Datasets:

claran

/

cnn_dailymail_sample

like 0

A multi-millionaire Dallas attorney with close ties to President Obama was aboard the ill-fated American Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence over the Pacific Ocean and shared photos online that revealed the chaotic aftermath. Flight 280, a Boeing 777-200 heading from Incheon, South Korea, to Dallas/Forth Worth airport, was flying over Japan when the plane dropped suddenly and was rocked intensely for 30 to 40 seconds. Following the incident, the jet carrying 240 passengers and 15 crew members was forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo and Marc Stanley posted his pictures to Facebook. Scroll down for video . Up in the air: Dallas attorney and Obama donor Marc Stanley took these photos showing food and trash scattered in the aisle of American Airlines Flight 280 that hit severe turbulence . Shaken and stirred: Splotches of red wine are seen on overhead bins inside the Boeing 777-200 that was forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo . In good company: Stanley, who is married with three grown children, is pictured here at a star-studded event in 2012 posing with Kim Kardashian (left) and Reese Witherspoon (right) He's got the president's ear: Stanley, a former Chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, has long been a Democratic donor and fundraiser. This photo shows Obama whispering something in his ear in 2009 . Four passengers and an airline employee were hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries. Stanley, a Dallas lawyer and prominent Obama donor, made headlines over the summer when he hosted a barbecue fundraiser at his home attended by the president benefiting House Democrats. Stanley, a former Chairman of the National Jewish Democratic Council, wrote on his Facebook page that the plane was diverted to Narita International Airport in Tokyo 'due to significant passenger and crew injuries and alleged damage to the plane' caused by 'insane turbulence.' 'One flight attendant took out an exit sign. High marks to crew. Low marks to AA weather folks,' Stanley wrote on his page. Funnyman: Stanley and his wife (left) posed for a picture with comedian and late-night host Conan O'Brien when he traveled to Dallas earlier this year for a live taping of his show . Reaching across the aisle: Stanley, a staunch Democrat, raised a few eyebrows among his friends by taking a picture with former Republican House Speaker and presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich . The status update was accompanied by photos taken by the Obama fundraiser showing splotches of wine on overhead bins, food and soda cans scattered down the aisle and a beverage cart resting on its side. Stanley, who is married and has three grown children, was appointed by President Obama in 2011 to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum Council. In early July, Stanley threw a late-afternoon, $10,000-a-plate fundraiser dinner at his home, with proceeds going to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Besides the president, the barbecue was also attended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. On Tuesday, Marc Stanley and his fellow passengers were settling into their 12-hour transpacific journey from Seoul to Dallas when the plane hit turbulent skies east of Japan, sending glass 'flying' inside the aircraft cabin, according to a woman on board. 'We were eating and all the food just flew up in the air and pretty much bounced off and fell. There were carts all over the place,' one passenger told TV Tokyo when the aircraft landed shortly after midnight at Tokyo's Narita airport. Japanese national broadcaster NHK said one person suffered a broken bone. The passengers and crew from the flight were given hotel rooms for the night, and the flight will continue to the United States on Wednesday. Travel woes: Passengers on an American Airlines flight that left South Korea's Incheon International Airport bound for Dallas in the United States, arrive after it made an emergency landing at Narita international airport . The American Airlines plane was flying from Seoul to Dallas when it was struck by severe turbulence . Passengers were settling into their 12-hour transpacific journey when the Boeing 777-200 hit turbulent skies . The Weather Channel says the plane encountered turbulence while flying through a severe storm . Passenger Erin Cherry, 28, who lives in Huntsville, Alabama, told MailOnline Travel: 'There were people injured. The glass plates from business class were broken and being tossed throughout the cabin. 'There were also some people that were not buckled, and their heads hit the top of the cabin. It all happened when they started serving the in-flight dinner. 'It was very sudden -- a few bumps, and then trays, plates, silverware, all started flying throughout the cabin. 'When we arrived, there were several ambulances waiting, and the injured people were escorted out first.' NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, said at least 14 people were injured. American Airlines issued a statementsaying: ‘American’s primary concern at this time is for our passengers and crew on board the airplane and our team in Narita is providing assistance.’ The Boeing 777 – the world’s largest twin-engine passenger jet – was met by firefighters and paramedics when it touched down in Japan. It departed Seoul’s Incheon International Airport at 6:16pm local time and landed at the airport east of Tokyo shortly before 1am local time, about four hours after its departure. Passenger Erin Cherry said the incident sent glass 'flying' inside the aircraft cabin . This screen grab from a webcam shows the flashing lights of emergency vehicles which met the plane . The plane was east of Japan when it turned south and then west as it diverted to Narita airport in Tokyo . The plane was met by firefighters and paramedics when it landed in Tokyo around 1am local time . The Weather Channel said the plane encountered turbulence while flying through a ‘rapidly intensifying winter storm’ that is expected to become a ‘weather bomb.' The network said the storm is associated with a powerful ribbon of 150-200mph winds in the jet stream, approximately 38,000ft above sea level. The storm has prompted blizzard warnings for northern and western Japan, and high wind warnings for coastal areas near Tokyo. According to flight radar data, the plane was east of Japan when it turned south and then west as it diverted to one of the world’s five busiest airports. It was scheduled to land at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport at 3pm local time on Wednesday.

Dallas lawyer and Obama donor Marc Stanley was flying home from South Korea Tuesday . Boeing 747-200 was flying from Seoul, South Korea to Dallas, Texas . Plane was east of Japan when it turned around and diverted to Tokyo . Fifteen passengers reportedly suffered injuries shortly after take-off . Plane was carrying 240 passengers and 15 crew, says airline .

9ac3c270bb5d8afb9d608d7a44625a810404821e

Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson learned Tuesday he will be suspended without pay for the rest of the 2014 NFL season, according to an NFL statement. Peterson intends to appeal. Peterson will not be reinstated before April 15 because he violated the league's personal conduct policy "in an incident of abusive discipline that he inflicted on his four-year-old son last May," the league said. Peterson has been on the exempt/commissioner's permission list -- which kept him off the field, with pay -- since September after allegations he disciplined his son too harshly with a "switch" or thin stick. Initially charged with felony child abuse, Peterson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault this month. "The timing of your potential reinstatement will be based on the results of the counseling and treatment program set forth in this decision," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a letter to Peterson. "Under this two-step approach, the precise length of the suspension will depend on your actions. We are prepared to put in place a program that can help you to succeed, but no program can succeed without your genuine and continuing engagement." His reinstatement also hinges on his rehabilitation, how he cares for his children and whether he commits further violations of the law or league policy, the letter stated. "We respect the league's decision and will have no further comment at this time," the Vikings said in a statement. NFLPA claims 'credibility gap' Peterson will appeal the decision, the NFL Players Association said in a statement. The NFLPA further said the discipline imposed on Peterson is "inconsistent" and it will "demand that a neutral arbitrator oversee the appeal." The NFL's decision demonstrates that a "credibility gap ... exists between the agreements they make and the actions they take," the NFLPA said. Since Peterson's case was adjudicated, the league has ignored its obligations and tried to impose an arbitrary form of discipline on the running back, the NFLPA said. "The facts are that Adrian has asked for a meeting with Roger Goodell, the discipline imposed is inconsistent and an NFL executive told Adrian that his time on the Commissioner's list would be considered as time served," the statement said. Peterson has not played since September 7, when the Vikings took on the St. Louis Rams in the first game of the season. As of Sunday, when the Vikings lost to the Chicago Bears, Peterson has missed nine games. A hearing will now be scheduled and Peterson -- with the counsel of a lawyer and the NFL Players Association -- can present evidence in support of his appeal. He will remain on the commissioner's exempt list until the appeal has run its course. Aggravating circumstances . According to the NFL, Goodell has established a "baseline discipline" of six games without pay for first-offense assault, battery or domestic violence, but he cited aggravating circumstances in Peterson's case: . -- The child was only 4, and while an adult can flee, fight back or call the police when experiencing abuse, those options aren't available to a child; . -- The child suffered psychological trauma stemming from the "criminal physical abuse at the hands of his father"; . -- "The repetitive use of a switch" is tantamount to a weapon in the hands of someone with the strength of a pro athlete; . -- Peterson showed "no meaningful remorse" and publicly said he would not "eliminate whooping my kids." He also sent text messages to the child's mother defending his actions, which raises concerns that he doesn't understand the seriousness of his conduct and may do it again in the future. Though Peterson dodged jail time with his no-contest plea, he received probation, community service and a $4,000 fine, but the league said it would still review the case under its personal conduct policy. Case reviewed; Peterson absent . The NFL met to review his case Friday, but Peterson did not attend, saying in a statement that he "wouldn't participate in a newly created and non-collectively bargained pre-discipline 'hearing' that would include outside people I don't know and who would have roles in the process that the NFL wouldn't disclose." He did, however, attend via teleconference a Monday hearing aimed at determining if he could be taken off the commissioner's exempt list. The Monday hearing was in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement, Peterson said. The NFL says it requested that Peterson provide information so it could evaluate the case under its personal conduct policy, but the player provided only "some of the court papers relating to his November 4 plea agreement." The league requested the information again from the NFLPA on November 11, but Peterson submitted only "the name of a professional with whom Peterson has consulted during the past two months," the league said. "Your plea agreement in Texas, and the related violation of the Personal Conduct Policy, arise out of abusive injuries that you inflicted on your son earlier this year," Goodell said in his letter to Peterson. "Based on public reports of your statements and photographs that were made public at the time of the indictment, you used a 'switch' -- a flexible tree branch -- to punish your son, striking him in the ankles, limbs, back, buttocks, and genitals, leaving visible swelling, marks, and cuts on his body and risking severe and long-term damage. The visible injuries were such that a local pediatrician in Minnesota, upon examining your son, felt obligated to make a child abuse report to the police." Lesson not learned? Not only did a grand jury indict Peterson on a felony charge because he "overstepped the bounds of acceptable corporal punishment," Goodell wrote, but it also "appears that this is not the first time that you have punished children in this way. Public statements attributed to you indicate that you believe that this kind of discipline is appropriate and that you do not intend to stop disciplining your children this way." In explaining his client's behavior ahead of court proceedings, defense attorney Rusty Hardin told media outlets that his client used a switch to dole out discipline much like Peterson himself "experienced as a child growing up in East Texas." Goodell has directed Peterson to meet with April Kuchuk, an instructor in the New York University department of psychiatry and a forensic consultant to the New York City District Attorney's offices and New York courts, by December 1, the NFL said. Kuchuk will develop a counseling and therapy program for Peterson, according to the league statement. "Dr. Kuchuk states that two evidence-based forms of therapy have been shown to contribute to reducing the risk of future abusive behavior in child abuse cases: first, therapy that addresses parenting your children, in particular those who do not live with you, using a modality called parent-child interactive therapy; and second, cognitive-behavioral therapy that teaches the effects of abusive behavior on children and how it traumatizes them," the statement said. Suspension could be longer? Goodell told Peterson he will establish periodic reviews, beginning April 15, to make sure he is meeting the program requirements and is committed to making sure nothing like this happens again. If Peterson doesn't cooperate or follow the plan, the suspension may be extended, Goodell warned. It's also imperative that he follow the conditions of his plea agreement and avoid any other violations of the law or the league's personal conduct policy, the commissioner said. "The well-being of your children is of paramount concern," Goodell wrote. "In the absence of speaking to you to understand your current disposition toward child discipline, we cannot be sure that this conduct will not be repeated. Moreover, we are unaware of any effort on your part to acknowledge the seriousness of your conduct and your responsibility to demonstrate a genuine commitment to change."

Commissioner says Adrian Peterson's son suffered "criminal physical abuse" Peterson will appeal NFL decision to suspend him without pay for season . Peterson had a felony child abuse charge lessened to misdemeanor reckless assault . Goodell: Rehab, counseling, obeying law and league policy will dictate reinstatement .

b5aeb845411697d45b19fc574cc897b0fbf6557d

By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 14:35 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:22 EST, 6 December 2013 . Tragic: Beth Warren with her husband Warren before he died . Beth Warren and her husband dreamt of having two children – a boy and a girl. But he died of cancer before they could start a family and she has launched a legal battle to give her the chance of realising the dream. Mrs Warren, 28, wants more time to decide whether to have IVF treatment using sperm that her husband had frozen before his death. The couple had been together eight years and married in a hospice six weeks before Warren Brewer, a ski instructor, died from a brain tumour aged just 32. He had agreed that the samples could be used to allow his wife to have their child after his death but, under the law, the samples will be destroyed within months. Mrs Warren admits she may never be ready to have her late husband’s child. But she needs more time to decide whether to have a baby who will never meet its father. She is not only grieving for her husband, but also her brother, Edward, a policeman who was killed in a car crash just weeks before Mr Brewer’s death in February 2012. Mrs Warren, who took her husband’s Christian name as her surname after his death, wants to be financially secure before bringing a child into the world. The physiotherapist from Birmingham said: ‘I am still trying to make myself happy again – you don’t have a child because you are lonely and heartbroken. I need to make myself whole again.  I want to be financially settled as well, so that my child can have everything I had. I am just a normal person who loved someone very, very much and lost them.’ Widow: Beth Warren, 28, has been told by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority that the sperm cannot be stored beyond April 2015 . After falling ill just ten months into . their relationship, Mr Brewer stored samples of sperm ahead of . gruelling cancer treatment that could leave him infertile. The storage . was time-limited and, over the years, he regularly extended it. He also explicitly agreed to the samples being used after his death. Now, . unless the storage period can be extended, the samples will be . destroyed in April 2015. This gives Mrs Warren little time to get over . her grief. Or to have IVF, a stressful and invasive process that may . have to be undergone several times. And even if she did have a baby soon, . the samples would be destroyed before she could use them to have the . equally longed-for second child. In . a case that will reignite the debate over the ethics of posthumous . conception, Mrs Warren is asking the High Court for the storage period . to be extended. Her solicitor James Lawford Davies said that her right to use the sperm in IVF is not in dispute. The legal issue is how long it can be stored for. The lawyer, whose firm is not charging for its work, said: ‘She would like to be able to make the decision when she is ready.’ The . fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority, . said that it had ‘every sympathy’ with Mrs Warren. However, the storage . period cannot be extended without her husband’s consent. Mrs . Warren, who put her studies and career on hold to care for her dying . husband, said: ‘We just fell head over heels in love. It was a long time . ago that we made plans that when we are engaged and married we would . have children. ‘Ideally we’d have a boy and a girl and we talked about names. I am just trying to do the right thing.’ Mrs . Warren added: ‘‘I have the full support of Warren’s family in my legal . battle and in whatever decision I make, and they have told me how proud . they are of how I am dealing with the situation.’

Beth Warren, 28, from Birmingham said she needs more time to think . Her husband, Warren Brewer, died from a brain tumour in 2012 . The couple got married in a hospice six weeks before he passed away . His sperm was stored before he underwent radiotherapy treatment in 2005 . But fertility regulator has said the sample cannot be stored past April 2015 .

72fbea66b2eef636683b4a3de3d839924d1d9f9c

(CNN) -- Gunmen killed two Egyptian military personnel and injured a third when security forces raided a militant hideout on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. Two army explosives experts, a general and a colonel, and five members of the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis were killed in the shootout in Qalyubia province, north of Cairo, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website. Four other members of the group, one of Egypt's most active militant organizations, were wounded, as was a special forces officer. Intelligence had indicated the group was using a wood manufacturing workshop as a base and to store weapons and ammunition, the Interior Ministry said. The clashes lasted several hours, the statement added. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which the United States has designated a terrorist group, has been blamed for attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as well as on a security forces headquarters in the town of Mansoura last year. It claimed responsibility in January for four blasts that killed at least six people in and around Cairo. Islamist militants are expanding their insurgency in Egypt, where army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is expected to announce he will run for president. El-Sisi played a key role in the military overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsy last July. Militants based in the Sinai Peninsula near the Israeli border have stepped up attacks on soldiers and policemen since Morsy's ouster, which came amid widespread protests against his rule. Morsy and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders were rounded up soon after. CNN's Marie-Louise Gumuchian contributed to this report.

Police, soldiers raid militant hideout north of Cairo . Two army explosives experts and five militants killed in shootout, Interior Ministry says . Islamist militants expanding their insurgency in Egypt . Attacks on security forces have increased since Morsy ouster .

e7def7c3a3f3f1fe32ded5cf65ce084f80f2d21b

By . Sean Poulter . German auto giant Audi made false claims about the crash testing of several of its cars, it has emerged. Salesmen said all its models boasted five-star ratings in Euro NCAP tests. But its R8 sports car, which costs up to £100,000, as well as its A5, A7 and A8 models, have in fact never been tested. Untested: The R8 sports car, which costs up to £100,000, has not gone through a Euro NCAP crash test, despite salesmen claiming it has . There is no evidence that the vehicles are inherently unsafe, however the company, which is part of Volkswagen, has been accused of misleading drivers. The issue came to light when entrepreneur Daniel Jenkins was interested in buying an Audi R8 for his sports car rental company and was told by the dealer it was safety tested to the highest standards. Mr Jenkins said: ‘One of the main reasons for me buying the Audi R8 over its competitors was the fact Audi advised me it had a Euro NCAP rating of 5-star and it had been crash tested.’ The Euro NCAP crash test is not a legally required, but the stringent regime, which looks at how vehicles cope with a range of impacts, is considered the gold standard of motor safety. Mr Jenkins, 25, bought the car for a rental business in 2012 and it was subsequently used in a music video featuring the singer Alexandra Burke and separately by the magician Dynamo. False promises: British Audi salesmen have been claiming that all of the German auto giant's models boasted five-star ratings in Euro NCAP tests (stock image) He did not give the safety question another thought until a few months later when his father Paul, 54, was involved in a crash while taking evasive action. Despite the fact the car was only travelling at only 45 miles per hour it was cut in half after spinning into the air and hitting a tree. Mr Jenkins’ father was in a coma for three and half weeks and in hospital for many months. The crash, which happened on a road near the family home in Melksham, Wiltshire, prompted him to look into exactly what checks Euro NCAP had carried out on the car. ‘I visited the Euro NCAP website and became aware that the Audi R8 had never been crash tested or put through any programme with Euro NCAP. To find out that it wasn’t after being advised that it had been, I was extremely upset. Disappointed,’ he said. He wanted to know whether this was a one-off error and so called 50 other Audi dealerships to ask about the R8’s safety testing, to check if they were issuing the same misleading information. ‘Forty-eight of them had told me directly that it had been put through the Euro NCAP programme, that it had been crash tested, and it had a 5-star rating. I was just gobsmacked,’ he said. ‘Frankly I am just disgusted that the company could be misleading people in such a serious way.’ Salesman's lies: Other models salesmen falsely claimed had undergone the crash tests were A5, A7 (pictured) and The Audi A8 . Mr Jenkins contacted BBC Watchdog who carried out their own mystery shopping exercise at 10 Audi showrooms across the country to establish if staff were in the wrong. Eight gave misinformation about NCAP tests. Tim Shallcross, of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: ‘I find it absolutely incredible to be honest, that a company of the reputation of Audi, and their parent group, the Volkswagen Group, can allow their product to be misrepresented so badly in that way. ‘Nobody’s saying the cars aren’t safe, but if they haven’t been tested, they haven’t been tested. To say they have…that’s outrageous.’ Mr Jenkins first contacted Audi UK head office to alert them to the problem five months ago, however, Watchdog found its customer service staff are still giving out misinformation. Audi has accepted staff were in the wrong and apologised. A spokesman said: ‘Audi UK wishes to emphasise that there has not been any deliberate intent to mislead on the part of its customer-facing staff where the Euro NCAP safety test performance of the Audi model range is concerned. ‘Significant and sustained investment in active and passive safety technology across the Audi range has resulted in safety standards that do not call for embellishment or exaggeration by our customer-facing teams. ‘Audi vehicles are engineered to exceed international motor vehicle safety standards.  The company fully supports Euro NCAP’s efforts to improve vehicle safety.’ The spokesman added: ‘Audi UK accepts that this investigation has brought to light a shortfall in its communication procedures where the NCAP safety ratings of its range are concerned. We also acknowledge that we did not adequately address this shortfall when it was brought to our attention by Mr Jenkins, and on both counts we apologise unreservedly.’

British Audi salesmen claimed models had gone through crash tests . Dealers told customers all models had five-star ratings in Euro NCAP . However no tests have been performed on R8, A5, A7 and A8 models .

47aae0d006610a9fb08ef3de11620619b4c5e53a

(CNN) -- A plane carrying three Canadians across Antarctica is unaccounted for, and inclement weather is impeding the search for the aircraft, New Zealand officials said. The emergency locator transmitter on the Twin Otter aircraft activated at 10 p.m. Wednesday (4 a.m. ET) from within New Zealand's Antarctic rescue area, a Maritime New Zealand statement said. The plane was flying from the South Pole to an Italian base at Terra Nova Bay, Maritime New Zealand said. Planes and helicopters in New Zealand are ready to search, but "weather conditions are extremely challenging," said John Ashby, a search and rescue mission coordinator for Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand. "There are winds of 90 knots at the site, and conditions are forecast to worsen with snow becoming heavier." The plane has survival equipment and supplies for five days, Ashby said. Canadian, U.S. and Italian authorities are also involved, the statement said.

Three Canadians were flying from the South Pole to Terra Nova Bay in Antarctica . The plane did not arrive, and the emergency locator activated, New Zealand officials said . Bad weather is preventing search aircraft from heading to the area, officials said .

55f63b6cfea826e58b1c498fa61587d6626aa819

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A series of bombings rocked Iraq's capital within one hour Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 563 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. People gather outside the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Wednesday in a residential area in Baghdad. The six explosions marked the country's deadliest day since the United States pulled its combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns nearly two months ago and left security in the hands of the Iraqis. In one attack, a truck bomb exploded outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The blast blew through the front of the building, sending some vehicles flying and leaving others in mangled twists of metal in the area, which is just outside the restricted International Zone, also known as the Green Zone. Nearby, Iraqi security forces stood with shocked expressions as ambulances screamed past. More photos of Baghdad's deadly day » . Another truck bomb went off outside the Ministry of Finance building. In central Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded on Kifa Street, and another bomb exploded in the Salhiya neighborhood, where on Tuesday security forces had avoided injuries by successfully defusing a truck bomb. Wednesday's other two bombs exploded in eastern Baghdad's Beirut Square, officials said. "The terrorism attacks that took place today require, without a doubt, the re-evaluation of our plans and our security mechanisms to face the challenges of terrorism," Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a written statement. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Chris Hill and Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, issued a joint statement condemning the bombings. "The horrific injuries and loss of life witnessed in Baghdad today are terrorist attacks that serve no legitimate purpose," they said. The attacks "will not deter Iraqis from continuing their efforts to build a peaceful and prosperous society and engage the international community, nor will they weaken our resolve to help them in their efforts," they added. Two people believed to be connected to the bombings have been arrested, an official with the Iraqi army told CNN. The two suspects were driving in a car rigged with explosives before they were arrested by Iraqi Security Forces, the official said. The two suspects were believed to be al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders, the official said. The United States pulled its combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns on June 30, leaving security responsibilities to the Iraqis. The U.S. military remains in a training and advisory capacity in those areas and continues to conduct combat operations outside cities and towns. Since then, al-Maliki has ordered his government to remove the concrete blast walls that line Baghdad's streets and surround whole neighborhoods. The order does not cover the Green Zone -- which houses Iraqi government buildings and the U.S. Embassy -- or military installations, government institutions, hotels and some private companies. The government has also removed some checkpoints, including one on the road where the bombing near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs occurred. That checkpoint had contained bomb-detection equipment. Major incidents of violence in Iraq since 2008 include: . CNN's Arwa Damon and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

Iraqi prime minister says attacks require "re-evaluation" of security plans . Death toll from six Baghdad blasts rises to 95; hundreds injured . Attacks make Wednesday the deadliest day since Iraqis took charge of security . Two men believed to be al Qaeda in Iraq senior leaders arrested, official says .

393a733f9de03f4e75182aab00be57cb5a2ed203

(CNN) -- AT&T has been slow to adopt a feature that lets customers share a smartphone data signal wirelessly to other gadgets and computers. But a mobile hotspot feature is coming to at least two new AT&T phones running Google's Android operating system. The carrier is also mulling whether it will add the ability to Apple's iPhone through a software update. Verizon Wireless says its iPhone 4 models, which come out February 10, will have the hotspot feature. The next version of the iPhone's operating system, iOS 4.3, will have that ability built in, say developers who were provided with access to a beta version. But it's unclear whether AT&T will allow customers to make use of the feature. "It's something we're taking a look at," said AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel. He declined to comment on negotiations with Apple regarding the feature's deployment. Once the hotspot feature is enabled, a phone creates its own Wi-Fi access point. Then as many as five devices, usually, such as laptops, iPods, Kindles or other Wi-Fi-enabled electronics, can get online. Enabling the feature generally reduces the phone's battery more quickly. HTC's Inspire 4G and Motorola's Atrix 4G, two upcoming AT&T Android phones, will allow owners to subscribe to a more expensive data plan in order to utilize mobile hotspot. Some AT&T phones, including the iPhone, offer a feature called tethering. This uses a phone's USB cable or a Bluetooth connection to share the internet connection to a single computer. The extra monthly fee for tethering is comparable to what AT&T will charge for hot spot. T-Mobile USA offered its free Hotspot feature on Google's Nexus One phone. However, a T-Mobile spokesman said in June that usage of that is "not something the company encourages." Now, T-Mobile offers the feature, with an upgraded data plan, to MyTouch 4G owners. Sprint Nextel's Evo and Verizon's Droid phones, among others, can act as hotspots. For Verizon's 3G phones, the internet signal is cut -- and the connected devices dropped -- when on a phone call. That's a limitation of the type of 3G network Verizon uses, but it shouldn't affect the carrier's upcoming 4G phones. Verizon, with Mi-Fi, was one of the first carriers out of the gate to offer standalone hardware that connects to its wireless data network and shares that signal with other devices. AT&T, which has perpetually struggled to meet data demand from iPhone customers in the last three years, began selling a Mi-Fi device in November -- more than a year after competitors. As AT&T rolls out faster networks, including 4G infrastructure with speeds to match Verizon's later this year, the second-largest U.S. carrier by subscribers is finally ready to encourage heavier data usage. That's especially an attractive proposition for the company now that it has a tiered pricing plan in place to charge heavy users more.

AT&T is preparing to allow customers to use a feature called mobile hotspot . Hotspot allows users to share a phone's wireless data connection among other devices . AT&T is late, compared to competitors, in adding this ability to its phones .

b2cf8115d17c99102ae490b290cf59e3d3f8910c

Hell hath no fury like a mother rear-ended. A high-speed car chase in Dallas, Texas was brought to an end Wednesday afternoon when carjacker Artai Alexander, 40, slammed into the minivan driven by Jessica Leismann at an intersection. Aerial footage shows the aftermath of the crash, as maternal instinct kicks in and Leismann jumps out of the car, confronts Alexander and then throws him to the ground as police come in for the arrest. Scroll down for video . Road rage: Robbery suspect Artai Alexander slammed a stolen white Dodge Challenger into the silver minivan driven by Jessica Leismann Wednesday afternoon in Dallas, Texas . Protecting her cub: Aerial footage shows the moment Ms Leismann jumped out of her car and attacked Alexander until police showed up to make an arrest . Natural instinct: Ms Leismann (left) and her boyfriend Charles Cook were picking up their kids from school when the incident happened. She says the maternal instinct kicked in and prompted her to confront Alexander (right) Ms Leismann and her boyfriend Charles Cook had just picked up their 13-year-old son TJ from middle school and were on their way to pick up their younger daughter when the accident happened. 'I jumped out the car and said, "What the hell is wrong with you, you’re in a school zone, what are you thinking?"' Ms Leismann told NBC DFW. After losing her 4-year-old son Jaylen to epilepsy last year, Leismann says she was spurred to action at the thought of another one of her children dying. The chase started Wednesday afternoon around 3:30pm when Drecelus Hunter was carjacked at gunpoint at a convenience store by Alexander. 'I walked up to the car and he pointed the gun at me,' Hunter told WFAA of the moment Alexander stole his white Dodge Challenger. Ms Leismann's 13-year-old son TJ was in the car at the time of the accident and they were waiting at an intersection in a school zone . Robbery suspect Alexander store the white Dodge Challenger at a convenience store and proceeded on a high speed chase for 20 minutes before coming to a stop . Police arrested Alexander and booked him in the Dallas County Jail on charged of aggravated assault and resisting arrest . He allegedly kept telling Ms Leismann to let him go while she was throwing hits at the scene of the crash . Ms Leismann's boyfriend (in striped hoodie) mostly acted as a buffer between his girlfriend and Alexander . Alexander then went on a 20-minute high-speed chase with police that ended at the intersection where Ms Leismann was waiting. Alexander clearly didn't know what he was getting into when Ms Leismann came barreling out of the driver's seat to the car. 'I think he ran up against a mama bear,' an officer at the scene said. Ms Leismann's boyfriend got out of the car as well to confront Alexander but mostly acted as a buffer between the two. 'She was yelling at the dude, "Look what you did to my car! Look what you did to my car!"' Cook said. 'And I could hear him saying, "Just let me go, let me go!" And she was like, "No, you're not going nowhere! Look what you just did to my car!" 'I was yelling all kinds of things that I may not remember... but I hope he does,' Liesmann said. Ms Leismann's 13-year-old son TJ (left) says he's proud of his mother. Ms Leismann's 4-year-old son Jaylen died last August after struggling with epilepsy . ms Leismann's boyfriend Charles Cook (right) was also with her at the time of the crash . 'She's a fighter. Once she gets mad, it's over,' Mr Cook said of his girlfriend. Ms Leismann threw Alexander to the ground one last time before police swarmed around to make an arrest. She then went to comfort her son who appeared to be shaken up from the crash. TJ was later taken to the hospital for evaluation. He told reporters he wasn't surprised at all that his mom would have jumped to his defense. 'My mom did put him in his place,' TJ said. 'I’m glad he is in jail because to be honest when I was in the car, I thought I died.' Alexander was booked in the Dallas County Jail and is expected to be charged with aggravated robbery and evading arrest.

The dramatic incident was caught on camera on a busy freeway in Dallas . Police rushed to the scene after they received a report of a robbery . But when they arrived mother Jessica Leismann was beating up the robbery suspect Artai Alexander, 40 .

ac7030b40cff77d1ae1a7e61c694906504864d41

(CNN) -- If austerity had been a clinical trial, it would have been stopped. As public health experts, we have watched aghast as a slow motion disaster arose from austerity policies in Europe, while politicians continue to ignore the evidence of their disastrous effects. Austerity was designed to shrink debts. Now, three years after Europe's budget-cutting began, the evidence is in: severe, indiscriminate austerity is not part of the solution, but part of the problem -- and its human costs are devastating. In the U.S., Greece, Italy, Spain, the UK and elsewhere in Europe there were more than 10,000 additional suicides from 2007-2010, a figure that is over and above historical trends, with the largest rises concentrated in the worst performing economies. But suicides and depression are not unavoidable consequences of economic downturns: countries that slashed health and social protection budgets have seen starkly worse health outcomes than nations which opted for stimulus over austerity. Greece, for example, is in the middle of a public health disaster. To meet budget-deficit reduction targets set by the European Central Bank, European Commission, and International Monetary Fund (the so-called troika), Greece's public health budget has been cut by more than 40%. As Greece's health minister observed, "these aren't cuts with a scalpel, they're cuts with a butcher's knife." The spending was reduced to 6% of GDP, a figure lower than the UK, at 8%, and Germany, at 9%. As a result, HIV infections have jumped by more than 200% since 2010, concentrated in injection drug users, as needle-exchange program budgets were cut in half. There was a malaria epidemic in Greece -- the largest in 40 years -- after mosquito-spraying budgets were slashed. More than 200 essential medicines have been de-stocked from some pharmacies as the state's drug budget was reduced and pharmaceuticals companies exited the country in arrears. Since 2008 there has been a rise of more than 40% of people who report being unable to access healthcare that they believe to be medically necessary, the majority concentrated in pensioners. As patients cannot afford private care and forego preventive care, public sector hospitals have experienced a 24% rise in hospital admissions. Doctors and clinics are therefore overstrained. Infant mortality rates have risen 40% between 2008 and 2010. Over 35,000 public health workers, nurses, and doctors have lost jobs. Unemployment rates have hit 27% and youth unemployment has jumped to near 75% in some areas. With little hope for the future, desperate people are turning to cheap, synthetic drugs. Use of anti-depressants has skyrocketed, adding costs to the healthcare system. Suicide rates, previously among the lowest in Europe, have soared. Were these all inevitable consequences of recession, rather than consequences of austerity? Of course the Greek financial and political elites have made mistakes. And of course Greece's fiscal and monetary options were severely restricted as part of the bailout deals. But the suffering of the Greeks was not inevitable. The timing of many of these health effects coincided not with the onset of recession in 2008 and 2009, but with the implementation of deep budget cuts starting in 2010. Several prevailing myths are commonly offered as alternative explanations for Greece's devastating health outcomes, including these three: . The first myth: "Greece's healthcare system is excessive and inefficient." But there are just five hospital beds in Greece per 1,000 people, versus more than eight beds per 1,000 people in Germany. The second myth: "Greeks are lazy." But in 2011 the average Greek citizen worked 2,038 hours per year -- 600 hours more than the average German, according to the OECD. The third myth: "Europe's bailout money is being squandered." But bailout money is not flowing in to support Greece's healthcare system -- it is instead circulating back to large international banks in Germany, France and the UK. What we learned from analyzing past crises is that people do not inevitably get sick or die because the economy has faltered. Fiscal policy can be a matter of life and death. During the Great Depression in the U.S. in the 1930s, mortality rates actually fell by about 10%. Even though suicide rates increased among the unemployed between 1929 and 1933, this increase was outweighed by short-term drops in road traffic deaths, as people drove less to save on fuel costs. Then, at a time when total debt was over 200% of GDP, President Franklin Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, which created the U.S. social safety net. New Deal programs to re-house people who lost their homes, help people return to work, and build a public health infrastructure were highly effective -- and each additional $100 per capita in New Deal spending reduced suicides by 4 per 100,000 and infant deaths by about 18 per 100,000. Tuberculosis rates also fell, but disease rates were substantially reduced in those states that aggressively implemented the New Deal rather than those avoiding its implementation -- a "natural experiment." 1934, the year after the New Deal started becoming effective, marked the beginning of the U.S. economic recovery. Another "natural experiment" occurred in the aftermath of the East Asian financial crisis from 1997 to 1998. Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia all had large market crashes: their currencies plummeted, GDP collapsed, and unemployment soared. But their politicians responded differently to the crisis, creating a rare laboratory in which we can identify the health effects of economic policy. Indonesia and Thailand turned to the IMF for help, implementing deep cuts to its HIV prevention, whereas Malaysia charted a different path, investing in preventive measures during the crisis. Indonesia and Thailand suffered large pneumonia and tuberculosis outbreaks, but Malaysia avoided these effects. Turning to the current recession in Europe, Iceland is another case study revealing that there is an alternative to austerity. Five years ago its three largest banks failed, and their total debt rocketed to over 800% of GDP. It was the largest banking crisis in history relative to the size of an economy and it forced Iceland to turn to the IMF for help. The troika's bailout plan called for reductions in spending equivalent to 50% of the budget in order to finance bank bailouts. The health minister resigned in protest at plans to cut the healthcare budget by 30%, as detailed in our book. Then the president of Iceland took a radical step: asking the people what they wanted to do. In March 2010, 93% of the Icelandic people voted against financing a bailout for foreign savers of Icesave Bank through draconian budget cuts. Instead, Iceland stabilized healthcare spending. Thanks to this boost to the nation's universal healthcare system, no one lost access to healthcare even as the cost of imported medicines rose as an effect of the devaluation of the Icelandic Krona. There was no significant rise in suicides or depression. Nor were there any significant infectious disease outbreaks. Indeed, last year GDP growth was 2.7%, and unemployment rates have fallen below 5%. Having seen the results, the IMF turned tail, praising Iceland's successful approach. Each of these crises -- America's Great Depression, the Asian financial crisis, and Iceland's bank meltdown -- had different origins, but they led to potentially similar health threats. But their contrasting outcomes support our conclusion that an economic crisis does not inevitably increase in death and disability. The real danger is austerity. But if austerity is not working, and indeed is part of the problem (as the IMF has recently admitted), why are European leaders continuing its pursuit? British economist John Maynard Keynes indirectly outlined the dangers of austerity in 1919. Germany's unpayable debt from World War I, he argued, exacted by European nations in the Treaty of Versailles, would cause economic collapse and, ultimately, social instability in Germany. Tragically, his premonition was borne out: Germany's deep austerity under "hunger chancellor" Heinrich Bruning as it struggled to repay debts to France, Belgium, and the U.S. fueled the rise of the Nazi party and, as some historians argue, ultimately World War II in Europe. In the aftermath of that war, West Germany benefited from the U.S.-sponsored Marshall Plan, whereby America injected $1.45 billion in funds to invest in German industry and rebuild vital infrastructure. The Marshall Plan's stimulus package helped spur recovery, paving the way for decades of prosperity and peace in Western Europe. Collectively we seem to be losing sight of the lessons from our past. In Greece, austerity packages in Europe are sparking the rising popularity of neo-Nazi parties, such as Golden Dawn. But there is an alternative. In 2009, the German parliament approved a 50 billion euros stimulus package to spur growth. Across Europe we have found that economies that introduced greater stimulus investment have charted faster economic recoveries. Thanks to smart investments in "active labor market programs"—programs that help people access job retraining and return to work quickly-- Germany, Sweden and Iceland have mitigated rises in depression and suicides from unemployment. Our research has found that each euro invested in public health can yield up to a three euros return if invested wisely in data-supported government programs. New York City officials learned this lesson in the early 1990s -- after restricting its TB prevention budget, the city suffered a drug-resistant TB outbreak that ultimately cost $1.2 billion to control, about 10 times greater than the estimated price of prevention. Greece's HIV, TB, and malaria epidemics will now cost more to control than they would have been to prevent, our research indicates. What we have learned is that severe, indiscriminate cuts to vital social protection programs are not only economically self-defeating, but fatal.

Health experts David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu say that if austerity had been a clinical trial, it would have been stopped . They have analyzed how austerity affects health and have found it drives up suicide, depression and illness rates . They say the suffering of Greeks is not inevitable, with history showing stimulus can work better than austerity . The authors argue the world has forgotten lessons from the past, and this is proving fatal .

76309073b1a5f79c37d31978ca102b02f718d5a4

By . Associated Press . More than 100 years after dinosaurs were first displayed on the National Mall, T. Rex - the king - is joining the Smithsonian collection after a 2,000-mile journey from Montana. Paleontologists and curators unveiled parts of a nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton Tuesday, including its jaw with teeth as big as bananas, at the National Museum of Natural History. FedEx delivered the dinosaur bones in a special truck carrying 16 carefully packed crates that were kept at room temperature for the four-day trip. Scroll down for video . Unveiling: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Director Kirk Johnson, left, and Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, unveil the fossilized bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex during a ceremony at the museum in Washington . Long trip: The Tyrannosaurus rex is joining the dinosaur fossil collection on the National Mall on Tuesday after a more than 2,000-mile journey from Montana . Quite the find: The original fossilized bones of this T. rex arrived at the museum Tuesday and will be reassembled for display . Fossils: In 1988 the Wankels discovered the fossilized bones while hiking in a rugged section of a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Montana. Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time . Boxed-in: A crate containing the fossilized jaw bone of The Nation's T. rex The crate, is one of 16, containing the remains of The Nations T. rex, . A large leg bone and the T. rex teeth . drew 'ahs' as Museum Director Kirk Johnson told a crowd that the . skeleton ranks as one of the top five T. rex skeletons discovered . because it's about 85 percent complete. 'It lay in the ground much as it had died on the shores of a stream in Montana just over 66 million years ago,' Johnson said. It was discovered in 1988 on federal land in Montana and is one of about half a dozen nearly complete T. rex skeletons that have been uncovered. The prize fossils have been tough to acquire. The Smithsonian set out to buy one at auction in 1997 but was outbid for that T. rex named Sue. She went to Chicago's Field Museum for $7.6 million. Almost 30 years: The dineosaur was discovered by a Montana rancher near Fort Peck Reservoir in 1988 which is owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. The Nations T. rex is on loan to the Natural History Museum for 50 years . Delicate: The fossilized bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex are encased in plaster and held in padded crates after being shipped from Montana . Monumental: For the first time since its dinosaur hall opened in 1911, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will have a nearly complete T. rex skeleton . Special delivery: FedEx is delivering the dinosaur bones in a truck carrying 16 carefully packed crates . Enormous: Montana State University Administrative Director of Palentology Pat Leiggi rests his hands on the fossilized right femur of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex . Large: Formerly known as the Wankel T. rex, the nearly-complete dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1988 in eastern Montana and will be the centerpiece of the museum's new 31,000-square-foot fossil hall, which will open in 2019 . Now the Smithsonian's specimen could become the most prominent with its new home in one of the world's most-visited museums. About 7 million people visit the natural history museum each year, and it offers free admission. Kathy Wankel, a Montana rancher who discovered the bones in 1998 during a camping trip, said she initially spotted about 3 inches of bone sticking out of the ground and dug out a small arm bone. She said she's proud to see the fossil in a national museum. 'We were so thrilled we had found a bone; we called that a mega find,' she said at the museum. 'But I think now this is a mega find.' Paleontologists from the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont., excavated the fossil, and it's been housed there for the past 25 years. At the Smithsonian, the skeleton will be mounted upright for the first time. Many people think of the T. rex as the ultimate dinosaur, and it's the first thing they want to see, paleontology curator Hans Sues said. Its name is a combination of Greek and Latin meaning "king of the tyrant lizards," and it was one of the largest predators to live on land. 'In some ways, I think of it as the most American of all dinosaurs: this big, huge animal that was dominating its ecosystem,' Sues said. Kirk Johnson(2nd-L), Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History and Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general and chief of engineers of the US Army Corps of Engineers look into a crate containing the fossilized bones of The Nation's T. rex . Logged: 3-D scanning specialist Jonathan Blundell uses a hand-held scanner while making images of the fossilized metatarsal of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex during a preview of the dinosaur fossils . Star attraction: The seven-ton skeleton of a dinosaur that may have been an opportunistic eater rather than a stone-cold killer is to be mounted at the Smithsonian Institution in an exhibit that will open in 2019 and is expected to attract 8 million visitors a year . Bone by bone: The so-called Wankel T.rex - named after Kathy Wankel who discovered it - was about 18-years-old when it died and is considered second for extensiveness and preservation . Finders: In 1988 Montana ranchers Kathy Wankel (L) and her husband Tom Wankel discovered the fossilized bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex while hiking in a rugged section of a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Montana . Scientists want to learn more about how T. rex related to other animals and what its short arms were used for. Visitors can get their first look over the next six months as curators unpack, examine and 3D scan the skeleton. But it will take five years for the museum to overhaul its dinosaur hall, with the T. rex mounted as the centerpiece of a $48 million gallery devoted to the history of life on Earth. It's slated to open in 2019. While pieces of the exhibition have been updated over time, this will be the first comprehensive reimagining of the dinosaur hall, Johnson said. 'There's so many things that have happened in science in the last 100 years that this will be a great new hall,' he said. The T. rex is on a 50-year loan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Smithsonian that could be extended. Washington's current 103-year-old dinosaur hall closes April 27 for renovations. A temporary dinosaur exhibit will open later this year. Happy times: From left to right, Kirk Johnson, Sant director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, poses with Montana ranchers Kathy and Tom Wankel, Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, commanding general and chief of engineers of the US Army Corps of Engineers . Quite the catch: The loan of the T.rex to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is on par with the museum's 1929 acquisition of the priceless Hope diamond . The real deal: The Smithsonian until now has only displayed a cast of a T.rex but not the real thing . Unveiling: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Director Kirk Johnson (L) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick unveil the fossilized right femur of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex during a preview at the museum April 15, 2014 in Washington, DC. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

The nearly-complete dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1988 in Montana . T. Rex will be the centerpiece of the museum's new 31,000-square-foot fossil hall, which will open in 2019 . For the first time since its dinosaur hall opened in 1911, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History will have a T. rex skeleton .

