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Keywords: <keyword>SUN BRIGHTON</keyword>, <keyword>KITES DAY</keyword>, <keyword>WEEKEND TEMPERATURES</keyword>, <keyword>RAIN NORTHERN</keyword>, <keyword>BEACH PACKED</keyword>, <keyword>BRITONS ENJOYING</keyword>, <keyword>SUMMER ACTIVITY</keyword>, <keyword>SKIES COMMON</keyword>, <keyword>ANGLIA INTERMITTENT</keyword>, <keyword>STOCKING BARBECUE</keyword> By . Mia De Graaf . Britons flocked to beaches across the southern coast yesterday as millions look set to bask in glorious sunshine today. Temperatures soared to 17C in Brighton and Dorset, with people starting their long weekend in deck chairs by the sea. Figures from Asda suggest the unexpected sunshine has also inspired a wave of impromptu barbecues, with sales of sausages and equipment expected to triple those in April. Sun's out: Brighton beach was packed with Britons enjoying the unexpected sunshine to start the long weekend as temperatures hit 17C across the south coast . Although frost is set to hit the south tonight - with temperatures dropping to 1C - Britons stocking up for a barbecue will be in luck tomorrow, with forecasters predicting dry and sunny weather across southern England, southern Wales and the south Midlands. In Weymouth, Dorset, the sun came out in time for the town's annual kite festival, held on the beach. But the good weather has not been enjoyed by all as heavy rain poured down across the north west. Unfortunately, the dark clouds and intermittent rain across northern England and Scotland is set to last throughout the long weekend and into Tuesday. However, the north east enjoyed a bright spell at midday today with sun shining in Harrogate and York ahead of the rainy weekend. Met Office spokesman Helen Roberts told MailOnline: 'It hasn't been great for the whole country - it's been a story of two halves. Crowds took to deckchairs to see in the Bank Holiday weekend on Brighton beach - while rain and clouds swept the country up north . Frost and temperatures of 1C are forecast to hit southern England tonight, but those planning a barbecue can bank on a dry, sunny day tomorrow . According to the Met Office, today's temperatures in Brighton were not unusual for this time of year, but it follows a windy and wet spell . 'The best of the sunshine has been . towards to south and south east, and further north there's been a lot of . cloud and outbreaks of rain. Tomorrow will be a similar picture. 'These temperatures are about . average for this time of the year. We might see 17C tomorrow but not . much higher. 'The most unusual thing is overnight minimum temperatures, which are really going to be quite low. We're looking at a touch of air frost tonight in places in the south, where there will be clear skies. That's not common for May.' Tonight, cloud and drizzle . is expected to cast over northern and western areas of the country, with . heavier bursts of rain in Scotland. Summer time: Many took to the sun wearing bikinis and sarongs for the first weekend as Britons gear themselves up for summer . Activity: The sun came out in time for the opening day of Weymouth Kite Festival, which sees people from all over come to show off creative kites . Three day forecast: Tomorrow sunny spells and warm weather is set to cover southern England, but the heavy rain up north is set to stay . Southern and eastern England looks set to remain dry,clear, and mild, despite cold temperatures in East Anglia. The intermittent rain and cloud currently sweeping across the north is set to last throughout Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Cloud . and rain will spread into northern and western parts of the country on . Bank Holiday Monday, with heavy rain in the evening. Apart from a few showers, southern and central parts of England should be largely dry with some warm sunshine breaking through. Though rain poured down in the north west, the north east enjoyed a bright spell at midday today with sun shining in Harrogate (pictured) ahead of the rainy weekend . Walkers took to Harrogate's parks as the sun came out for a short time in the town but cloud is predicted for tomorrow .

People enjoyed temperatures of 17C at Brighton beach in West Sussex and Weymouth in Dorset . Asda claims it will sell a million sausages over long weekend despite night temperatures dropping to minus 1C . But the good weather has not been enjoyed by all as the north west and Scotland have seen heavy rain .

Keywords: <keyword>JAMES WEIGHED</keyword>, <keyword>WEIGHED UNHEALTHY</keyword>, <keyword>POUNDS BIRTH</keyword>, <keyword>WEIGHT DINNER</keyword>, <keyword>SLIMMING FAMILY</keyword>, <keyword>MARGARET SAID</keyword>, <keyword>DOCTOR COULDN</keyword>, <keyword>FATHER HURTFUL</keyword>, <keyword>7ST WAKE</keyword>, <keyword>ENJOY CHRISTMAS</keyword> A couple who weighed a combined 32st were shamed into slimming by their own family - during Christmas dinner. Margaret Gibson, 37, and her husband, James, 41, from Biddulph, Staffs, started piling on the pounds after the birth of their two children just over a decade ago. But after taunts during the festive feast - and a warning from James's doctor that he couldn't undergo a procedure because he would 'die on the operating table' - the pair took action and have lost more than 7st between them. Wake up call: James, 41, and Margaret Gibson, 37, have shed a combined 7st in the last 11 months . By last Christmas Margaret tipped the scales at 12st 5lb and James weighed an unhealthy 20st. But the mother-of-two received a stark wake-up call when her father made a hurtful comment about her size. Margaret, a law firm secretary, said: 'I can't remember exactly what my father said but he made some sort of flippant comment to me about our appetite and I was really embarrassed. 'It was literally while we were having Christmas dinner and I wasn't very impressed at all, but that's when I decided it was time to start losing weight.' Since joining Weight Watchers in January, Margaret lost 2st 5lb to reach a healthier 10st and husband James shed 4st. Margaret, has dropped from a hefty size 18 to a size 12, and James's waist measurement has shrunk from 44in to 34in. James weighed an unhealthy 20st (right) until he and wife Margaret pledged to slim-down as a pair . Secretary Margaret dropped three dress sizes from a hefty size 18 since joining Weight Watchers in January . 'It was literally while we were having Christmas dinner and I wasn't very impressed at all, but that's when I decided it was time to start losing weight.' The pair piled on the pounds after buying a house, having children and enjoying a 'blow out' for a while . 'We have just changed our style of cooking. Instead of buying a jar of sauce, we make our own with the Weight Watchers recipes. We make sure to eat as a family. 'I feel much better than before. I have more energy. Our weight loss has helped the kids as well. 'Being heavier did not stop us doing things before, but we are more active now.' Self-employed hairdresser James added: 'I went to the doctor about a varicose veins operation and the consultant said 'If I operate on you, you will die on my table'. 'It was a kick up the backside. And then Margaret had the comments about her weight over dinner last year, so we decided to do something about it. 'Weight Watchers is easy to follow. We tried other diets before, but this is the one we have done well with. 'We used to eat fairly healthily, but on a weekend, we would go to McDonald's with the children and we would go to the local chip shop one night a week. 'Now, we eat less takeaway and try to make things from scratch. Our children have benefited from the meals as well. 'We go to meetings together to support each other, if one has a bad week, the other is there. 'We are finally getting back to the size we were when we got married. 'You do not realise, you don't see the weight creeping on to you. 'People ask where the "big, fat hairdresser" has gone and I am like "I am still here".' Margaret ensures the family eats together and she has swapped out store bought food for homemade dishes . The Gibsons followed the ProPoints system, which allots food a value depending on the amount of protein, carbohydrate and fat it contains. Just weeks away from December 25, the family is looking forward to enjoying slimline seasonal festivities. Margaret said: 'We can enjoy our Christmas dinner this year without having to feel too guilty.'

Couple started piling on pounds after the birth of two children . Margaret Gibson weighed 12st 5lb and husband James weighed 20st . James Gibson's barred from simple op as he 'would die', warned doctor .

Keywords: <keyword>SHARK ATTACKED</keyword>, <keyword>BOY BITTEN</keyword>, <keyword>LIFEGUARDS STOPPING</keyword>, <keyword>HELMET CAPTURED</keyword>, <keyword>SAM SMITH</keyword>, <keyword>NSW BEACHES</keyword>, <keyword>TEENAGER SEEN</keyword>, <keyword>SIGHTING MANLY</keyword>, <keyword>FOOTAGE SUNDAY</keyword>, <keyword>SURGERY CURIOUS</keyword> Video footage shows the heart stopping moment a 17 year old boy was bitten on the hand by a shark. Sam Smith's Go-Pro vision helmet captured the sudden and brief attack while he was spear fishing on the New South Wales south coast on Friday. The teenager can be seen trying to stab the shark with his spear gun as the 1.5 metre predator aggressively lashes out and bites the boy's hand before swimming out of sight. Channel Seven released the footage on Sunday as one of Sydney's most popular beaches was shut down following a shark sighting at Manly beach. The terrifying moment Sam Smith is bitten on the right hand by a shark while spear fishing was captured on his Go-Pro vision helmet . Sam attempted to stab the predator with his spear gun as the shark came at him . The 17-year-old was unsuccessful as the shark very suddenly sunk his teeth into his hand and swam away . The lucky teenager underwent surgery on his hand after the scary encounter . Sam was airlifted from Mollymook Beach, on the NSW south coast, to Sydney to undergo the surgery . The curious boy went under the water to film the shark when he experienced the horrifying encouter . Fishing off Mollymook Beach with his friend Luke Sisinni, Sam went under the water to film the 1.5metre shark when the frightening incident happened. Paramedics rushed to the scene just before midday on Friday, as hundreds of children competing in the 2015 Stramit NSW Country Surf Life Saving Championships looked on. Mr Smith was fishing when he saw the shark and tried to go down to film it, according to his friend Luke Sisinni, the Milton Ulladulla Times reported. 'He said it spun around and started coming for him, so he stabbed it with his spear to try and scare it off, but it just went ballistic and bit him,' Mr Sisinni said. '[Sam] came up screaming saying "I got bitten by a shark"'. Two ambulances arrived at the beach and the boy was treated with lacerations to his left hand, including multiple lacerations to his fingers. The boy was taken to Milton Ulladulla hospital where he is in a stable condition, and later flown to Sydney for specialist treatment. Sam was airlifted to a Sydney hospital for emergency surgery on his hand after he was mauled by a shark while spearfishing on the south coast of New South Wales . The spearfisherman was bitten by a shark, thought to be a Bronze Whaler, when he 'went down to film it' Man down: Paramedics and police attend to the injured boy near Ulladulla . The friends were fishing off Mollymook Beach on south coast of New South Wales when the attack took place . Paramedics worked quickly to address the lacerations on the boys hand and fingers . Just two days after Sam's lucky escape, Manly beach was closed after a swimmer raised the alarm after spotting an unspecified type of shark in the water at around 1.30pm. But the warning did not deter many people who proceeded to continue swimming in the sea despite being told by lifeguards . A Surf Life Saving NSW spokeswoman said inflatable rescue boats were used to chase the shark away and the beach would reopen once it was deemed safe again. 'The problem is there were already a lot of swimmers and surfers in the water who won't come out,' she said. 'We suggest that if people continue to stay in the water they're doing so at their own risk.' Beachgoers flocked to Manly despite earlier reports of a shark sighting . Meanwhile, Newcastle beach remains closed for ninth consecutive day from a sighting. The sea off Newcastle was first declared a no-go area when a five-metre great white shark was seen at Merewether Beach on January 10. A helicopter crew spent Sunday scouring the ocean for signs of the fearsome predator, nicknamed Bruce, along with a three-and-a-half metre shark that lunched on a dolphin last week. Neither have been spotted since Friday but Surf Life Saving NSW said no decision on reopening the beaches would be made until Monday. Shark attacks have also closed other NSW beaches in recent days. Lifeguards were also stopping people from going in the water at Port Kembla and Windang beaches near Wollongong on Sunday. The Surf Life Saving NSW spokeswoman said this was due to a dead seal and injured shark that had both been attacked by what was believed to be a much larger shark. Scenic: Mollymook Beach is located near Ulladulla, three hours south of Sydney . This is the scene at Mollymook Beach in Ulladulla this morning, prior to the suspected shark attack . Surf Life Saving NSW have closed Narrawellee Beach, to the north of the headline, as the search for the shark commences . A surf competition - the Stramit NSW Country Life Saving Championships - was today being held at the beach. Surf LIfe Saving NSW tweeted that lifeguards have closed Narrawellee Beach to the north of the headland. A NSW police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia police were aware of the situation.

A 17-year-old boy suffering lacerations to his left hand and fingers . Sam Smith was spearfishing when he saw a shark 'so went down to film it' Go-Pro vision helmet captured attack on the NSW south coast on Friday . He tried to stab it with his spear but the shark 'went ballistic and bit him' Sam was airlifted from Mollymook beach to Sydney to undergo surgery . Meanwhile, Manly beach closed on Sunday due to a shark sighting . Newcastle beach remains closed for ninth consecutive day from a sighting .

Keywords: <keyword>OFFICIALS TURKISH</keyword>, <keyword>ETHNIC TURKMENS</keyword>, <keyword>BORDER TURKEY</keyword>, <keyword>TURKISH QAMISHLI</keyword>, <keyword>YAYLIDAGI DISTRICT</keyword>, <keyword>LEAVE SYRIA</keyword>, <keyword>CITIZENS MUSLIMS</keyword>, <keyword>TIP ICEBERG</keyword>, <keyword>PEOPLE SAY</keyword>, <keyword>LOCKED CONFRONTATION</keyword> Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- About 250 people raced across the Syrian border into Turkey, government officials said Saturday, a flight that reflects the fear and violence gripping the Arab nation. The people hustled to the southern Turkish Yaylidagi district in Hatay province on Friday afternoon, according to local and federal government officials. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal said the government is trying to determine more about the people and how and why they chose to leave Syria. "They just came to the border post and want to go in without passports. They were let in," Unal said. "We are trying to figure out whether this is an individual event or the tip of the iceberg." Yaylidagi Mayor Mustafa Kemal Dagistanli and another local government official, who asked not to be named, said the people are Syrian citizens and Muslims. The local official said most of the people are ethnic Turkmens, and three of them speak Turkish. Most of them are from Qamishli, in the northeastern region, and Latakia, on the western coast. The official said the people say they've been persecuted by the government of President Bashar al-Assad -- now locked in confrontation across the country with anti-government protesters. "The group is mostly young, there are women and children among them," the official said. "They are in good health condition. There are no health problems." The military, the local government and the Red Crescent are assisting them with tents and food.

Syrians citizens hightail it to Turkey . Most of them are ethnic Turkmens, an official says . Turkey wonders if this is "the tip of the iceberg"

Keywords: <keyword>CHINESE ICEBREAKER</keyword>, <keyword>ICEBOUND VESSEL</keyword>, <keyword>VOYAGE ANTARCTICA</keyword>, <keyword>SHIP XUE</keyword>, <keyword>LONG SNOW</keyword>, <keyword>AURORA WAITING</keyword>, <keyword>DRAGON GONE</keyword>, <keyword>AUSTRALIS CRACKING</keyword>, <keyword>WITHSTAND HELICOPTER</keyword>, <keyword>PASSENGERS STRANDED</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:53 EST, 3 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:02 EST, 4 January 2014 . An Australian icebreaker carrying passengers saved from a ship pinned tight by Antarctic sea ice halted its journey home today amid fears that a Chinese ship involved in the rescue is now also icebound. The Aurora Australis had been cracking through thick ice toward open sea after a Chinese helicopter yesterday plucked the passengers from a stranded Russian research ship and carried them aboard. But today, the crew of the Xue Long (Snow Dragon), the Chinese icebreaker that had provided the helicopter, said they were worried about their own ship's ability to escape the ice. Role reversal: The Chinese ship Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, which had gone to rescue passengers stuck in an icebound research vessel, is now itself stuck in the heavy Antarctic sea ice . Complex operation: The Xue Long (Snow Dragon) Chinese icebreaker, as seen from Australia's Antarctic supply ship the . Aurora Australis, sits in an ice pack unable to make its way back to open water . The end is in sight: The first of the 52 passengers on a research ship trapped in Antarctic ice for more than a week were finally rescued by helicopter after several aborted attempts to evacuate them . The helicopter carried the passengers a dozen at a time over approximately five hours . Sea ice was preventing the barge from reaching the Chinese icebreaker, the Snow Dragon, so the passengers are instead being taken to an nice floe next to an Australian vessel which will eventually take them to Tasmania . The Aurora was told to stay in the . area in case the Snow Dragon needs help, according to the Australian . Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Co-ordination Centre, which oversaw . the rescue. She had been . about to embark on a journey to drop off the 52 scientists and tourists . rescued from research vessel MV Akademik Shokalski at the Australian . island state of Tasmania. The . Snow Dragon, which is at the edge of the ice pack surrounding the . Akademik Shokalski, will attempt to push through the ice to open water . early tomorrow, when tidal conditions are expected to be most . favourable. The Aurora is waiting around seven miles north of the Snow Dragon, said Lisa Martin, spokesman for the marine authority. Authorities . have not said what the next step would be if the Snow Dragon became . stuck, but it is possible that the Aurora could attempt to break through . the ice to help the Chinese vessel. The . maritime authority said there was no immediate danger to anyone aboard . the Snow Dragon and that the decision to keep the Aurora on standby was . just a precaution. But it was yet another problem to hit the highly . complex rescue operation of those on board the Akademik Shokalskiy, . which got stuck in the ice on Christmas Eve. A helicopter from a nearby Chinese icebreaker flies over the first group of passengers as it comes in to land . Mission is a go! Rescuers leave a helicopter from a Chinese icebreaker after landing next to the ship . 'A huge thanks to all': Expedition leader Chris Turney points to a makeshift helipad which the crew created in the ice as he awaits the helicopter's arrival . A . spot of clear weather yesterday finally allowed the multinational . rescue operation after blinding snow, strong winds and thick sea ice . forced rescuers to turn back time and again. The . twin-rotor helicopter, based on the Snow Dragon, took seven hours to . carry the scientists and tourists in groups of 12 from the Russian ship . to the Aurora. Earlier, the passengers had linked arms and stamped out a . landing site in the snow next to the Russian ship for the helicopter. Helicopter . pilot Jia Shuliang told China's official Xinhua News Agency that he had . no way of knowing whether the ice could withstand the helicopter's . weight. The rescue came in the never-ending daylight of summer after days of failed attempts to reach the vessel. 'I . think everyone is relieved and excited to be going on to the Australian . icebreaker and then home,' expedition leader Chris Turney said by . satellite phone from the Antarctic. Sydney . resident Joanne Sim, a paying passenger, wept as she boarded the . Australian icebreaker. She said the passengers had spent their time . watching films and playing games. 'It . really has been an emotional rollercoaster,' she told a reporter from . The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper who is aboard the ship. Stuck: Passengers from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy link arms and stamp out a helicopter landing site on the ice near the trapped ship 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia . Ship: The rescue operation for the 74 passengers, comprising scientists, tourists and crew on the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, has been plagued by one delay after another since the vessel became stuck . Still smiling: Stranded passengers shelter in a tent lashed to the ship's top deck as they sing a song they wrote, streaming live online to welcome in the new year . The . 22 crew members of the Akademik Shokalskiy stayed with the icebound . vessel, which is not in any danger and has enough supplies on board to . last for weeks. They will wait until the ice surrounding the ship breaks . up, which could take several weeks, ASMA Emergency Response Division . manager John Young said. The . cost of the rescue would be carried by the owners of the ships and . their insurers, in accordance with international conventions on sea . rescues, Mr Young said. Path to freedom: An undated image of the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, which will eventually carry the passengers to the Australian island state of Tasmania, arriving by mid-January . Trapped for more than a week: Ben Maddison and Ben Fisk from MV Akademik Shokalskiy work to place a wind indicator atop an ice feature near the trapped ship . Keeping themselves busy: Passengers from MV Akademik Shokalskiy walk around the ice in the Antarctic . Any official inquiry into how the ship got stuck would have to be conducted by Russia, he said. The . Akademik Shokalskiy, which left New Zealand on November 28, got stuck . after a blizzard pushed the sea ice around the ship, freezing it in . place about 1,700 miles south of Hobart, Tasmania. The . scientific team on board the Russian vessel had been recreating . Australian explorer Douglas Mawson's 1911 to 1913 voyage to Antarctica.

The Xue Long had provided the helicopter that helped with the rescue . But now its crew say they are worried about their ship's ability to escape . Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis on standby to help stranded ship .

Keywords: <keyword>MUGGLE QUIDDITCH</keyword>, <keyword>SNITCH BALL</keyword>, <keyword>FICTIONAL SPORT</keyword>, <keyword>SPORT MUDBLOODS</keyword>, <keyword>MAN TENNIS</keyword>, <keyword>WINGED SQUASH</keyword>, <keyword>PERFORMANCE HUFFLEPUFF</keyword>, <keyword>MILLA ARGUES</keyword>, <keyword>MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE</keyword>, <keyword>GETTING QUAFFLE</keyword> (CNN) -- Place a tennis ball into a yellow sock and tuck it into the back of your pants. Now start running. Congratulations! You are a snitch. Don't get caught, or the game ends. This is quidditch, as played by muggles. In JK Rowling's novels, the snitch is a sort-of magical, winged squash ball, pursued by "seeker" Harry Potter in a variety of high-stakes, airborne quidditch contests. Nobody on the UCLA campus has a magical, winged squash ball. A man with a tennis ball dangling from his shorts will have to do. "The snitch is the surrealist aspect of the game," concedes Sebastian Milla, former UCLA quidditch player and star of a fly-on-the-wall documentary about his sport. Mudbloods -- a title taken from the novels' derogatory term for wizards with non-magical parents -- explores the result when you take a fictional sport and make it real. In 2005, eight years after the publication of the first Potter book, Vermont's Middlebury College gave birth to "muggle quidditch," which translates Rowling's imaginary sport into our world. Nobody can fly, but a broom between the legs remains mandatory. Three circular goals are used at each end of the field, as per the books. Ten points are scored for getting the "quaffle" (a volleyball) through those hoops, and 30 for catching the snitch. Where magical "bludgers" are unavailable, they are replaced by dodgeballs thrown at rival players. Finally, and unusually, both magical and muggle quidditch are mixed-gender, full-contact sports. Becoming real . The intrigue for many viewers of Mudbloods will be seeing how this sport works, and discovering who wants to play a sport so closely associated with the world of fantasy fiction. "It's hard to be taken seriously when people think you're a bunch of geeks," MIlla is heard to say as the documentary begins. Players, some of whom have never actually read the Harry Potter books, lament the disdain of athletes from other college sports. Training sessions attract intrigued crowds wielding camera phones. Filmmaker Farzad Sangari, who raised almost $27,000 on Kickstarter to make the documentary, says: "If anybody actually watched it or played it, they would realize the amount of athleticism and mental dexterity it takes to play this sport." Therein lies the dilemma for quidditch: how to take its next step and, like a sporting Pinocchio, become a real boy. Originally conceived as a light-hearted distraction for college students, the sport is easily looked down upon for its wizarding roots. Yet quidditch has almost surprised itself by creating groups of elite, dedicated, and athletic players across the United States. Ten thousand fans turned up to the last Quidditch World Cup. Nine years since the first official game, there is now a governing body -- US Quidditch -- with five full-time staff, led by commissioner Alex Benepe. "We have 170 college club teams around the country, and most of them are official club sports who receive funding," Benepe tells CNN. "Teams are increasingly competitive. Players have to go to tryouts and have mandatory practices." At college level, the sport is stronger than ever. On top of that, the first generations of college players are graduating and taking quidditch into the wider world. Those graduates are finding each other and forming what the sport calls community teams, those clubs created beyond the bounds of college. "Community teams have grown significantly and they're starting to get very good," says Benepe. Tom Marks, another former UCLA player depicted as the team's driving force in Mudbloods, adds: "I wouldn't be surprised if, in the next half a decade, there was a separate league formed for community teams. "They're going to become these all-star teams." 'Completely unique' Yet for some people, this was supposed to be "whimsical, grass-roots quidditch," as Benepe calls it. Now, Marks is talking "all-star teams." Can a sport inspired by Harry Potter really turn into a professional athletic endeavor? "There are obviously moments where you can be nostalgic for how it started," says Benepe. "There are certain core elements you don't want to change, ever -- the fact that it's co-ed, full-contact, is completely unique and that can really change the way people look at gender. "But it's important that the league is always developing, and there's something really impressive about the idea of taking this from a book and growing it into a professional and legitimate sports entity. "Somewhere down the line, a professional league would be really cool." Each player interviewed by CNN brought up the word "legitimacy." "It's not unique to quidditch," says Milla. "There are a lot of sports that people don't really consider to be 'sport'. "There's a narrow definition of sport that has a lot of things tied to it -- are the athletes paid millions of dollars? Is it televised? Sport is legitimized in different ways. "I haven't met one person who has played quidditch and said, 'This isn't a sport.' All it takes is one or two games on that broom and you're exhausted." For some observers, the idea of a "snitch" with a ball dangling from their pants, running across campus to evade capture, stops quidditch being taken seriously. 'People and respect' By contrast, Milla argues that is precisely why quidditch deserves recognition: it has something new to offer. "The snitch is what sets quidditch apart from other sports. It makes you question what is important to you," he says, adding that games are often won or lost thanks to highly contentious decisions regarding who did, or did not, catch the snitch. "You are going to lose on [unfair] snitch catches," he continues. "So are you playing to win, or are you playing because you love this sport and your teammates and you think it's awesome? It makes you question what the entire point of doing these things is. "One of the big problems we have in sport right now is that it has become so much about the winning, and paying the people who win, that it has stopped being human in a lot of aspects. "That's why you're seeing a lot of domestic violence cases in the NFL, that's why you're seeing so much corruption in sports and sports industries. It's this whole, ugly scene. "That's what I like about quidditch -- it is about teams, people, and respect." Marks, who played alongside Milla at UCLA, hopes quidditch can hold on to its origins while maturing into a sport that's more high-performance, and less Hufflepuff. "There are two camps, two mindsets," says the 23-year-old, now an assistant editor at PC Gamer. "One is it should continue being this fun, open thing. The other is it is this aggressive sport that should be treated as such. I think it should do both. "We should continue fostering that competitive environment because there are real athletes who really want to compete in this brand-new sport. "But we also need to foster the ability for anyone to play. Not everybody has six hoops and 14 brooms in their back yard. The barrier to entry for quidditch is quite high. "My hope is it becomes a competitive league on one side, and people doing this in the park on the other. I think the sport needs both sides to survive."

'Muggle quidditch' replicates Harry Potter's magical sport in the real world . Invented in 2005, quidditch now supports 170 US college teams and five full-time staff . Documentary follows UCLA's quidditch team to the Quidditch World Cup . Quidditch players torn between developing their sport and preserving its roots .

Keywords: <keyword>GRENADE FISHING</keyword>, <keyword>GONE FISHING</keyword>, <keyword>FISHERMAN DROPPED</keyword>, <keyword>BOAT EXPLODED</keyword>, <keyword>FISH RUSSIA</keyword>, <keyword>BARRELS FLYING</keyword>, <keyword>CAPTURED MOMENTS</keyword>, <keyword>AFTERWARD VIDEO</keyword>, <keyword>BLAST MEANT</keyword>, <keyword>STUPID MEN</keyword> ‘Gone fishing’ is a phrase usually associated with a quiet afternoon out on the water, fishing rod in hand, pondering the world. But these fishermen decided to forget rod and reel, opting for much more heavy-duty bait, a hand grenade. The stupid men are lucky to be alive after their attempt at catching fish in Russia. Scroll down to watch the video . Bombs away: With his friend's signal, the fishermen holding the grenade drops it into the water hoping to catch some fish. He looks away in anticipation for the blast which is meant to happen underwater . Detonates too early: Just a moment later the grenade explodes as it hits the water . Impact: The explosion knocks the men over and sends equipment and barrels flying into the water . The hand grenade, which . one of them dropped from their inflatable boat, exploded early just as . it hit the water knocking the men over and equipment flying into the water. The . explosion did not destroy the boat but the men remain still, stunned by . the premature blast but seemed able to get up a few moments afterward. The video, filmed presumably from a nearby boat, captured the moments as their hand grenade fishing went horribly wrong. Website LiveLeak.com posted the video online on Monday and it has already been . watched more than 100,000 times and another 10,000 on YouTube. Stunned: The fisherman who dropped the grenade gets up slowly after being thrown across the boat . As the smoke clears: The fisherman goes to the aid of his friend, still dazed by the blast . A LiveLeak staffer said: 'It seems like a shot from a movie went horribly wrong.' Someone commented: 'Hillbilly handfishin' russian style!' Another said: 'I can see safety is of no concern.' A YouTube user said: 'Guess for dinner they're having salmon... Smoked.' Hand grenades are a common, but environmentally catastrophic, way of catching fish in some parts of the world. The explosives are usually detonated underwater allowing the fisherman to collect the dead fish as they float to the surface. Now watch the video .

Two fishermen in Russia are knocked over by the blast as a hand grenade they were using to catch fish explodes too early . The grenade fishing attempt was filmed and has been posted online . There has been more than 100,000 views of the video .

Keywords: <keyword>BLACKBERRY PASSPORT</keyword>, <keyword>RECTANGULAR SMARTPHONES</keyword>, <keyword>PRICE FLAGSHIP</keyword>, <keyword>DEVICE GLOBALLY</keyword>, <keyword>LATEST IPHONE</keyword>, <keyword>HANDSET COST</keyword>, <keyword>S5 INCH</keyword>, <keyword>PRICES REGIONS</keyword>, <keyword>PIXEL DENSITY</keyword>, <keyword>PICTURED CANADIAN</keyword> BlackBerry has finally unveiled the first round of price details and the release date for its Passport phone, after teasing it for months. The 4.5-inch square design launches in the US on Wednesday, and a SIM-free handset will cost $599. It is expected to roll out to more regions 'over the coming months', but prices in these regions may vary due to sales taxes and tariffs. Scroll down for video . The BlackBerry Passport (pictured centre) has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen and shows 60 characters of text, compared to 40 on a rectangular 5-inch device (Samsung's Galaxy S5 5.1-inch device is pictured right). Apple's iPhone 4S is pictured left to show scale. There is also a 13MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera . The details were revealed by the Canadian firm's chief executive John Chen during an interview on Monday, ahead of a BlackBerry event tomorrow. The specific countries that Passport will in available in hasn't been announced, but it's likely to also launch in the UK, Canada and Dubai, because the launch events are being held in these locations. He told the Wall Street Journal that the price of the flagship device should be in the region of $799, but his firm dropped the price to 'get the market interested.' The . BlackBerry Passport has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen, which is said . to offer a similar viewing space to a 5-inch phone, but ‘an even better . viewing experience’ because of the screen’s width. It has 1440x1440 pixel resolution display with a pixel density of 453PPI. Other specifications include a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage plus expandable storage via microSD card up to 64GB. There is also a 13MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera. The Black Berry Classic is also due to launch at the event. By comparison, Apple's latest iPhone 6 handset starts at $649, while the iPhone 6 Plus costs $749 - both are also available on two-year contracts, with upfront costs starting at $199. Samsung's Galaxy S5 costs around $650, and the South Korean firm is yet to release price details for its Galaxy Note Edge. The . BlackBerry Passport has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen, which is said . to offer a similar viewing space to a 5-inch phone, but ‘an even better . viewing experience’ because of the screen’s width. It will be first time BlackBerry has launched a new device, globally, since its BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013. The Passport was first revealed in June by BlackBerry boss John Chen during the company's quarterly earnings report. The project was previously known as Windermere, and Mr Chen said at the time that Passport would be officially announced at an event in London in . September. The Passport combines a large touchscreen with a physical keyboard. BlackBerry chief executive John Chen first revealed the square phone (pictured) during the Canadian company's annual general meeting in June . In June , BlackBerry announced it was offering . 240,000 Android apps to its smartphone users in a surprise deal with . Amazon. The . deal lets BlackBerry add a selection of consumer apps to its . devices, and to focus on developing enterprise and productivity . applications. For example, BlackBerry customers will be able to access popular . Android apps such as Groupon, Netflix, Pinterest, Candy Crush Saga and . Minecraft. The . apps will be available on BlackBerry 10 devices from autumn, when . the company rolls out the BlackBerry 10.3 operating system, the . statement said. Further details were unveiled by Matt Young on the Inside BlackBerry blog . in July: ‘Consider how IMAX movies begin with the screens set to a more . traditional 16:9 aspect ratio projection for conventional movie . trailers, before expanding to their true dimensions. 'The Passport is like the IMAX of productivity, and you don’t have to sacrifice screen real estate, vertically or horizontally.' Academic research has shown that the optimal number of characters on a line in a book is 66 characters. Most . rectangular smartphones show approximately 40 characters per line, . while the BlackBerry Passport is said to show 60 characters. This makes the Passport ‘the ideal device for reading e-books, viewing documents and browsing the web.’ It also solves the problem of having to switch between landscape and portrait mode when taking a photo or filming a video. ‘We’ve . been living in a rectangular world for quite some time and know it’s a . great ergonomic design that drives content, media consumption and quick . communications,’ continued Mr Young. The Passport (right) was unveiled alongside Blackberry's touchscreen phone the Z3 (left), and the Classic (centre) in a slide, earlier this year. It is unclear how comfortable the phone will be to hold, when making a call for example . ‘However, the rectangle has become a defacto approach to smartphone design, perhaps limiting innovations. ‘Just as a passport is the universal symbol of mobility and was the inspiration for the size and form factor of this device, your BlackBerry Passport becomes your ticket to open new doors of opportunity.’ It is unclear how comfortable the phone will be to hold, when making a call for example, and BlackBerry has not released any details about the price. The blog post did, however, position the device more towards businesses than consumers. For example, it stated architects and mortgage brokers could use it to look at full designs and schematics on the go. While medical staff could view X-rays and medical documents in the office with a patient . Mr Young . concluded: ‘The BlackBerry Passport will take you to new places on the . best business trip you’ve ever had. We want you to imagine the . possibilities.’ [caption] . The . move is the latest by the smartphone pioneer to streamline its focus as . it attempts to reinvent itself under new chief executive John Chen. BlackBerry phones have recently lost ground to Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy devices. Chen . wants to remain a competitor in the smartphone segment, but is focused . on making BlackBerry a dominant force in machine-to-machine . communications. The . company's QNX software already is a mainstay in the automobile . industry, powering electronic and other systems in a wide range of cars. BlackBerry . already works with hundreds of large enterprise clients including . corporations and government agencies to manage and secure mobile devices . on their internal networks. Chen . intends to build on those ties and BlackBerry's touted security . credentials to allow these enterprise clients to build and customize . in-house corporate and productivity applications for their employees.

The BlackBerry Passport has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen . It shows 60 characters, compared to 40 on a rectangular 5-inch device . The device combines a large touchscreen with a physical keyboard . It will launch in the US for $599 before being rolled out to more regions . Prices in other regions may vary due to sales taxes and tariffs . Blog post states the device is aimed at architects, writers and medical staff .

Keywords: <keyword>TODAY FEMINISM</keyword>, <keyword>IRRELEVANT ANGELA</keyword>, <keyword>EQUALITY ISN</keyword>, <keyword>SISTERHOOD AGREE</keyword>, <keyword>STUPID BITTERLY</keyword>, <keyword>DEBATE PROGRAMME</keyword>, <keyword>DOLLS SURVEY</keyword>, <keyword>MEANING ACCUSED</keyword>, <keyword>ISN PERVERSE</keyword>, <keyword>HERITAGE CONDEMNS</keyword> No feminist: Today's feminism is utterly irrelevant to Angela . When Newsnight's Emily Maitlis asked me during a debate on the programme this week whether I was a feminist, I hoped my blow-dried hair and figure-hugging dress would give her some clue as to the answer. Feeling a little mischievous, I was tempted to ask her whether I looked like one of those grumpy women in bad clothes who spend their days in a state of agitation about whether it's right to let girls play with dolls. But since I was a guest on the BBC's flagship news programme, I decided to park the sarcasm and simply say that I am not: that today's feminism is utterly irrelevant to me. I explained to Emily and my fellow panellists, Professor Mary Beard and Natascha McElhone, that feminism has betrayed its roots and deteriorated into spurious artificial engineering. Rather than campaigning to help women, feminists today are more likely to be picking fights on Twitter, or dressing up petty grievances as proof of rampant 'sexism'. And, needless to say, these devotees of 'equality' believe you can't be a feminist unless you're Left-wing. Spoiling for a fight is the default position of today's chippy feminists. They've turned nit-picking into an art form - and I told Emily as much. No sooner had I said this than I'd elicited the ire of what I call the 'hash-tag sisters' - those liberal commentators on Twitter who rushed to attack me for my unfashionable conviction that feminism has lost its meaning. I was accused of espousing views which are 'poisonous to society', and called 'sad', 'ignorant' and 'stupid'. Someone bitterly declared I must have enjoyed a 'charmed life' - a lazy generalisation by a socialist grudge-bearer who assumes my convictions have been created from a position of privilege. In fact, my parents were of modest means and couldn't afford private school, but I won a scholarship to attend one. At my all-girls' school no one sought out trite examples of discrimination. We were urged to aim high and fulfil our potential. That, after all, is what the Suffragettes did - one of whom was an alumna of my school. Petty: Rather than campaigning to help women, feminist today are more likely to be picking fights on Twitter . Some 100 years after Emily Wilding Davison threw herself under a horse in the name of equality, isn't it perverse that those who would wish to subjugate me are the firebrand feminists who pit sister against sister, denying my view credence? How ironic, I thought, as I scrolled through my Twitter feed, that those who claim to champion women want to bully me for saying I don't believe in a cause they have bastardised. As a university-educated woman who combines a fulfilling career as a journalist and broadcaster with my role as a homemaker for my husband and four children, I have better things to do than spend my days mirthlessly lamenting the lot of women, which is what most feminists seem to do. Indeed, what the sour Lefty Twitterati won't admit is that all the great battles on which feminism was founded have been won - including political representation, and equality in education, the workplace and other areas of public life. What's left is an ugly vacuum occupied by those who will only let you join the sisterhood if you agree to pander to a petty hunt for signs of oppression. Look no further than the campaign by The Women's Room, who railed against the Bank of England for the lack of women on our bank notes, citing this as evidence of discrimination. Spectacularly pointless, surely? An emancipated, financially independent woman couldn't care less whether Jane Austen is emblazoned on a tenner. I don't: I just care that I'm being paid enough of them. 'What the sour Lefty Twitterati won't admit is that all the great battles on which feminism was founded have been won' When I went out to splash some of my hard-earned cash on a beautiful new dress this week, I didn't take a blind bit of notice of the images on the notes I was spending. Yet today's misguided women's libbers scrabble around in search of reasons to validate their existence. When it was announced that the Women's Prize for Fiction would be known henceforth as the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, acknowledging sponsorship by the liqueur, one sour feminist took to the internet to proclaim that it was 'a reflection of the depressing girlification of culture [as] Baileys is a sweet, sticky drink explicitly marketed at women.' Tell that to my husband, who loves it over ice. Today's feminists appear to be living behind a smoke screen of their own construction, blind to the reality of female achievement in the 21st century, when girls outperform boys at GCSE and in further education. Around 20 per cent more girls make it to university than boys. Today's so-called sisters also refuse to accept that women are wired differently to men - that many see becoming a mother as the crowning achievement of their lives. Who can argue with the female executive who, after delivering her newborn, decides to give up the office and stay at home? I think today's glass ceiling is largely self-imposed, perhaps the result of many deciding to leave full-time employment to put family life first. The sisterhood today: Contemporary feminists would loathe the fact that Angela lets her daughter play with dolls . One survey found that women who own businesses earn nearly 17 per cent more than men in the same position. That's my definition of feminism - not some spurious insistence on female quotas and women-only shortlists. How does that square with sisters doing it  for themselves? If I ever was a feminist, I can't be now - not according to those who loathe the fact I see marriage as more than a piece of paper, that I believe women have no place in a combat zone, and that I know my daughter won't be stereotyped for playing with dolls. I will be disqualified from the 'sisterhood', too, by my hope that as well as having a career, she will meet a man who will love and treasure her. The final irony is that feminism has brought out a touch of the misogynist in me, so ashamed and depressed am I by a once-laudable movement which has corrupted its heritage and condemns me for saying so. For that, I think any sensible woman will join me in feeling saddened by how irrelevant and niche modern feminism has become.

Angela Epstein argues that feminism has lost its meaning . Rather than campaign to help women, feminists today squabble on Twitter . As seen by the hash-tag sisters's response to her Newsnight interview .

Keywords: <keyword>LIL WAYNE</keyword>, <keyword>MOUNTAIN DEW</keyword>, <keyword>AFFIRMATION EMMETT</keyword>, <keyword>PEPSICO ENDING</keyword>, <keyword>ALLEGEDLY</keyword>, <keyword>1955 ARRESTED</keyword>, <keyword>KARATE CHOP</keyword>, <keyword>TILL 14</keyword>, <keyword>TOLD CNN</keyword>, <keyword>FACE UNRECOGNIZABLE</keyword> (CNN) -- PepsiCo is ending its relationship with rapper Lil Wayne over what the company calls an "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon" -- 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was killed nearly 60 years ago. The rap superstar, featured in the song "Karate Chop" by Future, says: "Beat that p---- up like Emmett Till." Till, a 14-year-old black youth, was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. He was beaten to the extent that his face was unrecognizable when his body was discovered. He was identified by a monogrammed ring belonging to his father. Mountain Dew, a brand of PepsiCo, said Friday its relationship with the rapper would end. A Mountain Dew spokesman told CNN, "We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward. His offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand." The spokesman declined to comment on the company's previous relationship with the artist. Sarah Cunningham, publicist for Lil Wayne's record label, Young Money, issued the following statement to CNN: "I can confirm that due to creative differences, we mutually decided to part ways. It was amicable." Till, a Chicago teenager who was visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955, was arrested at gunpoint and severely beaten. One of his eyes was gouged before he was killed by a single gunshot to the head. The teen's body was tied to a large fan before being dumped into a river. Members of the Till family could not be reached for comment Friday by CNN, but the Rev. Al Sharpton said he has set up a meeting next week between PepsiCo officials and members of the family. In a statement to CNN, Sharpton said that the situation was a "teaching moment for Lil Wayne, corporate America and the family of Emmett Till ... more than a condemnation of any one artist, it is an affirmation of Emmett Till and a call for more sensitivity about what we say and do in our culture."

Lil Wayne's lyrics include what PepsiCo calls an "offensive reference" to Emmett Till . Till, a 14-year-old black youth from Chicago, was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 . A publicist for the rapper's label says the artist and the company parted ways amicably .

Keywords: <keyword>DRIVER SMASHED</keyword>, <keyword>HURT HOMEOWNERS</keyword>, <keyword>CRASH MOTHER</keyword>, <keyword>INDIANAPOLIS HOME</keyword>, <keyword>PROPERTY TOTALED</keyword>, <keyword>CADILLAC WOMAN</keyword>, <keyword>GIRLS UNHARMED</keyword>, <keyword>ROOM DAMAGE</keyword>, <keyword>ROOF COLLAPSE</keyword>, <keyword>STAR REPORTED</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:49 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:54 EST, 2 October 2013 . A driver lost control of his Cadillac this morning, hurtling across two lawns, ripping down a stop sign and careening into a family's home - before finally coming to a stop in their living room. Around $175,000 of damage was inflicted upon the home when the allegedly drunk driver smashed into the home in the Southside of Indianapolis at 3.55am on Wednesday. Miraculously no one inside the home was hurt - and the homeowners' two daughters, aged four and six, even slept through the crash. Their mother, Danielle Freeman, 26, told Fox59 it was extremely lucky the crash occurred when it did as, just hours earlier, she had hosted a Girl Scouts meeting in the living room. Damage: A car, driven by an allegedy drunk driver, lost control and crashed through the living room and dining room of an Indianapolis home at 3.55am on Wednesday. No one was hurt in the crash . Wiped out: Authorities guessed that the damage to the property totaled around $175,000 . She added that her partner, Michael Martin, was working the night shift and would have arrived home at 7am, when he enjoys to wind down by watching television in the room. 'The whole house shook,' she said. Freeman ran to the living room - fearing there was a fire as the fire alarms were sounding - and saw the car, but could not reach the two people inside because of the debris. The crash destroyed the family's living room and kitchen and caused part of the roof to collapse, Indianapolis Fire Department spokeswoman Lt. Bonnie Hensley told the Indianapolis Star. 'The family was just lucky it happened in that part of the house,' Hensley said. Oops: Police believe the driver, who was traveling with a passenger, could have been drinking . Clean up: The car was removed and thankfully the owners have homeowners insurance . Fire crews worked to remove the debris and placed temporary support beams in the house while pulling the pair out of the car. The man driving the Cadillac and a woman passenger were alert and talking and taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital for checks and to have blood drawn for alcohol tests. Police said they suspected alcohol was a factor in causing the crash, the Indy Star reported. The family had only moved into the home several months ago but thankfully they have homeowners insurance. The family is staying with neighbors until they can return to the home. The girls were unharmed and their mother said they were most concerned about their toys and their dog, who was also not hurt.

Miraculously no one was hurt in the early-morning crash in Indianapolis . The homeowner had held Girl Scouts meeting there just hours earlier . Police believe driver had been drinking and are carrying out tests .

Keywords: <keyword>SPORTS CHILDREN</keyword>, <keyword>OLYMPICS SUCCESS</keyword>, <keyword>TALENT SPORTING</keyword>, <keyword>ATHLETES MONTHS</keyword>, <keyword>TEAM GB</keyword>, <keyword>LEADING FOOTBALLER</keyword>, <keyword>INSTEAD ENCOURAGING</keyword>, <keyword>ARGUES FLASH</keyword>, <keyword>LIZZY YARNOLD</keyword>, <keyword>OBESE OVERWEIGHT</keyword> By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 00:21 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:59 EST, 3 March 2014 . Focusing on sporting success is a waste of time because 'very, very few children' are going to make it, an academic has said. Ellis Cashmore, a professor of culture, media and sport at Staffordshire University, says there is little proof that the Olympic Games create any kind of meaningful sporting legacy. And he believes it is high time parents realised children are more likely to make the finals of shows like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent than become sporting heroes of any sort. Winter Olympic Team GB's winners David Murdoch, Lizzy Yarnold, Jenny Jones and Eve Muirhead pose with their medals . 'We shouldn’t be trying to channel all of our energy into this pursuit of excellence in sports when very, very few children are going to succeed at any kind of level at all,' he said. 'My answer to parents who tell me their child might become a leading footballer or athlete is that they are putting them at risk of serious injury or closer to the world of performance-enhancing drugs. 'I ask them: "Are you happy about that?" and they say: "It won’t happen to my child". 'To which I reply: "But it goes with the territory". The cheats are very often those at the top. Ellis Cashmore says there is little proof that the Olympic Games create any kind of meaningful sporting legacy . 'Do we want to churn out one-dimensional characters who leave no stone unturned in pursuit of excellence?' Prof Cashmore is also concerned that the behaviour of elite sportsmen is filtering down to grass roots. 'Schools are now trying to apply an industrial model instead of encouraging children to enjoy sport without being competitive,' he said. 'At football matches, parents treat their children like interns in a concentration camp. 'I feel like saying to them: "Your son is trying to enjoy himself, by the way!".' Prof Cashmore, who has written books about David Beckham and Mike Tyson, reveals he once fancied himself as a middle distance runner with Birchfield Harriers – until he realised he 'wasn’t very good’. He played football until he was 40, has tried ice rinks but not skiing, and believes in sport as a useful means of recreation. But he added: 'Elite sportsmen are terrifyingly narrow, often unable to talk about anything else except their sport. 'I just used to try. I was an honest trier, a toiler.' Britain’s . Winter Olympics success, he argues, is such a flash in the pan that it . will have no effect on the nation’s youth whatsover. 'You . could stop 100 people in the street and ask them to name any of the . competitors. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who could,' he said. 'The . level of awareness of the Winter Olympics is zero and nobody was in the . slightest bit interested. 'Even if you asked 1,000 people, probably . only two or three of could name anyone. Because these were not games for ordinary people. Prof Cashmore also poured scorn on Lord Coe's 'Olympic legacies' 'So why do we spend all of this money training people to do something we are not very good at? “Is there anybody out there who wants so much taxpayer’s money spent on sports that will only be enjoyed by a tiny minority of a minority?' After studying the Winter Olympics medal table – Russia got 33 (13 of them gold), Norway 26 (11), Canada 25 (10), U.S. 28 (9), Netherlands 24 (8), Germany 19 (8), Switzerland 11 (6) and Great Britain 4 (1) – Prof Cashmore added: 'How did we get to the point that one gold, one silver and two bronzes is somehow a success when we are just not very good at winter games? 'The medals table proves the Winter Olympics is for affluent countries – and where are the black athletes? 'In six months time people will have forgotten all about curling. They won’t even know what it means.'Then there was the huge cost of covering something that I, and many others, didn’t watch a single minute of. Prof Cashmore also poured scorn on Lord Coe’s ‘Olympic legacies’. 'Over the years that word has mutated from meaning rejuvenating slums, new facilities and hospitals to creating more sportsmen,' he explained. 'The only increased take-up of a sport after London 2012 has been women’s boxing, so there’s a lot of people who find all of that a bit ambivalent. 'The newspapers and television were bigging up the Winter Olympics, but I didn’t hear anyone on the street talking about them.' The National Child Measurement Programme recently showed that 33 per cent of pupils aged 10 to11 in 2012-13 were obese or overweight, and 22 per cent of children in reception classes were overweight.

