had the codes -- they had completely disappeared." Shelton writes that all this happened very likely without Clinton's knowledge. CNN called and e-mailed a spokesman for President Clinton Thursday, but there was no immediate response. Fran Townsend, who served as homeland security advisor to President George W. Bush and who is a CNN contributor on national security issues, said Thursday, "I can't imagine a more serious breach, if something like that were ever to be lost or be compromised. "That's the command and control capability of the president to launch a nuclear attack." But if an unauthorized person found or obtained the codes, she said, it is very unlikely that they could execute a launch, because they are only one part of the launch protocol. Another part of that protocol is the "football," containing the actual launch instructions. Townsend said it's a multi-layered system. "Even if you had a piece that was required, it would be very difficult for one person to execute the command and control of this thing," Townsend said. "There are plenty of things to be concerned about. I just find it difficult to imagine somebody could execute this thing, if they found a piece to it." Shelton says the president was given new codes within minutes when the previous codes could not be found, and the procedures have since been changed, so that the Pentagon aide who carries out the monthly check is required to wait at the White House until he or she can visually confirm the codes are in the possession of the president or an aide who is with him.
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Former Joint Chiefs chairman says it happened during the Clinton administration .
Shelton says a card giving the president access to nuclear launch instructions went missing .
New codes were quickly given to Clinton, Shelton says .
Efforts to contact a Clinton spokesman were unsuccessful Thursday .
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A father was given a ticket for exceeding the speed limit by 9mph when he followed an ambulance rushing his sick daughter to hospital. Frantic Kevin Theaker dialled 999 when his daughter Sophie, 25, suffered a fit and stopped breathing in the shower at home. He jumped into his car and followed the ambulance but was clocked by a speed camera doing 39mph in a 30 zone and got a ticket with a £100 fine and three penalty points. But when he appealed to police - even sending in proof of his daughter's hospital admission - he was told the ticket couldn't be cancelled. Sophie Theaker and her father Kevin, who was fined for driving 9mph over the speed limit as he followed her ambulance to hospital when she had an epileptic fit . Mr Theaker's 2006 Toyota Celica, in which he was caught speeding during the rush to hospital . Unsympathetic officers at Northumbria Police told him he will have to take the case to court if he wants to challenge the fixed penalty notice. Mr Theaker, 56, said: 'The police always ask for the public's help, but what about when we need their help? 'She was in a really bad state, I thought I'd lost her. If I had been doing 90mph I would have held my hands up.' The trauma began on August 20 when Mr Theaker, a manufacturing team leader, heard a noise in the bathroom at the family's home in Sunderland. He dashed upstairs to find his daughter lying collapsed and lifeless in the shower and shouted for his wife Susan, 53, to call for help. An ambulance quickly arrived and his daughter's boyfriend Tony Thompson, 28, accompanied her in it while her brother Curtis, 21, followed in his van. Mr Theaker also followed the ambulance in his 2006 Celica GT Special Edition, which he bought new about eight years ago for £22,500. Mr Theaker said: 'The sound I heard her make in the shower, it took me over a week to get over it. It was like a horrible moan. Kevin Theaker and his wife Linda, pictured in June last year. The two thought their daughter was dying when she suddenly suffered an epileptic fit . Sophie Theaker was rushed to Sunderland Royal Hospital (pictured) after she collapsed . 'She stopped breathing for a couple of seconds. I went and grabbed her. She was in a very stiff position. It was like taking a doll out of the shower. 'I was screaming at my wife to get an ambulance. I thought that was it. Her heart rate was 130 when the paramedics arrived.' On the way to Sunderland Royal Hospital a fixed speed camera caught him speeding and two weeks later he got the fine from Northumbria Police. He wrote to their fixed penalty unit pleading for leniency given the circumstances - but they refused to relent. He said: 'I even sent Sophie's wristband to prove she had been in hospital and the parking ticket to show we were there from 10pm until 2am.' Ms Theaker, a steward, has now been diagnosed with epilepsy and has returned to work with tablets she will have to take for the rest of her life. Northumbria Police Temporary Chief Inspector John Heckels said: 'While we understand and sympathise with Mr Theaker's situation there is a specific process in place for motorists to challenge speeding enforcement. 'He now has the option of accepting the ticket, attending a speed awareness course or challenging the fixed penalty notice in the magistrates court, where he'll be able to put forward his specific circumstances for consideration.'
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Kevin Theaker's daughter rushed to hospital in ambulance after suffering fit .
He followed it to hospital in his car, exceeding the speed limit by 9mph .
On the way he was snapped by a speed camera and received a £100 fine .
But police have refused to cancel Mr Theaker's fine and penalty points .
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By . Rob Waugh . UPDATED: . 15:25 EST, 7 March 2012 . iPad 2: The new device will reportedly look similar to current iPad models, but with a higher-res screen, faster processor and Siri voice control . Apple's new tablet computer will be called iPad HD, rather than iPad 3, says a developer with inside knowledge about today's launch. Accessory companies such as Griffin which make cases and other add-ons for Apple's tablet have also listed the product as iPad HD, rather than iPad 3. The name would fit with the strongest rumour about the upcoming tablet - that it will have a super-sharp Retina screen similar to the one in the iPhone 4S. The report, on tech site CNET, said that Apple was intending to move from simple 'generations' of tablets to a naming system similar to iPhone's, with its iPhone 4S. Sites such as The Verge have previously reported that the new tablet would be called iPad HD. The website iPadHD.com still exists, though, and its owner has not been contacted by Apple. 'He told us that he's never been contacted by Apple about the domain in the years he's held on to it. That includes the last few weeks,' said CNET. CNET also points out that Apple has pushed ahead with names in the past despite their being owned by other companies. When iPhone launched in 2007, the name was owned by Cisco Systems. Whatever the name, the device will be unveiled on March 7 at a special even in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The invitation says, 'We have something you really have to see. And touch.' The invitation shows a finger over an iPad screen, pointing to the Calendar app, which is set to March 7. Apple has not confirmed what it will be launching at the event. Other rumours claim that Apple will introduce new technologies such as its upcoming Apple TV or a smaller model of iPad at the event. These seem unlikely, as information about the new iPad has been widely leaked from Apple's factories, and there has been no sign of all-new technologies such as an Apple-branded television. The new iPad models are expected to offer a much higher resolution Full HD screen. Bloomberg . reports that iPad 3 processor . will be a 'quad-core' device, a step that would put Apple's tablet ahead . of competing devices such as Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in terms of . computing power, and enable a new generation of high-powered apps. The new version of Apple's hit tablet computer will be unveiled at a special event in San Francisco on March 7, according to reports . Tech site MacRumors claims that the device will be 'near identical' to iPad 2, which . tallies with other leaks from Apple accessory makers. The device is expected to look similar to the current iPad 2, but offer a far sharper HD screen and a next-generation processor capable of impressive visual effects.
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Name would fit gadget with super-sharp 'Retina' screen .
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By . Suzannah Hills . London now boasts three of the 10 most visited museums in the world, including the British Museum, National Gallery and the Tate Modern. The results place the capital on an equal footing with Paris which also has three museums - the Louvre, The Centre Pompidou and the Musée d’Orsay - in the top 10. It comes after the British Museum reclaimed its title as the second most popular cultural institution after a two-year absence by overtaking New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. With more than 6.7 million visitors last year, the British museum saw a 20 per cent rise on 2012. Second most popular: The British Museum has reclaimed its place as the second most visited museum in the world with 6.7 million attendees in 2013 . Growing popularity: The British Museum is currently displayed the Saxon treasures of Sutton Hoo. A curator is pictured with a Sutton Hoo tin helmet . On display: A 37-metre long-ship is part of the Viking Exhibition at the British Museum . Still number one: The Louvre in Paris has been the most visited museum in the world for six years running. Last year alone it had 9.3 million visitors . It now comes just behind the Louvre in Paris, which attracts 9.3 million attendees every year, making it the most popular museum in the world. It has claimed the top spot for attendance figures for six years in a row. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has now dropped back down into third place, despite visitor numbers rising to 6.2 million. The top 10 museum list, which was compiled by The Art Newspaper, also placed the National Gallery as the fourth most popular with just over 6 million visitors - up from 5.1 million in 2012 - despite not having any huge exhibitions. 1) LOUVRE, Paris, with 9,334,435 visitors . 2) BRITISH MUSEUM, London, with 6,701,036 . 3) METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, with 6,226,727 . 4) NATIONAL GALLERY, London, with 6,031,574 . 5) VATICAN MUSEUMS, Vatican City, with 5,459,000 . 6) TATE MODERN, in London, with 4,884,939 . 7) NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM, Taipei, with 4,500,278 . 8) NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, in Washington DC, with 4,093,070 . 9) CENTRE POMPIDOU, Paris, with 3,745,000 . 10) MUSEE D'ORSAY, Paris, with 3,500,000 . But the Tate Modern saw a drop in visitors with just 4.8 million visitors in 2013 compared to 5.3 million in 2012, although it still managed to come sixth in the list. The Art Newspaper suggests the decline is possibly down to the closure of the Tanks to allow its extension to be completed and the end of the Unilever series in the Turbine Hall. Meanwhile, deputy editor Javier Pes put the British Museum's increased popularity down to its exhibitions - particularly the Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum show. It is currently hosting a Viking exhibition complete with 37-metre longship and has placed the Saxon treasures of Sutton Hoo on centre stage in its newly refurbished medieval gallery. Others to feature in the list include the Vatican Museums in fifth place, the National Palace Museum in Taipei in seventh, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in eighth place. Two other museums in Paris took the final spots - the Centre Pompidou came in ninth place and the Musée d’Orsay in 10. The Museum of Modern Art in New York just missed out on a place in the top 10 after its admission just topped the three million mark. Meanwhile The Detroit Institute of Arts just missed a spot in the top 100 museums in 102nd place with 594,267 visitors, up from 429,000 in 2011. In third place: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York saw its visitor numbers increase to 6.2 million but it was still knocked off the second spot to become the third most popular museum in the world . In the top 10: The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, Central London, came in fourth place with just over 6 million visitors in 2013 .
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It has now overtaken New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art .
The Tate Modern and the National Gallery also feature in the top 10 .
But the Louvre in Paris remains the most popular with 9.3 million visitors .
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Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Sri Lanka's response to a scathing United Nations report alleging war crimes and human rights violations has reached the president's desk. President Mahinda Rajapaksa received the 400-page document on Sunday night. The response, compiled by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, will be presented to Parliament, though Rajapaksa did not say when. At their president's urging, Sri Lankans took to the streets in May to rail against the U.N. report, which cites "credible allegations" that crimes were committed by both sides during the final stages of the country's civil war. A three-member U.N. panel recommended that Sri Lanka immediately conduct an investigation into the alleged violations of international law. Human rights groups have already alleged both government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels violated humanitarian laws and that thousands of civilians were killed during the war, which ended in May 2009 after the government declared victory. The rebels had fought a 26-year bloody separatist war that left thousands dead and large numbers of others internally displaced, according to the United Nations. The U.N. report concluded there were "credible allegations, which, if proven, indicate that a wide range of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international humanitarian rights law was committed both by the government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE (rebels), some of which would amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity." In the war's final stage, which lasted from September 2008 to May 2009, the Sri Lankan army advanced into an area of northern Sri Lanka known as the Vanni, where about 330,000 people were trapped by fighting. The report said the government used "large-scale and widespread shelling" that left many civilians dead. Some of the shelling happened in no-fire zones where the government had encouraged civilians to congregate, the report said. Government forces also shelled a U.N. hub and food distribution lines and fired near International Committee of the Red Cross ships that were picking up the wounded, the report said. The government also shelled hospitals on the front lines, some of them repeatedly, the report said. "Most civilian casualties in the final phases of the war were caused by government shelling," the report said. A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Ban hopes the U.N. report "will make a contribution to full accountability and justice so that the Sri Lankan government and people will be able to proceed towards national reconciliation and peace."
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Sri Lanka produces a 400-page response to U.N. allegations that it committed war crimes .
The U.N. report says the government used "widespread shelling" that killed many civilians .
Sri Lanka's response will be presented to Parliament, though the president did not say when .
The country's civil war ended in May 2009 after the government declared victory .
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These young pandas are more preoccupied with playing than taking their medicine at an animal centre in the Chengdu province of China. As their handler tries to administer medication with syringes the playful animals decide to attack with affection in a bid to distract him. The adorable footage, filmed at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, shows the young animals clambering all over their handler and grabbing him for hugs as he tries to control them. Medicine: The breeder is ready to give the pandas their medicine . In a three-minute video, captured on the iPanda cameras set up at the centre to live-feed the animals gong about their daily routines, the pandas can be seen playing with their human companion. As the exasperated breeder tries to give one of the panda's medicine while keeping the other at arm's length, the two pandas work in tandem to foil him. Passive: Initially it looks like the pandas are passive and it will be a straightforward task for the breeder . Restless: One of the cubs jumps on the breeders back and is very reluctant to take the medicine . The cubs use various tactics as they comically reject the medicine such as rolling over, climbing on top of the breeder and covering their mouths with their paws. The bemused breeder is fiercely determined to give the pandas the medicine, however, his persistence fails to yield any results. He eventually admits defeat and walks away giving the tired pandas an opportunity to relax. Tag team: The pandas then combine and grapple with the breeder as they try to keep him away from them . Balance: The breeder then loses his balance in the midst of the physical confrontation and he falls over . Another attempt: The breeder then has another attempt to give one of the pandas medicine . Failure: The keeper finally admits defeat and gets up after his unsuccessful attempt . Comfort: The keeper comforts one of the pandas before he walks away . Rest: The keeper then walks away and he gives the restless pandas an opportunity to calm down .
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Washington (CNN) -- For Amanda Ihnat, a millennial and a conservative, Sen. Rob Portman's change of heart on supporting same-sex marriage was a much-needed — albeit tardy turnaround. For fellow conservative Peter Konetchy, a baby boomer, the Ohio Republican's switch signals a decided lack of principles. The two divergent views illustrate the kind of challenges facing the Republican Party as it undergoes a major makeover after losing the 2012 presidential election. The party is trying to figure out how to embrace and capitalize on the youthful energy of young members like Ihnat while not alienating long-standing members like Konetchy. Last year, a poll by the Pew Research Center found the percentage of Republicans between 18 and 29 who opposed same-sex marriage dropped to 30% from 48% in 2004. Among those 50 to 64, the percentage also dropped, but less dramatically -- 78% to 68%. "Slowly, we are seeing a movement among some that identify as conservative that same-sex marriage is going to become a reality down the road," said Craig Rimmerman, professor of public policy and political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and author of "From Identity to Politics: The Lesbian and Gay Movements in the United States." "They are realizing that there are other issues that are much more important to them worth fighting," he said. "Younger people who consider themselves conservatives just don't care. And these younger conservatives are more concerned with the state of the economy and whether they are going to have a job when they come out of school." CNN Exclusive: One conservative's dramatic reversal on gay marriage . The generational split was especially stark at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside of Washington on Friday. Some younger conservatives like Ihnat warmly greeted the news that after Portman's 21-year-old son, Will, told his parents that he was gay, Portman came to the conclusion that same-sex marriage "is something that we should allow people to do." Ihnat said that as a college student, she has a "liberal stance" on the issue. "I think it is great for someone to come out and say they are in support of gay marriage. ... The party kind of needs to be more welcoming and involved, so I think it is a good step." However, many older Republicans didn't share Ihnat's sentiments. "I think it means that he has no principles, to be honest with you," said Konetchy, 58. "He can support his son and love his son, but you have (to decide) something is either right or wrong." Nationally, polls have shown growing support for same-sex marriage. A recent survey from Quinnipiac University found that 47% of those polled support same-sex marriage while 43% oppose it. The poll also indicates a wide partisan divide on the issue with Democrats supporting same-sex marriage at 65%, Independents 50% and Republicans 23%. Same-sex couples can now legally marry in nine states and the District of Columbia. The president and the nation have evolved on same-sex marriage . "We've grown up with gay men and women being out of the closet. We have gay friends. It's not as shocking as it is for boomers," Amy Holmes, a CNN political contributor and conservative commentator said recently. "Older conservatives recognize that a lot of younger conservatives are more socially liberal." An upcoming, internal report by the Republican National Committee is expected to point to the wide popularity gap between Democrats and Republicans with women, minorities and young voters—three critical voting blocs that helped President Barack Obama win re-election. The report comes as the U.S. Supreme Court considers two politically charged same-sex marriage cases. One involves the federal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman and was supported by Portman. The other appeal involves a California law banning gay marriage. But when it comes to same-sex marriage, the Republican Party will still face opposition from many members. "These latest, sudden changes in opinion are classic examples of caving in to political pressure," Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, said in a statement. Portman called fellow Ohioan and House Speaker John Boehner to inform him of his revised position according to a Boehner spokesman. "Senator Portman is a great friend and ally and the speaker respects his position, but the speaker continues to think that marriage is between a man and woman," said Michael Steel, Boehner's spokesman. Top Republicans sign brief supporting same-sex marriage . Hours after Portman announced that he had reversed his position on same-sex marriage, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he would not second-guess him. But he's not entirely embracing Portman's change of heart, either. Portman told CNN's Dana Bash that he wanted all of his children to experience the "joy and stability of marriage" that he and his wife have had for 26 years. This includes "our son, who is gay." Will Portman tweeted Friday that he is "especially proud of my dad today." Gingrich acknowledged on CNN's "Starting Point" that when an immediate family member reveals that he or she is gay, there are typically three responses. "You can say, 'I believe my principles so much, I'm kicking you out.' You can say, 'I still believe in my principles, but I love you.' Or you can say, 'Gee, I love you so much, I am changing my principles,'" Gingrich said. "Rob picked the third path. That's his prerogative." The former presidential candidate stands by his own belief that a marriage is between a man and a woman, and argued the traditional definition will stay in place "no matter what politicians" do. "I don't think they have the power to change what is a religiously inspired definition," Gingrich said. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a social conservative who ran for president in 2012, said Portman's about-face was personal and doesn't reflect the party's broader direction on social values. "I'm not too sure the rationale behind what Senator Portman's doing is something that has broad application to the base," Santorum told CNN. "The fundamental principles that attach to the institution of marriage really haven't changed as a result of that personal story. We need to look at what's right, what's right for the American public and more importantly, what's right for children. So we need to try and fight for those things." Rimmerman said it will be up to younger conservatives who support same-sex marriage to help change views within the GOP. "It's going to take younger conservative voters to send a message to their party elders that that message is unacceptable," he said. Some on the right, however, applauded Portman's decision. Gregory T. Angelo, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, said in a statement "if there was any doubt that the conservative logjam on the issue of civil marriage for committed gay and lesbian couples has broken, Senator Portman's support for the freedom to marry has erased it." "(His) evolution on this issue highlights how personal it is for Americans -- whether they're the junior senator from Ohio or your next-door neighbor, all Americans have a gay friend, colleague or family member, and understand them to be as deserving as their straight counterparts of the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that are the promise of the United States," Angelo continued. CNN's Steve Brusk, Ashley Killough, Dan Merica, Paul Steinhauser Shannon Travis and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
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Some conservative millennials more accepting of same-sex marriage, polls, experts say .
GOP will have to work to consider younger, socially liberal and older, conservative positions .
Desire for inclusiveness may influence GOP views on same-sex marriage .
NEW: Rick Santorum says Portman's about-face doesn't reflect GOP's broader direction .
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More than ten new alleged victims of entertainer Rolf Harris have come forward, it has been claimed . More than ten new alleged victims of disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris have come forward to claim he abused them, it has been reported. The claims relate to allegations in Australia, New Zealand and in Britain, a police source has revealed. Many of the victims are understood to have been underage at the time of the alleged abuse, which could mean Harris will face fresh charges. Operation Yewtree will deal with allegations relating to British victims, while those made abroad will be handled by local police, the Sunday Times reports. Harris was convicted of 12 indecent assaults on June 30 at Southwark Crown Court by Mr Justice Sweeney - one on an eight-year-old autograph hunter, two on girls in their early teens and a catalogue of abuse of his daughter's friend over 16 years. During the trial, Harris, a family favourite for decades, was finally unmasked as a predator who was fixated with under-age girls. Jurors were told how his 16-year campaign of sex abuse against his daughter's friend ‘haunted’ her and made her abandon her dreams as he continued to be adored by millions of fans worldwide. Passing sentence, Justice Sweeney said: 'You have shown no remorse for your crimes at all. Your reputation now lies in ruins, you have been stripped of your honours but you have no one to blame but yourself.' His fall from grace was underlined as he was stripped of a Bafta fellowship and accolades in his native Australia were removed, and he faces losing his prestigious CBE. The performer's multi-million pound fortune is also at risk from potential compensation claims. He was jailed for five years and nine months for the sex abuse, meaning that he is due to serve just under three years for the crimes, which spanned between 1968 and 1986. The claims relate to allegations of abuse in Australia, New Zealand and in Britain, a police source has revealed . Harris was convicted of 12 indecent assaults on June 30 at Southwark Crown Court by Mr Justice Sweeney - one on an eight-year-old autograph hunter, two on girls in their early teens and a catalogue of abuse of his daughter's friend over 16 years . Detective Chief Inspector Michael Orchard of the Met Police said that new claims had emerged during the course of the trial. It was recently reported that the 84-year-old has been transferred to Stafford jail, which has two separate wings for 'vulnerable' sex offenders, from HMP Bullingdon, in Oxfordshire. He was moved prison following a number of incidents where he was targeted by fellow inmates.
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Claims relate to allegations of abuse in Australia, New Zealand and in Britain .
Many of victims said to have been underage at the time of alleged abuse .
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He was jailed for five years and nine months for historic abuse, which spanned between 1968 and 1986 .