2dec0e6681a84a16a89ca774eedd3830447e5fd5

By . Victoria Woollaston . If you thought fireworks displays were impressive from the ground, wait until you see what they look like when filmed from inside the colourful explosions. Vimeo user Gaspar C uploaded the three-minute clip of the display, filmed using a GoPro camera attached to a quadcopter. As the drone navigates through the explosions, it captures the shells travelling into the air before bursting to life, while other shots show tails firing passed the camera in slow motion. Explosive: Vimeo user Gaspar C uploaded the clip, which was filmed using a GoPro camera attached to a quadcopter. As . the drone navigates through the explosions, it captures the shells . travelling into the air before bursting to life, pictured . Although drones are heavily criticised . for their potential to invade people’s privacy, and even steal personal . information, they are increasingly being used to get a unique viewpoint . of events. Last month, a similar DJI Phantom drone captured the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island in Vanatu as it began to erupt. The images were taken by YouTube user Shaun O'Callaghan. In a number of shots, the explosions illuminate the houses below. The whole display was captured by a Phantom quadcopter from Chinese firm DJI, fitted with a GoPro Hero 3. Remote-controlled Phantom quadcopters are capable of reaching an average of 1,000ft (330m), while average firework displays sit at around 500ft (152m). This means the copter was able to fly above the explosions with ease. DJI PHANTOM FIREWORKS from Gasper C on Vimeo. High-flying: The whole display was captured by a Phantom quadcopter from Chinese firm DJI, fitted with a GoPro Hero 3, pictured. Remote-controlled Phantom quadcopters are capable of reaching approximately 1,000ft (330m), and average firework displays sit at around 500ft (152m) The video is set to Arcade Fire’s Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) track. Although drones are heavily criticised for their potential to invade people’s privacy, and even steal personal information, they are increasingly being used to get a unique viewpoint of events. Last month, a separate DJI Phantom drone was used to capture footage of the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island in Vanatu as it began to erupt. There she blows! Last month, a separate DJI Phantom drone was used to capture footage of the Yasur volcano on Tanna Island in Vanatu as it began to erupt, pictured . Watch out for lava: The images of the erupting volcano, pictured, were taken by YouTube user Shaun O'Callaghan. He posted after the event that the drone was not damaged during the filming . The images were taken by YouTube user Shaun O'Callaghan. Elsewhere, researchers from the University of Arkansas and the University of North Florida have been using drones on archaeological digs. The team customised a drone by adding with a heat-sensing camera and tested it in an area called Blue J, just south of Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, Mexico. This remote-controlled drone was able to quickly scan the landscape and pick up on the heat signatures of stone architecture hidden under layers of sediment and sagebrush.

The footage was filmed using a GoPro Hero 3 on a Phantom quadcopter . During the three-minute clip, the drone navigates through explosions . Shots reveal close-up images of the colourful bursts and their tails . Vimeo user Gaspar C uploaded the clip, set to music from Arcade Fire .

5f65e77dfcef70066139a1bfa07bb59f6e63e396

By . Becky Evans . Facebook is considering launching legal action against a small Dubai hairdressers - that is named Facelook. Not only does the name resemble the social network giant's but its logo is also strikingly similar. The men's salon has simple white lettering on a blue background, just like the iconic branding of Facebook. Facebook said it is investigating whether Dubai hairdressers Facelook (pictured) has infringed its copyright . The owner of the hairdressers said any similarity between his logo and Facebook's was a coincidence . Now the company, which is based in California, said it is investigating whether the hairdressers has breached its intellectual property rights. However the owner of Facelook, based in Discovery Gardens, said any similarity was a coincidence. The owner, who did not want to be named, told The National that he had registered the name and brand under UAE labour law. He said: 'We started with the name Facelook, but when later on the branding came through, coincidentally it looked like Facebook. 'For a normal guy, with a naked eye, it looks familiar. However, the colour and the font is different to Facebook.' A Facebook spokesman for the Mena region told The National: 'We are careful to protect the Facebook brand and we will look more closely at this particular case.' Last year Primark threatened to sue a shop in Dubai that opened under the same name. Billion dollar company Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg (centre), is based in plush offices in California. A company spokesman said they are 'careful to protect the Facebook brand' British shoppers who visited the store in the Bur Dubai district said the clothes had little resemblance to those sold in the famous bargain chain. A spokesman for the brand said at the time: 'This is not a legitimate store and the company is considering its legal options'. Businesses with similar names to international brands are warned to check they are not breaching copyright after a long line of small companies being threatened with legal action. During London 2012, many businesses in the UK fell foul of trademark rules protecting Olympic logos. The owners of Le Rose florists in Hanley, Stoke, were warned they risked being sued by Games organisers if they did not remove five rings and a torch made from tissue paper from the shop. Google threatened to sue 23-year-old school dropout Andries Maree Van Der Merwe after he set up a jobseekers website and named it Doogle.

The owner of the hairdressers said any similarity is a coincidence . Facebook said it is investigating and is 'careful to protect' its brand .

eade5867ec1bbebb7fcd3f818d9163aa9c4f2470

(CNN) -- Since 2001, there have been many excellent, award-winning and ground-breaking films, both narrative and documentary, about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The Hurt Locker," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "Control Room," "Occupation: Dreamland," "Gunner Palace," "Why We Fight," "Body of War," "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," "No End in Sight," "Restrepo," "The Prisoner: Or How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair," "Stop-Loss" and so on. All of these films have their place. Many are exceptional, moving and award-winning pieces of work, but of those that I have seen, none pack the visceral, emotional and artistic wallop that Danfung Dennis' documentary "Hell and Back Again" delivers, and all without any politics whatsoever. There's nothing, not one word of whether the United States should be fighting these wars, why we're there or who's to blame. This is an intimate film about then-25-year-old Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris, his wife (and high school sweetheart) Ashley and the personal cost of war. It is also an astonishing technical achievement in war journalism and documentary filmmaking that may very possibly change the way conflicts are reported forever. Dennis designed and built a customized Steadicam rig (a device that enables a filmmaker to move over an uneven surface without the camera bouncing up and down), allowing him to shoot footage that looks "Hollywood," but was shot with a "prosumer" Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR: Basically a still camera that shoots HD video. Along with a customized sound rig, Dennis was able to shoot intimate war footage that until now has been impossible. The combat footage is, however, only part of the story. Six months into his third tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and just days from rotating out, Harris (Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment) is gravely wounded during a Taliban ambush. His hip and leg are broken, and blood transfusions and multiple surgeries are required to save his life. Dennis was embedded with Echo Company when it was dropped deep behind enemy lines, and as an embedded reporter, he did his job, filming the troops in combat and interacting with Afghan locals. During his time with the troops, Dennis got to know Harris, and after he was wounded, Dennis rejoined him in North Carolina and continued filming there. As the film moves back and forth between Afghanistan and North Carolina, where Nathan is undergoing rehab for his injuries, it becomes painfully clear that the hell of war doesn't end when troops return home. And after watching the film, it's unclear whether the "hell" of the title is Afghanistan or back home. Harris' injuries are horrific, and he's on multiple medications. In an early scene, his wife is driving the pair on a shopping trip and he's going through his meds (OxyContin, Dilaudid, etc.). It's a pharmacy of addictive painkillers. Later in the film, one of Harris' doctors explains the process of weaning him off the drugs, including withdrawal and the risk of dependency. It's clear that Harris doesn't want to have to use the drugs forever, as he continuously complains of being nauseated and out of it, but he is also is just as clearly becoming dependent on them. In Afghanistan, life is chaotic and dangerous and terrifying, but it is also, on one level, very simple. Troops are there to do one main thing: kill bad guys. (An early shot of a Marine instructor telling his charges that they are "experts in the application of violence" is chilling.) However, once a Marine returns home, the frustrations of everyday life can be crippling. For example, looking for a space in a crowded mall parking lot can be irritating enough as an everyday experience, but to a Marine recently returned from a war zone, this and many other mundane annoyances can be extremely frustrating, trivial and ultimately useless. Add to that a body full of pain and medications, and you have the makings of a difficult re-entry into life on the home front. With injuries as severe as Harris', it's virtually impossible to avoid getting hooked on pain pills. Not only does the injury cause pain, but the brutal physical therapy that is needed to regain maximum usage of his leg is excruciating. The differences between the strong, vigorous and professional leader in Afghanistan and the severely injured, angry, depressed, dependent and occasionally almost childlike man at home is shocking. One chilling scene involves Harris relating his mindset when he first joined the Marines: "All I wanted to do was kill people." He was told by the recruiters that was the best answer they'd heard. He says he no longer thinks that way, but it's clear that the Marines and the wars have had a serious effect on his psyche, as he is rarely seen in the film without a handgun, nervously loading and unloading it, pretending to play Russian roulette and even sleeping with it, loaded, under his mattress. An additional casualty of the war is his wife, Ashley. Portrayed as loyal and loving, it's clear that at times, she is scared for, and occasionally of, her husband. War and his injuries have changed him, and in one unsettling scene, she recounts how there are times when Harris basically becomes a different person. Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan, and if this film does anything, it reminds us that the cost of war extends far beyond those who die in battle. The returning troops and those to whom they return are also casualties, and they deserve our care and attention. "Hell and Back Again" opened in New York on Wednesday and rolls out in major cities across the country over the coming weeks. Check the movie's website for the release schedule. The film is rated R. As one would expect, it contains a fair amount of off-color language as well as some brutal imagery. But this is a documentary, and war is ugly.

"Hell and Back Again" is a documentary that follows the life of a young Marine . A reporter embedded with Echo Company was dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan . The Marine's injuries are horrific, and the film deals with his coping .

6c8a85ad702a20111cc28296b3e824f708ca0a5c

By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 10:06 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:31 EST, 21 May 2013 . Stunning images created using naturally occurring scientific phenomena such as how wind travels around Earth and how bacteria cells 'glide' are among the entrants to this year's Art of Science competition at Princeton University. Over 170 photos - all taken during scientific research - were entered into this year's competition before judges whittled them down to the best 44 images, which are currently being displayed in a gallery on the university's campus. Students, staff and family members were then given the opportunity to vote for their favourites, and the winning entries have been made available online. The winning entry called East-West, West-East, was taken by Martin Jucker studying the . Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. According to Jucker, the winds around Earth are directed from west to east, or east to west. Jucker's image shows the direction of the wind around Earth, averaged over time. The blue area shows wind travelling in east-to-west direction, the red areas show wind travelling west-to-east . Second place was awarded to 16-year-old Michael Kosk. His photo is an enhanced image of a crushed piece of birch wood. Kosk explained: 'The dense cellular structure of wood is what protects it, in part, from microbes breaking apart cellulose and causing rot. In my materials science course we broke apart the cellular structure of birch by resorting to mechanical strength, crushing it along a specific direction and buckling the cellulose pathways that would normally be responsible for the distribution of water and nutrients to the rest of the tree' Pablo Debenedetti, Dean for Research at Princeton said: 'Like art, science and engineering are deeply creative activities. 'Also like art, science and engineering at their very best are highly unpredictable in their outcomes. 'The Art of Science exhibit celebrates the beauty of unpredictability and the unpredictability of beauty.' The winning image was taken by Martin Jucker from the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. His image depicted the flow of the constant winds around Earth, averaged over time and he won £164 ($250). Second place went to 16-year-old Michael Kosk from Woodrow Wilson School. He took a black-and-white photo of a crushed piece of birch wood for his entry and won £101 ($154.51). This entry into Princeton University's Art of Science contest is called Bridging the Gap and was taken by Jason Wexler and Howard A. Stone of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. When drops of liquid are trapped in a thin gap between two solids, a strong negative pressure develops inside the drops. If the solids are flexible this pressure deforms the solids to close the gap. In Wexler and Stone's experiment the solids were transparent, which allowed the pair to take photos of the drops from above. Alternating dark and light lines represent lines of constant gap height. These lines are caused by light interference, which also causes rainbows or patterns in an oil slick . Bands of social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus travel together. In order to hunt prey efficiently and protect one another, these cells coordinate the way in which they move - or 'glide'. In this image the gliding of hundreds of thousands of these cells was tracked over four hours. Their paths transition from blue to red according to the amount of time it took, with blue as the start time and red as the end time.This photo called The History of Gliding was taken by Mingzhai Sun and Joshua Shaevitz from the Department of Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics . Paul Csogi and Chris Cane of the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory came third for their 'web of art and science' image. Their image was designed to show the similarities and differences of a website devoted to science, compared to one devoted to art and the pair won £62 ($95.49). The gallery of images at the Friend Center on the Princeton University campus was opened on 10 May. All 139 attendees of the opening reception were given the chance to also choose the People's Choice winners. The favourites included an image of the nurse cells in a fruit fly ovary, light interference that looks like zebra print and photo called Medusa that shows a mass of C. elegans worms. Other entries that were handpicked but didn't win a prize include a goby fish peering from the centre of a coral, taken by Chhaya Werner of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The full list of entries is available on the Art of Science website. Ohad Fried from the Department of Computer Science took this image called Exposed. It shows a reconstruction of a face from a blurred video. Using a video containing a blurred, unrecognisable face, the data from individual video frames was combined to create a good approximation of what the original face looked like . Messenger meshwork by . Shawn C. Little, Kristina S. Sinsimer, Elizabeth R. Gavis, and Eric F. Wieschaus from the . Department of Molecular Biology. Their image shows four nurse cells in a fruit fly ovary. Each red or green dot is an individual RNA molecule, which is produced from DNA - shown in blue. The RNA molecules link together and move from one nurse cell to another, and then into the developing egg .

More than 170 photos were entered into this year's 'Art of Science' contest at Princeton University . The winning entry, by Martin Jucker, depicted the flow of wind as it moves around Earth - either from east to west or west-to-east .

bad358f08ae9f4e8a6d2f4e2511ca56145d35782

A combative Barack Obama took aim Thursday night at Congressional Republicans for embracing social-issues talk about economic inequality as they flex their new majority muscles and look ahead to the 2016 presidential election. The president jabbed at the GOP, who he said have curiously begun emphasizing the needs of America's middle class and those in poverty. 'Even though their policies haven't quite caught up, their rhetoric is starting to sound pretty Democratic,' he said. 'I consider imitation the highest form of flattery.' Obama also filleted Mitt Romney, his 2012 election opponent, for focusing on the economics of ordinary Americans just three years after he was castigated for alienating the country's '47 per cent' who rely on government benefits to make ends meet. 'We've got a former presidential candidate on the other side who suddenly is just deeply concerned about poverty,' Obama said, drawing jeers from lawmakers. 'That's great. Let's go. Come on. Let's do something about it.' Scroll down for video . President Barack Obama addressed the House Democratic Caucus retreat on January 29, 2015 in Philadelphia . Romney, an early front-runner in the Republican presidential sweepstakes after losing to Obama in 2012, made a campaign-style Wednesday night at Mississippi State University and focused on how the GOP should attack poverty. 'The rich have done historically well,' he said. 'I'm concerned about the middle class and the poor in this country.' Romney said Washington must 'lift people out of poverty' while it 'restore(s) opportunity, particularly for the middle class. He blamed the growing gap between rich and poor on 'liberal policies' emanating from Obama's Oval Office. And he fired back at the presdient with a tweet a few hours after Obama called him out for his newest messaging. 'Mr. Obama, wonder why my concern about poverty?' he wrote in Twitter's compressed 140 character format. 'The record number of poor in your term, and your record of failure to remedy.' In a sign of the partisan rancor that can bleed over into social media, the spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid snarked about Romney calling him 'Mr. Obama.' 'It's President Obama,' Adam Jentleson tweeted. Most of Obama's 20-minute speech Thursday night rehashed themes from his January 20 State of the Union address, but in one respect he put meat on what had been bare-bones messaging. Reporters were ushered out of the room at the Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill Hotel before a Q-and-A session began. But he is proposing to add $74 billion in new spending, about a 7 per cent increase, to the government's 2016 budget, splitting the additions between defense and domestic priorities . Obama himself proposed a mechanism known as a budget 'sequester' in 2011: Because Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on an annual budget for 2013, the previous year's budget was 'continued' – but with fixed percentages of the funds locked up and made unavailable. When Republicans called his bluff despite a harrowing impact on the Pentagon, the president sought to shift the blame back to them. But Watergate-era journalist Bob Woodward documented the source of the idea in his book, 'The Price of Politics,' showing that the White House pressed the 'sequester' plan on its own. On Thursday the president irged House Democrats to ignore that sequester entirely, complaining about 'manufactured crises and mindless austerity' in Washington. Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney fired back Thursday night, only to hear the press spokesman for Sen. Harry Reid pounce over calling the president 'Mr. Obama' in the 140-character Twitter format . REPEAT: Obama gave a State of the Union address on January 20 that contained all the major themes Obama discussed with Democratas on Thursday, essentially subjecting them to a repeat performance . He insisted he would find the money to pay for it by pressing for new taxes that will hit America's top income earners. That plan will undoubtedly hit roadblocks in the form of a Republican Party that now controls both houses of Congress and seems eager to stare Obama down. The president's new budget for 2016 will hit desks Monday morning on Capitol Hill. The GOP is expected to declare it 'dead on arrival' by Monday afternoon. 'I don't think there's going to be a lot of support for going back on the commitments we made to reduce spending,' South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune told the Agence France-Presse newswire on Thursday. 'It's going to be very hard to feature a scenario where Republicans on Capitol Hill are going to go along with some of the president's recommendations to increase spending.' 'Republicans are concerned about the impact of the sequester on the military budget,' he acknowledged. A divided government presents new problems for Obama – has last two years will be his first without Democrats in control of at least half of Congress – and he accepted some of the blame on Thursday for a mid-term election that turned into his party's worst nightmare. 'Obviously we were all disappointed with the outcome of the last election, and there are a lot of reasons for it,' the president said. 'And I'm happy to take on some of the blame.'

Obama lashed out at the GOP during a brief speech to Democratic members of Congress assembled for a retreat in Philadelphia . He argued in favor of ignoring budget caps put in place through a so-called 'sequester' that he himself proposed as a way to curb spending excesses . Also called the resulting government culture of more careful budgeting 'manufactured crises and mindless austerity' Obama's busget proposal for 2016 will hit Congress on Monday, but the 2015 Homeland Security budget is still a hotly contested subkect . Especially slammed Mitt Romney for embracing rhetoric about income inequality as the presidential season kicks off .

94bfb67344a6d7f3561bba79a96311ce431a35f7

A fugitive Mafia boss was arrested by Italian police after he was found at the end of a secret tunnel accessed through a fake fridge. Valentino Gionta jnr, was running the Camorra Clan in Naples at the time of his arrest in a dawn raid. According to Italian police, Gionta had been running the Mafia family since his father's arrest in 2012. Italian police arrested suspected Mafia boss Valentino Gionta Jnr, centre, after a dawn raid in Naples, Italy . Put him in the cooler! Police investigate the elaborate secret tunnel dug out underneath the fridge . Gionta Jnr, was hiding out underneath a special fridge which had an electronic trapdoor . The trapdoor allowed access to a tunnel which was designed to keep Gionta Jnr safe during a police raid . Officers uncovered the secret hiding place and found Gionta Jnr hiding at the bottom of a ladder, pictured . Police said Gionta jnr  was arrested in a secret compartment hidden within a flat which was owned by his uncle. An electronic switch operated a trapdoor within the specially adapted fridge which allowed access to the hiding spot. According to official documentation, courts in Naples issued a warrant for his arrest on June 5. He was wanted for questioning over a string of Mafia type offences. The Camorra Clan are believed to be heavily involved in cigarette smuggling as well as controlling city's fishing port, which is used to smuggle heroin, cocaine and cannabis. Police confirmed that Gionta jnr surrendered without a struggle after the hideout was surrounded by heavily armed officers. Police searched the flat, which is believed to be owned by Gionta Jnr's uncle . Officers rummaged through drawers looking for incriminating evidence without special forensic suits . In fact, some officers used their bare hands while looking for evidence in the suspect's house . Officers congratulated each other after the highly successful dawn raid in Naples . Gionta Jnr smiled as he was led towards a marked squad car outside his Naples hideout . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Naples police arrested fugitive Mafia suspect Valentino Gionta Jnr . Gionta Jnr was hiding inside a tunnel accessed through a fridge . Officers claimed Gionta Jnr surrendered without a struggle .

1a185a79765df20e6f993bcb41a12c009e843329

Paranoid schizophrenic Leslie Gadsby, who killed his father after being freed because a hospital mental health ward was full, went on to stab his mother to death inside his secure unit . A paranoid schizophrenic who killed his father after being freed because a hospital mental health ward was full went on to stab his mother to death inside his secure unit. An independent report into Edna Gadsby's death found that both she and her taxi driver son Leslie were 'seriously failed' by mental health professionals at Mersey Care NHS trust. After suffering paranoid hallucinations Gadbsy, now 42, was admitted to a hospital mental health unit in 2003 but there were no beds available, leaving him free to bludgeon his father Arthur to death with a hammer in their family kitchen in Gateacre, Liverpool, just two days later. He was given a conditional discharge following his father's death, but while he was living at the secure Scott Clinic mental health centre in Stoneycroft in 2010 he stabbed Mrs Gadsby, 70, in the throat before going downstairs to chat to social workers about Scrabble. The damning report - compiled by a panel of doctors and mental health experts - outlined multiple failings by the Mersey Care NHS Trust and independent charity Imagine, who ran the facility in Tuebrook. Among the failings listed in the report were that Mrs Gadsby was found dead inside his flat - which was supposed to be a '24-hour mental health facility', and that she had been placed in 'unmitigated risk' Gadsby was first diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2003, and admitted to hospital shortly afterwards. However, officials were unable to find a bed for him until two days later. When a carer called to organise picking him up to take him to hospital, a police officer answered and said he had killed his father by bludgeoning him with a hammer in the kitchen of the family home. He received a conditional discharge two years after the killing of his father, but the report found that mental health workers 'did not recognise the level of risk he posed to himself and others', and told him to move to a more independent flat in 2010. Just days later, his mother came to visit the flat, where she was was brutally stabbed. Gadsby later returned to the family home to set it alight. Following his release on conditional discharge, Gadsby was meant to be monitored 24 hours a day and contact with his mother was supposed to be carefully supervised. However, the report found that ‘unacceptable’ planning failures 'in effect left Mr Gadsby to regulate his own activities and set his own boundaries.' The report said this damning 'failing of duty of care' left the seriously ill man with no safety net strong enough to ensure his safety, or the safety of his mother. While Gadsby was living at a secure Scott Clinic mental health centre in Stoneycroft in 2010 he stabbed Edna Gadsby, 70, in the throat before going downstairs to chat to social workers about Scrabble . He had even tried to mutilate himself with a broken toothbrush while under watch, thinking that it was his testosterone that had made him aggressive. Investigators ruled that had Gadsby been 'subject to robust supervision' the risk of him killing his mother would have been 'substantially reduced'. They admitted that there was a serious causal link between lack of care and treatment, and the death of Mrs Gadsby. The 400-page document also found there was no system to detect a relapse in his mental state, meaning that officials consistently reported back that he was doing well and recommended moving him to a more independent flat. The Gadsby family were even forced to make their own arrangements to protect Mrs Gadsby after officials failed to manage his release - making 'no effort' to educate or support them. The damning report into failings by the Mersey Care NHS Trust and independent charity Imagine, who ran the Scott Clinic facility in Tuebrook found that: . Gadsby was said to have a 'loving relationship with both his parents' and worked for 10 years as a taxi driver in Liverpool before being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. After the death of her husband, long-suffering Mrs Gadsby, who was also seriously wounded, told officers she 'felt it would have been better if her son had killed her too'. But she continued to visit her son and tried to rebuild a relationship with him despite protests from concerned family members who told her 'she should have locked him up and throw away the key.' Gadsby's uncle even contacted officials to express his concern that Gadsby was on bail and might try and approach his mother, but social workers had said he was ‘happy and relaxed’. Meanwhile, Gadsby had made a secret trip to the house of an ex-girlfriend, appearing at her door wearing just a pair of tights over his underwear and offering her a cheque for £7,800, which the report said was a classic sign of relapse for his condition. He had failed to take his anti-psychotic medication properly for years, and had never been offered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - a key road to recovery for thousands of mental health patients. Just five months after brutally killing his father after an argument over money, his risk of aggression and violence was deemed ‘low’ by carers, despite him suffering 'paranoid ideas about his neighbours and members of his family.' Gadsby also thought people could read his thoughts and were monitoring his movements on a daily basis leaving him wary of authority and scared of being sectioned. Following his discharge to the Scott Clinic in late 2006, a social worker noted that he 'still presents a risk in keeping things to himself and letting them build up until it’s too late.' The report concluded that it was hoped it would hightlight failings from the tragic case and put measures in place to stop any future incidents after Gadsby and his family were left with 'no support' to help develop strategies to cope with his illness, leaving him 'vulnerable to relapse'. Mersey Care has vowed to improve care for mentally ill patients after the 'devastating report'. The investigation recommended that the Scott Clinic should have a system where workers are aware if patients have guests, and that the staff flat should be moved to the ground floor. At the time of Mrs Gadsby’s death, her son’s flat was on the ground floor, with staff upstairs. The report also recommend that injured family members of mentally ill people be provided with a ‘support package’, as well as improved communication throughout. 'It’s a devastating report, it’s devastating for the Gadsby family and it’s devastating for me as a nurse,' said Ray Walker, Executive Director of Nursing and Social Care for Mersey Care NHS Trust. 'What’s important in these situations is to find out how you can learn from those mistakes and ensure those things don’t happen again. 'We were aware of some of the findings coming out of the independent report, which means we were able to implement some changes some time ago and we’re actioning on a number of fronts and have been able to progress in a number of things, like better team-working and better risk-assessment. 'It’s been a very difficult lesson for us to learn, but it’s provided us with an opportunity to help us going forward. 'It really is a matter of a number of things that come together at the same time, it was a cumulative effect of a number of failings. 'Not to minimise those failings, they were important things, but actually it was all together that those problems resulted in the death. 'It’s been over five years, and the director of patient safety has remained in contact with the family. They’ve conducted themselves in a very respectful manner, and the family have been very dignified throughout the process and they want to make sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen again - and we support them in that. 'This has been devastating for me personally as a nurse, and devastating for me personally. This kind of thing stays with you for a career. 'It changes the way you practice, and what’s important is that you learn those lessons - and the people involved in this have learnt those lessons very sharply.' The Trust also hopes to improve its risk assessment programme when patients are moved within facilities, after Gadsby was recommended for a move - despite telling carers on at least two occasions that he felt uncomfortable doing so.

Leslie Gadsby, now 42, killed his mother Edna, 70, in 2010 . In 2003 he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia . He was admitted to hospital, but there were no beds on mental health ward . Two days later he bludgeoned his father, Arthur, to death . He received conditional discharge and went to live in a secure unit . But when his mother visited Scott Clinic he stabbed her in the neck . Independent report finds both Edna and Leslie Gadsby 'seriously failed'

a2b33af03e0ad31835abb541097c16aae6925500

By . James Chapman and Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 18:07 EST, 21 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:38 EST, 22 November 2012 . Plans for secret courts were left in tatters last night by the House of Lords. Peers voted by crushing majorities for fundamental changes to the Justice and Security Bill, which would allow civil cases involving national security to be conducted in secret. By margins of over 100 votes, peers voted to remove ministers’ exclusive right to apply for secret hearings and to give judges ultimate discretion in deciding whether or not they should be held behind closed doors. As the legislation was introduced in the Lords, the Government’s plans came under devastating attack from several of Britain’s most senior retired judges and politicians. Peers voted by crushing majorities for fundamental changes to the Justice and Security Bill . Strong views: Lord Beecham backed a string of proposed changes to the legislation . The defeats suggest ministers will have to return to the drawing board and accept a series of amendments – or risk seeing the entire piece of legislation thrown out. Critics say the Government’s proposals will seriously threaten Britain’s reputation for open and fair justice. The Daily Mail has led criticism of the plans to allow so-called ‘closed material procedures’ (CMPs), in which cases are conducted entirely in private, in any civil hearing. Defendants or claimants will not be allowed to be present, or know or challenge the case against them, and must be represented by a security-cleared special advocate, rather than their own lawyer. Currently, such procedures are used in tiny numbers of immigration and deportation hearings, but the Government wants to extend them across the civil courts in cases deemed to involve national security. The legislation has been drafted in close co-operation with the security services, which have claimed other countries may stop sharing intelligence with Britain if it risks being disclosed in open court. But crossbencher Lord Pannick, a leading lawyer, described the measures as a ‘radical departure from the principles of common law’. how the mail led the campaign.jpg . Leading a series of amendments to the plans, he said: ‘This is a departure from the principle of transparent justice. We should be very careful in that a CMP is inherently damaging to the integrity of the judicial process. ‘Judicial decisions are respected precisely because all the evidence is heard in open court subject to acceptance and judges give a reasoned judgment which explains their decision.’ Former MI5 chief Baroness Manningham-Buller said secret court hearings should be introduced so British spies can defend themselves against allegations of torture. She said: ‘It is deeply distressing to me and to my former colleagues to be accused of inequities in cases of torture and maltreatment. We have not been able to defend ourselves.’ She claimed that presenting classified information in open court would put the lives of secret agents at risk. But Tory peer Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts said the new legislation failed the ‘smell test’. He warned that closed hearings could begin as a ‘rare event but will over time morph into the default position’. Lord Macdonald, QC, the former director of public prosecutions, accused the Government of reneging on a pledge to allow judges to have the final say on whether there should be a secret court hearing. Lord Hodgson and Baroness Manningham-Buller have made their opinions clear on the legislation . ‘These amendments would give judges appropriate discretion to balance the interests of national security with justice,’ he said. Historian Lord Morgan, a Labour peer, opposed the expansion of secret courts because it would mean a ‘tilting of the balance away from the free individual towards the interest of the state’. Labour justice spokesman Lord Beecham backed a string of proposed changes to the legislation, saying the Government’s proposals constituted a ‘radical departure from the cornerstone of our legal system – the right of a party to know and to challenge his opponent’s case’. He said: ‘These amendments place the judge firmly in control of the process with the means to balance the interests of justice and security, protecting from disclosure what is essential not to be made public.’ Advocate General for Scotland Lord Wallace of Tankerness, replying for the Government, said that at present people assumed the Government settled controversial cases because there had been ‘some wrongdoing’ whereas in fact it was often that relevant material could not be put before the court. He said there were currently 20 civil damages cases where material ‘relating to national security would be central’. Donald Campbell, of the human rights group Reprieve, said: ‘These amendments are a small step in the right direction, but the reality is that secret courts in any form are deeply dangerous. 'The only way to protect our centuries-old tradition of open and equal justice is for Parliament to reject plans for secret courts altogether.’

Peers voted to remove ministers' exclusive right to apply for secret hearings . Critics say Government's proposals will seriously threaten Britain's reputation for open and fair justice .

faad75476a5a949e7daaf9b666b3e4eed33248d2

British car manufacturer Caterham has taken the wraps off its latest high-performance model - a radical racer with no windscreen. The Caterham AeroSeven Concept is the first car from the firm to be fitted with driver aids like traction control. Engineers have given the lightweight sportscar a 2-litre Ford engine developing 237bhp - giving it a 0-62mph time of 'less than four seconds'. Sleek: The new British-built Caterham AeroSeven Concept is the most technologically advanced model in the company's history . It is the most technologically advanced model in the company’s history, featuring an F1-style suspension and graphical display unit. The AeroSeven also boasts the new ‘Caterham Engine Management System’, where the driver can adjust the level of traction. But one thing the two-seat concept goes without is a windscreen with the driver and passenger needing a helmet when they go out for a spin. The car is automatically set in ‘Race’ mode, giving occupants a hardcore driving experience.However, a steering-wheel mounted button can change it to road mode, creating a more subdued driving feel. Performance: The radical racer can hit 62mph in under four seconds and is the first car from the firm to be fitted with driver aids like traction control . Engineers have given the lightweight sportscar a 2-litre Ford engine developing 237bhp and a F1-style suspension and graphical display unit . The AeroSeven also boasts the new 'Caterham Engine Management System', where the driver can adjust the level of traction . Caterham, which is owned by QPR tycoon Tony Fernandes and a favourite of Simon Cowell, unveiled the concept in Singapore ahead of this week’s Grand Prix. It is the first of a new range of Caterhams, with the manufacturer also hinting at a future SUV. Graham Macdonald, managing director of Caterham Cars, said: 'Over the coming years, we will be expanding our range of sports cars as we look to meet the differing needs and desires of potential customers - from the lifestyle customer to the ultimate thrill-seeker. Hold tight! The car is automatically set in 'Race' mode, giving occupants a hardcore driving experience . The car will go on sale next year and, while prices are yet to be confirmed, it is expected to cost in excess of £50,000 . The AeroSeven is the first of a new range of Caterhams, with the manufacturer also hinting at a future SUV . 'The AeroSeven Concept is the first model in that journey.' The car will go on sale next year and, while prices are yet to be confirmed, it is expected to cost in excess of £50,000. Caterham will build the car in Dartford, Kent, which is another welcome boost to the UK car industry.Figures from the SMMT this week revealed 91,282 cars were built in the UK in August - up a staggering 16.2 per cent on last year.

The AeroSeven Concept is Caterham's most advanced model to date . It features F1-style suspension, a graphical display unit . Automatically set in 'Race' for a hardcore driving experience . Expected to go on sale next year with a price tag of £50,000 .

cf922997eb8600e9d9bed74f65db8cab03cf6a8e

The United States has found around 1,200 opposition fighters in Syria that could participate in US military led training programs to fight against ISIS, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The fighters will undergo vetting for the program, which is . expected to begin in March at multiple sites outside of Syria . and train more than 5,000 Syrian fighters a year. Some 3,000 . could be trained by the end of 2015, a US official said. The program is expected to vet fighters using both US government databases as well as intelligence from regional . partners. Rebel forces: The United States has found around 1,200 opposition fighters in Syria that could participate in US military led training programs to fight against ISIS, the Pentagon said Wednesday (file photo) Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have publicly offered to host . the training and Jordan has privately offered to do so. One US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said training is . likely to start in Jordan. At the Pentagon, spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby declined . to specify which sites might host the potential Syrian recruits . identified so far. 'There's about 1,200 individuals who have been identified . for participation - potential participation - in this process . and in this program,' Kirby told a news conference. 'Where they . will be trained, I don't have that information right now,' Kirby added. On Tuesday, the United States and Turkey said they expected . to soon sign an agreement on training and equipping moderate . Syrian opposition fighters. Turkey hopes the program will also . bolster the broader opposition in its fight against Syrian . President Bashar al-Assad. US officials have made clear the . objective of the military's training program, however, is . battling ISIS. Training: Forces of the Jaish al-Islam, or Army of Islam, train in a rebel stronghold outside of Damascus. Shifting alliances have made sorting out 'moderate' rebels a difficult task for the US. Several US officials have told Reuters the Syrian fighters . would be equipped with items including pickup trucks with . mounted machine guns, often known as technicals, radios and GPS. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the radios . and GPS equipment would enable the fighters to call in . airstrikes. Kirby stressed that the training mission was not . meant to create 'Syrian forward air controllers,' although he . acknowledged their potential assistance in identifying targets. The Pentagon has previously estimated that more than 400 . U.S. troops, including special operations forces, will train . Syrian fighters. Hundreds more US forces will be sent to . support them. Kirby estimated that the total force involved in . the training mission could reach about 1,000 troops.

The program will be led by the US military to train and equip forces . The United States and Turkey are expected to sign an agreement soon . Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan have reportedly offered to host the program . Syrian forces would be given pickup trucks with mounted heavy arms, radios and GPS . Rear Admiral John Kirby said the program was not to simply form forces that can call in air strikes, though this would be part of their role .

c23b4ffe0dcc8f8a82d05bae07a34920c0d258f4

Boston (CNN)Prosecutors said Azmat Tazhayakov knew exactly what he was doing after the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing when he helped his friend ditch a laptop and backpack that belonged to schoolmate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The assertions were made during opening statements of the first marathon bombing-related trial. "They did it to protect their close friend," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Siegmann. Tazhayakov is charged with obstructing justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice in connection with alleged actions taken after the bombing. His roommate, Dias Kadyrbayev, faces the same charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years. Both have pleaded not guilty. Another friend, Robel Phillipos, pleaded not guilty to making false statements. None is accused in the bomb plot itself. Lawyers for Tazhayakov, a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student from Kyrgyzstan, said he did everything he could to help the investigation when he spoke with the FBI. Based on that information, authorities found Tsarnaev's backpack in a landfill and his laptop in the students' apartment. The government says accused bomber Tsarnaev texted Tazhayakov after the bombing and told him he could go to his dorm room and take what they wanted. He ended the text with a smiley face. His lawyer told jurors, the smiley face is code for marijuana. Tazhayakov asked whether Tsarnaev saw the news of the bombing, according to prosecutors. Tsarnaev responded, "Don't go thinking it's me, you cooked bastard," which reportedly is a phrase used to describe those who smoke marijuana. A friend who took the stand as one of the first prosecution witnesses told jurors Tsarnaev sold weed on campus. Prosecutors told jurors Tazhayakov knew the identity of the suspected bombers -- Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev -- before the public found out, allegedly texting Kadyrbayev, "i think they got his brother" hours before the public knew their names or their relationship to one another. That's because the students allegedly recognized the Tsarnaev brothers after authorities released video and still photos asking for the public's helping finding the two men. Defense lawyers for Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev have said the young men weren't sure it was the Tsarnaev brothers. Kadyrbayev will have a separate trial at a later date. In January 2013, three months before the bombing, the government saia Tazhayakov stayed over with his pal for two nights and met Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a shootout with police days after the bombing. The FBI suspects Tamerlan helped plot and carry out the terror attack with his little brother. One month before the bombing, the government says the younger Tsarnaev met with his friends at a restaurant and told them he knew how to make a bomb and could make one with gunpowder. He also allegedly discussed martyrdom. "It was good to die ... as a martyr, as you would die with a smile on your face and go straight to heaven," Tsarnaev told them, according to Siegmann. Tazhayakov's lawyer Nicholas Wooldridge said his client doesn't believe in martyrdom and the Tsarnaevs did not act as martyrs because they initially survived the attacks. The defense maintains Tazhayakov, then 19, didn't understand his legal right to remain silent when the FBI questioned him because of difficulty understanding English and that he was coerced during questioning. His lawyers have asked a judge to throw out his statement, but the judge has not yet ruled on that motion. His lawyers also blame co-defendant Kadrybayev for throwing the backpack in a dumpster, repeatedly telling jurors Tazhayakov never touched the backpack and didn't know it had been ditched. "We've been asking God that the truth will come out, and we hope the jury will hear that," Tazhayakov's father said outside court, through a Russian translator. When CNN asked whether his son could have done something differently, his father replied "Absolutely. Before you make a friend, make sure you make the right decision."

Prosecutors allege Azmat Tazhayakov helped dispose of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's items . Tazhayakov knew identity of bombers before the public, prosecutors said . His lawyers said Tazhayakov did everything he could to assist the FBI . They said statements from him during questioning were coerced .

b6da6bd66eafe9e648a7498aedfe258cbc7b25d8

By . Steve Doughty . PUBLISHED: . 17:32 EST, 27 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:57 EST, 27 September 2013 . English has squeezed out every other language in the competition to become the common tongue of Europe, an EU report confirmed yesterday. It found that English is the most popular foreign language in all but five European countries, and all of those are small nations that use the language of their larger neighbours. Two out of three people across the continent have at least a fair working knowledge of English. Growing and growing: Two thirds of people across the continent have at least a working knowledge of English . Not one country can be found where the preferred second language is French, once the language of international diplomacy and still the vehicle by which French governments try to promote their influence abroad. French remains the European common language only in the offices of European institutions. It is one of the three working languages of the European Commission in Brussels, alongside English and German, and the main language of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, alongside English. The report published by the EU statistics arm Eurostat suggests that the dominance of English is likely to become even greater in the future. It found that 94 per cent of secondary school pupils and 83 per cent of primary age pupils across the EU are learning English as their first foreign language, more than four times as many as learn French, German or Spanish. Only in Britain and Ireland is French the top foreign language in schools. The findings raise a series of questions about the future of languages in the EU. They will deepen criticism of the way the EU spends an estimated £1 billion a year translating all of its documents into the 23 official languages of the bloc. Understand? English has become the mother tongue in Europe . The popularity of English also opens the prospect of a difficulty if Britain should quit the EU. That would leave Brussels running a union whose real common language would be spoken as a native tongue only by the 4.6 million people of the Irish Republic - fewer than one in 100 of its population. However, the swing towards English underlines the growing problem of the decline of language teaching in British schools and universities. It suggests the motivation for learning languages among native English speakers weakens when people can speak English wherever in the world they may go. The report said: ‘The importance of English as a foreign language is confirmed among working age adults. In the EU, English was declared to be the best-known language amongst the population aged 25 to 64.’ Two thirds of adults knew English, with one in five of these saying they were proficient, 35 per cent spoke it well, and 45 per cent reckoned they had a fair command of English. The findings, taken from the large-scale EU Adult Education Survey conducted in 2011, were published to mark the European Day of Languages, an event ‘to promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe’ and to encourage language learning. English was best known in Denmark, where 94 per cent of people speak it, and least in Italy, where 60 per cent know some English but only one in 10 people consider themselves proficient. Other languages were more widely spoken only in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, neighbours of Russia and where there are many native Russian speakers, in Luxembourg, where German is an official language, and Slovakia, where many speak Czech. English was the main language taught in schools outside the British Isles everywhere but Luxembourg, where the EU says German is a foreign language.