Ellis Cashmore is a professor at Staffordshire University . He says there is little proof the Olympic Games create a sporting legacy . The academic said sport for school children should be fun not competitive .

Keywords: <keyword>REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE</keyword>, <keyword>BLACKS VOTES</keyword>, <keyword>ELECTION BLOWOUT</keyword>, <keyword>MAJORITY HISPANIC</keyword>, <keyword>JOIN SOUTH</keyword>, <keyword>ALLEN WEST</keyword>, <keyword>DEMAIO LIKELY</keyword>, <keyword>REALIZED CARL</keyword>, <keyword>LEFT0 OPENLY</keyword>, <keyword>INVOLVING HOUSEMATE</keyword> If right-wingers catch the wave of an election blowout on Tuesday, four GOP candidates could tilt the scales of diversity in their favor – including one openly gay man whose campaign has been forced to deny that he has exposed himself to staffers and masturbated in public places. Two Republicans aim to join South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott as the only blacks from their party in Congress. Mia Love, a Haitian-American former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, failed in her first attempt to win a congressional seat in 2012, losing to a Democratic incumbent by just 768 votes out of more than 245 cast. This time she's fighting to win an open seat, and polls are tilted in her favor. In Texas, former CIA undercover operative Will Hurd is in a pitched battle against first-term Democrat Pete Gallego in an expansive majority-Hispanic district that winds 830 miles from San Antonio to El Paso. The last black U.S. House Republican was retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Allen West, who won in the 2010 tea party landslide but was defeated two years later. CARL'S JR?: Republican House candidate Carl DeMaio is struggling in a toss-up race because of allegations that he exposed his genitals to staffers and was caught masturbating in his office and in a public restroom . LOVE, UTAH STYLE: Front-runner Mia Love aims to bring diversity to the House GOP . HISTORY: Joseph Rainey (left) was a civil rights activist and the first African-American to serve in the U.S. House, in 1870.  Clergyman Hiram Revels (right) was the first black American to be elected to the US Senate . Democrats have long-enjoyed the perception among African-Americans that they should be the default recipient of blacks' votes – largely, conservatives say, because the Great Society programs inaugurated by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson, and enlarged under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, benefit blacks through a massive government welfare system. But while today's black civil rights leaders cite a history of racism and discrimination as the primary reason to elect Democrats, they tend to downplay the fact that the original black civil rights icon, President Abraham Lincoln, was a Republican. Most of the Deep South's historically loathsome 20th Century segregationists were Democrats. Two openly gay Republicans could also join their states' congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. Richard Tisei in Massachusetts lost his 2012 race against longtime incumbent Democrat John Tierney. This time, however, Tierney was upset in the primary by a little-known Marine Corps veteran, Seth Moulton. The lack of an incumbent could tip the scales in Tisei's favor. He's a former Minority Leader in the Massachusetts State Senate who also lost a 2010 bid for lieutenant governor. Three time zones away in San Diego, California, openly gay Carl DeMaio is challenging one-term incumbent Scott Peters in a race that every major polling organization rates as a toss-up. But DeMaio would likely be leading if it weren't for a trio of sexual-misconduct accusations that are giving some voters second thoughts. His campaign has issued firm denials to all of them. ELECTION DAY: Americans are voting in every state on Tuesday, with implications that will shape the last two years of the Obama presidency and public policy that could stretch decades into the future . OUT: Republican candidate for Congress Richard Tisei hopes to up the GOP's diversity quotient, but Democratic homosexuals would still outnumber Republicans in Congress . BAY STATE MADE HISTORY: Massachusetts Rap. Gerry Studds (left0 was the first openly gay member of Congress, and Barney Frank weathered snarks and cruel jokes until 2013 as a congressman from the same state – but was once embroiled in a rent-boy scandal involving his housemate's 'side business' Will Hurd, a Texas Republican House candidate, is trying to beat a Latino in a majority-Hispanic district . On Oct. 10 CNN broke a story about a former campaign staffer who said he caught DeMaio masturbating in his office in April. 'I came over to his office, door was open. And he was masturbating,' DeMaio's former policy director Todd Bosnich said. 'I saw his hand, his penis in his hand, and he had a smile on his face. And as soon as I came over he was looking at me.' Two days ago a second campaign worker made a similar allegation in an interview with KPBS. 'I was at the urinal, and (DeMaio) came from the stall that was closest to the urinal and was kind of just standing there hovering,' former regional political director Justin Harper claimed. 'I turned around and realized that it was Carl. He had his pants up, but his fly was undone, and he had his hand over, not over, grasping his genitals.' A former San Diego City Council colleague has told CNN that he witnessed DeMaio masturbating in the city hall bathroom on two occasions. It's unclear whether the October Surprise revelations will be enough to doom DeMaio. A California Republican Party aide told MailOnline on background that 'we hope voters are smart enough to see that this is a mean-spirited effort by disgruntled former employees. If anyone made these accusations about a Democrat, they would be pilloried as homophobic and prejudiced.'

Mia Love, a conservative Haitian-American, tries a second time in a tight Utah US House race . Will Hurd, a former undercover CIA agent, is in a tight race with a one-term Texas Democrat . Two openly gay GOPers are running for Congress in Massachusetts and California . One has been dogged by allegations that he exposed himself and masturbated in front of aides – charges that his campaign denies . There are seven openly gay members of Congress – all Democrats .

Keywords: <keyword>AVOCADOS RIPE</keyword>, <keyword>AVOCADO CASHING</keyword>, <keyword>FRUIT SHOPPERS</keyword>, <keyword>FOOD PROCESSING</keyword>, <keyword>PRAWN COCKTAILS</keyword>, <keyword>PEELED VACUUM</keyword>, <keyword>POUCH CONVENIENCE</keyword>, <keyword>BUYING EGG</keyword>, <keyword>CASHING CHRISTMAS</keyword>, <keyword>HEFTY</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 07:24 EST, 16 November 2011 . We may love our avocados ripe and creamy but, as fans know only too well, picking out a good one is very much a hit-and-miss affair. Its thick dark skin means it’s anyone’s guess if the fruit will be too hard, brown, or soft. Now a supermarket giant has come up with a solution to banish the guesswork: a ready-peeled avocado in its own see-through vacuum-packed pouch. Convenience food: Shoppers will be able to see straight away whether the fruit is good to buy . The technology – developed by Morrisons just in time for Christmas prawn cocktails – peels, de-stones and packs the fruit so shoppers can see its insides before buying. The egg-shaped Haas variety is picked in Peru and immediately peeled before being vacuum packed. From the end of the month the chain will start selling avocados for a hefty £5 as part of a cocktail kit consisting of four perfectly ripe halves and a pot of prawns. Neil Nugent, Morrisons chef and head of innovation, said: ‘The technology uses non-thermal food processing to improve the shelf-life. Shoppers can now guarantee they will only serve a perfectly ripe avocado.’ Cashing in for Christmas? Supermarket giant Morrisons is planning on putting the product on sale in the time for the festive period .

Morrisons to sell ready-peeled fruits in their own see-through pouch .

Keywords: <keyword>DID WAHLBERG</keyword>, <keyword>PLANE IRRESPONSIBLE</keyword>, <keyword>SEPTEMBER 11TH</keyword>, <keyword>11 ACTOR</keyword>, <keyword>LOGAN AIRPORT</keyword>, <keyword>ACTION HERO</keyword>, <keyword>OLD TRANSFORMERS</keyword>, <keyword>MARK LEAVING</keyword>, <keyword>MOVING LA</keyword>, <keyword>RIDICULOUS</keyword> Action hero Mark Wahlberg isn’t taking any chances. With terror threats heating up worldwide, and today being the 13th anniversary of 9/11, the actor made a last minute decision to cancel plans for him and his entourage to fly from Boston to LA on a commercial flight. On September 11th, 2001, the 43-year-old Transformers star was actually booked on the doomed American Airlines Flight 11 that left Boston’s Logan Airport and flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center killing all 92 passengers on board. Scroll down for video . Fate:  Mark Wahlberg made a last-minute decision to cancel plans for him and his entourage to fly from Boston to LA on a commercial flight . Horror: 'If I was on the plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did,’ Wahlberg said at the time. ‘There would have been a lot of blood in that first class cabin . But a few days earlier he changed his plans and flew to Toronto when a friend asked him to view his film at the Toronto Film Festival, sparing his life. At the time Wahlberg was criticized for claiming that, had he been on board, things may have played out much differently. ‘If I was on the plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did,’ he said at the time. ‘There would have been a lot of blood in that first class cabin and then me saying, okay we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’ He later issued an apology. ‘To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with, and to suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as offensive; it was certainly not my attention.’ Bi-coastal: Wahlberg, his co-stars and his crew have been filming Ted 2 in Boston when the director decided to move the shoot to LA . Wahlberg, his co-stars and his crew have been filming Ted 2 in Boston and although they were scheduled to continue shooting on the East Coast for another month before moving back to LA, director Seth MacFarlane decided to move the shoot back to the West Coast in order to give it a better loo. He even coughed up a whopping $10 million out of his own pocket to make that happen. ‘Ten million isn’t really that much when you consider the original Ted made close to $300 million,’ says a source. ‘That’s why Mark is leaving the decision to move in Seth’s hands. But when he found out the studio booked passage for the actors and crew on a commercial jet on 9/11, traveling that same route – Boston to LA - he decided to rent a private jet to help insure the group’s safety. ‘Mark has never really gotten over the fact that if he hadn’t made the last minute decision to fly to Toronto, he would have been on board that doomed flight,’ says the source. ‘And he just wasn’t willing to take any chances on 9/11 of anything happening when he’s already cheated death once.’

Transformers star Mark Wahlberg was supposed to be on the flight that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11 . At the last minute he decided to fly from Boston to Toronto instead of LA . But he bragged that if he had been on the plane he would have saved the day . He later apologized to the families of the passengers for his 'offensive' remarks .

Keywords: <keyword>CHILDREN LEISURE</keyword>, <keyword>PLAY INDEPENDENTLY</keyword>, <keyword>RISK ADULTS</keyword>, <keyword>PLAY WARNS</keyword>, <keyword>STRESSED PARENTING</keyword>, <keyword>SUPERVISE SCHEDULE</keyword>, <keyword>RESOURCEFULNESS INDEPENDENCE</keyword>, <keyword>RURAL SCANDINAVIAN</keyword>, <keyword>EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT</keyword>, <keyword>DR WHITEBREAD</keyword> Children's play is at risk from adults whio 'over-supervise' and 'over-schedule' a reports says . Children's play is under threat from adults who ‘over-supervise’ and ‘over-schedule’, a report says. It says youngsters cannot develop normally and are ‘play deprived’ because of our risk-averse, regimented lifestyles. This means many lack vital skills such as resourcefulness, independence or self-regulation. The research, discussed on EU ‘play day’ at the European Parliament yesterday, is the work of Dr David Whitebread, a senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University. He consulted researchers from across Europe and found children’s leisure time is cut down by too much school work, safety fears, and lack of understanding of the impact of free play. His report, The Importance of Play, warns ‘play provision is under threat in Europe’ and adult intervention is often ‘counter-productive’. It says the UK in particular is ‘quite risk-averse’, with children ‘heavily supervised’ and forced to play indoors or in a garden or specially designed soft play area. This compares with the more rural Scandinavian countries where children play independently in natural surroundings. Just a generation ago, British children did the same, it adds. Children have ‘increasingly limited opportunities for the free play and association with their peers which were so commonly available . . . to their parents and grandparents,’ the report says. Life in big cities adds to the problem, making children ‘much more heavily scheduled’. Living in big cities means children's lives are more 'heavily scheduled' and parents are reluctant to let them out to play . Poor children in cities can suffer from . ‘stressed parenting’ and lack of access to the outdoors, while wealthier . families may be overly cautious about dangers. The report states: ‘Children brought up in relatively affluent households may be over-scheduled and over-supervised as a consequence of perceptions of urban environments as dangerous for children, and a growing culture of risk-averse parenting.’ If lack of play becomes severe it can lead to ‘abnormalities in neurological development’. Dr Whitebread writes that  over-supervision is growing, with more and more parents worried about children playing outside due to traffic, crime, harassment and violence, abduction, and germs. There are also problems at school, with pressure to learn the curriculum and meet standards. Children are not being allowed the freedom to play outside in natural environments, researchers said . Combined with curbs on free play at home, this leads to a  ‘worrying picture’ across Europe, with ‘a growing tendency to reduce play time in children’s lives, both at school and  home, in order to increase time  for “learning”’. The report recommends cities be organised ‘with children in mind’, to enable them to play in the street and walk to school. Informal outdoor activities should be encouraged at school, with longer breaks to encourage more physical activity. The European Parliament event was planned by the Toy Industries of Europe, whose members include the LEGO Group.

Adults are 'over-supervising' and 'over-scheduling' children . Cambridge lecturer says a lack of play stops normal development .

Keywords: <keyword>REFERENDUM EGYPTIANS</keyword>, <keyword>REPORTED CAIRO</keyword>, <keyword>CNN DIED</keyword>, <keyword>REACHING POLLING</keyword>, <keyword>MURDERS PROTESTERS</keyword>, <keyword>PRESENCE ISLAMIST</keyword>, <keyword>MONDAY MUKHTAR</keyword>, <keyword>CLASHES REPORTED</keyword>, <keyword>SISI CHANTED</keyword>, <keyword>53 MILLION</keyword> Cairo (CNN) -- Violence marked the beginning of a two-day referendum as Egyptians went to the polls Tuesday for the second time in 13 months to reshape their country's future. In all, 11 people died Tuesday in events relating to the referendum, Ahmed El Ansary, head of the emergency unit at the ministry of health, told CNN. Two died of natural causes, while nine deaths "are suspected to be criminal," he said. Clashes were reported in several provinces. At least four were killed in Sohag and one in Beni Seouif in clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and security. Violations reported by rights groups monitoring the vote ranged between campaigning for "yes" votes inside or near polling stations and preventing Christian voters from reaching polling stations in parts of Upper Egypt, which has a history of sectarian strife and is known for the strong presence of Islamist groups. But Hisham Mukhtar, the executive director of the Higher Education Commission, told state-run Masriya TV, "so far, there haven't been any reports of fraudulent activities and the referendum is being conducted in a very calm and fair atmosphere." On Monday, Mukhtar told Al-Ahram that the nearly 53 million eligible voters were divided among more than 30,000 committees and would be supervised by more than 13,000 judges. The violence began even before polls opened at 9 a.m., when a bomb exploded near a Cairo courthouse. No one was hurt, security officials said. Despite the explosion, Egyptians waited in long lines to cast their ballots. "This will not scare us," said Mohamed Moharram, a teacher who lives near the court. "In half an hour, I will go to my poll station and cast my ballot." Opinion: Egypt mess? Blame U.S. Marred by violence . Tuesday's deaths were but the latest twist in three years of political upheaval marked by two presidential departures and hundreds of deaths. Tuesday's referendum -- the first national vote since the ouster of the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsy -- is about changing the constitution to ban religious parties and give more power to the military. If the draft is passed, elections should follow. A deep political divide is evident between supporters of the interim military government and defenders of Morsy. Protesters near the Cairo court held aloft a poster of Egyptian army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and chanted, "People want the execution of the Muslim Brotherhood" and the "army and people are one hand." In an incident outside a Cairo school being used as a polling station, CNN witnessed three uniformed soldiers dragging a man into the school yard. The man was followed by about six people pointing fingers at him and accusing him of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. One of the soldiers slapped the man twice in the face, then struck him in his back. As the man cowered, several police officers arrived and dragged the man toward a corner, where they set upon him. As soon as CNN Correspondent Reza Sayah began to record cell phone video of the incident, several of the civilians attempted to block his view, and one of the plainclothes officers ordered him to show his identification -- his permanent press credential and his referendum credential -- and took them both. As Sayah continued to work, the soldier who had slapped the man asked to see the video -- which was nothing more than a jumble of blurred images -- then asked him to delete it. Because "it was just shaky blur," Sayah said, he complied. After about an hour, the plainclothes policeman returned his credentials. One of the soldiers told CNN that they were trying to protect the man from being beaten by police. Another journalist told CNN he had asked the man if that was true, and the man said it was not. At that point, the policeman intervened and shooed the journalist away. Constitutional changes . Egyptians voted on the last constitution in December 2012, while Morsy was still in power. But that constitution was suspended after the military deposed him in July. The latest proposal differs from the last constitution in several ways. Some say the draft constitution would mean improved human rights and freedom of expression. The new version explicitly states that women are equal to men and allows them to hold official and judicial posts, Al-Ahram said. The new articles would also give parliament the right to impeach the President in the event of a breach of the provisions of the constitution, Al-Ahram said. Other new articles would criminalize torture, discrimination and arbitrary forced displacement. Critics say the latest draft would give too much power to the military without any civilian oversight. For example, the draft gives tremendous leeway to the army to try civilians in military courts -- something many Egyptians have opposed for years. Military rule popular with Egyptians, study finds . What's behind Egypt's turmoil . Morsy's opponents said he was a tyrant trying to impose conservative values, but Morsy's supporters say that the military has now returned to the authoritarian practices of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, who was deposed in a popular uprising in 2011. Hundreds died in clashes between Egyptian security forces and Morsy supporters in the weeks that followed his ouster. Many in the Muslim Brotherhood hold el-Sisi, as the military chief, responsible for the bloodshed. In a statement issued amid the crisis, el-Sisi said, "Egypt has room for everybody, and we are keen to save every drop of Egyptian blood." He added, "The Egyptian people are free to choose whoever to govern them, while the armed forces will remain the safeguard of the will of the people and of their choice." Morsy has been in detention since July and faces charges of inciting the murders of at least three protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012. The protests were over the constitution that Morsy shepherded into effect. CNN's Reza Sayah reported from Cairo; Tom Watkins, Salma Abdelaziz, Holly Yan and Saad Abedine reported from Atlanta. Sarah Sirgany, Richard Allen Greene and Laura Smith-Spark also contributed to this report.

Eleven deaths reported on election day in Egypt, 2 attributed to natural causes . Egyptians are voting on a draft constitution that would ban religious parties . The constitution would also put more power in the hands of the military . Hundreds have died amid political turmoil in Egypt over the past three years .

Keywords: <keyword>ROBERTS JAILED</keyword>, <keyword>JOAN CARTWRIGHT</keyword>, <keyword>MURDER</keyword>, <keyword>TERRORISED MRS</keyword>, <keyword>LATEST PAROLE</keyword>, <keyword>ANIMALS FRIGHTENED</keyword>, <keyword>RUNS SANCTUARY</keyword>, <keyword>SHOCKED HARRY</keyword>, <keyword>TWOUNARMED OFFICERS</keyword>, <keyword>RELEASED SAYS</keyword> Joan Cartwright said she now fears for her life after learning the murderer is due to be released . The widow subjected to a vile hate campaign at the hands of triple killer Harry Roberts last night told how she was ‘terrified’ that he was to be released next week. Joan Cartwright, 71, said nobody had told her about the release of the career criminal – who has threatened to kill her and her husband – and she learned about it only because the story was published in the newspapers. She said the decision had left her in fear for her life, and she attacked the Parole Board for their decision, saying Roberts is a ‘sick man’ incapable of remorse. ‘I’m absolutely terrified at the thought of Harry Roberts being released,’ said Mrs Cartwright, who runs a sanctuary for around 100 animals. ‘I’m frightened he will send someone to kill me.’ She added: ‘He shouldn’t be afforded any human rights for what he’s done. What about the human rights of the police officers and people he has killed?’ Five years ago Roberts’s bid to be released from jail was rejected after it emerged he had terrorised Mrs Cartwright and her family after she complained about his behaviour while working on day release in her animal sanctuary in the East Midlands. Their evidence meant the Parole Board deemed him too dangerous to be back on the streets. Mrs Cartwright told how she and her late husband, Peter, who died of a heart attack eight years ago aged 68, had been forced to give evidence by the police and prison authorities. Despite being assured that they would be protected, documents detailing their statements were leaked to Roberts and sent to him in his prison cell. It was this blunder by the authorities that allowed him to carry out his campaign of harassment which has made their lives a misery. Under the noses of prison guards, he rang her from jail up to five times a week. And there was a series of sickening attacks on her animals. Mrs Cartwright broke down in tears as she recounted how one of her horses was hacked to death and almost decapitated in an axe attack the night before Roberts’s parole hearing in November 2005. In other assaults between 2002 and 2006, a horse lost an eye after being battered with an iron bar; a donkey died after its pelvis was shattered, probably with a baseball bat; the family’s pet cat was electrocuted; and a peacock was strangled. Mrs Cartwright was not invited to give evidence to the latest Parole Board hearing. Incredibly she learned of his impending release from a local councillor who knocked on her door on Thursday following media reports about his release. ‘I nearly collapsed,’ she said. ‘We were assured he would never come out, so I was shocked.’ Harry Roberts was jailed in 1966 after shooting dead two policemen and another person. The criminal was allowed to work at the animal sanctuary on day release from 2001 until a complaint into his behaviour was made. He is pictured (right) in 2009 . It was confirmed this week that Roberts, 78, is to be freed from prison after spending 48 years behind bars for the cold blooded murder of two policemen and another person in West London in 1966. He is expected to be released from Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire next week. The Mail has learned he is likely to use a false name and will be initially assessed at a probation hostel. Then he is expected to be transferred to a warden-controlled hostel. He will be entitled to a state pension and housing benefit. News of his impending release has been condemned by relatives of his murder victims, police leaders and senior politicians, who say he should die in prison. The murderer was sitting with two accomplices in his van near Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London preparing for an armed robbery when he opened fire on twounarmed officers. Detective Sergeant Christopher Head, 30, Detective Constable David Wombwell, 25, and Constable Geoffrey Fox, 41, were killed in the attack on August 12, 1966. The case shocked the nation, and Roberts would have hanged for it – but the death penalty had been abolished the year before. But by 2001 he was working on day release from an open prison at the animal sanctuary. The job was supposed to be a prelude to his release the following year. ‘No-one ever told us who he was, to us he was just another worker,’ Mrs Cartwright added. ‘Nobody told us about his criminal past or that he was one of the country’s most notorious murderers.’ Now, knowing he is about to be released, she says she is unable to sleep and is constantly in fear of attack. ‘My life has been ruined, I’ve had no life for the last 15 years,’ she added. Police Constable Geoffret Roger Fox (right) and Temporary Detective Constable David Bertram (left) were killed in the attack . Detective Sergeant Christopher Tippett was also murdered by Roberts in 1966 when he shot them dead . ‘I’m constantly looking over my shoulder, every night when I lock up the animals I’m wondering if they will still be there in the morning. ‘If the authorities had done their job properly then none of this would have happened.’ Mrs Cartwright was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the attack on her horse and underwent counselling paid for by the Home Office, but she still breaks down when discussing what happened to her animals. Today her home is protected by £65,000 of state-of-the-art CCTV and security. Up until two years ago she also had police panic alarms – with a direct line to armed response units – installed in her property. Now she is hoping they will be re-installed should Roberts be freed, although she is not convinced the police will be able to protect her family. ‘He’s a sick man who has done some dreadful things. He won’t show any remorse for what he’s done – not in a million years.’

Harry Roberts worked at Joan Cartwright's animal sanctuary on day release . The criminal was serving jail sentence for killing three people in 1966 . He threatened the 71-year-old and her animals, many of which were killed . Roberts is due to be released from prison imminently at the age of 78 .

Keywords: <keyword>CHRISTMAS TRUCE</keyword>, <keyword>TRENCHES DECEMBER</keyword>, <keyword>HISTORIC CEASEFIRE</keyword>, <keyword>HUGGINS SGT</keyword>, <keyword>SHOT SNIPERS</keyword>, <keyword>HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT</keyword>, <keyword>1914 PTE</keyword>, <keyword>STORY PERCY</keyword>, <keyword>MEN BURIED</keyword>, <keyword>NEWS PAIR</keyword> The story of two British soldiers gunned down by German snipers on December 25, 1914 during the famous Christmas Day truce has been revealed for the first time since the exchange 100 years ago. While gestures of goodwill spread along the Western Front, the festivities stopped half-a-mile short of where Private Percy Huggins and Sergeant Tom Gregory were on duty in Rue De Bois, France. The historic ceasefire, which saw men from both sides exchange seasonal greetings and play games of football during the First World War, was shattered by the sound of a sniper's rifle. Private Percy Huggins, left, and Sergeant Tom Gregory, right, were both killed on Christmas Day by German snipers - the same day the famous 'Christmas truce' was declared along the Western Front . Pte Huggins, 23, from the Hertfordshire regiment's D Company, was on sentry duty at a forward listening post just 20 yards from the enemy when he was killed with a single bullet to the head. The shooting enraged his platoon Sergeant Gregory, who demanded he take his place and immediately set about scanning the frost-covered ground before taking the sniper out with a shot. Then as the experienced soldier continued scouring enemy lines he spotted another sniper - but the German marksmen had seen Sgt Gregory, 36, first and in a split-section action shot him dead. The two British men were among the 149 Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives on December 25, 1914, although many of those died of previously-inflicted wounds. Their story has remained untold, overshadowed by tales of the peaceful Christmas morning shared from both sides of the trenches which has now been retold in a Christmas advert by Sainsburys this year. But their plight has now come to light after the family of Pte Huggins released his letters from the trenches to the Herts at War project, an exhibition to mark the centenary of the outbreak of war. This is the last letter Private Percy Huggins sent to his mother Agnes from the trenches in December 1914 . It was after his family released the letters as part of the centenary that the pair's story has been widely told . The letters prompted researcher Dan Hill to look into the military records and regimental diaries, revealing the full tragic tale. He said: 'There is no doubt that a truce of sorts took place in multiple points along the line of trenches forming in France and Belgium. 'These men did shake hands and exchange gifts and wished each other a Merry Christmas. 'Less than a mile to the north of the Rue De Bois, we know the men of the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment took part in a truce and one also seems to have taken place to the south as well. 'Many men used the pause in fighting as a time to collect and bury the dead that lay about in No Man's land. Gravestones for Private Huggins (left) and Sergeant Gregory (right) which stand in Le Touret, France . Le Touret cemetery in France where Huggins an Gregory are buried, after they were shot by German snipers . This is the original grave of Private Percy Huggins in France. He was stationed just miles from where the famous Christmas truce was being held on the Western Front . This map shows the area where the two soldiers were shot by snipers (circled). They were two of the 149 Commonwealth soldiers to die on Christmas Day . 'The truce probably bypassed the Hertfordshire Regiment because they were with the Guards Brigade who were incredibly professional and were highly unlikely to have fraternised. 'The story of Percy and Tom's tragic demise on that day serves to highlight that December 25, 1914, was just another day on the Western Front for some. 'To think that Mrs Huggins, Mrs Gregory and the mother of one German soldier enjoyed their Christmas at home unaware at that time of what had befallen their sons.' Sgt Gregory, from Watford and a father-of-seven, was a veteran of the Boer War and became a postman before he re-joined the army in 1914. Pte Huggins worked in his family's upholstery business before he joined the army (he is pictured outside) Pte Huggins pictured with his mother Agnes as a baby. His mother did not hear about his death until January . His wife had just given birth to their seventh child when he was killed and she named their daughter Lille after the place where he died. Pte Huggins, from Ware in Hertfordshire, worked in his family's upholstery business before he joined the Hertfordshire Regiment, one of the first Territorial Army units to be called up to the regular army in the First World War. In November 1914 the men joined up with the illustrious Guards Brigade and sailed to France and were soon in action at the first Battle of Ypres. They then left frontline duties for a month's rest before returning to the trenches on the evening of Christmas Eve. Soon afterwards Pte Huggins wrote his last, poignant letter home to his mother, Agnes, a widow bringing up seven children by herself back in England. He thanked her for sending him a Christmas pudding which he explained he would have to eat cold but was still very much looking forward to it. A newspaper reported the shocking news that the pair had been killed on Christmas Day, also nodding towards the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914 . Private Percy Huggin's obituary in a local newspaper notes that he had gone to France in November and was killed in action near Festubert on Christmas Day after being shot through the head by a sniper . Clearly missing his family, he wrote: 'I know you all must miss me and no doubt can to some extent realise what my feelings are for I cannot express them. 'I long for the day when this terrible conflict will be ended. You consider war a terrible thing but imagination cannot reach far enough for the horrors of warfare that can be seen on the battlefield are indescribable and I pray this may be the last war that will ever be.' He explained he was proud to serve his King and country, adding: 'I can only hope by the grace of God to acquit myself honourably and be permitted to return to all the dear ones in safety. An image of the Hertfordshire Battalion, which has been colourised for the HertsAtWar exhibition . Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, taken around August 1914, upon the outbreak of war . Pte Huggins and Sgt Gregory are not pictured but these soldiers were part of their battalion during the war . 'I have already asked, dear mum, that you will spend as happy a Xmas as possible and I will do the same.' Shortly before dawn on Christmas Day, Corporal Clifford Lane, of H Company Hertfordshire regiment, recalled how the Germans hoisted their lanterns above the trenches and called out to the British as a overture for a temporary truce. The British responded by shooting at the lights, putting an end to any prospect of a Christmas Day ceasefire - one that could have spared the lives of Pte Huggins and Sgt Gregory. But as the regiment ate a Christmas breakfast of bread and jam, cheese and a piece of cold bacon, Pte Huggins and Sgt Gregory had already been killed. It is thought the families of both soldiers received news of their deaths some time in early January and the two men were buried side by side at Le Touret Military Cemetery in Bethune, France. The Christmas truce, which became famous during the First World War, was a series of unofficial ceasefires spread along the Western Front. Known as Weihnachtsfrieden in German and Trêve de Noël in French, it lasted more than just Christmas Day itself, with soldiers from both sides crossing trenches to exchange greetings. In some parts, men ventured into No Man's Land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to swap food and souvenirs they had received from home. There were also joint burial ceremonies while some men played games of football and other meetings ended with carol-singing. But the truce wasn't completely widespread with fighting continuing in some sectors and 149 soldiers from the Commonwealth were killed on Christmas Day alone. After festivities were over troops returned to fighting and in subsequent years, truces were not nearly as common - by 1916 they were no longer permitted at all.

Ceasefire stopped short of where soldiers from Hertfordshire were on duty . Private Percy Huggins and Sergeant Tom Gregory were shot on Christmas . Their story has remained untold until family released letters from trenches . They were two of the 149 Commonwealth soldiers to die on Christmas Day .

Keywords: <keyword>CORVETTE MUSEUM</keyword>, <keyword>OPENING SINKHOLES</keyword>, <keyword>CARS FELL</keyword>, <keyword>GREEN KENTUCKY</keyword>, <keyword>SAID FRAZER</keyword>, <keyword>SPOKESWOMAN KATIE</keyword>, <keyword>OWNER AGE</keyword>, <keyword>STRUCTURAL DAMAGE</keyword>, <keyword>CONTROLLED DRONES</keyword>, <keyword>BHARUCHA DIFFERENT</keyword> Sinkholes are swallowing Corvettes now. Last year it was houses in Florida, and on Wednesday nature gobbled up some of the coolest and fastest cars to come off the assembly line. Eight valuable 'vettes at Bowling Green, Kentucky's National Corvette Museum fell victim to a 40-foot-wide, 20-foot-deep sinkhole that opened up in the facility's yellow Sky Dome wing. The museum unofficially estimates it caused millions of dollars in damage. Motion detectors alerted security that something was amiss shortly after 5:30 a.m., said museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli. An employee who first walked into the room "has been in shock all day," she said. "When you go in there, it's unreal," said Frassinelli. "The hole is so big, it makes the Corvettes look like little Matchbox cars." The news triggered a collective worldwide gasp from the Corvette Nation. "I was shocked," said Frazer Bharucha, 47, a Corvette owner since age 17. "We're talking about iconic cars that have been around for years." Using remote-controlled drones, geologists and engineers from nearby Western Kentucky University have already explored the sinkhole and determined that the Sky Dome suffered no structural damage, Frassinelli said. "There's a cave down there," she said, adding that the museum is only a short drive away from Mammoth Cave National Park. The damaged portion of the museum will be closed indefinitely, but the rest of the facility will be open as usual on Thursday, she said. The painful losses have been tallied: Of the eight cars that fell, six were donated to the museum by Corvette enthusiasts, and two are owned by the car's maker, General Motors. Here's the museum's list of cars that went down the hole: . -- a 1962 "Black Corvette"-- a 1984 PPG pace car-- a 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil"-- the 1992 white "1 Millionth Corvette"-- a 1993 ruby red "40th Anniversary Corvette"-- a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette-- the 2009 white "1.5 Millionth Corvette"-- a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder . The total value of the damaged cars is substantial, said museum executive director Wendell Strode. Almost all the cars have been removed from the room. They've been setting up ramps to get the last one out," said Frassinelli. That remaining Corvette is suspended in a precarious position on a riser directly above the sinkhole. Bharucha, of the Long Island Corvette Owners Association, knows the museum well, having visited it at least six times. "There's a sense of awe and you get a lump in your throat when you walk inside." He's right. I've been there. It's hallowed ground. Under the Sky Dome's recognizable red spire and towering vaulted 100-foot high ceiling sits a round chamber that cradled rare vehicles, including Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 pace cars. The room feels like a cathedral. And for many enthusiasts, it is kind of the Church of the Corvette. It is home to more than 70 unique Corvettes, including several prototypes and a unique 1983 model -- the only one in existence. Only 43 1983 Corvettes were manufactured before GM decided to scrap them and move on to the 1984 design. All were destroyed, except the one now housed at the museum. That car will likely go on display elsewhere in the museum, Frassinelli said, but the others from the damaged dome will be placed in storage. Let's remember the Corvette's rich tradition. This is the ultra-cool car driven by Bill Bixby in the 1970s TV series, "The Magician." It also was the cherry ride that was good enough to be piloted by the dudes with the right stuff: NASA's Apollo astronauts. "It's the all-American car," Bharucha said. "No matter where you go, people know it and love it. Sometimes they'll stare at it. Other times they'll wave." You always remember your first car, and Bharucha is no different. For him it was a 1966 yellow Corvette convertible. Guess what? He still has it. "That's my baby," he said. "That's the one car I will not sell." The sinkhole couldn't have come at a worse time, as the museum prepares to celebrate its 20th annivesary and open a 184-acre Motorsports Park in August. Some 5,000 people are already pre-registered to attend the park's grand opening. Sinkholes at the Motorsports Park aren't really a concern, Frassinelli said. Several holes were found during construction and were made harmless, she said. "We want to move forward as soon as possible", she said. "We want to start repairs and recovery." Sinkholes: Common, costly and sometimes deadly .

40-foot wide sinkhole creates "millions" in damages at National Corvette Museum . "There's a cave down there," says museum spokeswoman . Engineers say Sky Dome suffered no structural damage . The cost of the damaged cars is "substantial," a museum director says .

Keywords: <keyword>BIEBER MONKEY</keyword>, <keyword>ZOO GERMANY</keyword>, <keyword>SHELTER CONFISCATED</keyword>, <keyword>MALLY TRANSFERRED</keyword>, <keyword>GERMANY RISK</keyword>, <keyword>CLAIM BRANDLHUBER</keyword>, <keyword>CARING CAPUCHIN</keyword>, <keyword>COST VACCINATIONS</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICIALS POSTED</keyword>, <keyword>PAY CASH</keyword> German authorities have asked pop star Justin Bieber to hand over nearly $8,000 for the costs of caring for the capuchin monkey he left behind in Munich after bringing it on tour without the right paperwork. The bill covers the cost of vaccinations, accommodation and transport for the monkey, known as Mally, which is now being cared for at a zoo in northern Germany. Customs officials posted a public notice of the bill after failing to get a response from Bieber at the address he gave to customs officials, said Martin Brandlhuber, a customs spokesman at Munich's airport. In light of that, German authorities have followed the applicable laws and made the claim publicly known, he said. Bieber must pay up the next time he comes to Germany or risk being denied entry, Brandlhuber said. If he is unable to pay cash, then customs officials could confiscate other property to meet the claim, Brandlhuber said. Alternatively, Bieber could be denied entry and be required to provide a valid address. The young monkey was taken to a Munich animal shelter after it was confiscated at the end of March as Bieber arrived in Germany on a European tour. Mally was transferred to the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, near Hanover, in June after spending several weeks in quarantine. Bieber had until May 7 to present the paperwork to reclaim his pet but failed to do so, zoo spokeswoman Juliane Gunkel said last month. As a result, Mally is now the property of the German government, and the Serengeti Park is acting as the caretaker. The park was picked because it is the only zoo in Germany that has a family of capuchins for Mally to join. Bieber's representatives declined to comment at the time the animal was confiscated. Justin Bieber's monkey starts new life in German zoo .

German authorities ask Justin Bieber to pay nearly $8,000 for the care of his monkey . The monkey was seized in March after Bieber brought it on tour without the right paperwork . German customs officials have made the bill public after failing to reach Bieber . Bieber could be denied entry if he doesn't pay before he next comes to Germany -- official .

Keywords: <keyword>FRIEND MOURINHO</keyword>, <keyword>RONALDO CLASHED</keyword>, <keyword>LEAVE MADRID</keyword>, <keyword>SUPERSTAR CRISTIANO</keyword>, <keyword>CHELSEA DIFFICULT</keyword>, <keyword>BLASTED JOSE</keyword>, <keyword>PLAYERS FANS</keyword>, <keyword>BERNABEU CLAIMING</keyword>, <keyword>MANAGERS</keyword>, <keyword>ANGEL DI</keyword> Cristiano Ronaldo has blasted Jose Mourinho for creating a ‘bad atmosphere’ at Real Madrid during his troubled reign at the Bernabeu claiming ‘He’s no friend of mine’. Mourinho endured an explosive tenure at the La Liga giants for three seasons between 2010-2013 and was forced to leave Madrid last summer after a trophyless season. The Real Madrid superstar has slammed Mourinho, who is now at the helm at Chelsea, for his attitude towards the squad and fans. VIDEO Scroll down for Ronaldo's Mourinho directed celebration after scoring vs Chelsea . 'Difficult period': Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo clashed with former manager Jose Mourinho . He told the Sun: ‘There was a bad atmosphere and it was a difficult period in personal terms. ‘There were situations with other players and also with the fans.’ Mourinho clashed with the Spanish press and also had public fall-outs with keeper Iker Casillas and current Manchester United midfielder Angel di Maria, which prompted fans to jeer the ‘Special One’ in his last season at the club. Ronaldo added: ‘Of all my managers, the only one I have a friendship with is Sir Alex Ferguson. But I’m not in football to have friends. I’m here to win.’ Thanks: Despite a turbulent tenure at Madrid, some of the Bernabeu crowd were sad to see Mourinho leave . Happier times: Mourinho has now returned to the Premier League with Chelsea for a second spell at the club .

Cristiano Ronaldo slammed Jose Mourinho's attitude during his turbulent three years spell as Real Madrid manager between 2010-2013 . The former Manchester United star claims 'He's no friend of mine' Mourinho won the La Liga in 2012 but clashed with several squad members .

Keywords: <keyword>TREATING SQUINT</keyword>, <keyword>EYE TREATMENT</keyword>, <keyword>CORRECTIVE SURGERY</keyword>, <keyword>STRABISMUS EYES</keyword>, <keyword>AMBLYOPIA WEAKER</keyword>, <keyword>SIGHT LOSS</keyword>, <keyword>LADY LOUISE</keyword>, <keyword>AFFECT COSMETIC</keyword>, <keyword>UNTREATED AGE</keyword>, <keyword>ASCOT RACECOURSE</keyword> By . Dr Ellie Cannon . I was so pleased that  Lady Louise Windsor, the daughter of Prince Edward  and the Countess of Wessex, appears to have had what  was a fairly dramatic squint corrected. With conditions like this, some people have a tendency to make unfair assumptions about someone’s character based purely on appearance. The family have chosen not  to reveal the details of ten-year-old Lady Louise’s treatment, and whether she had surgery  is not known. Before and after: Lady Louise Windsor in June 2013, left, and right, attenidng the Christmas Meeting at Ascot Racecourse in December after her correction . Although there are many options for treating a squint,  an operation shouldn’t be shied away from – it’s not simply a cosmetic treatment, but one that saves sight. Can’t some people with  a squint see just fine? People can learn to live with varying degrees of vision  and sight loss. But this condition, if untreated, usually leads to deterioration in the capabilities  of the affected eye, which is why treatment at a young age is recommended. A squint – the medical term is strabismus – is when the eyes do not align in their movements. One eye will look straight ahead, while the other turns inwards, outwards, upwards or downwards. As the eyes are focusing on different things, the brain ignores the signals from one eye to avoid ‘seeing double’. It’s this eye that becomes  weak, and eventually vision in it starts to worsen. The problem is often  something a child is born with, evident from birth, and it is due  to weaknesses in the muscles that surround the eye. A child is more at risk of a squint if they are born prematurely, like Lady Louise, or have a family history  of them. Saving grace: The squint, also known as a lazy eye, prevented Lady Louise, pictured before her operation with her mother Sophie Countess of Wessex, from seeing straight . Is surgery the only sure way of correcting it? No, it’s usually offered only once other options have proved ineffective. Glasses are one of the most common treatments for squints and are used firstly to correct any vision problem. But this can also correct the squint itself. Injections of Botox have now started to be used on the NHS for squints: this is injected into the eye muscles and allows them to realign. The younger the child, the higher the chances are of correction and preserving optimal vision. What about eye patches  – are they helpful? Patching is used for children with squints but is not a treatment. It can save the child’s vision, but doesn’t affect the cosmetic appearance. When a child has a squint, one eye becomes ‘lazy’ and loses vision – we call this amblyopia. This weaker eye points in the wrong direction and so doesn’t get all the visual stimuli the other one does. An eye needs these stimuli to develop proper visual pathways to the brain. A lazy eye will therefore not have proper development and  the child relies more and more  on the good eye. Patching is used to cover the good eye, which forces reliance on the weaker eye, and so it can start to develop proper visual pathways. The earlier this is done the better – often from age two.  If left untreated beyond the age of seven, it is usually too late to acquire full vision in the lazy eye. What does the  operation involve? Eye movements are controlled by a set of muscles, and corrective surgery moves these muscles to a new position to straighten the eyes. There is no scar – just a few dissolvable stitches are left inside the eye socket. It can be sore for a few days but recovery involves using the eyes as soon as the patient feels comfortable – to read, for example – so that they get used to working again. Is surgery always successful? Squint surgery is relatively straightforward, but a second operation for further alignment of the eyes is not uncommon. Estimates show that about one in five goes on to have a second operation. Is there a cut-off point –  can adults have squints corrected if they didn’t as children? The operation is possible with a good chance of an acceptable cosmetic result,  but it would be too late to correct a ‘lazy’ eye for visual acuity. As a rule, the earlier someone is treated, the better the outcome. Concerns about a child’s eyes should be a raised with a GP who can refer  to an orthoptist for assessment of the  eye muscles.

Lady Louise Windsor, aged ten, has had an eye problem corrected . Correcting a squint - known as a lazy eye - can save a child's sight .

Keywords: <keyword>SCHAEFER CRIMES</keyword>, <keyword>PENITENTIARY SANTIAGO</keyword>, <keyword>AUGUSTO PINOCHET</keyword>, <keyword>FLED GERMANY</keyword>, <keyword>NOTORIOUS COMMUNE</keyword>, <keyword>COMMUNE CHILE</keyword>, <keyword>COLONIA DIGNIDAD</keyword>, <keyword>CALLED VILLA</keyword>, <keyword>FOUNDED CULT</keyword>, <keyword>HUMAN RIGHTS</keyword> (CNN) -- Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi who fled Germany in 1961 and founded a cult-like commune in Chile, died Saturday in a prison hospital. He was 88. Schaefer was serving a 20-year sentence at the national penitentiary in Santiago for sexually abusing children at the notorious commune known as Colonia Dignidad (The Dignity Colony). The commune in southern Chile, also called Villa Baviera, was created as a place to safeguard Germanic traditions. Under Schaefer's rule, contact with outsiders was largely forbidden. Some of Schaefer's crimes date to the 1970s and 1980s, during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who had visited the commune. Former members of the colony have admitted that human rights violations and sexual abuse of children occurred there, saying in a 2006 letter published in a leading Chilean newspaper that they were led by Schaefer's influence. Schaefer had been in prison since 2006 when he was extradited to Chile from Argentina, where he had been living in hiding. Schaefer died Saturday morning of cardiopulmonary arrest, the penitentiary said. CNN Chile's Christian Pino contributed to this report.

Former Nazi officer Paul Schaefer dies in Chile of cardiopulmonary arrest . Schaefer died in prison hospital, where he was serving a 20-year sentence . Schaefer was convicted of sexually abusing children Colonia Dignidad commune . Some of Schaefer's crimes date to the 1970s and '80s during Pinochet era .