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First, police say, came a fight in a crowd at the end of a multiday surfing and skateboarding competition in Southern California's Huntington Beach on Sunday evening. Then came a riot, with scores of people rampaging down palm tree-lined streets, damaging city vehicles and street signs, throwing more punches and overturning portable toilets as many more looked on. By the time helmeted police broke up the disturbance hours later -- firing pepper-spray pellets in the process -- at least eight people had been arrested on suspicion of failing to disperse, the Huntington Beach Police Department said. World's 50 best surf spots . The rampage came as people left the U.S. Open of Surfing, a nine-day event that wrapped up Sunday afternoon. No injuries were reported. "It started with like a fight, and then it just broke out," an unidentified woman told CNN affiliate KTLA. "They were tipping Porta Potties. Then the cops started to move in, and they were throwing tear gas at everyone. "Everyone was like plugging their nose and coughing and dodging into stores. Everyone was just running down Main Street." In a cell phone video obtained by CNN, men topple portable toilets as others jump and cheer, and still others look on and record video. Another clip shows two people exchanging punches while surrounded by scores of onlookers. Rioters damaged city vehicles, windows, newspaper racks and street signs, police said. Authorities said they hadn't yet accounted for all the damage. The competition's organizers are "extremely disappointed and saddened by the disturbance," a message on the U.S. Open of Surfing's Facebook page said. Huntington Beach police said the crowd was dispersed by 9 p.m. They said they'd like anyone with pictures or video of the rampage to call them. Gotta Watch: Sport riots .
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Police fire pepper-spray pellets to try to disperse crowd .
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Despite being caught and jailed, the 'mystery' thief still refuses to reveal her own true identity . By . James Tozer . Last updated at 1:44 AM on 21st June 2011 . One is a white, British-born housewife from the West Midlands. The other is a younger black woman, thought to be from Nigeria. But despite their obvious differences, the African woman was able to spend 15 years travelling on a British passport in the unsuspecting British woman's name. The astonishing deception only came to light after the real Carol Anne Keast tried to renew her passport – and was interrogated to find out whether she was who she claimed to be. The anonymous woman thought to be from Nigeria, left, had spent 15 years travelling on a British passport using the identity of Carol Anne Keast . After the 53-year-old provided proof of her identity, including . decades-old school records, an alert was raised for the mystery black . woman travelling the world using her name. The bogus Carol Anne Keast, thought to be an illegal immigrant, was . finally arrested following a break in Marbella with her unsuspecting . television producer boyfriend. Yesterday she was beginning a nine-month prison sentence for fraudulent . use of a passport – but still refusing to divulge her real identity. Even the partner she had been living with, 54-year-old former Gladiators . producer Tom Henderson, last night admitted he didn't have a clue who . she really was. The case highlights worrying loopholes in Britain's border security – . and raises the prospect that unless the impostor reveals her identity, . she cannot be deported when she is freed. Manchester Airport: Officials there discovered the imposter - but she had been living a lie since 1989 and had got several passports in the name of Carol Anne Keast before detection . Her victim, who has used her married name of Carol Anne Payton since . 1982, said: 'It is a bit silly really because mine is a very unusual . name and she is apparently about 20 years younger than me. 'She is of African appearance and I am not. Neither are any of my . family. How she thought she was going to travel and get away with it I . will never know.' The impostor obtained a copy of Carol Anne Keast's birth certificate in . 1989 and used to it obtain a passport in that name in 1995. She renewed . the passport in 2005. But when former bank worker Mrs Payton applied to renew her passport in . 2009, tighter anti-fraud checks highlighted the clash and she was called . in for interview. The mother-of-two, from West Bromwich, said: 'They . said there was already one in my name with the same details. I had to go . for an interview and prove who I was. 'I had to take in school documents and the passport authorities asked me . questions about my family. They did eventually issue me with a passport . and I was told that unless this woman used the passport that she had to . travel, it would not flag up and they would not be able to chase her. 'I must admit I thought she was never going to be caught.' But last November, the bogus Carol Anne Keast flew into Manchester Airport and was challenged by immigration officers. The impostor was unable to give any information to support her claim to . be the real Carol Anne Keast, insisting she suffered from memory loss. She was jailed for nine months at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, for fraudulent use of a passport. Prosecutor Sol Broady said: 'She is wilfully refusing to identify herself properly, or give her country of origin.' Sarah Johnston, defending, said medical tests had shown her client to be . displaying symptoms of depression and mental health 'fragilities'. Judge Jonathan Geake told her: 'You have fooled a number of people, and have been living a lie for a number of years. 'Your real identity, it would appear to everybody, remains something of a mystery.' She could face further action, including contempt of court, if she fails to tell the truth. When Mr Henderson was asked if he knew the woman's real identity . yesterday at the flat they shared in Northenden, Manchester, he replied: . 'I haven't got a clue.' Immigration sources said she was believed to be originally from Ghana or . Nigeria and to have arrived in Britain before fingerprints were . routinely taken with visa applications. The Home Office said such a case could not happen today due to tougher . anti-fraud measures. For example, fingerprints are now taken from . overseas visa applicants seeking to travel to Britain and are kept on . file. The impostor also obtained a driving licence under the name Carol Anne . Keast. Investigators are expected to examine whether she fraudulently . claimed benefits during her two decades living a lie.
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A married mother-of-two has been charged with multiple counts of rape after admitting to having a sexual relationship with one of her teenage daughter's male friends. Heather Salines, 38, has entered a not guilty plea to the six counts of aggravated rape after she admitted to having sex with a 15-year-old boy. She also sent the boy, whose name has not been revealed because of the nature of the crimes, nude selfies which ended up leading to her arrest. Apologized: Heather Salines, 38, admitted that 'things spiraled out of control' but entered a not guilty plea against the six charges of aggravated rape that she faces . The investigation into the case began when a student at Belmonte Middle School in Saugus, Massachusetts reported that the boy was showing off the naked pictures that Salines had sent him. The Boston Herald reports that the boy told police he had previously had sex with Salines and they had exchanged naked photos. She was later questioned by authorities and admitted that they had sex on a number of occasions but the exact number of sexual encounters has not been revealed. Salines said she had met the boy two months before they became intimate, and he had told her about the personal turmoil he went through after 'he lost his mother at a young age'. 'When I looked at him, he did not act like a 15-year-old... he acted like a grown man,' she said. At one point early in the illegal . relationship, he was alone at her house and they 'were kissing and that . she was touching him over his clothing'. Connection: She had met the boy, who was friends with her teenage daughter, two months before they started having a sexual relationship and he told her how he struggled when he lost his mom at a young age . 'Things spiraled out of control,' Salem News reports, citing the charging documents. They first had sex in a car in the parking lot of a Saugus-area park on March 17. The Boston Herald reports that she pointed the finger at the boy for taking the trysts to the next level, saying that he was the one to suggest they get a hotel room since there was always the threat that her daughter could walk in on them when they were at the house. The boy was friends with Salines' teenage daughter but the age and sex of her other child are unknown. Salines and the boy booked a room at the local DoubleTree hotel on March 19, two days after their coupling. 'She said they became close, and she developed feelings that she was not proud of,' the police report states, according to the Salem News. Tryst: The first time Salines and the boy had sex was in a parked car and the second time was in this DoubleTree hotel near their hometown of Saugus, Massachusetts . 'She said she tried to renege but that one thing led to another.' Salines now faces six counts of aggravated rape and abuse of a child, one charge of child enticement and one charge of disseminating obscene material to a minor. The aggravated rape charges are by far the most serious, as the mandatory minimum for each count carries a 10 year prison sentence, meaning that she could face 60 years behind bars if she is found guilty. She has been indicted by a grand jury and appeared in court on Thursday in Salem to enter her not guilty plea. Salines was accompanied by her lawyer and a man that would only identify himself as a family member. That relative told the Salem News that she 'has the full support of her family'.
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She entered a not guilty plea for all of the charges even though she said that 'things spiraled out of control'
'When I looked at him, he did not act like a 15-year-old,' she told police .
Administrators at his middle school launched the investigation after another student reported that the boy was showing naked selfies she sent .
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Taipei (CNN) -- It's not every territory in the world that puts an Oscar-winning director's name up in lights on a towering building. But that's just the sort of thing that happens in Taiwan -- and it did on Monday night after Ang Lee picked up his second "Best Director" Oscar, this time for "Life of Pi." The moment wasn't just celebrated in grand statements, but in small scenes played out in front of televisions across Taiwan when his name was announced. I was at a TV station in Taipei that was broadcasting live coverage of the Oscars, working with a team of translators that was creating the subtitles for the rebroadcast. When Lee's name was announced the office erupted in applause. Down the hallway, more cheering could be heard. I couldn't help but think back to the Athens Games in 2004, when Chen Shih-hsin won Taiwan's first ever Olympic gold medal (under the team name "Chinese Taipei"). Even veteran news anchors shed tears when the young taekwondo star defeated her Cuban rival. It would be reductive to suggest that these displays of patriotism are simply the response of a small country that just doesn't crank out that many Oscar winners or Olympic golds. It also speaks of a place that has been largely marginalized in the international community. Today, Taiwan has just 23 official diplomatic allies -- mostly other marginalized nations, in Central America and Africa. That's because China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory more than 60 years after the Chinese Nationalists retreated to the island at the end of a Civil War against the Communists. The Nationalists -- or Kuomintang -- are now the ruling party in a democratic Taiwan, which is officially called the Republic of China (ROC) -- not to be confused with the People's Republic of China on the Mainland. Having lost its seat at the United Nations to the PRC in 1971, the ROC found itself with a diminished voice in the international community. It turned to manufacturing and technology in the 1980s, spurring on what is now referred to as an "economic miracle." Today, with its economy struggling to move past the global economic downturn, Taiwan has added the arts, sports, and even baking to its repertoire. What's striking about Lee's win is that it's not just people in Taiwan who were quick to claim him as one of their own. In China, the state-run Xinhua news agency referred to him as "Chinese-American." While Taiwanese media latched onto the portion of Lee's acceptance speech when he thanked Taiwan and the central city of Taichung where much of the movie was filmed, Xinhua's main story included Lee's line of thanks to the 3,000 people who worked on the film for "believing this story and sharing this incredible journey with me." In some ways it feels like "Linsanity" all over again, when Taiwan and China both claimed basketball star Jeremy Lin as their own, leaving the international media struggling to chart the dangerous waters of identity politics to correctly describe him. VIEW: Photos from the red carpet . A very small voice at the fringe of the discussion wonders why it's important for people to know that Lin's paternal grandmother lives in Taiwan and referred to him as "a real Taiwanese," or that Lee grew up in Tainan and still loves to visit his favorite noodle shop there. Others in Taiwan question why a nation's confidence should be based on its success in the international community. With China looming to the north, now the world's second biggest economy and wielding an influence that's verging on "superpower" status, the metaphor of Jonah and the whale comes to mind. The Taiwanese electorate is sharply divided on how it feels about the way ties with China have warmed ever since President Ma Ying-jeou first took office in 2008. The benefits are obvious, considering China is Taiwan's largest trade partner, but some worry that it could lead to a loss in autonomy. INTERACTIVE: Oscars by numbers . The Ma administration has been mindful of the nationalistic rhetoric of the opposition, and although the president was born in Hong Kong, he has referred to himself in the past as "Taiwanese as well as Chinese." Ma was also quick to congratulate Lee following the Oscars, and to urge others to follow in the director's footsteps and "work hard at promoting Taiwan to the world." Lee is just one name on a growing list of national heroes that both the government and the private sector have celebrated in recent years for putting Taiwan on the map: people like fashion designer Jason Wu, who moved to Canada from Taiwan and has created garments for U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama; master baker Wu Pao-chun, who beat the French patissiers at their own competition -- Les Masters de la Boulangerie in 2010; Yani Tseng, the world's number one female golfer; and even the humble vegetable seller-turned-philanthropist Chen Shu-chu, who was selected by Time Magazine as one of its heroes of 2010. So what are people saying when they embrace these heroes as Taiwanese? They are saying "Taiwan may be small and diplomatically isolated, but it deserves to have a voice in the international community." While Lee may not speak about politics and no longer creates movies about Taiwan, he does have a voice and people do listen. And that's worth spreading in lights across the world's second-tallest building. Join us on Facebook/CNNOpinion. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Andrew Ryan.
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Ang Lee's name beamed on building in Taiwan after Oscar win .
Lee, born in Taiwan, won award for best director for "Life of Pi"
Lee's win created excitement in Taiwan and China, both claimed him as their own .
Ryan: "In some ways it feels like 'Linsanity' all over again"
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By . Meghan Keneally, David Mccormack and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:21 EST, 2 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:45 EST, 2 April 2013 . A second Republican senator has spoken out in support of same-sex marriage in less than a month. Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, who suffered a severe stroke last year and returned to the chamber in January, said ‘government has no place in the middle’ of two people in love, regardless of gender. Kirk, who previously opposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, said in a post on his blog on Tuesday that ‘same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage.’ U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has become the second senate Republican to back same-sex marriage . ‘Our time on this Earth is limited, I know that better than most,’ said Kirk, who suffered a stroke in January 2012. ‘Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back - government has no place in the middle.’ Kirk went through months of rehabilitation before returning to work in Washington this January. He said in his blog post that when he went back to the Senate he promised himself he would return ‘with an open mind and greater respect for others.' Kirk is Illinois' highest ranking Republican lawmaker. He had previously voted to end the policy barring gays from openly serving in the military, known as ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell.’ He's also a lead co-sponsor of a bill . to ban employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, and has . opposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. He also supported Illinois GOP . Chairman Pat Brady after Brady announced his support for same-sex . marriage earlier this year. When some members of the state central . committee attempted to oust Brady, Kirk said Brady had his full support. 'Evolved': Senator Rob Portman came out in support of same-sex marriage after he revealed that his son Will (center back) is gay . The issue of gay marriage was also in the news last week when the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases on the issue. The nation's highest court is considering the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denies same-sex couples federal benefits, and California's ban on gay marriage. Kirk has become the second sitting Republican senator to make such an announcement in recent weeks. Last month, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman became the first Republican senator to reverse his position on legalizing same-sex marriage. Portman, considered last year as a running mate by the Romney campaign, said he reversed his stance against gay marriage after his 21-year-old son Will came out to him and his wife. 'It allowed me to think of this issue from a new perspective, and that's of a Dad who loves his son a lot and wants him to have the same opportunities that his brother and sister would have - to have a relationship like Jane and I have had for over 26 years,' Portman told The Plain Dealer. 'The overriding message of love and compassion that I take from the Bible, and certainly the Golden Rule, and the fact that I believe we are all created by our maker, that has all influenced me in terms of my change on this issue.' Sen. Mark Kirk said serious illness had caused him to reconsider and he now believed that 'government has no place in the middle' of two people in love, regardless of gender . He said he had spent some time speaking to his church in Cincinnati and former Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter is gay. In the wake of his announcement, Portman was attacked by senior Republicans and angry voters. As of this writing, only seven Democrats in the chamber still oppose changing the definition of marriage. But others in the party are less inclined to change their position even when they too have gay relatives. Republican congressman Matt Salmon from Arizona said on Monday that even though his son is gay, he refuses to support same-sex marriage, saying that he's 'just not there.' 'As far as believing in my heart that we should change 2000 years of social policy in favor of a redefinition of the family. I'm not there,' Congressman Salmon said. Political pressure: Congressman Matt Salmon (center) said that he does not support same-sex marriage even though his son, also named Matt (center right) is gay . 'My son is by far one of the most important people in my life, I love him more than I could say,' he told local station 3TV News. 'I don’t believe that this is a lifestyle that he chose. 'It doesn't mean that I don’t have respect. It doesn't mean that I don’t sympathize with some of the issues, it just means that I haven't evolved to that station. Rob Portman apparently has.' The congressman's son, who is also named Matt Salmon, has been out and proud for a number of years, and told a Phoenix paper that he told his mother that he was gay when he was 14-years-old. His parents' anti-gay stance has not stopped the younger Matt Salmon from making his own way in state politics, becoming the president of the Arizona Log Cabin Republicans and posing for a photo shoot with his boyfriend for the Phoenix New Times. Open: Matt Salmon Jr (left, and right on right) posed for a photo shoot with his boyfriend in a Phoenix paper in 2010 . Adding to the complicated situation in the Salmon family is the fact that they are all devout Mormons, a faith that bans homosexuality. At the time of the interview in 2010, Matt was dating Kent Flake, who also has family connections to Republican politicians in the state, and the pair both decided to leave the church because of their conflicts with their sexuality. They received frosty welcomes from their families, who were not thrilled by the coupling. 'Everybody's pretty much told me, "You're fine, we love you, but your partner's not welcome because we don't want gay around us." And I'm like, "Well, I am gay. What if he doesn't act gay? Is that okay? Can he come around?"' Matt told the paper. Family values: Congressman Matt Salmon (center) and his wife Nancy (center left) are firmly anti-gay but they still love their gay son Matt (far right) In today's Washington Post article, the younger Matt tells how he and his father have a strong relationship but recognize their differences when it comes to homosexuality. 'I love my father and realize that he can have the opinions that he has, and they might differ from mine, but that doesn’t change the way I feel about him,' he said. 'I definitely share my feelings, but I don’t pressure him to change his opinion because I know that given our relationship there’s no real need to do that. We each know where we stand.'
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Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois is the second sitting Republican senator to publicly come out in support of same-sex marriage .
He has blogged about how recovering from a stroke lead him to reconsider .
Last month Republican Senator Rob Portman changed his stance on the issue in light of his son's homosexuality .
But this week Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon said that even though his son is openly gay he does not support same-sex marriage .
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By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 09:45 EST, 26 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:53 EST, 26 September 2013 . The United Nations has moved to distance itself from the outspoken Brazilian official who attacked the government’s welfare reforms. Furious Tories branded Raquel Rolnik a ‘loopy Brazilian leftie’ after she flew into the UK to criticise the ‘bedroom tax’ changes to housing benefit. Now the UN has slapped her down, insisting she is not a member of staff and has nothing to do with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Controversy: The UN's Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, declared: 'My immediate recommendation is that the bedroom tax is abolished' Miss Rolnik’s extraordinary intervention in British politics, claiming cuts to benefits was an infringement of human rights, sparked warnings that she had undermined the impartiality of the UN. In her two-week tour Miss Rolnik, who is the UN special rapporteur on housing, repeatedly borrowed Labour’s favoured description of the policy as a bedroom tax and appeared with campaigners at protest rallies. She also suggested the idea of rent controls in the private sector, condemned the right-to-buy policy on council homes and insisted more public money should be spent on building social housing. Tory party chairman Grant Shapps wrote to Mr Ban demanding an investigation into the official’s conduct. But aides to the Secretary-General have disowned her remarks. Jane Connors, from the Officer of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted Miss Rolnik was in the UK in an ‘independent capacity’ and is ‘neither accountable to nor appointed by’ Mr Ban. Disowned: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has distanced himself from Miss Rolnik's remarks . In a letter to Mr Shapps she said: ‘Ms Raquel Rolnik is one of 72 independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council - the led UN body responsible for human rights – on the basis of their expertise and independence, and following a competitive selection process. ‘As in the case of all mandate holders, Ms Rolnik serves in an independent capacity and in accordance with a Code of Conduct adopted by the Council. ‘She is not a staff member of the United Nations, is neither accountable to nor appointed by the Secretary-General, and does not receive any compensation beyond a daily allowance when engaged in mandated activities.’ Miss Rolnik is expected to submit a final report to the UN in March next year. But the slap down from Mr Ban’s officials will limit the impact of her final recommendations. Mr Shapps said: ‘People expect the UN to be neutral, yet on this occasion a former Workers Party politician came with a clear agenda.’ Ministers say the removal of the ‘spare room subsidy’ brings social housing into line with the private sector where renters do not get spare rooms for free. The change will is expected to save around £500 million every year. Tenants affected by the shake-up will face a 14 per cent cut in housing benefit for the first excess bedroom, and 25 per cent where two or more bedrooms are unused. Ministers, who estimate the average affected household will lose £14 a week, say the policy will save taxpayers £500million a year. They also say it will encourage people to move into smaller properties to relieve pressure on stock, helping families crammed into homes that are too small. During her visit Miss Rolnik revealed a shaky grasp of UK house prices by saying: ‘How many people can afford to buy a £120,000 apartment? Not many.’ MPs pointed out that in Brazil tens of millions of people are condemned to living in shanty towns, or favelas . The Brazilian, who has spent much of her five-year UN post looking at human rights violations in countries including Rwanda, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia, has decided that Britain’s housing system is ‘going backwards’. She said at the end of her visit: ‘My immediate recommendation is that the bedroom tax is abolished. 'I was very shocked to hear how many people feel abused in their human rights by this decision and why - being so vulnerable - they should pay for the cost of the economic downturn, which was brought about by the financial crisis. ‘The right to housing is not about a roof anywhere, at any cost, without any social ties. ‘It is not about reshuffling people according to a snapshot of the number of bedrooms at a given night. 'It is about enabling environments for people to maintain their family and community bonds, their local schools, work places and health services allowing them to exercise other rights, like education, work, food and health.’ The academic, brought up a Marxist, actually offered an animal sacrifice to Karl Marx . Her lengthy CV lists countless . qualifications, civic achievements, books and publications – but Raquel . Rolnik makes no mention of dabbling in witchcraft. Yet . the architect and urban planner appears to be an avid follower of . Candomble, an African-Brazilian religion that originated during the . slave trade. The academic, . brought up a Marxist, actually offered an animal sacrifice to Karl Marx . when she was studying for her Masters degree in architecture so ‘he . would leave her alone’ to study in peace. According to her elder sister . Suely, a well-known Brazilian psychoanalyst and intellectual, Raquel had . become ‘contaminated’ by other philosophies and offered the sacrifice . to appease the German revolutionary socialist. The . UN special rapporteur’s fascination with Candomble rekindled memories . of another controversial figure’s links with the religion that worships . African gods. In . 2001, Peter Mandelson was ridiculed when reports emerged that his . Brazilian partner, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, had engaged a Candomble . witch doctor to put a hex on political enemies in a ceremony involving . the slaughter of a chicken. It . was claimed that the Labour spin doctor – now a peer – held a live . chicken by the neck while a priest in Rio de Janeiro cut off its head, . splashing Mr Mandelson with blood. Mother-of-two . Mrs Rolnik lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, and is a . professor at the city university’s faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. Her . Polish grandfather died in the Holocaust and her parents emigrated to . Brazil. She has held various government positions, speaks six languages, . and was appointed to her UN post in 2008. In . an interview, her sister Suely gave more clues about Raquel’s . upbringing and background. She said: ‘My little sister – who is much . younger than me – and I have always felt the same. 'I was born in Belenzinho [a . poor area of Sao Paulo], my parents are immigrants and we never tried to . hide this, we do not feel well in high class, bourgeois places. ‘She . was always brilliant academically. So she wanted to show that these . forms of housing, including tenement houses, favela housing etc, aren’t . the only solutions to poverty. She wanted to show that there were other . alternatives. ‘She lived in . communes at the time, she went to Africa, the Caribbean, Colombia, she . went to the houses of African witch doctors to find out what was the . memory of housing in Africa, during slavery. But the university didn’t . accept her thesis. ‘I greatly admire her work, her courage, the work she is doing with the UN is fantastic, she is very precocious.’ Suely said Raquel came to live with her in Paris in the 1970s and became interested in French philosophers. ‘When she went to do her Masters, she offered an ebo – an animal sacrifice – to Marx, so he would leave her in peace. ‘Because, . as well as having a Marxist formation at the university, when we were . small our parents put us in the Leftist Zionist movement. ‘Raquel had a really solid Marxist formation. So she had to give an ebo to Marx in Candomble so he would leave her alone.’