Two thirds of Europeans have at least working knowledge of English . Not a single country where French was the preferred second language . The dominance of English is likely to get greater .

41ac31caf8b5636f5a2b5624b59621d6cec9f411

Tokyo (CNN) -- Sony expects a full year net loss of US $2.9 billion, citing tough domestic and global financial conditions. The Japanese electronics company says it is forecasting a net loss of 220 billion yen or US $2.9 billion for the fiscal year ending in March 2012. Previously, Sony expected to make 90 billion yen (US $1.2 billion). Releasing its third quarter earnings, Sony says for the quarter ending in December 2011, it lost 159 billion yen (US $2.06 billion). And for the nine months ending in December 2011, Sony reported a net income loss of 201 billion yen (US $2.5 billion). Sony cited a number of factors for the deteriorating outlook, like the appreciation of the Japanese yen and the flooding in Thailand. The release of the grim financial news came just shortly before the first press conference of the soon to be new head of Sony, Kazuo Hirai, and the outgoing CEO and president Howard Stringer.

Sony cites tough domestic and global financial conditions . The company also blames appreciation of the Japanese yen and the flooding in Thailand for losses .

9f2cc23d0f91f2dbf67644eeaa59e1da644a1799

The chalet ski holiday is a quirk of British culture - and my goodness, it's a survivor. Most civilised countries think being cooped up in a poky wooden house with eight or ten others, sometimes sharing bathrooms and eating food cooked by gap-year students, has all the ingredients of a ghastly TV reality show. But as a nation, we can't get enough of it. A hideaway on the edge of the slopes: Nid d'Aigle is perfectly positioned for skiing in Courchevel 1650 . Yes, things can go wrong (I remember coming down early one morning and seeing a young man rushing up from the basement where the chalet girls stayed. "Sorry, forgot my trousers," he said.) But standards have risen greatly since the Seventies when Colin Murison-Small pioneered this kind of holiday with the help of his Sloaney 'Muribirds'. Powder White has been in the game more than ten years and operates in the ski world's Big Five - Val d'Isere, St Anton, Verbier, Meribel and Courchevel. It's a super-efficient and flexible company. Come on in, the fire's lit: The chalet has a cosy atmosphere in its main lounge space . If you want only three or four dinners in the chalet, rather than six, that's fine (the price is adjusted accordingly) and if you book ski and boot hire in advance, a man appears on your first evening with all the clobber. We opted for chalet Nid d'Aigle in Courchevel 1650, where eight of us snuggled down in four double rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms. Chalet girls Antonia and Hannah, who had been at school together, were charming and rustled up simple, but delicious, food (freshly baked cakes for tea) and the selection of wines (included at no extra cost) was greatly appreciated. We drank vast quantities. A lot has been said about the Russian invasion of Courchevel 1850, the next valley along from 1650 - and it's all true, with Prada, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Bulgari et al setting up shops beside the piste. A space to relax away from the slopes: The chalet has space for eight people in four double rooms . But Courchevel 1650 is a different world entirely, with a few simple bars and restaurants, one or two hotels and lots of chalets on the hill. What's admirably swanky, however, are the escalators that save you walking long distances with your gear to and from the main bubble lift up the mountain. The Three Valleys (Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens) is such a large area it's worth spending a day or even half day with a reputable ski guiding company. We chose Marmalade and not one, but two, qualified ski instructors arrived - the boss Derek and colleague Nick. They skied with effortless style and were good company, too. While lots of people make for the dizzy heights of Val Thorens, we tended to ski mainly in 1650 and then found some superbly uncrowded runs through trees down to La Praz and La Tania. The challenge most days was to find places to eat on the mountain that were accessible to non-skiers such as my wife, for whom even sitting upstairs on a double-decker bus is something of a vertigo challenge. Out on the terrace: The chalet offers the opportunity for al fresco dining - if you feel it's warm enough . This proved remarkably easy. Le Bel Air, at the top of the Ariondaz bubble lift, has a gorgeous balcony and the food is top-notch without charging Russian prices; the newly opened Les Chenus restaurant in 1850 is another good option if you're happy with a fancy burger and there's a decent and lively restaurant at the top of the La Tania bubble. Sadly we could not get to my favourite, Les Cretes, where the Jacquemard family has been in business more than 25 years. On the chalet girls' day off, the younger members of our group enjoyed a fondue at Le Petit Savoyard, while my wife and I checked out 1850's newest hotel, L'Apogée. My goodness, it's plush. Wonderful food. Gorgeous pool. Stay here and your skis are put out for you in the morning and there is even a small drag lift so you don't have to walk uphill for all of 20 yards. A mountain marvel: Courchevel is one of the most fabled ski resorts in the French Alps . Life was a little more simple back in our chalet - and a lot more British. But just as wonderful. Powder White (020 8877 8888, www.powderwhite.com) offers seven-nights at Chalet Nid d'Aigle in Courchevel 1650 from £349pp, including breakfast, tea, dinner and unlimited wine. easyJet (www.easyjet.com) flies from London to Grenoble from £52.29 return. Book car hire through www.carrentals.co.uk, and ski instruction with www.skimarmalade.com. Meet and Greet parking is available through www.holidayextras.com.

Chalet Nid d'Aigle sits in the fabled French ski resort of Courchevel 1650 . Courchevel 1650 tends to be a more affordable area than Courchevel 1850 . Nid d'Aigle has a cosy ambience, sleeping up to eight in four double rooms .

e2bff7dce4448013f29dce74eb87bdcffbad87ef

By . Daily Mail Reporter . Adults are being urged to improve their maths as experts claim poor numeracy costs the economy more than £20billion a year. Inability to cope with numbers results in lower wages, smaller company profits and reduced tax revenues for the Government, a charity warns today. Millions of adults struggle with simple tasks they need in their jobs or everyday life, such as weighing ingredients, administering medicines and working out deals in shops, National Numeracy says. Now, the organisation is urging Britons to take a 20-minute maths quiz after figures showed half the adult population has the numeracy ability of a primary school child. They will be given a score and guided towards maths tuition to help them improve their result next time they take the challenge. The Government-backed scheme is aimed at boosting the maths skills of at least one million adults over the next five years. It coincided with new research from the Pro Bono Economics charity which pinpointed levels of poor numeracy and calculated the cost to the economy. Karen Hancock, an economist with the charity, said: ‘The report begins with the finding that almost half the adult population has numeracy no greater than that expected of a child leaving primary school. For a developed country that’s pretty shocking.’ Poor maths skills were estimated to be costing the economy £20.2billion-a-year - 1.3 per cent of GDP. In fact, this was likely to be an underestimate since costs to the criminal justice system and NHS were difficult to quantify. A separate poll of 2,300 adults found that more than a third - 36 per cent - felt they were being held back by their poor maths abilities, for example struggling to help with their children’s homework or trying to work out budgets and personal finances. One in four said maths at school did not prepare them well for maths in everyday life. A poll of 2,300 adults found that more than a third - 36 per cent - felt they were being held back by their poor maths abilities (library image) Under the new initiative, anyone can check their maths skills through a new online quiz at www.nnchallenge.org.uk . It takes 20 to 25 minutes and participants will be given a score out of 100 and one of four grades, with gold the top grade, meaning they are performing at GCSE C-grade level or above. Silver is equivalent to grades D to G at GCSE, bronze is equivalent to the standard expected of a nine to 11-year-old, while ‘entry’ is the standard expected of children up to the age of eight. Participants are then guided to free websites which will help them improve their skills at their own pace, before encouraging them to retake the test. Mike Ellicock, chief executive of National Numeracy, said: ‘We want this to be the biggest ever drive across the UK to crack the problem of poor adult numeracy, a problem that has dogged us for decades. ‘We’re heartened by the extent to which we’ve got support from the DfE, from Elizabeth Truss and Matt Hancock and the Department for Business.’ He said poor maths skills were not because Britons lacked innate talent but a prevailing assumption that you can either do maths or you can’t. It was ‘absolutely vital’ to explode what amounted to a ‘big talent myth’. A range of public sector organisations and firms are backing the scheme and encouraging employees to take the quiz, including Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which described how it would help improve patient care. ‘If we can improve numeracy it will inevitably improve care for patients because so much of patient care is measured,’ said Paula Ward, assistant director of learning. Staff needed maths for a range of tasks such as calculating dose and meal portion sizes, translating easily between stones and kilograms when talking about patients’ weights and calculating the correct concentration of cleaning products to keep bugs under control. Mark Rennison, group finance director at Nationwide, which is backing the initiative, said: ‘We are confronted every day, through the distribution of financial products through our branch network with conversations with people who clearly are not comfortable [with numbers]. ‘It is almost impossible to ask people to make buying decisions around financial products without resorting to numbers.’

Many struggle with simple mathematical tasks, National Numeracy found . Being bad with numbers results in lower wages, charity discovered . Organisation is urging Britons to take 20-minute quiz to assess their ability . Part of scheme to boost maths skills of 1million adults in five years .

0bad9feb671d0bd84d8d0a6503beaae689036a8b

(CNN) -- You know the drill. Pony up a little (or a lot) more scratch at America's top theme parks, sports stadiums, wildlife sanctuaries, lounges and museums and you can expect a different deal. The VIP deal. But where and when does it pay to go VIP? You should always take those three letters with a grain of salt, but sometimes they really do sweeten the pot, provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience or just save your sanity. Here are 12 VIP options in nine categories that are worth the extra cash. Theme parks . If money was no object, who wouldn't do the whole destination amusement park thing differently? As in, no lines anywhere, front row seating everywhere and a personal park operative to maneuver you through the madness. The Disney World Premium VIP Tour (from $315 per hour) is about as close to that parallel universe as it gets in the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and beyond. The package includes a door-to-door resort guide overseeing your own personally customized, multipark itinerary -- with all the line-skipping, special-seating and headache-saving that groups of up to 10 can pack into six hours. The Six Flags VIP Tour (from $199) also offers fully customized tours for private groups, assigning a hands-on guide to keep you oriented and on-task with preferred everything from parking to show and restaurant seating to front-of-line privileges on most rides. Major League baseball . Unless you're about to be tackled by security at midfield, stepping onto the actual turf at one of the world's most venerable sports venues is strictly reserved for pro athletes and umps, right? Not if you book The Wrigley Field Experience (from $25,000) for a private VIP event. Then the hallowed home of the Chicago Cubs, the nation's second-oldest ballpark, is yours for the experiencing at home-plate level. Customized events let you tour "The Friendly Confines," play ball right on the field with accompanying scoreboard and sound system, and even take batting practice with legends of the game. Will they play the Seventh Inning Stretch song for you? You bet. Wildlife . Not that jockeying for position to glimpse gorillas among the weekend zoo crowd isn't a privilege in its own right. It might even inspire some comparisons with the guy standing beside you. Just know that there are premium animal encounters to be had at some of America's most popular wildlife parks and attractions from coast to coast. Left Coast: San Diego Zoo's Exclusive VIP Experience (from $599) provides a customized, intimate journey through one of the world's most famous zoos. The tour includes up-close animal encounters, a special lunch and access to off-exhibit areas tailored to your zoological hankerings. Right Coast: SeaWorld Orlando's Private VIP Tour (from $299) lets guests dodge crowds for intimate feeding sessions with dolphins, sea lions and stingrays -- plus jump to the front of every ride line and enjoy reserved seating at live shows -- before their own feeding at Sharks Underwater Grill. Hollywood . Hollywood studios have been inviting folks for behind-the-scenes peeks since the silent era, when Universal boss Carl Laemmle came up with the idea of selling bleacher seats during shoots for 25 cents a pop. While the standard 45-minute Universal Studios Tour is more or less a warmup for the theme park, the Exclusive Universal Studios VIP Experience ($299) at the world's largest movie and TV studio includes a personal park guide, VIP meal service, hours of front-of-line ride benefits and back-lot access to otherwise off-limits sound stages, props warehouses, costume departments and all those immortal exterior sets from your favorite old Jim Carrey and Michael J. Fox flicks. Warner Bros. Studios is home of "Casablanca," "Rebel without a Cause," "Two and a Half Men" and the Warner Bros. VIP Tour ($52), which whisks guests for more than two hours around the 100-acre lot of Hollywood's oldest studio. No two tours are the same here, because this is workingman's Hollywood. You're seeing life on the lot as it plays out during the week without the aid of a theme park ride: through props departments, craft shops, sets of hit TV series and sound stages. Museum . You love the American Museum of National History's great Fossil Halls, the Earth and space section covering the universe's 13-billion-year history and those fascinating human origins dioramas. But you'd love it even more without all those other humans milling around. Take it from Ben Stiller and Robin Willia ... er, Theodore Roosevelt -- New York's natural history museum is an entirely different place outside regular public hours. While the American Museum of Natural History's VIP Tour ($500 for a group of up to five) can't guarantee you'll befriend Sacajawea or a T-Rex that fetches rib bones (that stuff only happens after sundown), the facility's premier private tour (9-10 a.m., before doors officially open) walks you through the place like it's your own. Then, when all the regular guests arrive, you get pre-seating at the Space Show, IMAX viewing and access to special exhibits. Tough to come up with a sequel as good as that. Live music . Snagging any old seat to hear The Eagles crank out "Take It Easy" for the millionth time or watch Sting, LL Cool J, Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss strut on stage (no, not all together) means a call to TicketMaster. Sitting front row at any of these upcoming summer concert tours, attending a pre-show party and doing a meet-and-greet photo op with some of these stars means a trip to VIP Nation. The preferred concert seating company, specializing in premium VIP packages and rare access to your favorite musical artists, can probably help you get that special moment with Gene Simmons you've been waiting for all these years. Dining . You can get the "private room" VIP treatment with great city views at any lofty restaurant worth its African salt-crusted sea bass. But for the real gravity-defying haute dining experience you have to lose the walls, the floor and the windows and do Dinner in the Sky -- a singular multicourse dining adventure that seats you and your closest 21 VIP friends or business associates at a table suspended up to 18 stories high by a specialized crane and equipment. Developed by Europe-based Events in the Sky, the U.S.-authorized experience can be set up in virtually any 100-foot by 50-foot space accessible by a large truck. Still miss the Rainbow Room? Tennis . Can you believe it? The World Series is just two months away and the Super Bowl is in less than half a year! Welcome to the sports doldrums of late August and early September. Is there a classic American sporting event happening somewhere at this time worth dropping a bundle on to experience in the most pampered manner possible? Yes. In Flushing Meadows, New York, home of tennis' U.S. Open. There are four basic ways to experience the greatest Grand Slam tournament (if you're not British, French or Australian) in racquet sports. 1. Not at all . 2. In your living room, on ESPN . 3. In the nosebleeds watching Serena Williams -- or is that Roger Federer? 4. With a U.S. Open Supreme Package (from $700 up to $1,850), which includes VIP parking, loge level seating, breakfast in the Media Dining Room, exclusive dining access and a $200 U.S. Open Event Card for each guest. Vegas . Tao. Pure. Lavo. Moon. Mix. Rain. Hyde. Do any -- or all -- of these syllables spell a brilliant time in Vegas to you? If so, the V Card ($149.99) might just make it even smarter -- allowing you to cut through long lines, escape crazy cover charges and score two-for-one drinks at some of the most happening venues all over the Vegas Strip. Introduced last year on the heels of Vegas' VIP-for-a-weekend "club crawl" services, the V Card lets frequent Vegas visitors check off 40-plus ultra lounges, nightclubs and all-hours pool parties over the course of several visits. Or one really crazy weekend.

Want to meet Gene Simmons? VIP Nation might be able to help you out . The Wrigley Field Experience lets you take batting practice with legends of the game . American Museum of Natural History's VIP tour lets you avoid crowds . Disney World Premium VIP Tour gives you a new perspective on the park .

8e7d7e8e6a2178a7b593884f481c9c96feb50f3a

(CNN) -- Jacobo Arbenz was overthrown as president of Guatemala in a CIA-backed coup in 1954, a seminal event that historians say set the Central American country on a path of dictatorships and civil war that would last for decades. Even though he was democratically elected and popular at the time, after Arbenz was deposed, his reputation was ruined and he was written out of Guatemala's history books. He died in exile in 1971. This week, 57 years later, current President Alvaro Colom made a public apology to the Arbenz family, a large gesture in Guatemala. There is also a larger rehabilitation of the image of Arbenz under way. Textbooks are being rewritten and a new biography will soon be published. But this clearing of Arbenz's reputation does not console everyone. Some ask: When will the United States, which was behind the coup, apologize for its meddling? "As president of the republic, as commander in chief of the army, I want to apologize to the Arbenz family for that great crime committed on the 27th of June of 1954," Colom said Thursday. "Guatemala changed that day, and we haven't yet recovered." The apology "doesn't have a lot of resonance in the United States -- though it should," said Stephen Schlesinger, an Adjunct Fellow at the Century Foundation and co-author of a book on the 1954 coup. The United States, after all, was the power behind the event. In a nutshell, there were two main arguments about what led the United States to see Arbenz as a threat, one economic and one political. At the time, the largest landowner in Guatemala was an American firm, the United Fruit Company. Arbenz, in an effort to reduce income inequality in the country, instituted a land reform program that would have taken unused United Fruit Company land and turned it over to farmers. "We're talking huge amounts of land," Schlesinger said, enough to grow the middle class. Another author of a book on the subject, Johns Hopkins professor Piero Gleijeses, said that 100,000 families -- representing about half a million Guatemalans -- benefited from the reform. Arbenz's goal was to double that number by the end of his term, he said. But United Fruit Company went to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and labeled Arbenz as a communist and a threat to democracy. This political argument gained traction, and the CIA became involved. According to Schlesinger, the CIA found a group of disgruntled Guatemalan right-wingers opposed to Arbenz who set up an elaborate ploy to oust him. The CIA helped set up secret radio broadcasts along the perimeter of Guatemala. They used fake broadcasts to warn of an impending massive revolt, and backed it up with planes that dropped bombs (many of them fake) in Guatemala, Schlesinger said. The fake broadcasts and bombings "put such fear in the small country" that it just collapsed, he said. The Guatemalan army went along with it because the United States convinced commanders there would be an invasion otherwise, Gleijeses said. They were "terrorized into betraying" Arbenz, he said. Given the deep U.S. involvement, Gleijeses said this of Colom's apology to the Arbenz family: "It's not very clear what he's apologizing for." "What he should do, if he has the guts, is to ask the United States to apologize for their crime," he said. The son of the ousted president, Jacobo Arbenz Jr., said such an effort was already under way. Signatures are being collected for a petition to the U.S. government to apologize for its role, he said. The State Department said that its embassy in Guatemala was preparing a statement regarding Arbenz, but as of Saturday it had not been released. For the younger Arbenz, the apology from the Guatemalan government is a great first step. "We are happy with this," he said. "Justice has been done." The Arbenz family had gone before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 1999 to demand the apology from the government. Earlier this year, the commission negotiated a number of actions that the government promised to undertake. In addition to the public apology, the government is making economic reparations to the family and is naming a highway after Arbenz. School curricula are also being revamped to give Arbenz a more prominent role in Guatemala's history. Even some Guatemalans CNN spoke with brushed off the significance of the apology, saying the coup was so long ago that it is irrelevant. But according to Schlesinger, the ramifications of the coup were far-reaching. Instead of 30 years of bloody civil war, Guatemala might have remained a democracy and influenced neighboring countries to do the same, sparing thousands of lives. Gleijeses says that his sources confirm that Arbenz in actuality was a communist, but had no aspirations to form a dictatorship. His only goal was to address the nation's serious inequality, something that the land reform could have accomplished, he said. But with a strong military, whether there would have been democracy even without the coup is an open question, he said. Colom's apology seems, at the very least, able to reignite the debate over Arbenz's legacy and the problems that Guatemala faces, many which have been consistent since 1954. CNN en Español's Claudia Palacios contributed to this report.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to the family of Jacobo Arbenz . Arbenz was ousted in a coup in 1954 . Some wonder whether the U.S., which backed the coup, will also apologize .

630fa60d6ec71bedcb80c187f6c22e1296eec30d

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman believed luck was on team's side at Old Trafford after Dusan Tadic struck the winner with the only shot on target in the entire match. It was the first time Manchester United failed to fire a single shot on target at home since May 2009 and Koeman believed the theme of Sunday's game was very similar to his side's previous meeting with Louis van Gaal's men earlier this season. The Saints had the better chances in the corresponding fixture at St Mary's at the beginning of December but two Robin van Persie goals, against the run of play, secured a 2-1 win for United despite Koeman's men dominating the match for long periods. Ronald Koeman (right) celebrates on the pitch with his Southampton players after their historic victory . Louis van Gaal's side have dropped below Southampton and go fourth in the Premier League table . 'Mata had two or three good chances to score, but we had some luck,' Koeman told Sky Sports. 'So it's a draw, United were the lucky team then (in December) but maybe us today.' The Dutchman was thrilled with his back four's display, marshalled superbly by man of the match Jose Fonte, as they nullified United's attacking game for the duration of the contest. 'It's three points at Old Trafford. That's fantastic. It says a lot about our ambitions,' Koeman added. Dusan Tadic (second right) pounced in the 69th minute to secure victory for Southampton . 'The movement of Rooney caused us problems, but they didn't create a lot of opportunities.' Koeman's side have beaten Arsenal, drawn with Chelsea and taken all three points against United in their last three games and now sit third in the Premier League standings. 'Again today, we showed we can win the big ones,' said the Saints boss. 'The belief was in our team today. We had that feeling against Chelsea and against Arsenal.' Juan Mata (right) missed a number of good chances to level the scores shortly after Southampton went ahead . Meanwhile, United boss Louis van Gaal was disappointed with Southampton's tactics during the contest and felt they were rewarded for their negative approach. 'They came for a draw and they go away with victory which was disappointing,' said Van Gaal. 'They defended really well. We dominated the game without creating enough chances.'

Substitute Dusan Tadic struck the winner in the 69th minute . It was the only shot on target in the entire contest . Louis van Gaal felt the Saints played for a draw . Ronald Koeman's side move up to third in the Premier League table . Van Gaal's side slip to fourth following their defeat . Click here for more Southampton news .

e4f11a5a5e368067afbdabee37b08e7a4fc787f9

By . Anna Hodgekiss . The number of district nurses has dropped by 50 per cent in the last ten years and they will be ‘extinct’ by 2025, it has been claimed. The Royal College of Nursing has highlighted NHS figures showing there are now 6,656 in post compared to 12,620 in 2003. The union also warns that three-quarters of the remaining district nurses are so overworked they do not have time to properly talk to patients. Endangered: District nurses may be extinct by 2025 unless around 10,00 posts can be filled, experts claim . A survey it carried out of 2,438 such nurses found that 75 per cent had to leave patients’ homes before finishing certain tasks - including asking patients if they had any concerns. District nurses mainly care for the elderly in their own homes or care homes and administer medication such as pain relief and eye drops and dress wounds. But they tend to be older than hospital nurses and when they retire, their posts are not being filled. Unless urgent action is taken, the 'critically endangered' nurses will be extinct in just over a decade, it was claimed yesterday. The Government has repeatedly pledged to improve community services such as district nurses to enable the elderly to be cared for in their own homes rather than in hospital. But the RCN said in order for this to happen, an extra 10,000 district nurses needed to be recruited across the NHS. Concern: The lack of community nurses could put many elderly and frail patients at risk . The research, which saw 2,400 district and community nurses polled, . found that most community staff are 'pushed to breaking point', the . spokeswoman said. A quarter said they had seen more than 12 patients . on their last shift, meaning the time actually spent with the patient . was stretched, she added. Many of those questioned raised concerns about the time spent with . patients, with the nurses on average spending just 37 per cent of their time . delivering care. And eight out of 10 said they had worked additional . hours on their last shift. The RCN, which is holding its annual congress in Liverpool this week, . has also called on health officials to make training nurses have a . mandatory placement in the community. Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the RCN, . said: "People are living longer, but not necessarily healthier, lives. This trend will grow over the coming decades and presents a very . specific nursing challenge. 'The district nurse role is the . foundation of a system which should be able to manage conditions and . keep sick and frail people at home. Remove those foundations and the . whole edifice could come crashing down. 'By 2025, there will be many thousands of families with frail older relatives, who may well have survived a number of illnesses - and when they look for help to manage at home, it simply won't be there.' A Department of Health spokeswoman said: 'The chief nursing officer has set up a working group which is looking specifically at what we can do to increase the number of community nurses and we are committed to training 10,000 more frontline community staff by 2020.'

Stark warning has been issued by the Royal College of Nursing . Number of district nurses has dropped by 50% in the past decade . Another 10,000 must be recruited in the last decade, nursing union warns . Situation is worrying as Government wants more people treated at home .

5b8d22b739cc163d5c1d96c64402413d901f33db

A Fijian man has been arrested over the death of an Australian woman whose body was found on the side of a road in Fiji this week. The badly beaten and decomposed body of Tracey Ann O'Brien Maw was found in bushes by a passing farmer on Tuesday evening near the village of Vunavutu on Fiji's Vita Levu Island. Police spokeswoman Ana Naisoro confirmed on Friday that a local man has been taken into custody in relation to Maw's death. 'At this moment we cannot reveal the identity of the person because we have not charged him yet. But I can say that we have a strong lead,' Ms Naisoro told the Australian Federal Police. Ms Maw, from Shepparton in Victoria's north-east, had been bashed to death in an 'alleged murder' according to Nine News. Scroll down for video . Tracey Ann O'Brien Maw, from Shepparton in Victoria's north-east, was found dead on Tuesday . A police spokesperson from Sigatoka in the south-west of Fiji's Vita Levu Island, where Ms Maw was found, told Daily Mail Australia that she had to be identified by her tattoos after the severe bashing. 'She was formally identified by the brother, and some of the tattoo marks that were on her leg, as the woman who was missing,' the spokesman said. Nine News reported that her brother, Rodney Maw, had travelled to Fiji to look for his sister who is understood to have been missing for some time. The spokesperson said that she was found in the area 'where she was staying with her boyfriend', a local Fijian man. Ms Maw is believed to have been in the country in an attempt to re-establish a relationship with the man. Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald said Maw had gone to Vunavutu village with a friend. Her body has already been cremated 'due to the extreme stage of putrefaction of the victim's body,' BJJ Groenewald said. Her body, which had been brutally bashed, was found in some bushes by a passing Fijian farmer . However some of Ms Maw's relatives are concerned the speed of the cremation will have failed to allow a precise investigation into how she was killed. Her brother is believed to have returned to Australia today. Officials from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are providing consular assistance to her family.

A Fijian man has been arrested over the death of Australian woman Tracey Ann O'Brien Maw . Ms Maw's body was found in the bushes by a Fijian farmer on Tuesday . The Victorian woman from Shepparton had been bashed to death, according to local police . Her brother formally identified her body by a distinct tattoo on her leg after travelling to the country to find her . She is believed to have been staying with her boyfriend, a Fijian man, while visiting Fiji's Vita Levu Island .

8c45f0aeefa62b8c46daccc732fdca7bd5550360

By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:56 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:56 EST, 29 November 2013 . Second time around: A judge has issued an order for Austin Clem, 25, to be resentenced . A judge under fire for sparing a triple rapist prison time has agreed to reconsider the sentence. Alabama Circuit Judge James Woodroof filed an order on Tuesday for 25-year-old Austin Smith Clem to be resentenced. Clem was convicted this month of raping a teenage girl three times, but the judge suspended his 40-year prison sentence in favor of a community corrections program that allowed him to skip incarceration. The decision sparked a national outcry, with the victim Courtney Andrews saying she was 'livid' and 'baffled'. Andrews, now 20, told MSNBC she was grateful her attacker would be resentenced, but was not hopeful. The judge was a childhood friend of the perpetrator’s attorney, Dan Totten. 'It’s hard for me to put a lot of hope in it, because I don’t want to be let down again. I thought he was going to get prison time before and he didn’t,' Andrews said. A jury in September convicted Clem on . three counts of rape in a series of sexual assaults on his neighbor and . one-time family friend. Andrews testified that Clem sexually abused her at age 13 and then again when she was 14 and 18. The defense argued there was no evidence of assault and characterized the victim as a 'scorned woman.' Victim: Courtney Andrews has taken the unconventional step of publicly identifying herself and slamming her attacker's sentence . Clem . could have faced decades behind bars. Instead, Limestone County Circuit . Judge Woodroof sentenced Clem to spend two . years with a community-based corrections program that will allow him to . continue working and living at home, plus spend three years on . supervised probation. He . was ordered to pay $1,631 in restitution, to stay away from the victim . and her family, to register as a sex offender, and to complete . counseling. The judge did not explain his decision in his order. Limestone . County District Attorney Brian Jones filed papers last week . asking the Court of Criminal Appeals to intervene in Clem's case. Convicted: Clem could face prison time when he is resentenced . Jones also asked a judge to delay the no-prison sentence and temporarily incarcerate Clem. A . petition filed with the appeals court argues the lenient sentence was . illegal under state law because Clem was convicted of first-degree rape . and two counts of second-degree rape. Clem . should have been sentenced to at least three years in prison under the . type of sentence the judge ordered, the prosecutor argued.

Austin Clem, 25, avoided jail time after being convicted of raping a teenage girl three times . Following a national outcry, Alabama Circuit Judge James Woodroof on Tuesday agreed to a new sentence . Clem's 40-year prison sentence was suspended in favor of a community corrections program .

95f62f3e0bda5fda544510666751054e88c86bc5

(CNN) -- Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians living in the United States and a Florida pastor with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an online video that has enraged much of the Muslim world. Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low-budget, amateurish 14-minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube. The clip from "The Innocence of Muslims" mocks the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer. Belief: Controversy shines light on Coptic Christianity . "Innocence of Muslims" was an obscure Internet video until September 11, when rioters, seizing on it, breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Protesters also attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. The charges -- largely symbolic because the accused all live outside Egypt -- name alleged filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, who is identified by Egyptian officials as Elia Bassili. Reports that Nakoula is a Coptic Christian have raised concern about a possible backlash against the minority religious group in Egypt, where tensions between Copts and Muslims have risen recently. Egypt also charged Morris Sadek, who is believed to have posted the clip to YouTube. The Florida pastor charged is Terry Jones, who was allegedly contacted by the filmmaker to help promote the video. Jones sparked some protests in Muslim countries last year when he staged a trial of Islam at his church. The others accused were identified as Morcos Aziz; Fikri Zokloma, also known as Esmat Zokloma; Nabil Bissada; Nahed Metwali; and Nader Nicola. Aside from Nakoula, who lives in California, and Jones in Florida, it was not clear where the others live in the United States. Opinion: Anti-Islam video does not represent Coptic community . In addition to charges of insulting the Islamic religion, insulting Mohammed and inciting sectarian strife, all eight are charged with harming national unity and spreading false information, according to Adel Saaed, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office. Egyptian authorities added the names to their airport watch list. Prosecutors said they will ask the international police agency, Interpol, to add the names to its wanted lists. U.S. authorities would also be contacted, according to prosecutors. Although Washington has made it clear that it did not sanction the film, a week of protests have rippled from Morocco to Malaysia, spurring U.S. officials to increase security at diplomatic missions and demand other governments to take action. Sherif Doss, head of the Egyptian Coptic Association, said the accused Copts have created their own "cult-like" organization in the United States, have appointed their own minister and are "disregarding any church or religious norms." Here are the latest key developments: . Call to kill Americans . As part of the fallout from the video, al Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa on Tuesday urged Muslims in the region to kill U.S. government representatives and called the death of Stevens a "gift." "We encourage all Muslims to continue to demonstrate and escalate their protests ... and to kill their (American) ambassadors and representatives or to expel them to cleanse our land from their wickedness," said the statement from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The group called last week's killing of Stevens "the best gift you (can) give to his arrogant and unjust administration." State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland reiterated the Obama administration's stance that video, which she called "reprehensible," was no justification for violence. Actor: Maker of anti-Islam film 'was playing us along' The man behind the anti-Islam film . Video purportedly shows Libyans rushing to aid Stevens . Investigation into ambassador's killing . U.S. and Libyan officials have held a series of high-level meetings to "assess what went wrong" in Benghazi, a senior Libyan official said Tuesday. Some of the U.S. officials had flown in for the meetings, which included security experts. Following the attack, Libya suspected an increase in U.S. drone activity over eastern portions of the country and were worried the Obama administration would take military action because of domestic political considerations, the official told CNN. Mohamed al-Magariaf, newly elected president of Libya's parliament, spoke with the White House "to contain the situation," the official said. The official said the government urged the Americans to work together "in full partnership" because any military action during this "fragile and sensitive situation" would give "an excuse" to the two main threats to the state: extremists and loyalists to the deposed Gadhafi regime. The official expressed concern with the deteriorating regional picture. "They (the United States) are losing Egypt, if they lose Libya ... they and we cannot afford to lose our partnership." CNN correspondent Brianna Keilar pressed the White House on Tuesday on whether the Libya attack was planned or spontaneous. "We saw no evidence to back up claims by others that this was a preplanned or premeditated attack," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "But there is a lot that is under investigation here, and as more facts come to light, if they change that assessment, we'll make that clear." Libya has taken steps to arrest those responsible for last week's deadly consulate attack, bringing in dozens for questioning over the weekend, Libyan officials said. The exact number of arrests was unclear. One Libyan official said those arrested included suspects from Mali and Algeria as well as al Qaeda sympathizers. Ambassador's last moments . Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that FBI agents had arrived in Tripoli. They had delayed entering the country a few days while the situation remained especially volatile. The United States is looking at security at all diplomatic posts and will augment it at specific locations if necessary, Clinton told reporters. Where Obama, Romney stand on foreign policy challenges . Fareed's Take: Protest images do not tell the whole story . Media for Christ leader says he was duped . A man who allowed his studio to be used for 10 days for the making of "Innocence of Muslims" said he was misled by the person behind the film. Joseph Nassralla, president of Media for Christ, based in Southern California, said the ensuing controversy over the anti-Islam film brought him death threats and forced him into hiding. In a statement, Nassralla criticized Nakoula, the alleged filmmaker. Nakoula told him he was making a movie about Christian persecution that "would examine the culture of the desert and how it is related to what is going on right now," said Nassralla. "Nakoula altered the film without anyone's knowledge, changing its entire focus and dubbing in new dialogue ..." said Nassralla, who who also runs a satellite TV station in Los Angeles. "The final product ... bore no resemblance to the film I thought he was making, or the film the actors thought they were creating. We were shocked." Nakoula denied that he made the film, according to Bishop Serapion, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, citing a phone conversation with him last week. At a news conference Monday, the Coptic leader condemned violence by protesters which, he said, "only serves to continue the hate." Nassralla said his interest is calling attention to "bloody persecution of the Copts." He said his only involvement in the finished film was allowing use of his facilities. Nassralla's statement was provided to CNN by blogger Pamela Geller, who posted it on her website after receiving it from Nassralla. Geller is author of "Stop the Islamization of America." Suicide attacks in Afghanistan . Taliban-allied insurgent groups claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks that killed 13 people, including eight South Africans, in Afghanistan. The first attack was a response to the film, one of the groups said. Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, a group allied with the Taliban, said a 22-year-old woman drove a car packed with 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of explosives into a van on a road leading to Kabul International Airport. Eleven others were wounded in the attack, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. In Kunar province, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed an Afghan civilian and wounded four people, including three International Security Assistance Force troops, according to Wasifullah Wasifi, a spokesman for the provincial governor's office. State Department spokeswoman Nuland on Tuesday described the first Afghan attack as "piling on." "We are seeing a lot of extremist activity trying to exploit the sentiments from this video to gin up folks to violence and try to use that as an excuse for things that might otherwise have been planned for their otherwise rejectionist agendas," Nuland said. "So, that is very concerning, this sort of spoiler, pile-on agenda that is happening now." The escalating tensions have spilled into NATO military operations in the central Asia nation, prompting the alliance to order its troops to adjust joint operations with Afghan security forces to minimize attacks on them by their local allies. "Recent events outside of and inside Afghanistan related to the 'Innocence of Muslims' video plus the conduct of recent insider attacks have given cause for ISAF troops to exercise increased vigilance and carefully review all activities and interactions with the local population," a spokeswoman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. The operations with Afghan forces could increase as the "threat level" goes down, she said. More protests . • About 100 demonstrators gathered Tuesday near a U.S. diplomatic facility in Medan, Indonesia, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta reported on its website. Indonesian authorities were deploying about 150 police officers to the Medan protest and adding security outside the U.S. facility in Jakarta, although no protests were taking place there, the embassy said. • In Indian-administered Kashmir, a general strike flared, shutting down businesses, public transport and most government operations, with reports of sporadic violence. A coalition of religious parties and separatist groups called the strike as a protest against the video. • In Thailand, a peaceful crowd protested in heavy rain in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok for about 90 minutes Tuesday, the Bangkok Post newspaper reported. No violence was reported, the newspaper said. U.S. officials were aware of the planned protest and made plans to close the building to the public and send home nonessential personnel, the embassy said on its website. • In Iran, students at universities staged protest rallies Tuesday against the film and the United States. They chanted "Death to the U.S." and "Death to Israel," the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported. Opinion: Should Google censor film? CNN's Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Mukhtar Ahmad, Jomana Karadsheh, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Miguel Marquez, Anna Coren, Nasir Habib, Reza Sayah, Jessica King, Chelsea J. Carter, Tom Watkins, Greg Botelho and journalist Farid Ahmed contributed to this report.

NEW: Head of Media for Christ said he was duped by filmmaker . U.S., Libyan officials discuss what happened in Benghazi . Egypt charges maker of anti-Islamic film, seven others . Al Qaeda urges killing of U.S. government representatives across Muslim lands .

f0f785cadbb2ca05d7c5fdb569d2d405b454f650

Neil Redfearn's first game as the permanent Leeds manager ended in a 3-1 defeat as Cardiff continued their revival under Russell Slade. Bruno Manga's first Cardiff goal and Federico Macheda's strike put the Bluebirds in control. Alex Mowatt gave Leeds hope by pulling one back 13 minutes from time, but Kenwyne Jones made the points safe when he pounced on a defensive mix up to slot home his sixth goal of the season. Cardiff's Bruno Ecuele Manga (right) leaps to open the scoring for his side against Leeds in the Championship . Ecuele Manga of Cardiff celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Championship win over Leeds . Cardiff: Marshall, Brayford, Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Fabio, Pilkington (Ralls, 45), Gunnarsson, Whittingham, Noone, Macheda (Jones, 75), Le Fondre (Morrison, 81) Goals: Ecuele Manga (61), Macheda (67), Jones (83) Unused subs: Connelly, Maynard, Moore, Gabbidon . Leeds: Silvestri, Berardi (Byram, 85), Bellusci, Pearce, Warnock, Cook, Bianchi (Sloth, 76), Mowatt, Doukara, Morison (Dawson, 69), Antenucci . Goals: Mowatt (77) Unused subs: Taylor, Tonge, Montenegro, Cooper . Referee: Andy Woolmer . Attendance: 24,220 . Redfearn's full-time appointment was confirmed prior to kick-off, with the 49-year-old handed an initial 12-month contract with an option for a further year or a return to his academy duties once that period is over. He is already the third manager to take the helm of the Yorkshire club this season, and Leeds fans will hope he can have the sort of stabilising effect Slade has had at Cardiff. Bluebirds fans will have some sympathy with the current plight of their Leeds counterparts given the headlines their club has had to endure under Vincent Tan's ownership. But they are back on track after three wins out of four under Slade, moving them to the brink of the play-off places. While United showed no lack of fight, Cardiff had the better of the opening exchanges and rarely threatened to relinquish control. As early as the 11th minute Marco Silvestri had to get down low to his left to keep out Peter Whittingham's free-kick, with the keeper also clawing away Anthony Pilkington's header from under his own bar. An error between Marco Silvestri (left) and Giuseppe Bellusci (right) allows Kenwyne Jones to score . Substitute Jones (pictured) celebrates after wrapping up three points for Cardiff . Goalscorer Federico Macheda (left) of Cardiff evades the challenge of Stephen Warnock (right) The visitors should have led in the 20th minute, but their best chance of the game was spurned by Steve Morison. The Wales striker powered a header over the bar from 10 yards out after being found by Stephen Warnock's superb centre. Souleymane Doukara struck an effort straight at David Marshall from distance, but the better opportunities were coming at the other end. Anthony Pilkington (left) of Cardiff holds off the challenge of Leeds' Jason Pearce (right) Adam Le Fondre twice failed to make the most of good deliveries from Whittingham, glancing two headers well wide of the target, while Macheda's shot was well blocked by Guiseppe Bellusci after John Brayford had led a sharp Cardiff break. The second half settled into the same pattern and it was no surprise when Cardiff took the lead. Leeds failed to clear a cross and when Sean Morrison headed Craig Noone's cross back across goal, Manga was there to direct the ball into the bottom corner. Leeds chairman Massimo Cellino looks on during the Championship match against Cardiff . Six minutes later and the points looked secure when Macheda drove forward and powered his third goal in four games into the top corner, with the help of a deflection off Jason Pearce's boot. But Leeds found a way back into the game when Doukara got away from Fabio and picked out Mowatt for the midfielder to fire an angled drive across Marshall. However, any hope of a comeback was sunk when a mix-up between Silvestri and Bellusci allowed Jones a simple finish.