Keywords: <keyword>SELFIES TWITTER</keyword>, <keyword>TWERK HASHTAG</keyword>, <keyword>NAMED WORD</keyword>, <keyword>MILEY</keyword>, <keyword>CAMERON POSED</keyword>, <keyword>DANCE FAMOUS</keyword>, <keyword>TRENDING TOPICS</keyword>, <keyword>DESCRIBING FAST</keyword>, <keyword>OVERUSED 2013</keyword>, <keyword>MANDELA MEMORIAL</keyword> 'Selfie' may have been named Oxford . Dictionary’s word of 2013, but its popularity just earned it another . accolade - being voted the most annoying and overused term of the past . 12 months. It topped the list of words Lake Superior State University want to be banished in 2014. Other words that made the cut include 'twerk', 'hashtag', 'Twittersphere' and 'Obamacare.' Scroll down for video . Iconic: One of the most famous selfies from 2013 was taken of U.S. President Barack Obama (right) and British Prime Minister David Cameron by Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (centre) at Nelson Mandela's memorial, pictured . 1. Selfie - taking a photo of yourself . 2.Twerk/twerking - a dance move made famous by Miley Cyrus . 3. Hashtag - used for trending topics on Facebook and Twitter . 4. Twittersphere - another word for Twitter . 5. Mr. Mom - the name of the 1983 film starring Michael Keaton . 6. T-Bone - the layout of a car accident . 7. '...on steroids' - to describe something fast or strong . 8. 'Ageddon and 'Pocalypse - shortened versions of Armageddon and Apocalypse . 9. Intellectually/Morally Bankrupt - words used by politicians . 10. Obamacare - the U.S. health reform . 11. Adversity - to describe struggling sports teams . 12. Fan base - another word for fans . The annual list of annoying words is based on nominations made on the official Banished Words Facebook page. Each nomination was submitted with a brief explanation of why the word is annoying or should be banned. According . to his nomination for the word ‘selfie’, Facebook fan Bruce, from . Ontario wrote: 'Named 'Word of the Year' by Oxford Dictionary? Give me a . break! Ugh, get rid of it.' While . David Lake from Wisconsin wrote: ‘It's a lame word. It's all about me, . me, me. Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you.’ The term was made popular in 2013 when celebrities, in particular, began posting 'selfies' on Twitter and Instagram. Even . U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron . posed for a selfie with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt . at Nelson Mandela's memorial earlier this month. The word 'twerk' became popular following Miley Cyrus' performance with Robin Thicke at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. Actor Hugh Jackman (left) posts a picture of himself after he is treated for skin cancer and Joey Essex (right) saying in these social network pictures 'Safe though' and 'SELFIE with my mate Ed' One of the most famous selfies of the past 12 months was the Pope posing with teenagers at the Vatican. The picture went viral on social media and was widely speculated as being the first ever 'Papal selfie' The word 'twerk' became popular following Miley Cyrus' performance with Robin Thicke at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, pictured . In . nominating 'twerk' and 'twerking', Lisa from New York explained: 'I . twitch when I hear twerk, for to twerk proves one is a jerk - or is at . least twitching like a jerk. Twerking has brought us to a new low in our . lexicon.' 'Hashtag' and 'Twittersphere' have been growing in popularity for years and are used most commonly on, and about, Twitter. Facebook fan Jen, from Michigan wrote in her nomination for 'hashtag': 'It's #obnoxious #ridiculous #annoying and I wish it would disappear.' Among the other words that made the list was Mr. Mom, following the 30-year anniversary of the 1983 . Michael Keaton movie of the same name. The overuse of the words ‘intellectually’ and ‘morally bankrupt’ by politicians was the reason why these words made the list. While the most annoying words in sports were listed as 'adversity' and 'fan base.' As . Facebook user Kyle, from White Lake in Michigan wrote on his . nomination: 'Facing adversity is working 50 hours a week and still . struggling to feed your kids. Facing third and fifteen without your best . receiver with tens of millions in the bank, is not.' While the biggest criticism for fan base was that it uses two words, when just one – the word ‘fans’ – will do. Obamacare dominated the headlines earlier this year when the U.S. suffered a federal shutdown over the health reform plans. Another popular word that the poll claimed was overused in the press was T-Bone, a word used to describe a layout of a car accident. The term '...on steroids' was slammed for being overused when describing something as being fast or strong. While 'Ageddon and Pocalypse' - as shortened versions of Armageddon and Apocalypse - were also overused in 2013 according to the poll.

'Selfie', 'twerk' and 'Twittersphere' among the most annoying words of 2013 . The words make up Lake Superior University's 2014 Banished Words list . List is based on nominations made on the Banished Words Facebook page . 'Obamacare', 'hashtag' and 'adversity' also made the list .

Keywords: <keyword>OUYA PARTNERED</keyword>, <keyword>NEW CONSOLES</keyword>, <keyword>GAMES UHRMAN</keyword>, <keyword>000 KICKSTARTER</keyword>, <keyword>GAME PURCHASES</keyword>, <keyword>DEVELOPERS OFFER</keyword>, <keyword>YEAR E3</keyword>, <keyword>PRONOUNCED OOO</keyword>, <keyword>RUBIK CUBE</keyword>, <keyword>ANDROID OPERATING</keyword> Julie Uhrman needed $950,000 from Kickstarter in less than a month to make her dream of an affordable, free-to-play gaming console a reality. She got it in eight hours -- and nearly $8 million more after that. "It was the opposite of 'Field of Dreams,' " said Uhrman, a gaming-industry veteran and former vice president at IGN. "It was, if you come, we will build this." And so was born Ouya, a $99 console that's shaped like and is just a hair bigger than a Rubik's Cube. It runs on Google's Android operating system and requires developers to offer a version of their games for free. Kickstarter backers will be getting their Ouyas later this month and they'll go on sale to everyone else in June. Speaking here at the South by Southwest Interactive festival, Uhrman said she got the idea for Ouya (pronounced OOO-yuh) in response to a video-game industry that to her had grown stale. No new consoles were announced at last year's E3 gaming conference by the big three console makers (Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony). In recent years, almost all the most hyped and popular games have been sequels. And the rise of mobile gaming has been limited, turning video gaming into a solitary exercise rather than the social one she remembered growing up. "The TV is the best screen for playing games," Uhrman said in an interview-style keynote with editor Joshua Topolsky of tech blog The Verge. "I remember growing up, playing with my sister ... I feel like we've lost that. I want to bring back the world of TV gaming." For gamers, the strength of a console often boils down to the games they can play on it. To that end, Uhrman said 7,000 developers have signed up for Ouya accounts, from big publishers who create multi-million-selling titles like "Halo" down to the smaller independents. The only requirement, she says, is that the game must be free or offer a free trial before the player has to buy it. How the game will make money -- whether it's through ads, in-game purchases or sales after a free trial -- is up to the developer. "You shouldn't have to pay so much money to try out a new game," she said. "We believe that every single game you should try before you buy." During the hour-long interview, Topolsky pushed Uhrman on whether the Ouya, which will have 1GB of RAM and run on an Nvidia Tegra 3 chip, will be powerful enough to run the kind of immersive, expansive shooters that have made big gaming releases as lucrative as blockbuster movies. Her answer came in two parts. "Yes," she said. "And why would we? "Those experiences are great on those devices. You wouldn't want to play those games anywhere else. But we are going to have exclusive games. ... We're going to have inventive, creative, exciting content that no one else has. At $99, it's not an either-or decision." Uhrman said some top developers will be reworking popular titles for the Ouya. Others, some of whom have never made games before using Android, are crafting new titles, she said. "We're going to have our version of those games, but it's going to be different," she said. "We will have a first-person shooter ... game that you are going to want to play for hours on end." Ouya also has partnered with game-streaming site OnLive, meaning that some graphic-intensive games could be playable on the device via the cloud. Throughout its development, Ouya has been open to its public, inviting them to help make suggestions. When backers pointed out on Reddit that the color-coded buttons on the console's controller were no good for color-blind players, Ouya replaced them, making the four buttons correspond with the O, U, Y and A in its name. An Ethernet port was added when some backers outside the United States said they had no access to Wi-Fi, and a USB port was added for the "hardest of the hardcore" players who will want to store more games than the console can handle. Increasingly, gaming consoles are becoming all-in-one entertainment hubs for the living room, and Ouya will try to compete in that arena as well. The company already has partnerships with Flickster and Vevo and is in talks with major players like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Google. "We're pretty confident we're going to have (that content) at launch or close to launch," Uhrman said. Between now and then, she'll be focusing on two goals. "We want you to love it," she said. "And we want it to work."

Ouya is a $99 gaming console that will require all games be offered for free . The console, which runs on Google's Android system, raised $8.6 million on Kickstarter . Founder Julie Uhrman says she wants gaming on TV to be social, fun again . Kickstarter backers get Ouyas late this month; it's on sale to everyone in June .

Keywords: <keyword>TWITTER CIA</keyword>, <keyword>FBI JOINED</keyword>, <keyword>SHADOWY SPY</keyword>, <keyword>SECURITY MISSION</keyword>, <keyword>INSIGHTS SHARE</keyword>, <keyword>BRENNAN STATEMENT</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICIALLY FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>SPOOKS FINALLY</keyword>, <keyword>INFORMATION LAUNCHING</keyword>, <keyword>SENSE HUMOR</keyword> (CNN) -- They're late to the party, but the spooks have finally joined Twitter. And -- who knew? -- they have a sense of humor. At 1:49 pm ET on Friday, the Central Intelligence Agency sent its first-ever Twitter message, from a verified account with the simple handle of @CIA. With characteristic secrecy, it said: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet." The Internet immediately erupted with delight. Within two hours the message had been retweeted more than 85,000 times, the CIA had gained more than 105,000 followers, and the jokes were flowing faster than Claire Danes' tears on "Homeland." "@CIA how does it feel to be followed for once?" replied one Twitter user. Social media outreach does seem like an odd fit for a shadowy spy agency whose work is mostly classified. But the CIA, which also joined Facebook on Friday, is trying to brighten its public face. "By expanding to these platforms, CIA will be able to more directly engage with the public and provide information on CIA's mission, history, and other developments," said CIA Director John Brennan in a statement. "We have important insights to share, and we want to make sure that unclassified information about the Agency is more accessible to the American public that we serve, consistent with our national security mission." The agency also promised to post "the latest news, statements, and career information" from the CIA, along with artifacts from the CIA's museum, updates from its World Factbook and unclassified intelligence information. By launching officially on Facebook and Twitter, the CIA is expanding its limited online presence beyond its public website, Flickr and YouTube accounts. Compared to some rival government agencies, though, it's got some catching up to do. The National Security Agency joined Twitter in 2009, the FBI joined in 2008 and those early adopters at the State Department joined in 2007.

The Central Intelligence Agency finally joins Twitter, Facebook . Its first Twitter message: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet" Within two hours the message had been retweeted more than 85,000 times .

Keywords: <keyword>EXPOSURE ADHD</keyword>, <keyword>POLLUTION PREGNANCY</keyword>, <keyword>POLLUTANTS POLYCYCLIC</keyword>, <keyword>LEVELS PRENATAL</keyword>, <keyword>PAH MOLECULES</keyword>, <keyword>CHILD BEHAVIOR</keyword>, <keyword>SCREENING TESTS</keyword>, <keyword>PREVIOUS STUDIES</keyword>, <keyword>IMPULSIVE SUBTYPE</keyword>, <keyword>URINE AGES</keyword> Scientists at Columbia University found children exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy are five times more likely to have ADHD . Children exposed to high levels of pollution in the womb are at greater risk of suffering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a new study has found. Scientists at Columbia University studied 233 non-smoking pregnant women living in New York. They found children exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy were five times more likely to have ADHD by the time they were nine years old. The nine-year study looked at levels of common pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Researchers measured the levels of PAH in maternal and umbilical cord blood shortly after delivery. And they repeated tests when each of the children were three and five, measuring levels of PAH in their urine. Thirty-three children who had high levels of exposure to PAHs, as measured at birth. Of those, 13 were diagnosed with ADHD hyperactive-impulsive subtype, seven the inattentive subtype, and 13 had both. Professor Frederica Perera, first author of the study, said: 'Those children born to moms who were exposed to high levels of PAH during pregnancy had five times the odds of having an increased number of symptoms.' PAHs are created when products like coal, oil, gas and rubbish are burned but not completely. They don't burn easily, and as a result remain in the environment for long periods of time. Most are used to conduct research though some are used to make dyes, plastics and pesticides. One of the most common ways they enter the body is through breathing in contaminated air. To establish children's exposure to PAHs in the womb, the scientists measured levels of fragments of the mothers' DNA bonded to PAH molecules, also known as DNA adducts, in umbilical cord blood. Previous studies carried out by Professor Perera and her team identified links between higher levels of prenatal PAH exposure and developmental delays in children by the age of three. They also noted lower IQ scores at five, and increased risk a child will suffer anxiety, depression and attention problems at six and seven. The new study, published in the journal PLoS One, looked at the children's ADHD symptoms using the Child Behavior Checklist and the Conners' Parent Rating Scale - two screening tests used to diagnose the condition. They studied 233 non-smoking pregnant women living in New York, measuring levels of a common pollutant in umbilical cord blood and then levels in the children's urine at ages three and five . Professor Perera said this is the first time a link has been established between prenatal PAH exposure and ADHD symptoms. She told LiveScience: 'If replicated, then these findings could lead to new ways or stronger ways, better ways, to prevent ADHD. 'By nature, environmental exposures are preventable, this we consider one possible contributor to ADHD and one that's preventable, and the findings should be followed up so that necessary preventive strategies could be taken.' She said pregnant women concerned about the effect of pollution levels on their unborn babies, can eat plenty of fresh produce which helps offset the effects of pollutants.

Scientists at Columbia University found children exposed to high levels of pollution were five times more likely to have ADHD by the age of nine . Nine-year study looked at levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) They measured levels of PAH in umbilical cord blood, then in children's urine at the ages of three and five .

Keywords: <keyword>MAKE QUILTS</keyword>, <keyword>FEELING FABRIC</keyword>, <keyword>LAYERING STORY</keyword>, <keyword>MAGICAL CREATIVE</keyword>, <keyword>TRY CRAFTING</keyword>, <keyword>MUSEUM ART</keyword>, <keyword>STORY OPRAH</keyword>, <keyword>PATTERNS NOTES</keyword>, <keyword>SBF PRAYING</keyword>, <keyword>FAMILY SITTING</keyword> (Oprah.com) -- The Quilter: Kyra Hicks . Twenty years ago, a friend and I were visiting the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati and saw an exhibit of African-American quilts. I'll never forget one particular piece by the artist Faith Ringgold -- a family sitting at a Thanksgiving table, with their thoughts sewn into the fabric. I just knew right away: I wanted to tell stories with cotton. It's exciting to start on a quilt. I tape paper to my wall and sketch patterns and notes. Going to the fabric store for the right colors or prints feels as important as the actual sewing. And then I clear out a huge empty space in my family room, and I get busy. I don't know how to draw, so it amazes me that this magical, creative part of me comes out. Here's an example: A few years ago, when I was yearning for a date on a Friday night, I asked myself, "How can I capture this feeling in fabric?" So I made a quilt that reads "SBF praying for a SBM to share my quilt." The image is of a black woman, and if you look really closely, the background pattern is filled with couples. I love layering the story like that. I probably couldn't make a living quilting, and I'm glad of that. My 9-to-5 job as a product manager means I don't have to make quilts to sell. There's a freedom to being pure to the art, to not being motivated to pay the mortgage with it. My quilts are motivated only by my need to tell my story. Oprah.com: The 4-Step Plan to Get Your Life on Track . The Coach: Jennifer Smith . As a kid, I was a horse nut, a real barn rat. I would spend every Saturday at the stables, grooming horses, mucking stalls -- anything for extra rides. But when I went to college, my obsession fizzled out. I got a job in book publishing and started spending my days in front of a computer, stuck in my head. I like what I do, but as time passed, I just began to crave something wildly different. Then, three years ago, I came across a video about horses helping children with disabilities. I felt like it was speaking directly to me. On my first day as a volunteer, I was paired with a 9-year-old girl who had severe developmental and physical disabilities. My job was to walk alongside her for support. When she got in the saddle of a big brown swayback, her face lit up. She couldn't stop laughing! I saw other kids in wheelchairs -- kids who spend all day looking up at people -- sitting in the saddle and grinning like they were on top of the world. It felt magical. There's no office equivalent, no matter how much you enjoy your day job. I've since become a certified riding instructor. For six months a year, I'm at the stable on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's something I don't technically have time for -- I've missed weekends away with friends, and I schedule "summer" vacations for March because the program starts in April -- but you make time for things that matter. Oprah.com: 26 Ways to Tell Your Story and Share It with the World . The Cheese-Maker: Elena Santogade . My family is from Wisconsin, so I've always liked cheese, but my interest didn't get intense until a few years ago. I felt antsy at my desk job, so I started a club: Each week a coworker would bring in a few cheeses to share. For my turn, I visited a cheesemonger in a specialty shop. We shared a piece of Appenzeller -- sort of like a Gruyère -- and I could taste hay and onion. He said, "Oh, the cow must've gotten into an onion patch." I was standing in this busy, fancy shop in New York City and tasting a connection to a cow in Switzerland -- it blew my mind. Oprah.com: 6 Words That Can Change How You Look at Your Life . I started talking to other cheesemongers. They can be a grumpy group, but I'd visit again and again and ask for offbeat offerings. The more I learned, the more I wanted to try crafting simple ingredients into amazing flavors. Making cheese turned out to feel like a big brain stretch. You focus on basic things, like watching milk change, and your mind gets quiet. My apartment is tiny, but it has become something of a workshop. A kitchen hook drains soft cheeses into the sink. Two small fridges age my wheels of Cheddar and Manchego. I make cheese every week, and I've been teaching mozzarella classes as well, so huge pots and bowls are perched on shelves. Anyone who walks in can tell who I am: I'm a cheesemaker. Oprah.com: 4 Ways to Be Happier on the Job . The Pianist: Ria Dawn Carlo . The first time I saw a piano, I was in first grade. My teacher played "When the Saints Go Marching In," and that was it: I wanted to play. When the others ran to recess, I would practice scales. My parents didn't go to church, but I went with my art teacher, to play piano there. I begged for lessons and finally began at age 9. At 11, I told my teachers that I wanted to be a concert pianist. They said the odds were slim, and that I'd have to win the Tchaikovsky Competition -- a one-in-a-million shot. That was pretty discouraging, and as time passed, I grew away from music and instead pursued mathematics. For years I worked as an astrophysicist and had time for little else. But three years ago, when I switched jobs, I found myself thinking of the piano. At age 34, I decided to begin again. As soon as I sat at the keys, I felt as if I'd entered a room made just for me. In the beginning, I used an electric keyboard and pretended I was on a grand piano. Buying a used Yamaha last year was a real commitment. It makes such a booming sound, my husband and I moved to a bigger apartment so I can play for an hour or two every day. Since I started practicing on my concert grand, I've won an international competition and performed at a fund-raiser at Carnegie Hall. Onstage, I could feel myself filling with light. These are the best moments of my life. Oprah.com: 25 of the Smartest Pieces of Advice from Women Who Started Their Own Businesses . Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price. That's like getting 18 issues FREE. Subscribe now! TM & © 2011 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Kyra Hicks discovered at a quilt exhibit that she wanted to tell stories with cotton . Jennifer Smith turned her love of horses into working with children who have disabilities . Elena Santogade turns simple ingredients into amazing flavors of cheese .

Keywords: <keyword>NEWBORN DELIVERED</keyword>, <keyword>KRAFT BORN</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICER NELSON</keyword>, <keyword>REASSURED JODY</keyword>, <keyword>OUNCE PARENTS</keyword>, <keyword>COPIER LABOR</keyword>, <keyword>NBC NEWS</keyword>, <keyword>HEARNS ARRIVED</keyword>, <keyword>PLANNED KACE</keyword>, <keyword>CIRCUMSTANCES CALLED</keyword> A New Jersey police officer who helped a pregnant woman deliver her baby had the honor of having the child named after him. Cranford Police Officer Nelson Hearns went to assist 31-year-old Jody Copier who was in labor, five weeks from her due date. By the time he arrived she had passed out on the living room floor with the baby seconds away from being born. Scroll down for video... Hero: Officer Nelson Hearns helped a pregnant woman deliver her baby and had the honor of having the child named after him . Welcome to the world: Kace Nelson Kraft was born at 9:11 a.m on Sunday morming, weighing in at 4 pounds 1 ounce, in his parents living room! Ready to pop: 31-year-old Jody Copier was in labor by the time officer Nelson Hearns arrived on the scene . Quick delivery: The officer positioned and reassured Copier, and even grabbed a pillow and several towels to make sure she was comfortable. Within seconds, the baby was delivered . 'I was so early, I didn't think I was going to deliver a baby,' she told NBC News at the hospital. Officer Hearns, who has more than 11 years experience, saw that the baby's feet were coming first in a breech birth and the officer jumped right into action. He positioned and reassured Jody even grabbing a pillow and towels to make sure she was comfortable. Working with the baby's father, Scott Kraft, the newborn was delivered within seconds. Help at hand: Emergency medical technicians arrived within moments of the birth and transported the family to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston . Jody Copier: I don't know what we would have done if Officer Hearns didn't get there so quick . Husband Scott Kraft and wife Jody: Kraft says he can't thank the officer enough . 'He sat right on the floor, and we started crying,' said Jody's husband, Scott Kraft. 'He had his eyes open, he was blinking.' 'I would never have expected to bring my little boy into my living room,' he said. 'For being here so early, and breeched birth, I just can't believe how strong and perfect this kid is.' Officer Hearns said he relied on his experience to recognize that the baby was in position for a breech birth, a rare and potentially dangerous delivery. 'Within 45 seconds he pulled the baby out,' Scott said. 'While I pushed, he pulled. It was nuts,' he told NJ.com. An ambulance arrived soon afterwards and took the family to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. He weighed 4 pounds 1 ounce. The boy, weighing 4 pounds 1 ounce, was named Kase Nelson Kraft, the middle name in honor of the officer who delivered him . Officer Hearns was excited to assist with the birth and happy that Kace will share his name . The family originally planned to give Kace the middle name William but decided the circumstances called for something special — the baby’s middle name is Nelson, in honor of the police officer who helped bring him into the world. 'He deserves it, without a doubt,' said Scott. Jody added, 'I don't know what we would have done if [Hearns] didn't get there so quick.' Cranford Police Chief James Wozniak had plenty of well wishes for the family and praise for his officer. 'This is a great job all around, and I’m thrilled that the result is a happy, healthy baby boy. This is the kind of thing my officers train for,' he noted. 'It is still rewarding to see the actions of a Cranford police officer having a positive impact on someone’s life. I’m incredibly proud of Officer Hearns and everyone else who was present.' The baby and mother are doing well, Kraft said. She is due home later today, and little Kace is out of an incubator and off intravenous fluids. Cranford Police Chief James Wozniak had plenty of well wishes for the family and praise for his officer. 'This is a great job all around, and I¿m thrilled that the result is a happy, healthy baby boy.' Though doctors originally said Kace could be in the hospital for months, they now plan to send the baby home in 10 days. Husband Scott says he can't thank the officer enough. 'He brought my new best friend into this world, and he is gonna be with me forever,' he said. 'It’s an honor and a blessing to be part of something special in their lives,' Officer Hearns said.

Officer Nelson Hearns was called to assit woman who was about to give birth in her living room . He pulled the baby out 'within 45 seconds' Baby has been names Kase Nelson Kraft, after the officer who showed up just in time .

Keywords: <keyword>OBAMA CLOONEY</keyword>, <keyword>ASSANGE MEET</keyword>, <keyword>GEORGE DATING</keyword>, <keyword>MOVIE MONUMENTS</keyword>, <keyword>BARRISTER WHITE</keyword>, <keyword>NSA LEAKER</keyword>, <keyword>REPRESENTS WIKILEAKS</keyword>, <keyword>ALAMUDDIN REPRESENTS</keyword>, <keyword>SEEN SITTING</keyword>, <keyword>ADDED GEORGE</keyword> George Clooney has taken striking British barrister Amal Alamuddin – who represents WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - to meet President Obama at the White House, MailOnline can reveal. In a move that will provoke yet more questions over his close friendship with the human rights lawyer, Oscar winner George, 52, took Miss Alamuddin to the private screening of his latest movie Monuments Men last week, in a group that included his parents Nick and Nina Clooney. The stunning brunette is currently representing Assange - who has made no secret of his anger at President Obama's White House - in his extradition proceedings with Sweden. Cosy: George Clooney stands next to British barrister Amal Alamuddin at the Willard Hotel's exclusive Round Robin and Scotch Bar in Washington D.C. after they both attended a private screening of his latest movie, Monuments Men, with President Obama at the White House on Tuesday, February 18. His friend and co-producer Grant Heslov is seen sitting down . Meet my friends: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin have a late-night drink with, from left, Matt Damon, his wife Luciana (sitting down), actor Bill Murray, and producer Grant Heslov . Friends in high places: George Clooney speaks at the private White House screening of his new film, Monuments Men on Tuesday, February 18, with President Barack Obama watching on . The Oscar winner and the lawyer were . said to be looking extremely close at the event, and although it's not . known whether Miss Alamuddin met President Obama, Clooney is pictured . standing by the Commander-in-Chief. Just hours after the small screening on . Tuesday, February 18, Clooney and Miss Alamuddin were pictured . standing intimately together at the Round Robin and Scotch Bar at the . Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. in a group that included Clooney’s pal and . co-star Matt Damon and his wife Luciana, and fellow actor and co-star Bill Murray. An onlooker at the bar told MailOnline: 'They looked very much together, George had his arm around her and she appeared to be a girlfriend. 'They were in a small group of about 10 people, it's really a small venue and there were maybe only about 30 people in the bar, and they were sitting at a table off to the side. Bizarrely, the group can all be seen wearing mardi-gras style necklaces in the snapshot. Striking: British barrister Amal Amaluddin speaks three languages and was last year voted London's 'hottest barrister' Miss Alamuddin was not on the official White House guest list that was issued last week. However, in pictures seen by MailOnline, Miss Alamuddin - who donned a slinky black dress for the night - beams as she sips on champagne while having her hair done ahead of the screening, with Luciana Damon and Lysa Heslev looking on. The presence of Julian Assange's lawyer . in the White House, even on a movie star's arm for a private screening, . is bound to have put the White House on tenterhooks. Last June, Assange attacked President Obama and the White House in an open letter over its treatment of fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden. When asked about Miss Alamuddin's presence at the screening, the White House press office had no official comment. However, . two White House sources told MailOnline that Miss Alamuddin came to the . event with Clooney, according to their colleagues who were present. One said she and Clooney were the . talk of the junior staff on the next day since they had been seen . cozying up to each other as they arrived, walking behind the star's . parents, Nick and Nina Clooney. The film follows an allied group, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, tasked with finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by Hitler during World War II. And the official guest list from the White House shows just what an intimate screening it was. Invited were Clooney, his parents NIck and Nina, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, Grant Heslov, Robert Edsel, writer of the book The Monuments Men and Harry Ettlinger, a surviving member of the original Monuments Men group. Bill Burns, Deputy Secretary of State, was on the list as was Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State and David Wade, State Department Chief of Staff. They were joined by Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Evan Ryan, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Bill McHugh, Secretary of the Army. Sara Bloomfield, Director the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, was invited as was Rabbi Jack Moline, Agudas Achim Congregation, Susan Hildreth, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States . Friendly: Oscar winner George Clooney was first seen with British barrister Amal Alamuddin as they left dinner at Berners Tavern in London in October 2013. He later denied a romance with the striking lawyer . Cosy dinner: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin smile as they're caught leaving the Berners Tavern. The actor took the raven-haired barrister to the White House last week . No romance, really? George Clooney denied dating Amal Alamuddin after the couple were pictured together at dinner in London in October. His spokesman said: 'He wants Amal to be able to prosecute cases without being hassled because she had one dinner with George and four others'. Miss Alamuddin, who works from . London's Doughty Street Chambers, specialises in international law, . human rights, extradition and criminal law.  She speaks three languages - . French, Arabic and English - and was voted No. 1 on London's Hottest . Barrister list of 2013. She . has been appointed to a number of UN commissions including as adviser . to Special Envoy Kofi Annan on Syria and her high profile human rights . cases have included representing  former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She . is currently representing Assange in his extradition proceedings with . Sweden. The Australian hacker and rogue online publisher is currently wanted for questioning in Sweden in a sexual assault case. When . the UK’s Supreme Court turned down his appeal of an order to enforce . the European arrest warrant against him, Assange fled to the Ecuadorian . embassy in London. Ecuador granted him political asylum in June 2012. If . he should leave the embassy, the British government will likely send . him to Sweden. From there, Assange fears, he could be extradited later . to the United States to face even more fearsome charges. His . U.S. criminal case stems from his 2010 decision to publish a collection . of American diplomatic cables – the largest cache of classified . documents ever made public at once – on the WIkileaks website. Assange . received the material from Bradley Manning, an American soldier who was . later convicted of violating the federal Espionage Act. A judge . sentenced Manning last year to 35 years in Fort Leavenworth military . prison, although he could be paroled in just eight years. Representing: Human rights barrister Amal Alamuddin (on the right) leaves London's High Court with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange following a court hearing on July 13, 2011 . The . day after his sentencing, the disgraced Army private announced that he . had changed his name to Chelsea, and that he wanted to live as a woman. From . his sanctuary in the Ecuadorian Embassy, Assange wrote an open letter . last June on the occasion of his first anniversary in hiding, slamming . the Obama White House for its treatment of the fugitive NSA leaker . Edward Snowden. 'The word "traitor" has been thrown around a lot in recent days,' Assange wrote. 'But who is really the traitor here?' 'Who . was it who promised a generation "hope" and "change," only to betray . those promises with dismal misery and stagnation? … Who is it that . promised to preside over The Most Transparent Administration in history, . only to crush whistleblower after whistleblower with the bootheel of . espionage charges?’ Oscar winner Clooney and Miss Alamuddin were first pictured together after enjoying dinner at the Berners . Tavern in London last October and then seen sharing a cab as they left . the restaurant. However, . just days later, Clooney was at pains to stress he was still single . after splitting with long-time love Stacy Keibler last summer. After . being linked with actress Katie Holmes and Croatian model Monika Jakisic as well as Miss Alamuddin, . Clooney told People magazine in October: ‘Three different stories in three weeks. I . should be an athlete. But, no of course, it's all made up.’ At work: Amal Alamuddin and high-profile human rights activist, Geoffrey Robertson QC, with Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of formerly imprisoned Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in London on November 5, 2012 . Enemies of the state: Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden (left) and Bradley Manning (right) an American soldier who was later convicted of violating the federal Espionage Act. According to Clooney's spokesman, Stan Rosenfield, the actor finally felt moved to put a stop to the gossip. ‘George . wants this Monika crap to stop. He wants Katie to get a break, and he . wants Amal to be able to prosecute cases without being hassled because . she had one dinner with George and four others … I even asked George if . these [rumors] were true and he said he never comments on his private . life, but in the interest of stopping the harassment of all three of . these women, he felt he should.' A source close to the actor . added: "George is not dating, nor has he dated Monika in several years, . nor is he dating Katie Holmes – he simply hugged her at a premiere – nor . is he the new boyfriend of Amal, who he is working with on a . [surveillance] satellite program over Syria.’

Oscar winner has publicly denied dating Amal Alamuddin - and said they're working together on a 'satellite program over Syria' But the couple looked close at private White House event last week . The pair were seen together at posh D.C. hotel following the event which Clooney's parents Nick and Nina also attended . Miss Alamuddin has been representing Julian Assange over his sexual assault extradition proceedings . She was voted No.1 on London's 'Hottest Barrister' list last year . The White House will make no comment on Miss Alamuddin's attendance .

Keywords: <keyword>CHILDREN FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>CONVERSATIONS FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>FINDINGS FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>FRIENDING PARENTS</keyword>, <keyword>PERSONAL INTERACTIONS</keyword>, <keyword>TEENS LATE</keyword>, <keyword>ONLINE FINDINGS</keyword>, <keyword>EXACTLY NEWS</keyword>, <keyword>MIRROR CALLED</keyword>, <keyword>MILESTONES LIFE</keyword> (CNN) -- As they move from their early teens to their late teens, kids no longer want to be pals with Mom and Dad. Teenage boys are much less likely than girls to initiate conversations with their parents. And moms baby their sons. Not exactly news flashes, you say? But we're not talking about real life here, exactly. We're talking about Facebook. The world's largest social network released new data Thursday about how parents and their children interact online. But the findings, from Facebook's data science team, also illustrate how personal interactions on Facebook can mirror those in the so-called real world. Read more: Why Facebook will have trouble killing the text message . "With the holidays approaching, and families gathering all over the world, we wanted to understand how parents and children on Facebook communicate," says the post, which crunches friend requests, conversations and other Facebook data from the past two months. "We are happy to see that our data surfaces the affection, care, and closeness of family ties." Young people and social media: Docs examine pitfalls . Here are the highlights of what Facebook found: . Who friends whom: More than 65% of friendships between 13-year-olds and their parents are initiated by the child. But the older the teenager gets, the less likely he or she is to be the one sending the friend request. By the time kids are in their early to mid-20s, their parents are initiating friend requests with them 60% of the time. As kids grow into their 30s and 40s, however, they begin friending their parents more often again. "This overall trend follows the rough arc of children seeking distance from their parents as they prepare to leave the nest, and then gradually gravitating back as they accomplish their own milestones in life," says the blog post. The secret online life of my sixth grader . Who talks to whom: Moms and dads initiate parent-child conversations more often than their teenage kids. For daughters, this imbalance evens out by the time they hit 30 and are messaging their parents as often as they receive messages in return. Sons, however, however, take twice as long -- until age 60 -- to come around. What they say: The data team studied hundreds of thousands of public Facebook messages between parents and children to identify the words and phrases that appeared most often. Based on the results, Mom and Dad are very proud of their kids. Among the most common phrases from parents: "I'm so proud, "all my heart," "well done," "proud of you" and "call me." Moms and dads use language much differently when messaging with sons, though. Mothers preferred endearments like "my handsome son" and "my little boy," while dads used profanity and words like "buddy" and "dude." Read more: Microsoft opens its own social network .

New data show how parents and their children interact on Facebook . More than 65% of friendships between 13-year-olds and parents are initiated by child . Moms prefer endearments like "my handsome son"; dads use profanity and words like "dude"

Keywords: <keyword>PREGNANT MOTHER</keyword>, <keyword>HEATHER CHOATE</keyword>, <keyword>BREAST CANCER</keyword>, <keyword>CHOATE CHEMOTHERAPY</keyword>, <keyword>BIRTH HEALTHY</keyword>, <keyword>WAY TREAT</keyword>, <keyword>BORGES WAY</keyword>, <keyword>CHILD URGED</keyword>, <keyword>CELESTE JANUARY</keyword>, <keyword>TOLD CBS</keyword> A mother fighting cancer has given birth to a healthy baby girl. Heather Choate of Bayfield, Colorado learned she had breast cancer while 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child, and was urged to terminate her pregnancy for her own health. Choate however said she would rather die than get rid of her baby, and on January 6 gave birth to a daughter, Kiery Celeste. Scroll down for video . Heather Choate (above) learned she had breast cancer while 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child . Choate was urged to terminate the pregnancy and seek treatment but refused, and gave birth to Kiery Celeste (above) on January 6 . Then the family got some even better news this week, when Choate learned that she was cancer free. 'I just got tears really in my eyes because that means we’ve done it — we have a baby here and things are looking good,' Choate told CBS Denver. The 29-year-old gives most of the credit to Dr. Virginia Borges, who found a way to treat the mother while she was pregnant. Choate gives credit to Dr. Virginia Borges (above), who found a way to treat the mother while she was pregnant . The mother says she will get through the rest of her recovery with the help of her family (above) and her faith . Dr. Borges, who specializes in breast cancer in young woman, found a way to give Choate chemotherapy and perform surgery while not hurting her unborn child. And while there is still more chemotherapy and radiation in Choate's future, she is certain she can get through it with her 'family and faith.' Choate's husband Ben says he feels 'relief and joy' that he not only has a new baby, but that his wife is on the path to recovery.

Heather Choate found out she had breast cancer while 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child . The 29-year-old from Bayfield, Colorado was advised to terminate the pregnancy and seek treatment, but said she would rather die . She found a doctor who gave her some chemotherapy and surgery, and gave birth to a healthy baby girl on January 6 . Earlier this week, she also learned that she is now cancer free .

Keywords: <keyword>TUWAITHA IRAQ</keyword>, <keyword>AIRSTRIKE IRAQ</keyword>, <keyword>REACTOR BOMBED</keyword>, <keyword>IRAQI SCIENTISTS</keyword>, <keyword>DISMANTLE LABORATORIES</keyword>, <keyword>ISRAEL CONCERNS</keyword>, <keyword>1991 LOOTED</keyword>, <keyword>ENSURING SAFE</keyword>, <keyword>WORKERS VISITORS</keyword>, <keyword>ACCELERATED PROGRAM</keyword> Tuwaitha, Iraq (CNN) -- The shell of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's efforts to produce a nuclear bomb is being slowly dismantled along the banks of the Tigris River, but its radioactive legacy lingers on. The Tuwaitha research complex, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southeast of Baghdad, was bombed by Israel in its 1981 airstrike on Iraq's Tammuz 1 research reactor. It was bombed again during the Persian Gulf War of 1991, and it was looted extensively after the 2003 U.S. invasion that ousted Hussein. Now, engineers and technicians are working to dismantle the laboratories and equipment at the site, but the extensive contamination left behind complicates their work. "It is difficult because of the destruction," said Anwar Ahmed, the project manager at Tuwaitha. "This facility was bombed in 1991. Now, finally the decision was made to decommission all the destroyed facilities." Workers and visitors have to wear protective suits and masks around the facility, where about 20 people are at work so far. Iraq's ministry of Science and Technology said it is training more specialists to decommission the facility, but acknowledged the cleanup could take decades. "We have 18 facilities in Tuwaitha," said Fuad al Musawi, Iraq's deputy science and technology minister. "We have another 10 facilities around the country. So you can imagine how long it will take." Iraq's nuclear ambitions date back to the 1960s, when it obtained a Soviet-built research reactor. It built another, French-designed reactor in the 1970s. Israel's concerns about the program led to the 1981 raid, in which Israeli pilots flew across then-hostile Jordan and a corner of Saudi Arabia to strike the facility. Despite the damage inflicted by that attack, Iraq began attempting to produce enriched uranium -- a step toward producing a nuclear weapon -- during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, the U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group reported in 2004. It accelerated that program after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait left it facing an international military coalition that ultimately drove out the Iraqi forces. The bombardment that accompanied the 1991 war inflicted extensive damage to the Tuwaitha plants. The U.N. sanctions and inspections imposed after 1991 forced Hussein's government to abandon its nuclear program, the ISG concluded. After the 2003 invasion, which was launched after the United States incorrectly accused Iraq of having restarted its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs, nearby Iraqis inflicted further damage by looting the unguarded facility. Villagers nearby complained of symptoms that local doctors attributed to radiation sickness, particularly from using containers taken from the plant to store drinking water. The Iraq Survey Group found basements full of radioactive water in some of the buildings, and the U.S. military later spent $70 million ensuring the safe transportation of 550 metric tons of non-weapons grade uranium oxide -- known as "yellowcake" -- to Canada. Some Iraqi scientists still hope to start a civilian nuclear energy program in the future. But for now, Iraq is still grappling with the shadow of its past.

Complex at the center of Saddam Hussein's nuclear efforts slowly being dismantled . Cleanup could take decades: Tuwaitha complex has 18 facilities . Dismantling at Tuwaitha made more difficult because of bombing, looting . Iraq began attempting to produce enriched uranium during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s .

Keywords: <keyword>TSUNAMI WARNING</keyword>, <keyword>DISASTER REDUCTION</keyword>, <keyword>RUBBLE SURGED</keyword>, <keyword>INDIA EVACUATION</keyword>, <keyword>CRASHED INDONESIA</keyword>, <keyword>SPREADING AWARENESS</keyword>, <keyword>SIRENS DRONE</keyword>, <keyword>DETECTION MYANMAR</keyword>, <keyword>CHALLENGE TECHNOLOGY</keyword>, <keyword>RINALDI RAN</keyword> (CNN) -- Yudi Rinaldi had his four-year-old son, Ryan, join him in a scene that simulated the real destruction he had narrowly escaped in Aceh, Indonesia. In 2004, a monstrous black wave of rubble surged towards Rinaldi as he ran for his life. In October, the trauma of that day was relived as he took part in a drill to test the area's new tsunami early warning system. Five years ago, Rinaldi had no shelter to run to as giant waves crashed onto Indonesia's west coast, but things have changed since the tsunami left some 245,000 dead or missing in 14 countries across the Indian Ocean region. Early warning sirens drone, and there are shelters that can hold hundreds of people. Twenty nations took part in the October tsunami drill. The Indian Ocean region now has new deep-water buoys -- or tsunami sensors, sirens, tide gauges and a web of communications systems to help forewarn a future catastrophe. But experts said the new instruments and drills are not enough. Educating communities about how to react to signs of a threat like a tsunami -- with or without an official warning -- is what they see as a key challenge. "Technology will improve ... the question is how we go to the last mile," said Costas Synolakis, a professor of civil engineering at the University of South California. Did you survive the tsunami? Did you lose a loved one? Share your thoughts on the 5th anniversary on CNN iReport . Situated in a high-risk zone, Indonesia now has developed the capability to warn of the potential for a tsunami from an undersea earthquake within five minutes of its occurrence. By next year, the country aims to take its warning system to the next level by calculating the height and the arrival of a tsunami, said the director of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami center, Fauzi, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. In 2007, India put into place an early warning system that officials say is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and connected with international networks. More than 34,000 people in India died or went missing in the 2004 disaster, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Krishna Vatsa, the UNDP's disaster-reduction adviser in South Asia, said the warning system would help reduce the number of deaths from a similar situation in the future. Yet, the country needs to upgrade networks to reach all communities, she said. "We still have a long way to go," Vatsa said. "It's all about how you reach the remotest villages along the coast." The rarity of tsunamis, which she described as a once-in-a-50-year event, makes the task of spreading awareness about them more difficult. "You may have a very sophisticated system but the real test is how that ultimately leads to timely evacuation and actionable information," Vatsa said. Nonetheless, she praised India's evacuation exercises during last year's massive flooding in its Bihar state. Sanny Jegillos, program coordinator for the UNDP's regional center in Bangkok, rates the Indian Ocean early tsunami warning systems as superior to those of the Pacific in terms of earthquake monitoring and detection. Myanmar, Bangladesh and some east African nations, however, have lagged behind India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in their investments in public education, Jegillos said. But in terms of the number of tidal buoys, the Pacific system was far ahead, he said. Stanley Goosby, a chief scientist with the Pacific Disaster Center in Hawaii, said Indian Ocean countries have made significant progress in tsunami preparedness. But while systems have improved, he, like others, stressed the importance of educating individuals. "You have to have an end-to-end system," Goosby said. "Get it in school curriculum."

Five years ago: Limited tsunami infrastructure . Today: Tsunami sensors, tide gauges, shelters, drills . Experts: Key is educating people about what to do . In terms of number of tidal buoys, Pacific system is far ahead of Indian Ocean .

Keywords: <keyword>HURRICANE PALOMA</keyword>, <keyword>HURRICANE CONDITIONS</keyword>, <keyword>ISLANDS STORM</keyword>, <keyword>TROPICAL DEPRESSION</keyword>, <keyword>SUSTAINED WINDS</keyword>, <keyword>EFFECT CAYMAN</keyword>, <keyword>THURSDAY CARIBBEAN</keyword>, <keyword>WARNING MEANING</keyword>, <keyword>EXPECTED DROP</keyword>, <keyword>INCHES POSSIBLE</keyword> (CNN) -- A tropical storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Thursday in the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Paloma was centered about 165 miles south of Grand Cayman Island Thursday evening. Hurricane Paloma, packing winds of nearly 75 mph (121 kph), was centered about 165 miles (266 kilometers) south of Grand Cayman Island at 7 p.m. ET, the hurricane center said. A hurricane warning -- meaning hurricane conditions are expected within the next 24 hours -- remains in effect for the Cayman Islands. The storm was moving north at nearly 12 mph (19 kph), and it is expected to strengthen and turn gradually northeast late Friday and Saturday. The hurricane center said people in Cuba and Jamaica should monitor Paloma's progress. The storm is expected to drop 4 to 8 inches of rain over the Caymans with isolated totals of as much as 12 inches possible. The storm was a tropical depression off Nicaragua on Wednesday. It became a tropical storm Thursday morning. Category 1 hurricanes have sustained winds of 74-95 mph.

NEW: Hurricane Paloma expected to strengthen, forecasters say . NEW: Warning issued for Cayman Islands . NEW: People in Cuba, Jamaica should monitor storm's progress, forecasters say .

Keywords: <keyword>AHMADINEJAD MAN</keyword>, <keyword>CAR IRANIAN</keyword>, <keyword>PRESIDENT VIDEO</keyword>, <keyword>PEOPLE WAVING</keyword>, <keyword>SURROUNDED CAR</keyword>, <keyword>ABBAS POSTED</keyword>, <keyword>WEBSITE FIREBRAND</keyword>, <keyword>YELLING HUNGRY</keyword>, <keyword>PETALS PHOTO</keyword>, <keyword>VISIT HORMOZGAN</keyword> (CNN) -- A group of people surrounded the car of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one man yelling that he is hungry, as a woman climbed up onto it and sat on the vehicle's roof to speak to the president. The video of the incident, as Ahmadinejad was being driven in a convertible through the southern coastal city of Bandar-Abbas, was posted Saturday on YouTube and has racked up more than 100,000 views. Several people in the crowd seem to be supporters of the president wanting to shake his hand. On his official website, the firebrand president posted photos of other parts of his visit to Hormozgan province, with throngs of smiling people waving flags and reaching out to shake his hand as his entourage throws flower petals. One photo shows a bandage on the president's right hand. In the video, the car travels through a street amid other traffic, surrounded by guards, as it comes to a stop and a group surrounds it. A man begins yelling over and over, "Ahamdinejad, I'm hungry!" The guards and crowd then chant, "Peace be upon the Prophet Mohammed, the leader's helper has come." Guards also scream at the crowd, "Get back!" A woman in a hijab approaches the car. It's not clear what she's saying. She climbs onto the hood and starts to crawl over the windshield. A man grabs her leg and drags her back down. But she pulls away from him, waving her hand, sits down on the bit of roof that covers the driver's section of the car and begins to speak to Ahamdinejad. The president, who is standing up throughout the video, speaks with her and says something to the people behind him in the car. The woman then goes to the back of the car, and the vehicle continues down the road. The description with the YouTube video says it was taken by a local. It was posted online by someone who lists little identifying information. Australia is listed as the YouTube user's country. The description says Ahmadinejad ignored the man who was shouting about being hungry. CNN's Ash Gallagher and Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report.

A YouTube video of the incident has received more than 100,000 views . A man was yelling to Iran's president, "I'm hungry!" It's unclear what the woman on the car said . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's official website shows throngs of cheering supporters .

Keywords: <keyword>MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE</keyword>, <keyword>MILLION RENOVATION</keyword>, <keyword>PAD MARKET</keyword>, <keyword>BIRKENSTOCK SOLD</keyword>, <keyword>FOOTBEDS HEADQUARTERED</keyword>, <keyword>BASED INTERIOR</keyword>, <keyword>DOORS HAWAIIAN</keyword>, <keyword>424 SQUARE</keyword>, <keyword>SETAI WELLNESS</keyword>, <keyword>EPONYMOUS SANDAL</keyword> By . Joel Christie . Alex Birkenstock, heir to the eponymous sandal company fortune, has listed his Manhattan penthouse for more than double what he paid three years ago. Birkenstock picked up the 3,424-square-foot, 30th-floor pad at 40 Broad Street in 2011 for $5.86 million, then engaged in a $5 million renovation spearheaded by Miami-based interior designer Steve Harivel, the force behind nearby Soho House. Lined with exposed brick, 1920s Art Deco doors from a Hawaiian theater and hardwood floors from the Portuguese embassy in Paris, the pad is now on the market for $12.99 million. Platinum Properties' Daniel Hedaya and Khashy Eyn have the listing, according to The Real Deal. Luxury: The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is perched above The Setai wellness center in Manhattan's Flatiron District. It has been listed for $12,995,000 . Shielded behind an LLC, Birkenstock bought the 30th-floor, 3,424-square foot apartment in 2011 for $5,867,156 . Alex Birkenstock spent $5 million renovating the site, calling upon Miami-based interior designer Steve Harivel, who was behind the Soho House hotels . The master bedroom was modeled on the 15th-century church in Palma, Italy . The bathroom features reclaimed 1930's floral patterned hand-cut blue stone tiles from Belgium . In 2012, Birkenstock sold a triplex penthouse in Miami Beach for $25 million, a record price for the area at the time. The latest listing is a two-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment situated above the wellness center The Setai in the Flatiron District. Following the mass-renovation, the place is full of exposed brick and furniture sourced from all over the world. According to the listing, the sauna bathroom, one of three bathrooms within the penthouse, features reclaimed 1930's floral patterned hand-cut blue stone tiles from Belgium, and a grand stone tub which was cut from a single stone that was imported from Mexico. Lined with exposed brick, 1920s Art Deco doors from a Hawaiian theater and hardwood floors from the Portuguese embassy in Paris, the pad is now on the market for $12.99 million . The apartment has a distinct 'bachelor pad' style, as here with the pool table centerpiece . The ceiling is made of reclaimed tin from institutional buildings. The sauna bathroom, one of three bathrooms within the penthouse, features reclaimed 1930's floral patterned hand-cut blue stone tiles from Belgium . 'The room evokes the 15th-century church in Palma, Italy, on which it was modeled,' the listing reads. '[There's] a highly curated array of fixtures and furnishings including Napoleon III chairs, tufted sofas in mohair, vintage French leather club chairs, haberdashery from a custom shirt and tie store in Boston, industrial factory lights and tables, 1920's street lights from Brussels and various mid-century modern items. 'The ceiling is made of reclaimed tin from institutional buildings. Adjacent to the kitchen are two floor-to-ceiling Gagganeau wine refrigerators that are located in close proximity to a custom 16-foot metal bar.' Birkenstock, a German brand of sandals and other shoes notable for their contoured cork and rubber footbeds, are headquartered in Germany .