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Raquel Rolnik flew into the UK to assess impact of benefits changes .
She said that so-called 'Bedroom Tax' is a breach of human rights .
Furious Tories condemned the political attack and demanded an inquiry .
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon disowns the 'independent' official .
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By . Daniel Mills . The first pictures of one of the world's rarest sea creatures, Migaloo the white humpback whale, have been taken of the magnificent animal beginning his yearly migration north along Australia's eastern seaboard. The all-white Migaloo who shares his distinguishable albino appearance with just one other white whale in the world, a Norwegian, was sighted for the first time this year by a member of the public just off the coast of Green Cape in southern NSW on Tuesday. He was then spotted several times again on Thursday, with camera crews getting magnificent views of the 35-year-old off the coast of Sydney. He was snapped and filmed breaching in waters off Botany Bay, Cronulla and Bondi as Australia's much-loved white whale continued his three-month migratory trip from Antarctica to North Queensland and back. Scroll down for video . Photographer Jonas Liebschner shot this stunning picture of Migaloo as he surfaced near the boat of Whale Watching Sydney at Cronulla in Sydney's south on Thursday afternoon . Migaloo was swimming in a 'competition pod' with four other Humpback whales as they tried to jostle one another for the leading position while heading north through Sydney . It is the 23rd consecutive year Migaloo has been spotted on the eastern seaboard, his first being in 1991 when he was sighted by marine biologist Dan Burns off the coast off Byron Bay. By Friday he will have made his way north of Newcastle, before reaching Queensland at the end of the month. He is being joined by others from the Australian East Coast Humpback whale population, leaving the cool waters of the Antarctic behind in search of Queensland's tropical warm paradise. Photographer Jonas Liebschner was on scene to snap Migaloo during his first movements through Sydney. Mr Leibschner was tipped off by whale station volunteers at Botany Bay that Migaloo and a pod of other humpbacks were swimming a few hundred metres off shore in what's known as a 'competition pod.' 'They try to swim as fast as they can and jostle for the dominant position, zig-zagging underwater,' he told Daily Mail Australia. Usually restricted to a minimum of 150 metres from Migaloo, Mr Liebschner and his team from Whale Watching Sydney got closer than they anticipated because of the pods erratic underwater behaviour. He said his crew were forced to the boat's engine off and idle near the whales which surfaced closer to the boat than expected. Migaloo, just one of two white humpback whales in the world, breaches in the foreground with a stunning afternoon backdrop of Sydney's CBD behind him . Mr Liebschner was on Migaloo watch on Thursday, first heading to Bondi at 6.30am, before receiving a call from a whale station at Botany Bay to inform he and his whale watching team that Migaloo was further south . Migaloo is only part way into his three month winter journey from Antarctica to North Queensland in search of warmer water . The best places to catch Migaloo this week will be Newcastle and Nelson Bay, north of Sydney on Friday, before makes his journey north to Cape Byron where he was first spotted by a marine biologist 23 years ago . Australian laws exist whereby planes and sea craft are prohibited from entering a certain zone when photographing or filming Migaloo. Founder of the White Whale Research Centre Oskar Peterson, who has been tracking the albino's movements since he was first spotted in the early 90s, told Daily Mail Australia why. Mr Peterson, who also runs a blog dedicated purely to the 'fascinating' sea creature, said Migaloo survived a run-in with a trimaran or outrigger boat which left him with significant black scarring on his lower back. The close shave meant tougher laws were brought in to protect the rare animal who has a life expectancy of 80. 'Planes have to stay at least 2000 feet from him and 500 feet if you are travelling in a boat,' Mr Peterson said. Oskar Peterson excitedly tweeted to his followers about Migaloo's first Australian sighting for the 2104 migratory season . Cronulla, Botany Bay and Bondi were some of the areas around Sydney where Migaloo was spotted on Thursday . Members of the public were more than interested in getting a glimpse of the famous white whale . Mr Peterson also took to twitter on Thursday afternoon to spread the good news that Migaloo was in Sydney. 'Attention Sydney whale watchers. Migaloo was just sighted off Cronulla 30 minutes ago, heading north towards Bondi, enjoy!' The researcher runs his pet, not-for-profit blog full of facts, photos and other tidbits about Australia's much-loved sea creature. The site, migaloo.com.au, is used predominantly as an education tool for school children. 'I've had quite a lot of money offered for the website, but I use it as an educational site mainly for school kids who send me plenty of emails at this time of year.' As well as receiving countless school children's emails, Mr Peterson is also inundated with great images and updates of Migaloo's three-month round journey from Antarctica and back between late June and September.
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Amazing pictures of rare white whale swimming north off coast of Sydney .
Migaloo, 35, photographed with 'competition pod' at Cronulla on Thursday .
The much-loved whale has returned every year since first sighting in 1991 .
Migaloo is protected by Federal Law which prevents him being approached .
Migration of humpback whales starts in Antarctica and finishes in North Queensland before returning south in September .
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By . Daniel Mills . The first pictures of one of coast of Sydney. He was snapped and filmed Bondi as Australia's much-loved white whale Antarctica to North Queensland and back. Scroll at Cronulla in Sydney's south on Thursday 'competition pod' with four other Humpback whales Sydney . It is the 23rd consecutive year Migaloo first being in 1991 when he was sighted by marine September.
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A young lecturer who weighed 21 stone due to gorging on ready meals, crisps and up to four litres of Coke a day has lost more than a third of his bodyweight through a strict new fitness regime. Daniel Sutton, 26, from Bath, gained weight on a student diet of full English breakfasts, pizza and an addiction to fizzy drinks. After a doctor made an offhand comment about his weight, he began walking to work, running and taking military fitness classes, tracking his progress using his smartphone. After losing eight and a half stone in seven months, he looked so different some people did not recognise him in the street. He has now run a 10km assault course in under an hour and a half for charity, and has even been pursued by a girl for the first time. Scroll down for video . Daniel Sutton, 26, lost eight and a half stone after changing his diet and attending military fitness classes . Mr Sutton said: ‘Losing the weight has also given me a completely new body and face, which I am still getting used to - but I love my new appearance. ‘I couldn’t walk the 500m from work to my car without breaking into a sweat before and now I walk up a 4km hill to work with ease. ‘Some people don’t recognise me any more - I've had to re-introduce myself to people I know, which is funny. ‘It felt like I was wearing a mask, but now people’s reactions to me are different. ‘But my mum said, the mask is off now, this is the real you. And she’s right.’ Mr Sutton said he slowly gained weight as a teenager because of a general lack of knowledge about health and fitness, and his habit of snacking on chocolate. He said: ‘The weight slowly built up ever since I was 13. I was always big, but not massive. ‘I was always the same amount of stones as my age.' Living at home with his parents, there was plenty of fresh food food for him to make fairly healthy meals with. Mr Sutton said: 'I didn’t have to go shopping and so all the food was there, so I could make fairly healthy meals easily with all the food in the house. ‘But if I was hungry, and I fancied a chocolate bar, I’d eat it. ‘If I liked the look of something I’d just eat it without thinking about it.’ By the time Mr Sutton was 26 he weighed 21 stone, eating pizza, takeaways and up to four litres of cola a day . A doctor making a comment about his weight spurred Mr Sutton into joining British Military Fitness classes which he now attends three times a week . By the time he left home at 18 to study maths at Bath university, he weighed 18 stone. At university, his diet deteriorated even further as he began to eat lots of processed food, takeaways as well as fizzy drinks and nights out with lots of alcohol. He said: ‘I’d eat microwave ready meals or meal deal lunches which always involved a big white baguette. ‘Now looking back I could have just eaten brown bread and halved the calories. BEFORE . Breakfast: Full English breakfast . Lunch: Ham or cheese white baguette with lots of mayonnaise . Dinner: Pizza, a ready meal or a takeaway . Drinks: Cola, beer and port . Snacks: Crisps, chocolate . AFTER . Breakfast: Three Weetabix with soy milk or low fat plain yoghurt with fruit . Mid morning: Protein shake, a Ryvita biscuit and a banana . Lunch: Chicken or ham sandwiches made with wholemeal bread, and mustard . Dinner: Soup with wholemeal bread . Drink: Water, no alcohol . Snacks: Snack a Jacks, baked crisps or fruit . ‘Pizza was a favourite. Or Chinese. I was definitely eating kebabs on a Friday night. ‘And huge mixed grills. I would go on JustEat and I needed to make up the delivery price so I’d add in loads of other stuff.’ He also began to drink up to four litres of Coke a day, the equivalent of more than 40 cubes of sugar. He said: ‘I drank enough to warrant sponsorship from Coke. ‘You can get Coke points. I wasn’t that bothered but my housemate loved it because I drank so much he could have my points. ‘I was drinking between two and four litres a day. ‘You get offers from the supermarket, two 500ml cokes for £1.50. ‘Then you get another one with a meal deal at lunch, then I’d buy another two litre one and drink that. He would also drink a lot of beer and port, usually four or five on regular student nights out. After finishing a PhD in maths, he moved to London to work as a software developer, but working long hours meant he still relied on processed food from the company canteen and ready meals in the evenings. He said: ‘When I started at the company I’d skip breakfast, then I’d go for a full English with my team in my break. ‘They had everything in it: bacon, sausages, fried eggs, the standard. ‘They did have healthy options like porridge but I never went for that.’ 'The motivation to lose weight came when he realised his high BMI meant he was classified as obese and his GP made a remark about his weight. After getting fit, Mr Sutton was able to run a 10km assault course race in one hour and 17 minutes, raising £150 for charity . He said: ‘I had a pain in my knee, an annoying twingy pain. ‘The doctor said “You could do with losing a few pounds” 'He didn’t say “You’re going to die”. 'But I joined the gym the next day. I’d been thinking about losing weight for a while, but now I thought I was actually going to do it.' He began running on the treadmill, going to the gym every other day. A friend’s jibes gave him the motivation to keep going. He said: ‘One of my friends and I would always have banter. ‘We’d argue to the bitter end about different things. ‘But at the end of the argument, if he was losing he would always say “Yeah but I can run faster than you.” ‘When I started training I wanted to prove him wrong.’ Delighted to be offered a job as a research assistant at his old university, Mr Sutton moved back to Bath in June to start work. He also discovered military fitness bootcamps. He said: ‘I thought bootcamps were where people ran around in gymnasiums. Mr Sutton has now been pursued by a girl for the first time. He said: ‘Now one girl pestered me. I didn’t have in my head how to deal with the situation because I’d never had that before' ‘But it was intense. There was this massive bodybuilder in this skin tight t-shirt. ‘He was the instructor. He’s from the Valleys and has a booming Welsh accent. ‘The warm up involved four lengths of a 100m sprint. ‘At the time I was thinking about making the gap between me and the back of the group smaller. ‘That was just the warm up. ‘Then we had to run through marshland. We did all sorts: 20 press ups, 20 star jumps. ‘I said to myself if I could complete one of these classes it was an achievement. ‘I dragged myself through.’ He began to attend the bootcamps twice a week, and carried on going to the gym on other days. Soon he had moved from the blue ‘beginner’ bibs at the military fitness class to the red ‘intermediate’ group who carry out more repetitions. He changed his diet, cutting out ready meals in favour of sandwiches, soups and fruit. He began to make small changes such as walking to work, taking different routes to increase the calories burned and tracking his fitness using his smartphone. On a recent holiday to a remote island near Crete he was even able to walk an hour each day carrying ten litres of water, a far cry from when he struggled to walk 500m. He was also able to run a 10km assault course race in one hour and 17 minutes, raising £150 for charity. Mr Sutton changed his diet, cutting out the ready meals, full English breakfasts he used to eat in favour of sandwiches, soups and fruit . His dramatic change in appearance also saw him pursued romantically for the first time. He said: ‘I was lucky – I was never bullied about my weight. I was always confident giving talks, I was the big confident guy. ‘I had a couple of girlfriends growing up, but I wouldn’t be confident approaching girls I liked. ‘Now one girl pestered me. She was always around wanting to chat. ‘I didn’t have in my head how to deal with the situation because I’d never had that before.' Becoming more healthy has given him a renewed sense of purpose and wellbeing. He said: ‘I feel more content now, there’s this huge sense of purpose. ‘I’d procrastinated about myself and my health for too long. 'I’ve realised, if you experiment with fitness tracking, tweak things, you find something that might work for you. ‘With all the apps, it’s become convenient to be healthy. ‘It’s great, and it’s only going to get better.’ For more information on British Military Fitness, click here .
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Daniel Sutton, 26, who lives in Bath, ballooned to 21 stone by age 26 .
Ate a diet of ready meals, takeaways and up to four litres of cola a day .
Decided to lose weight after a doctor told him he was too big for his age .
Started going running on the treadmill and joined military fitness classes .
Combined with a change in diet, exercise helped him lose 8.5 stone .
His appearance changed so much some people didn't recognise him .
Was able to run a 10km assault course race in under an hour and a half .
Has now been pursued romantically by a girl for the first time .
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:06 EST, 4 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:59 EST, 4 January 2013 . Shaking hands when meeting someone new or giving a high five to a friend are things most people take for granted. But for 29-year-old double hand transplant patient, Lindsay Ess, being able to do these simple acts means the world. The Texas fashion graduate lost both hands and feet five years ago, when a blockage in her small intestine resulting from Crohn's Disease led to an infection that turned her extremities into dead tissue. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Happy hands: Texas fashion graduate Lindsay Ess, pictured, lost her hands and her feet five years ago but after has a new lease on life after a double hand transplant . 'I would look down and I would see black, almost like a body that had decomposed,' she told ABC's Nightline in a program due to air tonight. She knew things were bad, but hadn't processed quite how bad. 'There was a period of time where they didn't tell me that they had to amputate, but somebody from the staff said, "Oh honey, you know what they are going to do to your hands, right?" That's when I knew,' she said. Without her hands and feet, Ess had to adapt. She learned how to brush her teeth, do her make up and drink from a cup using just her arms, which were amputated just below the elbow. She even taught herself how to text on her cellphone without fingers. Ess got fitted with prosthetic legs and accepted that getting new feet was probably an unrealistic goal. But living the rest of her life without hands wasn't an option, particularly as she complained that her prosthetic arms were too heavy, having been designed for men. 'I've accepted the fact that my feet are gone, that's acceptable to me,' she said. 'My hands (are) not. It's still not. In my dreams I always have my hands.' Donor: Nearly 18 months ago, Ess, pictured in hospital, got the call that a donor had been found that would give her hands and forearms again . Adjusting: The skin color of her new hands and arms isn't exactly the same as her upper arms and the fact they still looked like they belonged to someone else was hard for Ess, pictured, to accept at first . For the next couple of years, Ess exercised diligently - something she needed to do to qualify for a hand transplant. She also had to wait for a donor, preferably a woman who had similar sized hands and skin color to her. The waiting was the hardest part, she told ABC. 'I hate thinking about that,' she said. 'I think that whoever's hands will be with purpose, not just used to look pretty.' The surgery took nearly 12 hours, as two separate teams of doctors, one dedicated to the left hand, the other to the right, worked to perform an operation that surgeons have only attempted about 60 times in the past 15 years. Ess woke from the surgery in a cocoon of bandages. Levin told ABC that the initial signs that the donor's hands would take were good. 'This is more than we could ever hope for,' he said. 'Her blood pressure is good, all the parameters related to how to blood flow in and out of her new arms. This is, if you will, a picture perfect course so far.' Before: Ess, pictured, suffered a major sepsis infection following intestinal surgery because of Crohn's disease, which required doctors to amputate her arms below the elbows and her legs below her knees . No hands: Without her hands, Ess had to adapt, learning how to drink from a cup, brush her teeth and apply makeup, pictured, with her arms . Ess was out of the ICU and working on a therapy regime less than a month after surgery. The skin color of her new hands and arms wasn't exactly the same as her upper arms and the fact they still looked like they belonged to someone else was hard for Ess to accept. 'The first couple of days I refused to look at them,' she said. 'It was kind of like one of those scary movie moments. I'm too scared to look because it's reality (but) I'm so grateful to have them that I just don't really think about it superficially.' Four months after her surgery, in January 2012, Ess continued to amaze doctors with her recovery. She wasn't expected to have fine motion control for another year or 18 months, but her muscles were reacting well and she could even pick up small objects with her new hands. Even so, there was still a huge concern the transplant wouldn't take. Surgery: The cutting-edge surgery, pictured, took two teams of doctors 12 hours to complete . 'In Lindsay's case, the hookup of the new hand is relying on her nerves growing into the new muscles from the donor,' Levin told Nightline. 'The nerves have to grow into those muscles, takes months, it can take a year... Failure means the part that doesn't survive and we have to re-amputate the transplant. That's failure.' But Levin doesn't think that will happen for Ess. He says her prognosis for both hands couldn't be better. Ess, who was always one of the pretty girls, says the whole experience has taught her a lesson about what's important in life. 'People used to turn and look at me when I walked down the street because of how beautiful I was,' she told ABC. 'Now they turn and look at me because I'm in a wheelchair. 'The type of person that I was would be the type of person I would hate now. I used to care way too much about what I looked like. What does it matter what my hair looks like? What does it matter what I'm wearing so much?' She added to WTVR.com: 'I can sense the donor. I have a great sense of appreciation.'
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Lindsay Ess, 29, received double hand transplant last year .
Doctors amputated the Texas woman's hands and feet five years ago after she suffered a major sepsis infection following intestinal surgery because of Crohn’s disease .
Ess is doing well after the cutting-edge surgery that took two teams of doctors 12 hours to complete .
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . Banksy artworks controversially ripped from public view amid cries of theft is to go under the hammer in the biggest ever sale of its kind. The mutli-million auction will include No Ball Games, taken from the side of a shop in north London last July. The sale will also feature Liverpool Rat, taken from a boarded up pub in Liverpool last year. Vandalised: No Ball Games was created in September 2009 in Tottenham Green, north London, and had been repeatedly defaced until it was removed in 2013 . Striking: The Liverpool Rat, Britain's biggest creation by Banksy, was painted on The White Horse pub, on the edge of the city's China Town on Berry Street in 2006 where it remained until it was removed in 2013 . Other works up for sale include Old Skool, taken from an east London garage, Sperm Alarm, daubed on a hotel wall, and Silent Majority, sprayed on a trailer at Glastonbury festival. The Hackney work Balloon Girl and 2 Rats from Berlin will also feature at Stealing Banksy? event, which will see the works go on display for four days from April 24 to 27. The exhibition and auction will be at the ME London Hotel, in The Strand, in the centre of the capital, with limited tickets available to the public. For sale: Banksy's 'Old Skool' work, pictured, which was removed from the wall of an east London garage is going under the hammer in April . Stolen: Banksy's 'Sperm Alarm' was stolen from a wall of the four-star Hesperia Hotel in Victoria in 2011 then recovered . Early work: Silent majority was painted onto the outside of an 'Overlander' semi-trailer at the Glastonbury festival in 1998 . It is being organised by Sincura Group, which has handled the controversial removal and sale of a number of Banksy pieces in recent years. The company said: 'Stealing Banksy? is the 2014 project exploring the social, legal and moral issues surrounding the sale of street art. 'The exhibition showcases the most expensive collection of Banksy artworks ever assembled under one roof and is the culmination of a 12 month project to uncover, salvage and lovingly restore these pieces that have shaped the capital we live in.' Unique: Banksy's '2 Rats' was created in Berlin on the corner of Kopernicker and Adalbert Strabe when Banksy participated in a local art festival in 2003 . Recovered: The Girl with the Red Balloon in Hackney was covered from view for the last decade until it was removed in 2013 . The company said No Ball Games is likely to fetch more the £1million with the money being donated to charities. It added: 'Having been carefully sourced from around the world, over £5 million of the most controversial artwork will be on display. 'The show will be the first and only time these pieces will ever be seen in their fully restored state.' See www.stealingbanksy.com . Is this Banksy? A man in blue overalls was shot near a work in progress in New York last year . Reclusive graffiti artist Banksy has managed to pull off an incredible trick; keeping his true identity a secret despite worldwide curiosity about the man behind the spray can. He has apparently been caught on camera overseeing the creation of one of his artworks in New York. A man in a flat cap and paint-spattered overalls was photographed trying to fix a 'moving painting' in a van which had broken down, as part of the artist's month-long 'exhibition' in the U.S, last year. But no one has yet been able to confirm his identity. The artist's real name is thought to be either Robin Banks or Robin Gunningham, but all that is known for sure is that he is from Bristol. Previously photographs purporting to show Banksy were taken in Santa Monica in 2011 and East London in 2007. Both images feature a white man in his 30s of average build with brown hair - making them compatible with the latest image, which was taken in the East Village neighbourhood of Manhattan. Banksy, whose work has been painted on the sides of buildings around Bristol, London and other cities, has always insisted he will never reveal his true identity.