Bruno Ecuele Manga gave Cardiff the lead with half an hour to play . Federico Macheda doubled the lead six minutes later . But the visitors got one back through Alex Mowatt 15 minutes from time . Before Kenwyne Jones made sure of the three points for the home team .

a4f770ca5b488bfeb1c4734260d2abc29a65ee45

Editor's note: Kevin Fenton is director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fenton has written for journals including The Lancet, AIDS, the British Medical Journal and the Journal of Infectious Diseases. After graduating from medical school, Fenton earned his Masters in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from University College London. Dr. Kevin Fenton urges Americans to get tested for HIV. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Every 9½ minutes someone's brother, mother, sister, father, or neighbor becomes infected with HIV in the United States. That's 56,000 people every year. But there's something we can all do to help protect ourselves and our partners from this disease -- get tested for HIV. In the fight against HIV, I can tell you that few things are more important than testing. It's an essential step in reducing the number of new HIV infections and extending the lives of those who are infected. Put simply, HIV testing saves lives. As a CDC official, I've spoken with hundreds of people who have made the decision to get tested. Many described the relief they felt when they found out they were HIV-negative. Thanks to the HIV test, they could take steps to make sure they and their partners stay that way. I've also met people who found out they were HIV-positive. Although initially worried about their diagnosis and their future, they were thankful they had their infection diagnosed early, and were able to live long, healthy and productive lives with HIV. They had the knowledge and will to protect their partners from infection, or to prevent their infants from becoming HIV infected. I recently met one young woman who learned about her HIV infection after being diagnosed during routine HIV testing in pregnancy. By getting tested early, and having access to effective treatment, her child was born without HIV, and she now has two healthy children. She is a living testament that life does not stop with this disease. Instead, knowledge of her HIV status along with effective treatment and care has given her the freedom, resolve and respect to make choices to protect her life and the lives of those she loves. Yet today, not everyone has benefited from knowing their HIV status. Far too many individuals with HIV don't know that they're infected. CDC estimates that one in five people with HIV in the United States is unaware of being infected. That's more than 200,000 Americans who may be transmitting the virus to others without knowing it, and who can't take advantage of HIV treatments that could prolong and improve the quality of their lives. As we mark National HIV Testing Day on Saturday, I strongly encourage all Americans to get tested for HIV. At CDC, our goal is to make HIV testing as routine as a blood pressure check. HIV testing has never been quicker, easier or more accessible. In fact, with rapid HIV tests, results can be available in as little as 20 minutes, and tests can be given in your doctor's office or other locations in your community, such as churches and college campuses. To ensure that all Americans know their HIV status, CDC recommends that everyone between the ages of 13 and 64 get tested for HIV as part of routine medical care -- regardless of their perceived risk for infection. CDC also recommends that those at increased risk, such as sexually active gay and bisexual men, get tested at least annually. We are also working with our partners to bring HIV testing services directly to communities across the nation. Increased HIV testing will make it possible to significantly reduce the number of new infections. Research indicates the majority of new sexually transmitted HIV infections are transmitted by people who do not know they are HIV-infected. Studies also show that most people who test HIV-positive take steps to protect their partners from infection. Nearly 30 years after the start of the epidemic, far too many people continue to be diagnosed late in the course of their infection. Too many times, I've heard stories from people who went to the emergency room after a few days of flu-like symptoms. Once there, doctors conduct tests and inform them they have both pneumonia and AIDS. They never knew they were HIV infected, and yet they had the virus for years. In fact, data released today show that nearly 40 percent of people develop AIDS within just a year of being diagnosed with HIV. Many of these people could have stayed healthier if they were diagnosed with HIV and began drug treatment much earlier. Anti-retroviral treatment can lower the amount of the virus in the blood, slowing progression from HIV to AIDS. We must remember that AIDS still kills in this country -- more than 14,000 people die every year. Yet we have the tools to diagnose an HIV infection early, to begin life-prolonging treatments to prevent progression to AIDS, and to ensure a strong quality of life for HIV-infected people. But without a test, there is no diagnosis -- and no treatment. The fight against HIV here at home is far from over. But too many mistakenly believe that HIV in the United States is no longer a serious problem. In fact, a recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found a troubling decline in awareness and concern about the domestic HIV/AIDS crisis, in the general population and among those at greatest risk. To help combat this complacency, the White House recently joined CDC and the rest of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to announce a new communication campaign, "Act Against AIDS." The campaign is working on a number of fronts to refocus national attention on the U.S. epidemic, and to increase the number of Americans who get tested for HIV. Although HIV/AIDS continues to pose a serious threat to the nation's health, HIV testing is a powerful weapon against the disease. By increasing the number of people who know their HIV status, we can decrease the number of new HIV infections, and help save thousands of lives. What you don't know can hurt you. In fact, it can kill you. But a simple test could change your fate and the fate of others. That's why today I urge all Americans to take the test -- and take control. To learn more about HIV/AIDS and where you can receive a confidential HIV test, visit hivtest.org, call 800-CDC-INFO, or text your ZIP code to "Know It" (566948). For comprehensive information about HIV prevention, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nineandahalfminutes/index.html, the Web site for the first phase of CDC's recently-launched Act Against AIDS campaign.

Fenton: Testing is essential to reducing the number of new HIV infections . Many who get tested are relieved when they find out they are negative after all . Those who are positive can prolong their lives and ensure the health of loved ones .

73421cca6d933c8acdcb3b080d46d2cd2d56df00

By . Mike Dawes . A revamped WGC-Match Play Championship will take a leaf out of the World Cup in Brazil when it is staged for the first time at the TPC Harding Park in San Francisco next year. Organisers hope that a 'World Cup-type format' will breath new life into the first of the season's four elite World Golf Championships (WGC) events where so often in the past the top players have made early exits. Instead of the traditional 'tennis-style' draw where the top seed takes on the 64th seed in the opening round, the 64 players who qualify via the world rankings will be organised into 16 groups of four and guaranteed a minimum of three matches. Move: Tiger Woods hits off the 13th tee at Harding Park, the new home of the WGC-Match Play Championship . Gilded venue: PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announces that TPC Harding Park will host the U.S. PGA Championship in 2020, the Presidents Cup in 2025 and the WGC-Match Play at City Hall in San Francisco . 'We're going to do it differently next year,' PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem told a news conference on Wednesday after Harding Park had been announced as the venue for the 2015 edition. 'It's going to be a World Cup-type format. 'It's kind of nice that we're able to talk about that in the context of everybody in the United States being riveted to that format over the last month in Brazil where we'll be playing golf in the Olympics for the first time in '16.' Golf will be returning to the Olympics for the first time since 1904 when the Rio de Janeiro Games are held in 2016. 'The 64 players will be broken down into groups of four: 16 groups of four, and then on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, they'll all play each other,' Finchem said of the new Match Play Championship format. 'And then we'll cut to the top 16 players out of that to play to 16, eight, four and two on the weekend.' The playing format has been revised to help address the fickle nature of the championship where there has never been any guarantee that the game's top players will still be in the draw from the quarter-final stage onwards. Final bow: Jason Day of Australia won the last WGC-Match Play to be staged at Dove Mountain in Arizona . Showman: Victor Dubuisson made the final against Day memorable for his outrageous short-game escapes . Former world No 1 Tiger Woods is a three-times winner of the event but he has also suffered early disappointment, losing at the first hurdle in 2002, 2011 and last year and going out in the second round in 2005, 2009 and 2012. This year's edition, held for the final time at Dove Mountain in Arizona suffered with three notable absentees after Woods, second-ranked Australian Adam Scott and five-times major winner Phil Mickelson opted not to play. Finchem outlined three good reasons for the championship's format change. 'It's a lot more golf,' he said. 'There are going to be 96 matches for fans here to go out and watch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Secondly, over time, the best players rise to the top so we think that'll be positive as it goes into the weekend. 'Third, if you're a Steve Stricker fan or a Bubba Watson fan or a Tiger Woods fan, you're going to be able to follow your favourite player for three days hoping that he makes it into the round of 16. 'It's a new direction for the Match Play for sure but one that's going to create a lot more enthusiasm and excitement.' Australian Jason Day, the tournament's eighth seed, won this year's Match Play Championship with a one-up victory over Frenchman Victor Dubuisson, the 27th seed, after 23 holes in the final.

WGC-Match Play Championship is being revamped for next year . Tournament has suffered from early exits of Tiger Woods and other big-name players in recent years . TPC Harding Park is new venue for tournament . PGA Tour chief Tim Finchem has taken inspiration from football World Cup in devising new group stages to be played from 2015 .

6d731597e94f8b70902f6ec256f383401310f1f3

By . Marie-louise Olson . Hollywood actress Meryl Streep launched a nine-minute tirade against Walt Disney at the glamorous National Board of Review dinner in New York City on Tuesday. Streep was at the event to honor Emma Thompson for her portrayal of Mary Poppins’ creator, PL Travers in the Disney film, Saving Mr Banks. She said of her good chum: ‘Not only is she not irascible, she’s practically a saint. There’s something so consoling about that old trope, but Emma makes you want to kill yourself, because she’s a beautiful artist, she’s a writer, she’s a thinker, she’s a living, acting conscience.’ Scroll down for poem... Scathing remarks: Actress Meryl Streep called Walt Disney a 'gender bigot' and 'anti-Semitic' in her speech on Tuesday. But she also praised her friend and fellow actress, Emma Thompson, as a 'beautiful artist' We think the Brits are brittleThey think that we are mushThey are more sentimental, though we do tend to gushVolcanoes of emotion, concealed beneath that lipWhere we are prone to guzzle, they tip the cup and sipBut when eruption rumbles from nowhere, near the brain, it’s seismicGranite crumblesThe heart more flows like rainLike lavaAll that feeling melts downLike Oscar goldAnd Emma leaves us reelingA knockout, truth be told . The veteran film actress had even written a poem for Thompson entitled, An Ode to Emma, Or What Emma is Owed, according to Variety. But in between all the good words, she managed to direct a few scathing ones at Walt Disney, who she called a ‘hideous anti-Semite’ who ‘formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company’s policies, a gender bigot’. Streep read a letter that his company wrote in 1938 to an aspiring female animator. It included the line, ‘Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that task is performed entirely by young men.’ ‘Some of his associates reported that Walt Disney didn’t really like women,’ Streep said, quoting esteemed animator Ward Kimball on his old boss: ‘He didn’t trust women or cats.’ Honoured: Emma Thompson for her portrayal of Mary Poppins¿ creator, PL Travers in the Disney film, Saving Mr Banks, pictured . However, she softened the blow by adding that ‘there is a piece of received wisdom that says that the most creative people are often odd, or irritating, eccentric, damaged, difficult. That along with enormous creativity come certain deficits in humanity or decency.’ ‘We are familiar with this trope in our business: Mozart, Van Gogh, Tarantino, Eminem,’ Streep added. Tuesday’s . event is seen as a big pre-game to the Golden Globes and the biggest . movie event until the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s gala on . Sunday. This year’s . list of honorees included Thompson for best actress, Bruce Dern for best . actor for Nebraska, Will Forte for best supporting actor for Nebraska . and Octavia Spencer for best supporting actress in Fruitvale Station. Will Forte, left, was honoured for best supporting actor for the film, Nebraska, and Octavia Spencer, right, was honoured for best supporting actress in Fruitvale Station . The . Weinstein Co.’s drama also received . recognition for best-directorial debut for Ryan Coogler and breakthrough . performance for Michael B. Jordan. The movie, Her, landed best picture and best director for Spike Jonze. The night opened with Coogler accepting his award from Lee Daniels. Michael B. Jordan got up on stage and thanked his father. ‘He really showed me what it means to be a man.’ Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen were . honoured for their Inside Llewyn Davis original screenplay and offered a . characteristically short speech, according to Variety. Coen brothers: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen on stage at the National Board of Review Awards to give their acceptance speech after being honoured for their Llewyn Davis original screenplay . Ex-Sopranos writer Terence Winter accepted best-adapted screenplay for Wolf of Wall Street from Edie Falco and Steve Buscemi. Some of the winners were repeats from the previous night’s New York Film Critic’s Circle Awards, including best animated feature for The Wind Rises and best documentary for Stories We Tell. The trifecta of directors turned actors in Wolf of Wall Street –which includes Rob Reiner, Spike Jonze and Jon Favreau – presented the Spotlight Award to Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese. ‘We were never around when there was naked women,’ Reiner complained. Too long? Leo DiCaprio, shown here in a scene from the movie, Wolf of Wall Street, made a joke about the film's 179-minute running time . Wolf of Wall Street: Ex-Sopranos writer Terence Winter, left, accepted best-adapted screenplay for Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, right, who is shown standing next to the film's director, Martin Scorsese . DiCaprio and Scorsese gave a funny speech where they completed each other’s sentences. ‘Keep it short,’ Scorsese said. ‘You mean, under-three-hours short?’ DiCaprio asked, alluding to their film’s 179-minute running time. After thanking Streep for her tribute, Thompson mentioned New York's record-low temperatures. ‘It’s such a cold night,’ Thompson said.‘It’s the only time I’ve been actively grateful for the menopause.'

Actress Meryl Streep made a speech at the National Board of Review dinner in New York City on Tuesday . She was there to honor actress Emma Thompson for her portrait of Mary Poppins’ creator, PL Travers in Disney film, Saving Mr Banks . Directed a few scathing comments during her speech at Walt Disney . Streep said he had ‘formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby' She also said he didn't trust women and cats, according to one of his old colleagues . Event was attended by many film stars who accepted awards, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, the Coen brothers and Spike Jonze .

3e8ee8305c3365c69202c4acbe7637f8e7bea295

Gruesome CCTV footage has surfaced of a New Zealand man with what appears to be a large rod lodged in his head making a plea for help inside a service station. The 23-year-old man is believed to have been attacked while sitting in his car late on Friday night in Katikati, south-east of Auckland. The scene inside Katikati Caltex store was so shocking that the owner, Lester Gray, suspected it was a prank, reports 3 News. Gory CCTV footage has surfaced of a New Zealand man with a large rod lodged in his head . Store owner Lester Gray said he was in a state of disbelief. 'I was like, 'Man is this a TV show? Is this guy for real?' he said. 'It looked like a Halloween stunt where people where those Halloween costumes over their head. But it was pretty real when he turned around and blood was coming down the side of his head.' Police say the 23-year-old was attacked while sitting in his parked car in a suburban street. He was punched in the head then struck with the rod. Incredibly, not only was he was able to drive about four blocks to the petrol station, he arrived in a composed state. The 23-year-old man is believed to have been attacked while sitting in his car late on Friday night . Store owner Lester Gray said he was in a state of disbelief when the 23-year-old arrived at the store . Dylan Shea, who witnessed the gory scene, said he was in a state of disbelief. 'He just walked in with the rod in his head and I was just like, 'Is that a drum stick in your head? And he was like, 'Nah, it's a rod.' The rod has been removed and the victim is in a serious but stable condition in Wakato Hospital hospital. Police have spoken to witnesses and say they are making progress with their investigations.

The 23-year-old man arrived at the Katikati Caltex store late on Friday . He was attacked while sitting in his car in a suburban street in Katikati . The rod has been removed and the victim is in a stable condition . Police say they are making progress with their investigations .

11654792a7eada6c5d44a3d7631de66a5412cf05

A judge has attacked Britain’s most senior policeman over’s his force’s treatment of the innocent man framed by disgraced Met commander Ali Dizaei, saying he had ‘thrown him to the wolves’. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe was blasted over his force’s reluctance to pay damages to web designer Waad al-Baghdadi, whose evidence helped bring down the lying police chief. In an extraordinary broadside, His Honour Judge Freeland QC attacked Sir Bernard’s claim that the Met was not responsible for Dizaei’s conduct. Extraordinary broadside: His Honour Judge Freeland QC (left) blasted Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe (right) over his force's reluctance to pay damages to an innocent man . He added that Mr al-Baghdadi had been to ‘hell and back’ by twice giving evidence against Dizaei, who arrested him unlawfully while serving in the force. Details of Judge Freeland’s attack on the Yard boss can be revealed after the Mail won a battle lasting several months to obtain transcripts of the court showdown between lawyers representing Mr al-Baghdadi and Sir Bernard. The Met had previously declined to comment when asked if it had been rebuked by the judge during a hearing at the Central London County Court – at which no journalists were present. This meant the Mail had to make a special application to get transcripts of what was said. Dizaei, 52, was first convicted of framing young businessman Mr al-Baghdadi in a street row over money in 2010. He was jailed for four years, but his convictions for misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice were quashed by the Court of Appeal a year later. The Iranian-born commander - dubbed a ‘Criminal in Uniform’ by the head of the police watchdog - was found guilty for a second time at a retrial in February 2012 and received a three-year prison sentence. CCTV: Scotland Yard Commander Ali Dizaei (right) after he arrested Waad al-Baghdadi (left) at Hammersmith police station in west London in July 2008 . A panel of judges headed by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, has since thrown out another appeal bid by Dizaei, a former president of the National Black Police Association who repeatedly played the race card to bully cowardly Yard bosses into tolerating his conduct. Now it can be revealed that in the aftermath of Dizaei’s second conviction, Mr al-Baghdadi, 30, launched a damages claim against the Met over his ordeal. At the Central London County Court barrister Rajeev Shetty, representing the Met, said that the force was not responsible for Dizaei’s actions and suggested that Mr al-Baghdadi should sue the former officer for damages instead. But Judge Freeland said Mr al-Baghdadi ‘has at least in part been put through hell and back again because he has given evidence in support of a prosecution where his name has been pilloried in cross examination’. ‘He has achieved partial vindication by virtue of the jury convicting Dizaei twice,’ he added. ‘But here he is asserting his civil rights, only to be thrown to the wolves by the Commissioner, I assume on cogent instructions at the highest level.’ The judge paid tribute to Mr al-Baghdadi’s stand against Dizaei, whom he described as being ‘a blatant and downright liar’. ‘Without Mr al-Baghdadi’s evidence there would have been no prospect whatsoever of convicting Dizaei,’ he added. Ordeal: The judge said web designer Waad al-Baghdadi (left) had been to 'hell and back' by twice giving evidence against disgraced Met commander Ali Dizaei (right), who arrested him unlawfully . Clearly irritated by the Met’s stance, the judge ruled: ‘I hold that the defendant (the Met) must inexorably and inevitably and beyond any reasonable argument be responsible for his actions, which are manifestly so closely connected with his office as a police commander employed by the Metropolitan Police Service.’ Coverage in the Mail: Dizaei, 52, was first convicted of framing young businessman Mr al-Baghdadi in a street row over money in 2010 . It is understood Mr al-Baghdadi received a ‘substantial five figure sum’ from the Met. Scotland Yard declined to comment on how much compensation it had agreed to pay Mr al-Baghdadi. ‘His Honour Judge Freeland found that the Commissioner was vicariously liable for the torts committed by former Commander Dizaei. An apology did not form part of the settlement,’ said a spokesman. Asked whether the judge had criticised the Met, the spokesman said: ‘Various arguments were put forward by both parties for the judge to consider. The judge found in favour of the claimant.’ Last Autumn Scotland Yard sparked fury after it paid off Dizaei to escape an embarrassing public legal battle. The ex-Met officer had launched a claim against his former employer for racial and religious discrimination and hoped to win a payout of more than £1million. In return for Dizaei dropping his legal claim, the Met and its oversight body the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (Mopac) made a contribution towards Dizaei’s legal costs – thought to be worth more than £50,000 – but did not pay him any compensation. In addition, Mopac said it was seeking to seize a large portion of Dizaei’s police pension. A Mopac spokesman said last night: ‘We can confirm that a decision to forfeit a portion of Mr Dizaei’s pension has been approved. This decision is now subject to a judicial review in the Crown Court.’ Mr al-Baghdadi could not be reached for comment.

MAILONLINE EXCLUSIVE . Judge says web designer Waad al-Baghdadi was 'thrown to the wolves' Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe blasted over police's reluctance to pay damages . Mr al-Baghdadi's evidence helped bring down lying police chief Dizaei, 52 . Judge's attack is revealed after Mail wins battle to obtain court transcripts .

a56f833b69d43e18de19a668f6227f8bc0f54c55

(CNN) -- Unauthorized immigrant women do the jobs that put food on the plates of Americans, but face harassment and other challenges daily in the workplace, a study by the Southern Poverty Law Center found. The report, titled "Injustice On Our Plates," is based on interviews with 150 immigrant women from Mexico, Guatemala and other Latin American countries. "Despite their contributions to our economy, these immigrants live at the margins of U.S. society -- subsisting on poverty wages, enduring humiliation and exploitation in the workplace, and living in constant fear that their families will be shattered if they are detected," according to the report. The anecdotes collected by the organization provide a glimpse of the hardships faced by agricultural workers who are in the United States illegally. The women interviewed mostly said they came to the United States to seek a better life for their families, the report said. Critics of illegal immigration say those who want to work in the United States should get in line with others seeking a legal path in. Many of the women interviewed said they didn't meet any of the established criteria for obtaining a green card and so decided to cross illegally. The subjects that the report focused on worked in places such as Florida, New York, North Carolina and California. They worked picking tomatoes, lettuce, green beans, apples and other produce. "Regardless of what sector of the food industry these women worked in, they all reported feeling like they were seen by their employers as disposable workers with no lasting value, to be squeezed of every last drop of sweat and labor before being cast aside," the report said. The challenges include low pay -- one woman reported that she earned $5.75 an hour, or sometimes 45 cents for each 32-pound bucket filled with tomatoes. "You have to run to do 150 [buckets] to make your money for the day," the woman, identified only as Maria, told interviewers. Sometimes, after two weeks of work, they would not get paid, she said. One boss wouldn't let the workers go to the bathroom, she said. Farmworkers are also exposed to harmful pesticides that can cause birth defects, the report said. According to the report, about six in 10 of America's farmworkers are unauthorized immigrants. Of the total illegal immigrant population, women are estimated to make up 4 million. Another woman interviewed for the study, Olivia, told how she was raped by one of her supervisors. Sexual violence and harassment is widely reported by unauthorized female immigrants, the report said. "Sexual predators view farmworker women and other undocumented women as 'perfect victims' because they are isolated, thought to lack credibility, generally do not know their rights, and may be vulnerable because they lack legal status," the study said. A majority of the women interviewed by the center reported facing sexual harassment at work. The report's recommendations included enacting comprehensive immigration reform that provide a path for legalization. Such efforts in Congress have been unsuccessful in the past. The center also recommends tightening labor laws for agricultural producers.

The Southern Poverty Law Center finds that immigrant women face daily challenges . They include wage abuse and sexual harassment . Unauthorized immigrant women help put food on tables, but are neglected at work, study says .

0861f76caec8e2aaf8bf13138c5ad5401b0a91a6

(CNN) -- All eyes will be on Lionel Messi and Arjen Robben when Argentina face the Netherlands in the World Cup semifinal in Sao Paulo to discover who will meet Germany in the final. The Dutch will be looking to their mercurial winger to steer them to a second successive World Cup final while Argentina will likely need some Messi magic if they are to reach a first final in 24 years. Both men have been central to the success of their sides so far in the competition earning glowing tributes from team managers past and present. Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella said his midfield maestro was like "water in the desert" following his side's 1-0 victory over Belgium in the quarterfinals. "Each time he gets the ball, it represents hope for all of us and a threatening situation for our opponents," Sabella told reporters after the game. "Regardless of whether he scores goals or not, his influence is decisive. A game has many aspects, apart from goals. "When you have a player such as Messi, who never, or almost never, loses the ball, it's water in the desert and not just when he scores." Dutch praise for Robben has been equally fulsome. Former Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, who steered the Oranje to the final in 2010, believes Robben may be a better player than the Barcelona midfielder. "Argentina have got Messi, we've got Robben. And quite frankly, I think the better player is Arjen," van Marwijk told Dutch broadcaster NOS TV. "Four years ago, Arjen was injured just before the start of the tournament in a friendly against Hungary. He was carrying the injury for the whole tournament and was never really 100%. But this year he's been unstoppable." Current teammate Dirk Kuyt has also lauded the Bayern Munich star's contribution in Brazil. "I wouldn't swap Robben for any player in the world," Kuyt told FIFA.com earlier in the tournament. "He is having an amazing World Cup. He's scored goals and created goals, he's so fast and he is a very important player for us." Three goals and one assist at the finals attest to Robben's value, though he's also attracted plenty of criticism for his theatrical habit of going down in the penalty area during the tournament. Coach Louis van Gaal will need the 30-year-old to put in a flawless performance if the Dutch are to progress. As Sabella has hinted, two-time champions Argentina are perhaps even more reliant on Messi. The 27-year-old has scored half of Argentina's eight goals in the competition so far. With Angel di Maria ruled out with a thigh injury, strikers Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero (if passed fit) will be relying on Messi more than ever to set them free in front of goal. With three Ballon d'Or awards, three Champions League winners medals and six La Liga titles to his name, Messi would seal his place in football's pantheon if he became the first Argentine since Diego Maradona to lift the trophy. But he's not getting carried away just yet. "To play a World Cup final with the great atmosphere of the Maracana is something what every player dreams of, but first we have to make sure we get there," Messi said, FIFA.com reported. Previous matches between the two sides have produced moments of individual brilliance -- Dennis Bergkamp's exquisite 90th-minute winner in the quarterfinal in 1998 was one of the greatest goals ever seen at a World Cup finals. Twenty-four years earlier it was Johan Cruyff who was strutting his stuff, scoring two goals for the Dutch in a 4-0 win at the 1974 finals hosted and won by Germany. Argentina's only victory against the Netherlands at a World Cup came in the 1978 final -- legendary striker Mario Kempes scoring twice in a 3-1 extra time win at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. For all the attacking flair on the pitch, the result, in the end, may hinge on the tactical nous of the men in suits standing on the touchline. Since taking over in 2011, Sabella has overseen just four losses in 39 matches. Van Gaal, meanwhile, has seen his side lose just twice in 26 matches during his second stint as the national coach. The 62-year-old, who will take over as manager at English Premier League side Manchester United after the World Cup finishes, has won plaudits for some cunning substitutions during the finals. The introduction of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar late in the game against Mexico helped turn the tide in the European side's favor. The Schalke striker, who came on for Robin van Persie in the 76th minute, laid off the ball for Wesley Sneijder's sumptuous 88th-minute strike before scoring a penalty in injury time as the Oranje snatched a 2-1 victory. Against Costa Rica in the quarterfinals, Van Gaal sent on goalkeeper Tim Krul in the dying seconds of extra time. The bold move worked as the Newcastle United keeper pulled off two saves in the shootout to send the Dutch into the semis and a step closer to a first World Cup title. "Maybe Louis does have a golden willy," Robben cheekily said following the last-gasp win over Mexico in the last 16. On Wednesday we may be one step closer to finding out.

Argentina and the Netherlands contest World Cup semifinal in Sao Paulo . Dutch winger Arjen Robben has been the Netherlands standout performer in Brazil . Argentina relying on Lionel Messi to inspire the two-time winners to final at Maracana . Dutch looking to reach back-to-back finals; Argentina seek final spot for first time in 24 years .

89d174ce0ff7a0bb76c210eba685e5d44cde7f5f

Gareth Bale says he is feeling stronger than ever after a full summer of rest and is ready to lead Real Madrid’s quest to win six trophies next season. If they are to pull off the grand slam they will have to become the first team ever to retain the Champions League but Bale, who goes back to Cardiff next month to compete for the first of those cups, believes anything is possible after another summer of spending in the Spanish capital. Speaking from Real Madrid’s training camp in California Bale said: 'We have six trophies that we can win and we want to win all of them. It will be special playing the Super Cup in Cardiff. That’s the first one we can win but we will be fighting for everything. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Gareth Bale say he favours La Liga over the Premier League . Six of the best: Gareth Bale wants to help Real Madrid win every competition they enter next season . Centre of attention: Gareth Bale is mobbed by fans as he boards the Real Madrid bus in America . Confident: Gareth Bale is hoping to score more goals this season for Real Madrid . 'It’s exciting to start the season as the best team in Europe. I don’t know if that will mean more pressure this season but we certainly have more hunger than ever. We want to retain our Champions League.' Asked about the advantage of not having played in the World Cup he added: 'It was disappointing not being in Brazil but I have had seven weeks of rest and I can now have a full pre-season. 'I want to have an even better season than last year: I want to give more assists and score more goals; I want to improve in every aspect.' Last year as Bale’s transfer from Tottenham dragged on beyond the start of the season and he was left playing catch-up with his fitness. There were even doubts over whether he had been worth Real’s huge investment. Stretch to it: Real Madrid's players are put through their paces during training in California . Pensive: Xabi Alonso appeared deep in thought during training with Real Madrid in America . Watching on: Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti looked on as his players trained . All smiles: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez (left), Rodriguez (right) and his wife Daniela at presentation . Arrival: Rodriguez poses with a ball during his presentation on the pitch at the Santiago Bernabeu . He said: 'It was tough adapting without a pre-season but this season will be different in that sense. It was a massive change for me but in time I have become very comfortable here.' This year it is the turn of James Rodriguez to fit into his new surroundings. Bale said: 'He showed what a great player he is at the World Cup. Hopefully he can repeat that form for us next season. 'The Spanish league is the most exciting at the moment. The best players are playing here and Barça and Real Madrid are always fighting for the Champions League. It’s an honour to play in this league.' Real Madrid will win six trophies if they retain the Champions League, win the Copa del Rey and La Liga, and lift the World Club Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup to be played in Cardiff on August 12.

Bale is currently with Real Madrid on their pre-season tour in California . Madrid will compete for the . Champions League, Copa del Rey, La Liga, World . Club Cup, Spanish Super Cup and European Super Cup next season . Midfielder says La Liga is the best league in the world . Bale says he feels fresh after summer off having not been at the World Cup . Welsh star looking forward to playing with new signing James Rodriguez .

0fc7b938675e2e45a9afc3c48d9766cfed623699

Biologists have proved that the gecko's ability to climb and hang from slippery surfaces is effortless. A Tokay gecko is pictured . You may think Spiderman’s ability to scale vertical walls is pretty neat, but the superheroes abilities are nothing compared to a gecko’s. After years of wondering whether the lizards have to exert energy to stick to walls, biologists have proved their talent is effortless. Researchers found that the adhesive power comes purely from the adhesive toe pads on the underside of gecko feet. And they came to this conclusion by sticking dead geckos to slippery surfaces. The lizards, which are found in places with warm climates, can cling to even shiny vertical surfaces with the most remarkable strength. The tests were carried out by biologists at the University of California, Riverside. ‘With regards to geckos, being sticky doesn't require effort,’ Timothy Higham, an assistant professor of biology at the university said. Together with William Stewart, a postdoctoral researcher in his lab, Assistant Professor Higham found that ‘dead geckos maintain the ability to adhere with the same force as living animals, eliminating the idea that strong adhesion requires active control.’ ‘Death affects neither the motion nor the posture of clinging gecko feet. ‘We found no difference in the adhesive force or the motion of clinging digits between our before- and after-death experiments.’ For years, it has been presumed that the ability to stick to surfaces has required muscle activity instigated by a gecko to push its foot and toes onto a surface to enhance adhesion. Researchers proved the sticking power simply comes from the adhesive toe pads (pictured) on the underside of gecko feet, by proving that even dead geckos can stick to walls. For years, it was presumed the ability required muscle activity instigated by a gecko to push its foot and toes onto a surface to enhance adhesion . Geckos climb on a wide variety of surfaces, including smooth surfaces such as glass. They have adhesive pressures of 15 to 30 pounds (6.8kg to 13.6kg) per square inch for each limb, meaning a gecko can hang its entire body by one toe. A gecko's toe consists of a microscopic hierarchical structure of stalk-like setae - 100 microns in length, 2 microns in radius. From individual setae, a bundle of hundreds of terminal tips called spatulae - approximately 200 nanometers in diameter at their widest - branch out and contact the climbing surface. These hairs create an electrostatic force known as Van der Waals. It causes neighbouring molecules to be attracted to each other. Although very weak, the effect is multiplied by thousands of tiny hairs that cover a gecko's toes, allowing them to stick firmly to surfaces. To test the well-held belief, the biologists used a device involving a controlled pulling system. This device applied increasing pulling forces to a gecko foot and measured ‘clings’ by pulling it in a controlled manner along a vertical acrylic sheet. It also recorded adhesion with video cameras. The experiments showed that the adhesive force, or motion, of a gecko foot when pulled along a vertical surface was similarly high and variable when the gecko was alive and immediately - within 30 minutes - after death. Geckos can climb a variety of surfaces, including smooth glass. Their sticky toes have even inspired climbing devices, such as so-called Spider-Man gloves. The toe pads on the underside of gecko feet contain tiny hair-like structures called setae, which stick to surfaces through frictional forces as well as forces between molecules, called van der Waals. These tiny structures are so strong that the setae on a single foot can support 20 times the gecko's body weight. The controlled experiments are the first to show that dead animals maintain the ability to adhere with the same force as living animals. The results refute the notion that actions by a living gecko, such as muscle recruitment or neural activity, are required for gecko feet to generate forces. ‘With regards to geckos, being sticky doesn't require effort,’ Timothy Higham, an assistant professor of biology at the university said. A live Tokay gecko is shown . ‘The idea that adhesion can be entirely passive could apply to many different kinds of adhesion, Professor Higham said. ‘This is clearly a cost-effective way of remaining stationary in a habitat. For example, geckos could perch on a smooth vertical surface and sleep for the night - or day - without using any energy.’ The new work suggests that the ‘active’ component of gecko adhesion is actually a reduction of adhesion force when the gecko lifts its feet by curling up the tips of the digits, while the rest of the foot remains on the surface. Dr Stewart explained: ‘We found that the dead animals were more likely to experience damage to their adhesive system, which suggests that the active control may actually prevent injury. ‘In other words, when the forces become too high, the gecko likely releases the system using its muscles.’ The study, which was published in the journal Biology Letters, may now be used to develop new robots. A climbing system inspired by geckos has turned Spider-Man fiction into fact by making it possible for a human to scale vertical glass. During tests, an 11-stone (70kg) volunteer crawled up a 12ft (3.6 metre) pane using just sticky attachments on his hands and feet. The gadgets employ the same natural molecular forces that allow gecko lizards to scurry around on ceilings. A climbing system inspired by geckos has turned Spider-Man fiction into fact by making it possible for a human to scale vertical glass. During tests, an 11-stone (70kg) volunteer crawled up a 12ft (3.6 metre) pane using just sticky attachments on his hands and feet (pictured) Hair-like setae on a gecko's toe pads create an electrostatic forces known as Van der Waals, which causes neighbouring moleules to be attracted to each other. Although very weak, the effect is multiplied by thousands of tiny hairs that cover a gecko's toes, allowing them to stick firmly to surfaces. Scientists created tiny tiles called 'microwedges' to generate Van der Waals forces and produce a dry adhesive even more efficient than the gecko's. During the experiment, the volunteer testing these microwedge attachments simply peeled them on and off the glass. The US team led by Dr Elliot Hawkes, from Stanford University, wrote in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface: 'Using this system, a human of mass 70 kilograms (11 stone) successfully ascended a 3.6-metre (11 ft) vertical glass wall with 140 square centimetres of gecko-inspired dry adhesives in each hand. 'The synthetic adhesion system creates a nearly uniform load distribution across the whole adhesive area, improving upon the adhesive-bearing structures of a gecko's toe and enabling a human to climb vertical glass using an area of adhesive no larger than the area of a human hand.' The demonstration was reminiscent of the way Spiderman scales skyscrapers in the Marvel comics and films, (illustrated left), as well as the way Tom Cruise clings to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai during Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (pictured right)

Biologists examined the stickiness of live and dead geckos in a lab . They discovered that the sticking power of their toes is effortless - and even dead geckos can adhere to smooth surfaces . Study proves creatures don't have to actively use their muscles or strength to engage the sticky pads on their feet to climb walls . Toe pads on gecko feet contain tiny hair-like structures called setae . They use friction caused by van der Waals forces to stick to surfaces .

00a9a4a12e076fe8e014e897fc04215803e89a8d

A truck driver has won $650,000 on a lottery scratchcard just one day after losing his wife to a heart attack - and remarked 'Everything happens for a reason'. Timothy McDaniel, 55, bought a winning $1 Scratcher at the College Villa Market in Marysville on Sunday - his wife died on Saturday. 'I think she just kind of sent me this . money so I could continue taking care of the (grand) kids,' McDaniel told the California Lottery. Timothy McDaniel, 55, (pictured with his nephew) won $650,000 on a lottery scratchcard just one day after his wife died from a heart attack . 'I didn’t expect to win. I bought three Scratchers, a $5, a $2 and a $1. I saw it said ‘LIFE’ on there so I showed my nephew. I was like, ‘Paulie, what does it say!?’ 'He said, ‘I don’t know Uncle Tim. What’s it say?’ We were like no that ain’t real…that ain’t right. But then he read it again and I said, "That’s real! We won. Yahoo!"' McDaniel recalled. McDaniel decided to take the cash option, which means he will receive a lump sum of $375,000 before taxes. McDaniel - who has won $200 on the lottery before - said he hopes to buy a house and a new truck and put the rest in the bank. 'Everything happens for a reason, and this is the break I needed,' McDaniel said. 'I'm going to keep on working and living my life the same I always have. 'The only difference is I have a big family, and now if anybody needs anything, I can help them out.' Timothy McDaniel, 55, bought a winning $1 Scratcher at the College Villa Market in Marysville on Sunday .

Timothy McDaniel, 55, bought a winning $1 Scratcher on Sunday . His wife died on Saturday from a heart attack .

13928e2431c586448e31ce49ebae82d852bab868

Willy Wonka eat your heart out, these marshmallow creations may be the most bizarre and inventive sweets we've seen all year. Including flavours such as strawberry with rose champagne and bacon with bourbon, these gourmet marshmallows are not your everyday sweet. The posh treats are created by Vivéltre, an independent sweet maker, and hand-made using 100% natural ingredients. Scroll down for video . A boutique sweet shop in Florida have created a range of inventive flavoured marshmallows . The flavour combinations are certainly not what you would expect to see in your local corner shop with 14 different varieties ranging from the Nutella to the luxurious 'French Riviera', flavoured with rose champagne and fresh strawberries. There is even a sweet treat inspired by the heated marshmallow, chocolate and cracker combination- the s'more. Made using vanilla marshmallow infused with chocolate chips and biscuits, it is all the flavour of the real deal minus the mess while camping. Irina Bromberry is the creative mind behind Vivéltre who started making the inventive marshmallows after she was encouraged to by her son. The unusual flavours include Nutella, the popular hazelnut spread . Irina Bromberry is the woman behind the gourmet sweets, her flavour combination are both inventive and sentimental, pictured here: left - whiskey orange flavour and right - Baileys . Two years after he asked her to make the fluffy sweets, Irina started Vivéltre from her home in Miami, Florida and she has been overwhelmed with the demand. Irina says that coming up with the different varieties is something very personal and can take up a lot of her time. 'I come up with the different flavours in all sorts of ways. Sometimes it's based on things that have sentimental value in my life - like the caramel and Nutella flavours - so I look for ways to integrate them into marshmallows.' Irina Bromberry (pictured) says that people refer to her as the dessert alchemist . Irina began creating the marshmallows for her son two years ago and has since turned her creativity into a successful business, pictured here- Chocolate ganache flavour . Once Irina has an idea for a new type of sweet she has a meticulous method of constructing the marshmallow, making sure the flavour balance is perfect. 'But other times I think of a flavour first and use complicated algorithms to find the perfect ratio of ingredients like I did with the Ultimate S'mores. 'They call me dessert alchemist around here.' Four months ago the company raised enough cash to launch via Kickstarter and hope to use their success to expand in to different treats. Irina has a meticulous process when getting the flavour balance right: pictured here, red velvet . Irina's marshmallows often include added texture to create an authentic flavour: pictured above, Caribbean rum coconut flavour .