Two bedroom apartment in Manhattan's Flatiron District bought in 2011 for $5.66 million by Alex Birkenstock . Birkenstock, heir to the sandal empire, invested $5 million in renovations . Bachelor pad now listed for $12.99 million . It features a sauna bathroom and the master bedroom has been modeled off a 15th century Italian church .

Keywords: <keyword>SIGNING NAPOLI</keyword>, <keyword>FERNANDEZ PLAYED</keyword>, <keyword>OFFER ARGENTINA</keyword>, <keyword>DEFENDER FEDERICO</keyword>, <keyword>EXPERIENCE SWANSEA</keyword>, <keyword>QPR WILLING</keyword>, <keyword>GUZMAN DUTCH</keyword>, <keyword>CUP SQUAD</keyword>, <keyword>8M</keyword>, <keyword>QUOTA INTERNATIONALS</keyword> By . Simon Jones . Swansea are increasingly confident of signing Napoli defender Federico Fernandez in time for the start of the premier league season. Napoli have accepted their £8m offer for the Argentina defender and the player is happy with the terms all that remains to be sorted is a work permit. Fernandez was part of Argentina's World Cup squad but has not played the quota of internationals required due to injury. Experience: Federico Fernandez would bring quality and experience to the Swansea defence . Target: Napoli defender Fernandez played four times in Brazil for Argentina as they reached the final . Meanwhile, Napoli are threatening QPR's move for midfielder Jonathan de Guzman. The Dutch international was on loan at swansea from Villarreal last season and QPR are willing to offer £7m. However, Napoli have now shown an interest and could prove more attractive than the Loftus Road club.

Swans have agreed a £8m fee with Napoli for the Argentine defender . Fernandez is happy with personal terms and is waiting on work permit . Former Swan Jonathan de Guzman wanted by Napoli and QPR .

Keywords: <keyword>MUSLIMS PROTESTING</keyword>, <keyword>DESECRATION QURAN</keyword>, <keyword>PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN</keyword>, <keyword>ATTACK CHRISTIANS</keyword>, <keyword>RELIGION PENALTY</keyword>, <keyword>VIOLENCE GOJRA</keyword>, <keyword>HOUSES BURNED</keyword>, <keyword>CNN PARAMILITARY</keyword>, <keyword>SEVEN PEOPLE</keyword>, <keyword>INVESTIGATION DETERMINED</keyword> ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- About 200 people have been arrested in a flare-up of anti-Christian violence in Gojra that left seven dead, a government minister said Monday. Christians in Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday protest the slayings of seven Christians in weekend violence. Rana Sana Ullah, Punjab's provincial law minister, told CNN that the paramilitary Rangers force was helping police and maintaining law and order. Seven people were killed and 20 injured Saturday when Muslim demonstrators set fire to houses in a Christian enclave and fighting broke out, authorities said. Police said the Muslims were protesting an alleged desecration of pages in the Quran, the Muslim sacred text, at a Christian wedding. At a news conference in Islamabad carried on local TV, Shehbaz Bhatti, federal minister for minorities, said an investigation determined there was no desecration of the Quran in village 95 Gill near Gojra City, and the allegations were baseless. He also said the government will rebuild all the burned houses. Bhatti told CNN that four women, two men and a child, all Christians, were either shot to death or killed when their houses were burned. About 50 houses were burned down, and more than 100 were looted by the protesters, Bhatti said. The incident occurred in Gojra City, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Lahore. Kamran Michael, Punjab provincial minister for human rights and minority affairs, who is a Christian, told CNN after meeting with Pakistan's Christian leaders in Gojra that a consensus had been reached to observe three days of mourning, from Monday to Wednesday, for the attack on the Christians. On those three days, all schools, colleges, missions and educational institutions run by Christians will remain closed. Christian schools in Karachi, which were due to open for the new term Monday, remained closed. However, schools in most other areas of Pakistan are still on summer vacation. Michael also criticized Pakistan's "law of offenses relating to religion," which has a penalty of life imprisonment for desecration of the Quran and even death for defiling the name of the prophet Mohammed. He called the law unjust and misused, and he strongly condemned it, demanding that it be amended because of its misuse against minorities. Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report.

7 killed, 20 hurt Saturday when Muslim protesters set fire to houses in Christian area . They were protesting alleged desecration of Quran at a Christian wedding . Federal official says investigation determined there was no desecration of Quran . About 50 houses were burned down, more than 100 looted in violence .

Keywords: <keyword>MILLION SYRIANS</keyword>, <keyword>YORK CNN</keyword>, <keyword>GOVERNORATES</keyword>, <keyword>INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY</keyword>, <keyword>NATIONAL STAFFERS</keyword>, <keyword>PROVIDES SERVICES</keyword>, <keyword>RAISE FUNDS</keyword>, <keyword>FOOD INSECURE</keyword>, <keyword>BULLETS DON</keyword>, <keyword>RECALLED PROGRAM</keyword> New York (CNN) -- The World Food Programme is ramping up its Syria operations in anticipation of greater demand from inside and outside the country, but lack of access is proving problematic, the U.N. group's executive director told reporters Tuesday. "Most of my time has been spent with donors as well as the representatives from the neighboring countries regarding our operation in Syria," Ertharin Cousin said at the Social Good Summit, which coincides with the meeting of world leaders here at the U.N. General Assembly . The program, which provides services to 3 million Syrians inside the country and 1.2 million outside, is making plans to boost those numbers next month to 4 million inside the country and 1.5 million to 1.7 million outside, she said. The program has 80 international staffers and 300 national staffers supporting the region. Though some of them are working from Amman, Jordan, others are spread across all 14 governorates of Syria, she said. But the group has had access "issues of access" to some areas "for some time," she said. Cousin did not say whether those issues were caused by the government or rebel forces. "What I've said is that bullets don't tell you what side they come from," she said. "There's enough complicity to go around we need all parties to provide us with access." WFP is not involved in politics, she said. "We deal with the consequences of failed politics." Because of their apolitical stance, WFP representatives are able to talk to all sides in the civil war, "and that's what we do," she said. But the outlook is grim if access is not gained soon. Cousin predicted that images of children suffering from severe malnutrition will emerge from the country this winter for a third year in a row. "Those pictures will get worse and we, as the international community, should not wait until we have famine-like conditions before we bring attention to the fact that we don't have access to too many of these areas." She credited aggressive planning with helping authorities avert a famine last year in Niger. The challenges can go beyond meeting nutritional needs, she said, citing one Syrian man's anger over the bread offered to him in a refugee camp in Jordan where she was visiting recently. "He said, 'This is not Syrian bread; it is Jordanian bread, and they have their own recipe for bread,' " she recalled. The program worked with Jordanian bakers to rejigger the recipe. "When we have the opportunity and the ability to meet not only nutritional needs but cultural needs, we try to comply," she said, adding that that was not always possible. Last year, WFP fed nearly 99 million people in 88 countries, she said. It is 100% voluntarily funded, and each year it must raise the funds it expects to use by asking for them. Last year's total was just over $4 billion. But its resources are finite. Some 10 million people in Yemen are "food insecure," meaning they live in hunger or in fear of starvation, she said. And Haiti has reduced the size of its school feeding program, despite ongoing need, "because we're underresourced," Cousin said. Over the long term, more challenges await. She said WFP is working with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization to prepare for the effects of climate change by getting more drought-tolerant seeds to farmers. Veteran correspondent kidnapped in Syria . Al Qaeda-linked group in Syria denounces pro-democracy rebels .

Executive director for U.N. program says access in Syria is a serious worry . The program has 80 international staffers and 300 national staffers supporting the region . Ertharin Cousin praises aggressive planning, which averted disaster in Niger .

Keywords: <keyword>BATTERY FUEL</keyword>, <keyword>ECOMOVE ELECTRIC</keyword>, <keyword>POWERS CAR</keyword>, <keyword>600KM CHARGE</keyword>, <keyword>SUBSTANTIALLY CARBON</keyword>, <keyword>INNOVATIVE CHASSIS</keyword>, <keyword>BIO METHANOL</keyword>, <keyword>CONCEPT MECC</keyword>, <keyword>DISTANCE QBEAK</keyword>, <keyword>CELLS HAMPERED</keyword> Green, they may be. But electric cars have struggled to overcome one of the main shortfalls that put buyers off - an inferior range to their petrol-powered rivals. That may be about to change after a new electric car was unveiled that promises to go 500 miles (800km) before the battery needs recharging. This would be far more than one of the current leaders in the field, the battery/ gasoline Chevrolet Volt, which can do around 375 miles (600km) on one charge-up. Going the distance: The QBEAK electric car which promises to go 500 miles before the battery needs recharging . On the horizon: A battery/fuel cell demonstration model of the QBEAK is expected to arrive sometime in 2013 . The Modular Energy Carrier concept (MECc), created by three Danish companies, uses bio-methanol to bolster its battery life. Mogens . Lokke, CEO of ECOmove, designers of the innovative 'QBEAK' car said . bio-methanol was far better than diesel or gasoline because it produces . substantially less carbon dioxide. 'In . combination with the way we built the car, which is really lightweight . (425 kilograms), we can get the 500-mile range,' he told CNN. A . bio-methanol/ water is converted by the fuel cell to create . electricity, while waste heat from the process powers the car's heating . and cooling system. One right royal potential owner: Prince Charles has a look inside one of ECOmove's electric concept cars during a visit to Denmark earlier this year . Keen interest: Prince Charles and Camilla were both given the low-down on the new designs when they visited Vitus Bering Innovation Park in May . It also benefits from a innovative chassis design which has really pushed the technology forward. 'Instead . of putting in a fixed battery, we have built in (six) modules that can . be fitted inside the chassis. We can use battery power in the modules or . any other kind of energy source,' Lokke said. The award-winning QBEAK also uses patented in-wheel electric motors to deliver a top speed of 75mph (120kph). The car caught the attention of royalty earlier this year when Prince Charles and Camilla paid a visit to Denmark. Driver: A novel chassis design means it will contain six electric modules rather then a single fixed battery . Imminent: The QBEAK project hopes to launch a battery-powered model with a range of 186 miles this year . They both climbed into the QBEAK car when they arrived at Vitus Bering Innovation Park in May. Mr Løkke, introduced the e-car and its many features, while the royal couple listened attentively. Prince Charles promised to follow ECOmove in the future and said that he finds the QEAK-concept very interesting. 'This . is indeed a fantastic opportunity for us to spread the message about . ECOmove and our e-car QBEAK to a wider audience', he said. According . to Mads Friis Jensen from Serenergy, the designers of the fuel cell, . bio-methanol is a cheap and abundant fuel with a short carbon chain. Challenging petrol: The award-winning QBEAK also uses patented in-wheel electric motors to deliver a top speed of 75mph (120kph) Green machine: The car's fuel cell converts a bio-ethanol/ water mix into electricity to power the battery . Compared to gasoline, bio-methanol production can cut CO2 emissions by more than 70 per cent . The U.S. Department for Energy (DOE) says direct methanol fuel cells are not hampered by the storage problems that affect other green fuels like hydrogen because as a liquid it's easier to transport and supply through current infrastructure. The QBEAK project hopes to launch a battery-powered model with a range of 186 miles (300 kilometers) later this year. The battery/fuel cell version is expected to arrive sometime in 2013.

QBEAK concept vehicle uses bio-methanol to boost its battery life . Novel chassis contains six modules instead of one fixed battery . Innovative in-wheel electric motors can deliver top speed of 75mph .

Keywords: <keyword>ALCOHOL OUTDOOR</keyword>, <keyword>AUSTRALIANS REGULATION</keyword>, <keyword>STAND DRINK</keyword>, <keyword>BREWERY REGENCY</keyword>, <keyword>ALLOW GUESTS</keyword>, <keyword>AREAS SOUTH</keyword>, <keyword>APPLY LICENSE</keyword>, <keyword>COOPER ASKED</keyword>, <keyword>LOCAL MAYOR</keyword>, <keyword>PEOPLE FENCED</keyword> Glenn Cooper was asked to apply for a special license to allow his guests to stand up and drink free alcohol at his own brewery for his retirement party. Mr Cooper, who is an executive chairman at Coopers Brewery in Regency Park of South Australia, said following the bureaucratic madness, it has made it difficult for businesses. His company had already received approval but he was required to apply for another license to be able to host people in ‘a fenced off area where people can stand up’ and drink alcohol outside. It's reported that in South Australia, people are 'not allowed to stand up and drink alcohol in outdoor areas' 'This is because in South Australia you are not allowed to stand up and drink alcohol in outdoor areas,' Mr Cooper told Adelaide Now. ‘In Melbourne and Sydney, they have sectioned off areas where you can have a drink. ‘We’re the only state in Australia where that happens. It causes a lot of frustration for people.' Mr Cooper also added that his children had travelled interstate and when they returned home, they said 'boy we’re a bit of a nanny state because of these rules'. A chairman was asked to apply for a special license to allow his guests to stand up and drink free beer at his own retirement party . The regulation follows after treasurer Joe Hockey addressed his frustration in parliament on Wednesday over a red tape experience he encountered at a pizza restaurant with his family. 'I went to put the two tables together and the owner of the pizza shop came out and said 'I'm sorry Mr Hockey, you're not allowed to do that, the council regulation prevents you putting the two tables together', he told an audience in Canberra. 'There were eight of us, so I went inside to get another chair and they said, 'Sorry Mr Hockey, they've said you can only have seven chairs [outside], not eight'.' 'That’s when I exploded. I actually tracked down the local mayor and I think the whole suburb heard the conversation. 'When excessive red tape lowers productivity it ultimately lowers growth and the standard of living for all Australians.' The regulation follows after treasurer Joe Hockey addressed his frustration in parliament on Wednesday over a red tape experience he encountered at a pizza restaurant with his family . The federal government held its' second 'red tape repeal day' on Wednesday. The government has a plan to cut $1 billion in red tape every year, with two parliamentary repeal days each year to cut unnecessary and costly legislation and regulation. 'The 2014 Spring Repeal Day will repeal nearly 1,000 pieces and more than 7,200 pages of legislation and regulation,' the Government website said. 'This is in addition to the 2014 Autumn Repeal Day, which repealed over 10,000 pieces and 50,000 pages of legislation and regulation. This brings the total net deregulatory savings to date to over $2.1 billion.' This year, Australia ranked 124 out of 148 countries for ‘burden of government regulation’, according to the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index.

A chairman was asked to apply for a special license to allow his guests to stand up and drink free beer at his own retirement party . It's reported that in South Australia, people are 'not allowed to stand up and drink alcohol in outdoor areas' The regulation follows after treasurer Joe Hockey addressed his frustration over a red tape experience he encountered at a pizza restaurant . Federal government held its' second 'red tape repeal day' on Wednesday . The government has a plan to cut unnecessary and costly legislation and regulation .

Keywords: <keyword>NICK CLEGG</keyword>, <keyword>WANNABE ACTOR</keyword>, <keyword>PLAYED PRINCE</keyword>, <keyword>TORY MP</keyword>, <keyword>JOHNNY DEPP</keyword>, <keyword>PANTO SLEEPING</keyword>, <keyword>FILMS LIB</keyword>, <keyword>SPANISH ACTRESS</keyword>, <keyword>CRUZ SEEN</keyword>, <keyword>NETHER EDGE</keyword> By . Tom Mctague, Mail online Deputy Political Editor . A film portraying Nick Clegg’s role in the creation of the first Coalition government since the Second World War has been announced – sparking ridicule in Westminster. The one-off Channel 4 programme – quickly dubbed ‘Nick Clegg the movie’ – will be set in the days following the 2010 election when backroom deals helped shut Labour out of power for the first time since 1997. The revelation sparked speculation in Westminster over which Hollywood actor would play Mr Clegg - a former university Thespian himself – and his glamorous Spanish wife Miriam. Scroll down for video . Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg - pictured at the Merlin Theatre, Nether Edge, in 2006 - took a leading role in the panto Sleeping Beauty, playing the Prince. He is seen with Rivka Smith who plays Sleeping Beauty . A Lib Dem source close to the Deputy Prime Minister suggested there was already one superstar in the running. The source said: ‘That would explain why Johnny Depp has been calling.’ The Spanish actress Penelope Cruz was also suggested as a leading contender to play Miriam. But Mr Clegg may fancy a go playing himself in the movie. He once played the prince in an amateur pantomime of Sleeping Beauty at university. Mr Clegg has previously boasted about his days as a wannabe actor. He said: 'Acting was a great love of mine and I never would have caught the idea of drama unless I'd been encouraged to do so in school.' Speaking to the acting magazine The Stage he added: 'When I was younger, I had the privilege of performing alongside others who have since gone on to lead very successful acting careers.' Mr Clegg also appeared in a Westminster School play with Helena Bonham Carter. A series of online spoofs were mocked up showing the Deputy Prime Minister in a series of famous films . The Lib Dem leader's role forming the Coalition was mocked as the 'Greatest Story Ever Told' in one spoof film poster. Behind Mr Clegg the Spanish Hollywood star Penelope Cruz can be seen playing Miriam . Playwright James Graham, whose National Theatre play This House was set in the dying days of James Callaghan's Labour government, said Mr Clegg was pivotal in a ‘historic’ moment in British politics. He said: ‘In May 2010, British politics was faced with a dilemma it hadn't had to face in peacetime for over 75 years. ‘The public were asked “Who should govern?” and they came back with the answer “We don't know”. ‘Those historic, dramatic few days put personalities at the heart of politics - and the choices made, I believe, changed the face of British politics forever. ‘What we try to capture in this drama is the tension, the high stakes, and the frequent farcical and absurd nature of what happens when a power is wrangled, negotiated and fought over like children trading cards in the playground.’ The 90-minute film, with the working title ‘Coalition’, is the latest in a string of political dramas on the channel including the Bafta-winning Mo about Mo Mowlam and The Deal, which starred Michael Sheen and David Morrissey as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The Lib Dems tonight asked on Twitter who should be chosen to play the Deputy Prime Minister. One mock up image on Twitter suggested Benedict Cumberbatch would be a good choice . Online spoof Twitter account 'General Boles' - a parody of the Tory MP Nick Boles - suggested the final scene of the Nick Clegg Movie would see him at the wheel of the Titanic . The channel is also making a 10-part spy drama - called Opposite Number - about agents fighting a secret war in the closed world of North Korea. Its writer, Matt Charman, said: ‘North Korea is one of the last truly impenetrable nations on the planet, and one of the most dangerous for the West. ‘I wanted to write a drama that could blow the lid off our understanding of who we think the North Korean people are and what their government truly wants.’

Film will portray Mr Clegg's role in the creation of the Coalition in 2010 . News sparked ridicule and speculation over which actor will play Lib Dem . Deputy Prime Minister played the prince in Sleeping Beauty panto in 2006 . Also starred alongside Helena Bonham Carter in Westminster School play .

Keywords: <keyword>LUXURY CONSUMPTION</keyword>, <keyword>WORLD RICHEST</keyword>, <keyword>RARE TRAVEL</keyword>, <keyword>RICH TURNING</keyword>, <keyword>1TN SPENT</keyword>, <keyword>AUCTIONS PRICEY</keyword>, <keyword>EXTREME HOLIDAYS</keyword>, <keyword>WORLD SUPER</keyword>, <keyword>JEWELLERY LEATHER</keyword>, <keyword>SAFARIS GOURMET</keyword> The world's super-rich are turning their backs on posh boutiques and are opting to spend their millions on luxury experiences instead, according to a new report. The richest people on the planet are no longer satisfied with owning luxury, they now want to experience it by forking out for unusual adrenalin-filled holidays, gourmet dining and art. In total, of the $1.8tn (£1.1tn) spent on luxury last year, up to $1tn (£0.6tn) went towards extreme holidays, fine wining and dining, attending art auctions and other pricey activities. The world's super-rich spent more money on experiences than luxury material goods during 2013 . This graph shows how the super-rich's spending was divided in 2013 with more cash being spent on travel and 'experiential luxury' as opposed to personal luxury goods like jewellery and leather goods . Experts have said that what is considered 'luxury' is switching from 'having' to 'being'. The Boston Consulting Group's report has . said that the world's richest want to spend their wealth on things . money usually can't buy. Private airline flights . Luxury slimming clinics . Five-star hospitals which offer a butler service . Adrenalin-filled holidays such as trips to the Antarctic and tailor-made safaris . Gourmet dining . Fine art and wine . ‘They already have the luxury toys; the cars and the jewellery,’ said BCG senior partner Antonella Mei-Pochtler, explaining why super-rich spending is changing, according to The Guardian. The paper said private airline flights, luxury slimming clinics, five-star hospitals and butlers were on the list of things to spend on during the year. But there was still room for the super-rich to invest in the material, with spending on luxury cars standing at around $400bn (£240bn). Nearly as much was spent in the rest of the personal luxury goods market. Around $50bn (£30bn) was spent on cosmetics, $150bn (£91bn) on watches and jewellery and at least $60bn (£36bn) on apparel. The super rich are spending less on material goods such as jewellery, clothes and leather goods . Despite the switch towards spending on experience, the report showed (£240bn) was spent on luxury cars . And BCG has predicted that the personal luxury goods market will grow at a rate of around 7 per cent annually over the next two years. Together, the Chinese, Brazilians, Russians and Indians account for more than 30 per cent of luxury consumption, according to the paper. The report also shows that $460bn (£280bn) was spent on rare travel opportunities, including trips to the Antarctic. Some $170bn (£100bn), meanwhile, was spent on the more predictable designer clothes and handbags. One Chinese . multimillionaire spent £900,000 on a tailor-made package holiday . that took him to 1,000 UNESCO heritage sites and that lasted for two years, according to The Guardian. There is a growing ‘sugar generation’ which describes the young rich consumers . in China. They currently account for 13 per cent of the nation's super-rich – but this is expected to rise to . 30 per cent within five years. Also included in the spending report was Louis Vuitton owner LVMH who spent $2.6bn (£1.6bn) buying cashmere clothier Loro Piana. He also acquired Nicholas Kirkwood, J.W. Anderson, and Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France in the Caribbean during the year.

Of $1.8tn (£1.1tn) spent on luxury last year, up to $1tn (£0.6tn) went towards 'being' rather than 'having' Money was spent on extreme holidays, fine wining and dining, attending art auctions and other activities . One Chinese multimillionaire spent £900,000 on tailor-made two year holiday visiting 1,000 UNESCO sites .

Keywords: <keyword>TINDALL RETIRED</keyword>, <keyword>RUGBY CAREER</keyword>, <keyword>BALSHAW RETIRES</keyword>, <keyword>STAY GLOUCESTER</keyword>, <keyword>2014 MIKE</keyword>, <keyword>2006 OTLEY</keyword>, <keyword>INJURY ENDED</keyword>, <keyword>BIARRITZ RELEGATED</keyword>, <keyword>35 YEAR</keyword>, <keyword>HANG BOOTS</keyword> By . Nick Purewal, Press Association . Published: . 10:29 EST, 15 July 2014 . | . Updated: . 04:25 EST, 18 July 2014 . Mike Tindall agonised over his decision to retire, even after 17 years of top-flight rugby, according to Iain Balshaw. Tindall became the last of England's 2003 World Cup winners to hang up his boots on Tuesday, choosing not to chase a new start after being left surplus to requirements at Gloucester. The 35-year-old admitted he felt he could have played for two more years, but did not seek a new club after being released by Gloucester. Calling it a day: Mike Tindall has retired, bringing to an end a 17-year rugby career . Former Gloucester, Bath and England team-mate Balshaw said Tindall will not regret retiring, but still had to wrestle with the decision. 'It's a huge call for him to make, more so when you're not forced to retire through injury,' said Balshaw. 'He had a fantastic season last year, I know that he really wanted to carry on this year and stay at Gloucester, that wasn't to be. 'He will miss it, but he's made the decision to quit and he's got to look forward to what lies ahead. 'Only he knows, after 17 years, if would have really wanted to carry on he would have done so. 'It would have been a tough decision but he's got to look to the future.' Up for the cup: Tindall lifts the Webb Ellis trophy at Trafalgar Square after England won the 2003 World Cup . VIDEO Tindall last 2003 World Cup winner to retire . Fellow World Cup winner Balshaw beat Tindall to retirement by four days, confirming a knee injury has ended his hopes of playing on at Biarritz. Tindall, Balshaw and Jonny Wilkinson were the last of England's World Cup winners still plying their trade last season. Wilkinson ended his career with a Heineken Cup-Top 14 double at Toulon, while Balshaw's Biarritz were relegated from the French top flight. Tindall's retirement completes the end of an era for English rugby, with Balshaw hailing the 75-cap centre's influence at international level. End of an era: Balshaw (right) - best man at Tindall's wedding - poses alongside Tindall at Gloucester in 2006 . The Otley-born defensive fulcrum proved a pivotal figure in England's 2003 Six Nations Grand Slam that precipitated the World Cup victory. Tindall missed England's run to the 2007 World Cup final with a broken leg, but was back in the squad for the abortive 2011 campaign in New Zealand. Balshaw said Tindall offered the kind of grit any top-level player would want alongside them. 'He's had a huge impact on the English game,' said the 35-year-old former Leeds flyer. Monster hit: Tindall tackles Australia's George Gregan during the 2003 World Cup final . 'Everyone talks about him bulldozing players, but he was fantastic in defence and had a great kicking game. 'He was a guy that if you were to pick someone in your team, he would be there. 'I can't think of many players that put their body on the line the way he did. 'He's had an outstanding career.' More... Mike Tindall calls time on his 17-year career in professional rugby . England 2003 World Cup winner Iain Balshaw retires after failing to recover from knee injury . Wales captain Sam Warburton left without a club after Welsh rugby peace talks break down . London Welsh snap up Piru Weepu as All Black World Cup winner joins ahead of Aviva Premiership campaign .

Mike Tindall has retired from rugby after being released by Gloucester . Former team-mate Iain Balshaw praises Tindall after his retirement . Balshaw forced to retire days earlier with persistent knee injury . Tindall and Balshaw won World Cup together for England in 2003 . Tindall and Balshaw are the final two members of 2003 squad to retire .

Keywords: <keyword>PLAYING MOURINHO</keyword>, <keyword>CHELSEA WON</keyword>, <keyword>INTOXICATING WEMBLEY</keyword>, <keyword>LIVERPOOL KNOWS</keyword>, <keyword>CLUB SUPPORTERS</keyword>, <keyword>HUMILIATION LOSING</keyword>, <keyword>BRADFORD CELEBRATES</keyword>, <keyword>FABREGAS RETURN</keyword>, <keyword>REALLY HURT</keyword>, <keyword>ETCHED JOSE</keyword> The agony etched on Jose Mourinho’s face on Saturday said it all. He gets it. He knows what it means to play a big final at Wembley. He’s done it before — only once, mind you — beating Manchester United in the first FA Cup final at the revamped Wembley back in 2007. So the shock loss to Bradford City really hurt. It wasn’t just the humiliation of losing, at home, to a team two levels below Chelsea. It was the thought of depriving the club and the supporters of a day out at the home of English football. Jose Mourinho has only managed Chelsea in one big final at Wembley, a 1-0 win against Manchester United . Blues were knocked out of the FA Cup by League One side Bradford after a 4-2 defeat on Saturday . The visiting players at Stamford Bridge celebrate after securing an historic victory . That may seem far-fetched given the path travelled by the Special One. Champions League finals, a UEFA Cup final, the San Siro, the Bernabeu — Mourinho knows his way around elite European football. But there’s something intoxicating about Wembley, and he knows it. He’s Portuguese, but with the heart and mindset of an English football fan. So when Chelsea take to the Stamford Bridge pitch on Tuesday night for their finely balanced Capital One Cup semi-final against Liverpool, he knows what’s at stake. ‘This is our only chance to go to Wembley so it is important,’ said Mourinho. ‘To go there should mean a lot to everyone. We need to forget the FA Cup and think of the next one in a different competition — we are one victory from the final.’ Shaking off the embarrassment of losing to Bradford is likely to be an issue if the Blues are to get there. Mourinho will demand a reaction. And, to be fair, his side tend to deliver. Chelsea won both matches following their two other defeats this season, against Newcastle and Tottenham. On Tuesday, however, it will have a different dynamic. Under pressure, against an improving Liverpool side, Mourinho’s side need to build on the 1-1 draw from the first leg. ‘The result against Bradford doesn’t make the Liverpool game bigger, it is a semi-final,’ said Mourinho. A person like myself and a club like Chelsea always respect the cups, respect the meaning of the English cups. Reactions separate teams. There is nothing we can do about the FA Cup now. Mourinho insists that hi players are fully focused on bouncing back against Liverpool on Tuesday night . Nemanja Matic takes the ball past fellow midfielder Cesc Fabregas in a training session at Cobham . Filipe Morais of Bradford celebrates after scoring his team's second goal on Saturday . ‘It stays in our history as a negative point for every one of us. Right now, we have a lot to play for. We have the Liverpool game and after that we have the Premier League and Champions League. We have enough motivation to carry on.’ Captain John Terry added: ‘The fans will want to see a reaction. It was very quiet in the dressing room, not much was said. Having a kick up the backside can do you good. ‘I would certainly hope that what happened against Bradford is a one-off. We can’t dwell on it. The games are coming thick and fast and there are too many big games at this stage of the season. John Terry: 'The fans will want to see a reaction. It was very quiet in the dressing room, not much was said' Eden Hazard and Cesar Azipilicueta compete in training on Monday . Mourinho will be helped by the expected returns of Terry, Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa and Branislav Ivanovic, who were rested on Saturday, while Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas — who was on the bench — should also be in the starting XI. Fabregas’s return should ensure extra fluency in Chelsea’s central midfield but there was a time when playing for Mourinho or Chelsea was a prospect the former Arsenal captain wouldn’t even entertain. ‘Three years ago I wouldn’t have imagined working under Mourinho,’ said Fabregas. ‘But life has many turns, and more so in football. We had a big rivalry with Mourinho but I never hated him. Chelsea was the team I wanted to beat the most. I also had a lot of spats with John Terry but in the end, we are people. I’m not driven by hate.’ Cesc Fabregas has admitted that he wouldn't have imagined working under Mourinho three years ago .

Chelsea lost 4-2 to Bradford in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday . Jose Mourinho inisists players are determined to bounce back . Blues host Liverpool in a Capital One Cup semi-final second leg . Game is finely poised after 1-1 draw at Anfield in first fixture . John Terry says defeat to League One side at Stamford Bridge was one-off .

Keywords: <keyword>COMPENSATION VICTIMS</keyword>, <keyword>SETTLEMENT WAIVE</keyword>, <keyword>COLLAPSE MINNEAPOLIS</keyword>, <keyword>DAMAGES EXCEED</keyword>, <keyword>LIABILITY CAP</keyword>, <keyword>DEAL TOTALS</keyword>, <keyword>STATE PLAN</keyword>, <keyword>SENATOR LATZ</keyword>, <keyword>INVESTIGATING BRIDGE</keyword>, <keyword>IMPACTED 35W</keyword> (CNN) -- Two Minnesota state lawmakers said Friday that they have reached a deal to compensate victims of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis last year. Thirteen people were killed and dozens were injured in last year's collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota. State Sen. Ron Latz and state Rep. Ryan Winkler told CNN Radio that the deal totals $38 million and will be presented to the Legislature for approval. Latz said the deal would expedite compensation to victims who chose to take their portion of the settlement and waive their right to sue the state. The plan addresses a key sticking point in negotiations: preserving a state liability cap on awards to individual victims, Latz said. Winkler said victims will be able to collect up to $400,000 and people whose damages exceed $400,000 will be able to pull from a supplemental pool of more than $12 million. "There are a 182 potential claimants out there," Winkler said. "There were 13 dead, and there were 12 catastrophic injury cases." Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he would welcome the deal for survivors and relatives if the Legislature approves it. "I look forward to signing this legislation into law," Pawlenty said in a statement. "It provides needed relief and support for victims and family members directly impacted by the I-35W bridge tragedy. I'm pleased that Senator Latz, Representative Winkler, my office and others were able to work together to craft this legislation." The bridge collapsed during afternoon rush hour August 1, sending dozens of cars tumbling into the Mississippi River. Photos of the scene showed cars, trucks and a school bus lingering on the bridge's uneven remnants. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating why the bridge collapsed. In January, NTSB Chairman Mark Rosenker said investigators studying the bridge found that 16 gusset plates, which strengthen the junctions of steel beams, were fractured. The bad gussets were found at eight joints in the main center span. "When one element began to fail, it's like dominoes falling down," Rosenker said. But he emphasized, "We have not yet determined the probable cause of this accident." The final report should be ready by the end of the year, he said. E-mail to a friend .

Deal would expedite compensation for victims who waive right to sue the state . The deal, which totals $38 million, is on its way to Legislature for approval . Under proposed terms, victims can collect up to $400,000 . Those with damages more than $400,000 can pull from supplemental pool .

Keywords: <keyword>MECHANICAL BIRD</keyword>, <keyword>BIRDS PREVENT</keyword>, <keyword>SEAGULLS EATING</keyword>, <keyword>CONTROL GULLS</keyword>, <keyword>FALCON SCARE</keyword>, <keyword>STEALING FOOD</keyword>, <keyword>EFFECTIVE RESTAURATEURS</keyword>, <keyword>EDINBURGH MAIN</keyword>, <keyword>6500 PREVENT</keyword>, <keyword>REPORTED COST</keyword> Restaurateurs and their diners know the best way to a hungry seagulls' stomach is through their half-eaten food. In a bid to keep gulls from scavenging, management is currently trialling different deterrents, including a robot bird to protect patrons who dine along the Sydney Opera House. The giant mechanical bird is reported at a cost of $6500 to prevent the out-of-control gulls targeting or attacking tourists and diners for free food. Scroll down for videos . The idea followed after Scotland's Network Railway turned to technology to keep Edinburgh's main train station free from birds and poop by building a robot falcon to scare them away . The idea followed after Scotland's Network Railway turned to technology to keep Edinburgh's main train station free from birds and poop by building a robot falcon to scare them away. The lifelike plastic predators are designed to swivel their heads, flap their wings and shriek. As spring approaches, seagulls are continuing to feast off plates or brazenly stealing food out of visitors' hands as patrons sit outside to enjoy the sunshine. In a bid to keep gulls from scavenging, management is currently trialling different deterrents, including a robot bird to protect patrons who dine along the Sydney Opera House . Hollywood pop singer, Hilary Duff was under attack when she was plagued by a flock of seagulls while eating lunch at Sydney's Opera bar . As spring approaches, seagulls are continuing to feast off plates or brazenly stealing food out of visitors' hands as patrons sit outside to enjoy the sunshine . Hollywood pop singer, Hilary Duff was under attack when she was plagued by a flock of seagulls while eating lunch Down Under early this month. Nibbling on hot chips and salad at Sydney's Opera bar, the Lizzie McGuire actress looked nervous and was spotted protecting herself by hunching throughout the meal. Management have installed signs in multiple languages around the city and beaches, advising the public to not feed birds and prevent them from scavenging. Management has installed signs in multiple languages advising the public to not feed birds . A spokeswoman for the Opera House told Sydney Morning Herald that a number of different deterrents were being explored, adding that setting baits is not an option as seagulls are a native species, protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act. 'Our venue operators and the Opera House have trialled other additional measures on an ad-hoc basis, including kites that resembled owls and an audio deterrent,' the spokeswoman said. 'None, including the mock bird of prey, has proved very effective.' Restaurateurs and their diners know the best way to a hungry seagulls' stomach is through their half-eaten food . 'Unfortunately the seagulls become accustomed to these kind of tactics so they are only ever a short-term fix. 'We have been advised that the best way to manage them is to take away the food source but, being a waterfront dining destination and a fish market, completely removing the food source is not an option,' the spokeswoman said. 'All we can do is try and limit the birds' access to food.'

In a bid to keep gulls from scavenging, management is currently trialling a giant mechanical bird . The giant mechanical bird is reported at a cost of $6500 . The idea followed after Scotland's Network Railway used a robot falcon to keep one of its train stations free from birds and poop . The lifelike plastic predators are designed to swivel their heads, flap their wings and shriek . Management has installed signs in multiple languages advising the public to not feed birds and prevent them from scavenging .

Keywords: <keyword>RODRIGUEZ INCOME</keyword>, <keyword>BANKRUPTCY SOUGHT</keyword>, <keyword>LISTED ASSETS</keyword>, <keyword>HOSPITAL ORLANDO</keyword>, <keyword>SANDWICH ARTIST</keyword>, <keyword>NISSAN XTERRA</keyword>, <keyword>BODY DAMAGE</keyword>, <keyword>GIRLFRIEND OWNED</keyword>, <keyword>SUSPECT FRIDAY</keyword>, <keyword>31 2002</keyword> Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The suspect in Friday's shooting of six people in a downtown high-rise is a 40-year-old man with economic woes that include a recent bankruptcy filing, federal records show. In his filing last May for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, under which he sought to have his assets liquidated and his debts discharged, Jason S. Rodriguez listed his assets at $4,675 and his liabilities at $89,873.31. His 2002 Nissan XTerra with 110,000 miles represented $4,000 of those assets. His personal property filing described the vehicle as having body damage on the right side, an air conditioner that did not work and a transmission that was slipping. He said his monthly income as a "sandwich artist" at a Subway Restaurant in Orlando, where he had worked for nine months, was $890.67, and he listed his monthly expenses at $815. A man who answered the phone at the restaurant referred a caller to company headquarters, where spokesman Kevin Kane confirmed that Rodriguez had worked for the company, but left six weeks ago. Kane said the company has a job title of "sandwich artist." Before leaving Subway, Rodriguez's income had already taken a hit, dropping from $27,686 in 2007 to $13,936 in 2008. Rodriguez estimated the value of his household goods -- a TV, microwave, bed, computer, dresser, two night stands, etc. -- at $500 and said his girlfriend owned the remaining household goods. He faced an $11,085 claim of child support. In addition, he was behind on his rent ($1,402.05), owed $450 to American Express, $110 to AT&T for his cell phone service and $343 to Florida Hospital Orlando for unspecified medical services, the document said. Among his creditors were the Internal Revenue Service for unpaid 2005 and 2006 taxes totaling $2,415. The largest debts were for student loans -- $8,500 to Wachovia, $28,912 to Sallie Mae. Orlando lawyer Charlie Price represented Rodriguez in his case. "It's not that atypical from most everyone I see," he told CNN in a telephone interview. "That's how it is right now. He's a very typical client. Of people that are suffering through the economy right now, there's nothing extraordinary about him ... except that." Price said he had had no contact with Rodriguez for several months, and added that his former client did not owe him money.

In bankruptcy filing, Jason S. Rodriguez listed assets at $4,675, liabilities at $89,873.31 . He owed money for child support, rent, credit card, phone service, back taxes . Rodriguez said his monthly income was $890.67 and monthly expenses were $815 .

Keywords: <keyword>MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE</keyword>, <keyword>FILM APARTMENT</keyword>, <keyword>CELEBRITY REALTOR</keyword>, <keyword>LEONARDO DICAPRIO</keyword>, <keyword>COOL MILLION</keyword>, <keyword>MILAN ADDITION</keyword>, <keyword>VIEWS WOLF</keyword>, <keyword>FILM PIE</keyword>, <keyword>DOLLAR LISTINGS</keyword>, <keyword>CHARACTER JORDAN</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:44 EST, 31 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:05 EST, 31 December 2013 . Wolf of Wall Street fans with cash to burn take note: the luxury Manhattan penthouse portrayed in the film can now be yours for a cool $6.5 million. The 3-bedroom pad that Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Jordan Belfort called home in the Hollywood hit boasts 2,500-square-feet in an East Midtown high-rise called the Milan. And in addition to having starred in a Martin Scorsese film, the apartment even has its own celebrity realtor in Million Dollar Listings’ Ryan Serhant. Stunning: The 2,500 square foot penthouse was the backdrop to several memorable scenes in the hit film . Pie in the sky: The penthouse sits atop the Milan way up on the 31st floor in Manhattan's East Midtown area . ‘You certainly won't find another apartment like it in East Midtown, where everything else is just cookie cutter,’ Serhant told the New York Daily News. ‘It feels like a loft floating above the city.’ In addition to the bedroom, where DiCaprio and stunning leading lady Margot Robbie shared some steamy moments in the film, fans will surely recognize the unforgettable living room. Its open floor plan and floor to ceiling windows were the backdrop for a scene featuring Jonah Hill where his and DiCaprio’s characters get violent with a colleague who rats out their illegal dealings to authorities. Gorgeous: The beautiful living room with floor to ceiling windows and hardwood floors played a role in one of the film's more memorable scenes . Rat: In this scene in the film, actor Jonah Hill's character directs the beating of a colleague who has ratted out the crooked firm for its illegal deeds . Breath-taking: The unbelievable view from the patio also made for a tense moment in The Wolf of Wall Street . High: The firm's rat gets dangled over the ledge, 31 stories above Second Avenue . Even more memorable are the patio with its breath-taking Manhattan views and the Wolf of Wall Street scene filmed there. It is there where the squealing colleague is dangles over the edge, 31 stories above Manhattan’s Second Avenue. In fact, the view is so good it might cause its next high-powered occupant a to develop a little bit of a God complex. ‘I can totally see a new master of the universe calling this place home,’ Serhant said. Massive: Another angle shows how gigantic the open floor plan penthouse truly feels . Soylent green: While still slightly 1970s feeling, the amazing penthouse is updated top to bottom for the 21st century . Modern living: The 2,500 square foot apartment even has patio access from the bedroom . The penthouse sits high in the sky and is represented by Million Dollar Listings' Ryan Serhant. ¿I can totally see a new master of the universe calling this place home,¿ he said . ¿You certainly won't find another apartment like it in East Midtown, where everything else is just cookie cutter,¿ Serhant said. ¿It feels like a loft floating above the city¿ .

The 2,500 square foot East Midtown stunner has three bedrooms and sits on the 31st floor . The penthouse played backdrop in several numerous scenes in the Leonardo DiCaprio film .

Keywords: <keyword>PAID ACTRESSES</keyword>, <keyword>SANDRA BULLOCK</keyword>, <keyword>BLOCKBUSTER GRAVITY</keyword>, <keyword>OSCAR WINNER</keyword>, <keyword>HOLLYWOOD HIGHEST</keyword>, <keyword>STAR HUNGER</keyword>, <keyword>FORBES ESTIMATES</keyword>, <keyword>BULLOCK CELEBRATED</keyword>, <keyword>PAYCHECKS TOTALS</keyword>, <keyword>HUSTLE DOWNTIME</keyword> (CNN) -- It pays to be "America's Sweetheart." Sandra Bullock, who celebrated her 50th birthday in July, earned an estimated $51 million in the past year, according to Forbes magazine. Bullock is at the top of the publication's highest-earning actresses list for 2014. Forbes, which speaks to agents, producers, lawyers and others in the know to come up with its list, believes that Bullock's hefty payday is due to her Oscar-nominated turn in Alfonso Cuaron's blockbuster "Gravity." After its release in the fall of 2013, the sci-fi thriller went on to earn $716 million worldwide. Coming in second place is Jennifer Lawrence, star of "The Hunger Games" and "X-Men" franchises, who also squeezes in dramas such as "American Hustle" in her downtime. Forbes estimates the young Oscar winner earned $34 million between June 2013 and June 2014. In third place is Jennifer Aniston, whose $31 million comes from comedies such as "We're the Millers," "Friends" reruns and endorsement deals. Forbes notes that while these ladies have earned notable paychecks, the totals are below what the industry's top-earning men have made in the same time period. The publication's list of the top 10 earning actors in the business added up to $419 million, while this year's list of highly paid actresses totals $226 million. Robert Downey Jr.: Hollywood's highest-paid actor (again)

Forbes estimates Sandra Bullock earned $51 million in the past year . The star tops the magazine's list of highest-paid actresses . Jennifer Lawrence is in second place with $43 million earned .

Keywords: <keyword>GHOST PLANE</keyword>, <keyword>RAJ AZIZ</keyword>, <keyword>PLANE WASHROOM</keyword>, <keyword>MAKINGS HOLLYWOOD</keyword>, <keyword>ANSARI TWEETS</keyword>, <keyword>QUESTIONED FILM</keyword>, <keyword>PARKS RECREATION</keyword>, <keyword>IDEA GOES</keyword>, <keyword>FREAKING NEESON</keyword>, <keyword>BYE PARENTS</keyword> (CNN) -- Well, that's one way to crowdsource. "Parks and Recreation" star Aziz Ansari tweeted Sunday that he was bored on a flight, and what followed had all of the makings of a Hollywood movie. The comic questioned why there has never been a film about a haunted plane: "Wouldn't that be dope?" He then started tweeting ideas and a script for a project he dubbed "Ghost Plane." Quicker than you could say "I'll make you a star," #GhostPlane took off. "Dude. For real. Is any studios into GHOST PLANE? I can make it cheap. It's all one location. Just the plane," Ansari tweeted. The idea goes like this, according to Ansari's tweets: "Open on Indian guy RAJ (Aziz Ansari) saying bye to his parents. He gets on the plane. But this plane is actually a GHOST PLANE. #GhostPlane." "Raj uses the plane washroom pre-takeoff. He sees a face in the mirror. 'This might be a ghost' he thinks.... #GhostPlane," the actor added. Don't even worry about casting. There's a role for Jennifer Lawrence as "Flight attendant Anne" and fellow Academy Award winner Tom Hanks as "The Captain." But our favorite character might be embodied in this tweet: "A mysterious man in a hoodie: 'If you want to stop the dolls. You need my help.' He lifts the hood: ITS LIAM NEESON AS HIMSELF! #GhostPlane." Because of course it's Liam freaking Neeson. Fans were really into it. On person tweeted, "Now I can't sleep because @azizansari is telling the most magnificent story #GhostPlane" while another said, "A studio needs to pick up @azizansari's #GhostPlane IMMEDIATELY. If not we'll just make a kickstarter. It'll be cheap." We will have to wait to see how it all pans out. Ansari said, "Sorry everyone. #GhostPlane is on pause. I just got home and have to be up early to shoot Parks. I'll try to finish this sometime." What a cliffhanger.

Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari got bored on a flight Sunday . He started tweeting ideas for a film about a haunted plane . Unfortunately, the tale ended on a cliffhanger .