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Work by the secretive artist will be sold over four days in April .
Sale is made up of work ripped from public places across Britain .
Bidders are expected to pay a total of £5million for the famous graffiti .
Item called No Ball Games could raise more than £1million .
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PUBLISHED: . 01:17 EST, 11 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:46 EST, 11 September 2013 . A grammar school has become only the second in Britain to be put into special measures by education inspectors despite achieving good GCSE results. Chatham Grammar School for Boys in Kent was declared inadequate after a visit by Ofsted in June. Inspectors criticised ‘weak and inadequate’ teaching and said pupils were not making the progress they were capable of despite above average results. 'Inadequate': Chatham Grammar School for boys has been placed in special measures following an Ofsted inspection . Students were well behaved as they moved around the school but this was ‘not always carried through to lessons’ where their attitudes to learning were directly linked to the quality of teaching. Behaviour in lessons had ‘declined’, with students losing ‘interest and motivation’ when teaching was not good enough. Students in all year groups, including the sixth form, reported low-level disruption in lessons that was hindering learning. Another area of concern was ‘inconsistent and irregular’ marking, with teachers assessing work ‘infrequently’. Some ‘focused on correcting presentation rather than specific advice on how to improve students’ knowledge and understanding of the subject’. The report said: ‘The quality of . learning and the quality of feedback students receive depends too much . on the individual qualities of the teacher. ‘Some . students perceive that they are "lucky" if the teaching they receive is . good or outstanding and they would like their work to be marked by some . teachers more frequently.’ Recovery: Stretford Grammar School in Greater Manchester became the first grammar to be placed in special measures in 2009 but it emerged a year later . The school’s executive principal Denise Shepherd said yesterday: ‘We have to accept the findings of the Ofsted report. Our job is not to criticise and unpick.’ Head teacher David Marshall retired suddenly at the end of August after fighting the findings, according to Kent Online. Commenting on whether he was forced out, Mrs Shepherd said: 'I think Mr Marshall has clearly made a decision himself and I really wasn't privy to those discussions at the time or since.' Chatham Grammar pupils achieved a 95 per cent A* to C pass rate in their GCSEs last summer - down from 100 per cent the year before. The only other grammar school in Britain to be placed in special measures was Stretford Grammar in Manchester in 2009. It re-emerged from special measures in 2010.
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Chatham Grammar School in Kent placed in Special Measures by Ofsted .
Inspectors criticised 'weak' teaching following a visit in June .
95 per cent of pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE level .
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By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 09:41 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:07 EST, 20 August 2013 . The first thought of many a man eager to bring a smile to the face of the woman in his life would be to present her with a box of chocolates. But in 1933 chocolate assortments were the preserve of the rich - sold encased in elaborate hand-carved boxes and costing the equivalent of up to £300 in today's money. That is until Rowntree's launched its now iconic Black Magic brand, bringing all the luxury and indulgence of a box of chocolates to the masses for a mere 14p in old currency - and saving the ailing confectioner in the process. Bringing chocolate boxes to the masses: Rowntree's advertising campaign for its Black Magic chocolates - including this 1934 poster - featured young society ladies . Launched in 1933 as Rowntree's was on the brink of bankruptcy, these archive posters - released to mark Black Magic's 80th anniversary - reveal the groundbreaking advertising campaign employed by the firm as it gambled its future on the budget box of chocolates. The adverts featured glamorous ladies and excerpts from their effusive thank you letters written to the sender of the gift, then priced at two shillings and ten pence per lb - around £5 in modern money. Those thank you letters, which continued to feature in Black Magic adverts for decades to come, became almost as iconic a part of the brand as the simple, no-frills black box. Black Magic: The groundbreaking advertising campaign pitched the affordable box of chocolates as the idea token from a father to his daughter . 1935 advert: It was the first time Rowntree's had every carried out market research on a product - surveying thousands of people for their views on the assortment . 'Universal appeal': The iconic Black Magic box is familiar even in this advertisement, created more than 70 years ago in 1937 . Production: This photograph shows women in a Rowntree's factory putting together boxes of Black Magic chocolates in 1950 . 'Rapturous': Letters from recipients of Black Magic boxes in which they extoll the virtues of the chocolate assortment became a key part of its famous branding . The hit brand was the brainchild of . marketing man George Harris, who began working for Rowntree's after . marrying into the family. Lucky recipients of box of Black Magic in the 1930s could take their pick from orange fondant, hazelnut cluster, montelimar, or cherry cup - not forgetting classic dark chocolates with marzipan, strawberry or caramel fillings. Fast-forward to 2013, and the orange fondant and caramel treats remain, alongside 'reinvented classics' like almond crunch - finely chopped almonds and truffle encased in dark chocolate - dreamy fudge, and a whole hazelnut praline in a dark chocolate shell. He . spearheaded the first ever market research carried out by the . confectioner, interviewing 9,500 people before deciding which flavours . should be included in the dark chocolate assortment. Only . then did the manufacturer settle on the popular combination . incorporating orange fondant, hazelnut cluster, and marzipan, caramel . and strawberry fillings. Alex . Hutchinson, archive curator at Nestle, which took over Rowntree's in 1988, . said: 'The Rowntree's business had been through shaky times before Black . Magic was invented. 'In . 1921 the business made a 33 per cent loss and in the late 1920s it was . still struggling and they had to lay a lot of people off. 'In 1931 Rowntree's was worried they wouldn’t be able to pay out any dividends to their shareholders. 'George Harris married into the family and started working for Rowntree's and he came up with the idea that their chocolates should have their own strong brands like America. 'People were suspicious of the idea but created Black Magic, which was quite a gamble as it could have been their last chocolate. Seasons greetings: An advert for a festive Black Magic gift box from Christmas 1977 . 'Before then, whatever went into a box of chocolates was decided on by the directors of the business. It was the first time they had actually done market research. 'Up until this point most boxes of chocolates were incredibly expensive and were the kind of thing used when making a marriage proposal,' Mr Hutchinson explained. Romance: The iconic letter features in this Black Magic advert from the 1980s, half a century after the brand was first launched . Who knows the secret? By the 1980s Black Magic were a popular and affordable gift, but prior to their launch in the 1930s boxes of chocolates were extremely expensive . 'They would come in hand carved boxes that could cost around 100 shillings each, which was an awful lot considering a week’s rent in slums was 10 shillings,' he added. 'Initially they couldn’t afford to spend a lot on advertising Black Magic so the sales people sold the boxes to hotels in London before taking them to shops. 'Shopkeepers bought them up quickly when they were told this because they thought they were getting a posh product, the money was then spent on advertising.' 'In the adverts there are young society ladies confiding in one another in letters about receiving Black Magic. 'It was to encourage people to see that buying a box of chocolates was okay to do as part of an early courtship,' said Mr Hutchinson, adding that, before then, the expense of a box of chocolates meant such a gift was reserved for as rare an occasion as a marriage proposal. 'After the success of Black Magic, George Harris made other iconic brands such as Kit Kat, Aero, Smarties, Polo, and Dairy Box and the company was able to expand.'
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Before its launch in 1933 boxes of chocolates were preserve of the rich .
Ad campaign featuring glamorous ladies helped brand become success .
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They say pride comes before a fall, but rarely do the falls come as big as the one which saw Fiji sevens player Semi Kunatani thrown to the ground by Scotland's Lee Jones on Saturday. Fiji were taking on Calum MacRae's side in a Pool C clash at the Gold Coast Sevens in Australia when Kunatani burst through the Scottish defence for what looked like a certain try. But such was Kunatani's confidence that he stopped sprinting and sauntered past the try-line before stopping inside the in-goal area. Jones sensed what was happening and raced back to take out the Fijian with a brutally executed tackle. VIDEO: Never give up! Semi Kunatani gets clattered by Lee Jones . Fiji's Semi Kunatani saunters into the in-goal area before being smashed by Scotland's Lee Jones . The ball went flying out of the lock's hands and away to safety, much to his embarrassment and Jones's delight. Unfortunately for the Scots, the bit of schadenfreude was as good as it got for them as Fiji cruised to a 40-7 victory. Kunatani lies on the floor after Jones senses his complacency and throws him to the floor . The lock stopped running when he got to within five yards of the try line and failed to ground the ball . Kunatani finished the match try-less and he will surely never hesitate again before grounding the ball once clear. The win helped Fiji top Pool C and consigned Scotland to a third-placed finish which sees them exit the main tournament and go into the bowl competition . The ball went flying and no try was awarded after the Fijian got bundled off the pitch by Jones .
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Hilarious incident happened at the Gold Coast Sevens on Saturday .
Fiji beat Scotland 40-7 but the match will be remembered for the tackle .
Semi Kunatani sauntered into the in-goal area but didn't ground the ball .
Scotland's Lee Jones sprinted back and took Kunatani out with a perfectly executed tackle .
Fiji topped Pool C but Scotland finished third so exit the main tournament and go into the bowl competition .
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Dr Craig Spencer is in a serious but stable condition as he continues to fight the potentially deadly Ebola virus in a New York hospital. Medics treating Mr Spencer, who was diagnosed with Ebola five days ago after returning from fighting the outbreak in Guinea, say they are doing all they can to bring him back to health. New York health and hospitals corporation president Dr. Ram Raju said: 'This morning I talked to our patient and his doctors and nurses at Bellevue Hospital Center. Lifeline: Dr Craig Spencer (left) is said to be 'looking better' and in a 'serious but stable' condition after receiving a blood transfusion from Ebola survivor Nancy Writebol (right) 'The patient looks better than he looked yesterday, but he remains in serious but stable condition with the expected symptoms of the virus. 'He tolerated the plasma treatment well and had a good night sleep. 'From his first day here, he expressed gratitude with the care he is receiving under the watchful eye of the dedicated, well trained and professional team of ICU physicians and nurses who are exclusively assigned to his care. 'On behalf of our patient, I thank all New Yorkers for their prayers and well wishes. 'The entire HHC family and our expert team at Bellevue are committed to doing all we can to bring this brave, caring doctor back to good health.' On Friday night, the 33-year-old received a blood donation from aid worker Nancy Writebol, who survived the virus, after tests found they shared the same blood type. It is a move that medics believe could save his life after Ebola survivors Nina Pham, Amber Jay Vinson, Ashoka Mukpo and Dr Nick Sacra were all cured following blood transfusions. Writebol contracted Ebola while working with Christian aid group SIM in Liberia with her husband, who is also a missionary. Dr Spencer, who is currently being treated in a New York hospital after being diagnosed with Ebola, is pictured alongside fiancee Morgan Dixon . They were working with their close friend Dr Kent Brantley, who also contracted the disease and was later cured. Meanwhile, Dr Spencer, is receiving antiviral medication and plasma, after he was admitted to hospital with a 100.3-degree fever on Thursday. The medic arrived in New York on October 17 - six days before he was admitted to hospital. During that time he went bowling in Brooklyn, rode the subway and took a taxi, walked Manhattan's High Line and went to restaurants. He reportedly started feeling ill on Tuesday, but the fever did not develop until Thursday. He promptly called officials at the non-government organisation he worked with, Doctors Without Borders, who then called New York's health department. Emergency health workers rushed to Dr Spencer's apartment on West 147th Street, in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, in full protective gear. He was taken to Bellevue about 1pm and his apartment was sealed off, with biohazard cleaners brought in, it is reported. The revelation that Dr Spencer was allowed to move freely around New York city for days before being taken to hospital prompted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to implement mandatory quarantines for anyone returning from treating Ebola patients. Kaci Hickox, 33, a Doctors Without Borders nurse, was the first to be put in isolation in a tent in the University Hospital parking lot in Newark. Victim: Dr Spencer is a Doctors Without Borders volunteer who recently returning from aid work in Ebola-stricken Guinea, West Africa . She was forced into isolation on Friday last week after showing a temperature of 101F, though later tested negative for Ebola. She blasted her treatment as 'inhumane' and threatened to sue for release, prompting Cuomo and Christie to soften their policies to allow for home quarantine amid criticism from the White House. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who is facing a re-election battle next week, has instituted a similar policy despite there being no confirmed cases of Ebola in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines yesterday saying those who had come into contact with the bodily fluids of Ebola patients should stay away from commercial transportation or public gatherings. Hospital: Dr Spencer currently remains in a 'stable' condition at Bellevue Hospital (pictured) in New York . The agency said those who had simply traveled to help fight the disease should only be subject to symptom monitoring, in an attempt to create a unified national response to the disease. However, a U.S. Army commander in Italy said he and his troops returning from Liberia would remain in isolation for 21 days, even though he feels they face no risk and show no symptoms. The Army's chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno, directed the 21-day controlled monitoring period for all redeploying soldiers returning from the Ebola fight in West Africa, an Army spokeswoman said. Symptoms of Ebola include a fever, a headache, diarrhea, vomiting, muscle and joint aches and in some cases bleeding. These appear two to 21 days after exposure to the disease, the CDC said. Even if a person is infected, the virus can only be passed on once symptoms appear. It is transmitted through direct contact with the infected person's bodily fluids. September 16: Dr Craig Spencer flew to Guinea to treat Ebola patients as a member of the French organization Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers) October 14: Dr Spencer departed Guinea on a flight to Brussels. He reported no symptoms. October 17: He boarded a flight to the U.S. on Brussels Airlines Flight SN0501. Reported no symptoms.Arrived at JFK and was screened with no symptoms upon arrival. October 21: At 7 AM, he reported fatigue and exhaustion. No fever, vomiting, diarrhea. At around 3:00 PM, Dr Spencer visited The Meatball Shop for 40 minutes. The Meatball Shop is located at 64 Greenwich Avenue. Around 4:30 PM, he visited the High Line. Walked on High Line and stopped at the Blue Bottle Coffee stand (10th Ave & W 16th St) At around 5:30 PM, he got off the High Line at 34th Street and took the 1 train to the 145th Street station. October 22: At around 1:00 PM, Dr Spencer went running along Riverside Drive and Westside Highway. Around 2:00 PM, he went to pick up Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share at 143rd St and Amsterdam Avenue (Corbin Hill Farm) and picked up a box which he took to his apartment. At around 5:30 PM, Dr Spencer left for The Gutter bowling alley in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with two friends. For his arrival at Gutter, he took the A train at 145th Street and transferred at 14th Street and took the L train to Bedford Avenue. Around 8:30 PM, Dr Spencer left The Gutter. For his return trip, he used Uber as his means of transportation. October 23: Around 10:15AM, he first reported a fever. At this point, he called Medecins Sans Frontieres and the New York City Health Department. He was immediately taken to Bellevue by FDNY EMS. October 24: Dr Spencer is given a transfusion with blood taken from Ebola survivor Nancy Writebol after it is discovered they share a blood type . October 28: He is reported to be in a 'serous but stable' condition after being treated with more blood plasma . Back home: Dr Spencer and Miss Dixon's West 147th street apartment building is pictured in Harlem, New York . Cleanup: Hazmat teams were pictured taking barrels of possibly infected material out of the apartment after Dr Spencer was diagnosed .
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Dr Craig Spencer is said to be 'looking better' after a good night's sleep .
Medics treating him say his condition in hospital is still 'serious but stable'
He was diagnosed with Ebola virus following aid work in Guinea, West Africa .
He has been given blood from nurse Nancy Writebol who survived disease .
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"corporation president Dr. Ram Raju said: 'This",
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"Dr Craig Spencer (left) is said to be 'looking",
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"survivor Nancy Writebol (right) 'The patient",
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"'From his first day here, he expressed gratitude",
"with the care he is receiving under the watchful",
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"professional team of ICU physicians and nurses",
"who are exclusively assigned to his care. 'On",
"behalf of our patient, I thank all New Yorkers",
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"HHC family and our expert team at Bellevue are",
"committed to doing all we can to bring this",
"brave, caring doctor back to good health.' On",
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"the same blood type. It is a move that medics",
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"Nina Pham, Amber Jay Vinson, Ashoka Mukpo and Dr",
"Nick Sacra were all cured following blood",
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"Spencer, who is currently being treated in a New",
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"is pictured alongside fiancee Morgan Dixon . They",
"were working with their close friend Dr Kent",
"Brantley, who also contracted the disease and was",
"later cured. Meanwhile, Dr Spencer, is receiving",
"antiviral medication and plasma, after he was",
"admitted to hospital with a 100.3-degree fever on",
"Thursday. The medic arrived in New York on",
"October 17 - six days before he was admitted to",
"hospital. During that time he went bowling in",
"Brooklyn, rode the subway and took a taxi, walked",
"Manhattan's High Line and went to restaurants. He",
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"department. Emergency health workers rushed to Dr",
"Spencer's apartment on West 147th Street, in",
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"protective gear. He was taken to Bellevue about",
"1pm and his apartment was sealed off, with",
"biohazard cleaners brought in, it is reported.",
"The revelation that Dr Spencer was allowed to",
"move freely around New York city for days before",
"being taken to hospital prompted New York Gov.",
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By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 05:39 EST, 15 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:53 EST, 15 August 2012 . Boat passengers caught a glimpse of a rare shark as it was spotted jumping out of the sea in 'shark infested waters' off the Welsh coast. Swimmers and holidaymakers last week rushed for the shore after a blue shark ventured into the shallows on a beach in Wales. Now a thresher shark has been caught on camera in the same stretch of water off the coast of Ceredigion, mid-wales. Rare species: A thresher shark jumps out of the water off the coast of Wales days after holidaymakers were ordered out of the water following the sighting of a blue shark . An unlikely sight: Boat passengers rushed to catch a glimpse of the 'threatened' species . The giant predator, usually seen in Asia and . North America, shocked boat passengers when it suddenly hurled itself . out of the water in front of the research vessel Sulaire. As well as members of the public being on board the boat, researchers from the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre were also conducting an-all day survey. The sighting of the Thresher Shark caused much excitement. Sarah Perry, the marine centre's science officer, . who was on board, said sightings of the sharks had been increasing in . recent years in UK waters. 'Thresher sharks are normally found . in deep waters but can follow their prey closer to the shore so maybe . that’s what this one was doing,' she said. 'Perhaps either it or its prey were attracted by increasing sea temperatures. 'You can recognise thresher sharks by . their long tails - which they use to herd their prey into tight groups . before feeding on them. 'They’re protected as a threatened species - they’re far more at risk from us.' Days before the sighting, red flags were raised on the beach at New Quay, Ceredigion, as a baby blue shark swam between moored boats behind the breakwater. The baby blue shark sparked panic when it was spotted by RNLI lifeguards heading for the shore. The . creature came within yards of the beach and holidaymakers watched in . wonder as it swam past their feet in water less than a metre deep. The . incident, which happened at about 5.30pm last Tuesday, was caught on . camera by 16-year-old, Jasmine Jones, who was on her boat as the curious creature . investigated the shallows, the BBC reported. Holidaymakers were advised not to swim in the water after the shark sighting. However, the beach re-opened on Wednesday. Scroll down for video . An 8ft-long blue shark swimming metres from the shore that was caught on video by Jasmine Jones in New Quay beach, Cardigan, off the Ceredigion coast . Captured on camera: The blue shark swimming close to the shore . While . the RNLI said it was very unusual to see a blue shark so close to the . shoreline, the species are frequently spotted in waters of the coast of . Wales, Ireland and Cornwall. Miss Perry added: 'It’s actually not unusual to see a blue shark in British waters but they don’t usually come so close to shore. This one was very small and perhaps it was ill.' Thresher sharks are not known as man-eaters, and tend to feed on schools of fish in shallow waters. They use their long scythe like tails, which can make up around half of their total length, to stun prey before they tear at their flesh. Earlier this month fearless angler Malcolm Roberts, 49, was fishing with a group of pals off the coast of Cornwall when he felt a 350lb thresher shark - which could decapitate a human using just its tail - tugging in his line. Monster: Malcolm Roberts with the huge 13ft Thresher shark he caught off the coast of Cornwall. The beast could decapitate a human using just its tail . Big bite: The thresher shark was on sale at Ashton Fishmongers in Cardiff . It took him an hour and a half to haul in a 13ft shark out the water. Mr Roberts and his five-strong crew wrestled with the giant predator before he finally pulled it into his boat. The giant catch, landed around 20 miles off the coast of Looe, Cornwall, was one of the biggest ever caught in British waters. In July a 20ft long thresher shark was caught by the trawler The John Boy, in Falmouth, Cornwall, which was fishing for mackerel in the English Channel. The 550lb beast was bought by Ashton's Fishmongers in Cardiff market for a hefty price of £3,000. A bigeye thresher shark: the thresher shark can grow up to 20ft long . Thresher sharks tend to feed on schools of fish in shallow waters. Their name comes from the sharks' unusually long tail, which can be as long as the shark itself. They use their long scythe like tails, which can make up around half of their total length, to stun prey before they tear at their flesh. An adult beast can grow up to 20ft long. The average weight for a thresher shark is roughly 250lbs but some can weigh as much as 1000lbs. Its body is built almost like a torpedo-shape. There are three species of this shark, a pelagic thresher, a bigeye thresher and a common thresher. The common thresher shark has a small body and broad head with relatively small sets of teeth. Thresher Sharks love open and deep waters but are not generally not found deeper than 1,640ft. They are usually seen in Asia and . North America, but their exact habitat remains largely a mystery. VIDEO: An 8ft-long blue shark was filmed swimming close to shore at New Quay beach: .