Irina Bromberry has been creating the sweets for two years . She has now set up her own business Vivéltre . She currently offers 14 different varieties of marshmallow . Flavours include Baileys and Nutella .

f4a01e99893bb317518b57e1afb22f6bfc8ad810

Cash-strapped hospital chiefs are spending vast amounts on sending mental health patients into private care after they axed more than 1,000 NHS beds - to save money. Damning figures compiled by MailOnline show the soaring amount paid to private firms to provide 'out-of-area' beds, which have to be used if publicly-funded beds run out. These beds can be up to hundreds of miles from patients' homes and cost the taxpayer thousands of pounds, but have been used increasingly as NHS mental health wards are cut back. Despair: Damning figures show the soaring amount paid to private firms for 'out-of-area' mental health beds, used when NHS beds run out. The cost to the taxpayer has more than doubled in just two years (file photo) Figures provided by 22 mental health trusts show they spent £38.2million on private sector out-of-area beds in 2013/14 - two and a half times the £14.7million they spent in 2011/12. Those same trusts cut back their own acute mental health beds – the ones used for serious breakdowns and psychotic episodes - by 6.1 per cent over the same period, from 4,332 to 4,066. The figures, released to MailOnline under the Freedom of Information Act, prompted outrage from leading mental health charities and Labour's shadow public health minister. Mark Winstanley, chief executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: 'Sending people away from home for treatment, while cutting beds in local mental health wards, makes no sense financially and causes human misery. 'Not only is this a bad use of vital NHS resources, it is also very distressing for people because it delays them from getting treatment and cuts them off from their family and friends. 'Everyone who needs a hospital bed should be able to get one close to home, no matter where they live or what their circumstances are.' Counting the cost: Each line shows one NHS trust which responded to MailOnline, and how much it spent on private out-of-area beds for mental health patients in the past three years. Largest increases are highlighted . Mind policy chief Louise Rubin said the figures suggested bed cuts - which hospitals justify as modernising out-of-date wards and providing more private rooms - were 'short-sighted'. 'Historical underfunding, compounded by cuts over three consecutive years, have left mental health services close to breaking point at a time when more and more people need support. 'We are very concerned that people are not getting the help they need when in crisis, especially given reports of falling numbers of beds and increasing numbers of people being sent miles across the country to receive care.' Isolated: Nikki Mattocks was just 14 when she was sent to a mental health ward 30 miles from her home . One victim was 17-year-old Nikki Mattocks. She started to hear voices and self-harm when she was just 14 and was later diagnosed with depression and a borderline personality disorder. But there were not the right beds available in her local hospital in Croydon, south London - so for five weeks she was sent 30 miles away to Woking, Surrey, and Maidstone, Kent. Her father David, a window cleaner, had to borrow money to afford to see her. 'It was an hour's drive each way,' she said. 'He came to see me as much as he could but he had to work more hours and borrow money. 'I was so isolated. I had to go without seeing any of my friends because they didn't know how to get to me and couldn't afford it. 'One of the main ways I had got through it was to have people around me so it was a lot harder being so out of touch.' Nikki, who now plans to study mental health nursing at university in September, said: 'I was sent to private hospitals twice because they had no beds. 'I can't even imagine how much that cost them. It seems like such a waste. It just doesn't make sense.' The figures obtained by MailOnline are just a snapshot of the picture across Britain, because the other NHS trusts we asked did not or could not respond to our requests in full. But the figures come just two months after the Royal College of Nursing warned care was at crisis point, with 1,500 mental health beds closed down since 2010. General secretary Dr Peter Carter told MailOnline demand has risen by almost a third since 2010. 'It’s a false economy to make these sorts of cuts,' he said. 'This increased NHS spending on private sector beds is a sign that the health service lacks capacity and urgently needs to increase its own provision. 'This short-sighted approach also undermines the quality of patient care. 'Inadequate provision means there’s a severe lack of mental health beds in many communities and too many patients have to go hundreds of miles away from home to access a service. Condemned: The Royal College of Nursing's Peter Carter (pictured) said the cuts were a 'false economy' 'Some patients with serious mental illnesses are having to wait until their health deteriorates to such an extent that they have to be detained before they start getting specialist care. 'Children with mental health problems have been placed in police cells because there aren’t beds available.' One of the worst offenders was the South London and Maudsley NHS trust, which leaped from spending £1.8million in 2011/12 to £5.5million last year. It admitted the increase was due to a 'huge demand on our services and the consequent need for some of our patients to be admitted to overspill beds managed by private sector organisations.' But it insisted costs are expected to come down this year after 'significant changes' including more information for nurses, more funding and a specialist team to monitor private spending. Another of the worst offenders was the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. It spent just £121,000 on private beds in 2011/12, but this rose to £1.2million the next year and an eye-watering £5.7million the year after. That figure, apparently the most drastic increase in Britain, was originally revealed by Green party campaigner Ed Targett who described it as a 'scandal'. The Kent and Medway trust insisted running out of beds was not the only reason patients had to be placed in private care. 'Reasons may include a specific specialist need for certain conditions or disorders which is not provided on an inpatient basis within our Trust,' a spokesman said. 'Other reasons may include the inability of a service user to be able to travel to the nearest NHS inpatient unit and a private sector bed is in fact closer to their home.' The 22 trusts chosen were the only ones to provide complete information in response to a Freedom of Information request by MailOnline. Out of area beds also include money paid from one NHS hospital to another, not just money paid to private firms. However, our requests asked for information only about private sector beds. Worst offenders: The South London and Maudsley trust spent £5.5million - a leap of £3.7m in just two years . Just three of the 22 health trusts reduced the amount they spent on private beds - and just three increased the number of beds on their own wards. In some areas, bed cuts were drastic. One trust alone, Norfolk and Suffolk, axed 74 mental health beds from its stock of 322 in just two years - a cut of almost a quarter. At the other end of England, Avon and Wiltshire axed 42 beds from its 2011 stock of 209 - which had already been drastically reduced from the 249 it had in 2009. Just three Avon and Wiltshire patients were placed in private sector beds in the year before the General Election. Four went to the private sector the next year, 13 the year after, and 32 the year after that. Yet in 2013/14, the number skyrocketed to 96 - costing NHS chiefs £1.4million. Criticism: Labour's Luciana Berger. The government said it was introducing new ways to cut the spend . Labour shadow health minister Luciana Berger condemned the figures. She told MailOnline: 'Instead of prioritising mental health as they promised, the Government has cut mental health services more than other hospital services. 'We have seen increased waiting times, people having to travel hundreds of miles to get the help they need or not getting any help at all.' Dr Martin McShane, NHS England's director for people with long term conditions, said: 'We know mental health services across the country are facing challenges and it can be difficult to ensure capacity is always at the right point in the system. 'However, we have announced the first waiting times and access standards in mental health for both psychological therapies and early intervention for psychosis. 'This is intended to help rebalance the system focusing initially on reducing waiting times for people with anxiety, depression, eating disorders and first episode psychosis. 'We want to ensure patients are able to access high quality care at an early stage, reducing demand for acute admissions.' The Department of Health said it has new measures to stop mental health patients ending up in police cells, and is spending £120million to reduce the amount of time people had to wait for NHS treatment. A spokesman added the government has invested £450million since 2010 to improve access to talking therapies, helping almost 1million people. 'The Government has made it clear that beds must always be available for those who need them,' the spokesman added. 'For the first time ever we're collecting data on people travelling long distances for care so that services can be held to account. 'We are going further than ever before to put mental health on a par with physical health and we expect NHS Trusts, who have committed to making this a reality, to ensure mental health doesn't lose out in local spending.' Misplaced: The Royal College of Nursing says children with mental health problems are ending up in cells . Figures provided by individual Trusts under Freedom of Information Act. *Figures for Dudley / Walsall and Manchester supplemented by figures provided by Clinical Commissioning Groups. Many other Trusts / CCGs did not provide complete/comparable information for all three years.

Private beds, used when NHS runs out, are costly and often miles away . But shock figures show they are being used more as NHS bed cuts bite . 22 NHS trusts increased their spending from £14.7m to £38.2m in 2 years . The same 22 trusts cut the number of beds on their own wards by 6.1% . Figures slammed by charities, nurse leaders and shadow health minister .

4b4193217a8059c44ebe4a251534f1741a152868

NEW YORK (CNN) -- They've been teasing and tantalizing female readers with images of muscular men oozing sensuality and the pretty women they are destined to save and then fall in love with. The "beefcakes and bodices" book covers have helped Harlequin sell their romance novels for more than half a century. Powerful men and demure women were stock in trade in early Harlequin novels. "It's always great to feel like you're the girl in the book and the handsome guy is coming to rescue you," said Liz Lenz, 25, who has been reading Harlequin novels since she was a teen. "It's always fun for the reader." Those covers also seduced Winnipeg, Canada, teacher Louann Bergen. "There's usually good-looking males on the covers or something intriguing to make you want to read more," she said. "I guess they change with the times, but they still have that same allure and that same passion behind them." As sort of a 60th anniversary gift to its faithful readers, Harlequin is displaying original artwork for its covers in an New York exhibit called "The Heart of a Woman: Harlequin Cover Art 1949-2009." And before you sniff disdainfully at romance novel art, be reminded: That artwork sells a lot of books. Romance fiction is responsible for $1.375 billion in book sales every year, according to Romance Writers of America. The organization says more than a quarter of all books sold are romance novels, satisfying 51 million readers every year. The Harlequin exhibit comes from boxes and boxes of old novels that employees discovered at the company's headquarters in Toronto, Canada. "I pawed through literally thousands of paintings," curator Elizabeth Semmelhack said, adding that she saw apparent shifts in women's historical desires began to emerge. Watch the curator discuss some favorites » . "Rather than being retardataire [outdated], many of these images are extremely cutting edge," she said. "There are images of women doctors before women were really embraced by the workplace. There are women who are adventuring around the world before independence is really part of women's culture." Many early Harlequin covers, like that of Elizabeth Houghton's "Island Hospital," in which a man, woman and grizzly bear stand poised in confrontation, depict more than one (fully clothed) character in the crux of a suspenseful moment. "You don't know, is the couple going to get together? Is the hero going to save the heroine? The happy ending is not on the cover," Semmelhack explained. The illustrations have changed their tone over the years. Where cover art used to hint at psychological intrigue, it's grown to instead promise a passionate physical conclusion. "From the earliest covers, there's sort of an implied sexual tension, but there isn't much direct imaging of passion. That doesn't happen until the late '70s and into the '80s," she said. "By the time you hit the sexual revolution and passion becomes of primary importance on these covers, then that lover's embrace in many ways signals the happy ending right there on the front of the book." And in recent decades, the once revolutionary depictions of the lovers' raw embrace have been reduced further. "Today, covers might just be the undressed male body. He might even be headless. He's so truncated that all you're doing is looking at the object of desire, his masculinity." Although Harlequin romances are predominantly written for and read by women, according to Semmelhack, the majority of the publisher's cover illustration artists have been male. "It is interesting that you have men imaging female desire," she said. "It seems to work; the books certainly sell." This year, Harlequin books, which publishes 1,200 new titles annually, reported first quarter earnings up more than 13 percent. Debbie Macomber, who has published 153 books since 1983 -- and is most recently author of a May New York Times Harlequin best-seller, "Summer on Blossom Street." -- visited the "Heart of a Woman" exhibit on opening night. "There were some that really made me laugh out loud," Macomber said. "It was amazing to see the role and the progression of the women's movement in the cover art itself. I get letters from 13-year-old girls and women who are in their 90s, and that's one of my goals as a writer: to write books that are relevant to my readers."

Decades of busting bodices, bulging biceps, intrigue and glamour in exhibition . Harlequin displays half a century of romance book covers in New York . Curator: Covers go from psychological intrigue to passionate physical conclusion . Reader says books "still have that same allure and that same passion"

3a8b7c535c2c19637dafbfafb72f85e8a67b5ccb

Cincinnati Bengals' Devon Still is melting hearts across America. The tough-guy American Footballer has posted a touching video of him giving his four-year-old daughter Leah a pep talk before she went into surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. The video, posted on Still's Instagram page shows him delivering a 'pre-surgery pep talk' while driving his little girl to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for treatment on a Stage 4 tumor. Scroll down for video . Devon Still and Leah do a non-contact fist-bump in in their reflection at the end of the dad's pre-surgery pep talk . 'I'm gonna ask you again,' Still, 24, says to his daughter, sitting behind him in the car. 'I'm ready for today. You ready for today?' Leah grins, nods and says, 'Uh huh.' 'You ready to get this cancer up out of you?' Devon asks, eliciting an 'mmm-hmm,' from Leah. 'Let's do it! Fist-bump!' Then the athlete and Leah do a non-contact fist-bump in in their reflection. Still, who plays defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals, admitted that he was 'nervous and scared beyond words', adding, 'but I'll never let her see it...let's get this done!' But it seems that Still's pep talk did just the trick. He later posted: 'After a 5hr 50min surgery the surgeon was able to remove ALL of her tumor and all of her lymph nodes and her right adrenal gland where it all started from.' Still, who plays defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals, admitted that he was 'nervous and scared beyond words', adding, 'but I'll never let her see it...let's get this done!' However, Still made it clear that Leah still faced a long road ahead, as the little girl will require further treatments to remove the cancer in her bone marrow. He Tweeted: 'Just to clear up some rumors...my daughter is NOT cancer free..today was a big step towards that but still a long road ahead. 'She has stage 4 which means the cancer spread to her bone marrow which we hope will be removed with her next couple of treatments.' Still has not been able to devote himself fully to football since Leah was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma and given a 50-50 chance of survival. He went public with his daughter's cancer diagnosis 'not for sympathy,' he wrote on Instagram, but 'because I've come to the point where I no longer [am] feeling sorry but [want] to ask that y'all keep my daughter in your prayers... 'I'm gonna ask you again,' Still, 24, says to his daughter, sitting behind him in the car, giggling at her dad's pep talk. 'I'm ready for today. You ready for today?' 'The more prayers that go up, the move faith we [have] that she will overcome this obstacle,' he wrote. 'if y'all know me y'all know this girl is my world...I know that she is strong and she won't let anything hold her down without a fight.' Initially missing out on Cincinnati's 53-man roster so he could be by his daughter's side, Still was then offered a spot on the practice squad, ensuring Leah would be covered under the team's health insurance policy. Still set up a donation program encouraging people to pledge money for every sack the Bengals' defense gets this season in an effort to help raise money and awareness about pediatric cancer. 'Kids always look up to their parents, but in just a matter of a week that all reversed for me,' Still wrote on the campaign page . The Cincinnati Bengals have announced they will donate 100 per cent of the proceeds from sales of Devon Still's jersey to the the Cincinnati Children's Hospital . 'I can honestly say I truly look up to my daughter now. In the four years of life she has had, she has been through way more than I have in 24. Her courage, strength, and high spirits through it all is nothing short of inspirational. 'So I am dedicating my season to her and inspiring others like she has inspired me.' In addition, the Cincinnati Bengals have announced they will donate 100 per cent of the proceeds from sales of Devon Still's jersey to the the Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Still's No.75 jersey sold more in its first 24 hours than any other Bengals jersey had in a single day - partly due to the efforts of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, who heard about the fundraising drive, and promptly purchased 100 jerseys.

The footballer gives daughter Leah, 4, the pep talk as they drive to hospital . Leah was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and given 50/50 chance of survival . Still admitted he was 'nervous and scared beyond words' on Instagram . Surgery went well but the dad says they still face 'a long road ahead'

966e396c81266a7a1d86066b81a3443b6554c703

By . Michael Gadd For Mailonline . The amount of money spent tax-free by foreign tourists in Britain has fallen for the first time since the global financial crisis in 2009, new figures show. Experts blamed political unrest and weakened currencies in key nations for the four per cent fall year-on-year for the first six months of the year. However, Britain is far from being the only country hit by the downturn in tax-free spending by tourists. Spending down: Tax-free spending has dropped in the United Kingdom for the first time since 2009 . Global Blue, which operates 'Tax Free' services in 43 countries around the world, reported a drop in spend across all leading retail tourism destinations for the second quarter of 2014, down three per cent year-on-year overall. Gordon Clark, UK country manager for Global Blue, said: 'Our figures show that political unrest and weakened home currencies are leaving shoppers from our top spending nations in a position where they are still spending more per transaction than before but are making less purchases than they would have made in the past, resulting in the UK seeing a four per cent year-on-year reduction in the sales in store from Tax Free shopping. 'More than ever now British retailers and hotels need to review their international marketing plans, product range and staff training to ensure they still continue to secure this crucial international spend.' He said China and Middle Eastern nations have continued to lead spending in the UK, but growth has slowed. Money woes: Global Blue says tax-free spending is down across all 43 nations in which they operate . Chinese spend is up eight per cent so far this year, but much less than the 20 per cent to 50 per cent growth seen in recent years. Clark added: 'However, as economies begin to recover, we expect to see growth from key nations pick up again.' Russia has been suffering a weakening economy since the end of 2013, and with the Ukraine crisis making the situation worse, the ruble reached a record low this year. Clark said Russian shoppers visiting the UK have been left disadvantaged against sterling, resulting in a 20 per cent year-on-year drop in spend seen by Global Blue.

Experts blame political unrest and weakened currencies in key nations . 'Tax Free' service provider Global Blue reports a four per cent fall year-on-year in the UK for the first six months of 2014 . Retail tourism spend in the 43 countries the company operates is down three per cent . Visitors from China and Middle Eastern are leading spenders in the UK .

03a129568b3f67338ab59647bd72ee3a1230cd19

Spielberg, Austria (CNN) -- Inside the Red Bull Ring -- home to the returning Austrian Grand Prix -- Mercedes toreadors Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were effectively left to slog it out by their peers in Sunday's race. Hamilton flew from ninth to fourth by the end of the first lap to once again put himself into a fight with his teammate and chief world title rival. The two Mercedes circled each other like silver sharks in the final 20 laps around the undulating circuit but each time Hamilton bit into Rosberg's lead, the German responded. There was to be no final attack and Rosberg took a third win of the season to stretch his lead in the 2014 Formula One drivers' championship to 29 points. "It's a nice gap," said Rosberg, who remains determined to stem rising expectation that he will emulate his father Keke and be crowned world champion. "It's still so early in the season. I'm more or less taking it step by step, and every weekend my aim is to extend the lead. "It worked out well and I'm extremely happy with the result." Interactive: Results and standings . Hamilton had hampered his chances of clawing back ground on his rival and long-term friend after making a mistake in qualifying Saturday. The 2008 champion's fastest time was scratched because he infringed the rules by running wide at Turn Eight and he then spun on this second attempt to grab pole position. Hamilton made amends Sunday with a sensational start, which saw him jump five places on the opening lap. He then passed the Williams of Valtteri Bottas after the first round of pit stops to start the chase to Rosberg. "It was a good start," Hamilton said. "It's probably one of the best I've ever had. "(It was) damage limitation to get from ninth to second behind Nico. In the last couple of laps I tried to eke it up a bit but I'm just grateful I finished." The English racer has retired twice this season while Rosberg has sailed to three race wins and five second places. A resurgent Williams team announced itself as Mercedes' closest rivals after Felipe Massa had taken pole position ahead of teammate Bottas. But the former champions appeared to run a conservative race, content to settle with third place for Bottas -- the first podium of the Finn's career -- rather than risk a solid result by taking the fight to Mercedes. Dictated by Williams' tire strategy, Massa had to pit for fresh rubber three laps after Rosberg, effectively surrendering the lead. The Brazilian eventually finished fourth. Bottas said: "Overall it was my best ever weekend so I'm really happy. "We need to analyze if there was anything we could have done better. It was difficult to know the real difference between optimum (supersoft tire) and prime (soft tire) so we really thought it would be difficult to undercut." Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz is credited with returning the Austrian Grand Prix to the calendar after an 11-year absence. After revamping the picturesque A1 Ring circuit and renaming it the Red Bull Ring, the owner of the race team with the same name probably expected to see his four-time world champions run rings round the competition. It was ironic that the power-dependent circuit did not suit Red Bull's car or the 2014 Renault engines that give his Bulls their muscle. Daniel Ricciardo -- a surprise winner in Canada last time out -- finished eighth while reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel had to suffer the ignominy of retiring with engine trouble at the halfway point. "It was frustrating today," said Ricciardo. "We tried to push and catch the others but we just didn't have that much pace." Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who finished 10th, were the only cars inside the top-10 which are not powered by the Mercedes hybrid engines. Alonso finished a hard-worked fifth ahead of Sergio Perez's Force India, McLaren's Kevin Magnussen, Ricciardo and the second Force India of Nico Hulkenberg. The Red Bull F1 brand may have its own race team and a beautiful circuit but there is growing speculation a Red Bull engine could be a future project for the team's technical guru Adrian Newey. "We want to make sure we're competitive for the long term," team principal Christian Horner said after Sunday's race. "Designing and manufacturing our own engine currently isn't part of that plan. "It's highly improbable. First of all we need to see what the plans for Renault are. "We've obviously had a lot of success with Renault but the situation isn't improving and the reliability and performance is unacceptable. "It can't continue like this -- it's not good for Renault and it's not good for Red Bull." As F1 returned to Austria, the hills were alive with the sound of Mercedes music.

Nico Rosberg extends world championship lead with victory in Austria . Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton finishes second as both nurse cars home . Williams team claims third and fourth with Valtteri Bottas and polesitter Felipe Massa . Red Bull struggles on rebuilt home circuit, hosting F1 race for first time since 2003 .

f742d0e4677756c7fc545b1432ac6f0af705b9bd

(CNN) -- With 2013 firmly in the rearview mirror, the movers and shakers of the video gaming industry are focusing on where the next 12 months will take us. With new platforms and consoles available and more people playing games on smartphones and tablets, the future appears to be open to a vast array of possibilities. We asked four industry players what they think the next year will look like. Each offered a few specifics and a broader view about what will be important to game makers and players. Many expect 2013's releases of new hardware and software platforms -- most notably, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles -- to spur creativity in game development and delivery. Here's what they told us: . Ken Levine, creative director, Irrational Games . "2013 was the year of the left field: crowdfunding, the Steam box, in-house streaming. 2014 is the year we're going to start to see how that changes the space. The majority of old-school developers I know now have gone into more personal, niche titles; (it) reminds me of when many of the great PC studios (BioWare, Bungie, Bethesda) started developing console games in the early 2000s. "Being in gaming is like being in music in the '60s, but there's a new British invasion like every three years. I think disruption is generally a good thing. It keeps us on our toes as developers and usually yields dividends for gamers." Jean-Michel Detoc, managing director, Ubisoft Mobile . "We've seen the mobile industry consistently evolve over the past five years and, in my opinion, 2014 will be no exception. I anticipate the trends in 2013 -- increased time spent playing games on mobile devices and a shift to 'freemium' pricing in games -- will continue to grow in 2014. "With more than 2 billion smart devices currently activated and the increased availability of low-end smart devices, the mobile market has never been stronger or reached such a mass audience. Gaming has expanded to represent around a third of time spent on connected devices, and I am confident gaming will confirm its position as one of the core uses on those devices in 2014. "Additionally, as app quality as a whole continues to improve, we will see fewer applications, but with more budget and ambition put behind them. The last important trend I believe we will see is the extension of 'freemium' mobile games to new devices such as smartwatches and smart TVs." Geoff Keighley, host, Spike TV . "2014 will be a monumental year for the gaming industry. Both the Xbox One and PS4 will continue to grow their install base, and we will begin to see more games built specifically to take advantage of the next generation hardware. Already fans are anticipating the birth of new franchises like 'Titanfall' and 'Destiny.' "That said, 2014 will be a year of experimentation. We will see more games on tablets, new business models birthed by the rise of digital distribution, the continued growth of eSports and exciting new ventures like Valve's Steam box. "What used to be a race between three console manufacturers for dominance has diversified into dozens of companies carving out their own market segments." Wallace Santos, CEO and founder, Maingear . "2014 is going to bring a lot of new and exciting technologies to gamers. The big story this year is the advances that AMD and NVIDIA are making with GPUs (faster processors for graphics) that make 4K gaming a reality. Next year we'll see those 4K panels come down in price. "With exciting technologies like AMD's Mantle API, designed to max out the performance capabilities of your graphics card, and NVIDIA's G-SYNC, designed to deliver silky smooth gaming, there's a whole lot to get excited about. "And then there's the peripherals like the Oculus Rift. With gaming legend John Carmack joining the company, we can be sure to see great things from them as well. And let's not forget the Steam OS. It'll be interesting to see how this new entrant into the gaming market fares alongside the next generation gaming consoles. As always, it's a great time to be a gamer." What gaming trends to do expect this year? Tell us in the comments below.

Four experts discuss where video gaming is headed in 2014 . Many say the release of new hardware and software platforms will spur creativity . Spike TV host says 2014 will be "a monumental year for the gaming industry" Several cite the potential of Oculus Rift, the virtual-reality headset .

8fea056fbb591ac1ee9dfeb60776cf095e565193

A majority of New York City voters rated Mayor Bill de Blasio positively in a new survey conducted largely before the shooting of two NYPD officers this weekend that put de Blasio in the national spotlight. The survey, conducted by Quinnipiac University, showed 53% of city voters viewed him favorably, while 33% viewed him unfavorably and another 10% say they haven't heard enough about him to decide. The mayor is underwater statewide, however, with 36% of New York state voters viewing him unfavorably, while 33% have a favorable view and another 29% say they haven't heard enough to decide. The survey was conducted from Dec. 17-21, partly before the Saturday shootings of two police officers in their patrol car in Brooklyn. The incident has inflamed already strained tensions between the mayor and the city's police force, and complicated a nationwide debate surrounding law enforcement tactics and treatment of minorities. De Blasio has taken center stage in the aftermath of the shootings, calling on Monday for unity and a hiatus from the protests that have gripped the city in recent weeks following the killings of two unarmed African American men at the hands of white police officers. But the Quinnipiac poll showed that through Sunday New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, also a Democrat, was widely seen as the more influential of the two in the state, with three-fourths of respondents rating him as such. More than half of the state's voters view Cuomo favorably, while a third view him unfavorably. New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who is up for reelection this cycle, is also widely popular, with 62% of the state's voters viewing him favorably. And looking towards the 2016 presidential contest, the state's former Democratic senator, Hillary Clinton, is still a strong favorite to win if she jumps in the race, as most expect. She leads Jeb Bush, the former GOP governor of Florida; Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by anywhere from 26 points with Christie to 35 points with Paul. The survey was conducted among 1,293 New York state voters via landline and cell phone, and has a margin of error of 2.7 percent overall.

De Blasio was viewed positively by most New York City residents ahead of police shooting . Mayor is less popular statewide .

7fd081d8d65ac792d3bef5e2c336b253aaad4002

Zurich, Switzerland (CNN) -- Top international soccer officials are meeting Thursday in Switzerland to discuss whether to change the dates for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar from summer to winter amid concerns over heat. The two-day meeting of FIFA's executive committee in Zurich will also consider allegations that migrant workers employed on huge World Cup-related construction projects are being abused. Dozens of workers' rights protesters, waving flags and brandishing red cards, gathered outside the complex ahead of the meeting as they delivered a letter to FIFA President Sepp Blatter calling on soccer's world governing body to ensure fair labor practices. A FIFA official took the letter inside, saying that FIFA is taking the matter seriously. Members of the executive committee, known as ExCo, declined to answer reporters' questions as they entered. In addition to the issues of Qatar's summer heat and concerns over labor conditions, the committee is expected to hear an update from Qatar 2022 organizers on their preparations for the World Cup. FIFA has been considering the option of moving the tournament because of fears that players and fans could be adversely affected by temperatures that sometimes reach 122 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer. All 54 member associations of UEFA, Europe's governing body, last month voted against holding the tournament in the Qatari summer, adding to speculation that a move to the winter was in prospect. But a winter World Cup would cause chaos with the European domestic season, with many clubs fearing they could lose out financially. Decision, or no decision? The final decision lies with FIFA's executive committee. Its verdict had been widely expected to come Friday -- but UEFA President Michel Platini has reportedly cast doubt on that. "There will be no decision. It is impossible," he is quoted by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper as saying Wednesday in Zurich. Platini reportedly added that he was "much more concerned" by the allegations of abusive labor practices in Qatar than the question of when the tournament is played. FIFA said last week that it would raise the issue of workers' rights with the Qatari authorities and that the executive committee would discuss claims that migrant workers are being exploited. A CNN report in May highlighted allegations by rights groups that thousands of construction workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup have been abused, denied their wages and trapped in a situation from which they cannot escape because, under Qatar's visa system, they cannot leave the country without their employer's consent. Allegations made by The Guardian newspaper last week added to concerns. The world professional footballers association, FIFPro, said that "Qatar must respect the rights of the key people who will deliver the 2022 FIFA World Cup: the workers who build the World Cup stadia and infrastructure and the professional footballers who play in them." The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee has said it is committed to ensuring workers' safety and well being. Labor ministry: More inspectors, translators . Ali Al Khulaifi, an international relations adviser at Qatar's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, told CNN that Qatar is taking concrete steps to ensure its labor rules are enforced, including making it easier for workers to report abuses by their employers. "We have a plan to double the number of inspectors by the end of the year," he said. "Since many of the migrant workers don't speak Arabic, we are hiring translators to submit complaints." The Ministry of Labor says it plans to increase the number of branches it has from the current two in the capital, Doha, and five outside, but has not given details. Conditions for workers in Qatar have come under increased scrutiny since a report in The Guardian last week alleging that dozens of Nepali migrant laborers died there over the summer. "We are a member of the ILO (International Labour Organization). We have ratified the forced labor convention. So we're hiring an international firm to look into the allegations," Al Khulaifi said . "Work-related deaths are really unfortunate. But the numbers are less than what was published." He said the ministry would investigate any claims that some companies are holding the passports of workers, preventing them from leaving, as has been alleged. The ministry has commissioned an international law firm, DLA Piper, to carry out independent investigation into the allegations and report back to the government, the state-run Qatar News Agency reported Wednesday. Legal action threatened . The question of any shift in the calendar for the 2022 Qatar World Cup -- or, more drastically, any move to take it away from the wealthy Gulf nation -- will be closely watched around the world. Australia, which lost out to Qatar along with South Korea, the United States and Japan, believes it should be compensated if the World Cup is held in the winter rather than the summer and has threatened legal action. A move to the winter months could also have big cost implications for European clubs and for broadcasters. Moving matches means shifting many of the events that the latter have paid multimillions for and, importantly, would be wanting to tie up in contracts for the future. Blatter, the FIFA president, recently said that it would not be feasible to hold a summer World Cup in Qatar. But Qatar disagrees. Hassan al-Thawadi, secretary general of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, told CNN last week that it is "absolutely not" too hot during the summer to stage the tournament then. He acknowledged that summer in his country is hot, but said, "Other nations have hosted similar World Cups in similar if not more severe conditions." In addition, he said, Qatar is investing in cooling technologies for stadiums, training areas and fan areas. This, he said, "adds more confidence to us in terms of our ability to host a very successful and very memorable World Cup." CNN's Alex Thomas reported from Zurich and Leone Lakhani from Doha, while Laura Smith-Spark wrote in London. CNN's Schams Elwazer contributed to this report.

NEW: Qatar's Labor Ministry says it will boost inspections and investigate claims of abuses . Workers' rights protesters gather in Zurich as FIFA debates the 2022 Qatar World Cup . A decision could be made on whether to move the tournament to Qatar's winter months . There are fears players and fans could suffer in the searing heat of Qatar's summer .

665c366e95a1a48e435498f96c648fec457db42d

By . Simon Murphy . PUBLISHED: . 16:02 EST, 6 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:35 EST, 7 April 2013 . Amanda Holden has launched a blistering attack on Mumsnet after users of the parenting website criticised her for going back to work only three weeks after giving birth. The Britain’s Got Talent star returned to the judging chair last year after coming close to death having her second child. Mums on the site condemned her decision, claiming she was afraid of losing her slot on the show. Criticism: Amanda Holden has hit out at negativity on Mumsnet after she was condemned for returning to Britain's Got Talent three weeks after giving birth . Difficult birth: Amanda with baby Hollie, now aged one. After giving birth Amanda's heart stopped beating for four minutes . But now the 42-year-old has hit back, criticising the website for its ‘negativity’ and ‘encouraging guilt’ among mothers. Speaking . exclusively to The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine, she said: ‘I visited . Mumsnet because I thought, “Oh, that sounds like a nice site where you . can get handy tips on weaning your baby and helpful advice.” I thought it sounded like the . perfect social medium; a support network for mums. But I discovered that . it’s a lot of women criticising, judging and having a go at each other. ‘What we need is a site that gives . positive support instead of encouraging guilt by making women who aren’t . able to breastfeed feel bad, or condemning women for going back to . work.’ She discovered the . negative comments only after a journalist asked her about the . ‘controversy’ over her return to Britain’s Got Talent. Star: Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden alongside fellow panelists David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell . One Mumsnet user had written: ‘Spending time with your newborn is way more important than some s****y talent show.’ Another added: ‘I’m sure she could afford to take a few more weeks off, let’s not pretend she’s desperate for money.’ Ms Holden, married to record producer Chris Hughes, has two children, Lexi, seven, and Hollie, one. In January 2012, after giving birth to Hollie, Amanda’s heart stopped beating for four minutes. Her placenta had become attached to her bladder, causing massive haemorrhaging. Criticism: Amanda Holden arrives for Britain's Got Talent live auditions during her pregnancy. She has hit out at Mumsnet for its 'negativity' after she was criticised for returning to work just weeks after giving birth . Glamour: The judges dressed up ahead of last year's series of Britain's Got Talent . The star, pictured exclusively in You . magazine, said her determination to restore normality for Lexi was . behind her quick return to work. ‘The normal in my house is Mummy doing . Britain’s Got Talent. When I had been in hospital Lexi had seen me in . such hideous circumstances that I decided I needed to get back to normal . for her and for me. ‘Mummy shoved on her eyelashes and . went back on Britain’s Got Talent because that was normal. I took Hollie . with me and we went to Birmingham and I just did three days.’ Mumsnet . co-founder Justine Roberts said: ‘Of course people can be critical, but . for every opinion there is usually a counter one.’

Mumsnet users slammed Amanda Holden for returning to work three weeks after giving birth . Britain's Got Talent star hits back at website for its 'negativity' and said it's a webite where women 'criticise, judge and have a go' at each other .

a36f980f073517ab47b8e1f8293481b0bba7d46b

By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 06:18 EST, 21 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:40 EST, 21 March 2013 . A university student who was tormented by bullies at school for being a 'geek' has had the last laugh after being crowned a beauty queen champion and acing her exams -  just like her mother. Charlotte Peach, 20, suffered years of cruel taunts about her looks and straight A-Grades by bullies who teased her for being intelligent. The abuse got so bad throughout her . teenage years that police were called after cyber-bullies targeted her . on Facebook and vandalised her parent's home. But, in an extraordinary echo of her mother's own life, Charlotte has now been crowned 'Miss Undergraduate' in a beauty contest 38 years after her mum won a beauty pageant too. Last laugh: Charlotte Peach was tormented by bullies at school for being a geek and pretty has had the last laugh after becoming a beauty queen champion . They also branded her 'tree-trunk legs', . a 'big-boobed bimbo' and a 'Jordan wannabe' because of her good looks . and curvy figure. But she went on to achieve six A*s and 5 A's at GCSE, and two A's and a B at A-Level to get a place at the University of Birmingham. Beauty and the geek: They also branded her a 'Jordan wannabe' because of her good looks and curvy figure but she defiantly went on to achieve great A-level grades . Like mother like daughter: Charlotte suffered just like her mother did exactly 38 years ago but they overcame their demons . Her glamorous mother Linda, 53, was also subjected to similar teenage anguish by jealous girls who teased her about her brains and beauty in the 70s. Maths ace Charlotte followed in her mother's footsteps when was named Miss Undergraduate - exactly 38 years since Linda was named Miss Pelsall in her home town in the West Midlands in 1975. Charlotte said: 'I never let the bullies get me down and luckily I've rose above it all. 'I've made some true friends for life since I joined uni - and I've finally been able to feel confident in myself. Following her footsteps: Maths ace Charlotte followed in her mother's footsteps when she was named Miss Undergraduate - exactly 38 years since Linda was named Miss Pelsall in her home town in the West Midlands in 1975 . Thankful: Charlotte is grateful that she can share her worries with her mother who helps her stay grounded . 'I've got my mum to thank for it, as we've both stayed pretty grounded and to a uncanny extent mirrored each others lives. 'The bullies called me things like "tree-trunk legs" once they knew I didn't like my legs. 'They called me Jordan because I used to wear short dresses and make-up, as well as the other obvious comparison which they drew. Tormented: Single mother-of-two Linda, a bank worker, also suffered the same fate at the hands of teenage girls during her school-life at Pelsall Comprehensive during the 70s but went on to have the last laugh . 'It go to the point where they egged my mum's car and ripped up the flower bed, we had to get the police in and they asked whether we wanted to push harassment charges. 'But I just wanted them to stop. 'It was mostly online - they wouldn't say anything to my face, they just pretended I was invisible and completely ignored me. It was a living hell.' Both mother and daughter's teenage years were tainted with anguish as they suffered cruelty at the hands of twisted bullies. Talented: Charlotte spent her secondary school life shunned for being too intelligent and teased for taking part in public speaking debates and playing piano . Cruel: She suffered at the hands of online bullies who called her a bimbo and drew cruel pictures of her . Charlotte spent her secondary school life at Chasetown Specialist Sports College shunned for being too intelligent and teased for taking part in public speaking debates and playing piano. Single mother-of-two Linda, a bank worker, also suffered the same fate at the hands of teenage girls during her school-life at Pelsall Comprehensive during the 70s. She added: 'Charlotte didn't fit into the crowd of the popular girls who dated the school football team but also wasn't your traditional geeky pupil either. 'She was just in the middle and suffered for it. Terrified: The mother and daughter duo were so scared of the bullies they didn't want to leave the house and Linda's car even got trashed . 'It's easy to say as a mother they were jealous of her but it is plain to see that's what it was. 'She got a whole deluge of abuse that just broke her heart. She actually believed she was fat and ugly. 'As a family it was a horrific time for us. We got to the point we didn't want to go on holiday because we didn't want to leave the house. 'I knew how she felt to an extent, although nowhere near as badly because I was teased for winning the beauty contest. Support: Linda supported her daughter through her ordeal as she knows exactly what it feels like. Charlotte is now celebrating her win with a free trip to Ibiza . 'People said 'who do you think are?' and would be pretty cruel to me. But I only did it to make up the numbers. 'But without mobile phones and Facebook, I was quite fortunate in comparison as it always stopped when I got home.' Charlotte, who won a holiday to Ibiza as part of her beauty pageant victory, added: 'At least we can both say now we've had the last laugh.'

Charlotte Peach suffered years of cruel taunts about looks and A-Grades . Abuse was so bad, police called in after house was trashed . Mother suffered the same 38 years ago and won beauty pageant in 1975 . Went on to ace exams and gain University place, as well as win beauty competition .

064dc4e7766bb78eea0f07db7ce6b64e3a874101

A California insurance company paid a senior citizen in coins as part of a settlement. Adriana's Insurance Service, Inc. gave Andres Carrasco, 73, over $21,000 in coins along with a check, NBC Los Angeles reported. An employee assaulted Carrasco, the elderly man claimed in a 2012 lawsuit, according to the station. Scroll down for video . Victim: Andres Carrasco, 73, was paid over $21,000 in coins by an insurance company in a settlement deal . 'Adriana's Insurance, is this the way you treat everyone?' He said in statement to the station. 'Why don't you like your clients?' Carrasco also said 'I am disappointed by the way Adriana's treats their customers and the elderly. We might be poor, but we are people too.' Antonio Gallo, Carrasco's attorney, told NBC Los Angeles that company employees left 'five-gallon containers' at his office. Gallo told the affiliate station his client is not strong enough to lift the containers. Carrasco was recently treated for a hernia, he said. As noted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, since the story broke online users have flooded the company's Yelp page with one-star reviews. A request for comment to the insurance company from MailOnline was not immediately answered. Strange change: Carresco's attorney told NBC buckets of change were left by the insurance company at his office (file photo)

Adriana's Insurance Service, Inc. gave Andres Carrasco, 73, over $21,000 in coins as part of a settlement . An employee assaulted Carrasco, the elderly man claimed in a 2012 lawsuit . Carrasco is not strong enough to lift the buckets and was treated for a hernia, his lawyer said . Since the story broke, Yelp users have flooded the insurance company's page with one-star reviews .

2cc71776ce037fa87bc4ee1d334b14289137bd11

By . Victoria Woollaston . It’s that time of year again when companies try to dupe the public with their April Fools gags. And MailOnline has scoured the web to round up the best pranks in the world of technology so you don't have to. This year has seen the likes of Samsung offering pigeon-powered Wi-Fi, Microsoft’s smart paperclip, Ocado's 42-inch tablet, and wearable tech pants among other gems. Scroll down for video . Google's AutoAwesome April Fool's involved David Hasselhoff, pictured, automatically photobombing people's images on Google+. The firm promised users the Hoff would make an appearance when a photo was uploaded, if there was enough space for him, and the Knight Rider star had made 100 poses for the project . Virgin Active got involved with its . own range of wearables, called Smarty Pants, that count how many bum . clenches the wearer performs. Bathstore claimed it was launching the . first ‘dedicated selfie mirror’, called the Mirrorgram, complete with a . flash, time delay setting, Wi-Fi connectivity and Instagram-style . filters. Morphsuits unveiled the HollowMan suit that promised to make the wearer invisble. And Wuaki.tv . promised users of its Wuakicast device they could take over any screen, . including the adverts in Piccadilly Circus, and . videos would ‘follow’ users from screen to screen. Google released a host of April Fools, including a Pokemon version of maps and an Emoji translate tool, but the top one was an update to its AutoAwesome feature on Google+. AutoAwesome photobombing claimed to add images of celebrities to photos automatically when they were uploaded to the social network. AutoAwesome is a real feature that automatically turns photos into GIFs and videos, but the new, fake tool gave users a photobomb option. The tech giant said it had teamed up with David Hasselhoff and when users uploaded a new self-portrait, or a group photo with friends, the Hoff would make a surprise appearance. In a tongue-in-cheek interview with the MailOnline, the Hoff said: ‘I’ve always wanted the opportunity to please the fans that write to me every day and Google gave me a solution. This is a great opportunity to hit the world all at once. In a tongue-in-cheek interview with the MailOnline, the Hoff said: 'I've always wanted the opportunity to please the fans that write to me every day. I get stopped every 10 seconds for a photo. This is my opportunity to take a photo with everybody in the entire world' Tesco got involved with April Fools' Day with an advert for its Cudl tablet, dubbed 'world's first tablet made-for-two,' pictured. It featured two seven-inch tablets connected together with a 'coupling tether'. Tesco claimed its Cudl was the best thing for relationships 'since the Finest Dinner-for-Two deal' ‘I get stopped every 10 seconds for a photo and I always want photos with my fans because I know how much it means to them. It means a lot to me too! ‘This is my opportunity to take a photo with everybody in the entire world.’ The Hoff added he had made at least a hundred poses for the project, and thought his Knight Rider pose was the funniest. Microsoft announced the SmartClippy - a smart paperclip inspired by the Clippy help tool on Windows XP, pictured . When asked why he thinks people love him so much, Hasselhoff admitted: ‘Obviously because of my chest hair! Live the life you love, love the life you live. KITT, pick me up buddy. See you on Google+!’ Microsoft announced the SmartClippy - a smart paperclip inspired by the Clippy help tool on Windows XP – which the firm said ‘comes in a range of sizes and colours and easy to integrate into existing accessories'. It even included a quote from the paperclip: ‘Microsoft announced the date for the end of Windows XP support back in 2007, so I’ve had a lot of time to plan my next move. 'And now I’m excited to finally announce the next chapter in my life. I’m going back to basics and doing what paper clips like me are born to do: Attach things to other things.’ Meanwhile Samsung announced the start of a pilot scheme in central London to improve internet access in public squares and parks. In a 'revolutionary move', the company claimed it was ‘harnessing the power of pigeons to create temporary, mobile Wi-Fi cover. ‘ . Dubbed ‘Fli-Fy’, the technology would see micro-router packs attached to London pigeons and in ‘tests’ where more than 50 birds had gathered together, the firm said it would provide a signal strength exceeding 4G. Tesco got involved with April Fools' Day with an advert for its Cudl tablet, dubbed ‘world's first tablet made-for-two.’ Elsewhere, online supermarket Ocado announced it was launching a 42-inch tablet called the sLablet, pictured, complete with an hour's battery life, after 19 hours of charge, and a strap mount system that let users wear it around their neck . Morphsuits unveiled the HollowMan suit, pictured, that promised to make the wearer invisble. Meanwhile, Bathstore claimed it was launching the first 'dedicated selfie mirror', called the Mirrorgram, complete with a flash, time delay setting, Wi-Fi connectivity and Instagram-style filters . The Cudl, a parody successor to its Hudl tablet, is based on the idea couples are spending up to a third more time on their devices than with each other. It featured two seven-inch tablets connected together with a ‘coupling tether’, which used ‘springback technology’ to force couples to spend more time together. Tesco claimed its Cudl is the best thing for relationships ‘since the Finest Dinner-for-Two deal’. Elsewhere, online supermarket Ocado announced it was launching a 42-inch tablet called the sLablet complete with an hour's battery life, after 19 hours of charge, and a strap mount system that let users wear it around their neck. Ryan Lipowitz, Head of Technological Innovational-Innovations at Ocado Technology said: ‘We found that 80 per cent of the time, 40 per cent of people needed a device that had 120 per cent the power of desktop, 12 per cent of the time. Once you hold one in your arms you will understand what an incredible advancement this is, delivering all-lunch battery life in the biggest full-sized tablet in the world.’