Keywords: <keyword>EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED</keyword>, <keyword>YVES JEAN</keyword>, <keyword>DOES HAITI</keyword>, <keyword>INJURED COLLEAGUES</keyword>, <keyword>SHELTERS SOCCER</keyword>, <keyword>MIRACULOUSLY SAVED</keyword>, <keyword>COLLAPSE WHITE</keyword>, <keyword>COACH PAST</keyword>, <keyword>LABAZE MEETING</keyword>, <keyword>SENT MEDS</keyword> (CNN) -- Dr Yves Jean-Bart, President of the Haiti Football Federation, tells CNN about the day that the earthquake struck, the devastating aftermath and his hope for the future of soccer in the country. What happened on the day of the earthquake? I went to the federation around 1pm to meet the President of the Women's league and the members of the commission of the league - we had to discuss a lot of matters. Also present at the meeting were Hancy Lescouflair (wife of the Minister of Sports and the Women's League President) and the national head coach Jean Yves Labaze. The meeting was over and I was getting ready to leave when I felt the house shaking. I ran towards the back exit of the house. While going downstairs it was shaking really badly, I lost my balance and fell and blocks of debris fell on my hand. I got up and fell again with a huge amount of debris falling on my body. I was scared but I got up again to move away from the house that I then saw collapse in a white cloud. With the few that were able to escape this tragedy, and also the friends of the football family, we started helping people trapped under the rubble. During the whole night, even in darkness and with their lives in danger, those young friends of football saved and removed a few injured colleagues under the rubble. Unfortunately, more than 30 perished and even more saddening, we were not able to recover their body for days. Every day we go to the ruins of our office, and we had a memorial ceremony for all our colleagues that perished. We were helpless, beside three cases, to remove their bodies and return them to their families. What was going through your mind after the earthquake? I had many thoughts going through my head for many days after and not having communication, we were unable to obtain information. When some friends were able to recover my Blackberry, I started working and trying to reorganize. I started by contacting the parents of the young boys and girls, miraculously saved because they were practicing at the National Stadium, and helped those that were in need. I was also deeply in pain with my injuries and the loss of some of my family. Psychologically, I had a lot of questions. I was terribly choked. What was left of the Haiti Football Federation? From the headquarters there was nothing left. All our office equipment, all of what we were able to acquire throughout the years in order to put together a decent office - our efforts to have a nice archive, our trophies and distinctions during the last years - we lost everything. But most of all we lost a lot of colleagues including our best coach for the past years, all the equipment of our national teams, thousands of balls recently purchased everything...everything. How did you cope in those days after the earthquake? It's hard to adapt yourself to this, it's a whole different ball game. I did not have any meds and my injured fingers started to get infected. We were sleeping on the ground with the mosquitoes, the wind, the cold and the loud noises of airplanes coming in and out of the airport. Fortunately some colleagues were able to recover my Blackberry -- it was damaged but functional. We were able to get together, us members of the federation, and we all did our best to get back to work progressively. My kids were fabulous - they were able to send me meds, tents, sleeping bags and some money to cover every day expenses. Physically things got better but it has been a horrible misery up to now. What help did you receive from your neighboring countries and from FIFA itself? The support we received was the most comforting. Less than four days after the earthquake, Captain Burrell, the President of the Jamaican Football Federation, arrived in two helicopters sent by the Presidents of FIFA & CONCACAF. We accompanied him on a small tour of the town and met leaders in the stadium and on the ruins of our headquarters. The very emotional report that he wrote touched the world football family even more on the hugeness of the tragedy. The president of the Dominican Football Federation sent colleagues to check on us and find out about our needs. He also sent me some meds that were very precious. President Blatter and a lot of his colleagues called me and assured me that we were not alone. About two weeks ago, with a lot of difficulties, FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner made it to Port-au-Prince in a private plane and brought us meds, foods and water. He promised to motivate the FIFA committee about our needs, promised that FIFA would help our national teams to keep competing, all in all helping us rebuild our soccer. At FIFA, last Tuesday, during the meeting of the associations, a lot of Presidents of Federations were present. A minute's silence was observed for all the victims of the earthquake and during a special meeting, President Blatter announced to me that a special fund was created for the reconstruction of our football. FIFA experts will come to Haiti soon to evaluate our needs, build projects that FIFA will finance from this newly created fund. This is a big solidarity move. On February 26 with the help of the Venezuelan government we will play a charity game in Caracas. On March 7th, with the help of a German TV station, our men's national team will play a game to raise funds that will be used to rebuild the stadium of Leogane that was completely destroyed. Some former world athletes have agreed to participate in this game. The Germans have already visited this stadium and plan to help us for a while with this project. Soccer federations of the whole world - Qatar, Switzerland, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico -- offered their help and we are deeply touched by this move. How many of Haiti's players were affected by the earthquake? The number of dead and injured announced, is really, really far from reality. The very bad construction of the country, the lack of organization in general, the fact that the first response help got on the ground days after, will make the final numbers very high, higher than the official numbers given. Fortunately with the fact the earthquake happened at 4:53pm, the players of Divisions 1 and 2 were unharmed. The players lost immediate families: parents, wives, children. A lot of young players are orphans. When communication is fully restored and obviously when teams start training again, we will have an idea but the numbers will never be exact. How does Haiti as a country feel about football? There is not one Haitian that has not touched a soccer ball. Football is part of the everyday life of Haiti, even with the scary living conditions in Port-au-Prince, even with the fields being occupied, they still play soccer. It is the only entertainment reserved for everybody. At the federation we had the great idea of distributing in the temporary shelters the few soccer balls we were able to recover and it was an explosion of joy. I think it is necessary and mandatory, to help with the psychological recovery of a major part of the population, to free the fields and allow the people to release some stress. In times of crisis like this does it help having something like football help to focus you? It is a big challenge that motivates us better, gives us the desire to live. My biggest objective is for the soccer family to become more united every day, because until recently the soccer family was disunited. We feel that we have more responsibility than before. With all this solidarity coming from all around the world, with the situation of the youth, with this cruel misery and this sudden loss for everybody, we feel that soccer has an important role to play in the reconstruction of this country. How will you rebuild the federation and how long will it take? It will be difficult - the conditions are impossible for us. My colleagues at the federation are aware that every time we try to restart the soccer world in Haiti an unfortunate situation puts us back to square one. In 2003 we had to stop everything during a political crisis. In 2003 we had Hurricane Jeanne. In 2005 there was the security crisis with the departure of President Aristide. In 2008 there were the four hurricanes of the summer. Every time it is an exodus of talent, the loss of the buying power of the population and each time we have to start from scratch. Fortunately with new players, the work that we maintain with the young players, with the heavy support of FIFA, we climbed back up the ladder because in all age categories our teams are some of the best in the region. Do you think the federation will grow strong again in the future? I want to talk about construction and reconstruction at the same time. Haitian soccer has existed for more than 100 years. Soccer is a tradition deeply involved in the culture, the life of the country. The misery of the country affected its international evolvement but not its creativity, its popularity, its power and national weight. In this domain, with no doubt, everything exists, we will have to motivate - sensibly, because the human factor exists - in order to create an elite of players, to allow young talents to use soccer to get out of the misery, with the goal of obtaining a major professional contract and bringing money back to the country, or attending school abroad. We need to take charge of the most talented and ask for the resources that we need. We ask for infrastructures in the reconstruction process that the government will start to put at the service of these young talents and sports associations. The Latin American countries insisted on sports infrastructures that didn't exist for the youth. FIFA will help to rebuild our headquarters. It should be a reality before the end of this year. For the destroyed fields at Leoganea and Petit Goave, this should not take time. Destroyed or not by the earthquake, all the soccer fields are only by name, all of them need to be rebuilt because they weren't really existent before. With the lack of resources we had in the past we were able to accomplish so much, now with all the support that we will get, we will come back stronger than before.

January's earthquake killed 30 of Haiti's Football Federation officials . Haiti's Football President Dr Yves Jean-Bart was injured in the quake . Dr Jean-Bart is trying to rebuild the federation with help from FIFA . He tells CNN about the earthquake and the enormous challenges ahead .

Keywords: <keyword>PIRATES SOMALIA</keyword>, <keyword>NAVY CAPTURED</keyword>, <keyword>SHIP MAERSK</keyword>, <keyword>FRENCH FRIGATE</keyword>, <keyword>HOSTAGE SUNDAY</keyword>, <keyword>PATROLLING GULF</keyword>, <keyword>SNIPERS KILLED</keyword>, <keyword>CAPTAIN RICHARD</keyword>, <keyword>SEIZED SUSPECTED</keyword>, <keyword>NIVOSE PICTURED</keyword> (CNN) -- The French Navy captured 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya Wednesday, the French Ministry of Defense announced. The French frigate Nivose, pictured last year patrolling the Gulf of Aden. The Navy tracked the pirates overnight after they attacked a ship called the Safmarine Asia. The French launched a helicopter from the frigate Nivose to head off the attack Tuesday night, then seized the suspected pirates Wednesday morning, the statement said. Both the European Union and the United States have been patrolling the region since an upsurge in piracy off the coast of Somalia last year. U.S. snipers killed three pirates holding a U.S. ship captain hostage Sunday. The captain, Richard Phillips, was held in a lifeboat for days after his ship, the Maersk Alabama, was seized last week . But pirates in Somalia vowed revenge, saying that an attack on another ship, the Liberty Sun, was a response to the killing of Phillips' captors. "It was a revenge," Hassan Mohamud told a Somali journalist. "The U.S. ship escaped by a matter of chance."

French Ministry of Defense says they were captured off the coast of Kenya . Navy tracked pirates overnight after they attacked ship called the Safmarine Asia . Helicopter launched from frigate Tuesday night; 11 captured Wednesday .

Keywords: <keyword>GOLF RORY</keyword>, <keyword>MCILROY VISITED</keyword>, <keyword>RYDER CUP</keyword>, <keyword>TOPPED PGA</keyword>, <keyword>IRISHMAN WON</keyword>, <keyword>RACE DUBAI</keyword>, <keyword>EUROPE PERFORMANCE</keyword>, <keyword>NAMED 2014</keyword>, <keyword>GLENEAGLES SCOTLAND</keyword>, <keyword>SECOND TIME</keyword> Rory McIlroy has been named the 2014 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year after a stunning season on both sides of the Atlantic. The Northern Irishman won the Race to Dubai and topped the PGA Tour money list, as well as winning the Open Championship and US PGA Championship as he reclaimed the world No 1 spot. The 25-year-old also won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, and adds the honour to the Golf Writers Trophy he was awarded last week. Rory McIlroy visited the Coolmore Racing Stud at Ballydoyle in Ireland on Monday . McIlroy poses with the Claret Jug after wining The Open at Hoylake in July . McIlroy, pictured here at the Ryder Cup, reclaimed the world No 1 spot after a brilliant season . McIlroy also played in all five sessions as Europe won the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, claiming three points as the United States were defeated 16.5-11.5 . 'To be named the European Tour's Golfer of the Year for a second time is a huge honour and one I am extremely proud of,' he said. 'If I had won any one of those four titles it would have been a good year, but to win all four, to win The Race to Dubai, and to be part of another fantastic European victory in The Ryder Cup, means it is a great one. The Northern Irishman has been named the 2014 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year . 'This award is a very nice way to round off the year. The European Tour has always been good to me, so it is always special to be recognised in this way. Hopefully I can have more years like this one and win the award again.' The award is decided by a panel comprising members of the Association of Golf Writers and commentators from television and radio and McIlroy has been awarded the honour for the second time after also winning in 2012. European Tour chief executive George O'Grady said: 'The 2014 season will go down as one of the greatest in the European Tour's history, and it will be defined by Rory McIlroy's astounding accomplishments on the global stage. McIlroy celebrates Europe's 2014 Ryder Cup triumph at Gleneagles in Scotland . McIlroy finished runner-up to Lewis Hamilton in the 2014 Sports Personality of the Year Awards . 'Europe's performance to retain the Ryder Cup and Martin Kaymer's dominant victories in the US Open and Players Championship on the US PGA Tour alone would have made it a year to remember for European golf, but Rory's victories in four of the biggest championships on our international schedule will ensure the story of this season is retold for many years to come. Quite rightly, therefore, it is Rory who receives our Golfer of the Year Award for 2014. 'Rory is a fine ambassador for the game of golf and a loyal supporter of the European Tour, as he has shown with his backing of the Irish Open next year, so we are all very proud of his success, not only during this year but across his career to date.' The 25-year-old won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in May .

Rory McIlroy recognised for stunning season on both sides of the Atlantic . Northern Irishman won the Race to Dubai and topped PGA Tour money list . McIlroy also clinched the Open Championship and US PGA Championship . Twenty-five-year-old was part of successful European Ryder Cup side . McIlroy's exploits also saw him reclaim the world No 1 spot .

Keywords: <keyword>STANDARDS BUSH</keyword>, <keyword>EDUCATION REFORM</keyword>, <keyword>COMMON CORE</keyword>, <keyword>TARGET CONSERVATIVE</keyword>, <keyword>DEVELOPED BIPARTISAN</keyword>, <keyword>CONTROVERSIAL TESTING</keyword>, <keyword>PRESIDENT POTENTIAL</keyword>, <keyword>FLORIDA GOV</keyword>, <keyword>JEB</keyword>, <keyword>INFUSING WASHINGTON</keyword> Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush swung back at critics of Common Core on Thursday, challenging those who refuse to adopt the controversial testing standards, which have made him a target by conservatives, to come up with something better. "For those states that are choosing a path other than Common Core, I say this: That's fine, except you should be aiming even higher and be bolder and raise standards and ask more for our students and our system," he said at a summit in Washington hosted by his education group, Foundation for Excellence in Education, a major backer of Common Core standards. His speech underscored a need for further education reform, a message likely to be a key part of his platform should he decide to run for president. As the potential GOP presidential field awaits his decision on a White House bid, Bush has said he'll make up his mind by the end of the year. His push for Common Core has made him a target for conservative ire. Some Republicans, backed up by polling that indicates the program struggles in popularity, complain that the program interferes with local government control, by infusing more Washington bureaucracy in education. The standards were developed by the bipartisan National Governors Association, state governments and nonprofit groups. But if states want a share of President Barack Obama's Race to the Top education grants, one of the ways to get it is by adopting Common Core. In that sense, the government created incentives for states to embrace the standards. Bush stressed that the struggles faced by students in low-income schools is a "civil rights crisis," further arguing that "fixing our schools" must be one of the nation's most "urgent priorities." On Common Core, Bush squarely hit back at critics who say the testing standards are too high. "Let's get real about this," he said, ticking off statistics about poor performance among high school students preparing to go to college. "The rigor of the Common Core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms," ​he added, stressing the need to embrace challenging standards. Some of the most vocal opponents of the program include Bush's potential GOP presidential rivals, like Sen. Rand Paul, who took a subtle jab at Bush last month over the issue, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose state sued the Obama administration. Bush argued the debate has been "troubling" but said he believed "nobody in this debate has a bad motive." Bush, who's also been an advocate for immigration reform, made no mention of Obama's plan to announce executive action on the issue Thursday night.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has been a major proponent of Common Core standards . Bush challenged those who opposed Common Core to come up with an alternative . Bush was speaking to his education group Foundation for Excellence in Education .

Keywords: <keyword>MANOR ABANDONED</keyword>, <keyword>HOUSE HAMPOLE</keyword>, <keyword>DOCTOR HOUSE</keyword>, <keyword>GARAGE PROPERTY</keyword>, <keyword>VINTAGE CARS</keyword>, <keyword>PRACTICE DONCASTER</keyword>, <keyword>PSYCHIATRIC CARE</keyword>, <keyword>SUPER SNIPE</keyword>, <keyword>OCCUPANTS TIMEWARP</keyword>, <keyword>MAGAZINES LYING</keyword> By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 06:16 EST, 7 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:32 EST, 7 November 2013 . These eerie images show how a gothic manor which was abandoned by its occupants has become a timewarp after being neglected for 20 years. The mansion in Hampole, near Doncaster, dubbed the 'doctor's house' by locals, is filled with old magazines, obsolete technology and vintage cars which are rusting away. Its state rooms are falling apart, while the swimming pool is covered with moss. Spooky: This manor house in Hampole, near Doncaster, has been abandoned for nearly 20 years . Garage: This Marcos 1800GT and 1964 Humber Super Snipe Series IV are two of the five cars found abandoned on the property . Crumbling: A dust-covered copy of Which Car is one of many old magazines found lying around the house . Derelict: The state rooms such as this one are completely empty since the last owner departed in the 1990s . The building, which is known as both 'Manor House' and 'Ivy Farm Manor', is believed to have belonged to a notorious psychiatrist who once discharged a patient two days before she killed an 11-year-old girl. Neil Silvester authorised the release of Carol Barratt from psychiatric care in April 1991 even though she had threatened a young girl with a knife and tried to strangle a medic. The 24-year-old patient then randomly attacked schoolgirl Emma Brodie and stabbed her to death in a Doncaster shopping centre. An inquiry found that Dr Silvester had made 'a serious error of clinical judgement' and he seems to have moved out of his Hampole home soon afterwards, although he continued to practice at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. Grounds: The home is set in an extensive garden which looks overgrown and neglected . 'Doctor's house': The home is believed to have been owned by Neil Silvester, a psychiatrist who in 1991 allowed Carol Barratt to leave hospital two days before she killed 11-year-old Emma Brodie . Overgrown: The swimming pool, overlooked by animals painted on an outside wall, is now covered with a layer of moss . Rediscovered: A bottle of moutwash was sitting on the shelf when photographers David Morley and Steve Vernon visited . A hint at the house's previous occupancy is provided by a crumbling copy of the journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment which was found in the home. There are a number of magazines including copies of Which Car, a 40-year-old issue of Popular Hi-Fi and an edition of the now-defunct Today newspaper from October 1991. The last occupant's interest in cars is shown by the five vintage cars left in the garage and elsewhere on the property, including a Marcos 1800GT and a 1964 Humber Super Snipe Series IV. A reminder of how long the home has been abandoned is provided by the discovery of a Betamax tape, a format which went out of fashion nearly 30 years ago. Rotting away: Cars which could be very valuable if they had been kept in good condition are abandoned around the grounds . Hobby: It is clear that a former occupant of the home was a big fan of cars . Obsolete: A Betamax tape was found at the manor even though the format has barely been used for the past 30 years . Ancient: A copy of Popular Hi-Fi magazine from September 1973 was another old publication found there . Photographers David Morley, 30, and Steve Vernon, 36, both from Doncaster, explored the derelict building which has been left open to the elements. 'It was very eerie inside, the house was just abandoned,' Mr Morley said. 'It looks as if time has stood still. It's easy to imagine that the previous owner left his life behind to start again somewhere else. 'There were five vintage cars at the property. We got the impression that the old study would have been beautiful before it was abandoned. Papers had been thrown all over the place. Catching up with the news: A copy of Today, the now-defunct newspaper founded by Eddy Shah, dates back to October 1991 . Experience: The photographers said that the scene inside the house 'looks as if time has stood still.' Stripped: Some of the vehicles appeared to have had their most valuable parts removed . Scrap: The shell of another car with its seat, steering wheel and dashboard all stripped out . 'There is a big swimming pool in the back but it's now full of grass. The orangery was smashed to bits - there was glass all over the floor.' The Grade II listed building dates from the early 19th century, although parts of the house are thought to be much older. It is not known who currently owns the abandoned home. Neil Silvester, a psychiatrist believed to have lived in the abandoned manor house at Hampole, found notoriety after releasing Carol Barratt from hospital. The 24-year-old had been subjected to a 28-day detention order after threatening a young girl with a knife. However, half-way through the order, Barratt's mother asked Dr Silvester to authorise her release from Doncaster Royal Infirmary. Two days later, Barratt went to a Doncaster shopping centre and killed 11-year-old Emma Brodie in a random knife attack. The killer admitted manslaughter and was ordered to be detained in a mental health unit indefinitely. The victim's family sued the local health authority, and settled out of court for an undisclosed compensation payout. Dr Silvester was order to undergo additional training, but kept his job at the hospital. Unused: It does not seem that any attempt has ever been made to renovate the manor house . Atmospheric: Dozens of photographers have previously visited the house drawn by its eerie reputation . Book: The Art of Colour Photography was one volume left behind by the last owner .

Manor house in Hampole, near Doncaster, is full of 20-year-old magazines and obsolete technology . It is said to have been owned by psychiatrist Neil Silvester, who recommended release of killer Carol Barratt two days before she stabbed young girl to death .

Keywords: <keyword>CUP ARSENAL</keyword>, <keyword>TROPHY TWEETED</keyword>, <keyword>SZCZESNY GIRLFRIEND</keyword>, <keyword>MRS CUP</keyword>, <keyword>NIGHT GOALKEEPER</keyword>, <keyword>SAGNA POSES</keyword>, <keyword>WEMBLEY CAPTURED</keyword>, <keyword>PICTURE TICKET</keyword>, <keyword>LUDIVINE TOOK</keyword>, <keyword>LUCZENKO CELEBRATE</keyword> By . David Kent . Arsenal WAGS were out celebrating Gunners' FA Cup victory on Saturday night. Having supported their men during the north London club's 3-2 win over Hull at Wembley, the wives and girlfriend's of Arsenal's victorious players posted a number of pictures posing with the famous trophy. Bacary Sagna's wife Ludivine took to Twitter to show off Arsenal's prized possession and said: 'The cup and I last night.' Thomas Vermaelen's partner Polly Parsons also shared a snap of the night while goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny posted a photo to Facebook of himself and other half Marina Luczenko holding the trophy. Poser: Bacary Sagna's wife Ludivine Sagna posed with the FA Cup after Arsenal's win on Saturday . All smiles: Thomas Vermaelen and his partner Polly Parsons pose with the famous trophy on Saturday night . Proud day: Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and his girlfriend Marina Luczenko celebrate with the Cup (right) On Sunday, following the club's trophy parade, Ludivine posted a picture of her and Sagna with the trophy and tweeted: 'Mr and Mrs with the Cup'. The WAGS had attended the Wembley showdown as Arsene Wenger's men ended the club's nine-year trophy drought. Looking forward to the Cup final on Saturday morning, Sagna's wife posted the first of a series of selfies as she sat upon a white leather poof. This was followed by a picture of a carefully manicured hand holding an FA Cup ticket for the big game. Mr and Mrs: Ludivine and Bacary Sagna are all smiles as they pose with the Cup following Sunday's trophy parade . Ludivine . was then joined by Mandy Capristo, Mesut Ozil's girlfriend, and their . journey to Wembley was captured on Instagram with the accompanying . caption: 'On the way to support our men!'. Mrs . Sagna is a regular tweeter of pictures from games, although these could . be the last set taken as an Arsenal fan with her husband likely to move . away from the Emirates once his contract expires at the end of the . season. The . France international has been courted by Manchester City and more . recently United after potential new manager Louis van Gaal identified . him to provide more competition for the right-back spot at Old Trafford. Selfie promotion: Bacary Sagna's wife Ludivine poses at her home ahead of the Wembley showdown . On our way to Wembley: Ludivine Sagna (R) and Mesut Ozil's girlfriend Mandy Capristo en route to the final . Got previous: Ludivine Sagna (L) poses with Claire Koscielny (R) at Arsenal's final league game of the season . Entry: Ludivine Sagna posts a picture of her ticket for Wembley .

Arsenal WAGs post pictures celebrating Gunners' FA Cup win . Bacary Sagna's wife Ludivine was joined by Mesut Ozil's girlfriend Mandy Capristo to support their men . It may be the last time Ludivine posts as an Arsenal fan, with her husband expected to leave at the end of the season .

Keywords: <keyword>MAN NADAL</keyword>, <keyword>DJOKOVIC THIEM</keyword>, <keyword>THIEM YOUNGEST</keyword>, <keyword>THINK ROLAND</keyword>, <keyword>OPEN CHAMPION</keyword>, <keyword>HOPEFUL DOMINIC</keyword>, <keyword>WORLD RANKINGS</keyword>, <keyword>HOLDING COUPE</keyword>, <keyword>NUMBER FRENCH</keyword>, <keyword>INVINCIBILITY PUNCTURED</keyword> (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal came into the French Open with his air of invincibility punctured by recent defeats but his beaten opponent Thursday -- Austrian hopeful Dominic Thiem -- believes the eight-time champion is still the man to beat at this year's French Open. The 20-year-old Thiem admits Nadal was "one of his idols" growing up but showed little sign of being overawed as he detained the top seed for over two hours on Philippe Chatrier before succumbing to a 6-2 6-2 6-3 defeat in their second round match. But Thiem, the youngest man in the top 100 of the world rankings, currently occupying 57th spot, saw enough in Nadal's game to predict he will be holding the Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy aloft on Sunday week. "I think here in Roland Garros there are only a few man who can beat him, but yes he is the biggest favorite," Thiem told CNN. Nadal suffered shock quarterfinal defeats in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and in last week's Rome final to Novak Djokovic, but Thiem believes he is an altogether different proposition at the clay court grand slam. "He's in his element at his favorite venue and he's really pumped up," he said. "His top spin is really tough to counter and he didn't make a lot of mistakes." After his victory, Nadal was also full of praise for his young opponent and applauded him off the court. "He has completely everything to become a champion," he predicted. "He as able to hit the ball very strong from the backhand and the forehand." Thiem, who beat Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round of the Madrid Masters earlier this year, admitted to "feeling a little bit nervous" as he walked out on to the center court at a grand slam for the first time, . "But fortunately I made a good start which helped a bit," he added. He will now head to Queens Club in London to get grass court preparation ahead of Wimbledon, while Nadal will next play Leonardo Mayer of Argentina in the third round, seeking the 61st victory of his record breaking career at the French Open. Even though he was expected to overcome Thiem, Nadal must have been slightly relieved as several big names have exited the tournament already. They include women's number one and defending champion, Serena Williams, second-seed Li Na and Wawrinka -- the man Nadal lost to in the Australian Open final. Elsewhere, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, and 2013 finalist David Ferrer, advanced with straight sets wins in the men's draw. Murray led Nadal by a break in the third set at the Rome Masters earlier this month, only for the 13-time grand slam winner to rally. They could meet again in the semifinals in Paris, although Murray must first get past Philipp Kohlschreiber in the next round. Kohlschreiber won a clay-court title last weekend in his native Germany and crushed the Scot on clay in Monte Carlo in 2010 in their lone head-to-head. In the women's tournament, fourth seed Simona Halep of Romania, tipped by many for grand slam glory soon, beat Heather Watson of Britain 6-2 6-4. Serbian sixth seed Jelena Jankovic, who could directly benefit from the loss of Li Na in her section of the draw, continued her fine form in Paris with a 7-5 6-0 dismissal of Japan's Kurumi Nara. Former world number one and French Open champion Ana Ivanovic also went though while Sloane Stephens kept American hopes high in the absence of the defeated Williams with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Polona Hercog of Slovenia.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem at the French Open . Nadal eases past the promising Austrian in straight sets at Roland Garros . There were also victories for Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Jelena Jankovic . The tournament has already lost Serena Williams, Li Na and Stan Wawrinka .

Keywords: <keyword>CHARLTON CONFIRMED</keyword>, <keyword>MOYES SUCCESSOR</keyword>, <keyword>UNITED FINISH</keyword>, <keyword>NUMBER MANCHESTER</keyword>, <keyword>SOUTHAMPTON PRIORITY</keyword>, <keyword>VILLA MEANS</keyword>, <keyword>FERGUSON RISE</keyword>, <keyword>SCORER DIRECTOR</keyword>, <keyword>SIR BOBBY</keyword>, <keyword>SEASON DISAPPOINTING</keyword> By . Paul Hirst, Press Association . Sir Bobby Charlton is certain Manchester United will finish above their bitter rivals City next year. City's 4-0 win over Aston Villa means they need just one point from their final game of the season to win the Barclays Premier League. United, meanwhile, are 20 points behind their neighbours in seventh place. They are likely to miss out on European qualification altogether thanks to a disastrous campaign under David Moyes, who was recently fired just 10 months after being appointed successor to Sir Alex Ferguson. On the rise: Sir Bobby Charlton believes United will finish above rivals City next season . But the club's all-time top goal scorer, who is now a director at Old Trafford, has told City the balance of power will swing back in United's favour next year. 'This year has been an tremendously interesting year,' said Charlton, who played 758 times for the club. 'We have done our best, we have changed manager, and it has not worked. Rising star: James Wilson showed a gimps into United's future . 'But next year I guarantee that we will be number one in Manchester.' Charlton confirmed that Moyes' successor, likely to be Louis van Gaal, will have money to spend. 'We will have to buy a couple of players, which will happen,' added Charlton, who was speaking at the Manchester United player of the year awards. 'I am looking forward a lot to next year because Manchester United is not renowned for being second. 'We like to be first and we will be first. We have the most fantastic organisation and that organisation when it works is unstoppable.' Van Gaal's appointment will not be . confirmed until after Ryan Giggs' final game of his interim spell as player-manager on Sunday at Southampton. Talking a good game: Sir Bobby Charlton believes United's future is bright . Giggs could play on for another year, join the new manager's backroom staff or manage at another club. The Welshman picked up the United lifetime achievement award at Thursday night's ceremony at Old Trafford - an honour usually reserved in sport for those coming towards the end of their careers. But Giggs insists he has not yet made his mind up yet. Decision to make: Ryan Giggs says he has yet to decide about his future . 'I have not decided,' the 40-year-old said. 'I am too busy trying to prepare a team for Southampton and that is my priority at the moment. 'When the season ends I will go away and think about what I want to do next. 'I said five or six years ago that if my career ended tomorrow I would be happy so every year is a bonus. 'I still enjoy training and playing but I have really enjoyed the last couple of weeks so it has been a good experience to take me on to the next chapter of my life.' Pride of Manchester: Edin Dzeko and City stand on the brink of winning the title . Just like Charlton, Giggs is sure United will perform much better next season. 'It's been a disappointing season but if you are a proper club, which we are, you always bounce back,' said Giggs, who made his debut for United in 1991. 'In football you have setbacks. In my first full season we lost out to Leeds in the league and I was sat in the dressing room as an 18 year-old watching grown men cry. 'We came back the next year and won the league for the first time in 26 years and there is not a doubt in my mind that we will be back next year, we will be challenging and that is what proper clubs do - they have setbacks and come back stronger.'

Charlton says Man United will be the No 1 side in Manchester . United's all-time top scorer describes side's season as 'tremendously interesting' New United manager will have money to spend, according to Charlton . Ryan Giggs yet to make a decision on his future .

Keywords: <keyword>CAUSED ICEBERGS</keyword>, <keyword>LITTER TITANIC</keyword>, <keyword>MOON MEANING</keyword>, <keyword>ATLANTIC TIDES</keyword>, <keyword>1912 MEANT</keyword>, <keyword>CNN BLAMING</keyword>, <keyword>SCIENCE INFANCY</keyword>, <keyword>CONTEMPORANEOUS WARNINGS</keyword>, <keyword>WEREWOLVES VAMPIRES</keyword>, <keyword>PREDICTS RECORDS</keyword> (CNN) -- Blaming the moon is a popular pastime. Police say crime rates go up during a full moon, nurses claim birth rates go up, authors set werewolves and vampires loose upon the land, and people think craziness abounds -- witness the word "lunatic," which derives from "luna," the Latin word for moon. None of this moon-linked strangeness has ever stood up to serious scrutiny. But now a team of astronomers at Texas State University-San Marcos has suggested that the moon can be blamed for the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage 100 years ago. How the moon caused icebergs to litter the Titanic's path, on April 14, 1912, is really a story about the Earth's tides. What we now know about where icebergs originate and how they travel could have informed the Titanic's crew and perhaps avoided tragedy. But at the time, this science was in its infancy. The Titanic's captain did not expect icebergs to be a problem -- rarely did ice travel so far south into the Atlantic. Yet contemporaneous warnings from other ships suggested there were an unusual number of icebergs. Passengers reported seeing ice floes, lookouts spotted ice and sounded warnings, and other ships in the area reported fields of ice near the disaster site. Here's where astronomy comes in: Three months earlier, on January 4, 1912, the closest approach of the moon to the Earth in 1,400 years occurred within one day of the Earth's closest approach to the sun (which occurs once per year), all within minutes of a full moon, meaning the sun was perfectly aligned on the other side of the Earth (this happens every couple of weeks). The odds of all three events occurring at once are, well, astronomical. This lineup had to have caused unusually high tides in the North Atlantic. Tides are caused mostly by the differential pull of the moon's gravity on the Earth. The pull is strongest on the near side and weakest on the far side, since the strength of gravity, as Isaac Newton told us four centuries ago, falls as the square of the distance between the two massive objects -- in this case, the Earth and the moon. That is, the moon pulls hardest on the Earth's oceans on the side facing the moon, making a bulge of water (high tide). It pulls less hard on the Earth, but even less hard on the water on the far side, so a watery bulge forms on the far side as well -- a high tide roughly 12 hours out of synch. The overall strength of the moon's gravity, as well as its differential (tidal) effect, is greatest when the moon is closest to the Earth, as on January 4, 1912. Now consider the sun. It is much more massive than the moon or Earth but also much farther away. The absolute pull of the sun's gravity is far greater than the pull of the moon -- that's why we're orbiting the sun, after all, rather than the moon -- but the sun does not exert much of a tidal force on the Earth (that is, a stronger force on the Earth's near side than its far side) because, compared to the distance between the sun and Earth, the Earth's size is miniscule. Try this analogy (thanks to Veritasium.com): if the Earth were the size of a basketball, the moon would be a tennis ball about 24 feet away, and the Sun would be like a house nearly two miles away. To the sun, the Earth is a tiny speck: its diameter is less than 0.01% of the Earth-sun distance. But the size of the Earth is a few percent of the distance to the moon, which translates to about a 7% stronger gravitational pull on the near side of the Earth than the far side. That's why the moon dominates the Earth's tides. Still, when the sun lines up perfectly on the opposite side of the Earth from the moon, as it did on January 4, 1912, it increases the tidal effect slightly. And the fact that the sun and moon were particularly close to the Earth at precisely the same time -- well, that made the tidal bulges even bigger. What does this have to do with icebergs? The University of Texas scientists pointed out that normally, icebergs move south from Greenland in fits and starts, frequently grounding in the shallow waters off Labrador and Newfoundland. But unusually high tides in January 1912 meant the icebergs didn't get stuck. Instead, they kept moving south, arriving in much greater numbers than usual in the path of the Titanic. Maybe the Titanic's captain had reason to believe reports of excessive ice were wrong -- such conditions were, after all, not the norm. But he didn't reckon on the inexorable pull of gravity from Earth's nearest celestial neighbor. This is the real lunar influence on our lives: gravity and tides, not werewolves and pregnant women. One thing this new theory predicts: There should be records of exceptionally high tides near Newfoundland and Labrador in January 1912. This is the hallmark of a proper theory: it makes predictions that can then be tested. So, history buffs, marine historians, tell us: Does this theory hold water? The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Meg Urry.

A study by astronomers says the moon's position may have had a role in Titanic sinking . Meg Urry: An unusual lineup of the Earth, sun, moon in January 1912 would have boosted tide . She says higher tides could have floated icebergs into the route of the oceanliner . Urry: If theory is true, there should be evidence of extreme high tide .

Keywords: <keyword>PAINKILLERS SURGERY</keyword>, <keyword>RECOVERING ADDICTS</keyword>, <keyword>TREATED OPIATE</keyword>, <keyword>STORY PAIN</keyword>, <keyword>SYRINGE RECOVERY</keyword>, <keyword>MRI IMAGES</keyword>, <keyword>RORSCHACH TEST</keyword>, <keyword>SHOULDERS COULDN</keyword>, <keyword>SCALES JUSTICE</keyword>, <keyword>RETURNING QUICKER</keyword> (CNN) -- The changing black and white MRI images resembled a Rorschach test. Somewhere in these patterns was the story of my pain. I knew there was something wrong with my shoulders because it felt as if my arms were attached by rusty nails. Looking at the scans, the surgeon made it clear: I needed surgery in both shoulders. I couldn't accept this reality. These surgeries aren't just a giant setback for my career as an acrobat, they could pose a threat to my sobriety. I am a recovering heroin addict who cannot take opiate painkillers. I have witnessed many recovering addicts relapse after surgery. I've traveled this path myself after a few terrible root canals from another medical experience, and came crawling back to heroin. I've learned not to take any risks. How can I wager my recovery on the scales of justice? On one side sits surgery with the possibility of relapse. On the other sits an injured body in pain. How could I bargain the one element that has given me a beautiful and free life? Addict goes under the knife . My first fear revolves around the actual pain itself. Narcotic painkillers are the number one prescribed medication after surgery because painkillers kill pain. During my active addiction, I lived many years with the ability to eradicate pain at my own whim by simply pushing the end of a syringe. Now, in recovery, I must bow down and surrender to it. Is there a difference between eradicating pain and pain management? Do all opiate addicts have to suffer through physical painful situations? I've played this scenario out many times. I am prescribed narcotic painkillers after surgery, while holding on to the absolute perspective that no matter what, after six years of sobriety, I WILL NOT RETURN TO THE MADNESS OF ADDICTION. Depending on strength and dosage, I'm instructed to take one to two pills every four to six hours. It takes about 20 minutes to feel the effects of the first pill. Can 20 minutes destroy a lifetime achievement? As the pill dissolves, the thought slowly waltzes in, as it did in my past. To the outsider, I would appear fine, maybe a little drowsy. But the imperceptible secret would live behind the thick fog of my thoughts. Nobody can see the addiction's contemplation: "This feels good. ... Oh God, I remember this." As the disease melodically whispers -- as if six years of sobriety never passed -- I cling to the memories of my lifelong struggle with heroin and remember I'VE GOT TO STAY SOBER AT ALL COSTS! The secret grows, traveling back to memories of my most powerful highs, wrapping its venomous arms into my mundane reality. "Joey, you are in pain. It's OK. It's too much pain. Maybe you should take two pills (as prescribed)," it says. Two pills seems reasonable, but four to six hours is just too long because the pain seems to be returning quicker. Maybe an extra pill wouldn't hurt, I think, eventually cutting back the indicated time by an hour. In the final stage of my imagined scenario, the addiction begins to caress my insecurities. Perfectionism is my great destructor. I'm terrified of making mistakes or being imperfect because I don't want to be judged or laughed at (like so many of us). Drugs quiet this enormous desire to be perfect. The power of these opiates temporarily relieves these stresses, and I find solace in the darkness once again. Now that the secret is alive and thriving, I go straight to heroin, as the most effective and seductive drug I've ever known. Surgery and sobriety is a controversial topic, even among those in recovery. It's such a gray area because nobody really knows how to treat such a delicate situation. I think it would be helpful to combine Eastern and Western medicines, to find some concrete solutions to pain management. Medication in combination with techniques such as acupuncture or frequency specific aricular therapy. It's not only the recovering addict who is at risk, but others who can end up addicted to narcotic pain medication. Many years ago, I was in rehab with another patient who was also being treated for opiate addiction. He had cancer and was in a lot of physical pain. One night he was crying, not because of the pain, but because the doctor had prescribed him Percocet. I couldn't understand why he was upset. We were addicts: A constant flow of opiates is winning the devil's lottery. What more could anyone ask for? In recovery, I understand his suffering. His situation is terrible because, like myself, he cannot stop once he begins. He is faced with the endless temptation of his addiction because his medication resembles his drug of choice, forever keeping his addiction alive. If I am my own worst enemy, and my thoughts are the only voice I hear, what options do I have? The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Joe Putignano.

Joe Putignano is a recovering heroin addict who's been sober for six years . Putignano fears relapsing after an upcoming shoulder surgery . Surgery and sobriety is a controversial topic, even among those in recovery . A combination of Eastern, Western approaches might help, Putignano says .

Keywords: <keyword>FOOTBALL WENGER</keyword>, <keyword>WATCH PLAYERS</keyword>, <keyword>COACHING ENGLISH</keyword>, <keyword>TRAINING REDKNAPP</keyword>, <keyword>WAYS ARSENE</keyword>, <keyword>PITCH SERIALISED</keyword>, <keyword>PROZONE USES</keyword>, <keyword>1996 SAYS</keyword>, <keyword>STATISTICS CHANGES</keyword>, <keyword>DIVIDENDS COVER</keyword> For 50 years, Harry Redknapp has been one of football’s most colourful and outspoken characters. Now he’s written a book every fan will want to read. In his new book 'A Man Walks On To a Pitch' - serialised exclusively by Sportsmail this week - Redknapp reveals the ways in which Arsene Wenger introduced new coaching techniques into the Premier League. The arrival of Arsene Wenger in 1996 certainly heralded a change in English football. He was very successful very quickly, and suddenly all the talk was about his revolutionary new training methods. He only trains for an hour… does everything on the stopwatch… the players are wearing heart monitors at training… he gives them supplements… Prozone is one of the biggest changes. Last season, when QPR were due to play Blackpool, our most recent scout’s report had them operating with four at the back and two holding midfield players. In the old days, that would have been all that was available. VIDEO Scroll down to watch former players pay tribute to Wenger before his 1,000th game . Arsene Wenger heralded a change in English football when he arrived in 1996, says Harry Redknapp . Redknapp gives instructions during a West Ham United training session at Chadwell Heath . Wenger's methods at Arsenal were revolutionary and he introduced new, innovative ways of training . The Arsenal boss had embraced a modern way of coaching and English managers were forced to catch up . Age: 64 . Born: Strasbourg, France . Clubs managed: Nancy-Lorraine (1984-87), AS Monaco (1987-94), Nagoya Grampus Eight (1995-96), Arsenal (1996-) Games managed at Arsenal: 1,023 (won 583, drawn 243, lost 197) Win percentage at Arsenal: 57 per cent . Managerial Honours: Premier League x 3, FA Cup x 5, Ligue 1 x 1, Coupe de France x 1, Emperor's Cup x 1, J-League Super Cup x 1 . Now we’ve got machines that can call up game after game, personnel, the most detailed statistics, changes in the gameplan. So we knew that for most of the season they had played three centre-halves, and pushed the full-backs on and that would be how they intended to play if everyone was fit. The aids for a manager are incredible now. When I began, we might have one report on the opposition. That aside, you just played - sorted your own team out and went from there. If they had a player you fancied was good you might tell one of the lads to watch him, give him an idea of what to expect - but there was no detail. Don Revie at Leeds United was the only one who went into depth, and his dossiers were the talk of football. Prozone, which uses player and team stats, and modern technologies were introduced into English football . Wenger used stop watches and other methods in order to ensure he got the maximum out of his players . Scholes, Gerrard and Ferdinand make Redknapp's modern era Premier League XI . Giggs would have solved England's problems... he was born to play left wing . Keane, Shearer and Le Tissier make Redknapp's early era Premier League XI . Ravel Morrison has the class of Bale but his attitude is holding back his talent . Vieira and Keane are warriors... they were even prepared to do battle while working on TV! Why Redknapp fears that the English manager is in danger of becoming extinct . Vieira nearly crossed North London to join Spurs... and Suarez was close to signing too . Pies in the canteen and throwing teacups at players... the Premier League killed all that! Sportsmail's Head of Sport Lee Clayton interviews Redknapp about his new book . Other managers were still not convinced they were a good idea. Play your own game, that was the mantra. No managers changed their team to accommodate the opposition. Nobody mirrored formations. These days, if the England manager is caught out tactically he gets slaughtered; but, even a few years before the Premier League, if the same man came in and said the other team were using wing-backs so he would go with a back three too, and flood midfield, he would have been called a coward. Why are we worrying about them? We’re England - let them worry about us! I must admit, I find the point of Prozone baffling at times. Yes, you’ve got it - but so has the team you are playing. So while you’re watching them, they’re watching you, and while you’re changing to deal with them, they’re doing the same. We all go along with it, but where’s the edge? England players, like Owen Hargreaves, now use heart monitors and other technologies in training . Redknapp (right) utilised new techniques at West Ham after seeing Wenger's methods pay dividends . The front cover of Harry's new book, 'A Man Walks On To a Pitch', which goes on sale on Thursday . 'A Man Walks On To A Pitch' by Harry Redknapp is published by Ebury Press, priced £20. Offer price £16 until October 21. Order at mailbookshop.co.uk or call 0808-272-0808 — p&p is free for a limited time only.

Harry Redknapp's latest book, A Man Walks On To a Pitch, is being serialised by Sportsmail this week . A Man Walks On To a Pitch includes more than five decades of memories . Redknapp reveals how Arsene Wenger's techniques changed coaching . The Frenchman meticulously studies every aspect of the game .

Keywords: <keyword>SANK HMS</keyword>, <keyword>ARTEMIS SUBMARINE</keyword>, <keyword>ARTEMIS REFUELLED</keyword>, <keyword>CREW NEGLIGENCE</keyword>, <keyword>REFLOATED CALAMITOUS</keyword>, <keyword>DOCKED SERVICE</keyword>, <keyword>REFIT DRY</keyword>, <keyword>EMBARRASSING STORY</keyword>, <keyword>HATCHWAYS BALLASTED</keyword>, <keyword>SHUT CABLES</keyword> By . Mark Duell . The calamitous little-known tale of how a Royal Navy submarine sank at its own mooring when blundering crewmen accidentally left its hatches open was today revealed. HMS Artemis was about to be refuelled at a wet dock in Gosport, Hampshire, in July 1971 when the 280ft vessel began sinking to the horror of her crew. Hapless submariners had forgotten to shut the torpedo loading bay and the rear escape hatch was also left open so that power cables could be run through to the control room. Refloated: The calamitous little-known tale of how Royal Navy submarine HMS Artemis sank at its own mooring when blundering crewmen left its hatches open has come to light . Sinking: HMS Artemis was about to be refuelled in a wet dock in in Gosport, Hampshire, in July 1971 when the 280ft vessel began sinking to the horror of her crew . Rescued from the sinking vessel: Hapless submariners had forgotten to shut the torpedo loading bay and the rear escape hatch was also left open so that power cables could be run through to the control room . To safety: Duty Petty Officer David Guest is helped ashore from the sunken Artemis. Seawater had gushed through the torpedo bay at the stern and then the open hatch above it . As her fuel tanks were flooded with water in readiness to take on fuel, the vessel sat lower in the water. Seawater began gushing through the torpedo bay at the stern and then an open hatch above. Within 15 minutes the 1,300-ton submarine, which had served the Navy for 25 years, had sunk to the bottom of the dock. Three crew members trapped inside, although they escaped 12 hours later. However, the submarine was irreparably damaged. Many of her senior officers, including her  commander, were not aboard at the time - and Artemis was under the control of her third hand. Following the calamity, a damning report was compiled laying blame firmly on the crew for negligence. Saved: Acting Leading Marine Engineering Mechanic Donald Patrick Beckett was one of three men trapped inside the forward torpedo room of Artemis when she sank in Gosport in July 1971 . Getting out: Beckett was the second man to escape from the sunken Artemis. A frogman is pictured (right) diving in to pull him to safety . Out of the water: A frogman with Beckett, one of the three escaped trapped sailors at the scene in 1971 . Aid: Leading Marine Engineering Mechanic Robert Croxon is helped to an ambulance after escaping . The embarrassing story has come to light after a former crewman took an engine telegraph he salvaged from the wreck along to the BBC programme Antiques Roadshow. HMS Artemis was an A-class submarine, built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company of Greenock on the River Clyde. It was launched just after the end of the Second World War in August 1946, before taking part in the Fleet Review seven years later for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. She weighed 1,360 tons and was 280ft long, with a beam of 22ft and a depth of 16ft. It had a diving depth limit of 350ft, a surface speed of 18.5 knots and a crew of 61. Artemis sank in July 1971 while while moored at the HMS Dolphin shore-establishment at a wet dock Gosport, Hampshire, during refuelling. She had been there for maintenance, but water began to come in through the open hatchways when she was ballasted down, and she sank. The submarine was raised five days after sinking before being decommissioned, and sold to be broken up for scrap that December. A report called 'HMS Artemis - The Lessons Learnt' was produced following the incident - and it is still said to be essential reading for submarine commanders even today. Over its 22 pages, there are 65 errors of judgement. Peter Taylor, an engine room stoker who was 22 at the time, bought the device upon seeing the wrecked sub about to be dismantled at a scrap yard in Portsmouth in 1993. The machine, used to send messages from the bridge to the engine room, still has watermarks on it from where it was flooded. Mr Taylor, 65, from Portsmouth, said: ‘Artemis had just undergone its last ever refit at the dry dock in Gosport, which I had worked on. ‘Following the refit I took leave to my home in Staffordshire and was in the pub when the landlord’s son came over and said my submarine had just sunk. ‘He had just seen it on TV so I got straight onto my motorbike and rode home to see the news. ‘As the sub’s fuel tanks were being flooded with sea water, which is done on subs for ballast purposes, water started coming in through the torpedo bay which had been left open. ‘As the torpedo bay filled up the stern of the sub sank down until water started coming in through the rear escape hatch, which had power cables running through it into the control room. ‘The hatch couldn’t be shut because of . the cables and within 15 minutes the whole thing was at the bottom of . the harbour. Basically the crew on the submarine that day were not doing . their jobs properly. ‘The whole affair was a PR disaster for . the Navy, especially because it happened at the Submarine Service . headquarters, and not something they like talking about even to this . day. Programmer: The story has come to light after former crewman Peter Taylor took an engine telegraph he salvaged from the wreck along to BBC's Antiques Roadshow. He is seen (left) with expert Paul Atterbury (right) Discussion: Another view of Mr Taylor (left), 65, from Portsmouth, talking to expert Paul Atterbury (right) Engine telegraph: Mr Taylor, an engine room stoker who was 22 at the time, bought the device upon seeing the wrecked sub about to be dismantled at a scrap yard in Portsmouth in 1993 . Photograph: An image from the sinking in July 1971 is shown to the expert on the Antiques Roadshow . ‘It was an embarrassment that should never have happened. In 1993 I noticed Artemis was being cut up and so I went along to see if there was anything left that I could have as a souvenir. ‘The only thing left was the port engine telegraph which I bought for £30.’ 'The whole affair was a PR disaster for the Navy, especially because it happened at the Submarine Service headquarters, and not something they like talking about even to this day' Peter Taylor, former engine room stoker . The engineering officer, the third hand and the chief stoker were all found at a court martial to have been guilty of making mistakes that caused the submarine to sink. George Malcolmson, historian at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, said: ‘The sinking of Artemis was not the Submarine Service’s finest hour - it was all very embarrassing. ‘It was a watershed moment for the service and had far reaching consequences which are still being felt today. ‘The Navy’s first nuclear submarines had . been introduced to some controversy not long before, and here was a . group of seamen who couldn’t keep their submarine afloat when docked at . the service’s HQ. Submarine: It was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company of Greenock on the River Clyde . At night: The recovery scene when HMS Artemis sank at the HMS Dolphin shore establishment in Gosport . Man with the engine telegraph: Former crew member Peter Taylor (first left) at a ceremonial visit in 1969 . Looking back: The Daily Mail's front page on July 2, 1971 - the day after HMS Artemis sank in Gosport . Seen today: A more recent panoramic view of the HMS Dolphin shore establishment at Gosport in Hampshire . ‘It did not look good at all. Following the sinking the Navy came down hard and a document was produced warning of the danger of complacency. 'It was a watershed moment for the service and had far reaching consequences which are still being felt today' George Malcolmson, historian . 'It is still used today, and thankfully the incident has never been repeated.’ Paul Atterbury, the Antiques Roadshow specialist, tells Mr Taylor on the show: ‘I think it’s a great story because it’s the sort of story that never gets told because it’s about bungled - you know it’s not the great heroics that we’d all expect. But you’ve got this great treasure and it is a very important piece.’ Mr Taylor’s telegraph machine from HMS Artemis will feature on the Antiques Roadshow on Sunday.