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Beast is normally seen in Asia and North America .
Sighting is just days after another shark was spotted in Wales .
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A friend of classroom murderer Will Cornick has revealed how he is ‘haunted with guilt’ for failing to speak up about the teenager’s threats to kill his teacher. Cornick attacked Spanish teacher Ann Maguire after boasting to classmates at Corpus Christi College in Leeds that he wanted to kill her. Now one of his friends has told how he is riddled with guilt for failing to inform school bosses about the threats. Scroll down for video . A friend of classroom murderer Will Cornick (left) has revealed how he is ‘haunted with guilt’ for failing to speak up about the teenager’s threats to kill his teacher, Ann Maguire (right) The 16-year-old said he did not tell teachers because he did not believe Cornick would act on what he had said. He told the Daily Mirror: 'I don’t think about it as much as I did. I try not to. But I do still feel guilty because If I’d told someone, she would be alive today. I could have stopped it. ‘I didn’t tell the teachers because I really never thought he would do anything. ‘I thought he was just trying to scare us. I thought it was bravado - just a sick, terrible joke. I just thought it was a teenage thing.’ Cornick, 16, knifed Mrs Maguire to death at the school in April this year. He also said he was going to murder other teachers, including a pregnant woman ‘so as to kill her unborn child’. The killing, at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, shocked Britain and is believed to be the first time a teacher has been killed by a student in the classroom in the UK . He later told doctors: ‘I said I was going to do other stuff but I never got the chance, other murders. It was a triple homicide.’ After the murder the teenager told psychiatrists that he ‘couldn't give a s***’ and added: ‘Everything I've done is fine and dandy.’ Cornick was sentenced to life in jail earlier this month and a judge warned him he may never be released. Judge Mr Justice Coulson called the murder a 'monumental act of cowardice and evil' and branded the teenager's pride and lack of remorse over his actions 'truly grotesque'. Cornick was initially taken to Wetherby Young Offender Institution (YOI) in West Yorkshire before being moved for his own safety.
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Friend of Will Cornick reveals guilt at not alerting school to killer's threats .
Cornick had boasted to classmates that he wanted to to kill Ann Maguire .
But his friend reveals that he believed comments were 'just a sick joke'
Cornick knifed Mrs Maguire to death at Corpus Christie College in Leeds .
The 16-year-old murderer was sentenced to life in jail in November .
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By . Misty White Sidell . PUBLISHED: . 11:29 EST, 21 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:28 EST, 21 February 2014 . Lena Dunham has finally opened up about her unretouched Vogue photos, which were leaked by Jezebel last month after the site placed a $10,000 bounty on the original images. The 27-year-old creator of Girls told Grantland editor Bill Simmons in a podcast released on Thursday that she was ‘kind of scared’ to see the images, but after noticing how they were minimally retouched she ‘felt completely respected by Vogue.’ ‘They smoothed a line here and shaved off part of my neck,’ Miss Dunham said of the changes the magazine made to her cover shoot. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Speaking out: Lena Dunham has finally opened up about Jezebel seeking her unretouched Vogue images for a $10,000 prize, saying that it 'felt gross' She . elaborated, saying: ‘I felt like, “Thank you for removing the one line . from my face because I’m 27 years old and shouldn’t have that there and I . appreciate this.”’ Rather . than unearth a great discrepancy between reality and distortion, as was . Jezebel’s intention, the release of Vogue’s unretouched images actually . drew a large backlash. Readers . and media outlets alike questioned the site’s famously feminist morals, . as well as its motives for seeking out, and later releasing, the . photos. Miss Dunham herself called the stunt ‘messed up.’ ‘I . think Jezebel can be really smart and funny… I think it’s just like, . once you’ve been attacked in that way, it’s hard to enjoy, once you feel . like they’ve made such a monumental error in their approach to . feminism. I just can’t be half-in… It felt gross,’ she explained. At . the time, Styleite labelled Jezebel as ‘vindictive’ for ‘handing over a . $10,000 reward to whichever underpaid assistant in Vogue's photo . department risks their job to cough up the photos’. Writers . at Crushable felt similarly, saying that the site’s move was ‘so far . from okay (delete extra unneeded sentence) ... there’s nothing wrong . with wanting to look better than your best when you’re doing a Vogue . photo shoot. In the same way there’s nothing wrong with Lena Dunham . getting decked out at award shows.’ Proud of her form: Miss Dunham has never been one to shy away from displaying her body, and often appears in various states of undress on her HBO TV show . Website SheKnows also wrote a story with the headline, ‘Lena Dunham's Vogue cover: Was the photo editing that bad?’ An . outpouring of Twitter response even saw Jezebel users attest that they . were boycotting the site in protest of its hunt for Miss Dunham’s . photos. Miss Dunham, . herself, does not feel all that dissimilar: ‘Instead of going, “Hey we . kind of f***** up, these photos are not that retouched. Lena go enjoy . the Vogue spread that you’ve been excited about since you were eight . years old,” they were like, “She is not retouched, but she could have . been.”’ The young actress . and director says that she felt the site’s handing of the photos ‘was . this weird political maneuvering that I had a lot of trouble . respecting.’ The photos in . question were featured in Vogue’s February issue – one which is already . being switched out at newsstands for the magazine’s March issue staring . Rihanna.
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Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told a cheering crowd of conservatives Saturday night that the next U.S. president should shutter the much-maligned Internal Revenue Service and turn the agency's 110,000 employees loose to police the U.S.-Mexico border. 'That's slightly tongue-in-cheek,' he said in Denver at the Western Conservative Summit. 'But think about it for a second: You travel thousands of miles, you cross over and see 110,000 IRS agents? You'd turn around and go home!' His speech before a partisan crowd of hooting and hollering Republicans was the main draw at a conference that brought an estimated 3,500 to hear pols including former VP candidate Sarah Palin, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee and rising right-winger Dr. Ben Carson. Cruz delivered a speech full of anti-Obama barbs Saturday night, touching on immigration, education, foreign policy and religious freedom . Thousands came to Denver, the site of President Obama's 2008 presidential nomination, cheering for the man they hope will win the White House in 2016 . But Cruz brought down the house with a speech that sounded as much like practiced campaign stumpery as a laundry list of grievances with Barack Obama's administration. The normally stolid and bloated GOP establishment, Cruz hinted Saturday, is dismayed at his rise to prominence among tea party sympathizers and other grass-roots conservatives, and he wore his outsider status like a badge of honor. 'I spent most of the week back in Washington, D.C.,' he began. 'So it's great to be back in America.' Cruz described American politics as a cross between 'poly, meaning many, and tics, meaning blood-sucking parasites.' His biggest applause line: 'If you see a candidate that Washington embraces, run the other way.' He called for the abolition of two conservative bugaboos – Obamacare and the Common Core education standards. 'Education is too important to be left to bureaucrats in Washington,' said Cruz. 'Besides, we already have a "common core" in this country: It's called the Constitution of the United States.' But the Texan reserved a special brand of ire for the Obama administration's management of America's southwest border, where more than 90,000 unaccompanied children from Central America will have streamed into the U.S. illegally by the end of the government's fiscal year on September 30. Fresh from a visit to a U.S. Border Patrol station in MacAllen, Texas, he said agents told him they apprehended 622 illegal immigrants on Friday at that location alone. 'That was yesterday,' he said. 'And roughly 25 per cent of those coming in are unaccompanied minors – little kids brought in by violent drug cartels.' When he asked his hosts why they thought the flood of immigrants were risking life and limb to make harrowing journeys northward, Cruz said, 'every single border patrol agent sitting in the room said the same thing: "They're coming because the believe they will get amnesty".' Cruz's prescription for what Obama has acknowledged is a 'humanitarian crisis' is to deport as many of the children back to their home countries as possible, and as soon as possible. 'The compassionate thing to do is, humanely and expeditiously, to reunite them with their families back home, so we don't have next year tens of thousands of little boys and little girls being victimized.' Animated: A high-energy Ted Cruz told reporters after his speech Saturday night that President Obama was to blame for providing families with an incentive -- immigration amnesty -- to send their children thousands of miles to the United States . With the children have come reports of sexual abuse, hostage taking, and worse. On . Saturday Cruz re-told anecdotes he has shared publicly before, . describing 'coyotes' – paid human traffickers – extorting money from . families in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and sending home body . parts of their children when they can't pay. In . some cases, he said, the coyotes threaten some children with instant . death if they refuse to cut off fingers and ears of others. 'The people who are bringing these kids are not well-meaning social workers in Birkenstocks with long beards,' he charged. 'These are vicious, hardened, transnational drug cartels.' Obamacare is a Republican hobby horse Cruz rides almost as much as immigration policy. On Saturday he ripped into the White House for pressing the position in court that religious organizations shouldn't be exempt from the health insurance law's requirement to cover abortion-inducing drugs as part of qualifying policies they offer employees. In one case wending its way through the judicial system, the Little Sisters of the Poor are opposing that mandate. ''Let me give you a simple rule of thumb,' he cracked: 'If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong.' Rock star: In conservative circles, the 43-year-old Cruz is seen as the Barack Obama of 2016 and signs autographs wherever he appears in public . Near the end of his remarks, Cruz bulked up his arsenal of foreign policy critiques with broadsides about what he called Obama's 'return to Jimmy Carter.' The two presidents, he claimed, advanced 'the same feckless and naive foreign policy, making the world much, much more dangerous.' 'In the last five years we've seen America recede from leadership in the world,' said Cruz, 'and into that vacuum have stepped nations like Iran and Russia and China. And the world is a whole lot more dangerous place.' 'If there's one principle from time immemorial,' he said in a line that Republicans will likely hear in Iowa and New Hampshire, 'it is that bullies and tyrants don't respect weakness or appeasement.' 'And when you have the President of the United States being openly mocked by leaders of nations like Russia and Iran, it is profoundly dangerous.' In one momentary lapse that seemed almost scripted, Cruz transposed Obama and President Ronald Reagan, putting the former in Berlin in April 1987 to challenge the Soviet Union. 'We all remember,' he said, 'when President Obama stood before the Brandenburg Gate and uttered the most important words uttered by any leader in modern times: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall".' After audience members in the front row told him what he had just said, he conceded that it was 'an interesting slip.' Recovering quickly, Cruz asked: 'Can we possibly imagine president Obama uttering such words?' 'Look,' he said, head suddenly bowed. 'it is heartbreaking, the absence of leadership.'
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Texas GOP senator ripped into Barack Obama's stewardship of the U.S.-Mexico border and said the next president should shutter the IRS .
Called for the abolition of Obamacare and Common Core school standards, saying 'education is too important to be left to bureaucrats in Washington'
Blamed Obama for incentivizing Central American families to send their children across the U.S. border with drug-cartel 'coyotes'
Laughed at the White House for taking the Little Sisters of the Poor to court over Obamacare birth-control drug requirements .
'Let me give you a simple rule of thumb,' he cracked: 'If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong'
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"more than 90,000 unaccompanied children from",
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"illegally by the end of the government's fiscal",
"year on September 30. Fresh from a visit to a",
"U.S. Border Patrol station in MacAllen, Texas, he",
"said agents told him they apprehended 622 illegal",
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"'That was yesterday,' he said. 'And roughly 25",
"per cent of those coming in are unaccompanied",
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"cartels.' When he asked his hosts why they",
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"Cruz said, 'every single border patrol agent",
"sitting in the room said the same thing: \"They're",
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"amnesty\".' Cruz's prescription for what Obama has",
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"'The compassionate thing to do is, humanely and",
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"being victimized.' Animated: A high-energy Ted",
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"cut off fingers and ears of others. 'The people",
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"social workers in Birkenstocks with long beards,'",
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"transnational drug cartels.' Obamacare is a",
"Republican hobby horse Cruz rides almost as much",
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"system, the Little Sisters of the Poor are",
"opposing that mandate. ''Let me give you a simple",
"rule of thumb,' he cracked: 'If you're litigating",
"against nuns, you've probably done something",
"wrong.' Rock star: In conservative circles, the",
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"2016 and signs autographs wherever he appears in",
"public . Near the end of his remarks, Cruz bulked",
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"down this wall\".' After audience members in the",
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"conceded that it was 'an interesting slip.'",
"Recovering quickly, Cruz asked: 'Can we possibly",
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(CNN) -- They say the first step to overcoming a problem is realizing you have one in the first place. If you asked me whether I'm addicted to my smartphone or whether I overuse it, I would say absolutely not. I pride myself on not keeping my devices (I have two of them!) in my bedroom while I sleep, and keeping them out of reach on the kitchen counter when I'm home with my kids. But, every time I walk into the kitchen, I find myself checking my email and Twitter feed. There's almost a gravitational pull toward my BlackBerry and iPhone even when I know the chance that there is anything I need to see at that moment is next to zero. I feel that same pull the minute I wake up and make checking my devices one of the first things I do once I get out of bed. Those behaviors alone probably put me in the "you have a problem" camp, but I'm sorry to say there's now even more evidence. I recently took the "Smartphone Abuse Test," an online quiz administered by the Center for Technology and Internet Addiction, one of the few organizations focused on the issue. 'I've got a problem' The quiz asks questions like: "Do you find yourself spending more time on your Smartphone than you realize?" and "Do you feel reluctant to be without your Smartphone, even for a short time?" If you answer "yes" to more than five of the 15 questions, "you might benefit by examining how much time you spend on your Smartphone," according to the quiz. I answered "yes" to 11 questions. I've got a problem, and I'm not alone. Dr. David Greenfield, the director of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, says around 90% of Americans would fall in the category of overusing, abusing or misusing their devices, according to a recent nationwide telephone survey he did with 1,000 people in conjunction with AT&T. "The analogy that I use is right before they go to bed, the last thing they do before they pass out is check their phone and the minute they open their eyes, they check their phone," said Greenfield during an interview. "Doesn't that sound like a smoker? This is what we used to hear with smokers is that the last thing they would do before they go to bed is they'd have their last cigarette." 61% of respondents in the survey said they regularly sleep with their cell or smartphone turned on under their pillow or next to their bed, and more than 50% feel uncomfortable when they leave their smartphone at home or in the car, or when they have no service or their phone is broken. Signs you are truly addicted . Greenfield, who is also author of "Virtual Addiction: Help for Netheads, Cyber Freaks and Those Who Love Them," says fewer people would actually be classified as addicted to their devices. That number is around 10 to 12%, according to his latest research. "What puts somebody in that category is they are using it to a point where they are experiencing some degree of withdrawal. They are developing intolerance, meaning they are using it more and more," said Greenfield, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. "They are using it like a drug so they're bored, they pick up the phone. They're tired, they pick up the phone. They're lazy, they pick up their phone. They're angry, they pick up the phone. They're lonely, they pick up the phone." To fall into the addicted camp, Greenfield also says your smartphone use has to have "some deleterious impact on a major life sphere, whether it's an impact on your work, your academic performance, your home life, primary relationship, parenting, legal status." "Let's say you get pulled over and get a ticket for texting and driving. There has to be some negative impact generally for us to say you have a problem," Greenfield said. And while the majority of Americans wouldn't be classifed as addicted, and are more likely overusing their devices, there is a fair amount of denial at work, he said. Greenfield's research found that while 98% of respondents said that texting while driving is dangerous, nearly 75% admit having done it. "Just like drinking and driving, people have a very poor perception of impact, so, in other words, people will be doing their normal thing," he said. "They'll be driving and balancing their cell phone and drinking their coffee, and they'll say to you, and they'll mean it, that they are not impacted ... but actually we know from a lot of data and research that that is absolutely not true." PHOTOS: Our mobile 'addiction' So how else can you tell if you might be addicted to your smartphone or if you fall in the larger category of your smartphone use getting out of hand? I asked on social media and got a tremendous response from people who were on their smartphones at the time! Here are ten of my favorite responses: . Ten signs you may have a problem . 1. When you check your phone to see the current temperature instead of opening a window, and/or when you check your phone to see the current time instead of looking at the watch that's right on your wrist. (I just did this!) 2. When you have to consciously say to your spouse "Let's put our phones away" while watching TV because it's more common that they're out than away. 3. If you are answering emails in a dimly lit reception area while waiting for your massage therapist to destress you, you may have a problem. (OK, I've done this too!) 4. When your kids have to text you their carry-out orders because you've lost the ability to retain information that is not received on your phone. 5. When you hope you hit a bunch of red lights on the way home so you can comment on a Facebook post. 6. When one of your daughter's first drawings of you has a BlackBerry in your hand. 7. When you wake up, you grab your phone and check it before you get up to pee. 8. When you drop a phone on your face because you're dozing off. 9. When you choose your clothing based on the best pockets to hold your phone. 10. When you are staring at photos you took on your phone while the actual moment is taking place right in front of you. (Done that too!) I promised ten but here is one more that cracked me up: If you let your lunch get cold so you could answer a query -- on your smartphone -- about signs you may have a problem with your devices. Do you think you are addicted to your smartphone or have a problem with how much you use it? Tell Kelly Wallace on Twitter or CNN Living on Facebook.
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Online quiz allows people to assess if they have a problem with their smartphone use .
90% overuse or misuse their devices, according to Center for Internet and Technology Addiction .
About 10 to 12% are addicted to their smartphones, says organization's director .
61% sleep with their smartphones in their bedrooms, according to new survey .
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"I sleep, and keeping them out of reach on the",
"kitchen counter when I'm home with my kids. But,",
"every time I walk into the kitchen, I find myself",
"checking my email and Twitter feed. There's",
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"and iPhone even when I know the chance that there",
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"up and make checking my devices one of the first",
"things I do once I get out of bed. Those",
"behaviors alone probably put me in the \"you have",
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"even more evidence. I recently took the",
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"administered by the Center for Technology and",
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"quiz asks questions like: \"Do you find yourself",
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"If you answer \"yes\" to more than five of the 15",
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"Dr. David Greenfield, the director of the Center",
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"around 90% of Americans would fall in the",
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"devices, according to a recent nationwide",
"telephone survey he did with 1,000 people in",
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Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- An explosion near a bus station left five people dead and 12 others injured in northern Nigeria, police said Thursday morning. The blast occurred in Azare town in Bauchi state on Wednesday night. A man left a bag filled with explosives outside a bus station in the town, which went off, witnesses said. "We are investigating the matter and we'll get the culprits behind it," said Mohammed Haruna, a spokesman for the state police."It's premature to comment on whether Boko Haram are behind the attack." Azare is the second-largest town in the state. Boko Haram militants have attacked the town several times, especially in 2011 and 2012. The militant group, which aims to institute Sharia law, has targeted northern areas including Yobe, Kano, Bauchi, Borno and Kaduna. Aminu Abubakr contributed from Bauchi and Lillian Leposo from Abuja .
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Police: It's too early to tell whether Boko Haram militants are behind it .
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By . Stewart Maclean . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 22 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:13 EST, 22 June 2012 . Dozens of Zimbabwean MPs are due to be circumcised in parliament today as part of a high profile anti-HIV drive in the country. Up to 68 politicians are to voluntarily go under the knife to show their commitment to fighting the killer disease in the African nation. The MPs are all due to undergo the operation today at a makeshift clinic set up inside the parliament building in Zimbabwe's capital Harare. Under the knife: A doctor performs a circumcision on an unidentified Zimbabwean politician in Harare today, as the country's anti-HIV drive continues . The scheduled surgery is part of a high profile anti-HIV drive organised by the campaign group Zimbabwe Parliamentarians Against HIV and Aids. Chairman Blessing Chebundo told the independent NewsDay newspaper dozens of MPs had already agreed to undergo voluntary testing and counselling sessions in parliament. He said: 'The response by MPs was very high and we are now doing group counselling sessions to prepare us for the main event on Friday. Mr Chebundo told NewsDay all uncircumcised male MPs were being encouraged to undergo the operation, which is thought to reduce the risk of HIV infection by up to 60 percent. He added that female parliamentarians had been invited to bring in their male spouses to take part in the novel public scheme. The MPs' circumcisions form part of a major campaign against HIV in Zimbabwe. Deadly: Around a million people are said to be infected with HIV in Zimbabwe . Around a million people in the country are believed to be infected with the deadly sexually-transmitted disease, which if left untreated can lead to the break down of a patient's immune system. The figure represents around 14 . percent of Zimbabwe's population but is a vast improvement on higher . levels of HIV prevalence seen in previous years. Around . 70,000 men are believed to have been voluntarily circumcised since 2009 . as part of a government drive to tackle the disease. The suggestion that MPs should sign up to the scheme was made last year by Zimbabwe's deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe. At the time many MPs spoke out aggressively against the idea. However . dozens have since agreed to take part in the programme in the belief . doing so publicly could help tackle the stigma of HIV. The . killer disease is controllable with drugs and Zimbabwe is one of . several African countries which has seen its rate of infection decline. However . experts believe thousands of people remain at risk of becoming infected . due to unsafe sexual habits and poor education about the disease. The . problem is widely believed to be exacerbated by a stigma around HIV . which prevents some people from discussing it or even agreeing to have . their status tested.