Google’s April Fools' gag involved David Hasselhoff photobombing images . Microsoft launched a smart paperclip, complete with quotes from the clip . Tesco unveiled the Cudl - 'the world’s first tablet made for two' While Ocado announced a 42-inch tablet with an hour's battery life .

1da1b87e5b6fe49b851abc8ce721d8345f4232ed

Two teenage girls who were attacked with battery acid in Zanzibar should return to the country to help with the police investigation, detectives have said. Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee were left badly injured after two men on a moped threw acid at them while they walked to dinner. The two friends, who were volunteering on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, are now back in the UK and will undergo skin grafts. Injured: Kirstie Trup, left, and Katie Gee, both 18, had acid thrown in their faces during an attack in Zanzibar. Police may ask them to return to the tropical island to help convict any potential suspects . Recovering: Katie Gee, right, and Kirstie Trup , left, are now back in the UK and will undergo skin grafts to repair the damage . But it emerged today that police officers tracking the men on the tropical island may ask the girls to return to help convict any potential suspects. Police have been given hope after the two friends said they would be able to identify their attackers if they saw them again. Mussa Ali Mussa, Zanzibar’s commissioner of police, said the girls could help with identification of suspects or any future trial. Speaking to the Evening Standard, he . said: 'It will depend on the circumstances of the investigation (but) yes, we shall ask them. We shall contact the UK authorities.' Miss Gee, from Hampstead in London, . suffered burns to 80 per cent of her right arm and 50 per cent of her . torso. Miss Trup, from East Finchley, London, was less seriously injured . after jumping into the sea to wash off the acid. Miss . Gee had an operation yesterday in the Chelsea & Westminster . hospital while Miss Trup will return for a skin graft on Thursday. Attack: Two men on a moped hurled acid in the . girls' faces as they walked to meet friends for dinner in Stone Town, . Zanzibar (seen in a file photo) Help: After they were attacked by the two men the girls ran to the Tembo Hotel, pictured . The family of Katie have said they want her to recover from her injuries before they consider returning to Zanzibar. Speaking to the Evening Standard, Doug Morris, boyfriend of Katie Gee’s mother Nicky, 45, said:  She is not in the condition to travel, and the family’s primary concern is her recovery.' Painful: This photograph released by the teenagers' families showed the injuries one of them suffered in the attack . Katie's mother Nicky told this week how she was struggling to come to terms with why someone could do ‘something so evil’. Mrs Gee told BBC News: ‘This whole thing is unexplained. It's difficult to think of someone doing something so evil. This is an extremely long journey. It's very, very sensitive.’ The pair were attacked by two men on a moped in Zanzibar City. They were flown to hospital in Dar es Salaam in mainland Tanzania, then on to London. Zanzibar’s police have said a third British woman was sent threats apparently from the same attackers. The unnamed 29-year-old insisted she would not stop her charity work on the island. Members of both teenagers' families have been keeping a bedside vigil after the pair were flown home and immediately sent to London's regional burns centre. Katie has already taken to Twitter to thank well-wishers for their support, while a photograph released by the teenagers' families showed the injuries one of them suffered in the attack. The women were enjoying the last week of a trip as volunteer teachers to the predominantly Muslim island when the corrosive substance was thrown at them in an apparently unprovoked attack. They had originally planned to return in time to collect their A-level results this week, with Kirstie hoping to study history at the University of Bristol while Katie is considering the University of Leeds.

Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee badly injured after two men threw acid at them . Police officers tracking the men may ask girls to return to help investigation . Detectives given hope after the teenagers said they can identify attackers . Two friends back in the UK and will undergo skin grafts .

b5df22d9b29bf8715f5ab3ddef71606176171d69

By . Tara Brady . Three people have been accused of kidnapping and torturing a woman for human trafficking in Orange County, California. The victim, 26, had a black eye, bruises and burns on her body according to police. Reports claim she was tied up, blindfolded, beaten and burn with an electric clothing iron and hot glass narcotics pipe for about a week. Scroll down for video . Renice Davis . Cierra Thompson . Oscar Gonzalez-Salinas . Costa Mesa Police Department has arrested Renice Davis, 26 and Oscar Gonzalez-Salinas, 33, from Costa Mesa as well as Cierra Thompson, 27, in connection with the crime. Police found the woman in a motel room in the Days Inn, in Newport Boulevard, Westminster, on Monday. They were tipped off by a person who received a Facebook message from the victim asking for help. Davis and Thompson were in the motel with the victim. Gonzalez-Salinas was found hiding in a truck. The victim is now being looked after at a women's shelter. Police found the woman in a motel room in the Days Inn, in Newport Boulevard, Westminster, on Monday . Davis is accused of recruiting the victim to work as a prostitute however about a week ago Davis became angry with her and burned her with a hot pipe used for drugs. She was tied up using zipties and duct tape. It is also claimed that Davis allegedly threatened to kill the victim and her family if she tried to escape. The three suspects have been charged in connection with kidnapping, torture, human trafficking, aggravated assault, pimping and pandering. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

Renice Davis, 26, Oscar Gonzalez-Salinas, 33, Cierra Thompson, 27, arrested . The victim, 26, had a black eye, bruises and burns on her body . She was 'tied up, beaten and burnt with glass pipe used to smoke drugs' Police found the woman in the Days Inn, in Newport Boulevard, Westminster . Tipped off by a person who received a Facebook message from the victim .

172bd826a77d40714dec27e51f62a6a8bdd98f58

By . Paul Donnelley . It’s not the most popular sport in America but an Englishman is showing the Yanks the way when it comes to scoring in MLS (Major League Soccer). Dom Dwyer is the league’s second-leading scorer having hit the back of the net 14 times in 19 games for Sporting Kansas City. His 68 shots are the most in the league. It’s a long way from Cuckfield, the large village in West Sussex, where he was born and Norwich City, the East Anglian club he joined as an aspiring nine-year-old in 1999. Cup winner: Sporting Kansas City's Dom Dwyer celebrates his side's victory against Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup Final . However, he never progressed to the first team and broke his foot four times. It seemed all over until he was offered the chance to move to America four years ago. He won two national championships at Tyler Junior College and in his second season he was named national junior college player of the year. Dwyer spent one season at South Florida in the first division before being signed by Sporting Kansas City and then immediately loaned out to Orlando City. Dom Dwyer attacks the Houston Dynamo goal in the MLS semi-final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Head the ball: Steven Caldwell (left)  of Toronto battles with Dom Dwyer at Sporting Park . In 13 games he netted 15 times, setting the league's single-season goal scoring record, before being recalled by his parent club. He now has his sights on Kansas City's season record goal tally, which stands at 18. It could be the start of an international career for Dyer as in 2017, the year before the next World Cup, he becomes eligible to apply for US citizenship. Dom Dwyer (left) protects the ball from D.C. United defender Bobby Boswell at RFK Stadium in Washington . Cuckfield-born Dwyer (right) celebrates after putting the ball past Zac MacMath of Philadelphia Union . He plays alongside World Cup stalwarts Matt Besler and Graham Zusi at Sporting Kansas City. However, he has not given up on playing international football for Roy Hodgson’s men. 'Every player wants to play on the international stage,' Dwyer told MLSsoccer.com. 'I think if I were to get called in the future and have an opportunity, I think that's something every player would love to do and dream of. We won the cup: Dwyer lifts the MLS Cup after his side beat Real Salt Lake at Sporting Park . Small trophy: Dwyer drinks from the MLS Cup in the dressing room after beating Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup Final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas . 'If the offer ever came to me, I think it would be a difficult one to say no to,' he says. 'I'm from England, born and raised there, but I've been in the US for quite a few years and have a lot of love for this country and enjoy being here. 'But I don't know where I'll be in 2017. You don't know where you'll be tomorrow. So you have to just kind of take it as it comes, and if the opportunity comes -- I'm not sure if [England manager] Roy Hodgson's going to be calling me any time soon, so we'll just have to wait and see.' Dom Dwyer takes a selfie as he and a team-mate celebrate yet another victory .

Dom Dwyer from Cuckfield, signed for Norwich City but never made grade . 23-year-old moved to America in 2009 and became instant success . Scored 13 goals in 15 games in his first season . Could play for USA in Russia but still hoping for call from Roy Hodgson .

3bcbcd10ecb8649e1b5fd70fe783b2f7bb7294e9

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Rescue workers pulled a woman out of rubble near Haiti's national cathedral Tuesday, a week after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck. The rescue crews believe two other people may be alive under wreckage nearby, in part because of a text message the crews believe was sent from under the rubble, a CNN crew reported. Men carried the woman, Ena Zizi, who is in her 70s, from the rubble on a wooden board as she grasped its edges. They took her to a nearby clinic, although it doesn't have the operating facilities needed to treat her, the CNN crew reported. Zizi's right femur was fractured and she was in shock, the crew reported. iReport: Search list of the missing and the found . Her son, Maxime Janvier, told CNN that he never gave up hope that she'd be found. "We were praying a lot for that to happen," he said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that about 90 victims have been saved by 43 international rescue teams, made up of some 1,700 people, in the days after the quake. Full coverage l Twitter updates . The earthquake struck the afternoon of January 12. Its epicenter was just south of Port-au-Prince.

Ena Zizi, in her 70s, lasted seven days in rubble near national cathedral . Zizi taken to clinic, though it doesn't have the operating facilities needed to treat her . Woman's son: We never gave up hope that she'd be found . Rescue crews believe two other people may be alive under wreckage nearby .

caaf2ba67f548ff8c8473f9e3051a82595f58820

Women shouldn't wear bikinis on the beach in the Indian holiday state of Goa, according to a senior minister. Sudhin Dhavalikar, public works minister for Goa, said women should cover up on public beaches for their own safety and even went as far as suggesting that bikinis should be banned altogether. The politician's suggestion that women 'attract' sexual harassment by wearing the swimsuits in the popular holiday destination has drawn fierce criticism from women's rights activists. Cultural differences: The minister claimed that women should not be allowed to wear bikinis in public . Mr Dhavalikar said: 'Wearing bikinis can attract problems like molestations. 'I feel that wearing bikinis should be banned on the beaches. We should not allow such types of people (in bikinis) to enter public places.' And the controversial minister went on to suggest that women should also not be allowed to go out in the evening to bars. Banned: The public works minister called for bikinis not to be allowed on public beaches in Goa . The minister added that 'scantily dressed girls visiting pubs project the wrong culture and this should be stopped. 'Young people go drinking and it often leads to law and order problems. Our sisters and daughters are getting spoilt.' The inflammatory comments have drawn criticism for a victim-blaming culture, with activists claiming the outdated attitudes are partly responsible for the country's much-publicised high rates of rape and sexual assault. Goa is a hugely popular holiday destination for Britons, particularly those looking for winter sun. And Mr Dhavalikar's comments follow a string of high-profile rape cases that have focused the world's attention on how India deals with sexual crimes. Hotspot: Goa has long been a popular winter sun destination for holidaymakers and attracted tourists looking to embrace yoga and spirituality . In December 2012 a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang-raped so violently on a Delhi bus that she died from her injuries. Just a month ago, two teenage girls were raped and then hung from a mango tree in a northern Indian village and locals claimed police only acted after they sat around the bodies of the girls and refused to leave them. It is not just local women who are victims of sexual violence. In January this year a 52-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped in New Delhi in an attack that lasted for hours. In the same month, an 18-year-old German charity worker said she was sexually assaulted on a train in southern India by a fellow passenger. According to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, tourism figures fell significantly after the much-publicised rape in 2012, with visits by female tourist dropping by 35 per cent.

Goa minister calls for a bikini ban on beaches . Also claims 'scantily dressed' women should not go to bars . Inflammatory comments follow several publicised rape cases in India . Women's rights activists have criticised the politician's suggestion .

0d944e60178c5b6092fb4aa627434a3b032b67cd

Darko Milanic has been confirmed the new head coach at Leeds. The 46-year-old Slovenian, who quit as head coach of Sturm Graz on Sunday, has signed a two-year contract with the Sky Bet Championship side. He will be joined at the club by Serbian Novica Nikcevic, his assistant at the Austrian side. Caretaker boss Neil Redfearn reverts to his role of Academy manager and head of coaching after overseeing three wins and a draw. Leeds United have confirmed the appointment of Darko Milanic as their new head coach . Milanic took first team training at Leeds' base Thorp Arch on Tuesday afternoon . Milanic is the first non-British or Irish manager of Leeds and will work under Massimo Cellino . Cellino, the Leeds owner, made the new appointment which was confirmed on Tuesday evening . CLICK HERE for a full profile of the new Elland Road boss. Earlier on Tuesday, Leeds owner Massimo Cellino - who sacked David Hockaday and assistant Junior Lewis last month after only six games in charge - told Sky Sports News: "He's just arrived today. We've been waiting for him about 15 days. "I don't know (why I've chosen him). The coaches are like watermelons. You find out about them when you open them. "His particular qualities? He's good looking, what can I tell you? "He was a very good counter-attacking defender with Partizan Belgrade and Sturm Graz, and a good coach with Maribor for four years and took the club to the Champions League and Europa League, and he made it good as player and coach and he likes the Premier League. "He gave up his place in the Premier League in Austria to come to the Championship with Leeds, and we hope that the club in Leeds is a good chance for him to have a good team and an important club to run, so he can make us proud. "He does not talk much and is very pragmatic. I like him. He is a very cool guy." Milanic (right) enjoyed a trophy-laden seven years as a defender for Austrian side Sturm Graz . Milanic (centre) captained Slovenia to Euro 2000 - their first-ever qualification for a major tournament . Sturm Graz announced on Sunday that Milanic had left his post after activating a buy-out clause in his contract. He took charge of his final game for the Austrian club on Saturday. Milanic captained Slovenia at Euro 2000 and after turning to management guided Maribor to four Slovenian league titles and three Slovenian Cup wins. He joined Sturm Graz as head coach on a three-year contract in June 2013, steering the club to a fifth-placed finish in 2013-14. Cellino asked Redfearn to look after first-team affairs following Hockaday's departure. He was ruled out of the running for the job on a permanent basis by Cellino last weekend - but is expected to be closely consulted by Milanic on first-team team matters during the early weeks. Cellino had initially wanted to replace Hockaday with former Brighton boss Oscar Garcia, who opted instead for Watford, and held talks with former West Brom manager Steve Clarke and, it is understood, with Preston's Simon Grayson, who was sacked after just over three years in charge of Leeds in 2012. Milanic's most successful spell as a manager to date was at Maribor where he won nine domestic trophies . Communication problems at Leeds shouldn't be a problem to Milanic, who can speak five languages .

Leeds have announced Darko Milanic as their new manager . The 46-year-old becomes Leeds' first non-British or Irish boss . Milanic captained Slovenia to their first-ever major finals at Euro 2000 . Slovenian won nine domestic titles in five years in charge of Maribor . Multi-lingual manager can speak five languages .

954b22806ee2ddd48604d6879e5f37d9e22e7d14

By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 17:07 EST, 16 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 17 November 2013 . Children's laureate Malorie Blackman has revealed she harboured anger towards white people for years after being sexually assaulted aged 13 . Malorie Blackman, the best-selling author and Children’s Laureate, was sexually assaulted in a cinema when she was just 13 years old, she has revealed. The writer, whose Noughts And Crosses novels explore racial tensions, said her ordeal at the hands of three white men meant she hated white people for much of her life as a teenager. Interviewed for today’s edition of Desert Island Discs, the 51-year-old author recalled: ‘I was 12 or 13 at the time. I used to go to the cinema a lot by myself and I was watching Disney’s Robin Hood. Three white guys came up behind me. ‘Two of them grabbed my arms so I couldn’t move and the other one sexually assaulted me.‘I was so traumatised. They were laughing and thought it was a big joke. I managed to get away and ran away in floods of tears.’ Blackman, who also wrote the acclaimed 1997 novel Pig Heart Boy, said the attack contributed to her being a very angry teenager. She described her attackers as ‘horrible’ and said that after the incident she felt ‘all white people were horrible’. Her love for a particular song eventually helped her break out of the cycle of hate.She said: ‘The thing that brought it home to me was a song I really loved called What You Won’t Do For Love, by Bobby Caldwell. ‘I went into a record shop and I found one of his albums and he was  a blonde guy. I remember thinking, ‘‘Oh my God, he’s white.’’ ‘And then I thought, ‘‘Are you really going to stop liking this song because this guy is white?’’ That’s when I caught myself and thought no, this is silly.’ Blackman, whose song choices on today’s programme include Bob Marley’s Redemption Song and Right Said Fred by Bernard Cribbins, also recalled how a racist careers teacher refused to write her a reference for university and blocked her dream of becoming an English teacher. Malorie Blackman, who tackles racism in her Noughts and Crosses series, also reveals a white careers teacher refused to write her a reference for university . Blackman said: ‘She just looked me in the eye and said, ‘‘Black people don’t become English teachers. Why don’t you be a secretary instead?’’ ‘For about three or four years I wasted my life hating her because  I thought she had ruined my life. If I met her again, I would thank her because she did me a favour. She taught me if that someone stands in the way of what you really want to do, you don’t stand there arguing with them and you certainly don’t let them stop you. What you do is find a way to go around them.’Desert Island Discs is on  BBC Radio 4 today at 11.15am.

Malorie Blackman was sexually assaulted by three white men in a cinema . The author admits she held on to her anger towards white people for years . Broke her cycle of hate after falling in love with a song by Bobby Caldwell . The 51 year old, who tackles racism in her Noughts and Crosses books, made the revelation on Desert Island Discs .

d07cbba95d95c8132813f0c366d1bb2175a7a144

By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 08:40 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:57 EST, 5 March 2014 . Evidence of the brutality of poachers in South Africa has surfaced once again with a shocking video of another badly mutilated rhino in Kruger National Park. Footage of the animal staggering along a road with its horn hacked off was filmed by horrified tourists and uploaded to YouTube. Clearly in distress, the film, shot on February 28, shows the rhino swaying from side to side and then stumbling into the undergrowth. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Shocking: A mutilated rhino was filmed by tourists stumbling along a road in the Kruger National Park in South Africa . In distress: Poachers had cruelly hacked off its horn and left it to die in agony . The heart-breaking footage follows a graphic video that went viral earlier in February of a white rhino found in the same park last year that had its horns, tongue, nose and eyes savagely hacked off. That animal had to be euthanized – and the rhino filmed more recently was also put down. But tragically it remained alive in agony for five days. It wasn’t found by park rangers until Tuesday and they discovered that it had a bullet lodged in its brain. Reynold Thakhuli from South African National Parks said: ‘An assessment was conducted to determine the extent of the injuries and suffering. It was discovered that a bullet had lodged in the rhino’s brain and therefore any chance of survival was slim.’ Too late to save: Rangers eventually found the animal five days later and put it down as they discovered it had a bullet lodged in its brain . Thakhuli said the Ranger in charge, after a thorough assessment of the animal, took a decision to put it down to end the suffering that it had endured since the poaching incident. He said: ‘There was simply no chance of surviving for this poor animal and unfortunately it had to be put down. ‘We will continue to work hard in the fight against the overwhelming scourge that is currently targeting the KNP... to us one rhino killed is one too many.’ South African National Parks said in a . statement that it would like to 'extend its gratitude to the visitors . who alerted the authorities about the heart-breaking incident'. Last year 1,004 rhinos were killed in South Africa by poachers, which is 7,700 per cent more than 2007, according to the WWF . Royal collection: There are more than 1,200 items in the Royal Collection which are listed as containing ivory, including this throne and footstool . Heather Sohl, Chief Species Advisor at WWF-UK, told MailOnline: 'It’s a terrible sight, but this video has highlighted an occurrence that sadly isn’t as rare as it should be. 'The rate of rhino poaching in South Africa is horrific and it’s happening to feed an unnecessary demand for their horns in Asia. 'Last year 1,004 rhinos were killed in South Africa by poachers, which is a shocking 7,700 per cent more than 2007, when 13 rhinos were poached. Unfortunately the rate of poaching so far this year shows no sign of reducing. We need strong action to combat this serious crime.' Prince William called for 1,200 ivory artefacts in Buckingham Palace to be destroyed to send a message to illegal elephant poachers. Under threat: There has been a shocking increase in rhino poaching in South Africa recently . Tourist attraction: Kruger National Park is a popular holiday destination, with poaching there strictly illegal .

A film of a mutilated rhino in South Africa was uploaded to YouTube . It remained alive for five days before being found by rangers and put down . They found that it had a bullet lodged in its brain and wouldn't have lived . 'The rate of rhino poaching in South Africa is horrific' - WWF . WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .

c7e4deec9f7108e870c8b31db7236109b78f16f7

By . Chris Kitching for MailOnline . Adventurous World Cup fans have slept in favelas in Brazil, campsites in South Africa and airports or train stations around the globe while following their national teams around a host country. They will have another unusual choice when the colossal event is staged in Russia in 2018. To accommodate an influx of tourists in Saransk, one of 11 host cities, there are plans to set up a 'portable hotel' during the 32-day tournament. Scroll down for video . Special delivery: Snoozebox has signed a preliminary deal to provide a 'portable hotel' for a World Cup city . Pop-up hotel: The modified shipping containers can be stacked to accommodate more guests . FIFA World Cup organisers in the city 400 miles east of Moscow have signed a preliminary deal with London-based Snoozebox to provide a temporary complex called Snoozebox Football Village, the Moscow Times reported. The pop-up hotel – a series of modified shipping containers that can be stacked on top of each other – will have 2,000 rooms and be situated on the shore of the Lukhovka reservoir in the city of 300,000. The reservoir is located near Saransk Airport and about 10 minutes from the site of a 45,000-seat stadium that is being built for the World Cup. To keep visitors busy, Snoozebox Football Village will include restaurants, shops, a large screen that will show World Cup matches, and venues for entertainment and recreation, Interfax reported. Snoozebox guest rooms include two beds, an en-suite wet room, wireless internet access, a safe, flat screen television and key card entry. Tight squeeze: Snoozebox rooms contain two beds, wifi, a flat screen television and an en-suite wet room . Location, location, location: The portable hotel in Saransk will be set up 10 minutes from a World Cup stadium . The UK company has provided temporary hotels for travellers at a number of major events, including the London 2012 Games, Glastonbury Festival and this summer’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France. As it is with every World Cup, the availability of affordable accommodation is one of the concerns for tourists and organisers. Fans will also face vast distances between host cities in a country that is facing increasing doubts about whether it should be allowed to host the tournament, given the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine and long-standing complaints about racism and anti-gay discrimination.

London-based Snoozebox has signed on to provide the hotel in Saransk . Pop-up hotel is a series of modified shipping containers that can be stacked . Guest rooms include two beds, en-suite wet room, wifi and flat screen TV .

6754ba23fab377a60bb6062db3801a666e6ba7d9

It may boost lashes and hide signs of fatigue but your mascara could be wreaking havoc with your eyesight. A new survey has revealed that British women are putting themselves at severe risk of eye infections by using mascara that is up to ten years out of date. Unbeknown to many of us, mascara has a four month use-by date but, according to new research, 70 per cent of women regularly use mascara and eyeliner for much longer than that. Beware the mascara! A new study shows that some eye make-up expires after four months but many women continue using it and put themselves at risk of serious eye infection . Researchers also found that two thirds use mascara which is over a year old and some women continue using the same mascara for up to ten years, with one fifth not even realising that make-up has a use-by date. So what's the problem? Specialists at eye hospital group Optegra, who commissioned the research, are warning that wet products like mascara, which are applied to close to the eye's surface, are a breeding grounds for bacteria. Breeding bacteria: Specialists warn that if mascara smells, you should stop using it and because it's applied so close to the eye, it puts women at serious risk of eye infection . Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Anna Maino said: 'It’s worrying that so many use old eye products well past the use-by date, sometimes 10 years out of date.' Sharing her advice for avoiding any infection, she warned: 'They should look for a small open jar symbol with a number showing how many months it should be used once opened. 'We are urging all women to check their make-up bags. Then they should do their eyes a favour and get rid of anything that’s out of date, especially if it smells. 'Cosmetics normally contain preservatives to help prevent bacteria growth but storing them in a hot place will make it easy for bacteria to thrive. 'Get into good make-up hygiene habits by sharpening eye pencils between applications, washing brushes regularly and turning out old make-up.' Mascara and liquid eyeliner – discard after four months . Liquid foundation and creamy eye shadow – discard after six months . Powder eye shadow – 12 months . Pencil eyeliner, lip liner, powder blusher/bronzer – can last up to two years but don’t share!

Some 70% of British women use mascara which is over a year old . One in five Brits don't realise make-up has a recommended use-by date .

90f2a2b38c9e16305740c40e0a7e313e112fa77d

By . Helen Pow . and Associated Press . Clayton Lockett spent forty minutes writhing in agony before dying of a heart attack . The White House says a botched execution of a death row inmate in Oklahoma fell short of the humane standards required when the death penalty is carried out. Officials halted Clayton Lockett's execution Tuesday when he convulsed violently and tried to lift his head after a doctor declared him unconscious. He later died of an apparent heart attack after spending 40 minutes writhing in pain. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that President Barack Obama believes evidence shows the death penalty doesn't effectively deter crime. That said, Carney reiterated that Obama believes some crimes are so heinous that the death penalty is merited. He said the crimes in Lockett's case are indisputably heinous. But Carney says the U.S. has a fundamental standard that the death penalty must be carried out humanely. He says everyone would recognize that this case fell short. The White House statement comes after the parents of Lockett's victim, Stephanie Neiman, released a note via the local NBC affiliate, which they are believed to have written before the execution. 'God blessed us with our precious daughter, Stephanie for 19 years. Stephanie loved children. She worked in Vacation Bible School and always helped with our Church nativity scenes. She was the joy of our life. We are thankful this day has finally arrived and justice will finally be served,' the handwritten note reads. It was signed 'Susie and Steve Neiman, 4-29-14' though it has not been confirmed whether or not they wrote the note before or after the botched execution. Scroll down for video . The victim's parents: Lockett was executed for killing Stephanie Neiman and her parents are believed to have written this note- dated on the same day as his death- before the execution . Remembering Stephanie: Her religious parents praised the charity work she did with children during her too-short life . Attempts to reach the Neimans, whose listed phone number has been disconnected, were not immediately successful. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is calling for an independent review of the state's execution protocols after an inmate had an apparent heart attack 43 minutes after his execution began. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Fallin said Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Thompson would lead the review of the lethal injection protocol. Lockett, 38, who was found guilty of shooting a woman and watching his friends bury her alive, was declared unconscious ten minutes after the first of the state's new three-drug lethal injection combination was administered. Three minutes later, though, he began breathing heavily, writhing, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow. It later emerged his vein had ruptured. Oklahoma Department of Corrections director Robert Patton, left, called off the failed execution. Lockett was sentenced to death for shooting Stephanie Neiman, right, and watching his friends bury her alive . The blinds were eventually lowered to . prevent those in the viewing gallery from watching what was happening . in the death chamber, and the state's top prison official eventually . called a halt to the proceedings. Local media present said Mr Lockett sat up and said 'something’s wrong' 13 minutes into the procedure. 'It was a horrible thing to witness. This was totally botched,' said Lockett's attorney, David Autry. Witness Ziva Branstetter told broadcaster MSNBC Lockett was thrashing about and appeared to be in pain. 'His . body was sort of bucking. He was clenching his jaw. Several times he . mumbled phrases that were largely unintelligible,' she said. Republican Gov. Mary Fallin ordered stay of execution for Charles Warner who was scheduled to die two hours after Lockett . A Tulsa World newspaper claimed that Lockett was 'still alive,' and lifted his head as prison officials lowered the blinds. Tuesday was the first time Oklahoma used the drug midazolam as the first element in its execution drug combination. Other . states have used it before; Florida administers 500 milligrams of . midazolam as part of its three-drug combination. Oklahoma used 100 . milligrams of that drug. 'They should have anticipated possible problems with an untried execution protocol,' Autry said. 'Obviously . the whole thing was gummed up and botched from beginning to end. Halting the execution obviously did Lockett no good.' Republican . Gov. Mary Fallin ordered a 14-day stay of execution for an inmate who . was scheduled to die two hours after Lockett, Charles Warner. She . also ordered the state's Department of Corrections to conduct a 'full . review of Oklahoma's execution procedures to determine what happened and . why during this evening's execution.' Robert . Patton, the department's director, halted Lockett's execution about 20 . minutes after the first drug was administered. He later said there had . been vein failure. The execution began at 6:23 p.m., when officials began administering the first drug, the sedative midazolam. A doctor declared Lockett to be unconscious at 6:33 p.m. Once . an inmate is declared unconscious, the state's execution protocol calls . for the second drug, a paralytic, to be administered. The third drug in the protocol is potassium chloride, which stops the heart. 6.23pm - The injection process begins. Lockett has heavy, slow blinks, laid still . 6.29pm - Consistently closed his eyes . 6.30pm - First check of consciousness; still conscious . 6.33pm - Announced Lockett was officially unconscious . 6.34pm - Lockett started to move his mouth . 6.36pm - Lockett began convulsing and mumbling . 6.37pm - Lockett sat up and said 'something's wrong' 6.39pm - Prison officials lowered the blinds . 7.06pm - Lockett dies of massive heart attack . Patton . said the second and third drugs were being administered when a problem . was noticed. He said it's unclear how much of the drugs made it into the . inmate's system. Lockett began writhing at 6:36. At 6:39, a doctor lifted the sheet that was covering the inmate to examine the injection site. 'There . was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having that . (desired) effect, and the doctor observed the line at that time and . determined the line had blown,' Patton said at a news conference . afterward, referring to Lockett's vein rupturing. After an official lowered the blinds, Patton made a series of phone calls before calling a halt to the execution. 'After . conferring with the warden, and unknown how much drugs went into him, . it was my decision at that time to stop the execution,' Patton told . reporters. Lockett was declared dead at 7:06 p.m. Autry, . Lockett's attorney, was immediately skeptical of the department's . determination the issue was limited to a problem with Lockett's vein. 'I'm . not a medical professional, but Mr. Lockett was not someone who had . compromised veins,' Autry said. 'He was in very good shape. He had large . arms and very prominent veins.' Bailey Elise McBride, who reports for the Associated Press in their Oklahoma bureau, tweeted immediately after the botched execution . 'After weeks of Oklahoma refusing to . disclose basic information about the drugs for tonight's lethal . injection procedures, tonight Clayton Lockett was tortured to death,' said Madeline Cohen, an attorney for Warner. Adam . Leathers, co-chair of the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death . Penalty, accused the state of having 'tortured a human being in an . unconstitutional experimental act of evil,' reported CNN. In . Ohio, the January execution of an inmate who made snorting and gasping . sounds led to a civil rights lawsuit by his family and calls for a . moratorium. Nightmare: Patton said the inmate was writhing on the gurney, pictured, and shaking uncontrollably about 13 minutes into the execution . Tuesday was the first time Oklahoma . used the drug midazolam as the first element in its execution drug . combination. Other states have used it before; Florida administers 500 . milligrams of midazolam as part of its three-drug combination. Oklahoma . used 100 milligrams. The . problems with the execution are likely to fuel more debate about the . ability of states to administer lethal injections that meet the U.S. Constitution's requirement they be neither cruel nor unusual punishment. That question has . drawn renewed attention from defense attorneys and death penalty . opponents in recent months, as several states scrambled to find new . sources of execution drugs because drugmakers that oppose capital . punishment - many based in Europe - have stopped selling to prisons and . corrections departments. Defense . attorneys have unsuccessfully challenged several states' policies of . shielding the identities of the new sources of their execution drugs. Missouri and Texas, like Oklahoma, have both refused to reveal their . sources, but both of those states have since successfully carried out . executions with their new supplies. The state has stood by the execution but said Monday that it's boosting the dosages of its lethal injection drugs. A . four-time felon, Lockett was convicted of shooting 19-year-old . Stephanie Neiman with a sawed-off shotgun and watching as two . accomplices buried her alive in rural Kay County in 1999 after Neiman . and a friend arrived at a home the men were robbing. Warner had been scheduled to be put to death two hours later in the same room and on the same gurney. The 46-year-old was convicted of raping and killing his roommate's 11-month-old daughter in 1997. He has maintained his innocence. Lockett . and Warner had sued the state for refusing to disclose details about . the execution drugs, including where Oklahoma obtained them. The . case, filed as a civil matter, placed Oklahoma's two highest courts at . odds and prompted calls for the impeachment of state Supreme Court . justices after the court last week issued a rare stay of execution. The . high court later dissolved its stay and dismissed the inmates' claim . that they were entitled to know the source of the drugs. By . then, Fallin had issued a stay of her own - a one-week delay in . Lockett's execution that resulted in both men being scheduled to die on . the same day. Warner was served a final meal Tuesday of 20 boneless chicken wings, potato wedges, cole slaw, two fruit cocktail cups and a 20-ounce soda. Lockett's request of steak, shrimp, a large baked potato and a Kentucky Bourbon pecan pie was denied because it exceeded the $15 limit. He declined a separate offer from the warden for a dinner from Western Sizzlin', prison officials said. Oklahoma changed its execution protocols twice this year, leaving State officials with five options for lethal injections, including a new three-drug mixture that was used for the first time Tuesday. Two of the drugs used carry warnings that they can suppress the respiratory system and the third warns that cardiac trouble can occur at high but non-lethal doses, and lists specific steps to take if a medical patient receives too much of the drug but doesn't die.

Clayton Lockett execution halted 20 minutes after first drug administered . This cocktail of injections had not been tried in Oklahoma before . Lockett sat up 13 minutes in and said 'something's wrong' President Obama's spokesman said that the White House does not believe the execution was done in a humane way . Oklahoma governor is calling for an independent review of the execution . Lockett's victim's family put out a statement- presumably written before the execution- saying they are 'thankful this day has arrived' Inmate finally suffered a massive heart attack and died at 7.06pm .

99ae4b46de420b95bcf783e0d1be337025e0960f

Snapchat secretly acquired a company working on a wearable video camera designed to broadcast your every move. The purchase of Vergence labs and its Google Glass type of product happened in March, according to documents that leaked as a part of the Sony hack. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is also a Snapchat board member, and emails reveal the deal, with terms that show Snapchat paid $11 million in cash and $4 million in stock. The $299 glasses, which look similar to Raybans, have a hidden video camera. The firm that makes then was bought by Snapchat in March for $15, according to emails from Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, who is also a Snapchat board member . Scroll down for video . One of the products created by the firm is Epiphany eyewear. The glasses, which look similar to Raybans, have a hidden video camera. 'Slide your right finger across the smooth soft-touch side until you feel the tactile Epiphany Eyewear button, and gently press against your temple to turn the computer on,' the firm says. 'Capture your experience in HD video, knowing that you're wearing one of the highest quality designer frames in the world. The firm offered a range of glasses for $299 that allowed the wearer to record videos at a touch of a button. The videos are then uploaded to a cloud storage, but in the meantime they have the ability to hold 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB worth of videos, depending on which storage option you purchase. The glasses could record HD video from a tiny camera mounted in one arm, and upload it to social networking sites. The glasses are designed to look like ordinary prescription frames . 'Epiphany Eyewear are designer smart glasses that contain a computer, up to 32 GB of storage and an HD video camera with high-quality optics for recording (or streaming) video of your point-of-view experience, and a rechargable litium-ion battery,' the firm says on its web  site. There are apps that can work with the glasses allowing you to record point of view videos of your life's moments, livestream video to the web, share your recorded first-person point of view experiences, and utilize your glasses as file storage with online cloud sync. Although the version released for $299, which is no longer on sale, did not have a display, the firm was working on one similar to Google's Glass. Although the version released for $299, which is no longer on sale, did not have a display, the firm was working on one similar to Google's Glass. 'We are currently exploring the user experience for an elegant display feature-set and developing a detachable smart-display add-on called 'Glance' for the display of smart-phone and connected web data,' it revealed.

Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is also a Snapchat board member . His emails were among those exposed by hackers - and reveal deal . Vergence labs make glass with hidden video camera .

3453cd5398a174cf0726b866dd97bdaa01ee2835

Paris may be at risk of losing its reputation as the city of love after installing glass and wooden panels on a historic bridge where tourists from around the world have famously attached tens of thousands of ‘love locks’. Glass panels have replaced the traditional railings and wire fencing on part of Pont des Arts to prevent amorous couples from attaching padlocks inscribed with their names, initials or messages of affection. There are plans to add a third see-through panel and expand the experiment to other bridges as the French capital cracks down on ‘visual pollution’ and attempts to make the blighted bridges safer following a dangerous incident earlier this year. Scroll down for video . Love lockdown: Paris has installed glass and wooden panels to prevent visitors from attaching 'love locks' Killing the romance: Glass panels have replaced traditional railings and wire fencing on part of Pont des Arts . Tradition: Tourists attach padlocks inscribed with names, initials or messages and toss the keys into the Seine . Pont des Arts, a little footbridge over the River Seine, is one of the city’s best-known symbols of romance thanks to the ‘love locks’, but it is at risk of losing its identity if its metal fencing is replaced with glass panels. That would satisfy Paris officials and residents, who have long bemoaned the tradition of attaching a padlock as a symbol of undying love and tossing the key in the river. Paris Deputy Mayor Bruno Julliard told Le Parisien: ‘Paris is the capital of love, we are all very proud of that, but there are more beautiful ways of showing that love than by putting padlocks on a bridge.’ He said the locks are a costly hazard because they are damaging the city’s bridges and jeopardising visitors’ safety due to the added weight. Hazard: Paris officials say the locks' added weight is damaging the bridges and putting safety at risk . Part of the footbridge's railing collapsed under the weight of the locks in June . Losing its identity? Pont des Arts is a symbol of romance in Paris thanks to the 'love locks' In June, part of Pont des Arts’ railing collapsed under the weight of the locks, forcing police to close the iconic structure while repairs were made. Earlier this year, two American students who live in Paris launched a ‘No Love Locks’ campaign . The metal bridge was originally completed in 1804 but it had to be rebuilt in the 1980s due to damage caused by aerial bombings during the First and Second World Wars.

Two glass panels have been installed as part of a pilot project . Paris officials plan to expand the experiment to other bridges . A railing collapsed under the weight of the locks in June .

d1962edd008476b3dd6b5d8f3062b6895649b1a2

(CNN) -- Latin American nations overwhelmingly rejected nearly 50 years of U.S. policy toward Cuba on Wednesday, voting at a meeting of the Organization of American States in Honduras to revoke the communist nation's 1962 suspension from the multinational group. Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales says farewell to Hillary Clinton at Wednesday's OAS meeting. Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales said at the end of the two-day meeting in the city of San Pedro Sula that the OAS had rectified a serious error. The United States led the push to suspend Cuba from the OAS at the height of the Cold War, also breaking diplomatic relations with the island nation in 1961 and establishing an economic embargo the next year. "This is an important message to the whole world, not just our continent," Zelaya said, later adding, "The Cold War ended today in San Pedro Sula." The United States sought to obtain concessions from Cuba this year in exchange for readmission to the 35-nation group. In particular, the United States wants greater political and personal freedoms for the island's 11 million citizens. Cuba rejected any preconditions, with former President Fidel Castro saying this week Cuba had no interest in rejoining the OAS. Although the OAS lifted Cuba's suspension, Latin leaders did not automatically welcome the nation back. Instead, the OAS set up a mechanism by which Cuba could rejoin. Much of that dialogue will center on human rights. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was "pleased" with the outcome, which came on a voice vote with no opposition. "The member nations of the OAS showed flexibility and openness today, and as a result we reached a consensus that focuses on the future instead of the past: Cuba can come back into the OAS in the future if the OAS decides that its participation meets the purposes and principles of the organization, including democracy and human rights," Clinton said in a statement. She attended the two-day meeting but left before the vote to travel to Egypt, where President Obama was to make a major address to the Muslim world Thursday. Some analysts agreed with Clinton's assessment. "The OAS emerged from a heated debate with a constructive compromise that revokes an obsolete Cold War resolution suspending Cuba," said Robert Pastor, who was a Latin America national security adviser for President Carter in the late 1970s. "But rather than invite Cuba to join the OAS, which Cuba said it would not do, it invited Cuba to initiate a dialogue on the purposes and principles of the OAS." Others saw the vote as an outright rebuke for an outdated U.S. policy. "I wouldn't say it was inevitable, but it was almost so," said Wayne Smith, who worked as a top level official at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba from 1958 to 1961 during the Cuban Revolution that brought Castro to power. "The U.S. was totally isolated on this," said Smith, who also was the chief of mission at the U.S. interests section in Havana from 1979-82. "The United States had some legitimate points on readmitting Cuba," Smith said, but went about it wrong. Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs policy institute, saw the vote as a personal defeat for Clinton. "This will be presented in Latin America as a big defeat for Hillary Clinton because people are not ready to take a swat at Obama yet," Birns said. "It was hers to win, but she managed to lose it." The United States is being "hypercautious," he said, rather than taking imaginative and bold steps toward normalizing relations. Analysts said many people in Latin America expected more from the newly elected Obama, who ran on a mantra of "change." Said Smith: "The Obama policy has reflected so little change that the other countries are just fed up." And many Latins gauge the United States -- long considered with suspicion, if not outright hostility -- by its stance toward Cuba. "The road to rehabilitating relations with Latin America is through Havana," Birns said. "That's something that the Latin Americans are very responsive to." Heather Berkman, a Latin America analyst with the Eurasia Group consulting firm, saw the vote as "a largely symbolic gesture that will have little impact in the short term either on improving democracy and human rights on the island, or on increasing the likelihood that the U.S. will lift the embargo of the island." And the vote could have a backlash, she said. "There will be a strong reaction among certain members of U.S. Congress who are passionately opposed to improving U.S.-Cuba relations while the Castros remain in power," Berkman said. That reaction was quick to come Wednesday. "Today we witnessed an example of the Obama administration's absolute diplomatic incompetence and its unrestricted appeasement of the enemies of the United States," Cuban-American U.S. Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, said in a joint statement. "The OAS is a putrid embarrassment." Other Cuban-American members of Congress also released statements criticizing the vote. The United States provides about 60 percent of OAS funding, Berkman said, and some members of Congress have threatened to withhold the money if Cuba is allowed back into the organization. Some old Latin America hands agree that the OAS may have hurt itself. "I never cease to be amazed at how destructive some of these Latin American leaders can be," said Otto Reich, who served in high-level Latin American posts for Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. "They chose to revive something out of the Cold War." The Latin leaders, Reich said, misread Washington. "Some of these countries have further isolated themselves from the Obama administration," Reich said. "It will be a long time before they regain the trust of the American government." Reich, a strong anti-communist, also opposed the vote on ideological grounds. "The problem is that the conditions that suspended Cuba still exist," he said. "Cuba hasn't changed."