HMS Artemis was about to be refuelled at Gosport wet dock in July 1971 . But hapless submariners had forgotten to shut the torpedo loading bay . Rear escape hatch was also open so power cables could be run through . Seawater began gushing through torpedo bay and open hatch above it . Fifteen minutes later the 1,300-ton submarine had sunk to bottom of dock . Three crew members were trapped inside but all escaped 12 hours later . Story comes to light thanks to engine telegraph on Antiques Roadshow .

Keywords: <keyword>TROPHIES STOLEN</keyword>, <keyword>KEYNES RED</keyword>, <keyword>SMASHED SILVER</keyword>, <keyword>BULL FACTORY</keyword>, <keyword>HARMED CARS</keyword>, <keyword>BURGLARS BELIEVED</keyword>, <keyword>HORNER LEFT</keyword>, <keyword>CONTACT MILTON</keyword>, <keyword>VETTEL POSES</keyword>, <keyword>4X4 SATURDAY</keyword> Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner said the team are devastated after more than 60 trophies were stolen from their factory on Saturday morning. A group of around six men used a silver 4x4 to smash through the front entrance to the factory in Milton Keynes. No Red Bull staff were hurt during the robbery but the burglars – believed to be men wearing dark clothing – caused ‘significant damage’. The entrance to Red Bull's factory in Milton Keynes was smashed by a silver 4x4 on Saturday morning . The damage to the factory was clear to see on Saturday morning, after 60 trophies were stolen . Christian Horner said the 'break-in caused significant damage' and claimed it could affect fans . Sebastian Vettel poses next to the Red Bull trophy cabinet at the factory in Milton Keynes earlier this week . A second vechicle – a dark coloured Mercedes estate car- was used by the burglars. Both cars are believed to have foreign number plates. 'We are obviously devastated by this serious factory break in, which saw offenders drive a vehicle through our front entrance and steal more than 60 trophies which took years and hard work to accumulate' said Horner. 'The break-in caused significant damage and was very upsetting for our night officers who were on duty at the time. The offenders took items that not only did not belong to them, but which represented the efforts of a group of dedicated, hard-working individuals. 'Beyond the aggressive nature of this break-in, we are perplexed why anyone would take these trophies. The value to the team is of course extraordinarily high due to the sheer hard work and effort that went into winning each and every one. Christian Horner (left) said the team were devastated after the break-in and appealed for any witnesses . 'But their intrinsic value is low; they would be of little benefit to those outside of the team and, in addition to that, many of the trophies on display were replicas. 'The actions of these men mean it's likely that we will have to make our site less accessible in the future, which will be unfair on the hundreds of fans that travel to visit our factory each year to see our trophies and our Formula One car.' Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a burglary at a commercial premises in Bradbourne Drive, Tilbrook, Milton Keynes. Police were called at 1.30am today (6/12) to the Red Bull Racing factory where a group of around six men, used a vehicle to drive through the front entrance to gain access to the premises. Once inside, they stole over 60 trophies belonging to the Red Bull Racing team. Night staff who were on the premises at the time were not physically harmed. Two cars were involved in the burglary. A silver 4x4 which was used to drive through the entrance and a further dark coloured, black or dark blue Mercedes estate car. Both are believed to have foreign number plates. There is no description of the offenders available at this time, although they are all believed to be men, wearing dark clothing. If you have any information that may assist the investigation, please contact Milton Keynes Force CID on the Thames Valley Police non-emergency enquiry centre number 101. If calling from overseas, please dial 0044 1865 841148 to contact Thames Valley Police from outside of the United Kingdom. If you don't want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

Six men break into factory on Friday night and take trophies . Christian Horner says 'significant damage' caused . Horner claims Red Bull may now make site less accessible to fans .

Keywords: <keyword>SMALLEST BIBLE</keyword>, <keyword>NANO BIBLE</keyword>, <keyword>TESTAMENT PRINTED</keyword>, <keyword>TABLET JERUSALEM</keyword>, <keyword>GUINNESS WORLD</keyword>, <keyword>PRODUCE NANO</keyword>, <keyword>MICROSCOPE READ</keyword>, <keyword>18 MILLIONTHS</keyword>, <keyword>REALLY POCKET</keyword>, <keyword>EMBEDDED WATCHES</keyword> If you want to brush up on the New Testament while you're on the go, one company has developed a novel solution that fits in your pocket - and on your fingernail too. The Jerusalem Nano Bible company has developed a tiny version of part of the sacred texts, which can be worn around the neck or even embedded inside a watch. Measuring less than 0.2 inches (5mm) across, the company is seeking validation from the Guinness World Records that it is indeed the world's smallest Bible - although you'll need a microscope to read it. Scroll down for video . The Jerusalem Nano Bible company says they've made the world's smallest Bible (shown). Here it is shown on display at TowerJazz Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek in northern Israel. The nano-sized New Testament has been nominated for the Guinness World Records as the World's Smallest Bible . On just one face of the square chip, 27 books of the New Testament have been printed. The tiny biblical text uses the Greek version of the New Testament, Textus Receptus, or 'received text' in Latin. Each chip is made from a silicon wafer, with their sides measuring a minuscule 0.19 inches (4.76mm). On the chips, each letter has a width of about 0.18 microns (18 millionths of a metre), so an eight-inch (20.3cm) wafer can apparently contain more than 1,000 Bibles. An academic scholar validated, with the use of a microscope, that the text was indeed that of the New Testament. On the chips, each letter (shown) has a width of about 0.18 microns (18 millionths of a metre), so an eight-inch (20.3cm) wafer can apparently contain more than 1,000 Bibles . Teeny Ted from Turnip Town, currently the world's smallest book, is a reproduction of a 30-page tale that fits on a human hair. The book, which is printed with pure crystalline silicon, cost a staggering $15,000 (around £9,250) to create. It was written by Malcolm Douglas Chaplin and published by his brother, Robert, at the Simon Fraser University, in British Columbia, Canada. The book's exact measurements are 70 micrometres by 100 micrometres. Its pages, which are too small to be read even using a microscope, are printed on a single tablet. The Jerusalem Nano Bible company is now awaiting validation from Guinness World Records of their claim for the world's smallest bible. The previous record holder, which came into the possession of an Indian scholar, measures 1.1 x 1.3 x 0.39 inches (2.8 x 3.4 x 1.0 cm). 'Our aim is to be able to mass produce it and cater to really every pocket,' said David Almog, head of the company's marketing and sales department. 'Because this application, the smallest Bible in the world, Jerusalem Nano Bible, can be applied to infinite possibilities in the jewellery industry.' In the future the company is also planning to produce a nano-sized Old Testament. The company says the tiny bible can be used in jewellery (necklace shown), embedded in watches or any number of other 'infinite possiblites' Each chip is made from a silicon wafer, with their sides measuring a miniscule 4.76mm. An academic scholar validated, with the use of a microscope, that the text (shown) was indeed that of the New Testament .

The Jerusalem Nano Bible company says they've made the smallest Bible . It measures just 4.76mm on each side and could fit on your fingernail . Each silicon wafer chip contains all 27 books of the New Testament . The letters are each 18 millionths of a metre wide and can only be read with a microscope . The company is now seeking validation from Guinness World Records .

Keywords: <keyword>LAND ROVER</keyword>, <keyword>DRAWING SAND</keyword>, <keyword>VEHICLE DRAWING</keyword>, <keyword>BUILDING DEFENDER</keyword>, <keyword>UK LARGEST</keyword>, <keyword>RAIDER INVENTED</keyword>, <keyword>DISCONTINUED JAGUAR</keyword>, <keyword>WILKS DESIGN</keyword>, <keyword>12FT</keyword>, <keyword>EXPLAINING CONCEPT</keyword> The UK's largest sand drawing - an image of a Land Rover Defender measuring 1km long - has been created in the same location its inventor sketched the car's unmistakable shape almost 70 years ago. This year, Jaguar Land Rover is set to stop building the model - a favourite of the royal family - and in recognition of the end of an era, six classic defenders were used to draw the car in the sand in Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey. This is where Maurice Wilks - the man behind the original Land Rover - imagined the iconic design. Scroll down for video. Land Rover: The UK's largest sand drawing - an image of a a Defender measuring 1km long - has been created using six of the vehicles . Discontinued: Jaguar Land Rover will stop building the Defender in the UK this year and the artwork commemorated its history . Defenders: Each car towed a 12ft agricultural harrow to create the drawing in the sand in Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey . 'Massive': 'If you don't do everything quickly enough, the sea comes in and you basically don't have an image and then it's game over. This is unique in that it's massive and it's using these wonderful machines to make it,' said sand artist Jamie Wardley . Each car - a Land Rover Series I, II and III, a Ninety from the Eighties, a Defender 90 Hard Top and a Defender 110 Station Wagon - towed an 12ft agricultural harrow to create the drawing, . They helped to draw the continuous 4.52km line over about three hours, but the artwork only remained in place for a matter of minutes before it was washed away by the incoming tide. Stephen Wilks, son of Maurice, said: 'We used to come here for our holiday periods. 'My father met his brother on the beach and was explaining the concept of a new idea for a go anywhere, do anything vehicle. 'He made a drawing in the sand of an outline of how he thought the Land Rover could be made. 'That was the start of it all, the conception of Land Rover.' The Wilks family owned land on the Welsh island and Maurice wanted a versatile vehicle that could double as a light tractor and off-roader. Family history: Sand artist Jamie Wardley (right) helped create the image at the spot where Stephen Wilks (left), son of the man behind the original Land Rover, doodled a picture in the sand . Future: Land Rover is set to cease production of the Defender at the end of the year, but this week a spokesman for the firm said it is 'investigating the possibility of maintaining production of the current Defender at an overseas production facility' UK manufacturing: The last of the current Land Rover Defenders will roll-off the production lines of Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull factory in the West Midlands in December . 4x4: The Wilks family owned land on the Welsh island and Maurice wanted a versatile vehicle that could double as a light tractor and off-roader . Washed away: The image, which took around three hours to create, lasted just minutes before the tide came in . Post war: The popular 4x4 vehicle, which is exported all around the world, represents the continuation of the very first Land Rover which came on to the scene in April 1948 and was modelled on the war-time jeeps . Special editions: Land Rover launched a year of celebrations with three run-out special limited edition versions of the Defender - called Heritage, Adventure and Autobiography . His design was christened the 'Land Rover', the outline of which is now recognised as the Defender. The first car rolled off the production line 68 years ago. Sand artist, Jamie Wardley said: 'If you don't do everything quickly enough, the sea comes in and you basically don't have an image and then it's game over. 'This is unique in that it's massive and it's using these wonderful machines to make it.' Land Rover is set to cease production of the Defender at the end of the year, a decision which has been criticised by purists and fans of the marque. This week, however, a Land Rover spokesman said: 'Land Rover is investigating the possibility of maintaining production of the current Defender at an overseas production facility, after the close of UK manufacturing. 'Any continuation would see low volume production maintained for sale outside the EU.’ The announcement came as the firm launched a year of celebrations with three run-out special limited edition versions of the Defender - called Heritage, Adventure and Autobiography . Popular: The Land Rover Defender has featured in the last James Bond movie, Skyfall, and the Angelina Jolie film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider . Invented: Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey is where Maurice Wilks - the man behind the original Land Rover - imagined the iconic design . Christened: Maurice Wilks' design was called the 'Land Rover', the outline of which is now recognised as the Defender . Royalty: The Defender is a favourite of the royal family and has featured in blockbuster movies . Six classic defenders were used to draw the car in the sand in Red Wharf Bay in Anglesey. Each car towed a 12ft agricultural harrow to turn the sand over. The image was made with one continuous 4.52km line and the help of sand artist, Jamie Wardley. Nick Rogers, Land Rover vehicle line director, said: 'With a history stretching back 68 years, this is a Land Rover that has thrived for decades on its unquestionable capability and iconic shape. 'I now have the honour of being one of the many enthusiasts at Land Rover committed to creating a fitting successor to the legendary Defender.' The last of the current Land Rover Defenders will roll-off the production lines of Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull factory in the West Midlands in December. The popular 4x4 vehicle, which is exported all around the world, represents the continuation of the very first Land Rover which came on to the scene in April 1948 and was modelled on the war-time jeeps. It featured in the last James Bond movie, Skyfall, and the Angelina Jolie film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Image was created in same location designer sketched car's unmistakable shape in the sand almost 70 years ago . Drawing measured 1km long and was created as a continuous 4.52km line, but was washed away by tide in minutes . Agricultural harrows were dragged through the sand in Red Wharf Bay to create iconic shape . Jaguar Land Rover is set to stop building model this year and artwork commemorated its 68-year history . But this week, firm confirmed it is investigating the possibility of maintaining production overseas .

Keywords: <keyword>WATERTOWN CNN</keyword>, <keyword>BOSTON POLICE</keyword>, <keyword>SUSPECT TERRORIZED</keyword>, <keyword>NEWS CAPTURED</keyword>, <keyword>MARATHON BOMBING</keyword>, <keyword>DZHOKAR TSARNAEV</keyword>, <keyword>POLICE SHOUTED</keyword>, <keyword>RESIDENTS ERUPTED</keyword>, <keyword>BOAT LAW</keyword>, <keyword>KIND SIGH</keyword> Watertown, Massachusetts (CNN) -- First there was a burst of gunfire. Then a series of blasts. Then, less than an hour later, cheers. After a day-long massive manhunt for one Boston Marathon bombing suspect that terrorized several cities and riveted a nation, the shouting and applause on the streets of Watertown, Massachusetts, was a welcome sign of victory. Police shouted, "Yay!" Neighbors clapped. Residents and reporters who had been anxiously waiting on a nearby corner saw a concrete sign of progress. Police began leaving the backyard of a Watertown home where suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev had been holed up in a boat. A law enforcement vehicle with tinted windows drove by the crowd. When someone asked whether they have the suspect in custody, a police officer said, "Yes" -- and the crowd of residents erupted in cheers again. Minutes later, a series of Twitter posts from the Boston Police Department trumpeted the news. "CAPTURED!!!" one post said. "The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody." In Watertown, it wasn't long before SWAT teams shouted over a loudspeaker: "Thank you, thank you! It was a pleasure! USA! USA!" The crowd joined in. Watertown resident Mary Sullivan was among those cheering. She was walking her young black Labrador, Lucy, when gunshots rang out in her neighborhood on Friday. She waited for word on the fate of the suspect at the corner of Franklin and Mount Auburn with dozens of other residents. "I'm glad it's over," she said. "The city and the people have gone through so much pain over these irrational decisions of these young men." Jubilant crowds celebrated beyond Watertown's borders. Residents, once holed up in houses and apartment buildings across the Boston area, poured out onto downtown streets. Music blared as revelers brandished American flags across the city. Near Boston's Northeastern University, students hugged each other, waved flags and chanted, "Let's go Boston!" and "USA, USA!" Myles Marcus, a student at Berklee College of Music, said he was happy to join the celebration. "We've all been watching the TV, the computer, the live updates since the beginning of this whole thing," he said. "I just feel relieved. I feel like I can go back to school now and know that I'm safe." Some were more hesitant as celebrations unfolded across the city. "There's always this thing in the back of my head that wonders if all this is a little premature," said Sara Pradziak, 21, who looked on as mostly college-age revelers filled Hemingway Street in downtown Boston. Boston police quickly worked to disperse the expanding group. "Folks, do us a favor," one officer said. "If you want to thank us, just go home." And yet, several officers smiled as the crowd greeted their slow-moving motorcycle line with enthusiastic cheers and applause. At least two ambulances screeched past the Friday night celebrations, sirens blaring -- a sober reminder of the deadly week that many in Boston said they hoped had finally come to an end. Across the country, on a packed Delta 757 flying from Atlanta to Chicago, passengers clapped after a flight attendant made an announcement over the intercom: "Police have the suspect in custody. He's alive." Sarah-Ann Soffer, 30, gave the flight attendant the news after spotting it on Twitter. Reading the news and sharing it with her fellow passengers was an experience the public relations manager says she'll never forget. "Everyone, you could tell, was just like holding in their breath at that moment. You could tell there was that kind of sigh of relief. You could breathe again," she said. "It was one of these moments, where you know where you are when they happen. ... I wasn't sitting on my couch. I was 30,000 feet above the ground, witnessing history." CNN's Wayne Drash reported from Watertown. CNN's David Ariosto reported from Boston. CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet reported from Atlanta. CNN's Poppy Harlow and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

NEW: Music blares as revelers pour onto Boston streets, brandishing American flags . Student: "I feel like I can go back to school now and know that I'm safe" Crowds clap, cheer after learning the marathon bombing suspect has been arrested . "I'm glad it's over," resident says, "the city and the people have gone through so much pain"

Keywords: <keyword>CHELSEA MANNING</keyword>, <keyword>IRAQ MEDIA</keyword>, <keyword>OBAMA SAID</keyword>, <keyword>IMPRISONED LEAKING</keyword>, <keyword>FOG MACHINE</keyword>, <keyword>TERM MILITARY</keyword>, <keyword>WIKILEAKS BROKE</keyword>, <keyword>CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS</keyword>, <keyword>COVERAGE LONG</keyword>, <keyword>BELIEVE CURRENT</keyword> A U.S. soldier imprisoned for leaking documents to WikiLeaks broke her silence in a fiery editorial accusing the United States of lying about Iraq. Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 for leaking 750,000 pages of classified documents to the anti-secrecy group. At the time, Manning went by the first name Bradley, but later announced the desire to live as a woman and be known as Chelsea. Manning has stayed out of the limelight since the conviction, which spared the former intelligence analyst from the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. But she was back Saturday, with an opinion piece titled 'The Fog Machine of War" in The New York Times. In it, she accuses the U.S. media of looking the other way when chaos and corruption reigned in Iraq and Afghanistan. "As Iraq erupts in civil war and America again contemplates intervention, that unfinished business should give new urgency to the question of how the United States military controlled the media coverage of its long involvement there and in Afghanistan," Manning wrote. "I believe that the current limits on press freedom and excessive government secrecy make it impossible for Americans to grasp fully what is happening in the wars we finance." She said that during the 2010 elections in Iraq, the media duped the world into thinking that all was well. "You might remember that the American press was flooded with stories declaring the elections a success, complete with upbeat anecdotes and photographs of Iraqi women proudly displaying their ink-stained fingers," she wrote. "The subtext was that United States military operations had succeeded in creating a stable and democratic Iraq. Those of us stationed there were acutely aware of a more complicated reality." She said at the time, she got regular reports detailing security forces' crackdown against dissidents "on behalf" of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. "I was shocked by our military's complicity in the corruption of that election," she said. "Yet these deeply troubling details flew under the American media's radar." Sunni militant fighters are vowing to capture cities in Iraq and threatening the government of al-Maliki. Some Iraqi security forces, most of whom were trained by the United States, have bolted their posts in areas overrun by militants. U.S. President Barack Obama has said he will not send troops to Iraq, but is considering other options. "This is not going to happen overnight," the President said Friday. He added that unless Iraq fixes its internal political problems, short-term military help from the United States won't make much difference. Pressure for the United States to provide military support to Iraq's struggling government has increased, with conservative Republicans blaming Obama for creating a security vacuum in 2011 by pulling out U.S. troops. GOP critics also say that Obama's unwillingness to provide significant military backing to opposition forces in Syria's civil war has made it easier for the militant Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, to attack in Iraq. Obama, however, has resisted getting drawn into another military engagement there after the ending the nine-year conflict started by his predecessor. Manning also slammed the practice of embedding journalists with the military. "Reporters naturally fear having their access terminated, so they tend to avoid controversial reporting that could raise red flags," Manning wrote. Iraq crisis: ISIS advances on Baquba as U.S. moves firepower to region . Judge grants name change to Manning .

Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking documents to WikiLeaks . At the time, Manning went by the first name Bradley . Manning has stayed out of the limelight since the conviction .

Keywords: <keyword>MCILROY OPEN</keyword>, <keyword>WINNER RORY</keyword>, <keyword>RYDER CUP</keyword>, <keyword>HOLYWOOD GOLF</keyword>, <keyword>CLARET JUG</keyword>, <keyword>OPEN TROPHY</keyword>, <keyword>CLUB SNOOKER</keyword>, <keyword>PLACE BARCLAYS</keyword>, <keyword>FINISHING 41ST</keyword>, <keyword>NESTLED BELFAST</keyword> By . Mike Dickson . Follow @@Mike_Dickson_DM . It was much like any other Monday at Holywood Golf Club, though a few more people than usual were lingering around what they call Rory’s Corner. That is probably selling it a bit short. For this is a mini-museum in the immaculately refurbished clubhouse that pays tribute to its most famous son, who on Sunday was crowned Open champion at Hoylake. Somehow they now need to find space in the shrine to McIlroy’s career for a replica Claret Jug to go alongside that of the US Open trophy, his Ryder Cup golf bag, MBE medal and the picture of him winning the World Under-10 Championship. VIDEO Scroll down the watch The Open Championship: Final Round . Aloft: Rory McIlroy holds the Claret Jug after winning the Open Championship at Hoylake on Sunday . Sealed with a kiss: Rory McIlroy finally gets his hands - and lips - on the Claret Jug . VIDEO The Open Championship: Final Round . Young champion: McIlroy grew up playing at the Holywood Golf Club in Northern Ireland . Yet, nobody was getting carried away here, not even down in the pleasant town he calls home, nestled by Belfast Lough, where the only signs of celebration were montages of the local hero in the hardware store and estate agent’s window. Back at the club, members reminisced not just about the young Rory but the whole McIlroy clan who, over three generations, have become deeply woven into its fabric. Jimmy Curtis was a close friend of Rory’s grandfather, Jimmy, who worked the cranes at the Harland and Wolff shipyard. ‘We were in the club’s snooker team together and we got our picture in the paper because all seven players were called Jimmy,’ recalled Mr Curtis, the team’s only survivor. Jimmy McIlroy died suddenly after his retirement, leaving three sons - Brian, Colin and Gerry, the latter the father of Rory who also worked behind the club bar. Chip out: McIlroy in the rough during his fourth round at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club . Lead from the font: The Northern Irishman finished the week on -17, two shots clear of his nearest rivals . Colin and Gerry are both up on the board as past club champions, as is a 16-year-old Rory. Past president Barry Dobbin showed the area by the bar where Rory, aged just two, would chip balls with a tiny club. ‘He was quiet and very well mannered - a nice boy,’ said Dobbin. ‘He was already good at seven and his father wanted him to join. I proposed him but the problem was that at the time the minimum age limit was 12. 'We had to change the club’s constitution to allow him to join, but it was a very close vote.’ A legacy of that was the large number of schoolchildren playing competitions there yesterday. ‘It seems to be a magnet for young golfers now,’ added Dobbin. ‘We also have a lot more Americans visiting here. They want to see where Rory came from and a few have become overseas members.’ Winner: Rory McIlroy has won his third Grand Slam at the age of 25, becoming only the third to do so . Embrace: The champion celebrates with his mum after securing the win at Hoylake on Sunday . Club general manager Paul Gray was the professional when the future superstar was just learning the game. ‘At eight Rory’s technique was very polished and by 13 he was probably better than me, to be honest,’ said Gray. ‘He used to come and play pro-ams with me, and I will always remember a shot he played at the Hilton course at Templepatrick that suggested he would be something special. ‘There was a fierce wind blowing across the hole and the pin was tucked away. He hit this four-iron from about 200 yards and somehow got it to hold its line to get to within a couple of feet. ‘It was the sort of shot that told you he would be outstanding - it was just a question of how good.’ Others, like his father, clearly felt the same, which is why some placed long-term bets on the young McIlroy to become Open champion by 26. One of them, Wilbur Walker, is said to have collected £25,000 after Sunday and, with the subject of his foresight returning to Belfast on Monday, had cause for a huge celebration. Eyed up: McIlroy trying to maintain a six-shot lead going into the final day . 1989: Born on May 4 in Holywood, Northern Ireland. 2005: Plays in his first professional European Tour event as a 16-year-old at The Forest of Arden. In July, shoots a course-record 61 on the Dunluce links at Royal Portrush. 2007: July - Shoots opening round of 68 in the Open at Carnoustie, the only bogey-free round of the day. Goes on to tie for 42nd and wins Silver Medal as leading amateur. September 18 - Turns professional. October - Finishes third in his second pro event, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. The following week, he secures his card for the 2008 season by finishing joint fourth at the Open de Madrid. 2008: September 7 - Takes a four-shot lead into the final round at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland but bogeys the 18th to tie with Jean-Francois Lucquin, who goes on to win in a play-off. Finishes the season in the top 100 of the world rankings and ranked 36th on the European Tour Order of Merit. November - Finishes second in the UBS Hong Kong Open, helping him become the youngest player ever to make the top 50 in the world rankings. 2009: February 1 - Wins first professional title at the Dubai Desert Classic by one shot from Justin Rose. November - After finishing second to Lee Westwood in the Race to Dubai, enters the world's top 10 for the first time. 2010: May 2 - Secures first PGA Tour win with victory in the Quail Hollow Championship. His final-round 62 is a new course record. Becomes the firstplayer since Tiger Woods to triumph on the PGA Tour prior to his 21st birthday. July 15 - Shoots 63 on the opening day at St Andrews to lead the Open. Rounds of 80, 68 and 69 see him finish joint third. October 4 - Wins a crucial half point against Stewart Cink to help Europe win the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor. 2011: April 10 - Takes four-shot lead into final round of the Masters at Augusta but shoots a closing 80 to finish tied 15th. June 19 - Wins US Open at Congressional by eight shots for his first major title. 2012: March 4 - Wins the Honda Classic in Florida to claim the world number one ranking, although he later loses it to Luke Donald. June - Misses the cut in the defence of his US Open title. Finishes a lowly 60th in the Open Championship at Royal Lytham the following month. August 12 - Lands the US PGA title at Kiawah Island, winning by eight shots. September 30 - Having almost missed his singles match due to a timekeeping issue, McIlroy beats Keegan Bradley as Europe recover from 10-6 behind on the final day to win the Ryder Cup at Medinah. October/November - Second place at the BMW Masters in Shanghai is followed by third place at the Barclays Singapore Open as McIlroy wins the Race to Dubai with two events remaining. November 25 - Wins the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, beating Justin Rose by two shots after five closing birdies. 2013: January 14 - Signs a multi-year sponsorship deal with Nike, reportedly worth up to £156million. March - Walks off course in second round of Honda Classic, telling reporters he was 'not in a good place mentally'. His management company later issue a statement saying he was suffering from toothache. June - Bends a club out of shape in frustration in the final round of the US Open at Merion, finishing 41st. July - Labels his own play as "brain dead" after missing the cut in the Open at Muirfield. September - Sets up his own management company, Rory McIlroy Inc, prompting a legal battle with former company Horizon Sports. December - Wins first tournament of year in Australian Open. 2014: May - Wins BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after starting the final round seven shots behind. Five days earlier had called off wedding to Caroline Wozniacki after invitations had been sent out. July 20 - Wins third major title by two shots in the Open, leading from start to finish at Royal Liverpool. Pressure: McIlroy saw his lead cut as the day went on but he still managed to go on and claim the Claret Jug . Centre of attention: Dustin Johnson of the USA hits one out the rough during the final round at Hoylake .

McIlroy grew up playing golf at Holywood Golf Club in Northern Ireland . The club has created a mini-museum of memorabilia called Rory's Corner . McIlroy won the Open Championship at Hoylake on Sunday . He is a treble Major winner after 2011 US Open and 2012 US PGA triumphs . Club members and McIlroy's father placed large bets on him winning Open . McIlroy's grandfather, father and uncles all played at Holywood Golf Club .

Keywords: <keyword>ALLEGED HARASSMENT</keyword>, <keyword>REPORT KATIE</keyword>, <keyword>POLICE SPLIT</keyword>, <keyword>DESPITE CONVICTED</keyword>, <keyword>PC LOVER</keyword>, <keyword>WYCOMBE DENIES</keyword>, <keyword>BREATHALYSED 70</keyword>, <keyword>MISERY THAMES</keyword>, <keyword>ALEXANDER ASH</keyword>, <keyword>BOWMAN NUMBER</keyword> By . Inderdeep Bains . PUBLISHED: . 19:31 EST, 17 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:49 EST, 18 July 2013 . A woman allegedly subjected to a campaign of harassment by police after she split from her PC lover claimed yesterday that he threatened to ‘make her life hell’ when she filed a report against him. Katie Bowman, who says her life was made a misery by Thames Valley Police officers, spoke out as the force finally admitted to disciplining ‘a number of officers’ following complaints by her. Thames Valley Police refused to reveal how many officers were involved or comment on the nature of the disciplinary action. Counter claim: PC Alexander Ash at his wedding in May . Miss Bowman, 24, a forensic science graduate, claims PC Alexander Ash instigated a relationship with her after texting her, having taken her number from a police report she filed about vandalism to her car. She says that when she split from him after discovering he had a girlfriend, and reported him for obtaining her number from a statement, the alleged harassment by his colleagues began. Miss Bowman said officers from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, stopped her more than 70 times for suspected offences including drink-driving and assault. Complaint: Katie Bowman claims her life was made a misery . Despite never being convicted, Miss Bowman claims the officers filed a wealth of intelligence reports on her which have cost her three jobs after CRB checks. PC Ash, of High Wycombe, who denies ever being in a relationship with Miss Bowman, claims it was she who pursued him and that disciplinary action taken against him related to drunken behaviour on a night out. Miss Bowman claims the pair met in 2007 when she was 18 and lived in Marlow, and had gone into High Wycombe police station to report damage to her car. ‘Later that night he took my number off the statement paper and texted me his personal number and invited me out for a ride along with him,’ she said in a radio interview. ‘We started texting and it went from there really and we became together.’ She said that after ending the relationship she made a complaint to the professional standards department about how he first made contact with her. ‘He pulled me over one day and said, “I can make your life hell for doing this”,’ she claimed. After this Miss Bowman, of Bedfordshire, who is now engaged and is pregnant with her first child, said she was breathalysed 70 times over two years – each with a negative result. Of suggestions that she was a ‘teenage tearaway’ as portrayed in the police reports, Miss Bowman claimed: ‘A tearaway is someone who goes off the rails. I didn’t go off the rails. I made the mistake of going out with this copper.’ PC Ash, 31, who married recently, said the complaint from Miss Bowman only came after he refused to date her. Miss Bowman, 24, alleges she was targeted over . 28 months by Thames Valley Police officers from High Wycombe, . Buckinghamshire, after splitting from PC Alexander Ash (file picture) He claimed: ‘It is all rubbish. I . never had a relationship with her and was with someone else at the time. She contacted me first and would follow me and other officers around. ‘She was known in the area as bit of a troublemaker who had an obsession with the police.’ Miss Bowman has won the support of local MP Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, who has written to Chief Constable Sara Thornton branding the intelligence reports on her as ‘utterly trivial’. A Thames Valley Police spokesman said: ‘Ms Bowman has made a number of complaints to Thames Valley Police, some of which were unsubstantiated and some resulted in disciplinary proceedings against officers. ‘In one case Ms Bowman made a complaint against a number of officers which she subsequently withdrew. Despite the fact she withdrew her complaint, Thames Valley Police continued with disciplinary proceedings against the officers. ‘The complaints made specifically about harassment were unsubstantiated. The papers were subsequently reviewed by the IPCC which agreed with the conclusion.’

Katie Bowman said officers stopped her more than 70 times . Claims PC Alexander Ash instigated a relationship with her . 'Began after he took her number from a police report she filed' PC Ash said the complaint only came after he refused to date her .

Keywords: <keyword>HAIRDRESSER TATTOO</keyword>, <keyword>LEBANON INVESTIGATORS</keyword>, <keyword>ACCORDING SAUDI</keyword>, <keyword>BEAUTICIAN SENTENCED</keyword>, <keyword>GENDER SEGREGATION</keyword>, <keyword>UNDERCOVER STING</keyword>, <keyword>200 LASHES</keyword>, <keyword>SKIN WHITENING</keyword>, <keyword>INCLUDING DRESS</keyword>, <keyword>VIRTUE PREVENTION</keyword> Man caught after undercover operation by the kingdom's religious police . Visited women in their homes in Saudi to offer his services as a make-up artist, hairdresser and tattoo artist . By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 18 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:35 EST, 18 July 2012 . A beautician has been sentenced to 200 lashes for secretly visiting the homes of Saudi women to cut their hair and apply their make-up. The Lebanese man - who is also a tattoo artist nicknamed the 'master of tattoos' by his clients - was also sentenced to one year in prison for tattooing women by the Jeddah District Court. The hairdresser was caught  by members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (A Hai'a) in an undercover sting operation in the western city's Al-Rawdah district. The Lebanese beautician visited the homes of Saudi women to cut their hair, apply their make-up, and even tattoo them (file photo) He was stopped while walking into what he thought was a client's house with hair dyes and scissors, according to the Saudi Gazette. Strict gender segregation is enforced between men and women that are not married or related in the conservative Gulf kingdom. The unnamed man claimed the products and . tools were for use in his hairdressing shop in Lebanon, but . investigators from the Investigation and Prosecution Bureau in Jeddah . later found text messages from female customers on his mobile phone, as . well as images of women with tattoos and business cards. Tattoos are not officially banned in Saudi, but they are not in keeping with Islamic tradition (file photo) His bags were also reported to contain breast firming and skin whitening creams. The expat, who had been working in Saudi for nine years on a business visa, initially operated out of an apartment but began visiting clients in their homes after starting to suspect that he was under surveillance. He was caught when the Hai'a enlisted the help of an undercover policeman to pose as the driver of a potential client. The hairdresser was then arrested as he entered the supposed home of the new 'customer'. Prosecutors are understood to be seeking a tougher sentence for the beautician. Tattoos are not officially banned in Saudi, but they are not in keeping with Islamic tradition. The kingdom's feared religious police patrol the streets enforcing rules including dress codes and the strict separation of men and women.

Man caught after undercover operation by the kingdom's religious police . Visited women in their homes in Saudi to offer his services as a make-up artist, hairdresser and tattoo artist .

Keywords: <keyword>INHUMANE PIGS</keyword>, <keyword>BUTCHERING ANIMALS</keyword>, <keyword>PIGS CUT</keyword>, <keyword>FOOTAGE SLAUGHTERHOUSE</keyword>, <keyword>DEATH ALLEGATIONS</keyword>, <keyword>DISASSEMBLED ALIVE</keyword>, <keyword>INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE</keyword>, <keyword>PROSECUTED PROPERLY</keyword>, <keyword>ACCUSED GELIO</keyword>, <keyword>BUSUROT PROCESSED</keyword> By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 03:39 EST, 20 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:47 EST, 20 August 2012 . Two men have appeared in court after gruesome undercover footage emerged of a slaughterhouse where investigators believe pigs were cut into pieces before being killed. Gelio Hernandez, 50, and Angel Busurot, 46, are accused of inhumanely slaughtering the animals and selling their meat. The two men from Miami, Florida, who each face up to 15 years in prison if they are found guilty, have denied the charges. Scroll down for video . Inquiry: Footage has emerged of a slaughterhouse where investigators believe pigs were killed inhumanely . 'Inhumane': Pigs were cut into pieces while still alive at the slaughterhouse, authorities allege . Investigators believe the slaughtering operation has been running for some time, with Busurot being the ringleader. Richard Couto of the Animal Recovery Mission, told WSVN: 'This guy has been butchering animals alive for years and years.' Mr Couto added: 'Any butchering alive case that we investigate is pretty horrific. 'Just imagine being taken apart and disassembled while you are still alive.' Authorities suspect that pigs and goats have been kept in poor conditions and cut up while still alive. Accused: Gelio Hernandez (left) and Angel Busurot (right) deny inhumanely slaughtering the animals and selling their meat illegally . Investigation: The men appeared in court after undercover footage of the slaughterhouse was obtained . Conditions: The slaughterhouse's wet floor is shown in this image from the undercover footage . Their meat has then been sold illegally, investigators say. Mr . Couto said: 'The animals are being beaten, they're not being fed . properly, and worst of all is that they're being taken apart prior to . death.' Allegations: Richard Couto, of the Animal Recovery Mission, said animals were beaten and not fed properly . He said the operation was shut down back in 2010 but re-emerged. 'They weren't hit hard enough with penalties and prosecuted properly,' he added. Mr Couto believes that some of the meat was sold to local restaurants. It is estimated that as many as 1,000 illegal slaughterhouses could be operating in Florida. He said: 'I'm sure that some of the smaller mom and pop butcher shops and restaurants are getting their meat for human consumption from some of these farms. 'Some of these smaller butcher shops and restaurants are buying this meat at half-price compared to if they would from a legal distributor.' The killing is said to have taken place at a site down a dirt road in Northwest Miami-Dade. The U.S. Attorney's Office said: 'At that location, the defendants engaged in the commercial slaughter of swine and goats. 'Hernandez and Busurot also processed, handled, stored, and sold the meat and meat food products at the site for human consumption.' Hernandez defended himself by uploading a video on YouTube, in which he accused environment officials of harassment. He said in Spanish: 'The allegations that the government is making, that these properties are a wetland, it's a big lie. 'This is a conspiracy of different agencies in Miami-Dade.' Scene: The killing is said to have taken place at a site down a dirt road in Northwest Miami-Dade . Suspect: Gelio Hernandez sought to defend himself by uploading a video on YouTube, in which he accused environment officials of harassment . Undercover footage from the slaughterhouse . WSVN-TV - .

Undercover footage emerges of slaughterhouse in Miami, Florida, where investigators believe animals have been butchered alive . Gelio Hernandez, 50, and Angel Busurot, 46, deny inhumanely slaughtering the animals and selling their meat . The men face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty .

Keywords: <keyword>SENSES AMPUTEES</keyword>, <keyword>BIONIC HAND</keyword>, <keyword>HAND NERVES</keyword>, <keyword>SENSATION TOUCH</keyword>, <keyword>ROBOTIC LIMB</keyword>, <keyword>KNOWN LIFEHAND</keyword>, <keyword>SORENSEN DENMARK</keyword>, <keyword>TIME NEUROPROSTHETICS</keyword>, <keyword>VOLUNTEER CLINICAL</keyword>, <keyword>APPENDAGES REINSTATE</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . Restoring lost senses to amputees is something that has, until now, only been considered as science fiction. But Dennis Sorensen from Denmark is living proof that working appendages can reinstate senses as complicated as 'feeling'. The incredible technology, revealed by MailOnline last year, is the first bionic hand that allows the user to feel the sensation of touch though the device. The 36-year-old was fitted with the robotic limb, known as Lifehand 2, in Rome on January 26 2013 but the medical breakthrough has only now been shared. Dennis Sorensen of Denmark (left) has become the first amputee to be fitted with a bionic hand (right) that allows him to feel what he is touching in a groundbreaking medical procedure . 'The sensory feedback was incredible,' said Mr Sorensen, who spent a month trying out the hand. 'I could feel things that I hadn't been able to feel in over nine years. 'When I held an object, I could feel if it was soft or hard, round or square.' Mr Sorensen had his hand blown off in an horrific New Year's Eve firework accident at a neighbour's house in Aalborg, Denmark, where he still lives. Since then he has been wearing a . conventional prosthesis that detects muscle movement in the stump of his . arm, allowing him to open and close his hand and grasp objects. But . without sensory information he cannot feel what he is trying to grasp, . making it difficult to gauge the amount of pressure needed. He now has to cope with the psychological challenge of having re-experienced a sense of touch only to lose it again. 'I was more than happy to volunteer for the clinical trial, not only for myself, but to help other amputees as well,' he said. The 36-year-old underwent the procedure to fit the arm at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, the first such medical procedure of its kind and a breakthrough in bionic limbs . In a laboratory wearing a blindfold and earplugs Mr Sorensen was able to detect the strength of his grasp as well as the shape and consistency of the different objects he picked up . The groundbreaking work was carried out by Dr Silvestro Micera and her team from the Federal Polytechnique School of . Lausanne in Switzerland. Mr Sorenson was taking part in a trial of the technology at Gemelli Hospital in Rome conducted by the Swiss and Italian scientists who developed the experimental prosthetic hand. The nerves in the amputee's arm are attached to electrode relays in the hand to control movement . The artificial hand detects information about touch using electrical signals from artificial tendons controlling finger movement. Fine wires send the digitally refined impulses to four electrodes implanted in the sensory ulnar and median nerves of the upper arm. 'This is the first time in neuroprosthetics that sensory feedback has been restored and used by an amputee in real-time to control an artificial limb," said Dr Silvestro Micera . Mr Sorensen had the hand fitted on . January 26 2013 but due to clinical trial safety rules, the sensory . electrodes had to be removed from his arm after one month. However the scientists believe they would continue to function without damaging the nervous system for many years. The results of the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, are the first step towards a true bionic hand which can feel as well as move, say the scientists. However, they point out that it will be years before such a device becomes commercially available. A robotic device invented by engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania could help its wearer carry an additional 40 pounds (18 kg). The robot arm would make lifting a heavy suitcase feel as easy . as lifting a cup of tea. Titan . Arm looks and sounds like part of a superhero's costume, but its . creators say it's designed for ordinary people - those who need either . physical rehabilitation or a little extra muscle for their job. In . technical terms, the apparatus is an untethered, upper-body . exoskeleton; to the layman, it's essentially a battery-powered arm brace . attached to a backpack. Titan Arm's cost-efficient design has won the team accolades and at least $75,000 (£45,580) in prize money.

A bionic hand with a sense of 'feeling' has been tested in Rome on a patient for the first time in a breakthrough medical procedure . Dennis Sorensen from Denmark was able to feel the shape and texture of objects using the robot hand . 'The sensory feedback was incredible' said the 36-year-old . The technology raises the prospect of artificially restoring lost senses .

Keywords: <keyword>QAEDA VIDEO</keyword>, <keyword>TERRORISM PORTAL</keyword>, <keyword>ZAWAHIRI SAID</keyword>, <keyword>DIFFERENCE ISIS</keyword>, <keyword>SECURITY ALERT</keyword>, <keyword>AYMAN AL</keyword>, <keyword>VULNERABLE MYANMAR</keyword>, <keyword>INDIAN STATES</keyword>, <keyword>HYPERVENTILATION POSTURING</keyword>, <keyword>SUPPORT GLOBAL</keyword> In a 55-minute long video, al Qaeda announced it will launch a new branch in the Indian subcontinent. Speaking in the video, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said the purpose is to "wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate its land, to restore its sovereignty, and to revive its Caliphate." Al-Zawahiri also said he seeks to gain support "for the vulnerable" in Myanmar and Bangladesh; in the Indian states of Assam and Gujarat; and in Kashmir, the disputed region between India and Pakistan. He called for "rescue" from "injustice, oppression, persecution, and suffering" in these areas. Some analysts view al Qaeda's announcement as an indication they're struggling for followers as ISIS gains support in the global Islamist movement. Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst called the video "hyperventilation and posturing." "It's al-Zawahiri's obvious way of getting some of the limelight back," he said as ISIS has moved front and center. The Indian government is trying to confirm the video's authenticity, said Amarendra Tiwari, an official with India's Ministry of Home Affairs. The security alert has been issued in parts of India, although details were not given. The al Qaeda video is unlikely to win over constituents, said Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, about the India announcement. "They are losing a lot of constituents to the Islamic State," he said. "They're trying to show their global reach as an organization, but I'm not sure of exactly what sign they are trying to send." If ISIS undermines al Qaeda, "it's going to affect funding," said Ajit Singh, senior fellow at South Asia Terrorism Portal in New Delhi. The radicalized Muslims are more likely to fund ISIS. "That's why al Qaeda is trying to increase its influence," he said. Singh says it's not al Qaeda's first time trying to gain a foothold in India. India, a predominantly Hindu nation, has a 13% Muslim population, according to the country's census. Inter-religious relations have become tense before. In 2002, Gujarat was wracked with anti-Muslim violence, in which more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed. Most of the world's Muslims live in Asia, with about 1 billion in Asia-Pacific and about 322 million in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the Pew Research Center. The style of al Qaeda's latest video also highlights a stylistic difference with ISIS, which are often shot in the light during daytime, noted Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst. "Al-Zawahiri's video is boring, talking into the camera," he said. "ISIS videos are well-edited and dynamic." ISIS vs. al Qaeda: How they're different .