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Prosecutors in the sentencing retrial of the lurid case of Jodi Arias finished his opening statements Tuesday by telling jurors the Arizona murderer deserves the harshest sentence of them all. 'The only just punishment in this case is death,' Juan Martinez told the Maricopa County Superior Court. The sentencing retrial of Arias, 34, started with a new jury and opening statements by lawyers to decide whether the convicted murderer should live or die after the brutal killing of her ex-boyfriend. Scroll down for video . Calls for her head: Jody Arias was already looking exhausted as opening statements began in her lurid sentencing retrial where prosecutors were swift to tell jurors that only a death sentence befits her crime . Jodi Arias pictured today in the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona as the opening statements in her death penalty phase retrial begins . The 34-year-old Arias was convicted of murder last year but the first jury was deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty or life in prison . Mentally ill: Jodi Arias defense attorney Kirk Nurmi argued his client is mentally ill and should not, therefor, be executed . Arias had her hair cut to shoulder-length for her return to the courtroom and appeared to have it dyed darker. She was wearing a new pair of nude-framed glasses - perhaps because earlier this month, a Phoenix food bank auctioned off the glasses she wore at the original trial and raised close to $1,000 for charity. Also on Tuesday, defense lawyer Kirk Nurmi began opening statements, telling jurors it was up to them to write the final chapter to the story. He warned the jury that it will see graphic evidence about the killing and relationship between Arias and victim Travis Alexander - but said she should not be executed because she is mentally ill. Prosecutor Martinez proved his point by showing jurors a picture of Arias' victim, ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, with his throat slit. 'This is how much she loved him,' Martinez told the jury, according to ABC. The victims' siblings were in court today along with Arias' parents and brother. Arias was convicted of murder last year but the first jury was deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty or life in prison. That required a new jury and trial to decide her punishment. A new jury that was picked over the past several weeks will listen as the former waitress tries to make another case that her life should be spared. Four hundred people were called as prospective jurors. Many of them were cut after they said they either made up their minds about the case or knew too much to be impartial. Some jurors cited their objection to the death penalty. They won't consider whether or not she's guilty - that's already been decided. The retrial is expected to last into December. Arias stabbed and slashed Alexander nearly 30 times, slit his throat so deeply she nearly decapitated him and shot him in the forehead. Complicated process: Four hundred people were called as prospective jurors. Many of them were cut after they said they either made up their minds about the case or knew too much to be impartial. Some jurors cited their objection to the death penalty. Judge Sherry Stephens has shut the media and public out of nearly every hearing in the case and drawn complaints from First Amendment lawyers that she has gone too far . Arias was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of former boyfriend Travis Alexander, but the jury deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty or life in prison. Now defense attorney Kirk Numi (pictured) is facing off against prosecutors in a battle where Arias' life, and fate, hang in the balance . She left his body in his shower where friends found him about five days later at his suburban Phoenix home. She acknowledged she killed Alexander, but claimed it was self-defense after he attacked her. Prosecutors said it was premeditated murder carried out in a jealous rage after the victim wanted to end their affair and planned a trip to Mexico with another woman. Weeks after Arias was convicted, the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on her punishment. Her attorneys have since sought, unsuccessfully, to dismiss the death penalty as an option. If another deadlock occurs, the death penalty would automatically be removed as an option, leaving a judge to sentence Arias to one of two options: life in prison or life in prison with the possibility of release after 25 years. Arias, pictured in court on January 9, 2013, must now convince the jury at her retrial that she does not deserve the death penalty for the brutal slaying of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander . At her last trial, she testified for 18 days, describing for jurors an abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs, a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander, and her contention that he was physically abusive . Jodi Arias was found guilty of the murder of Travis Alexander in 2008 after slitting his throat so deeply she nearly decapitated him and shooting him in the forehead . Arias left the body of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in his shower where friends found him days later at his suburban Phoenix home. Crime scene pictures from the first trial (pictured) revealed the brutal nature of the killing . Left for days: Alexander was here, in this shower, for around five days before friends found his decaying body . The sentencing retrial will be a mini-trial of sorts to get a fresh jury - of 12 women and six men, including six alternates - up to speed on the case. At her last trial, she testified for 18 days, describing for jurors an abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs, a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander, and her contention that he was physically abusive. Her first trial drew a global following and inspired spectators to wait in line in the middle of the night to get a coveted seat in the courtroom. This time around, the judge has ruled that cameras can record the proceedings, but nothing can be broadcast until after the verdict. Judge Sherry Stephens has shut the media and public out of nearly every hearing in the case and drawn complaints from First Amendment lawyers that she has gone too far. Judge Stephens said the hearing closures are intended to protect Arias' right to an impartial jury. Attorney David Bodney, who represents several media outlets fighting for transparency in the case, said there have been repeated violations of the public's constitutional right to attend proceedings in the case. The costs of defending Arias have topped $2.5 million and will mount during a second penalty phase. Prosecutors have declined to provide their costs to try the case. At her last trial (Arias pictured in February last year), she testified for 18 days, describing for jurors an abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs, a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander and her contention that he was physically abusive .
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The 34-year-old murderer appeared today as the jurors were sworn in at the court in Phoenix, Arizona .
Arias was convicted of murder last year but the first jury was deadlocked on whether to give her the death penalty or life in prison .
Arias stabbed and slashed ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander nearly 30 times, slit his throat so deeply she nearly decapitated him before she shot him .
Alexander's siblings and Arias' parents were in court on Tuesday .
At last trial, she testified about an abusive childhood, cheating boyfriends, dead-end jobs and a shocking sexual relationship with Alexander .
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Time named Pope Francis its person of the year Wednesday after nine months of a papacy that has brought accolades from reformers, raised fears among conservatives, and drawn widespread adulation from people around the world for his man-of-the-people ways. "He took the name of a humble saint and then called for a church of healing," Time wrote in its announcement. "The septuagenarian superstar is poised to transform a place that measures change by the century." Following him in the top five were NSA leaker Edward Snowden, gay rights activist Edith Windsor, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. The top 10 also included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, singer Miley Cyrus, U.S. President Barack Obama, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and human services. 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"He's talking about homosexuality, about giving women a bigger say in the church. These are things that are very, very important. They're not just words. He's actually following them up with action," Ghosh said. The Vatican welcomed Time's selection, while making it clear the man so widely recognized for his humility didn't seek the award and didn't want its light to shine on him but on the mission of the church. "We think that the declaration of the Pope as the man of the year is a positive sign. because it is a very prestigious declaration, given to a man that announces the love of God and the peace for all," the Rev. Federico Lombardi told reporters. "And the Pope does not look for honors, but he is happy if his message -- his message of the love of good -- is received and understood. And then, in this sense, he can be happy of this declaration." A pope of many firsts . Francis, formerly known as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, is known as a humble man, a capable administrator and -- as expected of a new pope -- a man of great faith. He is also a man of many firsts: the first non-European pope in the modern era, the first pontiff from South America, and the first Jesuit to be elected head of the Roman Catholic Church. In his first public act, the new pope broke with tradition by asking the estimated 150,000 people packed into St. Peter's Square to pray for him, rather than blessing the crowd first. He later controversially washed the feet of a young woman at a juvenile prison in Rome in a ceremony that's traditionally been restricted to men. In a recent letter to the church, he admonished leaders to focus on helping the poor and broken above all else. "I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security," he wrote. And he has revitalized an ancient church office dedicated to aiding the poor. Francis appointed a new head of the office of the Vatican Almoner, instructing him to spend his time outside the Vatican looking for people to help. "You can sell your desk," Francis told the new almoner, Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, Time reported. "You don't need it. You need to get out of the Vatican. Don't wait for people to come ringing. You need to go out and look for the poor." Francis has also stirred controversy among some conservatives for trying to steer the church away from focus on social issues such as contraception, abortion and same-sex marriage. In what has been seen as a conciliatory tone toward homosexuals, he has said he was in no position to judge gays. Pope's past . Francis, 76, was born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936. The son of an Italian immigrant, he trained as a chemist before deciding to become a priest. He was ordained by the Jesuits in 1969 and became co-archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1997, then sole archbishop of that city one year later. He was made a cardinal in 2001 and was president of the Argentine bishops conference from 2005 to 2011. As cardinal, Francis clashed with the government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over his opposition to same-sex marriage and free distribution of contraceptives. He was runner-up in the 2005 papal conclave, behind then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, according to a profile by CNN Vatican analyst John Allen published by the National Catholic Reporter. The new pope brings together the first and the developing worlds, Allen wrote. Besides his Italian roots, Francis studied theology in Germany. His career coincided with the so-called Dirty War in Argentina, which lasted from 1976 to 1983. It is estimated that as many as 30,000 people were killed or disappeared during the country's military dictatorship. The church was seen by some as not having done enough in that period. In a complaint filed three days before the 2005 conclave, Francis was accused of complicity in the 1976 kidnapping of two liberal Jesuit priests, Allen wrote. Francis reportedly denied the charge. He is known for his simplicity and has a reputation of being a voice for the poor. Full profile .
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Francis has "changed perceptions of the church," Time's international editor says .
Vatican calls honor "a positive sign" that brings attention to issues of faith .
Francis is the first non-European pope in the modern era and the first from South America .
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A coal train operator is missing after his train was derailed and pushed into a flowing water by a landslide in remote, mountainous Canada. Mining giant Rio Tinto confirmed the train was found in the waterway below the narrow mountain railroad and that company officials are urgently trying to find the missing driver. Authorities are also working to contain diesel that leaked spilled from the train into the water. Scroll down for video . An aerial view of the train which derailed while heading north of the town of Sept-Ales, in Quebec . It's believed a landslide caused the train to derail, sending it crashing into the water below . The train was carrying empty freight cars from the town of Sept-Ales, in Quebec, when it was derailed by a river feeding into the Gulf of St Lawrence. Derailments have become a particularly sensitive issue in Canada since a crude oil train crash in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, in July 2013 that killed 47 people. The company said all railway traffic was suspended until further notice. 'We will do our own investigation to determine the cause,' said Claudine Gagnon, a spokeswoman for Rio Tinto. 'Our priority is to find our employee.' A representative of Quebec's environment ministry confirmed diesel had leaked into the water, but could not say how much. He noted that the locomotive carried about 17,000 liters of diesel. 'We are now working to minimize the impact of the derailment on the river.' Iron Ore Company of Canada, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, owns and operates the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, which links its mine to port facilities. The railway also carries iron ore from Cliffs Natural Resources' Bloom Lake mine. A Cliffs spokeswoman said it was too early to speculate about the impact of the derailment. Mrs Gagnon said the line mainly carries ore for Iron Ore Company of Canada and other clients. Trains also carry general freight, including fuel, material and equipment for mining companies and the communities of Wabush and Labrador City in Newfoundland and Labrador and Schefferville, Quebec. Mining giant Rio Tinto, which operates the line, said it was working to locate the train operator, who is still missing . The line is used twice a week for passenger service, with the next scheduled departure from Sept-ÃŽles on Monday. The July 2013 derailment in July also had only a one operator, an unusual practice in the North American railway industry. The only other railway cleared to run one-person trains in Canada was the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway. Quebec Provincial Police said they received a call about 7:30am yesterday about the train's derailment in a remote location north of Sept-AŽles. Police had difficulty accessing the site, about 950 kilometers northeast of Montreal. Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp owns 15 percent of the company, and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp owns 26 percent.
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A new diagnostic test for the Ebola virus which produces results in 15 minutes is set to be trialled in Guinea - the epicentre of the current outbreak. The new test is six times faster than those currently used, and aims to speed up the diagnosis of cases. It will be trialled in a treatment centre in Conakry, the West African nation's capital. Early detection of the virus leads to better infection control as medical staff can identify and isolate confirmed cases of Ebola faster, and start treating patients sooner. Ultimately it is hoped a faster test will reduce the spread of the highly contagious disease, and slow the spiralling death rates. More than 5,600 people have died during the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organisation. Scroll down for video . A new test for Ebola, which produces results within 15 minutes, will be trialled at a treatment centre in Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Pictured, health workers carry a suspected patient to a centre for treatment . The vast majority of victims are from Guinea, where the epidemic started in December last year, and neighbouring Sierra Leone and Liberia. The new trial is one of six health research projects that have been jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the UK Government's Department for International Development. Led by researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, the new test will be deployed using a 'mobile suitcase laboratory', which is designed for settings where there are few resources. The portable lab includes a solar panel, a power pack and a results reader, the size of a small laptop. The reagent substance used in the test are available as dried pellets, meaning they can be used and transported at room temperature. Similarly to the tests currently in use, the new diagnostic tool detects the genetic material of the virus. The pilot trial will test whether the reagent substance is safe and effective to use with Ebola patients' blood and saliva samples. Dr Val Snewin, international activities manager at the Wellcome Trust, said: 'A reliable, 15-minute test that can confirm cases of Ebola would be a key tool for effective management of the Ebola outbreak - allowing patients to be identified, isolated and cared for as soon as possible. 'It not only gives patients a better chance of survival, but it prevents transmission of the virus to other people. The virus has killed more than 5,600 people - the vast majority in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia . It is hoped the new test will help speed up diagnosis, meaning patients can be treatment quicker. Ultimately, the aim is to slow transmission and halt the death rate. A suspected Ebola patient is taken to a centre in Patrice near Macenta in Guinea . 'This pilot study is particularly promising because researchers have considered how to make the test suitable for use in remote field hospitals, where resources - such as electricity and cold storage - are often in short supply.' International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: 'Britain's first Ebola laboratory is already up and running in Sierra Leone and two more are currently being constructed. 'Together these will quadruple the number of tests that can be carried out every day and helping contain the spread of Ebola. 'The UK is doing everything possible to help the Government of Sierra Leone tackle and ultimately defeat Ebola. 'Funding this ground-breaking research will develop new ways of diagnosing suspected cases even more quickly and stop more people suffering from this deadly virus.' Funding for these projects has been made available from an existing £6.5 million research initiative, Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC), which is jointly funded by DFID and the Wellcome Trust.
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It is six times faster than those currently used to test for Ebola .
The new test will be trialled at a treatment centre in Conkary, Guinea .
It is hoped a faster test will reduce the spread of the disease and halt death rates, which currently total more than 5,600 .
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By . Jonny Singer . Great Britain’s dressage team are the first to have qualified for the Rio Olympics in 2016 after an impressive showing from Charlotte Dujardin at the World Equestrian Games. The 29-year-old, with Valegro, scored the highest mark of the day – 85.271 – to catapult the British team into second place overall. That meant the side qualified for Brazil alongside Germany and Holland. Riding well: Charlotte Dujardin achieved the highest mark of the day to push Britain up to second place . ‘It’s been a great team effort,’ said Dujardin. ‘We had a good chance of getting a bronze so to come away with a silver is beyond everyone’s expectations.’ Dujardin won two gold medals in London two years ago in the team and individual dressage on the same horse. She was awarded an OBE in 2013. Success: Team GB celebrate their Olympic qualification after winning the silver medal in Caen .
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Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas beat 49-year-old Glen Lich with a piece of steel rebar repeatedly .
Lich has given Hernandez-Llanas a job helping with renovations at his ranch near Kerrville in exchange for free accommodations .
Hernandez-Llanas was in the U.S. illegally and escaped from a Mexican prison where he was service time for a murder conviction .
He is the sixth person executed in Texas this year .
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By . Phil Vinter . PUBLISHED: . 12:11 EST, 6 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:39 EST, 6 April 2012 . She may be tiny, but Milly the Puerto Rican chihuahua is on the verge of something big - being officially recognised as the most petite pooch on the planet. The current record holder is Boo Boo, another chihuahua from the U.S state of Kentucky, but Milly, who lives with her Argentine owners in the north east Puerto Rican town of Vega Alta, hopes to punch above her 170g weight to earn her place in the Guinness Book of Records. After she was born three months ago the family believed that Milly would grow, but having maintained the same height of just 6.53cm for three weeks they began to think that the pedigree pup might be able to knock Boo Boo from the top dog spot that she has held since February 2008. Dog-eared: The owners of Milly the chihuahua are going to present the . dog to the Guinness Book of Records because they believe she is the . smallest in the world . Pocket pedigree: Weighing just 170gms and measuring a miniscule 6.53cm in height the chihuahua from Puerto Rico requires special care . Measuring in at 10.16cm Boo Boo towers over the new pretender to the throne and miniscule Milly's carer Rivera Eizzal believes her pedigree puppy has got it in the (doggy) bag. Ms Eizzal, said: 'Milly . was so small she could not breastfeed due to the tiny size of her mouth. 'To get an idea of . just how petite she is, when she was first born she received milk from an eyedropper.' The . animal is constantly accompanied by Ms Eizzil or by her owner, . Argentinian Vanessa Semler, who is dedicated to rearing chihuahuas in . Puerto Rico. Puppy love: Milly is three months old and has maintained the same height since she was just three weeks old . Beautiful bowwow: At the same age as Milly is now current World's Smallest Dog Boo Boo was more than twice as big . Ms . Semler says caring for Milly takes effort, but explains that she and . her husband, Edwin Davila, have no children so they have the time to . focus their energies on their pet project. A judge from the Guinness Book of Records is due to travel to Puerto Rico in the coming months to clarify Milly's size and measurements which will then be sent from the island to be officially confirmed. Chihuahuas originated from the state of Mexico that carries same name and they usually reach a height of between 15cm and 25cm. Boo Boo is a long-haired, female chihuahua who is owned by Lana Elswick of Raceland, Kentucky. Dog fight: Boo Boo, a long-haired, female chihuahua is the current . holder of the title of World's Smallest Dog. She measures 10.16cm tall . and is owned by Lana Elswick of Raceland, Kentucky . Record holder: When she was first born Milly received milk from an . eyedropper because her mouth was so tiny. The animal is constantly . accompanied by her carer or by her owner, Argentinian Vanessa Semler, who is . dedicated to rearing chihuahuas in Puerto Rico .
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HBO series True Detective is the TV phenomenon of the year. And while Carrie Bradshaw and her Sex and the City girls embraced New York City as an extra character in their show, detectives Rustin 'Rust' Cohle and Marty Hart have an imposing - if slightly dangerous - version of Louisiana as their backdrop. The southern American state is drenched in drama and history, and as the thrilling TV manhunt reveals a darker side to the sleepy Southern stretch travel fans are treated to a display of fascinating nature and architecture. The sweeping landscape shots including bayou banks, lush fields and sprawling trees play a huge part in adding to the show's cinematic style. So taking inspiration from the hot show and its brooding stars we look at five ways to enjoy Louisiana (that don't involve serial killers, corduroy suits or CID squads). Scroll down for video . TV talent: Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey star in True Detective, a crime series set in Louisiana . Drama: Matthew McConaughey plays 'Rust' Cohle and Woody Harrelson plays Marty Hart, two men trying to come to terms with themselves and each other . Drive the Creole country: There's a lot . of car chat between the two . detectives. There's also a lot of psychobabble from Cohle that we can't . really understand but the scenery is so pretty that we don't mind. In . their Drives of a Lifetime book the National Geographic recommends . taking a trip along the Cane River Road, a 70mile loop that starts and ends in Natchitoches . and is the perfect way to learn about the state's Creole culture, derived from . French settlers and African slaves. The 'Culinary Trails: Louisiana app' is also a brilliant way for foodies to explore the area by car, offering information on, and directions to, the best local restaurants from five-star eateries to mom-and-pop diners. Grand: Old plantations are dotted throughout the countryside and many are now serving as tourist sites . Take a cocktail tour: Booze and . bars feature heavily in the series and while we definitely wouldn't . condone turning to the bottle with quite as much enthusiasm as Detective . Cohle there's no denying that the people of Louisiana know how to enjoy . a drink. New Orleans is king when it comes to cocktails, holding the . honour of inventing the drink in the form of the Sazerac, when local . chemists mixed cognac with absinthe and bitters as a medicinal tonic. The Gray Line company . offers a cocktail-based walking tour of the city's pretty French Quarter . that acts as a history tour with a twist, including tipples such as . the Hurricane, the Mint Julep and the Gin Fizz. Old booze in New Orleans: The Sazerac, the world's first cocktail, was invented in the Louisiana city . Get woo'd with Voodoo: Dark magic is an underlying theme of the show, taking the form of twig people, . cult fiction and a exploration of Mardi Gras. Louisiana, and more . specifically New Orleans, is the home of Voodoo practice in the U.S and . 'psychics' and tarot readers line the streets of the city ready to swap . your money for their insight. A more comprehensive way of learning about . the African magic might be a visit to the quirky Voodoo Museum, whose . owner's great-great-grandmother claimed to have been brought up with . a Voodoo Queen (and if you can't make it all the way to Louisiana the . museum offers handy telephone readings for just $40). Bourbon Street: Voodoo, blues and booze rule in the French Quarter . The agents spend most of their time on location in the fields and swamps of the 'Pelican' state . Spooky: Abandoned houses and churches on the banks of the bayou feature throughout . Paddle the bayou: The . slow-moving water of Louisiana is the perfect way to explore the area's . distinctive landscape and some of the waterways of the state parks feature . protected wildlife areas that feature families of fierce-looking alligators. If . rowing or paddling around reptiles isn't your idea of a good holiday then there are yacht charters galore, or a trip on one . of the original Mississippi mud steamers is a more civilized way to . watch Louisiana go by. Request an . official travel guide from the Tourist Board at LouisianaTravel.com . which features information on all of these options. Wild waterways: Huge trees and alligator-infested rivers . Release your inner nature-lover at Pelican Island: . In the show the remote Pelican Island is the setting for a rather . terrifying cliff-hanger, in real life the island is just as remote, . buried at the very Southern tip of the state, but you don't need to . visit Pelican Island to see the birds in their natural habitat as they . are all over the place. Not . a bird fan? Why not go and see the 'other' Pelicans on the basketball . court at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans (see NBA.com for game . details). Green: An aerial view of grazing lands beside the Red River, near Shreveport, in Northern Louisiana .
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HBO series is set entirely in the state of Louisiana .
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson star as troubled detectives .
Over 26million people visited the state in 2012 .
True Blood and Treme TV shows also based there .