OAS revokes a 1962 decision suspending Cuba's membership . The 35-member Organization of American States met this week in Honduras . U.S. had led push toward the 1962 suspension during Cold War's height . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she's "pleased" with the outcome .

7320818c863a5ec176fb95e0d1e072041a2c1529

Lebanon prides itself on its image as a melting pot on the Mediterranean: an ancient bastion of civilization boasting a diverse tapestry of cultures and creeds. But scratch the surface, and it becomes apparent that not everyone fits into the country's cosmopolitan self-image. Many migrants and mixed-race Lebanese, particularly those of Asian and African origin, say they encounter racism on a regular basis. Nepalese woman Priya Subeydi told CNN she plans to leave the country soon, as she does not want her nine-month-old son growing up feeling like a second-class citizen. "Every day we face racism," she said. "I just want to let him to grow in my own country." Subeydi came to Lebanon as one of the more than 200,000 migrant domestic workers in the country, lured from mostly African and Asian countries by the promise of higher wages and steady employment in upper-middle class homes where household chores are viewed as beneath the family. Today, Subeydi works in a migrant center in Beirut, providing assistance and support for domestic workers, some of whom, vulnerable in their new homes, face a grim reality of confinement, abuse, withheld payments and discriminatory treatment. Lebanon's treatment of migrant domestic workers has been thrust into the international spotlight in recent years. In 2009 the country witnessed a spate of suicides among foreign maids, and last year a 33-year-old Ethiopian woman killed herself shortly after being filmed being beaten by a Lebanese man on a Beirut street. The U.N. special rapporteur on slavery urged the Lebanese government to carry out a full investigation into the death. Ethiopia had banned citizens from traveling to Lebanon as domestic workers because of concerns over their lack of legal protection, although the ban was widely circumvented. Read more: Can Iraq's geeks save the country? But it's not only domestic workers who face racist treatment. Renee Abisaad is the daughter of a Lebanese mother and Nigerian father, who moved to the country when she was 11. The engineering student -- a subject of a photo exhibition of mixed-race Lebanese intended to challenge social attitudes about race -- said that dealing with ethnic slurs had become the norm, and she planned to leave the country once she finished her studies. She said she felt she was not accepted and looked down on because of her ethnicity. "I never felt Lebanese to be honest," she told CNN. "They assume that you are a prostitute, you are a maid, you are someone low class." The unequal treatment meted out to people of other ethnic backgrounds has prompted a group of activists in Lebanon, in collaboration with migrant community leaders, to form the Anti Racism Movement (ARM), committed to documenting, exposing and challenging racist behaviour and attitudes in the country. In a recent campaign, the group conducted undercover stings at the country's beach resorts, where it found an Ethiopian women was turned away from going swimming and falsely told a "members only" policy was in place. Read more: Palestinian women change motor racing up a gear . The club's actions contravened a decree issued by the Ministry of Tourism last summer barring resorts from discriminating on the basis of race, nationality or disability. Lebanon's Minister of Tourism, Fadi Abboud, said the stance on racism made sense for both moral and practical reasons. "If people think that we are a racial country, I think we can kiss tourism goodbye, so for me this is very serious, and it can only happen once," he said. "We let them know if it happens (another) time, we close them for one week -- if it happens again, we close them for good." ARM's general coordinator, Farah Salka, said such measures against blatant discrimination were welcome and necessary. But truly tackling racism would require a more profound shift -- for individuals to re-examine and dismiss deeply ingrained personal prejudices. "It's a problem that is grounded in each in the way that we have been brought up, the way that we are not taught anything about accepting differences," she said. "You can go to school for 15 years, go to college, become a doctor, but you're never ever taught the basics of how to be with other human beings in this country."

Lebanese activists have started a movement to change racist attitudes in the country . Migrant workers and Lebanese of different backgrounds are treated poorly, they say . The group has carried out stings at beach resorts exposing racist attitudes by owners . They say the deeply entrenched problem can only be overcome by changing individual mindsets .

f317de168409c2478d7827cf061943d0d97c6040

Ronny Deila has admitted he wants to reduce the size of his Celtic first-team squad. Currently scouring the market for reinforcements in the January transfer window, the Parkhead boss also intends to remove some dead wood if suitable offers come in. Beram Kayal and Derk Boerrigter have seen little game time this season, while Teemu Pukki and Amido Balde have been shipped out on loan. Keen to minimise the numbers of brooding, unhappy players around the dressing room, Deila said: ‘We have a big squad and I want, from a long-term perspective, to have a smaller squad. Ronny Deila is hoping to trim his Celtic squad during the January transfer window . ‘We have too many players and, in my mind, it’s much better to have 20-22 players of a good level and then fill it with youngsters, instead of having 28 or 29 players. ‘You can have experienced players about who are always disappointed. But it also costs a lot of money having big squads. ‘We have contracts with players but, if opportunities come, and it’s right for them and right for us, then things can happen. ‘I don’t have in my mind that something has to happen. But I think some of the players are looking and we are also thinking about things.’ Celtic fringe players Derk Boerrigter and Beram Kayal could leave Parkhead later this month . Israeli international Kayal’s contract is up in the summer and he is likely to leave this month to ensure Celtic receive a fee. ‘Right now, Beram is not playing and he has ambition,’ said Deila of the midfielder. ‘He has to get his fitness up and show performances. Then we’ll see what is happening. I have spoken with him and we both know the situation.’ Dutch misfit Boerrigter, a £1.5 million signing from Ajax, returns from yet another injury this week, but has failed to set the heather alight. ‘Derk has been out now for two or three months but I think he’s starting training again on Thursday,’ said Deila. 'He has a lot to prove to me. He has been out a long time. Kayal (left) has made 13 appearances for Celtic so far this season . ‘When he played at the start of the season, he had a pain in his knee. Hopefully, now everything is good, we can see the best from him. ‘If he shows in training that he is good enough then we’ll see. But, again, we have to put out the team we feel is best. It’s for him to prove himself.’ Portuguese striker Balde is also surplus to requirements after leaving Belgian club Beveren to go on loan at Hapoel Tel Aviv in Israel. There is also little prospect of Pukki being brought back from Brondby in Denmark. ‘Something has to happen for them. Both are out on loan just now,’ added Deila. ‘If they perform very well, then we have to consider what is happening. But there’s a reason why they have been loaned out.’ Kris Commons won't be joining Celtic for the final couple of days in Gran Canaria . Kris Commons, meanwhile, has abandoned plans to fly to Celtic’s Gran Canaria training camp following a family bereavement. Talks on the midfielder’s contract are anticipated this week, but he will play no part in Friday afternoon’s final friendly of the trip against Sparta Prague. ‘Kris will not be coming because the funeral was yesterday,’ said Deila. ‘There are only two days left of our trip and I don’t think it’s best for him to come out. ‘He will train at Lennoxtown, then he will be ready to rejoin us on Thursday. ‘Against Sparta, it will be a young team featuring a lot of the players who didn’t play last time.’

Parkhead chief wants to trim first-team squad to as few as 20 players . Beram Kayal and Derk Boerrigter are among those who could leave . Teemu Pukki and Amido Balde both face uncertain futures at the club .

25eb1fc514877bc0a05a3f979216dce349d554f2

Mike Phelan has left his role as Norwich first-team coach by mutual consent. The 52-year-old former City midfielder was among the favourites to become the club's new manager after Neil Adams quit earlier this month. But the Canaries instead made a surprise appointment by bringing in Alex Neil from Hamilton. Former Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan has left his role as Norwich first-team coach . Phelan, in discussion with new Norwich manager Alex Neil, has departed the Championship club . A statement on City's official website read: 'Following an approach by Mike to the club, City can confirm first-team coach Mike Phelan has left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual consent. 'Mike, a Canary hall of fame member and former captain of Norwich City, leaves with the very best wishes of everyone at the club for the future. 'Gary Holt will continue as first team coach, with new boss Alex Neil recently confirming his backroom team will be further boosted by the arrival of Frankie McAvoy from Hamilton Academical at the end of the month. New Norwich manager Alex Neil shouts out instructions to his side having taken charge earlier this month . Norwich City's Gary Hooper celebrates with his team-mates as the Canaries beat Cardiff 3-2 at the weekend .

Arrived coaching under former manager Neil Adams in November . The Canaries appointed Alex Neil as the new manager earlier this month . The 52-year-old played for the Canaries from 1985-1989 . Norwich City beat Cardiff City 3-2 at Carrow Road on Saturday .

676f9faa0cc033bf8d773de40575027292caa070

(CNN) -- Her story reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie: the little filly considered too small to race is now widely hailed as the best thoroughbred Germany has ever produced. Danedream may not have the celebrity status of Australia's Black Caviar or the awe-inspiring invincibility of England's Frankel, but here, in the land of her birth, they could not be prouder of German racing's most famous daughter. Danedream first came to the world's attention when she captured last year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Europe's most prestigious race, beating a strong international field -- and the course record -- in the process. She followed it up with an impressive victory in the King George at Ascot this year -- beating Nathaniel by a nose to become the first filly and the first German-trained horse to win Europe's two most important all-age races. And her latest triumph came in her native Germany, winning the Longines Grosser Preis von Baden by half a length Sunday against some of the best three-year-old colts in the country. But just two years ago, few believed that the delicate filly would one day be a champion. As racing fairy tales go, Danedream's story has more than a few similarities with the story of Seabiscuit, the unlikely hero of American flat racing during the 1930s. Impeccable bloodline . Although she boasts impeccable bloodlines (her sire Lomitas is a former German Horse of the Year and one of the most prominent stallions in Germany; her mother, Danedrop, though unraced, carries the blood of great sire Danehill in her veins), Danedream was backward as a yearling and eventually consigned by her breeders, Gestut Brummerhof, as a two-year-old. Her appearance in the sales ring at Baden-Baden in the spring of 2010 failed to whet buyers' appetites and she was eventually sold for just 9,000 euros to a former furniture retailer named Heiko Volz. "It was the best deal of my life and probably the best deal in the racing business," a delighted Volz told CNN. Sent to trainer Peter Schiergen's yard in Cologne for training, her two-year-old season was solid if not electrifying, belying few hints of her true ability. It was when, as a three-year-old, Schiergen stepped her up in trip to 2,300m that she first demonstrated her class, running third to the colts in the Italian Derby. But it was on her return to Germany that Danedream firmly buried her detractors once and for all, winning the Grosser Preis von Berlin by five lengths and the Grosser Preis von Baden by seven lengths. Arc triumph . If the secret was out in German racing circles, few outside of Germany knew about the little bay filly with the incredible lengthening stride. Which brings us back to that day in Paris in 2011. By now part-owned by Japanese owner-breeder Terry Yoshida, she was supplemented as a last-minute entry to the 2001 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. "We had to pay 100,000 euros to get her in," said her trainer. "The owners said they wanted to have a horse run in the Arc for once in their lives. They would have been happy with a good result or a place in the top four horses. Nobody thought she would win." It was a view shared by the bookmakers as she was sent off as a 20/1 outsider. But while all eyes were on the giant Australian favorite So You Think, or perhaps on one of the Aga Khan's stash of smart fillies such as Sarafina, Danedream slowly but surely moved through the field, taking over the lead from St Nicholas Abbey in the final furlong and eventually winning easily by five lengths. Her winning time of 2:24:49 broke the course record held since 1997. "She took off in the straight and destroyed the colts. It was amazing," says Schiergen. Training Danedream has a special significance for him: a former champion jockey, Schiergen rode her sire Lomitas to victory in the Grosser Preis von Baden in 1991. Amazing horse . "The biggest feeling for me was Lomitas. He was my first Group 1 winner and he was an amazing horse. But as a trainer I have to say that Danedream is the best horse I've trained in my time." While Schiergen has masterminded Danedream's career from the ground, her jockey, Andrasch Starke, is heavily involved in Danedream's preparations, riding the filly out most days. "She's very easy, anybody could ride her," he says modestly. She is known for her economical approach to training: "She just does what she has to. She doesn't give you the feeling that she's a Group 1 horse in the work but when the starting gates open she's a different horse." Thanks to his association with Danedream, Starke's trophy cabinet contains such silverware as few German jockeys have ever dreamed of, including the Arc and the King George, which was presented to him by British monarch Queen Elizabeth II. "I think one of these horses comes along maybe every fifty years," he acknowledges. "She's a horse of a lifetime for me." On the eve of her defense of her Grosser Preis von Baden title the "Danedream effect" was very much in evidence in Baden-Baden. Baden Baden besieged . Nestled in the foothills of the Black Forest, the sedate spa town has been besieged by the international racing set. Friday's yearling sales drew an unprecedented level of international interest, with trainers and bloodstock agents from countries including the UK, France, the USA and Hong Kong, all hoping to snap up the next Danedream. Indeed, Danedream has become something of an unofficial ambassador for German racing. So it is with interest that a nation expectantly awaits her next move. With the end of her career now closer than the beginning, Schiergen has mapped out her few remaining appearances with precision: after Baden, she will head to Longchamp where she will attempt to become the first filly since Corrida in 1937 to defend the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, followed by a tilt at the Japan Cup in November, where she will likely remain and be retired to stud. For Schiergen, who has been so closely associated with this dynasty, it is a bitter sweet ending. "It's sad that she won't stay in Germany. She has done so much for German racing. Even if you don't know racing, you've heard of Danedream. But they have good stallions in Japan, such as Deep Impact. Maybe they'll send me a nice yearling to train. I hope so."

Danedream rated one of the best fillies of all time . German racing's most famous daughter has string of big race wins . Preparing to bow out with second Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe triumph . Danedream's early performances on the course uninspired .

817d78b0035fe1c02c2995ed43650111acf0f1ee

By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:51 EST, 19 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:51 EST, 19 January 2013 . Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Letwin was denounced by Tory MPs last night after he said the Government will not know how many Romanians and Bulgarians will emigrate to the UK – until after they have got here. The row came after the gaffe-prone strategist was challenged over the likely impact of people in the EU member states gaining the right to live and work in Britain next year. The two countries have a combined population of nearly  30 million and asked on BBC’s Any Questions? whether he agreed with one unofficial estimate that 50,000 would arrive each year, Mr Letwin said: ‘I don’t know.’ A Roma community in Bulgaria. Both Bulgaria and Romania are relatively poor, rendering employment in the UK an attractive prospect . When pressed further,  he admitted the Government would know only after they had actually arrived. He went on: ‘Probably we will finally only know when we know what we see.’ But his confession sparked fury on the Tory backbenches. Priti Patel, MP for Witham, Essex, said: ‘It’s not good enough. ‘We need an urgent assessment of the likely impact of future immigration – not least to look at the effect on vital public services.’ Migration: Bulgarian nationals queuing up outside the British Embassy in Sofia for visa applications in 2006 . Philip Hollobone, MP for Kettering, Northants, says the number of Bulgarians and Romanians in the UK could jump from 155,000 to 425,000. He added: ‘I believe the Government does have estimates but is frightened to publish them because they would alarm the public.’

Cabinet Office Minister said Government will not know how many will emigrate to the UK - until after they have got here . Row came after the strategist was challenged over impact of people gaining right to live and work in Britain .

c45df760f8f866188b586b153e5a6b3ae5d1982e

(CNN) -- NATO troops in Afghanistan have been ordered to halt some joint operations with Afghan security forces after a spate of attacks by their local allies and amid fallout from a controversial anti-Islam video. "Most partnering and advising will now be at the battalion level and above," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday. "This does not mean there will be not partnering below that level. The need for that will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis." But Carney stressed that the broader strategy of handing security over to local and national forces would continue and that the new policy will not effect NATO's planned withdrawal for 2014. "In response to an increased threat situation as a result of the 'Innocence of Muslims' video, plus the recent insider attacks, ISAF forces are increasing their vigilance and carefully reviewing all activities and interactions with the local population," Maj. Lori Hodge, a spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, said earlier Tuesday. 4 NATO troops killed in 'insider' attack . "We adjust our force protection measures based on the threat. If the threat level goes down, we could see a rolling back on this decision." The "Innocence of Muslims" video, which was privately produced in the United States, mocks the Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer. The U.S. government has condemned the video, which spurred deadly protests in several countries, including Afghanistan. On Tuesday, for example, an insurgent group carried out a suicide attack that killed 12 people, including eight foreigners in Kabul, saying it was in response to the film. The other factor behind the partial joint operations suspension is the number of "green-on-blue" attacks in the country. More than 50 coalition troops were killed between January and mid-August in instances where uniformed Afghans turned their guns on allied troops. Why asylum-seekers are fleeing Afghanistan . NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Simon Gass called the need for the new policy a "bump in the road," adding that "people in all of our countries would expect us... to make sure that our soldiers are kept out of harms way as much as possible." "The circumstances in which we have reduced our partnership operations are not ideal by any means at all, they are not what we would have wanted," he said. "Nor are they a great strategic set back." On Monday, the Pentagon said that NATO commander Marine Gen. John Allen had ordered commanders "to review force protection and tactical activities." "While some partnered operations are temporarily suspended, many continue, and regional commanders have the authority to approve more," Pentagon press secretary George Little said. Allen's guidance was given at the recommendation of key Afghan leaders, Hodge said. "This will likely lead to adjustments in exactly how, when and where ISAF troops operate, especially during the current period of heightened tension," she said. British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, meanwhile, insisted Tuesday that, "There has been no change of policy in Afghanistan" for British forces. Speaking to the House of Commons, Hammond cited a press release issued by the ISAF commander saying "some prudent, but temporary, measures to reduce our profile and vulnerability to civil disturbances or insider attacks" have been put into place. Hammond echoed Carney's statement from the White House, saying "partnering and advising" would take place at the battalion level and above. "The change does not mean that where will be no partnering below that level. The need for that will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and approved by the regional commanders," Hammond added. Over the weekend, four Americans and two British troops were gunned down in attacks believed to involve Afghan police. In addition, insurgents disguised in U.S. Army uniforms launched a coordinated assault Friday at the joint American-British base Camp Bastion, raising concerns that the attackers had inside knowledge. That attack killed two U.S. Marines and destroyed six AV-8B Harrier jets, international forces said. Camp Bastion is also where Britain's Prince Harry is based. Harry was taken to a secure position after the perimeter at Bastion had been breached, British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond told the BBC. How insurgents entered Prince Harry's base . U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that he is "very concerned" about insider attacks. "This is an approach that the Taliban is resorting to, similar to the use of (improvised explosive devices)," Panetta said. "We think, very frankly, that it is kind of a last-gasp effort to be able to not only target our forces but to try to create chaos because they have been unable to regain any of the territory that they have lost." The halt in some joint operations with Afghan forces comes weeks after U.S. Special Operations forces suspended the training of some Afghan Local Police recruits while it double-checks the background of the current police force. "Green-on-blue" refers to a color coding system used by the military, in which blue refers to the friendly force and green refers to allied forces. The spate of green-on-blue attacks comes as American and NATO troops are training Afghan soldiers and police to maintain security within the country ahead of the planned end of allied combat operations in 2014. It's unclear what impact, if any, the earlier suspension in training and the temporary halt of some joint operations will have on the timetable to withdraw. U.S. facing growing 'green-on-blue' challenge . In August, Allen estimated that about a quarter of the attacks were being carried out by infiltrators from the Taliban, the Islamic militia that ruled most of Afghanistan before the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. An earlier Pentagon review that said that about 10% were by Taliban forces that had sneaked into Afghan military and police ranks. "It's less about the precision of 25 versus 10 than it is acknowledging that the Taliban are seeking ultimately to have some impact in the formation," Allen said. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has blamed the attacks on foreign spy agencies hoping to undermine Afghan security institutions, but he did not specifically identify any countries. NATO admits killing civilians in strike . CNN's Masoud Popalzai, Alexander Felton and Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report.

NATO's senior civilian rep calls the need for the new policy a "bump in the road" Gen. John Allen orders commanders "to review force protection and tactical activities" More than 50 coalition troops have been killed by uniformed Afghans in 2012 . A U.S. commander estimated Taliban infiltrators are behind about a quarter of those .

02dcb21aa282cd0b97ff521d796fcbfa944ab3e0

(CNN) -- Alissa Welker would switch the lights on, off, on, off, on, off -- however many times it took to feel "right." When she was 9, she'd spend the equivalent of an adult workday doing these kinds of rituals. She also washed her hands excessively, avoided sick people and barely ate because she feared food poisoning. Mystery Almond has also felt that she needed to wash her hands more than most people, to the point that her classmates picked on her. She would see words spelled out in her head -- "like reading a book" -- telling her to do things, like hitting a girl in second grade who taunted her for obsessing over hand washing. Alissa, 17, and Mystery, 10, have different symptoms, but they both have had feelings of needing to act in certain ways that are out of the ordinary, as well as intense fears. These are signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is thought to affect 1 in 100 kids, according to the International OCD Foundation. "Sometimes I feel like, with my OCD, I feel sad. It feels like a darkness has overtaken me. It's a real bad feeling," said Mystery, of Coushatta, Louisiana. Parents, kids, teens, school personnel and mental health providers have a comprehensive resource for learning about pediatric OCD at the International OCD Foundation's new OCD in Kids website. It includes the personal stories of young people who have OCD, so that kids and teens can learn about their peers' experiences. The site launched this week for the organization's OCD Awareness Week, which culminates in a national event in Boston on Saturday that will be streamed live on the organization's website. Children as young as 3 or 4 can show signs of OCD, said Jeff Szymanski, executive director of the International OCD Foundation. But the onset is usually around ages 10 to 12 and the 18 to 22 age group. Boys tend to have symptoms earlier in life than girls. Symptoms include unwanted thoughts that produce fear and anxiety, and repetitive behaviors aimed at getting rid of those ideas. Doctors draw the line between normal childhood behaviors and signs of OCD when kids engage in repetitious behaviors that become time-consuming. Children may become fixated on thoughts that they just won't move away from. And they may not necessarily realize they're not acting normally. "For the most part, adults realize that these symptoms don't make any sense. They get that this doesn't make a lot of sense," Szymanski said. "Kids don't necessarily have that perspective." A standard behavioral treatment for OCD is called exposure therapy, a kind of cognitive behavioral therapy aimed at decreasing anxiety associated with particular phenomena. For children, this often involves naming OCD as the "bully or "monster" and chasing it away, Szymanski said. This helps kids deal with their scary, unwanted thoughts. Medication may also be prescribed. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that kids who had cognitive behavioral therapy for OCD, in addition to medication, tended to show more improvements than those who only took medication. Some kids get good treatment and never experience OCD symptoms again; others will have it throughout their lives, with some periods being better than others. It may go away in childhood and come back in adulthood. Alissa's mother, Vicki Gonzalez, had never heard of OCD before Alissa came to her and told her about these feelings. Gonzalez turned to the internet and discovered that Alissa's symptoms seemed to match up with that condition. At age 10, Alissa began seeing a therapist and starting taking sertraline, an antidepressant that's commonly prescribed for OCD. It's a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, a class of drugs that change the balance of the chemical serotonin in the brain. A turning point for Alissa was the International OCD Foundation conference in 2006 in Atlanta. Alissa really didn't want to go, but her mother coaxed her into attending. It was there that she met other young people with OCD whose symptoms had gotten better -- something Alissa didn't know was possible. "Before I went to the conference, I didn't think it was possible to go from doing eight to 10 hours of rituals a day, to being symptom-free and living a normal life," she said. She liked the conference so much that she went back the following year, when it was in Houston, and met two girls who continue to be her best friends to this day. "We understand each other, and we know we don't have to hide anything from each other. We don't judge each other for what's going on in our lives. We're always there for each other," she said. Exercise has also helped. Alissa is a varsity swimmer and swims year-round, and when her OCD got tough, she felt relief from stress in general by diving into her passion for the sport. These days, Alissa is a senior in high school and managing her OCD better than earlier in her childhood, although there are still ups and downs. Sometimes, she'll have months or years without symptoms, but this fall as she stressed about applying to college, she caught herself tapping her hand in specific numbers and having other unwanted thoughts. She still takes medication and goes to therapy every two to three months. Mystery's OCD journey began earlier, around age 5. She started having more outbursts, and the excessive hand washing and checking of locks on doors began. The writing in her head bothered her to the point that she couldn't sleep. At night she feared that some kind of "mean animal" or monster was outside her window and had vivid nightmares, from which she awoke crying. Other kids would pick on her when she would suggest that they also wash their hands before meals in the school lunchroom. Based on informal surveys, many OCD kids tend to report feeling bullied and say OCD interferes with schoolwork, Szymanski. Therapy and medication have also helped Mystery, who also has Asperger's syndrome, meaning she also has trouble with social interactions and repetitive behaviors. She has gone through several combinations of treatments before finding a mix that felt right: an antipsychotic, the antidepressant duloxetine, the antipsychotic ziprasidone and the ADHD drug guanfacine. "I feel better. I'm more happy. I don't have to wash my hands as much, because I'm not really worried," she said. With her therapist, she has also talked about making friends and gets bullied less, although "kids will be kids," she says. Mystery also has an occupational therapist and is undergoing equestrian therapy for Asperger's syndrome, which involves developing interpersonal skills through interacting with horses. "We don't want to change her. We just want to help her understand the world a little better," her father, Vince Almond, said. "She's not wrong or bad or anything like that. She's different." In her spare time, Mystery writes poetry, sometimes about OCD. She will be reading from her poem "Special and Proud" on Saturday in Boston. Poetry, film give voice to OCD sufferers . She writes in this poem: . "She is brave, . But sometimes she's afraid, . Of things she shouldn't be . She might get upset . And it's hard for her to forget . When she starts repeating things."

Children as young as 3 or 4 can show signs of OCD . OCD is thought to affect 1 in 100 kids . Exposure therapy is a behavioral therapy used for OCD . Medications may also be prescribed .

da982217f4b943ed2a595220cd2660831e909cb2

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A Los Angeles photographer claims singer and former Playboy model Tila Tequila kidnapped his girlfriend and threatened to kill him a week ago, according to a court filing made public Wednesday. Garry Sun filed an application for a temporary restraining order against Tequila, who stands less than 5 feet and weighs just 90 pounds. "The story is patently absurd," said Alan Gutman, Tequila's lawyer. "The allegations are delusional and a work of fiction." Sun, who said he is Tequila's former boyfriend, accused her of making "several threats to my girlfriend (21-year-old Shyla Jennings) that if police were in any ways notified of her crimes, that either she or I would be killed." His application for the restraining order, which was obtained by CNN, alleged that on October 19, Jennings "was kidnapped from her home in Houston, Texas, and was flown to Los Angeles." It does not detail how Tequila was involved in the alleged kidnapping. Tequila "drove to my home address with four armed men with guns threatening to kill me and threatening my father," Sun said. Tequila's lawyer said Sun "is a former paparazzi who was terminated from his role on Tila's website and is now desperate to get back at her." She has two witnesses who "can confirm that she had nothing to do with any of these ridiculous claims," Gutman said. "Mr. Sun's filing shows that anyone can file anything in a courthouse," Gutman said. "He will undoubtedly be held accountable by appropriate authorities for making these false allegations." Sun has not returned CNN calls for comment. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anthony Jones has not yet decided whether he will grant the temporary restraining order.

A self-described former boyfriend claims Tila Tequila threatened his life . Garry Sun files for a temporary restraining order against the model-singer . Sun claims Tequila orchestrated the kidnapping of his current girlfriend . The judge has not decided yet on Sun's restraining order request .

a47fe8e23dbe7948f058e89fa63186c15ed75314

By . Mark Bryans, Press Association . Sam Allardyce wants to bring a psychologist to West Ham to ease the nerves of his players and stop them ‘believing their own hype’. After he saw his side let a lead slip in defeat to Southampton before the international break, Allardyce claimed a few needed to have their 'backsides kicked' for a failure of communication on the pitch. The 59-year-old revealed he has made his feelings known to the players and believes they may have suffered from over-confidence against Southampton after a strong showing to win 3-1 at Crystal Palace the previous weekend. Sam Allardyce is considering a psychologist to help eradicate cockiness from his players . Mark Noble (centre) celebrates with his team-mates after putting West Ham 1-0 up against Southampton . But Morgan Schneiderlin equalised for the Saints before they went on to win the game 3-1 . 'The expectation after that (Palace) game was high and we just didn't live up to it,' he said. 'Maybe the players were a bit too cocky. Maybe they had listened to the praise too much. The outside world is not what you should listen to if you want to be successful as a footballer. 'You can be distracted if you get too much praise and perhaps a little put off if you get criticism. They just need to stay focused on their responsibilities.'

Sam Allardyce wants to introduce a psychologist to West Ham to stop players from 'believing their own hype' Hammers boss frustrated over 3-1 loss to Southampton after being ahead . He believes his players were over-confident after beating Crystal Palace .

954082b3f10231090a689b8dd1413d58bab0e2b8

By . Chris Parsons . PUBLISHED: . 01:33 EST, 18 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:53 EST, 18 April 2012 . For years it has been a village synonymous with one of Britain's most famous cheeses. But while the Cambridgeshire village of Stilton may claim to be the home of the crumbly blue favourite, those who produce the cheese are bizarrely not allowed to use its famous name. A current European Law ruling means Stilton cheese can only be produced by seven dairies in Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Tradition: Cheese makes in Stilton, Cambridgeshire, have been banned from using the name for the famous cheese produced in their village . Famous: Stilton makes the most of its association with the famous cheese, and villagers are hoping to gain official recognition from Defra soon . The 'ridiculous' decision means that while the famous blue cheese can be made in Stilton, it has to go by the name Bell Blue. Now, after last year finally winning the right to produce Stilton in their village at all, campaigners in Cambridgeshire want the right to call their product by its proper name. The . current dispute over Stilton being able to use the cheese's name in its . own village stems in part from the historic blue's history. Historical evidence suggests a cream cheese was being made and sold in and around Stilton in the late 17th century. A . recipe for Stilton cheese was published in a newsletter by Richard . Bradley in 1723, but no details were given on its size, shape, or how . long it was matured. In . 1724 Daniel Defoe commented in his 'Tour through the villages of . England & Wales' of Stilton being 'famous for cheese' and referred . to the cheese as being the 'English Parmesan'. A . later article by John Lawrence in 1726 suggested that the perfect . Stilton should be... 'about 7 inches in diameter, 8 inches in height and . 18 lbs in weight.' As Stilton became a trading post between London and Edinburgh, the cheese was said to be sold to passing traders. As demand for the cheese grew, its production moved to Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. It . was at this stage that the cheese's trademark blue veins became a part . of the product, as it also became semi-hard blue cheese. On Monday the village of Stilton applied to Defra for an extension of the protected designation of origin (PDO) for the cheese to cover their parish. The village launched their campaign . two days ago at the start of National Stilton Week 2012, and will boost . their efforts by adding the phrase 'Original Home of Stilton Cheese' to a . sign outside their village. Stilton . cheese is said by some to have got its name after being sold to . travellers passing through the village in the 18th century. Officials . in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, however, say Stilton was only a . trade link and that the recipe was created in their county. Stilton is officially recognised as . coming from Leicestershire, and can only be produced there and in its . two neighbouring counties following the PDO in 1996. Liam McGivern, landlord of the Bell Inn in Stilton, makes a version of the cheese which until now he has had to call Bell Blue. He said that not being able to call . the cheese Stilton is 'embarrassing', especially given the tourist . appeal that comes with the product. He said: 'We get people coming in all the time saying, "Oh, can you direct me to the cheese factory?" 'If you asked 99 per cent of the population where the cheese comes from, they would say Stilton.' The . campaign in Stilton has been created by various people and businesses . in the village, and fronted by local historian Richard Landy. He told the Peterborough Evening . Telegraph: 'Since first being announced at last year’s Stilton Cheese . Rolling event, this campaign has continued to gather momentum. 'We . have now fulfilled Defra’s requirements that we must be making the . cheese, which we have been doing since 2011 and that it must be for . commercial sale. 'They are the conditions that need to be satisfied before applying for an amendment to the PDO.' Matthew . O'Callaghan, chairman of the Melton Mowbray Food Partnership, disputes . whether blue Stilton was ever made in the village of the same name. A . spokesperson for Defra said: 'To amend the geographical boundaries of . an existing protected food, an applicant must first prove they are an . interested party by showing they genuinely already make it commercially . on a permanent, regular basis. 'We . would then carefully consider an application and if the claim was . justified we would hold a UK-wide public consultation before making any . decision.' Association: Stilton has long enjoyed a link to the famous blue cheese, and even has an annual Stilton cheese rolling event through the village . Landlord Liam McGivern makes a recipe that follows the Stilton recipe, but under EU rules is forced to call it 'Bell Blue'

Cambridgeshire village claims to be birthplace of famous cheese - but cannot use its name . European law states Stilton can only be produced in Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire .

5aa936888170779d14884de2b5578a8668480039

Joe Barlow, from Laindon, Essex, was jailed for five separate offences at Basildon Crown Court, including stealing £8,500 from his grandparents . A 20-year-old fugitive who taunted police on Facebook by posting ‘can’t catch me’ wept in the dock as he was jailed for stealing thousands of pounds from his grandparents and assaulting his mother. Joe Barlow, from Laindon, Essex, was jailed for five separate offences at Basildon Crown Court, including stealing £8,500 from his grandparents’ savings to pay for drugs. He was sent to prison after spending two and a half months on the run from police before his arrest 12 miles from his home in Stondon Massey, Essex. He was jailed for eight months for five separate offences including assaulting his mother in February and breaching a suspended sentence he was handed in March 2012. He was given the suspended sentence after he went to his grandparents’ home and took cash they had been saving to get their windows replaced before fleeing to Cornwall to spend it. Earlier this year, Barlow also admitted assaulting his mother on Valentine’s Day and an offence of criminal damage at Basildon Magistrates’ Court. His case was sent to Basildon Crown Court for sentence on March 26 but he didn’t turn up and the court issued a warrant for his arrest. Essex Police posted his mugshot on its Facebook page on May 3, with an urgent appeal for members of the public to report sightings of him. Hours later Barlow began his online taunts, writing: ‘Can’t catch me’, and said he would not turn himself in until he had a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron. But he was arrested a short time later at a hideout in Stondon Massey, Essex, he was again ordered to attend court. Barlow, who wore a red prison-issue tracksuit for the court appearance, sobbed throughout the hearing as his mother and girlfriend sat in the public gallery. His solicitor, Mark Savage, said his time on the run stemmed from a fear of court and going to prison. He said he committed a number of offences while in a ‘toxic relationship’ with an ex-partner. Joe Barlow taunted police on Facebook by posting 'can't catch me' while on the run after stealing from his grandparents and assaulting his mother. He was arrested two and a half months later at a hideout in Essex . He said: ‘This young man is clearly distressed at being back in front of the court. ‘This is not a man coming to court swaggering with bravado and his mother is here at court to support him.’ The court heard Barlow has a string of previous convictions for battery, destroying property and common assault. Sentencing, Recorder Tim Clark said: ‘You are clearly an unstable young man who has a bad criminal record. ‘You continue to commit criminal offences which are aggravated by the fact the victims are members of your own family. ‘You are fortunate still to have the support of your family. ‘You cannot just not appear at court and put your head in the sand as an act of fear.’ He was jailed for eight months for common assault, criminal damage, breaching a suspended sentence order, committing an offence while subject to a suspended sentence order and failing to appear at court.

Joe Barlow stole £8,500 from grandparents' savings and spent it on drugs . He also assaulted his mother on Valentine's Day and caused criminal damage . He spent two and a half months on the run from police before being arrested . While hiding out he taunted police on Facebook by writing 'can't catch me' The 20-year-old was jailed for eight months for five separate offences .

36daaef8afe22d039332daa97b219fde20f5ec2a

By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:53 EST, 15 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:25 EST, 16 February 2014 . Peace talks aimed at stopping Syria’s brutal civil war ended in deadlock yesterday. Foreign Secretary William Hague blamed the impasse on the regime of president Bashar al-Assad. ‘The failure to agree an agenda for future rounds of talks on the Geneva process is a serious setback in the search for peace in Syria, and the responsibility for it lies squarely with the Assad regime,’ he said. Fighting: Security officials are closely monitoring 250 British-based jihadis linked to the Syria. Above, rebel fighters fire a rocket-propelled grenade at an army checkpoint in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus . ‘This cannot be the end of the road. With the war in Syria causing more death and destruction every day, we owe it to the people of Syria to do all we can to make progress towards a political solution.’ More than 140,000 people, 7,000 of them children, have been killed in the conflict, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said yesterday. The pro-opposition group, based in Britain, said the period since UN peace talks began in Geneva last month had been the bloodiest of the nearly three-year conflict. Conflict: Around 400 extremists are believed to have travelled to Syria. Above, a rebel clutches his head . Foreign Secretary William Hague who has said that Britain has not ruled out any option to save lives in Syria . The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said it cannot reach up to three million people. It accused both sides of failing to honour ‘basic principles of international humanitarian law’. And the UN has stopped evacuating people from the besieged city of Homs under a ceasefire because it has been unable to determine the fate of men and teenage boys who were immediately detained by the regime.

Foreign Secretary William Hague blames failure on President Assad's regime . Red Cross accursed both sides of failing to honour humanitarian laws . More than 140,000 people have been killed in the conflict: 7,000 were children . 'We owe it to the people of Syria to do all we can to make progress'

9ab94e91056eab0ded74d0a1725dcb39a8d28c32

Gangs from coast to coast have toned down their use of colors and are even removing or altering tattoos to avoid being easily identified by police and witnesses, law enforcement officials have revealed. Nearly gone are the gang days of the 1980s and '90s, when the Bloods wore head-to-toe red, the Crips wore blue and Latin Kings wore black and gold. Today, the most you might see is part of a red handkerchief hanging out of a back pocket or a gold and black baseball cap, said Johnmichael O'Hare, a Hartford police sergeant who monitors gangs. In this September 5, 2014 photo, a reputed member of the Los Solidos street gang shows his tattoo to police in Hartford, Connecticut. Police said the tattoo of a theater mask with the words 'laugh now cry later' is a tell-tale sign of the street gang . A reputed member of the Los Solidos street gang shows his tattoos to police in Hartford, Connecticut earlier this month. The TSO and theater mask on his left arm are tell-tale signs of Los Solidos. TSO means The Solid Ones, the English translation of Los Solidos . 'Many of them don't wear colors. They tell us they're not in gangs,' O'Hare said. 'They're trying to avoid detection from law enforcement.' Gang members also don't want to stand out because they are committing more white-collar-type crimes, such as credit card and identity thefts, authorities say. 'If you want to go into Macys or Neiman Marcus and use a fraudulently obtained credit card and you have all these tattoos, it's more difficult,' said William Dunn, a Los Angeles police detective and author of the 2007 book, The Gangs of Los Angeles. Another impetus: laws passed in several states making it easier for police to target gangs. In Connecticut, officials can use racketeering laws once reserved for the mob to go after gangs. In Los Angeles, court injunctions allow police to enforce nighttime curfews and arrest people for hanging out in public and wearing gang colors. 'So we don't see so much wearing of the colors. We don't see so much of the tattooing,' Dunn said. When it comes to going to prison, gang members also don't want to be identified because they'll be placed in more restrictive conditions for security reasons, officials say. Wearing colors has long been a way for gang members to show solidarity, but the FBI says gang members are indeed shying away from displaying identifiers. Reputed members of the Los Solidos street gang are stopped by police in Hartford. Gang members are shying away from wearing their colors in an effort to avoid being detected by authorities, police said . Often the only time colors and other identifiers are now displayed is at gang functions and funerals, according to the FBI's 2013 National Gang report. While gangs are showing their colors less, they have given police another way to identify them - their use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. 'Today they declare themselves gang members on the Internet,' O'Hare said. Still, he said, their detection-avoiding efforts on the street have made police officials' jobs a little harder. Hartford officers now have to get up close to identify gang members, he said. On a recent day, officers stopped a group of youths in commonplace T-shirts and shorts breaking a loitering law and made them all sit down. Making a statement: Bloods gang members gesturing their sign and wearing the typical head-to-toe red in 1993, Los Angeles, California (left) while taking part in a music video. Latin King Gang members outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City in support of a gang leader sentenced to life in prison in 1997 (right) O'Hare, interested in gathering information on gangs, got several of them to pull up their sleeves and pull down their shirt collars, revealing telltale tattoos of the Los Solidos gang — theater masks with the words 'laugh now cry later' and the letters TSO for The Solid Ones, the English translation of their group's name. Officers then let the youths go - but kept their names and suspected gang affiliations in the event of future encounters. In addition to well-established gangs like the Bloods and Latin Kings, police are dealing with smaller, neighborhood-based street gangs that can be just as violent and often wear no colors or tattoos at all, law enforcement officials say. The neighborhood gangs usually are friends who grew up together and claim several blocks as their territory, O'Hare said. One such neighborhood gang in Hartford, Money Green/Bedroc, often wore the kind of athletic jerseys popular among kids nationwide, according to a state grand jury report issued in December. The reputed leader, Donald Raynor, was arrested last year. Raynor, 29, is now on trial in state court in Hartford on a murder charge and awaits trial in five other cases involving attempted murder charges. Police say he led the particularly violent gang, which sold drugs and had 'hit squad' enforcers who were involved in shootings of rivals in 2007 and 2008. Raynor has pleaded not guilty in all the cases. Hartford police Sgt Johnmichael O'Hare shows officers the city's gunshot location program. The system uses microphones on the street to alert police to gunshots. It is part of a new plan to crack down on gang activity as members are shying away from wearing their colors in an effort to avoid being detected by authorities . Latin Kings gang graffiti decorates a building in Connecticut. While gangs still mark their territory with graffiti, police said many members have shied away from wearing their colors to stay under the radar .