Al Qaeda issues lengthy video on its mission in Indian subcontinent . Leader of al Qaeda says he seeks to "wage jihad" Analysts say al Qaeda is struggling for followers as ISIS gains support .

Keywords: <keyword>BEHAVIOUR BABOONS</keyword>, <keyword>ZOO STARTLED</keyword>, <keyword>ANIMALS STRANGE</keyword>, <keyword>MONKEYS SITTING</keyword>, <keyword>DUTCH ZOO</keyword>, <keyword>HYSTERICAL JUMPING</keyword>, <keyword>EARTHQUAKE BAFFLED</keyword>, <keyword>SEEN SCAMPERING</keyword>, <keyword>BACKS VISITORS</keyword>, <keyword>LOST APPETITES</keyword> The bizarre behaviour of a troop of 'hysterical' baboons at a Dutch zoo has been blamed on everything from an earthquake to a UFO. Ordinarily seen scampering around on their island at the Emmen Dierenpark in the northern Netherlands, the gang of 112 monkeys have been sitting frozen on the ground and turning their backs on visitors this week. The baboons have even lost their appetites, say baffled zoologists at the park, who have heard various theories as to what may be behind the animals' strange behaviour. Scroll down for video . Mystery: Everything from an unseen predator to a natural disaster has been put forward as a possible explanation for the strange behaviour of the baboons . 'Hysterical': The baboons at the zoo in the Netherlands have been turning their backs to visitors this week . 'They became panicked at the end of the day on Monday, they were hysterical, not jumping around but behaving strangely,' zoologist Wijbren Landman told AFP. 'On Tuesday and Wednesday they just sat in the trees or on the ground, hardly moving or eating.' Mr Landman described various theories put forward to explain the bizarre scenes at the zoo, with some suggesting the baboons may have spotted a predator - either a real one or an image of one on a visitor's t-shirt - or felt the rumblings of an earthquake. Baffled: Zoologists told Dutch news outlets they have failed to hit on an explanation for the animals' strange behaviour . The zoologist admitted he was yet to hear an explanation that 'holds water'. 'The craziest suggestion was that it was caused by a UFO,' Mr Landman said. Baboons at the zoo, who were all born in captivity, have behaved this way four times in the past 20 years, the team at Emmen Dierenpark said. Theories: The baboons at the zoo have been sitting motionless in trees or on the ground at the zoo . Traumatised: The team at the zoo consulted outside experts, but they have so far failed to shed any light on the mystery . Threat: Some suggested the 112 baboons at the zoo could have been startled by an unseen predator . But their activity has not been observed among any baboons anywhere else, either in captivity or in the wild, according to a report in the Huffington Post. Mr Landman said the animals have been observed acting disconcerted if they come across a predator in the wild - but nothing on the scale of the behaviour displayed by the creatures at the Dutch zoo this week. Experts consulted by staff at Emmen Dierenpark have so far failed to shed any light on the mystery, but the animals have shown signs of returning to normal. Some of the baboons managed to eat some small pieces of apple, and all were given pellets to provide them with vital vitamins and minerals. VIDEO: Watch the 'hysterical' baboons at Emmen Dierenpark in Netherlands .

Baboons at Emmen Dierenpark have behaved this way four times in 20 years . Animals have stopped eating and have been sitting frozen on the ground . Baffled zoologists have failed to find an explanation for bizarre behaviour .

Keywords: <keyword>GRACE MONACO</keyword>, <keyword>MONACO FILM</keyword>, <keyword>KELLY OSCAR</keyword>, <keyword>WATCH CANNES</keyword>, <keyword>STARLET PUBLICITY</keyword>, <keyword>FILM CRITICIZED</keyword>, <keyword>STAR ROBERT</keyword>, <keyword>MITCHUM JUST</keyword>, <keyword>STUNTS GONE</keyword>, <keyword>1946 FERTILE</keyword> (CNN) -- Cannes has been a hotbed of controversy since the beginning. The first festival, organized by the French in 1939 as a response to the Venice Film Festival -- then a vehicle for Nazi propaganda movies -- had to be canceled after it launched on the day WWII broke out. The festival returned in 1946 and has since been a fertile ground for taboo-breaking films, wannabes disrobing for a shot at fame, public spats between directors and critics and publicity stunts gone wrong. The latest rumpus surrounds "Grace of Monaco," a biopic of Grace Kelly, the Oscar-winning American actress who subsequently became the princess of Monaco. The film has been criticized by the Monaco royal family who said it contains "major historical untruths and a series of purely fictional scenes." The festival would not comment on whether Prince Albert and his sisters, Caroline and Stéphanie would attend the gala premiere. Altercations, scandals and stunts are arguably as much the lifeblood of Cannes as the films and here, in no particular order, are some of the greatest. Robert Mitchum and the topless starlet . Publicity-hungry starlet Simone Silva took her top off during a photo shoot with Hollywood star Robert Mitchum and briefly made global headlines during an infamous incident at the 1954 festival. The British B-movie actress and glamor model turned up on the Croisette looking for exposure and was quickly crowned "Miss Festival" by organizers who set the photo shoot up for her on the beach. "The photographers got down on their knees to plead with me to take the top off," she was quoted as saying in Ohio newspaper, The Daily Reporter. She did, removing her flimsy scarf top and cuddling up to Robert Mitchum, in just a grass skirt and covering her breasts with her hands. In the ensuing scrum three photographers fell into the Mediterranean, a fourth broke his ankle and another suffered a fractured elbow. Silva left the festival a few days later, after being asked to leave, but remained defiant: "As long as sex is box office and I keep my figure, I'm out to be the sexiest thing on, oh, two legs." Dead pigeon gag gone wrong . There are some things you just know are a bad idea, right? Apparently not if you are the upstart cast of a hot Brit-flick. In 2001, actors from "24 Hour Party People," which tells the story of the Manchester music scene in the late '80s, attacked each other with dead pigeons on a private Cannes beach splattering diners at an exclusive restaurant with fake blood, feathers and worse. Security guards threatened the actors with mace and they were unceremoniously ejected from the beach along with the film crew and entourage of British journalists who had been watching gleefully. Actor Danny Cunningham, who played Shaun Ryder the wild lead singer of Manchester indie band Happy Mondays came up with the ill-judged publicity stunt. He said it was inspired by an alleged incident from Ryder's youth shown in the film where he poisoned 3,000 Manchester pigeons with crack cocaine. The actors brought stuffed pigeons as props for the stunt. Cunningham, who received a cut to the head in the scuffle, told the BBC: "I think Shaun would have been proud of us. We came to Cannes to be wild and now we are going home." See: Movies to watch out for at Cannes 2014 . New Wave on the beach . It was May 1968 and revolution was in the air. Students were marching in the streets and workers were participating in the biggest strike France has ever seen. It was, perhaps, inevitable that some of that fever would infiltrate the rarefied movie theaters of Cannes. Politics burst into the festival when a group of filmmakers led by New Wave directors Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut demanded it close in solidarity with the strikes. "We're talking solidarity with students and workers and you are talking dolly shots and close-ups," Godard memorably shouted from behind a pair of Ray-Bans. "You're assholes!" Godard and Truffaut stopped the next screening by hanging off the curtain as it was being pulled back and the festival was canceled shortly after, five days before its scheduled end. No prizes were handed out. Over the next few years, counterculture also invaded the content of the festival with films like "Easy Rider" and "M*A*S*H." Vincent Gallo vs Roger Ebert . When cult film director and actor Vincent Gallo turned up to Cannes in 2003 with "The Brown Bunny," an incoherent road movie with a graphic, unsimulated oral sex scene, the critics booed in boredom and disgust and Roger Ebert called it "the worst film in the history of the festival." A humiliated Gallo returned to the U.S. and began a new edit of the film but found the time to embark on a vicious war of words with Ebert, calling him "a fat pig," who "had the physique of a slave trader," topping it off by putting a hex on his colon and saying he hoped he got cancer. Ebert retorted, tartly: "I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than "The Brown Bunny." And added, in a twist on late UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill's immortal line: "It is true that I am fat, but one day I will be thin, and he will still be the director of 'The Brown Bunny.'" Amazingly, the spat ended in a truce. Gallo finished his re-edit and showed "The Brown Bunny" at Toronto where Ebert saw it again, this time awarding it three out of a possible four stars. Lars von Trier: 'Ok, I'm a Nazi' In 2011, famously eccentric Danish director Lars von Trier told onlookers at a press conference that he was a Nazi, that he understood Hitler and that his next film could be The Final Solution. "I understand Hitler. I think he did some wrong things, yes absolutely, but I can see him sitting in his bunker in the end. I think I understand the man," said Von Trier while Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg, stars of his sci-fi drama "Melancholia," looked on in helpless disbelief. "How do I get out of this? Ok, I'm a Nazi," he added shortly after in what could kindly be described as an ill-judged joke. Festival officials condemned his statements, which he retracted shortly after, but officials still took unusual step of banning him from the festival. Von Trier has been a one-man scandal factory since he started showing films at Cannes in the '80s. Incensed at being passed over for the top prize in 1991, he called Jury President Roman Polanski a "midget," while Icelandic musician Bjork, who won Best Actress for her starring role in his 2000 film "Dancer in the Dark" said she would never act again. But perhaps his greatest scandal (apart from the Nazi joke) was in 2009 when there were reports that some audience members fainted from shock after watching a scene in his grotesque art-horror "Antichrist" in which Charlotte Gainsbourg mutilates her genitals. The ecumenical jury at Cannes called it "misogynistic" and awarded it a special anti-prize. 2014 Cannes Film Festival: The red carpet .

Since its inception, Cannes has attracted protests, spats and stunts . CNN looks at some of the greatest scandals to have rocked the festival . Among them: Danish director Lars von Trier says he is a Nazi and is banned . '50s starlet strips on beach and photographer breaks ankle in scrum for photos .

Keywords: <keyword>ORGANIC HEALTHIER</keyword>, <keyword>DIET CHOOSING</keyword>, <keyword>NUTRITIONALLY INFERIOR</keyword>, <keyword>CONSUMPTION PESTICIDE</keyword>, <keyword>CROPS CRITICS</keyword>, <keyword>SUBSIDIES</keyword>, <keyword>FROZEN VEGETABLES</keyword>, <keyword>FAMILY BUDGET</keyword>, <keyword>SAID TORY</keyword>, <keyword>PRICED CONVENTIONAL</keyword> By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Cash-strapped families should not waste their money on organic food because they think it is healthier, the government has warned. Shoppers should instead spend their money on whatever they can afford, even if it means eating tinned or frozen vegetables which are in no way ‘nutritionally inferior’. The government now faces calls to end £20million of subsidies to organic farming, which owes ‘more to myth than evidence’. Critics want the government to end its £20million funding for the organic industry, arguing it does nothing to improve the health of the nation . A recent study in the British Journal of Nutrition found organic crops have up to 60 per cent more antioxidants than non-organic crops. But critics claim there is still no evidence that organic is a healthier option. Amid growing concern that too few people are eating enough fruit and vegetables, the government is at pains to stress that families feeling the pinch should not waste their money on organic. Government frontbencher Baroness Jolly said: ‘It can be difficult balancing a family budget, but in providing a varied, balanced diet nobody need feel they have given their family a nutritionally inferior diet by choosing lower-priced, conventional products.’ Just 30 per cent of people meet the recommendation to eat five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Among the lowest income groups, just 24 per cent of adults manage their Five-A-Day. Baroness Jolly added: ‘All fruit and vegetables count toward this, whether fresh or frozen, dried or canned, organic or not. ‘There is no evidence to suggest that there is a nutritional premium in some forms above others. ‘Frozen vegetables, for example, are as valuable as fresh in meeting our 'five a day'.’ The government encourages mothers who receive Healthy Start vouchers for fruit and vegetables ‘to get the best value for their vouchers, but we would not expect them to prioritise organic products’. She added: ‘Organic products provide a useful extension of consumer choice, but it is worth emphasising that, nutritionally, they are no better and no worse than conventional products.’ She said the only benefits of organic farming were enjoyed by ‘birds, insects, mammals, plants and fungi’. ‘It is up to the consumer to decide how they spend their money on their fruit and veg. There are many reasons why an individual might wish to choose organic products but nutritional benefit should not be one of them.’ The comments came in a debate in the House of Lords, in which Lib Dem peer Lord Taverne tore into supporters of the organic movement which ‘owed more to myth than evidence’. He said early enthusiasts included Rudolf Steiner ‘had crazy ideas such as planting according to phases of the moon’ and even Adolf Hitler ‘was completely sold on organic farming’. Government frontbencher Baroness Jolly said there were many reasons why people might buy organic, but 'nutritional benefit should not be one of them'. Lib Dem Lord Taverne said organic has become a 'kind of religion that is impervious to scientific evidence' Lord Taverne added: ‘For some, the organic movement is still a kind of religion that is impervious to scientific evidence.’ Claims that it is free of pesticides ignore the fact that levels in non-organic food make little difference to health, he said. ‘One cup of coffee contains more carcinogens than you would ingest from a whole year’s consumption of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables. Of course, that should not stop you drinking coffee.’ He called for Defra to make an important change of policy. ‘It should stop spending more than £20 million a year on subsidising farmers to change to organic farming.’ The money should instead be spent on plant science research, he said. Tory peer Viscount Ridley said: ‘Study after study has failed to find a significant benefit from organic foods. This latest study, although admirably diligent and a perfectly respectable meta-analysis, is no exception.’ ‘The health benefits of organic food, if they exist at all, are immeasurably small. ‘The science is therefore becoming very clear that many people who buy organic food because they think it is healthier for them must be wasting their money. It would be good if they were informed of that.’ However, the Soil Association said the study in the British Journal of Nutrition showed their were benefits to eating organic. Chief Executive Helen Browning said: ‘We know that people choose organic food because they believe it is better for them, as well as for wildlife, animal welfare and the environment, and this research backs up what people think about organic food. 'In other countries there has long been much higher levels of support and acceptance of the benefits of organic food and farming: we hope these findings will bring the UK in line with the rest of Europe, when it comes to both attitudes to organic food and support for organic farming.'

Struggling shoppers told they are better off buying more fruit and veg . Government says conventional crops are in no way 'nutritionally inferior' Calls for Defra to end £20million in subsidies to organic industry . Lib Dem Lord Taverne says industry ‘owes more to myth than evidence’

Keywords: <keyword>WALES FORWARDS</keyword>, <keyword>ZEALAND SKIPPER</keyword>, <keyword>ZEALAND CLASH</keyword>, <keyword>TRICK RUGBY</keyword>, <keyword>UNBEATEN RUN</keyword>, <keyword>RICHIE MCCAW</keyword>, <keyword>BLACKS THURSDAY</keyword>, <keyword>CATCH NEW</keyword>, <keyword>DECEMBER 1953</keyword>, <keyword>99 TESTS</keyword> Richie McCaw will look to extend New Zealand's 61-year unbeaten run over Wales on Saturday when he leads the All Blacks out for the 100th time. The last time Wales beat the mighty All Blacks was in December 1953, six days before Christmas. But skipper McCaw and Co showed little sign of worry ahead of the showdown in Cardiff, looking relaxed as they took to the Millennium Stadium pitch for the captain's run on Friday. VIDEO Scroll down to see Wales' forwards coach Robin McBryde talk about the New Zealand clash . New Zealand skipper Richie McCaw during the captain's run on Friday ahead of the showdown against Wales . New Zealand have not lost against Wales since December 1953, six days before Christmas, and will look to extend their record . Charles Piutau of All Blacks takes a catch as New Zealand visit the Millennium Stadium on Friday before their match . Colin Slade practises his kicks ahead of the showdown in Cardiff against Wales as the All Blacks look to extend their unbeaten run . Twenty of New Zealand's 26 wins over Wales have been by a margin greater than 10 points . Twenty of New Zealand's 26 wins over Wales have been by a margin greater than 10 points. McCaw will be keen to repeat the trick when he becomes the first rugby union player to captain his country in 100 Tests. He has led New Zealand to 87 wins in 99 Tests as captain, and spoke of his pride in playing for and leading the All Blacks on Thursday. McCaw has led New Zealand to 87 wins in 99 Tests as captain and spoke of his pride in playing for and leading the All Blacks on Thursday . McCaw pictured during the captain's run at the Millennium Stadium on Friday . The All Blacks looked in good spirits ahead of Saturday's match against Wales in Cardiff . The last time Wales beat mighty New Zealand was in December 1953, six days before Christmas .

Richie McCaw will lead New Zealand out for the 100th time on Saturday in match against Wales . The All Blacks trained at the Millennium Stadium the day before the showdown . Wales have not beaten New Zealand since December 1953 .

Keywords: <keyword>RYAN RAGES</keyword>, <keyword>NARRATIVE CHANGED</keyword>, <keyword>BOY CALAMITY</keyword>, <keyword>POLITICAL SPIN</keyword>, <keyword>ROMNEY RUNNING</keyword>, <keyword>TWITTER MANIC</keyword>, <keyword>CNN AMERICAN</keyword>, <keyword>SUE WASHINGTON</keyword>, <keyword>PERSPECTIVE TIME</keyword>, <keyword>MISSING NECKTIE</keyword> (CNN) -- The American people should sue Washington's chattering class for whiplash. Just a few days ago, when Paul Ryan was selected by Mitt Romney to be his running mate, there was a burst of media euphoria. The nomination was a game changer. Ryan was an ideas guy. He would elevate what to date had been a lackluster campaign. He had killer abs. But within 48 hours, the so-called "narrative" had changed. The narrative is not actual facts. It is how those facts look after they've been run through the political spin cycle. Thanks to modern technology, the whole process of spinning narratives that once took weeks, now happens in the blinking of an eye. Twitter, in its manic frenzy, hopped up on bite-size bits of emotion-filled social interaction, condenses months into hours, news cycles into moments, but without any of the perspective that time or thought brings. Within a few ticks of the clock of Ryan bounding down the gangplank of the USS Wisconsin, he went from "It boy" to calamity. Comments about his hair and his missing necktie were so rapidly and extensively commented upon that they had become clichés before they could be written about in the next morning's paper. Saturday, he was a bold stroke. By Tuesday, Ryan was a potential liability. Old people were sure to hate him. And once an America that's a bit on the chubby side took note of his 6% body fat, he would be a goner. Ryan Rages Against the Machine . What had promised to be the beginning of a long overdue debate about "big ideas" was now seen, often by the same commentators who were upbeat days earlier, as a trigger for more hopelessly divisive bickering. Meanwhile, seemingly cooler heads sniffed that this wasn't much of a story in the first place. After all, this was all about a vice presidential nomination. John Nance Garner's quip about the vice presidency not being worth "a bucket of warm spit" was dusted off as it is every four years, this time with a little more seeming relevance since Garner was, back in 1932, the last sitting House member to "ascend" to veepdom. Ezra Klein, writing for The Washington Post, suggested it was likely the pick didn't "much matter at all," asserting "that's usually what happens with vice presidential picks." So, let's take a step back now that we have the Olympian perspective half a week offers. Does the pick matter? Could it? How? First, the conventional wisdom that vice presidential picks don't matter is just wrong. For more than half a century, vice presidents and vice presidential nominees have had a huge impact. Dwight Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, became president. John F. Kennedy's vice president, Lyndon Johnson, became president. One of Nixon's vice presidents, Spiro Agnew, was at the center of a scandal. His next one, Gerald Ford, became president. Jimmy Carter elevated the vice presidency into a real position of policy-partnership, giving Walter Mondale an unprecedented role, which led him to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 1984. Reagan's vice president, George H.W. Bush, became president. Bill Clinton's vice president, Al Gore, was a true policy partner, won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election and later picked up a Nobel Prize. George W. Bush's vice president, Dick Cheney, was the most powerful vice president in history. Joe Biden is both a policy partner and, as his "back in chains" gaffe showed, he is still a headline grabber. And even losing nominees for the office, from Lloyd Bentsen to Jack Kemp to Joe Lieberman to John Edwards and Sarah Palin, have had a lasting impact. Ghitis: Will Romney take the U.S. to war? Thus, even if Ryan were not one of the leaders of perhaps the single most influential new political movement in America in the past decade, the tea party-aligned deficit hawks of "the New Right," he, as a vice presidential pick, would immediately vault to the forefront of U.S. politics. Already his budget plan is one of the defining documents of that movement, and thrust him to the forefront of it. Naturally, this makes him a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats -- even though in the past, Democratic budget experts such as Ron Wyden and Erskine Bowles praised his command of the numbers -- but could also be the trigger for a debate that Democrats, if they believe in their principles, should welcome. Demagoguery is the temptation for both camps and seems preferred by most of their hired guns and super PAC supporters. But they don't have to rule the day. A top Democratic donor friend of mine, former Loral Space & Communications chief executive Bernard Schwartz, sees an alternative approach. "I see an opportunity," he told me, "for the two candidates to present their adversarial cases as best they know how on the basis of principles rather than irrelevancies like how many years of tax disclosure has been made." He went on to add, "Let's view this selection of Ryan as the beginning of the development of a true Republican national viewpoint and let's view it as a challenge to President Obama to stop going after Romney personally and to speak to the core issues. Both sides have to have the courage to own their ideas, defend them and make the case for the sacrifices any serious approach will entail. This could help elevate that and the debate and give the American people the kind of true choice they deserve right now."' Encouragingly, this is a view echoed in the comments of thought leaders in the Republican Party such as commentators David Brooks, Charles Krauthammer or Bill Bennett. That's significant because as important as the vice presidential pick actually is, the greater vices with which we must contend in contemporary politics are the tendency to demonize our opponents and to chase after the rapidly moving but ephemeral targets set by the social-networking shouting match. Paul Ryan's Gen X sensibilities an asset . This is not just dangerous because it's vapid, alienates voters and sheds no light on anything. It's dangerous because sometimes in their zeal for the spotlight or their love of scorched earth politics, candidates, campaign advisers and partisan commentators forget that both sides in this contest are us. In the end, as appealing as substantive debate is, it's not enough. Because debate that is not followed by the cooperation required for action is wasted. That is why we must hope that both sides see the possibilities for turning this vice presidential pick, like him or not, into a catalyst for the change in the character of our politics that our times require. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Rothkopf.

David Rothkopf: Pundits whipsaw on Paul Ryan -- first he's game changer, then liability . He says VP picks matter; historically VPs influential, sometimes become president . He says Ryan pick could spur needed debate, clarify choice in election . Rothkopf: Substantive debate great but must be followed by cooperation on action .

Keywords: <keyword>ADMIRER NOTES</keyword>, <keyword>POLICE NOTES</keyword>, <keyword>RECEIVED HANDWRITTEN</keyword>, <keyword>ANONYMOUS LOVE</keyword>, <keyword>ABUSE INVESTIGATION</keyword>, <keyword>STICKY TAPED</keyword>, <keyword>TELL</keyword>, <keyword>POLICE CONSTANT</keyword>, <keyword>WOMAN SEEN</keyword>, <keyword>NEAR DOREEN</keyword> A not so secret admirer has been spoken to by police after leaving anonymous 'love notes' for a number of women on their car windscreens. Various females in Doreen, north west of Melbourne, have received the handwritten notes over the past month from a man who signs off with 'Your Secret Admirer'. The notes compliment the women on their beauty and ask them to make contact via an email address left at the bottom. Various females in Doreen, north west of Melbourne, have received the handwritten notes over the past month from a man who signs off with 'Your Secret Admirer' Victoria Police's Epping Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team launched an investigation into the love notes after officers were alerted to local Facebook pages where the notes were being talked about. They have since spoken to a 29-year-old Estonian man in relation to the matter. One of the love note recipients told Fairfax Media she saw the letter 'sticky-taped to my car door while I was having coffee with a girlfriend'. It's understood at least 10 notes were left on cars mostly during the day at the Woolworths car park in Laurimar near Doreen . 'I honestly just laughed about it - I don't think it's a big deal. I definitely didn't go to the police!' One of the notes read: 'Excuse me, I don't want you to think I'm ridiculous or anything, but you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Just felt like I had to tell you. Sincerely Yours, Your secret admirer.' It's understood at least 10 notes were left on cars mostly during the day at the Woolworths car park in Laurimar near Doreen. Police said the man regularly sat outside the shop in his car, but no one bothered to notify police of his constant presence. 'He has set up Facebook profiles that were linked to a phone number that he left on one note, and he had an email address that was linked to another one, and both of those were in someones else's name - he's done a fair bit to hide his tracks,' Detective Senior Constable Graeme Wassell told the Age. The Epping Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team launched an investigation after officers were alerted to local Facebook pages where the notes were being talked about.

Women in Doreen, north west of Melbourne, have found handwritten notes taped to their windscreens . Notes compliment the women and ask them to make contact via email . Victoria Police started investigating after finding a Facebook page where the notes were being talked about . As a result, officers have spoken to a 29-year-old Estonian man .

Keywords: <keyword>IMPREGNATING MIRANDA</keyword>, <keyword>CUSTODY BATTLE</keyword>, <keyword>OFFENDER RULING</keyword>, <keyword>COLEMAN LIVES</keyword>, <keyword>FATHER MARRIED</keyword>, <keyword>PREGNANT REPORTED</keyword>, <keyword>RITA MANNING</keyword>, <keyword>WILKERSON LATE</keyword>, <keyword>ABC NEWS</keyword>, <keyword>FLORIDA MEANS</keyword> By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 3:02 PM on 18th July 2011 . A judge has provoked fury by handing custody of a three-year-old girl to a registered sex offender. The ruling in Jacksonville, Florida, means little Miranda Wilkerson’s late mother’s husband, Donald Coleman, will gain custody of her. It means Miranda has to leave her maternal grandmother, Rita Manning, and move states to Georgia, where sex offender Mr Coleman lives. Stuck in the middle: Miranda Wilkerson is at the centre of a custody battle between her grandmother Rita Manning and sex offender father Donald Coleman . Mr Coleman became a sex offender after impregnating Miranda’s mother, Trista Crews Coleman, with another baby. Ms Coleman died one month after Miranda’s birth in a car crash, reported First Coast News. Ms Coleman was aged only 14 when she was first made pregnant, and he was 38. But he filed for divorce and claimed at one point she was pregnant with another man’s baby. However he is still Miranda’s legal father because he was married to her mother when she was born, reported WJXX-TV and ABC News. Mr Coleman had pushed for custody because Ms Manning was not allowing him to see Miranda, court documents alleged. In another confusing twist, Ms Manning was charged with child neglect in 1997, when Mr Coleman got her daughter pregnant, reported WJXX-TV. But Ms Manning fumed about the judge's decision and the custody transfer last Wednesday, saying the girl's 'whole world is here' with her. Parents: Donald Coleman, who lives in Georgia, became a sex offender after he impregnated Miranda's late mother, Trista Crews, right, with another baby . Mr Coleman was sentenced to register as a sex offender but Ms Manning allowed him to marry Ms Coleman as she was expecting a baby. 'The only home, the only person this child she has ever known, she's being ripped away from to be put with a stranger' Adoption lawyer Michael Shorstein . The couple had two more children after she first got pregnant aged 14. Miranda grew up with her grandparents after Ms Coleman died - and her family claim Mr Coleman is not her father. State Representative Janet Adkins told WJXX-TV she is ‘absolutely appalled’ by the case and ‘very concerned’ for the girl’s well-being. Ms Adkins is now working with state family officials to work out if they can do anything to return Miranda to her grandparents. Don't go: Miranda's maternal grandmother, Rita Manning, will get the chance to appeal the judge's decision . ‘I find it absolutely incredible that the law would say you are going to take a child out of a family, the only family this child has ever known,’ she said. 'I find it absolutely incredible that the law would say you are going to take a child out of a family, the only family this child has ever known' Florida Rep. Janet Adkins . Adoption lawyer Michael Shorstein told WJXX-TV that the family should have built a case against Mr Coleman before taking him on in court. ‘The only home, the only person this child she has ever known, she's being ripped away from to be put with a stranger,’ he said. Ms Manning will get the chance to appeal the judge’s decision or report the case to the Department of Child and Family Services.

Donald Coleman gets custody of Miranda Wilkerson . Coleman made sex offender for impregnating Miranda's late mother Trista Crews, aged 14 when he was 38 . Grandmother Rita Manning doesn't want to lose girl .

Keywords: <keyword>MINISTER MELES</keyword>, <keyword>ETHIOPIAN PRIME</keyword>, <keyword>HAILE MENGISTU</keyword>, <keyword>INSURGENCY DICTATOR</keyword>, <keyword>AFRICA DIRECTOR</keyword>, <keyword>RETURN ETHIOPIA</keyword>, <keyword>COUNTRY DIED</keyword>, <keyword>POOR JOHNSON</keyword>, <keyword>MONTHS SPARKING</keyword>, <keyword>ILLNESS BLOGGERS</keyword> Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a strongman in the troubled Horn of Africa and a key United States ally, has died, his government announced Tuesday. Meles had not been seen in public in months, sparking intense international speculation about his health. The government revealed neither the cause nor the location of his death Monday at the age of 57. Meles came to the forefront as a leader of a guerrilla insurgency against dictator Haile Mengistu Mariam in 1991 and cemented power in the ensuing decades. Seen by admirers as a force for stability in a region with Islamist insurgencies in Somalia and Yemen and a history of famine, he was also criticized for cracking down on political opposition and the press. "He came to power at the barrel of a gun, but he made the transition from rebel leader to political leader very quickly," said Ayo Johnson, a writer on Africa and director of Viewpoint Africa. But he never overcame his "mindset as a rebel leader," and his democratic credentials were "poor," Johnson said. "The West turned a blind eye to many aspects of his game that were not up to scratch," he added. That's partly because of his action against Islamist movements in the region, including an invasion of Somalia in 1998, Johnson said. "He supported everything that the United States wanted to do against terror," he explained, such as give American drones based in the region permission to use Ethiopian airspace on their way to targets in Somalia. And "he was able to address the fundamentals -- health care, education, reducing the poverty rate," Johnson said. U.S. President Barack Obama praised Meles' "unyielding commitment to Ethiopia's poor" in a statement Tuesday, citing his "personal admiration for (Meles') desire to lift millions of Ethiopians out of poverty through his drive for food security." But in June, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, highlighted a different aspect of Meles' rule -- the case of journalist Eskinder Nega, who was then before a court in Addis Ababa. While praising the prime minister's work in "containing the real threat of terrorism in the region and making gains against the region's recurring famines," Leahy accused him of "trying to silence those who do not toe the official line." His Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front took all but one seat in parliament in elections in 2010, Africa expert Jason Mosley pointed out in the wake of Meles' death. "Nearly 200 people were reportedly killed, and tens of thousands detained" in the previous elections in 2005, said Mosley, who is with the Chatham House think tank in London. Last year, Ethiopia found two Swedish journalists guilty of supporting terrorism and sentenced them to 11 years in prison. Meles died at 11:40 p.m. Monday from an unspecified infection, spokesman Bereket Simon said. Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is now in charge. There will be no elections before the next scheduled ballot in 2015, Bereket said. Meles had been scheduled to step down in 2013 as part of a transition process, Mosley said, but questioned whether he genuinely intended to relinquish power. Meles was out of the country when he died and members of his family were with him, according to Bereket. He did not say what country Meles' body was in or when it would return to Ethiopia, except that it would be soon. The spokesman acknowledged the prime minister had been sick for some time but didn't immediately seek treatment. The news came almost a week after the government said Meles was "recovering well" after treatment for an unspecified illness. Bloggers launched a counter of the number of days he's been missing, while citizens took to social media to discuss his whereabouts and exchange conspiracy theories. The secretive nation had released little information about his whereabouts, prompting rumors and opposition claims that he was dead or facing a life-threatening illness. The government held a news conference last month and announced Meles received treatment for an unspecified illness. His absence was more evident last month when Ethiopia hosted an African Union summit in its capital of Addis Ababa. Meles, a key player in talks on the tensions between Sudan and its rival neighbor South Sudan, did not attend. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Ethiopia under Meles had "played a key role in both the region and the African continent." "I hope that his successor will continue to be a driving force on a wide range of issues, from brokering peace negotiations to shaping development relationships," Annan said. Ethiopia, a key Western ally often lauded for effective use of aid money, is surrounded by unstable nations such as Somalia and Sudan. Meles has been credited with working toward peace and security in the region, and the Ethiopian army sent peacekeepers to battle the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab in Somalia. People we've lost in 2012: The lives they lived .

Obama praises Meles Zenawi's "unyielding commitment to Ethiopia's poor" He supported "everything the United States wanted to do against terror," an expert says . Critics point out his efforts to stifle political opposition and silence journalists . He came to power as part of a guerrilla insurgency against a dictator .

Keywords: <keyword>DOG KILLED</keyword>, <keyword>OGLETHORPE ANIMAL</keyword>, <keyword>GEORGIA BUREAU</keyword>, <keyword>DOGS PACK</keyword>, <keyword>SHELTER WEDNESDAY</keyword>, <keyword>AWAIT EUTHANASIA</keyword>, <keyword>INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE</keyword>, <keyword>TREE SHERIFF</keyword>, <keyword>LANE VISIT</keyword>, <keyword>SCHWEDERS SAID</keyword> LEXINGTON, Georgia (CNN) -- A pack of dogs brought down and killed an animal-loving couple last weekend in rural northeastern Georgia, and a similar tragedy could occur anywhere dogs roam freely, authorities say. Two dogs from the pack that killed two people await euthanasia Tuesday at a shelter in northeast Georgia. Sheriff's deputies, code enforcement officers and other officials spent most of Monday and Tuesday rounding up 11 adult dogs and five puppies, Oglethorpe County Sheriff's Capt. Shalon Huff said. One more was trapped Wednesday morning, leaving one still to be captured, she said. "We're just lucky this hasn't happened before," said Susan Fornash, director of the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter in Danielsville, where the captured dogs were held before being euthanized Tuesday under orders from a local judge. "We've had people bring in a dog because it killed a goat or chased their horses or something like that. And to me, that was just the forerunner of something like this." Investigators say they believe that University of Georgia librarian Sherry Schweder, 65, went for her usual morning walk Saturday down Howard Thaxton Road, the narrow dirt lane that runs alongside the couple's property. The dogs were familiar in the area, investigators say, having been left behind when the person who had been caring for some of them moved out of a home at the end of the lane. Authorities theorize that halfway down the lane, about a quarter-mile from her home, Sherry Schweder was confronted by the dogs, which knocked her down and killed her. Her husband, retired UGA language professor Lothar Schweder, became concerned when she didn't return and went out in their Honda CRX to look for her. When he found her lying in the lane and got out to shoo away the dogs, they attacked and killed him too, investigators believe. Although no blood was seen on the dogs, other evidence and autopsy results convince authorities that the pack killed the Schweders, said Jim Fullington, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's office in nearby Athens. Watch what investigators learned » . Black bears occasionally pass through the area, but none have been reported recently, said Sgt. Doyte Chaffin, a wildlife officer with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Investigators found no prints other than those of dogs and humans, Fullington added. Humans can appear threatening to dogs that run in packs, said Bonnie Beaver, a professor in the department of small animal clinical sciences at Texas A&M University and an expert in pack behavior. "From their perspective, a person is an alien, if you will," Beaver said. "It would be the same as we would relate to a grizzly bear." Dogs kill an average of 10 to 20 people each year in the United States, Beaver said. The vast majority of those cases involve a single dog attacking a small child, she said. As few as two or three dogs, whether urban, suburban or rural, can behave like a pack, Beaver said. And when pack mentality takes over, "they do insane things that they would not do" under normal circumstances, she said. "My bet is there was one ringleader who kind of started it" in the Georgia case, Beaver said. Something as simple as making eye contact may have made one dog in the group feel threatened, and its body language put the other dogs on edge, triggering an "escalation," she said. Even though none of the dogs weighed more than about 40 pounds, their numbers would have overwhelmed the victims. Screaming, flailing or trying to run would only make things worse, Beaver said. "To be slight people, as I'm told they both were, and the ages that they were, I don't know what they could have done. I don't know what I would do," Fornash said. Jehovah's Witnesses walking up the lane to visit the lone house found the Schweders' mutilated bodies lying next to the car and called 911, Fullington said. He added that a sheriff's deputy had to fire a shot in the air to scare the dogs away. The house the evangelists had intended to visit was unoccupied, but it was home to at least some of the dogs, Fullington said. The owner, Howard Thaxton, had moved out some months earlier because of health and financial problems but had someone drive him every other day to leave food for the dogs, said GBI Special Agent Christopher Bish. Several empty 40-pound bags of Ol' Roy dog food were strewn about the property Tuesday. Thaxton, an amputee who Bish said was recently released from a hospital, has been cooperating with authorities. Thaxton doesn't believe that those animals were capable of killing people, law enforcement officials said. He has not been charged. "We are still in discussions with the district attorney about culpability and what have you, but no decisions have been reached yet," Bish said. Bish said it took 14 visits to Thaxton's house to make initial contact with him. CNN's efforts to find Thaxton for comment were unsuccessful. Stopping the dogs from reproducing might have prevented the tragedy, Fornash said. Just a few dogs can multiply rapidly into a menace, she added. Watch how dog bites might be prevented » . "In the blink of an eye, we have a pack of 50 dogs because people don't spay and neuter," she said. It took about 90 minutes to euthanize all 16 dogs, several of which were maggot-infested, Fornash said. No one asked that they be checked for rabies, and the sheriff directed that the carcasses be cremated immediately, she said. "I'm heartbroken for the family," Fornash said. "I can't even imagine how they must feel. And I'm also very sad for those animals, because if they had been cared for the way they should have been, this wouldn't have happened. It's not their fault." The Schweders' seven dogs and four of their cats were to be brought to the shelter Wednesday and eventually adopted out, she said. Thaxton's wood frame house that served as the dogs' home sits at the edge of a forest dotted with hunting campers and abandoned 1950s vehicles. Empty 5-gallon water bottles fill a ravine behind the house, and a derelict 1980s Chevy Caprice crouches next to a rusting John Deere tractor under a shade tree. After all the sheriff's deputies and trappers had left Tuesday afternoon, a scruffy red dog appeared, ears up, next to the tractor. The animal, alone, scampered off into the woods.

Dogs attacked woman, husband who tried to help her, Georgia authorities say . Sixteen animals euthanized; couple's pets to be adopted at same shelter . Pack instincts make untamed dogs dangerous, expert says . Spaying and neutering of pets might have prevented tragedy, shelter director says .

Keywords: <keyword>AUSSIE CRICKETER</keyword>, <keyword>FLED AUSTRALIA</keyword>, <keyword>ARRIVED BOAT</keyword>, <keyword>APPROACH ASYLUM</keyword>, <keyword>SEEKER PLAY</keyword>, <keyword>HARDLINE IMMIGRATION</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICIALS FAST</keyword>, <keyword>INDONESIAN ISLAND</keyword>, <keyword>YELLOW DAY</keyword>, <keyword>STRAIGHT MANUS</keyword> By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 16:12 EST, 10 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:02 EST, 10 November 2013 . An asylum seeker arrived by boat on Australian shores dressed in the bright yellow uniform of an Aussie cricketer. And when asked who he was, he told immigration officials: ‘I’m a fast bowler’. The man's arrival on Christmas Island, where he was among about 60 asylum seekers who had to be rescued from their boat, caused great amusement among immigration officials. Hit for six: Hardline immigration officials on Australia's Easter Island creased in amusement when an asylum seeker, centre, arrived on a boat in a full Australian one-day cricket uniform and said he was a fast bowler . But the fast bowler will soon hear . the bad news that he will be transferred away from the Australian . territory, despite his creative methods. The man, whose nationality has yet to be revealed, donned the yellow one-day cricket uniform for his attempt to start a new life in Australia - perhaps as a cricketer. It made him stand out among the other asylum seekers who were rescued by an Australian ship after their own vessel ran into trouble off the Indonesian island of Java late last week. Australia had asked the Indonesian government to take them back to the capital, Jakarta, but the request was refused, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. It is thought the asylum seekers will instead be transferred to an island near Papua New Guinea or elsewhere in the Pacific. Unusual though it sounds, the man, left, would not be the first asylum seeker to play internationally. Fawad Ahmed, right, fled to Australia from Pakistan in 2010 faced with extremists. He joined the team in August . The Australian team pictured in September, wearing the uniform donned by a mystery asylum seeker . Canberra has taken a hardline approach . to asylum seekers since Australia's Liberal Party seized control of the . government in September from Kevin Rudd’s Labour. Christopher Pyne, leader of . Government Business, vowed asylum seekers from Asia and South East Asia . would never set foot in Australia. ‘The message is out there. Boats have been turned back,’ Mr Pyne told the Channel 10 TV network. ‘Sometimes it won’t work that way and those people who will come to Christmas Island (in Australian territory) will go straight to Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) or Nauru (in the Pacific) and they will never set foot in this country.

Man was one of 60 emigrants rescued from a boat near Christmas Island . Amusement came on serious day as hardline Australia turned all 60 away . He is not the first: Aussie bowler Fawad Ahmed also sought asylum in 2010 .

Keywords: <keyword>APPLE CEO</keyword>, <keyword>PAYCHECK CHIEF</keyword>, <keyword>2012 COMPENSATION</keyword>, <keyword>COOK RECEIVE</keyword>, <keyword>STOCK AWARDS</keyword>, <keyword>YEAR TIM</keyword>, <keyword>DIED PANCREATIC</keyword>, <keyword>BASE SALARY</keyword>, <keyword>8MILLION ACCORDING</keyword>, <keyword>IPAD NOTED</keyword> By . Reuters Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:22 EST, 27 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:07 EST, 28 December 2012 . Top dog: Apple CEO Tim Cook brought in $4.17million in 2012, down from $378million last year . Tim Cook may be at the top of the Apple empire, but the paycheck may not show it. The chief executive of Apple took a 99 per cent pay cut in his first full year in the job. Cook, who succeeded the late Steve Jobs, was awarded total compensation of $4.17million in 2012, down from $378million in 2011, Apple said in a federal filing today. The 2012 compensation package for Cook, who took over as chief executive in August 2011, also seemed a pittance compared with his 2010 pay, which was 14 times higher, when the executive served as chief operating officer. Jobs, the iconic CEO and co-founder, died in October 2011 of pancreatic cancer. The maker of the iPhone and iPad noted that Cook will not receive any stock awards for 2012 after he was given about $376.2million in stock awards the year before. The stock awards vest over many years. The 2012 package includes a salary of $1.4million and a non-equity bonus of $2.8million, according to the filing. Apple tends to grant shares to executives every other year. Cook's closest cohorts got big grants in 2012, including top hardware engineer Robert Mansfield, who got shares worth $83million. Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer and general counsel Bruce Sewell both got stock grants worth just over $66million, more than double the value of the grants they got two years ago, reflecting the zooming value of Apple's stock. Cook's base salary actually increased compared with the $900,000 he earned in 2011. Founder: Cook is the successor of the late Steve Jobs, pictured, who died of pancreatic cancer last year . While Apple's shares are 35 per cent higher than when Cook assumed the CEO role, they have fallen more than 27 percent since October when they hit a $700.10 high. Apple shares were down 0.6 per cent at $509.85 on the Nasdaq late on Thursday morning. The Cupertino, California-based company's compensation policies are relatively simple. Missing are many of the perks that other CEOs command, like country club fees and private use of company aircraft. Payback: As part of his compensation package, Cook does not command use of a private company jet or country club fees .

Cook make $4.17million in 2012, down from the $378million he took in a year ago . The 99 per cent drop is due to the fact that Cook did not receive any Apple stock awards . Cook succeeded Steve Jobs, who died of pancreatic cancer last year .

Keywords: <keyword>BEASTS FEARED</keyword>, <keyword>REPORTS CREATURE</keyword>, <keyword>JERSEY BEAST</keyword>, <keyword>HONEY ISLAND</keyword>, <keyword>MOTHMAN STATUE</keyword>, <keyword>SEEING APE</keyword>, <keyword>CRYPTOZOOLOGISTS BELIEVE</keyword>, <keyword>NORTHWEST BIGFOOT</keyword>, <keyword>BIRD INSTANCE</keyword>, <keyword>WONDERMENT POSSIBLE</keyword> From the Jersey Devil to the Mothman, the US is filled with fictional creatures that have come to life in the nation's imagination. Now one artist has decided to draw these cryptids by hand, revealing the beasts that are feared the most in each state. 'The map is a bit of a declaration of optimism and wonderment as to what might be possible on planet Earth,' artist Mark Adams told Dailymail.com. Scroll down for video . The map, created by artist Mark Adams, reveals the imaginary beasts that are feared the most in each state. 'It is a bit of a declaration of optimism and wonderment as to what might be possible on planet Earth,' he told Dailymail.com . Big Bird, for instance, has become notorious in Texas where witnesses have reported seeing an ape faced, winged beast with blood-red eyes. Reports of the creature hit their peak in the early months of 1976 after a local radio station offered a reward for the beast's capture. Neighbouring state, Louisiana, is famous for the Honey Island Swap Monster. The creature is 7ft (2 metres) tall, with grey hair, yellow eyes and a foul stench. Native Americans call this creature 'Letiche', and legendary tale suggests the beast came about following a train wreck in the area in the early 20th century. While Bigfoot (left) is more famous in Washington, last year a large footprint unlike one from a human was in the woods in Mississippi. The right image shows the Fouke Monster, which is most feared in Arkansas . Louisiana, is famous for the Honey Island Swap Monster (left), while the Jersey Devil (right) is most feared in New Jersey . Mothman is a moth-like creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia from 15 November 1966 to 15 December 1967. Some ufologists, paranormal authors, and cryptozoologists believe that Mothman was an alien, a supernatural manifestation, or an unknown cryptid. The Native Americans had stories of giant terrible birds called. These thunderbirds could easily swoop down and carry away a man. In their depictions, they look similar to the descriptions of Mothman. On November 12, 1966, five men claimed to see a man-like figure fly low from the trees over their heads while digging in a grave. This is often identified as the first known sighting of what became known as the Mothman. A travelling circus was on the train, and from it a group of chimpanzees escaped and interbred with the local alligator population, according to the tale. 'I personally found myself drawn more to the carnivores and predatory cats, beasts like Shunka Warakin and the Ozark Howler,' said the Philadelphia-based artist. 'Creatures that likely exist in other less-hostile parts of the world, but for some reason are considered to be too far out to survive in North America.' Perhaps the most famous of all the legendary beasts in the US is Bigfoot - a large hairy ape man that is alleged by some to live in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. While Bigfoot is more famous in Washington, last year a large footprint unlike one from a human was in the woods in Mississippi - raising suggestions that the creature it belongs to is Bigfoot. The large print was found by Peyton Lassiter in Vicksburg on August 12 - nine months after another local man, David Childers, saw a large grey figure running through a wooded area nearby. Other monsters in the map include the Mothman in West Virginia, the Jersey devil in New Jersey, the Beast of Busco in Indiana and the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swap in South Carolina. 'I love to think that there could be a cougar roaming the mountains of rural Arkansas, or a dire wolf wreaking havoc on the plains of Montana,' said Mr Adams. 'This world is an incredibly diverse place full of mystery and magic, and I for one like to think opposable thumbs and the ability to 'reason' doesn't immediately entitle us to a sense of certainty that we've got it all figured.' Perhaps the most famous of all the legendary beasts in the US is Bigfoot - a large hairy ape man that is alleged by some to live in the forests of the Pacific Northwest (artist's impression pictured) 'The Legend of the Mothman' statue by Bob Roach graces the streets of Point Pleasant in New Jersey. On November 12, 1966, five men claimed to see a man-like figure fly low from the trees over their heads while digging in a grave. This is often identified as the first known sighting of what became known as the Mothman . Other monsters in the map include the Beast of Busco in Indiana (pictured) and the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swap in South Carolina .