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". and is the perfect way to learn about the",
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By . Daily Mail Reporter . A staggering 800 police officers across England and Wales are currently off sick with stress-related illnesses, it was reported today. A survey of the 43 police forces found that smaller, largely rural forces have some of the highest proportions of officers off work with stress. In total 787 officers were listed as currently signed off for stress, but as only 35 forces responded to the Freedom of Information request the real figure could be much higher. The latest allegations about the finances of the Federation - described by one source as just the tip of the iceberg (stock picture) It means the taxpayer is footing the bill which is estimated to be just under £29 million a year. However, it is not known how long each officer has been signed off. Experienced police constables earn . £36,500 a year while senior officers earn much more, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The pay scale for a superintendent rises to £72,585 a year. The highest sick rate was in Derbyshire Constabulary, which reported 30 officers were signed off with stress, amounting to 1.64 per cent of their total number. In comparison, the Metropolitan Police - . by far the biggest force in England and Wales - reported 101 officers . were off with stress, amounting to just 0.33 per cent of their total . numbers. The second highest proportion of officers off sick was West Midlands, with 1.58 per cent. The Metropolitan Police - by far the biggest force in England and Wales - reported 101 officers were off with stress, amounting to just 0.33 per cent of their total numbers . And the third was in Bedfordshire - the fourth smallest force in the country - which reported 1.56 per cent, or 17 of its 1,092 officers. Greater Manchester Police, the second largest force in England and Wales, had 71 officers off with stress, or 0.99 per cent of their 7,200 total. Workers will be referred for health assessments if they are sick for more than four weeks under a new scheme to be launched by the Department for Work and Pensions. Under the Health and Work Service scheme, assessments will carried out by occupational specialists to draw up a plan and timetable to get the patient back to work quickly. Employees will be referred by a GP or their employer but the assessments are not compulsory. Up to 960,000 workers in Britain were on sick leave for more than a month each year between October 2010 and September 2013, according to new figures released by the DWP. Employers face a yearly bill of around £9 billion for sick pay and associated costs, with individuals missing out on £4 billion a year in lost earnings. The DWP believes the scheme, to be launched in England, Scotland and Wales, will save employers £70 million a year and cut the time people spend off work by 20 per cent to 40 per cent. Across England and Wales there were 128,350 officers at the end of September 2013, a drop of nearly 3,500 in 12 months and the lowest number since September 2002. The figures come on the back of savage budget cuts being enforced. When the Coalition came to power it said it would reduce government police grants by 20 per cent over the four years to 2015. As a result the number of officers in England and Wales will fall by 16,000 from 140,000 and pay and pensions are being shaken up. A spokesman for the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, told The Sunday Telegraph: 'Our members are being asked to do more and more with fewer resources and while they have risen admirably to the challenge it is inevitable that the increased pressures they’re facing will have an impact on their health and wellbeing.' Phil Mason, Derbyshire's head of human resources, said: 'We are surprised that our stress-related absences are higher than other police forces as we do benchmark overall absence with other forces and there has been no indication that our absence levels are significantly higher.' 'Derbyshire Constabulary offers all staff a full confidential care employee assistance programme which includes counselling and emotional support. We offer referrals to our Occupational Support Unit to assist officers with stress-related conditions, recovery and a return to work plan.'
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(CNN) -- A bill that would keep sealed some photos and documents from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting investigation passed overwhelmingly in the Connecticut legislature early Wednesday. The new legislation blocks public disclosure of any visual images depicting those who died in the shooting on grounds that release of the images would "constitute an unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of the victim or the victim's surviving family members," according to the bill. The bill passed in the state Senate just after 1:30 a.m., with 33 senators voting in favor of the bill and two voting against. It passed in the state House at 2 a.m. on a vote of 130 in favor, and two against. Lawmakers were working late hours to clear legislation before scheduled adjournment this week. The bill would prevent any graphic visual evidence of slain individuals from being released even through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filings. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy supports the measure and is expected to sign it later this week, said deputy press secretary David Bednarz. Newtown school district to get $1.3 million from Education Department . All 911 recordings will still be publicly available, as well as audio recordings of first-responders, fire fighters and police. However, any audio recordings with graphic descriptions of a victims' bodies will be redacted. A task force will also be established to "consider and make recommendations regarding the balance between victim privacy under the Freedom of Information Act and the public's right to know," the bill says. An earlier draft of the bill limited the new legislation specifically to the Newtown case. However, the final draft passed Wednesday was expanded to include all homicide victims in Connecticut. "My goal with this legislation was to provide some measure of protection for the families affected by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. But the fact is, all families have a right to grieve in private. Those who lose loved ones to violence have a right to protect themselves against further anguish," Malloy said in a statement. State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney represents the Newtown area and was a chief proponent of the bill. He commended the families of Newtown victims for speaking out in support of the measure. "The families have shown tremendous courage in coming to the Capitol and publicly asking the legislature to protect their privacy rights with respect to the graphic evidence and crime scene photographs of their murdered children and loved ones," said McKinney, a Republican. The new law drew concern from others who feared the bill would limit freedom of information and hamper future investigations. State Sen. Ed Meyer, one of two senators who voted against the bill, noted that the Newtown crimes were committed on public property and the photos and recordings were taken by public officers. "The suppression of horrific crimes committed on public property and recorded by public officials is not consistent with a free and open society," Meyer, a Democrat, wrote in a statement. Sandy Hook task force recommends demolition and rebuilding . Meyer, a father of six and grandfather of 13, said he identifies greatly with the sadness that Newtown families feel, but believes that withholding certain pieces of evidence from the public will have long-term negative effects. "The more we understand about our ugliness, the better chance we have to overcome that ugliness. Suppression of horrific conduct, as this bill dictates, invites history to repeat itself," Meyer said. McKinney noted that while he has been a strong advocate of freedom-of-information laws, he was "unapologetic" about supporting the efforts of Newtown families to keep gruesome photos and details from public view. The final bill required extensive compromise from both, requiring all members of Connecticut's General Assembly "to balance deeply held beliefs and important public policy values," the governor said. Malloy commended the legislators "on coming to an agreement that respects the privacy of grieving families." All future FOIA requests will go through the Freedom of Information Commission in Connecticut. Commission members will now have to weigh whether to publicly disclose images based on this new law, said Brett R. Cody, spokesman for McKinney. Requests for evidence will continue to be considered carefully, but "when privacy rights of victims and their families outweigh freedom of information, those privacy rights will be protected," said Cody. The passage of the bill comes just under seven months after a lone gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. After fatally shooting his mother at home, Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six educators before taking his own life. Newtown shooting details revealed in newly released documents .
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The bill would prevent release of any graphic visuals of slain individuals .
The original bill was designed specifically to protect families of the Newtown shooting victims .
The final draft was expanded to include all homicide victims in Connecticut .
20 children and 6 educators died in the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary .
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By . Peter Rugg . A Texas judge has ruled that an inmate with the critical thinking ability of a first-grader is responsible for spending the last 34 years incarcerated on an overturned murder conviction because he never asked for a new trial. Jerry Hartfield, 56, has been behind bars without a new trial since 1980. But in a recent ruling, Judge Craig Estlinbaum decided that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had not been violated. While Estlinbaum found the state negligent in failing to retry Hartfield, and agreed that the man's ability to adequately defend himself had sharply diminished, he also found that it was essentially Hartfield's own fault. Jerry Hartfield remains in prison 34 years after his murder conviction was overturned because he never knew to ask for a new trial . As The Atlantic put it, that's more than 12,000 days waiting for justice. The Bay City native was convicted of robbing and killing a bus station worker in 1976, the Daily News reported. Hartfield's IQ has been estimated at . around 51. He has long maintained his innocence, claiming police used a . false confession in the case. He was initially sentenced to die but in 1980 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction, ruling that a juror had been improperly dismissed for airing concerns about capital punishment. Prosecutors have tried and failed twice to get the court to reconsider. Since then, Hartfield's case has met with one legal obstacle after another. Hartfield was on death row before a Texas governor commuted his sentence in the wake of his overturned conviction . In 1983, then-Governor Mark White commuted his sentence to life at the request of prison officials. According to Jeffrey Newberry of the Texas Innocent Project, it's uncertain whether White even knew the conviction had been overturned. But, Newberry added, the commutation was actually issued in error. 'He couldn't commute the sentence because there was nothing left to . commute,' Newberry said. 'Mr. Hartfield should . have had a new trial. But he didn't get one.' Because Hartfield had no legal counsel after his trial 'he just sat there,' Newberry said. Hartfield didn't understand he needed to ask for a new trial until a fellow inmate advised him in 2006. 'Someone helped him write documents on his own saying 'Hey, I never got . my new trial,'' Newberry said. Hartfield's IQ is estimated at around 51 and he has long maintained police used a false confession to put him behind bars . Newberry is appealing the most recent ruling, . Hartfield was finally issued a court-appointed attorney after sending in handwritten legal filings. As his case was passed between federal and state courts over the next 8 years, somehow the pick-axe allegedly used in the murder was lost. Even worse for his chances, key witnesses have died. Yet after so many years behind bars, Hartfield said he is not bitter and has become a Christian. 'Being a God-fearing person, he doesn't allow me to be bitter,' he said in a 2013 interview. 'He allows me to be forgiving.' A hearing on separate proceedings to retry his criminal case is scheduled for next month.
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By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:06 EST, 16 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:07 EST, 16 November 2013 . A powerful police chiefs’ ‘jobs for the boys’ empire is to be broken up following a damning report by ex-Army chief General Sir Nick Parker. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and its spin-off businesses run by serving and retired officers make millions of pounds a year from taxpayers and businesses. Two ‘non-profit’ firms set up by ACPO to administer the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme and run by former police officers built up a surplus of £1.9 million from 2008 and 2012. A powerful police chiefs' 'jobs for the boys' empire is to be broken up following a damning report by ex-Army chief General Sir Nick Parker (pictured) Now four years after ACPO’s activities were exposed by The Mail on Sunday it has been told to sever links with commercial enterprises in General Parker’s report. ACPO Vice President Chief Constable Sara Thornton said last night: ‘All chief officers will want to consider General Sir Nick Parker’s report carefully and we will work with Police and Crime Commissioners to take forward the recommendations.’ ACPO Vice President Chief Constable Sara Thornton said chief officers will consider the report carefully .
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At best, the word networking conjures up images of standing awkwardly at a party, delicately balancing a drink in one hand while you exchange cards with someone you will probably never see again. At worst, it brings to mind a hustler who thrusts their card aggressively in your face with barely a hello uttered, all the while scanning over your shoulder for someone more important. Not surprisingly, the very idea is enough to strike terror into the hearts of most introverted workers, who don't relish the idea of walking into a room full of strangers and striking up conversations. But cleverly done, networking can reap huge benefits for career success, says the UK's renowned "networking queen" and "professor of schmooze" Julia Hobsbawm. Hobsbawm, who was recently appointed visiting professor in networking at Cass Business School, at City University, London, says in an increasingly global workforce, workers cannot afford to ignore the competitive edge it can give. See also: To reach the top, do what others won't . Previously perceived as a "soft" skill," Hobsbawm, who also runs networking business Editorial Intelligence, says effective networking will make the difference "between a highly skilled worker and an average worker." "I think professional workers and their employers are going to come to appreciate and understand networking as more of a hard skill than a soft skill," she says. "We take for granted now that certain types of qualifications have to be achieved, and in this global marketplace, where a worker in Nairobi, or a worker in Bombay, or a worker in New York or London, is directly competing with workers they've never met, what will give them the edge is the knowledge skills." Below is an edited version of the full interview with Hobsbawm. CNN: Why do you emphasize networking more than leadership? Julia Hobsbawm: I think the word leadership is overused and possibly overrated. What matters is that people feel productive and stimulated. The trouble with the emphasis on leadership is that it is aspirational but is not always achieved. The point about networking is everybody can be more productive, everybody can be stimulated and everybody can be more engaged. See also: Why we pick bad leaders . So it's not that I want to dismiss leadership, but what I am saying is that we are in a new era, in which we are all islands surrounded by oceans of information and oceans of possibilities and entire oceans of people we might need. The ability to navigate and chart through those oceans is the skills that we are providing. And that's what I am interested in, part of it, is that I would like everybody to love what they do and how they do it. And lots of corporate individuals that we meet expressed a sense of isolation and alienation. CNN: Why do they experience that? JH: They are isolated and the networking they do is largely confined to an old model of a pretty large-scale event, like walking into a room and standing up in the corner. We find the best networking style is in a relaxed environment, where you have a moment to actually look into somebody's face and think, "do I trust what I am seeing here?" That's one of the reasons that women are very good at networking, because we are more naturally blended into our personal and professional personas. That is the shift -- it is not that one does not need to have boundaries and limits, but it is actually OK and will be normal to be more personal than not, in a professional environment. Because we are persons and personalities. CNN: How has social media impacted on traditional networking -- has it made it more effective or the opposite? JH: I think it assisted it in some ways but it has also shown up its own limitations. 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Julia Hobsbawm is professor of networking at the UK's Cass Business School .
She argues that networking distinguishes highly skilled workers from average ones.
'Deep connections' require face-to-face meetings, she says .
Hobsbawm says networking is an emerging academic discipline .
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By . Paul Harris . PUBLISHED: . 17:47 EST, 6 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:12 EST, 6 March 2013 . Remembered: More than 200 people attended Richard Briers's funeral at Chiswick's St Michael and All Angels church near the actor's home in West London yesterday . Had Tom Good been allowed to organise his own funeral, his remains would surely have been finely mulched and scattered on the soil of the Good Life's suburban garden. The guests would have toasted his memory with a glass of home-made pea-pod burgundy, and Margot, perhaps, would have turned up in clothing more appropriate for Claridge's than the cabbage patch. What a splendid final episode it would have made for a TV series that captivated most of the viewing nation, including the Queen, for three years during the 1970s - then went on to win millions more fans through repeats around the world. But the finale they gave yesterday to actor Richard Briers recalled far more than his portrayal of Tom and the self-sufficient life in Surbiton that he and screen wife Barbara championed. Instead, a congregation of family and friends joined a cast list from the last half century of film, theatre, TV and comedy to pay tribute to the real Richard Briers - father, grandfather, family clown to his young grandchildren, lover of Shakespeare, and a man with no pretence at celebrity. Thus, the small church near his West London home became a reunion hall for names and faces long familiar to British audiences, among them Felicity Kendal, who played Barbara, and Penelope Keith, who played Margot, now with a combined age approaching 140. Actors including Bernard Cribbins, Peter Bowles, Frank Finlay, Prunella Scales and June Whitfield joined the congregation, as did his great friends Sir Kenneth Branagh and Sheila Hancock. Brian Murphy, the George in George and Mildred, brought applause with a reading of John Betjeman's Subaltern's Love Song; and Penelope Wilton, Briers' co-star from Ever Decreasing Circles, read from The Death of Sir Henry Irving. Paying tribute: The actor's co-stars in The Good Life, Felicity Kendal (left) and Penelope Keith (right) Loving couple: The late actor's wife Annie Briers at the service near their West London home yesterday . Also there were some of the so-called ordinary people whose lives Briers touched simply through his ability to treat everyone equally - and, crucially - to make them laugh. 'He wasn't starry,' said Father Kevin Morris, Vicar of Chiswick's St. Michael and All Angels church. 'He knew everyone, from the pet-shop owner to the newsagent, to near neighbours...' The last time the pair met, he revealed, Briers was complaining that he had to give a speech to the Actors' Church Union. 'I'm not even bloody religious,' he told Father Kevin. 'Well,' the minister told the congregation as he looked around the church yesterday. 'You are now.' He suggested Briers would currently be 'performing at the heavenly banquet' and added: 'Forgive me if I say about him: it was a Good Life.' Famous faces: The service was attended by stars from the world of television, film and theatre, including Emma Thompson (left) and Prunella Scales (right) Hit show: Picture from The Good Life showing Richard Briers with Felicity Kendal, who played Barbara . A really good life: Richard Briers (second left) in a 1975 episode of the Good Life with Felicity Kendal (left), Penelope Keith (centre right) and Paul Eddington (right) More than 200 people attended the funeral, some who knew him more as a likeable local than as one of the country's best loved sit-com stars. Few outsiders will have known, for example, that he and his ex-actress wife Annie lived for 45 years in a suburb not unlike the Good Life's portrayal of Surbiton. Popular: Richard Briers in his most famous role as Tom Good in The Good Life, alongside Penelope Keith . He was a familiar face at charity and social events there and was frequently the self-effacing guest of honour at the Bedford Park annual festival, Chiswick. He was also a great family man - evident not least from the wedding and family photographs incorporated into the order of service. One showed him carrying his bride, Annie, on the first day of a 1956 marriage that would last until his death last month; another as a young man with his daughters Lucy and Kate. The cover photograph showed him as many may remember him - smiling in the sunshine on a bench in the garden. Yesterday Kate told the service the family had been overwhelmed with messages of condolence in the wake of her father's death. One suggested: 'It must seem strange to be sharing such a time of grief with the whole country.' 'It wasn't,' Kate told us. 'It was with a feeling of awe and comfort that one man could have had such a powerful and positive affect on people - and that that man was my dad.' As they left the service, guests signed a memorial book to be presented to his family after a private cremation. Emma Thompson may have echoed Briers' view when she shared a joke with a message that read: 'I simply can't understand what all the fuss is about.' Recognition: Richard Briers after receiving his CBE, pictured with his wife Annie and grandchildren Harry and Rachael at Buckingham Palace . Old friends: The actor with his Marriage Lines co-star and lifelong friend Prunella Scales during an interview for the Daily Mail . Celebrated: Mr Briers was most famous for his sitcoms but was also an outstanding classical actor and voice over artist . Underneath she wrote: 'Get a bloody haircut - Yours, God.' Branagh, who signed Briers to his Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 and featured him in nine Shakespeare film productions, wrote: 'With love to a darling man. Thank you for being.' Afterwards he said of the service: 'I think he would have thought it was wonderful.' And the fictional Mr Good? At least he finally fulfilled his dream to escape the rat-race. Much-loved: Richard Briers, who died aged 79, is pictured in this 1973 grab from Between The Wars on ITV .
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200 people attended service at St. Michael and All Angels church in Chiswick .
Felicity Kendal and Penelope Keith, co-stars in The Good Life, attended .
Father Kevin Morris said that the actor 'knew everyone' and 'wasn't starry'
John Betjeman's Subaltern's Love Song was read by actor Brian Murphy .
Kenneth Branagh said after: 'He would have thought it was wonderful'
After the service guests signed a memorial book to be presented to family .
Emma Thompson joked she didn't 'understand what all the fuss is about'
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"Remembered: More than 200 people attended Richard",
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Friday defended his administration's methods of interrogating terrorism suspects, insisting, "This government does not torture people." "When we find somebody who may have information regarding a potential attack on America, you bet we're going to detain them and you bet we're going to question them, because the American people expect us to find out information, actionable intelligence, so we can help them -- help protect them," Bush said. Bush said his administration sticks to "U.S. law and our international obligations." He said, "The techniques that we use have been fully disclosed to appropriate members of the United States Congress." Watch Bush defend the detainee interrogation program » . Bush's remarks followed a report Thursday in The New York Times that said a secret Justice Department memo in 2005 amounted to "an expansive endorsement of the harshest interrogation techniques ever used by the Central Intelligence Agency." The 2005 legal opinion was issued after then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales took over Justice, the Times reported, and authorized using a combination of techniques such as head slaps, freezing temperatures and simulated drownings, known as waterboarding. The Times said the memo was strongly opposed by then-departing Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who had repeatedly clashed with the Bush White House over terror-related policies. The Times said its investigation over three months had included interviews with more than two dozen current and former officials. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino confirmed the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel wrote a previously undisclosed February 5, 2005 memo, but she insisted the classified document did not undercut or reverse a 2004 memo that rejected torture. "U.S. policy is not to torture -- and we do not," Perino told reporters. "Regardless of where we are, we do not torture anybody, but getting information from them is critically important to protecting this country." Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse issued a statement declaring the December 2004 anti-torture memo remains binding on the executive branch. "Neither Attorney General [Alberto] Gonzales nor anyone else within the department modified or withdrew that opinion," Roehrkasse said. CIA spokesman George Little issued a statement saying all interrogations are conducted "in strict accord with U.S. law." "The agency's terrorist detention and interrogation program has been conducted lawfully, with great care and close review, including extensive discussion within the executive branch and oversight from Congress," Little said. On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers sharply criticized the Bush administration. "It appears that under Attorney General Gonzales, they reversed themselves and reinstated a secret regime by, in essence, reinterpreting the law in secret," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont. "I suspect that former Deputy Attorney General Comey will again prove to be right in his prediction that the Department of Justice will be ashamed when we learn more about all that they have done," Leahy said. Leahy, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, warned that the "ongoing scandals" at the Justice Department "now encumber" the nomination of retired federal judge Michael Mukasey, selected to replace Gonzales as attorney general. E-mail to a friend . CNN's Terry Freiden contributed to this report.
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By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 06:50 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:00 EST, 23 August 2013 . Opening your GCSE results is stressful enough. But a pair of 16-year-old students had double the pressure, as they read their results while cradling their new born twins. Six-week-old Elizabeth and twin sister Victoria witnessed new parents Kyle Wiggins and Leighanne Crampton pick up their grades. Six-week-old Elizabeth and twin sister Victoria were on hand to witness parents Kyle Wiggins and Leighanne Crampton pick up their grades . During the 13 weeks leading up to their birth, Kyle and Leighanne had to go to hospital every day - severely damaging their attendance at school . The students have endured a stressful couple of months but that was not caused by the dreaded wait for results. The Park Community School pupils in Havant, Hampshire, who only discovered Leighanne was pregnant when she was four months gone, learnt their daughters' may not survive because of a dangerous foetal condition. The condition, called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, occurs when one twin gets all the nutrients. It meant that during the 13 weeks leading up to their birth, Kyle and Leighanne had to go to hospital every day - severely damaging their attendance at school. When they were born, the twins had to stay in hospital for a further four weeks after being born by caesarean section at just 33 weeks. But they're now living with Leighanne's parents, brother and sister at home. Despite missing a lot of time off school, teachers were in no doubt that they would both do well . Pictured: Kyle Wiggins feeds twin Victoria whilst Leighanne Crampton, feeds twin Elizabeth. The babies suffered twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which occurs when one twin gets all the nutrients . Leighanne said: 'It's amazing to have them home. 'I'm happy with my results but if I hadn't had so much drama I could've done even better! 'We had both planned our future after school and I had a place lined up to be an apprentice travel agent. 'I also had an interview for an accountancy apprenticeship when I found out I was pregnant. 'It was a real shock because I was already 16 weeks gone but a few weeks later the doctors told us to get ready to go to London because the twins had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.' Leighanne, known as Lilly, took eight GCSEs, scoring two Bs in geography and IT and a further six Cs. She also collected a distinction in a BTEC course in travelling and tourism and intends to start an apprenticeship as soon as she is able. Meanwhile, boyfriend Kyle took nine GCSEs, picking up two Bs and seven Cs, securing his place on an engineering apprenticeship. The students have endured a stressful couple of months but that was not caused by the dreaded wait for results . He said: 'I've always loved cars and been interested in how they work so an engineering apprenticeship was just the right thing. 'I was worried for a bit when we first found out Lilly was pregnant but I knew we would work our way round it. 'I want to get the best job I can to provide for Lilly and the kids. They are just perfect.' Despite missing a lot of time off school, teachers were in no doubt that they would both do well. Stuart Cavanagh, who is in charge of student progress, said: 'They're both very good students who have worked hard despite a rather complicated year. 'Both did well and they're very well adjusted pupils who are looking to carry on with their education and make the very best of their lives.' Elizabeth was the 'donor' twin which meant, in the womb, her sister was taking all of her nutrients too. She was born weighing 3lbs 12ozs and has a hole in her heart, which requires regular medical attention, but is otherwise healthy. Victoria was born weighing 4lb 12oz and is thriving.
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Couple only discovered pregnancy when Leighanne was four months gone .
Daughters' suffered a dangerous foetal condition inside the womb .
During the 13 weeks leading up to their birth, Kyle and Leighanne had to go to hospital every day - severely damaging their attendance at school .
Both achieved good results and worked hard, headteacher says .
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Pilot Ian Jennings (pictured arriving at Norwich Crown Court) was sentenced to nine months prison for flying a passenger jet while three and a half times over the alcohol limit . A pilot who flew an executive jet from Spain while hungover after a three-day drinking binge has been jailed. Ian Jennings, 47, from Gosport, Hampshire, was arrested at Norwich Airport after landing a commercial chartered plane carrying millionaire scrap metal mogul Andre Serruys along with a woman and three teenage girls. A passenger on the flight had become suspicious and alerted police that the pilot may have been drinking, Norwich Crown Court heard. When officers breath-tested Jennings on October 30, he 'smelt strongly of alcohol and seemed nervous'. He was found to be three times the legal limit for a pilot. Jennings, who admitted flying while the alcohol in his breath was over the prescribed limit at an earlier hearing, claimed he had only drunk three pints of lager the night before but was told by Judge Stephen Holt that this claim 'did not add up'. His barrister accepted Jennings may have fallen foul of 'topping up' after several days of heavy drinking to celebrate his engagement. Prosecutor Chris Youell said Jennings had reported for work at 8am that morning and there was no evidence he had consumed alcohol that day. He was not breathalysed until after 2pm. Sentencing him to nine months in prison, Judge Holt said: 'Some eight or nine hours earlier you must have been considerably higher than the level detected. 'You must have been drinking considerably the night before you went to the airport. 'The public must have 100 per cent confidence that pilots in this country are 100 per cent sober. 'The devastation you could have wreaked, not only to passengers but also on the ground, goes without saying. 'It is my duty to send the clear message that any pilot who commits this kind of offence must expect an immediate custodial sentence.' On the morning of the incident, Jennings had acted as captain while a co-pilot flew the Canadair CL601-3A Challenger from Oxford to Palma in Majorca. Once there, Jennings took the controls and flew to Norwich. Somebody on board the flight became suspicious that he had been drinking and contacted the police. Officers detected 31 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 militres of breath - the limit for pilots is nine microgrammes while the limit for drivers is 35. Marcus Crosskell, mitigating, said Jennings had recently ended a period of flying out of Africa where he had been under pressure because of the Ebola epidemic. Mr Crosskell added: 'He is not a gentleman who habitually drinks or has a drink problem. Jennings admitted flying the CWHKT1 Bombardier CL-600 Challenger 604 (pictured) while the alcohol in his breath was over the prescribed limit at an earlier hearing . He was arrested at Norwich Airport (pictured) after landing the commercial chartered plane carrying millionaire scrap metal mogul Andre Serruys along with a woman and three teenage girls . 'But having ended a stint in Africa there was a period of celebration. 'He had got engaged that week and been out for various dinners and events and had been drinking alcohol in the three days leading up to the offence. 'The night before he had not drank excessive amounts of alcohol but he had been drinking heavily that week and may have been at the point where he was simply topping it up.' The court heard Jennings, who has 20 years experience as a pilot, began his career on an RAF scholarship after developing a love for aerobatic flying. He was described as having an exemplary record. Mr Crosskell added: 'He is a gentleman who has lost his distinguished career and his reputation.' His licence has been suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority.
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Ian Jennings had flown back from Spain carrying millionaire Andre Serruys .
But on landing at Norwich Airport he was arrested for flying over the limit .
Court heard he had been 'topping up' after several days of heavy drinking .
Judge jailed him for nine months to send a 'clear message' to other pilots .
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A massive search for a three-year-old boy who fell into a storm drain in Melbourne has been suspended until Thursday morning. Victoria's emergency services had been looking for the toddler since Wednesday afternoon after a witness reported seeing a child floating down an open drain on Lonsdale Street, Dandenong - in Melbourne's south-east - just before 3pm. Crews - including the Country Fire Authority and Victoria Police - launched air and water searches for the boy, holding fears he may have drowned. Scroll down for video . The boy was last seen about 2.55pm in Lonsdale Street in Dandenong - south-east of Melbourne . It is believed the boy was playing in Rotary Park in Dandenong with his family . Initial reports indicated the boy had been washed into an open drain and into the creek . Police said it was unlikely the child would have survived the creek's fast-flowing current and chilly temperatures. During the search, an officer was knocked off his feet by the current when he was wading through waters up to his knees. 'Unfortunately one couldn't expect that a small child would have much hope in such fast flowing water,' Senior Sergeant Phil Hulley told the Herald Sun. The drain - which leads into Dandenong Creek - is usually not full of water but since heavy rain fell hit the Victorian capital on Tuesday, it has become a rapid waterway. A witness alerted emergency services when they saw a child floating in the water after falling into an open drain, according to The Age. It is believed the boy was playing at Dandenong's Rotary Park along with his family when he went missing. Crowds have gathered around the search area as CFA authorities and police continue their efforts . The boy's family are 'very distraught' and are awaiting news at the Dandenong police station . A witness reported he saw a child floating down the stream way which leads into Dandenong Creek . The creek flows into Melbourne's south-east suburbs and makes it way into Port Phillip Bay - west of Dandenong . As a crowd started gathering at the banks of the drain, the boy's family - who are believed to originally be from Afghanistan and new to the area - were swiftly taken to the police station to await news. They are now receiving counselling. Residents - who were also lined up on a bridge over the area - joined in with the search efforts. Earlier on Wednesday, Dandenong Superintendent David Clayton said the boy's parents were 'very distraught' and situation was 'grim'. 'You couldn't imagine the pain the parents are experiencing at the moment with their child missing, presumably in the creek,' he told reporters at the scene. 'Obviously the child has been in the water for a long period of time, we believe. 'So it's very concerning for the parents and obviously they're very distraught.' Emergency services are out looking for the boy this afternoon . Search crews are desperately looking for the little boy . Police have asked parents to be vigilant around fast-flowing water. 'Our message would be to parents, to be very aware that there is fast-flowing water and they need to be vigilant with their children around obviously fast-flowing water,' Supt Clayton said. A spokesman for Victoria Police said they were 'throwing everyone we have at this'. The Age reported that police are searching along the banks of the creek near Webster Street and the Princes Highway bridge. Air searches are being conducted over the creek that runs through Melbourne's south-east suburbs to Port Phillip Bay - which lies west of Dandenong. A helicopter was seen circling the area and a dog squad was also involved in the search. 'The search is quite extensive. We've got a large number of police personnel here and SES assisting with a line search,' Supt Clayton said. Ambulance Victoria told Daily Mail Australia they were on stand-by. A flood warning was issued for the creek by the Bureau of Meteorology at 11am. The Dandenong Creek is raging after a day of very heavy rain in Melbourne . This is the area that emergency services are searching .
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The search has been suspended and will resume tomorrow morning .
Crews desperately searched for the missing child in the air and water .
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By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:35 EST, 8 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:37 EST, 8 April 2013 . Elder Eldred G. Smith, the oldest Mormon church general authority and oldest known Utah resident, has died at the age of 106. Smith, who was born in Lehi, Utah, died on Thursday night. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement praising him as a 'valued friend' and 'respected leader.' Mourning: Elder Eldred G. Smith, the oldest Mormon church general authority and oldest known Utah resident, has died at the age of 106 . During his 32 years as church patriarch, he traveled to every continent and gave more than 18,000 blessings. Smith, the great-great-great-nephew of Mormon church founder Joseph Smith Jr, had been an emeritus church patriarch since 1979. Historian Richard Bushman, an ordained LDS patriarch, told the Salt Lake Tribune: 'Though I didn’t know him personally, Eldred Smith embodied the Mormon patriarchal ideal - that we are connected in our families going back through time - and brought it into the 20th century. 'No one spoke as long and as effectively about Joseph Smith as Patriarch Smith. His passing will be a loss.' Worship: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a statement praising Smith as a 'valued friend' and 'respected leader' Family ties: Eldred Smith, pictured left, was the great-great-great-nephew of Mormon church founder Joseph Smith Jr, right . Provo's Daily Herald reports he had five children, 24 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great grandchildren as of a year ago. KSL reported that he was the most long-lived general authority in the church's history. The LDS Church said in a statement: 'The church lost a valued friend and respected leader with the passing of Patriarch Eldred G. Smith. 'He was a man who lived a Christ-centered life as he faithfully served as patriarch to the church. We pray for the Lord’s blessing to be upon his family at this tender time.' Smith celebrated his 106th birthday on January 9. Elder of the church: Smith was reportedly the most long-lived general authority in the church's history .
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(Mental Floss) -- When it comes to parasites, it's all about perspective. You may call a lifetime of growing and feeding off another organism lazy, but we call it opportunistic. In fact, these life-sucking go-getters have managed to carve out some of the most ingenious survival strategies in the world. This snapper refused comment when asked if he still had a tongue. 1. Cymothoa exigua: Biting your tongue, so you don't have to . When fish mommies want to strike fear in the hearts of their misbehaving fish babies, we suspect they draw on the chilling animal savagery of the Cymothoa exigua. As a youngster, this nasty little parasitic crustacean begins a life of terror by fighting its way through the gills of its fish host of choice, the snapper. Once there, it attaches itself to the fish's tongue and begins feeding on the rich blood pumping through the artery underneath. As the parasite grows, it drinks more blood and eventually causes the tongue to atrophy and disintegrate. But does the Cymothoa mouth-squatter leave its fishy friend tongueless? Of course not. It does what any crafty parasite would do and replaces the old tongue with its own body. The fish is actually able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue, only it has to share all the food with its new friend. Yes, the whole foster-tongue thing seems like a pretty nice gesture on the part of ol' Cymothoa --until you remember there was nothing wrong with the fish's old tongue in the first place. 2. Sacculina carcini: Reasons you shouldn't pick up a hitchhiker . If you ever have a choice between being possessed by the devil and being possessed by a Sacculina carcini, opt for the devil -- no contest. A female sacculina begins life as a tiny free-floating slug in the sea, drifting around until she encounters a crab. When that fateful day arrives, she finds a chink in the crab's armor (usually an elbow or leg joint) and thrusts a kind of hollow dagger into its body. After that, she (how to put this?) "injects" herself into the crab, sluicing through the dagger and leaving behind a husk. Once inside, the jellylike sacculina starts to take over. She grows "roots" that extend to every part of the crab's body -- wrapping around its eyestalks and deep into its legs and arms. The female feeds and grows until eventually she pops out the top of the crab, and from this knobby protrusion, she will steer the Good Ship Unlucky Crab for the rest of their commingled life. Packed full of parasite, the crab will forgo its own needs to serve those of its master. It won't molt, grow reproductive organs, or attempt to reproduce. It won't even regrow appendages, as healthy crabs can. Rather than waste the nutrients on itself, a host crab will hobble along and continue to look for food with which to feed its parasite master. 3. Filarial Worms: Proof you need thicker skin . Filarial worms are the nasty little suckers you can thank for lymphatic filariasis, which, according to the Pacific Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, is the second-leading cause of permanent and long-term disability in the world. (Mental illness is No. 1.) Filarial worms are round, thread-like parasites that travel from human to human via that harbinger of disease transmission, the mosquito. How do they make the leap of host? In an interesting (if scary) example of parasite ingenuity, filarial worm embryos living underneath the skin can sense the onset of night, which is their cue to head upward to the skin's surface in order to increase their chances of being picked up by a passing 'skeeter. Should they get sucked up, they grow into larvae within the mosquito's muscle fibers and then get themselves injected into new hosts. Once they've returned to a human home, they open up a franchise in the family business -- Wreaking Havoc. Filaria often lodge in the body's lymphatic system, where they can inflict any number of torturous symptoms, not the least of which involves carting your genitals off to the elephantiasis clinic in a wheelbarrow. 4. Guinea Worms: Exposing parts nobody wants to see . Where there are guinea worms, there is Guinea Worm Disease -- and that's usually in Africa. When a human consumes water contaminated with guinea worms, the little buggers infiltrate their host's intestinal walls and commence mating. After conception, the males die off, and the females hang around for about a year, growing and eating. Eventually, these slender ladies get bored and decide they need to lay some eggs. To do so, they make their way down the body to the lower extremities, where they bore a small hole through the skin. The resulting lesion begins to fester and burn, which usually leads the host to plunge his or her foot into a soothing bucket of water. (Of course, in areas where an entire village shares a single water source, this helps spread the infection.) Unfortunately for the sufferer, the water doesn't solve the problem of having a three-foot female worm dangling its genitalia out of your foot. And to complicate matters, if you yank on that sucker, it'll break apart and could cause a fatal infection. So how do you rid yourself of the not-so-little hitchhiker? You go see a doctor, who -- over the course of three or four weeks -- will kindly wind the worm around a stick, inch by agonizing inch. Not the most pleasant method, but certainly a proven one. This cure for a guinea worm infection has been around so long, some believe it's where we get the snakes-around-a-staff symbol for medicine. 5. Leucochloridium paradoxum: Parasite for sore eyes . Prepare to be dazzled. This parasite's got a life cycle more mind-bending and chilling than an M. Night Shyamalan film. Leucochloridium paradoxum are a type of fluke (a.k.a., parasitic flatworm) that prey on birds -- a fascinating turn of events considering they begin their lives as eggs in bird droppings. Thus, the problem facing baby Leucochloridium paradoxum is, "How do I get myself back into one of those feathery things?" Taking a page from Greek history, the infant flatworms rely on Trojan trickery. First, they hang out in the droppings until a snail happens along and eats the bird dung. Then they initiate their devious plan of action by taking up residence in the snail's eyestalks. (Sure, it sounds slimy and gross to us, but after a childhood spent living in bird feces, it's a step up.) As they mature, the flukes become visible through the snail's translucent skin. And that's when things really get interesting. To a bird, this fluke-filled eyestalk looks like a caterpillar. So the bird devours the stalk and ends up with a bellyful of Leucochloridium paradoxum that will, of course, lay eggs and begin the cycle again. Meanwhile, the snail shakes its head, shops for an eye patch, and vows never to eat feces again. E-mail to a friend . For more mental_floss articles, visit mentalfloss.com . Entire contents of this article copyright, Mental Floss LLC. All rights reserved.
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Cymothoa exigua destroys fish's tongue .
Sacculina carcini turns victim into zombie .
Guinea Worms can only be removed inch-by-inch .
Filarial Worms are second-leading cause of permanent disability .
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"all about perspective. You may call a lifetime of",
"growing and feeding off another organism lazy,",
"but we call it opportunistic. In fact, these",
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"some of the most ingenious survival strategies in",
"the world. This snapper refused comment when",
"asked if he still had a tongue. 1. Cymothoa",
"exigua: Biting your tongue, so you don't have to",
". When fish mommies want to strike fear in the",
"hearts of their misbehaving fish babies, we",
"suspect they draw on the chilling animal savagery",
"of the Cymothoa exigua. As a youngster, this",
"nasty little parasitic crustacean begins a life",
"of terror by fighting its way through the gills",
"of its fish host of choice, the snapper. Once",
"there, it attaches itself to the fish's tongue",
"and begins feeding on the rich blood pumping",
"through the artery underneath. As the parasite",
"grows, it drinks more blood and eventually causes",
"the tongue to atrophy and disintegrate. But does",
"the Cymothoa mouth-squatter leave its fishy",
"friend tongueless? Of course not. It does what",
"any crafty parasite would do and replaces the old",
"tongue with its own body. The fish is actually",
"able to use the parasite just like a normal",
"tongue, only it has to share all the food with",
"its new friend. Yes, the whole foster-tongue",
"thing seems like a pretty nice gesture on the",
"part of ol' Cymothoa --until you remember there",
"was nothing wrong with the fish's old tongue in",
"the first place. 2. Sacculina carcini: Reasons",
"you shouldn't pick up a hitchhiker . If you ever",
"have a choice between being possessed by the",
"devil and being possessed by a Sacculina carcini,",
"opt for the devil -- no contest. A female",
"sacculina begins life as a tiny free-floating",
"slug in the sea, drifting around until she",
"encounters a crab. When that fateful day arrives,",
"she finds a chink in the crab's armor (usually an",
"elbow or leg joint) and thrusts a kind of hollow",
"dagger into its body. After that, she (how to put",
"this?) \"injects\" herself into the crab, sluicing",
"through the dagger and leaving behind a husk.",
"Once inside, the jellylike sacculina starts to",
"take over. She grows \"roots\" that extend to every",
"part of the crab's body -- wrapping around its",
"eyestalks and deep into its legs and arms. The",
"female feeds and grows until eventually she pops",
"out the top of the crab, and from this knobby",
"protrusion, she will steer the Good Ship Unlucky",
"Crab for the rest of their commingled life.",
"Packed full of parasite, the crab will forgo its",
"own needs to serve those of its master. It won't",
"molt, grow reproductive organs, or attempt to",
"reproduce. It won't even regrow appendages, as",
"healthy crabs can. Rather than waste the",
"nutrients on itself, a host crab will hobble",
"along and continue to look for food with which to",
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"Proof you need thicker skin . Filarial worms are",
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"lymphatic filariasis, which, according to the",
"Pacific Program to Eliminate Lymphatic",
"Filariasis, is the second-leading cause of",
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"(Mental illness is No. 1.) Filarial worms are",
"round, thread-like parasites that travel from",
"human to human via that harbinger of disease",
"transmission, the mosquito. How do they make the",
"leap of host? In an interesting (if scary)",
"example of parasite ingenuity, filarial worm",
"embryos living underneath the skin can sense the",
"onset of night, which is their cue to head upward",
"to the skin's surface in order to increase their",
"chances of being picked up by a passing 'skeeter.",
"Should they get sucked up, they grow into larvae",
"within the mosquito's muscle fibers and then get",
"themselves injected into new hosts. Once they've",
"returned to a human home, they open up a",
"franchise in the family business -- Wreaking",
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"number of torturous symptoms, not the least of",
"which involves carting your genitals off to the",
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"Worms: Exposing parts nobody wants to see . Where",
"there are guinea worms, there is Guinea Worm",
"Disease -- and that's usually in Africa. When a",
"human consumes water contaminated with guinea",
"worms, the little buggers infiltrate their host's",
"intestinal walls and commence mating. After",
"conception, the males die off, and the females",
"hang around for about a year, growing and eating.",
"Eventually, these slender ladies get bored and",
"decide they need to lay some eggs. To do so, they",
"make their way down the body to the lower",
"extremities, where they bore a small hole through",
"the skin. The resulting lesion begins to fester",
"and burn, which usually leads the host to plunge",
"his or her foot into a soothing bucket of water.",
"(Of course, in areas where an entire village",
"shares a single water source, this helps spread",
"the infection.) Unfortunately for the sufferer,",
"the water doesn't solve the problem of having a",
"three-foot female worm dangling its genitalia out",
"of your foot. And to complicate matters, if you",
"yank on that sucker, it'll break apart and could",
"cause a fatal infection. So how do you rid",
"yourself of the not-so-little hitchhiker? You go",
"see a doctor, who -- over the course of three or",
"four weeks -- will kindly wind the worm around a",
"stick, inch by agonizing inch. Not the most",
"pleasant method, but certainly a proven one. This",
"cure for a guinea worm infection has been around",
"so long, some believe it's where we get the",
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"Leucochloridium paradoxum: Parasite for sore eyes",
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"initiate their devious plan of action by taking",
"up residence in the snail's eyestalks. (Sure, it",
"sounds slimy and gross to us, but after a",
"childhood spent living in bird feces, it's a step",
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"when things really get interesting. To a bird,",
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"paradoxum that will, of course, lay eggs and",
"begin the cycle again. Meanwhile, the snail",
"shakes its head, shops for an eye patch, and vows",
"never to eat feces again. E-mail to a friend .",
"For more mental_floss articles, visit",
"mentalfloss.com . Entire contents of this article",
"copyright, Mental Floss LLC. All rights reserved."
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