The map, created by artist Mark Adams, reveals the imaginary beasts that are feared the most in each state . 'It is a bit of a declaration of optimism and wonderment as to what might be possible on planet Earth,' he said . Big Bird, for instance, has become notorious in Texas where some say they have seen an ape-like, winged beast . Other monsters in the map include the Mothman in West Virginia, the Jersey devil in New Jersey, the Beast of Busco in Indiana and the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swap in South Carolina .

Keywords: <keyword>GENDER PAY</keyword>, <keyword>INCOME GAP</keyword>, <keyword>SALARY COMPARABLE</keyword>, <keyword>FIRED WOMAN</keyword>, <keyword>YORK TIMES</keyword>, <keyword>EDITOR KELLER</keyword>, <keyword>BOSTON EARNED</keyword>, <keyword>SPECULATION RECENTLY</keyword>, <keyword>HEAR ABRAMSON</keyword>, <keyword>MAKE CITY</keyword> (CNN) -- There's been plenty of talk about the gender pay gap in recent days after speculation that recently fired New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was let go after speaking up about possible pay disparity between her and the previous executive editor, Bill Keller. In response to that talk, the New York Times publisher, in a lengthy statement over the weekend, said Abramson's total "pay package," which included stock and other compensation in addition to salary, was "comparable" to Keller's and was, in fact, more than 10% higher during Abramson's last year, and that her removal was due to her management of the newsroom, nothing else. Until we hear Abramson's side of the story, it remains unclear what role, if any, an alleged pay gap played in her fate. What is clear is how outraged women were hearing that the Times' first woman executive editor could be making less than the last male executive editor. It was another reminder, to many women, that the income gap is alive and well. But if one city gets its way, that disparity between what men and women earn will become a thing of the past. Boston has pledged to become the first city in the country to eliminate the gender pay gap. It's certainly a lofty goal: How on Earth will Beantown make it happen? OPINION: Don't believe the hype: In real world, women still make less than men . On Monday, at a White House regional conference on working families in Boston, administration officials along with members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, joined business leaders and academics, to tout the city's ambitious plan and what it will take to succeed. The event is one of several this spring leading up to a summit with President Obama at the end of June at the White House. "What's really significant is that Boston recognizes that this isn't just an issue of fairness and isn't just an issue of equity as a moral value," said Betsey Stevenson, a member of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, in an interview. "This is about competitiveness and having a competitive advantage." Women make up about half the labor force but will soon represent more than half of the highly educated labor force, said Stevenson, who will be speaking at the Boston conference. "That's why it becomes an issue of competitiveness. The amount of talent that is in that other half that you're ignoring is relevant and when you have a lot of the talent in that other half, ignoring it is going to become even more costly over time," said Stevenson, who is currently on leave from her position as associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. Making Boston the 'premier city for working women' Last year, then Boston Mayor Thomas Menino pledged to make Boston the "premier city for working women." He created a Women's Workforce Council, made up of leaders in academia and the public and private sectors. Victoria A. Budson, executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, is a member of the council. "When you make a city good for women, you raise the economic profile of that city. You are going to retain talent," said Budson. Women outnumber men in Boston at 52% of the population, according to a report by the Women's Workforce Council. The city also has the largest proportion of young women between the ages of 20 and 34 of any major city, and has a higher percentage of college educated women than any other metro area. And yet, the city has a significant pay gap, although it's lower than the national average. In 2011, working female residents of Boston earned 83% of what male residents in Boston earned, according to the report. Nationwide, women earn 77 cents for every dollar men make. Boston is asking companies to voluntarily sign a compact committing to take steps to reduce the wage gap. About 50 companies, including some of the city's biggest employers such as Raytheon and State Street, have signed it. The council's report includes 33 different "interventions" companies can take to close the wage gap, from evaluating why mothers and non-mothers leave their businesses to standardizing compensation including bonuses to actively recruiting women to executive level and board positions. "We've made it easy," said Budson, who was recognized in our recent CNN 10: Visionary Women special coverage for her work trying to eliminate the income disparity between men and women. "We're not saying: 'Go make it equal -- figure it out.' We're saying: 'Here's a plan and a set of strategic goals. Pick some. Help your businesses grow.' " The approach, she hopes, can serve as a model for cities around the country and the world. Just last month, Budson traveled to Paris to present what Boston is doing to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. "Rather than a regulation," said Budson, it's a "nudge." What happens when women negotiate . For many women, taking steps themselves to close their own personal income gap makes them incredibly uncomfortable. According to an iVillage.com survey last year of 1,500 women, only 35% said they ever asked for a raise. That's even more significant based on the finding that of those who were unhappy at work, 63% said the number one reason was because they felt they were underpaid. There is a reason our discomfort is not unwarranted. According to Budson, the research shows that when women are given an offer and negotiate that offer, or when they are paid a certain amount and they want to negotiate their salary, people tend to want to work with them less. "Women are expected to be relational and when they say, 'I think my value is X,' people might say, 'Hmmm, why are they asking? I don't feel so comfortable with that,' and it usually causes social backlash," said Budson. Whether or not Abramson faced some backlash for confronting her superiors over her compensation and whether that contributed in even the slightest way to her firing, we'll probably never know but, said Budson, it "fits the pattern." Read about Abramson's commencement address Monday . Jena Abernathy, a senior partner at the executive search firm, Witt/Kieffer, said there is a double standard when it comes to how men and women sit down and discussion compensation. She said the best advice for women is to keep track of their successes and then find the right way to make their case. "Being able to sit down at the right time, at the right moment, to say ... 'How can we close this gap? What do we need to do?' "You need to do it in a way that's not threatening," said Abernathy. "There is an art to this." OPINION: Was Jill Abramson fired because she is a woman? What do you think it will take to eliminate the gender pay gap? Chime in in the comments or tell Kelly Wallace on Twitter or CNN Living on Facebook.

Boston has pledged to become the first city to eliminate the gender pay gap . At White House regional summit in Boston Monday, the city will tout plans . So far, some 50 companies in Boston have signed a compact, committing to close the gap .

Keywords: <keyword>INJURIES CROLLA</keyword>, <keyword>ANTHONY CROLLA</keyword>, <keyword>RETURN BOXING</keyword>, <keyword>EDDIE HEARN</keyword>, <keyword>WBA WORLD</keyword>, <keyword>TWEETED DEVASTATED</keyword>, <keyword>SHOT RECOVERED</keyword>, <keyword>PULL TITLE</keyword>, <keyword>BURGLARS HOME</keyword>, <keyword>SET ABRIL</keyword> Anthony Crolla has vowed to come back 'stronger than ever' from injuries sustained in a confrontation with burglars at his home that cost him his WBA world lightweight title bout with Richar Abril of Cuba. Crolla suffered a fractured skull which was treated with 12 stitches and and a broken ankle that needed a plate and pins inserted after the incident earlier in December. The 28-year-old, who has since returned home from hospital, tweeted on Sunday that he intends to get back in the ring once he has returned to fitness. Anthony Crolla had to withdraw from his title fight after being injured after confronting burglars at his home . Crolla has returned home after a fractured skull and broken ankle was caused when confronting burglars . Crolla (left) suffered a fractured skull and a broken ankle but says he will return to boxing . Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has said Crolla will get his world title shot once he has recovered . 'I can't thank everyone on here enough for all the msgs of support. Honestly took back by them all they've meant the absolute world to me and my family,' he tweeted. 'I'm devastated over what happened and having to pull out of my fight but I've got a lot to be thankful for as I'm a very lucky man. 'It'll be a tough road back but I promise that I will be back stronger than ever in 2015. Thanks so much again #blessed.' Crolla has emerged victorious from 29 of his 35 career bouts and was set to take on Abril in Manchester on January 23. Crolla thanked his fans via Twitter for their messages of support following his injuries . Crolla said he will make sure he comes back to boxing next year after having to pull out of his title fight . Crolla had to withdraw from a bout with Richar Abril after fracturing his skull and breaking his ankle . Promoter Eddie Hearn said via Twitter that Crolla will get a comeback fight once he has returned to fitness . Promoter Eddie Hearn has also tweeted about Crolla, and hopes he can return to boxing once he has recovered from his injuries. Hearn tweeted 'Great chat with @ant_crolla tonight - great to hear him in such good spirits.. Excited for 'the comeback'-he will get his World title shot!'

Anthony Crolla was seriously injured by burglars at his home . He pulled out of a title fight with Richar Abril for WBA world lightweight . He intends to make his comeback once he has regained fitness in 2015 .

Keywords: <keyword>ALBUM ALDEAN</keyword>, <keyword>ROAD ANTHEM</keyword>, <keyword>AMARILLO SKY</keyword>, <keyword>BRING TOUR</keyword>, <keyword>LUDACRIS APPEARED</keyword>, <keyword>KINDA PARTY</keyword>, <keyword>FANS JASON</keyword>, <keyword>BIT COUNTRY</keyword>, <keyword>FLY STATES</keyword>, <keyword>SOMEWHAT AWAY</keyword> (CNN) -- It was two hours before Friday's concert, and already fans of Jason Aldean were tailgating in the gravel parking lot. Not surprising since Aldean's "My Kinda Party" tour has sold out in venues across the country, often in under a couple of hours. Last week, the singer's latest single, "Fly Over States," hit the top of the charts, marking his ninth No. 1 overall and his fifth consecutive No. 1 from the "My Kinda Party" album. Aldean's sound is a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. Introspective songs such as "Amarillo Sky" and "Don't You Wanna Stay" have earned him big sales numbers, but concert fans clamor for his more upbeat numbers such as "She's Country." He's also not afraid to step outside his comfort zone -- "Dirt Road Anthem" was a collaboration with Ludacris that had Aldean rapping about jumping barbed wire and lighting bonfires. Still, it surprised more than few people in the audience Friday when Ludacris appeared onstage with Aldean during the encore to perform the hit song. While tour buddy Luke Bryan has an infectious eagerness on stage, Aldean rarely breaks his brooding stare. That doesn't change backstage as his tour manager brings him in. He's friendly, but no overly so. I get the impression that manners are as ingrained in this Georgia homeboy as deep as his music. The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity: . CNN: This show in Atlanta sold out in minutes, so you had to add a second night. What does that tell you about your fans? Jason Aldean: Obviously that's a good sign. We've always made it a point to let fans know that when you come out to our shows, it's going to be fun. You're going to have a good time, and we encourage that -- probably a lot more than other people do. (laughs) But that's what you want. You know, people come to a show to kind of forget about whatever crappy week they had at work or school or whatever it was, and it's our job to make sure that that's what happens. CNN: What's the best thing about touring with Luke Bryan? Aldean: The best thing about touring with Luke is just the fact that he and I are legitimately friends away from the music business. I think that, unlike a lot of other artists in the business, you know, he and I actually pull for each other. We want to see each other succeed and do well. There's not a competition sort of thing there at all. He's one of my best friends. So obviously when he's out on stage and he's doing his thing and you see people going crazy, that's cool. It makes you feel good. And I think he's the same way. And like I said, I legitimately like hanging out with the guy. He's a lot of fun. We come from the same part of the country, we grew up about two hours apart from each other. So even though we didn't know each other until five or six years ago, we have a lot in common. CNN: Atlanta country radio has been touting Georgia as the new capital of country music thanks to artists like you, Jennifer Nettles, the Zac Brown Band and Lady Antebellum. Do you think Nashville can really be ousted? Aldean: I don't know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far as the crop of young artists coming out of this area that are kind of making waves, you know? I think for long time it was artists from Texas, then it was artists from Oklahoma. Now it just seems like Georgia is kind of a hotbed for that kind of thing. And it's cool to be part of that fraternity a little bit. CNN: You're elected president of the United States. What's the first thing you do? Aldean: Well, first of all, I wouldn't want to be president. But if I was, the first thing I'd probably do is uh... hm. Let me think about this for a second. I'd probably do away with, try my best to do away with taxes (laughs). But I know every politician says they're going to do that, and they're all liars. But I would actually really try to do that. That would be beneficial to everybody. Or at least give a flat tax across the board -- everybody pays, you know whatever, 20%. CNN: Have to say I'm a bit disappointed -- I was hoping for a big country party. Aldean: Oh, I'd definitely turn the White House into a Redneck Riviera, for sure! There'd be deer heads hanging off the wall, in the Oval Office. It'd be cool. CNN: What do you always bring with you on tour? Aldean: I always bring my bow and arrow. I love to hunt so it's always under the bus. I like to just get out there in the day and just shoot, backstage somewhere, and just practice doing that. Never know when I might luck up and get an invite to go hunting somewhere too ... so I like to prepare for that. So I usually bring that and my golf clubs. CNN: Do you have a good golf score? Aldean: My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work. CNN: If you had to survive on one meal for the rest of your life what would it be? Aldean: You know what, I'm a steak and potatoes guy. So it would be a thick filet, baked potato and maybe like something else really bad for you, like fried okra. I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you -- I forget the fact that it's fried. CNN: It seems everybody these days -- singers, actors, etc. -- has a clothing line, a perfume, a jewelry brand. What are you doing to expand your empire? Aldean: We did a deal with Wrangler where we're kind of the face of their Wrangler retro line of clothing -- jeans, shirts. I got a hat deal with Resistol, where I have my own line of cowboy hats. Luke and I both actually are part owners in a company called Buck Commander, which is a hunting -- it's a show but we also have hunting products, clothes, that kind of stuff. CNN: And do feel that's important for you to do, or is it just something to do with your money? Aldean: I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry. You know, for me that's what the hunting side of it is, just kind of a way for me to somewhat get away from the music side of it and have another outlet to kind of decompress. ... Things like that for me are kind of for sanity reasons I think more than anything else. And you know the other thing, with the clothes and that kind of thing -- I think when you wear the brand anyway, why not go out and try to promote it and make it as cool as you can? The fact that I can continue to do what I've always done and kind of become the face of that brand is to me, kind of just makes sense. It doesn't make sense not to do it I guess. CNN: What's left on your dream list? Aldean: There's still a lot of things I'd like to accomplish. There's still a lot of artists I'd like to work with. We're in talks right now of like possibly doing a movie so we're kind of dabbling in on the acting part of it. You know, I think a lot of times you just kind of wait and see what opportunities present themselves. My main focus was to be successful in the music business, which has always been my main focus, and I never really want to get away from that. But at the same time, I think it's cool to branch out and do some other things and see if it's something that you like. One day the music business, the music side of it goes away -- to have some other things that you've kind of dabbled in that you like... you can kind of maybe travel down that route for awhile. CNN: You're new album comes out in October. What should listeners expect to hear that's different? Aldean: When it comes to albums, I think it's important to never get away completely from what got you to this point, and obviously, what's worked for you. That said you don't want to go out and continue to make the same albums over and over -- that's going to be kind of boring too. So you know for me it was about going in and finding the best songs we could find and trying to put together a record that I felt like was you know, just as good if not better than the previous record. I think "My Kinda Party," that album, was so successful, it's going to be really hard to compare any album to that one. Now [I'm] not saying that I don't hope this next record doesn't come out and blow the doors off of that one, but you can't really expect that. You've just kind of got to go in and make what you feel like is a great record and put it out there and hope people dig it.

Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan travel to Atlanta on "My Kinda Party" tour . The pair of country singers are friends outside the music business, Aldean says . He's also stepping out his comfort zone, collaborating with Ludacris . Hunting, golfing and a couple of clothing lines keep Aldean busy .

Keywords: <keyword>STROKE FRONTAL</keyword>, <keyword>MORAL JUDGMENT</keyword>, <keyword>FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA</keyword>, <keyword>CONGITIVE NEUROLOGY</keyword>, <keyword>DEMENTIA EQUAL</keyword>, <keyword>ERRORS INTENTIONS</keyword>, <keyword>HARM PATIENTS</keyword>, <keyword>CONCLUDED EFFECT</keyword>, <keyword>COMPASS ALTERING</keyword>, <keyword>ARGENTINIAN CAPITAL</keyword> Stroke, pictured, could affect patients' moral compass, altering the way they think about errors and intentions, a new study has found . Stoke could affect patients' moral compass, altering they way they think about mistakes and people's intentions, a new study has found. Scientists in Buenos Aires found those victims who suffered a stroke affecting the frontal region of the brain were more likely to forgive, as long as no actual harm was done. The study concluded the effect on moral judgement was similar to those patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). It found the stroke patients placed more emphasis on the outcome of a situation, focusing less on what a person's intentions were. Agustin Ibanez, of the Institute of Congitive Neurology in the Argentinian capital, and his team, said: 'For both disorders, patients judged scenarios where the protagonists believed that they would cause harm but did not as being more permissible than the control group. Altogether, 'the performance of both groups is characterised by an over-reliance on outcome rather than by the integration of intentions and outcomes,' everydayhealth.com reported. Researchers compared eight patients who had suffered stroke in the frontal region of the brain, and 19 patients believed to be suffered frontotemporal dementia, and an equal number of healthy, control patients. None of the study participants had been diagnosed with any other psychiatric disorders, neurological diseases or had suffered brain damage. They were presented four different scenarios. They involved no intended or actual harm, accidental harm, unsuccessfully-attempted harm, and successfully-attempted harm. Both those patients who had suffered a stroke or had FTD rated the scenario in which harm was intended but not actually caused as more acceptable, than the control group. The patients with FTD also deemed accidental harm as less acceptable than the control group and stroke patients. The researchers added: 'The results of this study suggest that the moral judgement abnormalities in both groups are related to an impaired integration of intentions and outcomes.' Dr Ibanez, told medicalresearch.com: 'Both patients with the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and patients with frontal strokes presented moral judgment abnormalities. 'Their deficits were related to impairments in the integration of intentions and outcomes. 'Specifically, both patient groups judged moral scenarios by focusing on the actions’ outcomes instead of the protagonists’ intentions.' Scientists in Buenos Aires found those victims who suffered a stroke affecting the frontal region of the brain were more likely to forgive, as long as no actual harm was done .

Study by Argentinian scientists found stroke can affect moral compass . A stroke in the frontal region of the brain alters the way a patient thinks about errors and intentions, the researchers found . Stroke patients more likely to forgive, as long as no actual harm was done .

Keywords: <keyword>CROWLEY SCORED</keyword>, <keyword>START ARSENAL</keyword>, <keyword>PENALTY BAR</keyword>, <keyword>BEN SHEAF</keyword>, <keyword>FA YOUTH</keyword>, <keyword>SAVE LEWIS</keyword>, <keyword>CARDWELL BLAZED</keyword>, <keyword>MATCH NON</keyword>, <keyword>READING MISSED</keyword>, <keyword>STOPPAGE TIME</keyword> Daniel Crowley's penalty guided Arsenal into the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup following a hard-fought win over Reading on Friday night. The 17-year-old midfielder, who signed his first professional contract with the club back in August, fired the spot-kick into the bottom corner to settle the tie on 65 minutes. It was Crowley's ninth goal of the season and set up a match against non-league Royston Town in the next round - but only after Reading missed a stoppage-time penalty. George Dobson (left) and Ben Sheaf celebrate Arsenal's progress to the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup . The Arsenal players celebrate after Daniel Crowley converted what proved to be the winning goal . Chris Willock leaps into the air to celebrate Arsenal progress in a closely-contested third round tie . Reading's Harry Cardwell fired over the crossbar with a penalty in the fourth minute of stoppage time . Arsenal: Huddart, Robinson, O'Connor, Johnson, Dobson, Sheaf, Crowley (c), Zelalem, Willock, Eyoma (Hinds 73), Mavididi . Substitutes not used: Keto, Smith, Chatzitheodoridia, Donovan . Scorer: Crowley 65 (penalty) Booked: Dobson . Reading: Ward (c), Lawal, Collins, Watson, Osho, Jules, Cardwell, Sheppard, Novakovich, Husin, Davis (Barrett 84) Substitutes not used: Southwood, Bennett, Smith, Andresson . Booked: Lawal . The young Gunners, coached by Frans de Kat, have been struggling in the league and were winless in seven games entering this fixture at Meadow Park in Boreham Wood. But they were motivated after reaching the semi-finals of the competitions last season, only to be knocked out over two legs by eventual winners Chelsea. Among the other talents named in the Arsenal team were Gedion Zelalem, who made his first-team debut earlier this year, and Stephy Mavididi, who scored two goals in the group stage of the UEFA Youth League. Reading started the match the brighter, with Tennai Watson and then Noor Husin missing chances inside the opening 10 minutes. Eventually, Arsenal began to control proceedings and Crowley forced a fine save out of Lewis Ward. Mavididi then jumped highest to head Crowley's cross against the bar. The pressure only increased as the first-half wore on, with Zelalem sending a low drive just wide of the post and Chris Willock drawing a good stop from Ward just before the break. Arsenal's Chris Willock carries the ball past Reading defender Tennai Watson during the match . Arsenal skipper Daniel Crowley takes the ball beyond Reading's Noor Husin during the third round tie . Crowley, who scored Arsenal's winner, is challenged by Reading's Jake Sheppard at Boreham Wood . The Reading stopper was called upon early in the second period to deny Crowley after the Arsenal playmaker beat two defenders to work a shooting opportunity. Zelalem and Willock both had another chance apiece before Arsenal's intense pressure finally told. George Dobson located Willock inside the box and he was brought down by Hammed Lawal. Crowley made no mistake from 12 yards and the hosts had the lead they deserved. Going behind seemed to spur Reading into life and Ryan Huddart had to make a superb reaction save to keep out Jake Sheppard. There was more drama to come, however, when Sheppard was fouled in the box during the fourth minute of stoppage time. Extra time beckoned but Harry Cardwell blazed his penalty over the bar and Arsenal squeezed through. Arsenal forward Stephy Mavididi goes into a challenge with Reading's Zak Jules . Daniel Crowley breaks past Reading's Andrija Novakovich as he tried to start another Arsenal attack . Arsenal's young star Gedion Zelalem in possession of the ball during the match at Meadow Park .

Arsenal beat Reading 1-0 thanks to a Daniel Crowley penalty . The skipper fired home after Chris Willock was brought down in the box . Reading's Harry Cardwell fired a stoppage time penalty over the bar . Young Gunners now face non-league Royston Town in the next round .

Keywords: <keyword>WILSON APOLOGIZED</keyword>, <keyword>SERENA WILLIAMS</keyword>, <keyword>LIE PRESIDENT</keyword>, <keyword>BEHAVIOR MTV</keyword>, <keyword>RUDENESS</keyword>, <keyword>WEST BOOED</keyword>, <keyword>WONDERING DECORUM</keyword>, <keyword>DISPLAYS ANGER</keyword>, <keyword>AWARDS CEREMONY</keyword>, <keyword>ETIQUETTE SKILLS</keyword> (CNN) -- A politician, an athlete and an entertainer. What do they have in common? Some would say rude behavior. In less than a week, millions of people witnessed displays of anger and rage that have many wondering whether decorum is a thing of the past. Kanye West's behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards was widely condemned. "I think we're seeing a decline in our protocol and etiquette skills,'' said Pamela Eyring, director of the Protocol School of Washington. Last week on Capitol Hill, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson yelled "you lie!" at President Obama as he addressed Congress on heath care. "It was an obvious breach of decorum. There's a time and a place for everything, and that was obviously not the time or the place," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Wilson apologized to Obama but has balked at the idea of giving a formal apology before the House of Representatives. Just days later, in a heated display of frustration over a questionable call, tennis star Serena Williams threatened a line judge at the U.S. Open. The outburst, like Wilson's, was seen by millions on live television. Williams later issued an apology and has tried to put the incident behind her. Watch: Where have our manners gone? » . One day after the Williams meltdown, it was Kanye West's turn. But this wasn't a fit of rage; it was an outrageous display by the rapper toward singer Taylor Swift. The 19-year-old was accepting her award at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony Sunday when West took the microphone from her hand and told the audience that singer Beyonce Knowles' video had been better. West was booed off the stage. Eyring says these three high-profile incidents serve as reminders to public figures and regular people alike to watch their behavior. "They're mentors, like it or not. They are mentors, and they need to show their good side," she said. It's one thing for a public figure to have a bad or very bad moment. But more and more Americans are wondering whether rudeness has become the norm in society in general. "Everybody's lashing out for no apparent reason. It's starting to be this virus that's going on these days now," said David Stuart of Washington. How did it get to this point? Eyring blames technology. "Blogging, texting, the twittering; we're finding that people aren't focused on their people skills any longer, and so they're doing outbursts. They're just saying what they feel and what they want to say, when they want to say it." Eyring is quick to point out that not all of society is lacking in people skills. But she does stress a return to simple gestures: opening a door for someone, giving up your seat for an elderly person or simply saying "thank you." "I think actions are more powerful than words. We have to learn this, and you can do it, and it doesn't cost anything. You can do it. It costs nothing to be nice or civil or polite. It's easy, and it makes you feel good."

America is experiencing decline in etiquette, protocol expert says . Politician, athlete and entertainer all have recently behaved badly . Technology is partly to blame for lapse in people skills, expert says .

Keywords: <keyword>BERGDAHL PICTURED</keyword>, <keyword>TALIBAN OFFICIAL</keyword>, <keyword>BADRUDDIN HAQQANI</keyword>, <keyword>SGT BOWE</keyword>, <keyword>SMILING POSING</keyword>, <keyword>HEAD JALALUDDIN</keyword>, <keyword>KILLED DRONE</keyword>, <keyword>WARREN PHOTO</keyword>, <keyword>INTERVIEW CNN</keyword>, <keyword>DAVID MCCORMACK</keyword> By . David Mccormack . and Lydia Warren . A photo of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, smiling and posing with a former senior Taliban official in Afghanistan has been posted on Twitter. The undated photo, likely taken during Bergdahl’s five years in captivity, was posted on the social media site on Wednesday by @khorasan3, an account associated with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Along with the image were the words ‘#US Solider #Bergdahl with Martyr #Taliban Leader Badar'udin Haqqani(RH) S/O Shaykh Jalaludin Haqqani(HA).’ Scroll down for video . This photo of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, smiling and posing with a former senior Taliban official in Afghanistan, was posted on Twitter on Wednesday . The Middle East Research Institute has confirmed that the man in the photo is Taliban Commander Badruddin Haqqani, a senior member of the Haqqani network in Afghanistan. He was considered the organisation's day-to-day operations commander and was killed in a U.S. drone strike in August 2012. He was also the son of Haqqani head Jalaluddin Haqqani. The Haqqani Network is an Islamist insurgent group allied with the Taliban and using asymmetric warfare to fight against US-led NATO forces and the government of Afghanistan. Later @khorasan tweeted a series of messages in which they claimed Bergdahl was never tortured by the Taliban and only treated with kindness during his five years in captivity. The Middle East Research Institute has confirmed that the man in the photo is Taliban Commander Badruddin Haqqani, a senior member of the Haqqani network in Afghanistan . Former POW Bergdahl was controversially released by the Taliban in May in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees. Since arriving back on American soil, he has been held at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio as part of his 'reintegration.' Last week it emerged that he is being allowed to wander off the Texas base and while under supervision he has visited a library, a supermarket, stores and fast-food chains near the camp. During the . trips, Bergdahl sometimes wears civilian clothing and other times . dresses in his military uniform, leading passersby to recognize him and . shake his hand, an Army spokesperson told CNN. The details have emerged as soldiers who served with Bergdahl before he left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 revealed they have still not been contacted by military investigators. Questions: A new investigation has been launched to determine whether Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, pictured, deserted his post or went AWOL when he was reported missing in Afghanistan in 2009 . The former . soldiers have said that they believe the Army has failed to contact them . because it has already made up its mind about how Bergdahl ended up in . the hands of the Taliban. Members . of Bergdahl's unit - including the platoon leader - have previously . said they believe he deserted his post in June 2009 before seeking out . the enemy. But when he was swapped for five Guantanamo Bay detainees on May 31, President Obama gave him a hero's welcome and said the switch had been prompted by Bergdahl's poor health. Two-star general Major General Kenneth Dahl is now conducting a new investigation to determine whether Bergdahl did desert his post or went AWOL, which would suggest he intended to rejoin. But for former platoon leader Army Sgt. Evan Buetow, who left the Army in 2012, the answer is the same as it always was. 'I think it's very clear he . deserted his post,' Buetow told FoxNews.com. 'He thought about what he . was doing, he mailed some things home, he walked away and we have . witnesses who saw him walking away. Left out: Former platoon leader and Army Sgt. Evan Buetow, pictured in a previous Fox interview, said he believes the investigators have already made up their mind about what happened . 'And if you’re walking away in one of . the worst, most dangerous areas of Afghanistan without your weapon and . gear, I don’t believe you’re planning on coming back.' Former Army Sgt. Evan Buetow . Of the investigation, he added: 'They've already concluded what they want to be said. They know exactly what happened.' Former Army Sgt. Matt Vierkant also said he had not been contacted by Army officials, but said there are probably still sworn statements by the unit's members made after he left the post. 'I have confidence that they're going to do what’s right,' Vierkant said. 'I just feel this should've happened a long time ago and it should've been public.' Vierkant also believes that Bergdahl deserted his unit, which means he should be court martialed. Speaking out: Former Army Sgt. Matt Vierkant, pictured in a previous interview on CNN, also said he had not been contacted by Army officials and believes that Bergdahl deserted the unit . Bergdahl is . now receiving outpatient care at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio and . has ventured off base to the library, a supermarket, stores and . restaurants as part of his reintegration process. After his reintegration process, he will be assigned to an Army unit, according to the official. But if Army officials determine that he did desert, Buetow said the one-time 'good soldier' should be court-martialed, demoted and dishonorably discharged . Army officials told Fox that the investigating officer will usually review any materials that are provided but said they could not contact of the specific soldiers.

Photo of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, smiling . and posing with a former senior Taliban official in Afghanistan was . posted on Twitter on Wednesday . He is seen posing with Taliban Commander Badruddin Haqqani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in August 2012 . Bergdahl was released by the Taliban . and swapped for five Guantanamo Bay detainees on May 31 and continues to . undergo treatment in Texas . As part of his 'reintegration' he is allowed to venture outside to libraries, stores and restaurants while under supervision .

Keywords: <keyword>EBOLA LIBERIA</keyword>, <keyword>WORLD HEALTH</keyword>, <keyword>PRECAUTIONS MONROVIA</keyword>, <keyword>CLINICS SHUT</keyword>, <keyword>FEVER EARLY</keyword>, <keyword>HELP FAMILY</keyword>, <keyword>PATIENTS FALL</keyword>, <keyword>BELIEVED DIED</keyword>, <keyword>578 PEOPLE</keyword>, <keyword>BOY WANDERS</keyword> A young boy wanders through the high grass, looking lost after attending church services in Kakata, Liberia. The child, Moses Kallie, wears a black T-shirt that's too big for him. It reads "Trouble is my middle name." Trouble has certainly come into his life. He's lost 13 of his relatives recently -- his parents among them. They were all killed by Ebola. His village is a hotspot for the virus. So far 1,578 people are believed to have died from Ebola in Liberia alone, according to the latest numbers from the World Health Organization. The country has seen a 52% of increases in cases in just the past three weeks. That's in large part because there is little or no outside medical help for residents who get sick there. Searching for the answers: Can the world stop Ebola? In Monrovia, the country's crowded capital, doors to hospitals and clinics are shut tight, locked with thick padlocks. Many health care workers in West Africa have lost their lives due to the way the virus spreads -- through contact with bodily fluids from those who are infected. On Monday, the World Health Organization urged the affected countries to give health care workers both the adequate security and safety equipment they need, as well as appropriate education and training on infection control. A new Ebola clinic opened in Monrovia this week, but bodies lay on the ground outside its walls. Ambulances filled with Ebola patients, some that have traveled seven hours to get there, are not unloaded. Without help to get them inside, the patients fall in the dirt, mere feet away from treatment. Without help, family members must care for these Ebola patients. And without the proper safety equipment, they too fall sick and Ebola continues to spread. The virus forces the local dead body management teams to work 12 hours a day, six days a week. All for a paycheck of $300 to $500 a month. Why I became a human guinea pig for Ebola . Dressed from head to toe in white protective suits and thick goggles, the burial teams try to stay safe, but nothing can shield them from the unspeakable horrors they've seen when they make their regular rounds. On Friday, Kiyee described what he saw when he entered a home: . "I took the key and opened the door and went in and saw a 6-month-old child licking on the mother's skin," said Kiyee. The mother was lying on her stomach. She had died from Ebola. The baby was searching for the mother's milk. "Right away I started shedding tears." WHO said on Monday the overall death toll in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 2,803 in the five countries at the heart of the epidemic: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Nigeria and Senegal. When people go out in public, they are encouraged to take whatever precautions they can. In Monrovia, people get their temperatures taken wherever they go -- at the grocery store, the office and at church. A fever is one of the early symptoms of the disease. At the little boy's church in Kakata, the pastor is both practical and philosophical about Ebola. He has spent his career thinking deeply about death and what happens afterward. When his congregation asked the Rev. Victor King if he's afraid of death he said "No," but "I don't want to die from Ebola." Ebola outbreak: How to help . At his church, he's called off the part of the service where congregation members shake hands. He tells them not to hug when they see each other, and no one takes communion wine from the same chalice any more. Many in his congregation were at first displeased when he ended that practice, he said. Communion is the high point of the church service and it is central to their tradition of worship. But he believes the congregation, like many in Liberia, are starting to better understand the disease and how it spreads. After services, the congregation files out the door and stops at a container the pastor has placed right outside. The container looks like it should hold a sports drink. Instead, it contains bleach for them to wash their hands. To a person the congregation stops and takes their time to wash up thoroughly. Anthony Kallah, a teacher, is one of them. "We are all afraid," Kallah said. "This is a threatening disease."

At least 1,578 people in Liberia have died from Ebola, according to the World Health Organization . Liberia has seen a 52% of increases in cases in just the past three weeks. WHO says two of the countries at the heart of the epidemic have made progress .

Keywords: <keyword>DELIVERY EBAY</keyword>, <keyword>SHOPPABLE WINDOWS</keyword>, <keyword>STORES BUSY</keyword>, <keyword>COMMERCE QUICK</keyword>, <keyword>LONDON BASED</keyword>, <keyword>MINUTES SERVICE</keyword>, <keyword>SOON POSSIBLE</keyword>, <keyword>TOUCHSCREEN</keyword>, <keyword>SHUTL LAUNCHED</keyword>, <keyword>LOCAL 15</keyword> By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 09:29 EST, 24 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:37 EST, 24 October 2013 . The days of waiting for eBay sellers to post your purchases, and making sure you're home when they arrive, are numbered. The auction site has bought London-based courier service Shutl that specialises in delivering online goods within an hour - although the firm's record is 14 minutes. Ebay has not announced when it will start offering the superfast delivery option, but has said it will be launched in London before being rolled out nationwide. Ebay has bought London-based courier service Shutl that specialises in delivering online goods within an hour - although the firm's record is 14 minutes. The service will only be available when both seller and buyer are in the same area and will begin in London. Launch dates have not been announced . Earlier this year eBay announced plans to trial touchscreen 'shoppable windows' fitted to the front of shops in New York. The screens, which are nine feet wide . and two feet tall, are fixed to the windows of currently empty stores . in busy neighbourhoods such as the lower east side and Soho. The screens sell 30 items from . new fashion brand Kate Spade Saturday, owned by Fifth and Pacific, and if successful, could be expanded to other brands in other cities. Shutl launched in 2008 and calls itself a 'rapid fulfillment service'. It works by connecting stores with local couriers. Buyers can choose to have their items delivered as soon as possible, or choose an hour-long window later that same day, or week, which is still preferable to current day-long delivery windows. The firm already has deals with high-street stores including Argos, Warehouse and Maplin and adds around £5 onto the price of items to guarantee quick delivery. EBay's Shutl service will initially only be available when both seller and buyer are in the same area. However, it is expected that once the service is rolled out fully, sellers who have national stores or warehouses across the UK may also be able to offer the delivery option. Ebay already offers a similar service in San Francisco and New York, and hopes to expand to 20 more American cities over the next year. Shutl launched in 2008 and calls itself a 'rapid fulfillment service'. It works by connecting sellers with local couriers. The firm already has deals with high-street stores including Argos, Warehouse and Maplin and adds around £5 onto the price of items to guarantee quick delivery . Shutl founder and chief executive Tom Allason wrote in a blog post announcing the acquisition: 'Today, approximately 75 per cent of what people buy is local, found within 15 miles from their home. 'E-commerce is quick and convenient, two . things that delivery is not. Together with eBay, we believe that we can . transform this market and fulfill our mission.' Neither eBay nor Shutl has announced the financial details of the deal. Earlier this year eBay announced plans to trial touchscreen 'shoppable windows' fitted to the front of shops in New York. The screens, which are nine feet wide and two feet tall, are fixed to the windows of currently empty stores in busy neighbourhoods such as the lower east side and Soho. The first screens sell 30 items from new fashion brand Kate Spade Saturday, owned by Fifth and Pacific. If the trail is successful it could be expanded to other brands in other cities.

Ebay has bought London-based superfast delivery service Shutl . Shutl can deliver items bought and sold in the same region within an hour . It has couriers that can collect and deliver in most major UK cities . Firm's record time is 14 minutes but buyers can select different days too . It already has deals with high-street stores Argos, Maplin and Warehouse .

Keywords: <keyword>SAID LUCIA</keyword>, <keyword>ALCOHOLISM DEFINED</keyword>, <keyword>WINE GOING</keyword>, <keyword>WOMEN BINGE</keyword>, <keyword>NIGHTS GLASSES</keyword>, <keyword>RELIEVE MOTHERS</keyword>, <keyword>DID ANXIETY</keyword>, <keyword>SOCIAL LIFE</keyword>, <keyword>PINOT</keyword>, <keyword>DEFINED PREOCCUPATION</keyword> (CNN) -- All day long, Lucia looked forward to her favorite weekday ritual: putting the kids to bed, changing her clothes, and pouring herself a generous glass of Pinot Noir. "My friends and I joke that motherhood 'drives us to drink,' but sometimes it really does for me," she said. "I feel like I need it to unwind," she said. Most nights she had three or four glasses, though never, she insisted, more than that. "And on nights that I don't have it," she said, "I really wish that I did." For a long time, Lucia saw nothing wrong with her drinking. It didn't interfere with her parenting, or her relationships. She got done what she needed to get done. But lately, Lucia had been starting to wonder about her daily habit -- looking as forward to it as she did, and the anxiety that consumed her when she could not have it left her feeling unsettled. Part of her concern related to a history of alcoholism in her family. "My father was an alcoholic, and I always have in the back of my head this idea that I could become one, too; it's in my genes," she said. Although men have historically been heavier drinkers than women, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the gender gap is shrinking, and fast. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more American women are drinking more heavily than ever before: one in eight women binge drink -- defined as four drinks or more in one sitting -- about three times a month. A forthcoming study in the October 2013 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research found that college-aged women are drinking more often than their male counterparts, confirming a January 2013 study of college students in Spain found female students were more likely to binge drink than male students. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that arrests for women driving while drunk are on the rise, by about 30% from 1998 to 2007. And according to the CDC, white, college-educated woman ages 18 to 24 with $75,000 or more annual household income were more likely to binge drink than women of other races, ages, and socioeconomic categories. Part of this rise in alcohol consumption may have something to do with young people staying single longer; presumably women are out socializing more often than women their age were likely to do 20 years ago. They're also working more, and drinking is often part of the job in male-dominated industries, like banking and tech. A study that appeared in the December 2011 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, which tracked alcohol consumption in those born after World War II, suggested that the move toward gender equality may correlate with higher drinking rates. This suggests that more women have the opportunity, and the pressure, to socialize for work and "drink like men." After all, although the three-martini lunch is a "Mad Men"-era relic, alcohol undoubtedly still plays a key role in many work functions. Entertaining clients is one way colleagues compete, while after-work socializing is an ever-important part of the professional culture. Many who don't participate in the interoffice networking often feel left out of the group, or even suffer professionally. And yet women with careers aren't the only ones getting a bigger buzz than ever before. A University of Cincinnati study found that, surprisingly, married women actually drink slightly more than their single counterparts. Sarah, a stay-at-home mother, began to drink more frequently after having her third child. She was often drinking alone, because her husband traveled a lot for work. "My social life is just so restricted; I'm home every night," she said. "I used to have an active social life. Now, most of my evenings are about feeding kids, cleaning kids, putting them to bed -- and then collapsing in front of the TV." Sometimes, she said, having a drink was a way to remember some of the excitement of her old life. Other times, it was just something to do. Sarah certainly isn't unique and, in fact, there's been a movement toward a certain acceptance -- in some cases even glorification -- of mothers who drink. Popular Facebook groups like "Moms Who Need Wine" and "OMG I So Need a Glass of Wine or I'm Going to Sell My Kids" have tens of thousands of fans, inspiring one winemaker to create a label of wine especially for stressed-out moms. "Put your kids to bed," the label for MommyJuice Wines reads, "and have a glass of Mommy Juice." Though meant, as a concept, to relieve mothers of the pressure to be perfect, the promotion, even half-seriously, of alcohol as an escape, something deserved as a reward for a long day of parenting, has helped make evident the biggest issue of all: That many women don't realize what problem drinking looks, or feels, like. Like Lucia, many problem drinkers will never find themselves hitting "rock bottom" or facing any sort of trouble. Instead, they may experience far more prosaic effects, which prevent them, and their family and friends, from recognizing their over-consumption. A recent UK study of more than 22,000 people published in the European Journal of Public Health found that the average woman underreports her weekly drinking by 60%, and that up to 80% of women exceed the recommended daily intake. Are they alcoholics? It's hard to say. But if you believe that alcoholism is defined by a preoccupation with drinking, a steady increase in the amount you need to drink in order to get the same effect, and an inability to give it up -- and most in the medical profession do -- then more and more women fit the profile quite nicely, though often come to the realization on their own. "My husband only ever commented on the number of bottles in the recycling," said Lucia, who eventually quit drinking altogether. "He'd be like, 'You drank all that? But you weren't drunk at all!' Except, looking back, I sort of was." The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Peggy Drexler.

Women talk to Peggy Drexler about needing to drink to unwind after day with kids or work . Drexler: More women drinking more heavily; college age women drinking more than men . Websites promote moms drinking wine, she says. Often women don't see signs of trouble . Drexler: Rise might be cause women staying single longer, working at traditional male jobs .

Keywords: <keyword>RENAMED THATCHER</keyword>, <keyword>RENAME STREET</keyword>, <keyword>BARNET COUNCIL</keyword>, <keyword>ROAD QUESTION</keyword>, <keyword>TORIES LOOKING</keyword>, <keyword>WAY IRON</keyword>, <keyword>GRANTHAM BORN</keyword>, <keyword>SENSIBLE SUGGESTION</keyword>, <keyword>DEVELOPMENTS NAMED</keyword>, <keyword>FINCHLEY SAID</keyword> By . Sam Webb . Fancy living in Margaret Thatcher Way? How about Iron Lady Road? That's the question being asked of residents in the former Prime Minister's former constituency - and so far the answer has been a resounding 'no'. After she died in April last year, Conservatives in Barnet, north London, asked for volunteers in Finchley, her constituency for 30 years, to rename their street for the Grantham-born political titan. However, a year on and Barnet Council has received no applications for a name change. Historical: Margaret Thatcher gets a kiss and hug from her children Mark and Carol shortly after winning the Finchley seat. But residents have not shown an interest in naming a street after her there . Council leader Richard Cornelius backed the idea of commemorating the nation's first female leader, but now admits a road in one of the borough's new developments could now be named after Thatcher as an alternative. He told the Hendon and Finchley Press: 'It will come. We will find somewhere, but it may have to be on one of the new developments. 'We are just waiting for an opportunity or a sensible suggestion. 'It may well be that a road would like to volunteer to be renamed Thatcher Way. 'There must be a road full of Tories. We are looking for one to come forward.' Lady Thatcher became MP for Finchley in 1959 and was Conservative prime minister between 1979 and 1990 . A road in one of the Barnet's new developments could now be named after Thatcher as an alternative. File picture of Barnet High Street . For now, Finchley and Golders Green MP Mike Freer has launched the Margaret Thatcher Tribute Fund to provide gardens for patients at North London Hospice in Finchley. He said: 'She was a great supporter of the hospice movement going right back to when she was MP for Finchley.' Lady Thatcher became MP for Finchley in 1959 and was Conservative prime minister between 1979 and 1990.

Tories in north London want to pay tribute to Iron Lady . They asked residents in constituency to rename street in her honour . So far, no one has shown an interest in living in street named for the leader .

Keywords: <keyword>FOOTBALLS NET</keyword>, <keyword>COWAN INVENTED</keyword>, <keyword>BALLS MAKING</keyword>, <keyword>OPEN GOAAAL</keyword>, <keyword>GOALS PEOPLE</keyword>, <keyword>WINDOWS FENCES</keyword>, <keyword>PREVENTS STRAY</keyword>, <keyword>DAMAGE RESEARCH</keyword>, <keyword>FAMILY SPENDS</keyword>, <keyword>GARDEN FURNITURE</keyword> By . Sam Webb for MailOnline . A father became so fed up with his garden being damaged by wayward footballs he invented an innovative new goal. Jonathan Cowan, 47, of Watford, Hertfordshire, despaired after kickabouts in his garden led to broken greenhouses, plants and annoyed neighbours. Youngsters pretending to be Wayne Rooney on the lawn cause damage costing £94million each year, research reveals. Now Mr Cowan has come up with a solution - a goal with a vast backstop net that prevents stray balls from going over and wide. Jonathan Cowan has invented a goal with a vast backstop net that prevents stray balls from going over and wide . Saved: 'Open Goaaal' is a net that sits behind the goal and catches mis-hit strikes, preventing damage . Research found the average family spends £71 a year fixing household items damaged by stray footballs . The net of the 'Open Goaaal' stretches between two poles and can be tailored depending on size of the garden. The company's study found the average family spends £71 a year fixing household items damaged by stray footballs. And over a fifth (22 per cent) of people have been forced to fix damaged goods in the last year. Windows came top of the list of items hit by stray balls. Also making the top five list were fences, plants and trees, outdoor lights and BBQs. Mr Cowan said: 'There's barely a parent around who won't grimace at the mention of footballs and gardens. 'Ruining the plants, destroying the fence or annoying the neighbours - there are plenty of reasons and the repair bills pile up.' Mr Cowan's daughter, Tabitha, 13, was his inspiration as she grew up playing in their back garden and signed with Arsenal ladies at the age of 11. Mr Cowan said: 'There's barely a parent around who won't grimace at the mention of footballs and gardens' He added: 'We reckon that with more of our backstop goals in people's gardens there's still hope for the England football teams of the future. 'Who knows where the product could lead, I think it could go as far as improving the standards of football in the UK as it makes garden football more acceptable. 'It might even help nurture the best England team we've ever seen!' Mr Cowan's daughter, Tabitha, 13, was his inspiration as she grew up playing in their back garden and signed with Arsenal ladies at the age of 11. He said: 'The most embarrassing moment for us had to be when Tabitha fired the ball straight into our neighbour's greenhouse. 1. Windows . 2. Fences . 3. Plants and trees . 4. Outdoor lights . 5. BBQs . 6. Garden furniture . 7. Vegetable patch . 8. Greenhouse . 9. Gnomes . 10. Pet house . 'The glass roof was completely smashed and we had to replace it all, it was just awful - we could't stop apologising. 'Luckily, they've forgiven us now.' The greenhouse incident sparked Mr Cowan into action. He said: 'We hung netting across the back of the garden on a wire. It was perfect - every time Tabitha missed the goal the netting would catch it. 'We wouldn't have to worry about it causing any damage. 'When we were finished we could just pull the net back across, out of sight. 'I've heard all sorts of awful feuds between neighbours, including our friend's neighbours knifing each football that fell over the fence, before returning it completely deflated. 'I do hope this can put a stop to all of that, and the kids can just relax, and enjoy playing football in the garden.' The ‘Open Goaaal’ is available from £119.

Jonathan Cowan was sick of damage to his garden from wayward strikes . Product is a vast net that sits behind the goal and catches balls going wide .