Gang members don't want to stand out because they are committing more white-collar-type crimes, such as credit card and identity thefts, police said . Gangs are trying to stay under the radar as laws passed in several states making it easier for police to target gangs . In Los Angeles, court injunctions allow police to enforce nighttime curfews and arrest people for hanging out in public and wearing gang colors .

880292520c31fae34e06b707a81565cdffdb6528

Rome (CNN) -- Transcripts published Tuesday capture the dramatic conversations between port officials and a cruise ship captain, who a judge ruled can be held under house arrest while Italian authorities investigate his role in last week's disaster. A judge ruled that Francesco Schettino must remain in custody pending a later decision on whether to release him while authorities investigate the running aground of the Costa Concordia on Italy's Tuscan coast. But the judge said Schettino can be held on house arrest rather than in jail pending that decision, said his attorney, Bruno Leporatti. The captain has promised to cooperate with authorities, the lawyer said. Chief prosecutor Francesco Verusio said he did not know the grounds for the decision, which was made after the Tuesday afternoon court hearing. "I am speechless," he said. An Italian port official swore in frustration at the captain of the stricken vessel after it struck rocks Friday night, ordering him at least 10 times to return to the cruise liner and coordinate rescue efforts, transcripts of the recorded conversations published Tuesday show. "You get on board! This is an order!" the port official told Schettino. "You have declared 'Abandon ship.' Now I'm in charge. You get on board -- is that clear?" the official said in one of the conversations published by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra. Schettino says at one point that he wants to go back on board, then refers to "other rescuers" and says something about a lifeboat being stuck. "Get on board the ship and you tell me how many people are on board. ... Clear? You tell me if there are children, women, people with special needs," a coast guard officer tells Schettino. "Get on board, (expletive)!" the officer curses in frustration. During one conversation, Schettino first says he abandoned ship, only to appear to reverse course under questioning by an official, saying he was "catapulted into the water" but remained on scene to coordinate the rescue. "I did not abandon any ship," Schettino said, according to the transcripts. Italian prosecutors confirmed that the quotes match ones in a transcript they were using in their investigation. Schettino is under investigation by Italian authorities for his role in the disaster, which has claimed at least 11 lives. Prosecutors say Schettino was on the bridge at the time and made a "grave error" that led to the disaster. The Italian coast guard and Costa Cruises, which owns the ship, are investigating why Schettino took the ship so close to land in an area known for its rocky sea floor. "Preliminary indications are that there may have been significant human error on the part of the ship's master, Capt. Francesco Schettino, which resulted in these grave consequences," Costa Cruises said. "The route of the vessel appears to have been too close to the shore, and the captain's judgment in handling the emergency appears to have not followed standard Costa procedures," the statement added. Corriere della Sera reported that Schettino came close to Giglio to salute Mario Palombo, a legend among Costa Cruises' commanders, and as a gesture to the only Giglio native on board, chief steward Antonello Tievoli. Speaking on Italian television, Schettino said the problem was an uncharted rock. "On the nautical chart, it was marked just as water," Schettino said. But the Italian coast guard said the waters where the ship ran aground were well-mapped. Local fishermen say the island coast of Giglio is known for its rocky seafloor. "Every danger in this area is on the nautical chart," coast guard Capt. Cosimo Nicastro said. "This is a place where a lot of people come for diving and sailing. ... All the dangers are known." Local authorities and residents said they believe that after hitting the rock, which tore a hole in the hull, the ship sailed at least half a mile north. They believe Schettino then turned the ship around toward land, where it toppled. In addition to questions over how Schettino handled himself after the wreck, questions also lingered about whether the captain should have ordered an evacuation sooner and why no "mayday" distress signal was sent. At one point after the ship struck the rock, the ship returned a radio call from port officials saying that all was well and the ship was suffering only a "technical problem," according to the transcripts. Schettino joined Costa in 2002 as a safety officer, served as a staff captain and was appointed captain in 2006, according to the cruise line. Like all Costa masters, the cruise line said, Schettino "has been constantly trained, passing all tests." Schettino had never been involved in an accident before, said Costa chairman Pier Luigi Foschi. Foschi also downplayed the possibility that alcohol may have played a role in the crash, saying he did not believe Schettino drank, and that all crew were subject to random drug and alcohol tests by Costa Cruises. The captain's attorney said in a statement Monday that Schettino was "shattered, dismayed, saddened for the loss of lives and strongly disturbed." But, he said, Schettino is "nonetheless comforted by the fact that he maintained during those moments the necessary lucidity to put in place a difficult emergency maneuver ... bringing the ship to shallow waters." That move, Leporatti said, saved the lives of many passengers and crew members. Captain and consultant James Staples told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night that he was "totally amazed" by Schettino's actions. "He should have stayed on board that ship and coordinated the rescue attempts from the vessel." Staples said the Concordia should not have been so close to the rocky shore at night, with little or no room to maneuver. Passenger Alex Beach of New Mexico said crew members tried to assist passengers, but had no upper-level supervision. The scene around lifeboats, many of which could not be launched, was chaotic. "It became a situation of every man for himself," she told Cooper. CNN's Holly Yan, Hada Messia, Dan Rivers, Brian Walker, Josh Levs and journalist Barbie Nadeau contributed to this report.

NEW: Captain and consultant tells CNN captain should have stayed aboard . Authorities on land ordered the captain to return to the ship, a newspaper reports . Costa Cruises says "there may have been significant human error" on the captain's part . Attorney: The captain's move to bring the ship to shallow waters saved many lives .

c8e28b537c9beebbfc168229ce1b52d2cbfc738d

By . Sean Poulter . UPDATED: . 20:57 EST, 28 December 2011 . Farmers fear that cheap eggs produced in cruel battery cages on European farms are about to flood into Britain. The cages, in which up to six hens are crammed together with no room to flap their wings, forage or scratch, are to be banned from January 1. But while British farmers have spent £400million complying with the new EU-wide law, those in 13 other countries have refused to get rid of the tiny cages. Because Brussels has not backed up the new law with fines, penalties or an export ban, there is nothing to stop farmers who flout it from selling their eggs in Britain. That means British farmers, who  have gone to great expense to meet the deadline to get rid of the cages, could  find they are undercut and even forced out of business. At the same time, British customers could end up supporting illegally produced eggs by buying from food manufacturers and restaurants who use them. The Government has tried to deal with the issue by asking supermarkets and manufacturers to sign up to a voluntary code not to use the battery cage eggs. However, EU law prevents any tougher action such as an import ban. Animal welfare campaigners and the National Farmers’ Union have condemned both the EU and Westminster authorities for failing to enforce the ban. ‘If nothing is done to stop these illegal eggs coming in to the UK  it could be seen as rewarding  producers who are still using cruel conventional battery cages,’ said Alice Clark, senior scientist from the RSPCA. ‘There is a real danger that shoppers will unwittingly buy illegal eggs, which will not even meet minimum welfare standards. Caged: British farmers, who have gone to great expense to meet the deadline to get rid of the cages, could find they are undercut and even forced out of business . Competition: Because Brussels has not backed up the new law with fines, penalties or an export ban, there is nothing to stop farmers who flout it from selling their eggs in Britain . ‘It will be particularly difficult to trace illegal eggs when they’ve  been used as ingredients in foods such as ready meals, sandwiches, cakes and Yorkshire puddings, where they don’t have to be  labelled with production system or country of origin.’ NFU poultry board chairman Charles Bourns said British farmers were ‘bitterly disappointed’ that the sale and import of battery cage eggs had not been banned. He said: ‘We are concerned that although the Government has repeatedly pledged its support  for the industry, it cannot  prohibit the use of illegal egg  products and food manufactured from such products.’ Farming minister Jim Paice said: ‘It is unacceptable that after  the ban on battery cages comes into effect, around 50million hens across Europe will still remain  in poor conditions. It would  be unthinkable if countries continuing to house hens in poor  conditions were to profit from flouting the law.’ While the new regime outlaws the smallest battery cages, this is not the end of hens being locked in together. A new system of so-called enriched cages, which allow more room and perches, is endorsed by authorities in the UK and Europe.

Agriculturalists in 13 other countries have refused to get rid of tiny cages . British farmers could go out of business if competitors sell their eggs in UK .

f653dcdeb25d076ac4457bf311346743dc78cd53

(CNN)An ISIS video showing the horrific killing of a Jordanian air force pilot has stoked anger in the Arab kingdom and left analysts wondering what impact it will have on the U.S.-led coalition fighting the militant group. Jordan already carried out one act of retaliation, executing two terrorist prisoners with ties to al Qaeda in Iraq. One of them was Sajida al-Rishawi, the would-be suicide bomber whose release ISIS had demanded. Protesters gathered in the streets of the Jordanian capital, Amman, and in the home town of the pilot, Moath al-Kasasbeh. But what will ISIS and Jordan do next? "I think there's likely to be a backlash, particularly in Jordan," said Paul Cruickshank, a CNN terrorism analyst. "I think it's sort of going to rally support for King Abdullah and his participation in the anti-ISIS coalition." But it's unclear whether ISIS leaders are bothered by the condemnation and outrage. "ISIS doesn't really care very much about the reactions it gets from Arab or foreign governments," said Rami Khouri, a Middle East analyst based in Beirut. "They're on a mission to carry out their barbaric deed." Anger against ISIS was in evidence among protesters in Jordan. One demonstrator held a poster that read: "They burned our hearts, so let's burn their dens, and their prisoners in our prisons." Some experts expressed puzzlement at ISIS' decision to kill the pilot without getting anything in return. "This pilot was a real bargaining chip," said retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona, a U.S. Air Force veteran intelligence officer. "The Jordanians were willing to do things to get him back. He comes from a very established family, one that supports the Jordanian monarchy. I'm not sure they realized exactly who they had." Adding to the intrigue, Jordanian authorities said they believed the pilot had been killed as early as January 3, before ISIS made any demands for the release of al-Rishawi by Jordan. If that's the case, the recent ISIS threats against the life of al-Kasasbeh appear to aimed at publicity rather than serious negotiations. ISIS is known to still be holding at least two Western hostages: John Cantlie, a British journalist who has appeared in a number of ISIS-produced videos, and an American woman who is a 26-year-old aid worker. Analysts said they thought it was unlikely that Jordan's hanging of the two jihadist prisoners Wednesday would affect ISIS' next moves. "I don't see that the execution of these two individuals is really going to change their calculus much," said Francona. "They're going to do whatever they want to do." "I don't think they had much invested in either the woman or the man who were just hanged," he said. "They were nice bargaining chips that they could try and do something with." The video of the killing of the Jordanian pilot, showing a new level of brutality even by ISIS' grim standards, raises the question of whom they are trying to reach. "There are some people out there attracted to these horrific videos," said CNN political commentator Peter Beinart. "But a much, much larger group of people in the Muslim and Arab world are absolutely repulsed." Maajid Nawaz, a former extremist, said he believes that ISIS isn't trying to reach the majority but is going after existing terrorists as it competes with al Qaeda for foreign recruits. "This is a race to the bottom when it comes to the gruesome depictions that they're showing," said Nawaz, the author of "Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism." Juan Zarate, a former U.S. deputy national security adviser, said he thinks that with the pilot video, ISIS is trying to send a message to the Arab members of the coalition against it. "They're going to be treated brutally, and in fact, maybe perhaps more brutally than other members of the coalition," he told CNN. At the end of the video, ISIS shows names and addresses of people whom it claims are Jordanian pilots. A reward is offered, and a voice says they are "wanted dead." The timing of ISIS' recent string of videos -- showing the deaths of two Japanese hostages and now al-Kasasbeh -- may also be significant, according to Sajjan Gohel of the Asia Pacific Foundation. He suggested it could be an effort to distract attention from the militant group's "humiliating defeat" by the Kurds in the Syrian city of Kobani. The news of the killing of the pilot sparked protests in the streets of Amman, the capital, and in the pilot's hometown. The focus of the people's ire was ISIS. Analysts said they expected most of the population to stand behind the government. "The Jordanian people, I think, very clearly will unite behind the government," said Khouri, a senior fellow at the American University of Beirut. "The trick is for the government to figure out what is the most appropriate response now." The government's early retaliation was to carry out the hangings of the two jihadist prisoners. But the pilot's father suggested that was far from enough. "Those criminals cannot be compared to Moath," al-Kasasbeh's father, Safi, said Wednesday. "Moath's blood is much more valued than these two prisoners." He called on the Jordanian government to execute all prisoners with links to ISIS. "Annihilate this organization," he said. A Jordanian government spokesman on Tuesday promised an "earthshaking retaliation" for the killing of the pilot. But it still remains very unclear what form that might take. Some military experts speculated that Jordan could launch independent airstrikes against ISIS or move artillery and other weapons to the border near ISIS-controlled territory. But other analysts said they thought that unilateral action was unlikely. "They know that it would be foolhardy to launch an attack without being part of the coalition." Francona said. He said he expected more commitment to the coalition from Jordan, including perhaps greater access to its airbases and an increased number of Jordanian sorties. "When Jordan commits, Jordan can be a real force. But Jordan can't do this alone," he said. CNN military analyst Mark Hertling said he expected Jordan to increase intelligence sharing with the coalition and possibly put some additional defenses along the borders with Syria and Iraq. "This is a calm, measured leader who wants to do things the right way," he said of King Abdullah. A key question is how the Jordanian population's views on the U.S.-led airstrikes against ISIS will develop over time. For the time being, the anger and desire for revenge appear to be directed against ISIS. But before the pilot's killing was announced, some Jordanians had been questioning the government's decision to take part in the anti-ISIS coalition. "We're going to have to see what happens after this period of mourning and anger is over," said CNN's Jomana Karadsheh in Amman. "What sort of calls are we going to be hearing from the Jordanian street?" The issue is complex in a country like Jordan, according to Khouri. "You get situations where many Muslims -- they don't support ISIS -- but they don't like foreign armies coming to attack Arab Sunni Muslims," he told CNN. "No doubt that the majority, especially in Jordan, are afraid of ISIS and want to fight it and want to defeat it," Khouri said. "But there are tensions because many, many people instinctively in the Arab world are hesitant to join an American-led military assault against Arab parties." CNN's Dana Ford contributed to this report.

"I think there's likely to be a backlash" against ISIS, analyst says . Jordan's government has vowed an "earthshaking retaliation" for the pilot's killing . But experts say Jordan is unlikely to take independent military action against ISIS .

792438a3e3feee2d319604c8602be939d994d5fd

(CNN) -- NBC's "The Voice" had a voting snafu this week and the show addressed the issue on the air Wednesday night. Fans trying to vote online and via text message had difficulty casting their votes via the show's well-established vote-tallying company, Telescope. The network says the issues would not have resulted in a different outcome in terms of which contestants are eliminated. "Voice" host Carson Daly opened tonight's live show by bringing up the voting issue and introducing Telescope CEO Jason George. "Tonight we'd like to be completely upfront with you," Daly said. "We noticed some inconsistencies with this week's texting and online voting." Andy Samberg, Alexis Bledel: Fox sitcoms . Telescope also manages the voting for shows like Fox's "American Idol" and "The X Factor." "Our system caught an inconsistency in a portion of this week's voting data," George said in a statement. "For fairness, those votes have been removed from Monday and Tuesday's results, but we want to assure fans and artists alike that this in no way affected the outcome for any team." Fox passes on Emma Roberts in 'Delirium' NBC added in a statement: "On this week's episodes of The Voice, we encountered issues with the systems used for online and SMS voting. We are addressing both issues, and in an abundance of caution are not counting the votes that may have been affected. Telescope, the independent company that administers voting for the show, has certified that removing those votes does not affect the outcome for any team." Four contestants will be eliminated on tonight's edition of the NBC hit series, paring the field down to the Top 12. See the original article at EW.com. CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved.

"The Voice" addressed its voting snafu on the air Wednesday night . Fans trying to vote online and via text message had difficulty casting their votes . Telescope also manages the voting for shows like Fox's "American Idol" and "The X Factor"

64a9f5a3df5d679579e28bd913791e351cd6a1ab

By . Snejana Farberov for Mail online . Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sister has been arrested for allegedly threatening to bomb a New York City woman. Police say Ailina Tsarnaeva, 24, made the threat via telephone Monday and turned herself in earlier today. She is charged with aggravated harassment targeting her boyfriend's former girlfriend who lives in Harlem. Police say the North Bergen, New Jersey, resident is due in court September 30. Scroll down for video . Bomb scare: Ailina Tsarnaeva, pictured in this October 2013  file photo, has been arrested in New York City for allegedly threatening to bomb a Harlem woman . According to the New York City Police Department, Ms Tsarnaeva called her boyfriend’s ex and told her: 'I know people who can go over there and put a bomb on you.' Police say Ailina's boyfriend, identified by the New York Post and George Briones, has been locked in a dispute with his former lover over the custody of their three children. After the threatening phone call, the unnamed 23-year-old Harlem resident contacted police, prompting Ms Tsarnaeva to turn herself in at around 2.30pm Wednesday, reported CBS Boston. The 24-year-old North Bergen woman has been required to check in with Massachusetts probation officers since last October after prosecutors say she did not cooperate with a counterfeiting investigation. Tsarnaeva's arrest comes just days after it was revealed in the media that her sister-in-law, slain bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow Katherine Russell, has moved in with Ailina and her sibling, Bella. The women were found by the news station WCVB two weeks ago living in a nondescript blue house in the New Jersey township of North Bergen - population 58,000 - located about 10 miles west of Manhattan. Widow: Katherine Russell, 25, is pictured on the porch of the North Bergen, New Jersey, home she now shares with the two Tsarnaev sisters . New home: The Tsarnaevs, Tamerlan's widow, and her young daughter have settled in this blue house in the town of 58,000 located about 10 miles west of Manhattan . Family ties: Ailina Tsarnaev (left), and her sister Bella (right), have visited their brother Dzhokhar in jail . Ailina and Bella's 20-year-old brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is currently awaiting federal trial for his role in the April 15, 2013, bombing that killed three people and left 260 others wounded. The two ethnic Chechen brothers from southern Russia were accused of planting two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon finish line. Tamerlan was killed in a getaway attempt after a gun battle with police. Dzhokhar, who was captured hiding in a tarp-covered boat outside a house in a Boston suburb and is hospitalized, was later charged with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill. A combination of handout pictures released through the FBI website on April 18, 2013 show Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (L), suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15 . Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20, who is set to go on trial next week for his role in the deadly attack, is pictured with his sister Bella . The Tsarnaev sisters have had legal problems of their own in recent years. Ailina is expected to go on trial next month on charges of misleading police in a counterfeit money probe, while Bella stands accused of marijuana possession with intent to distribute. Both women have visited their younger brother in jail. Dzhokhar is set to face trial in November. Over the weekend, Ailina Tsarnaeva declared to a news crew from WHDH outside her home that her brothers had been framed.

Ailina Tsarnaeva, 24, charged with aggravated harassment targeting a 23-year-old Harlem resident . Tsarnaeva's boyfriend and the Manhattan resident are locked in a custody battle over their three children . Ailina and her sister, Bella, have been visiting their brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in jail ahead of his federal trial . The two sisters live with Katherine Russell, 25, Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow, in North Bergen, New Jersey .

3f2bd4ff3047444cfedcc60d5969ac7c9bca4c23

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius was on the stumps of his amputated legs when he knocked down a locked toilet door with a cricket bat to reach his shot girlfriend, a police forensic expert said Wednesday, countering the track star's assertion he was wearing his prosthetic legs at the time. South African police colonel J.G. Vermeulen took the stand to discuss marks on a cricket bat and a bent steel plate found in the bathroom door after the athlete shot model Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year. Wielding the cricket bat in his hands, Vermuelen squatted down before swinging it at the actual wooden door in a court reconstruction to show the angle of the marks. He said the location of the spots on the door was consistent with Pistorius not wearing his prosthetic legs. "From the forensic evidence, he was on his stumps," Vermeulen said. Defense attorney Barry Roux countered by suggesting that even with his prosthetic legs on, Pistorius would not be swinging a bat at the same height as an able-bodied person. In a change from his bail hearing, when the state based its case for a premeditated murder charge on Pistorius having had his prosthetic legs on when he fired the shots, the prosecution said Wednesday he was on his stumps during the shooting and when he bashed down the door. The track star has said he didn't have his prosthetics on when he shot at the toilet door after hearing a noise, but then put them on when he tried to break open the door, realizing his girlfriend may be inside. The door is being used in the Pretoria court to show the trajectory of the bullets fired at Steenkamp, which both sides can use to argue whether it was premeditated murder or not. Pistorius, the first double-amputee to run in the Olympic Games, regularly wears prosthetic legs. If he was not wearing them at the time, the trajectory of the bullets would be lower and the defense can argue that he was feeling vulnerable and didn't have time to think. The 27-year old has pleaded not guilty to murder in the shooting. He admits killing Steenkamp, 29, by shooting her through a locked bathroom door in his house. However, he says that he mistook her for a burglar in the middle of the night and that the shooting was a tragic mistake. Pistorius has said he tried to break open the door when he realized he'd shot Steenkamp. Door in focus . The court heard that the door was intact before the shots were fired. Under cross-examination, Vermeulen said the first and only time he went to the crime scene was on March 8, 2013, nearly a month after the shooting. Asked about a mark on the door which he did not investigate, he said it was not from a cricket bat. Roux asserted it was the mark of a prosthetic leg kicking the door with a sock on and that fabric remained in the mark on the door. Vermeulen was unwilling to accept that that was the only possible explanation. Vermeulen told the court there were footprints consistent with police shoes on the bathroom door at one point and photos of this were shown. They were later removed and Vermeulen said he did not know how. He said that from photos, he knew the door was removed from its hinges and left on the floor for some time. When Roux suggested they were wiped off by someone who did not know the importance of police procedure, Vermeulen chuckled. Close-up photographs of the damaged door were shown in court, as well as scuffs on the autographed cricket bat, prompting a Tweet from former South African test cricketer Herschelle Gibbs: †.

Police expert testifies in court reconstruction . Door will also be used to determine bullets' trajectory . Pistorius has pleaded not guilty in the murder of his girlfriend . He admits killing her, but says he mistook the 29-year-old for a burglar in his house .

5dc1772ed7befef378d8a56e3a8744345627fd06

By . Chris Waugh . Germany prepared for their Group G opener against Portugal by training hard in Porto Seguro - with coach Joachim Low putting his players through their paces by getting them to weave in and out of giant dummies. Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng and Bastian Schweinsteiger looked sharp and focused as they ran against resistant ropes and then took part in ball skills. Low has an injury crisis in defence ahead of their opener on Monday and he could be forced to field four centre backs. Resistant: Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer tries to pull away from a rope at training in Porto Seguro . Looking on: Germany coach Joachim Low had his players weaving between giant dummies during training . Slap: Low is preparing his Germany side for their match-up with Portugal on Monday . Active: Germany are among the favourites for the World Cup and they are preparing hard . Knees up: Mesut Ozil (left), Bastian Schweinsteiger (centre) and Erik Durm (right) jump up . Unfamiliar: Jerome Boateng could be forced to play full back against Cristiano Ronaldo . Jerome Boateng and Benedikt Howedes are expected to play at full back, with Mats Hummels and Per Mertersacker partnering each other in the centre of defence. Captain and right back Philipp Lahm is likely to start in midfield - a position for which he has excelled at club side Bayern Munich - although Low did not rule out the possibility of pushing Lahm back to full back and playing Boateng alongside Mertesacker in central defence. Although Boateng has played full back before, he is more competent at centre back, as is Howedes who plays there for Schalke, and they would come up against Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo on the flank. At least one of the two is likely to deputise at full back after Marcel Schmelzer was ruled out of the World Cup with a knee injury. His Borussia Dortmund team-mate Erik Durm replaced him in the squad but he is in the process of being re-trained as a defender, having started out as a striker, and so is unlikely to be risked. Chip: Benedikt Howedes is another centre back who could be forced to shift out on to the flank . Game: Philipp Lahm (left) and Joachim Low take part in a training match ahead of the Portugal game . Instructions: Germany fitness coach Shad Forsythe directs the players in an exercise during training . Tactics: Low holds out his clipboard as he talks to assistant coach Hansi Flick during a training session . Push: Neuer (second right) and his fellow German squad members train hard . Header: Boateng (left) and Andre Schurrle (right) watch on during a training match .

Low has his side running against resistant ropes and doing ball skills . Manuel Neuer, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jerome Boateng featured . Germany have an injury crisis in defence and could play four centre back . Jerome Boateng likely to start out of position against Cristiano Ronaldo .

643b2dc6b89ddf6e0f96217c613c2e249e637d2c

By . John Hall . PUBLISHED: . 09:29 EST, 27 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:47 EST, 27 December 2013 . Scarred: Michaela Eaton required hour-long emergency surgery to treat the deep wound . A toddler required emergency surgery and was lucky not to lose an eye after she fell onto railings during a supervised playtime at nursery. Three-year-old Michaela Eaton was left scarred for life when she slipped and cracked her head on metal railings during a game of hide and seek at Castle Vale Nursery in Birmingham, West Midlands. Her furious parents claim the nursery failed to carry out a written report regarding the safety of the railings and have since issued a formal health and safety report themselves. Michaela’s father, Mark Eaton, 39, said: ‘There needs to be something done to stop this happening again to another child, and I couldn’t believe when I asked to see the results of a health and safety report and was told there wasn’t any written report.’ Mr Eaton and wife Edwina, 43, rushed to the nursery after they were telephoned and told Michaela had cut her head. Mr Eaton said: ‘Michaela was sat in the office with a compress on her head. It was only when the paramedics arrived that we saw the true extent of her injury.’ Michaela was rushed to Birmingham Children’s Hospital where she went straight into theatre for emergency surgery on her face. Plastic surgeons spent over an hour stitching up a deep gash just millimetres from her eye, which doctors warn will probably leave a large scar. Mr Eaton said: ‘Her injury was so deep she was lucky she didn’t lose an eye. It was just horrific and she was crying her eyes out.’ Supervised: A spokesperson for Castle Vale Nursery said the playground was fully staffed at the time . He added: ‘When my wife saw her injury . she almost fainted and I just couldn’t believe it… They say it was . supervised play, but I don’t understand why there are railings so close . to where children are playing.’ Since the incident, which happened in . November, staff at Castle Vale Nursery . have apologised and carried out a health and safety inspection, claiming . the railing ‘did not constitute a significant hazard.’ But . when Mr Eaton asked to see the health and safety report, he was told by . staff at the Health and Safety Executive there wasn’t one, and a . spokesperson from the council-run nursery said the information was given . verbally to the deputy-head teacher. Disbelief: Michaela's father Mark Eaton (right) says the nursery failed to issue a health and safety report . Mr . Eaton said: ‘When I found out the nursery hadn’t even written a report, . I couldn’t believe it. I was told the findings were that the railings . were a normal school fence and that this information was given verbally . to a teacher.’ Horrific: Michaela suffered a deep wound just millimetres above her right eye . He has now written and submitted a health and safety report himself. Mr Eaton said: ‘I just want the issue to . be taken seriously. Michaela was lucky not to be blinded- another child . who falls over might not have the same luck.’ He added: ‘All they would have to do would is plant some bushes in front of the railings, which would prevent the children from playing near them. It is surely much better for children to perhaps have a scratch from a bush, rather than a horrific injury involving the railings.’ Mr Eaton says staff at the nursery are hoping Michaela will return, but the family are not so sure. He said: ‘We need to wait for the doctors to check over Michaela’s wound in February before she can go back to nursery. She really enjoyed it there, it is just a shame her accident doesn’t seem to be taken seriously.’ A spokesperson from Castle Vale Nursery, said: ‘We are very sorry that Michaela had such a nasty accident in the school playground while playing hide and seek with a friend…The playground was fully supervised at the time of the accident.’ The spokesperson added: ‘Following the accident there was a health and safety inspection and the officer who conducted the inspection was satisfied the railing did not constitute a significant hazard…This information was given verbally to the deputy head teacher.’

Michaela Eaton required emergency surgery for the horrific wound . Three-year-old has been left scarred for life . Mother Edwina, 43, almost fainted when she saw the injury . Castle Vale Nursery says the playground was fully supervised at the time . Father Mark, 39, says the nursery failed to issue a health and safety report .

7b3acdf71fbef8f9754ca510dc1b7df4a4196f41

By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Ukip faces fresh claims of hypocrisy after it emerged its small business spokesman employed seven illegal immigrants in his restaurant. Immigration officials raided the Manchester restaurant, set up by Amjad Bashir with his two sons Tayub and Mudassar, last year. It follows revelations that the anti-EU party had leaflets printed in Germany, hired eastern Europeans to hand out flyers and used an Irish actor in poster campaign opposing immigration. Amjad Bashir, Ukip's small business spokesman, is standing for the party in next week's European elections. HIs restaurant in Manchester was raided by immigration officials last year . Mr Bashir is standing for Ukip in next week’s European elections and he appeared on stage alongside Mr Farage at a rally last week designed to reject claims the party is racist. The Zouk Tea Bar and Grill in Manchester was raided on June 1 last year, The Times reported. The family have denied any wrongdoing and party leader Nigel Farage said they are appealing and he was not going to ‘prejudge’ the case. Three days after the raid Mr Bashir reportedly resigned as a director of the company which owns the restaurant a sister branch in Bradford. However he remains a major shareholder and has continued to take a role in the running of the restaurant. Mr Bashir, 61, is second on Ukip’s list of candidates for the Yorkshire and the Humber region in this month’s European elections. The Home Office confirmed seven people were arrested ‘for a variety of immigration offences’ and a civil penalty notice was served after the raid. Mr Bashir appeared at a Ukip rally with leader Nigel Farage last week in a move designed to prove the party is not racist . Tayub Bashir told The Times that they were appealing against the notice and had not yet paid a fine. He said the restaurant conducted immigration checks on all employees and vigorously denied any wrongdoing. Mr Farage told BBC’s This Week: ‘His son is the director and runs that business and they had an argument and a row with the immigration people which they are appealing. I’m not going to prejudge that.’ However, Lib Dem MEP Edward McMillan-Scott said: ‘Forget the obvious hypocrisy; employing illegal immigrants is exploitative and against the law. ‘Not only are Ukip whipping up ill-feeling towards immigrants, they are supporting a man who has made money off the back of illegal workers.’ It is the latest episode which has left Ukip exposed to criticism for appearing to act against its own anti-immigration policies. Ukip claimed its poster campaign was a 'hard-hitting reflection of reality' - but it later emerged that it had used an Irish actor to represent a British builder put out of work because of immigration . This week it emerged the party has been printing anti-EU election leaflets - in Germany. Mr Farage's party has campaigned to protect British jobs, slash immigration and pull out of the European Union. But . instead of using a British firm to help the party's campaign it took . 'full advantage of the European single market' to place its order . abroad. It follows the revelation the party had hired Eastern Europeans to hand out its anti-immigration . flyers ahead of next week's European elections. Latvians . were employed by a company called Fast Leaflet in Croydon, south . London, to hand out flyers for Mr Farage's party. One of the stars of a Ukip poster campaign, . who appeared to be a British builder ‘hit hard by unlimited cheap . labour’, was actually an Irish actor, Dave O’Rourke.

Amjad Bashir set up restaurant with his two sons Tayub and Mudassar . Zouk Tea Bar and Grill was raided by immigration officials last year . Family says it conducted checks on all employees and denies wrongdoing . Ukip leader Nigel Farage says the firm is appealing against ruling . Lib Dem MEP Edward McMillan-Scott condemns 'obvious hypocrisy'

94b1644fc2f1b1f049ae14952c864ca6b5338640

Two brothers who attacked the cousin of former Strictly Come Dancing star Laila Rouass and left him to drown in a reservoir have been found guilty of manslaughter. Amran Chowdhury, 27, and his brother Misba, 24, were convicted of killing 20-year-old Ibrahim Gharib, whose body was pulled from the Shadwell Basin in east London in March 2010. The jury was told that Mr Gharib, the cousin of actress Ms Rouass, had been with his girlfriend Seema Uddin, then 17, when the couple were set upon by a gang, including the Chowdhury brothers. Guilty: Brothers Amran Chowdhary, 27, (left) and Misba Chowdhary, 24, (with his brother) were convicted of the killing of 20-year-old Ibrahim Gharib (right), who drowned in the Shadwell Basin in east London in 2010 . Miss Uddin was knocked unconscious when she was hit by a bottle, the court was told, while Mr Gharib ended up in the freezing water. Two passers by had tried to rescue him from, but were thwarted by the cold, and his body was recovered the following morning by a police underwater search team. Although no witnesses saw Mr Gharib go in the water, the Chowdhury brothers were convicted of manslaughter at the Old Bailey on Friday for taking part in the attack. Star: Mr Gharib was the cousin of actress Laila Rouass, who came fourth in the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2009, and starred in Footballers Wives and Holby City . They will be sentenced on a date to be set later this week. After Mr Gharib’s death Ms Rouass, who starred in Footballers Wives and Holby City is now engaged to snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan, said her family were ‘devastated’. ‘It’s a terrible waste of life,’ added Ms Rouass, who came fourth in the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2009. Former couple: Amran Chowdhury’s (left) ex-girlfriend Steffi Rai, 26, (right) was convicted of perverting the course of justice by trying to help him evade the police . Amran Chowdhury’s ex-girlfriend Steffi Rai, 26, was convicted of perverting the course of justice by trying to help him evade the police. She will be sentenced on 3 October. During the trial the court was told that Mr Gharib had gone to the dock basin with Miss Uddin, who he had been dating for just a week, on the evening of March 18, 2010. Convicted: Rai, (pictured) who drove Amran Chowdary to Birmingham after the attack, will be sentenced next month . John McGuinness QC, prosecuting, said: ‘While these two young people were passing time together that evening, talking, chatting, drinking, they were set upon by a group of men - probably a group of five young men. ‘Two of the group were the Chowdhury brothers. ‘There is no eyewitness who saw Ibrahim Ghrib go into the water, not even Seema Uddin. ‘Nevertheless, it is the case for the prosecution that his death was not an accident.’ Mr Gharib was found floating in the water at around 9.30pm. He had bruises on his right cheek and right elbow and tests showed he was two and a half times over the drink drive limit. A post mortem examination revealed he had drowned in the 30ft-deep water. Detectives found Amran Chowdhury's mobile phone in a nearby street, and although he admitted being there that night, he denied any involvement in the attack. He had spent the night in a local hotel before Rai drove him to Birmingham. Misba Chowdhury told police he spent the whole evening looking after his parents at the home he shared with his family, not far from the reservoir. The brothers, both of Ilford, Essex, had both denied manslaughter and the alternative charge of affray, while Rai, of Queensway, Birmingham, denied perverting the course of justice. Detective Constable Darrell Etchells, the investigating officer from the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: ‘Today’s convictions mark the end of a long and extensive investigation to bring to justice those responsible for Ibrahim’s death. ‘No motive has ever been discovered for the attack but I hope Ibrahim’s family can find some peace in the fact that the jury are satisfied the Chowdhury brothers were responsible for his death.’

Brothers Amran and Misba Chowdhury convicted of killing Ibrahim Gharib . Victim was cousin of actress and Strictly Come Dancing star Laila Rouass . 20-year-old's body was pulled from the Shadwell Basin in east London . He and his girlfriend had been attacked in March 2010, Old Bailey told .

e7db60e282dd5e4a03f7c50c2214b8e605c6601f

(WIRED) -- Finally, the Windows Phone 7 operating system is starting to catch up. Microsoft's web-based Windows Phone Marketplace went live Tuesday, years after competitors Apple and Google launched their own. The app store launch is in conjunction with the rollout of Microsoft's latest iteration of the Windows Phone 7 operating system (Mango). The version 7.5 update will roll out to existing Windows Phone owners slowly to ensure there are no issues for users, according to the company. Mango adds over 500 tweaks and features to the Windows Phone 7 platform. The Windows Phone Marketplace web portal launches with over 30,000 apps in tow, an admirable enough number (though still far behind its competitors). Apps are organized into one of 16 categories, and on the main page you can also browse by featured, free, top or new. Games are a separate tab from apps, and they're organized into one of 14 different categories. On an app or game page, you've got what you've come to expect from a web-based app market: the app icon, price, a rating, description, screenshots and reviews. After purchasing an app from the web store, you can choose to receive it on your Windows Phone hardware via e-mail or text message. The update to Mango is free and completely optional, but we got a chance to check it out ahead of time and honestly, there's little reason not to upgrade. In particular, the OS adds some seriously cool social media integration to your contacts list, which is referred to as the People Hub. It also adds Wi-Fi sharing abilities and a Yelp-like built-in app called Local Scout to the homescreen. If you're a Samsung Focus, Dell Venue Pro or other Windows Phone 7 owner, you'll receive an alert delivered OTA to your device when the update is prepped and ready to download. To check the status of your potential update, you can visit the "Where's My Update" site, which is available starting today. You do, however, need PC or Mac connector software to install the update, but they're available for free online (details are available on the Windows Phone Blog). A number of Windows Phone Mango-specific devices will also be released later this fall. Subscribe to WIRED magazine for less than $1 an issue and get a FREE GIFT! Click here! Copyright 2011 Wired.com.

Microsoft's web-based Windows Phone Marketplace goes live years after competitors' Version 7.5 update will roll out to existing Windows Phone owners slowly . Portal launches with over 30,000 apps in tow, an admirable enough number .

310fdee10f808d5e659106df18cbaa2311c15fc7

Jeremy Clarkson has suggested that racism might solve lengthy queues at Heathrow . Jeremy Clarkson sparked controversy by suggesting that long queues at airport control could be solved by 'a bit of racism'. The BBC Top Gear presenter said that delays were caused because immigration officials could no longer use their discretion to wave certain passengers through. 'Nobody is waved through any more. Immigration officials are not allowed to use their discretion,' he said. 'Common sense has been erased from the system. And the result is plain for all to see. There's a two-hour wait. And come the Olympics they're saying that time frame will double. 'Net result: Immigration officials have to assume that the nice family of four coming back from their holiday in Sardinia is going to cheat the social out of millions then blow up during the 100 metres final.' Clarkson then went on to say there is a possible solution to the problem. 'Nobody likes a racist. Nobody likes prejudice. It has no place at work, at play or on the terraces of a football stadium. It has no place at school, or in government. 'But at Heathrow airport? Hmmm.' However, a spokesman for the Public and Commercial Services Union, which represents Border Force workers, said: 'Clarkson is an idiot.' Meanwhile, some Twitter users took to the social networking site to express their views. David Vance, editor of A Tangled Web, said: 'Jeremy Clarkson does not "risk outrage". He courts it.' While others called for the presenter to finally be sacked from the BBC. User Waqar Ahmed said: 'The BBC should sack Clarkson just too many slip ups from a nasty piece of work!!' (sic). But some said they agreed with his views. A woman known only as Alice said: 'Jeremy clarkson (sic) has summed up what will go wrong this summer. GO JEREMY! He is brilliant.' Clarkson used his weekly column in The Sun to highlight the problem of long waits for those coming through border control at Heathrow airport. He said that since security checks were tightened by Home Secretary Theresa May, officials have been prevented from only targeting those deemed 'high risk'. Clarkson, who is no stranger to . controversy and has become known for his provocative comments, hit the . headlines in December after he suggested that striking public sector . workers should be shot in front of their families. The gaffe came when he appeared on the BBC's The One Show during Britain's biggest public sector strike for the past 30 years. For years border officials feebly admitted thousands of people with tenuous claims to be refugees . Clarkson has said that immigration officials are not allowed to use common sense at airports . The BBC was also forced to apologise about an item on BBC2's Top Gear which led to the Mexican ambassador complaining about the 'outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults' made about Mexicans by Clarkson and his co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond. In February 2009 Clarkson famously insulted then-prime minister Gordon Brown by calling him a 'one-eyed Scottish idiot' - a reference to the fact he is blind in one eye. The previous year the BBC also received nearly 2,000 complaints when Clarkson joked about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes. Controversial: Jeremy Clarkson calls form striking public sector workers to be shot on BBC 1's The One Show . Reaction: Presenters Matt Baker and Alex Jones react to the remarks .

Lack of discretion by officials angers BBC presenter who says 'nice family returning from Sardinia' should be waved through immigration controls .

8159c64c95b98fe5d1bb46a61e8001061728a71a

Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Lisa Alexander woke up early on February 18, the same way she does every morning. "My alarm usually goes off at 4:30, 4:45," she said. "I lay in the bed and kind of plan out my day." She had no idea that her life was about to be targeted by a man with a vendetta against the government. She got up, woke up her son and headed to work at the IRS offices in Austin. "The first thing I do is get in, organize my desk and wipe it down ... fire up my computer and tell everybody good morning," Alexander said. "Before I know it, the building kind of went to the left and came back ... "I thought it was an earthquake." It wasn't. Just a few minutes before 10 a.m., a single-engine Piper Cherokee PA-28 crashed into the multistory building where Alexander worked. "It was like an explosion," she said. "The windows started breaking out and the tiles started falling from the ceiling, and then it was dark." Alexander said she went to check on her co-workers, and they headed for the nearest door. "As we open the door, this 'poof' sound comes in as if it were a flame or something behind it," she said. "So we immediately shut the door and we smelled that smell, it was probably jet fuel." They closed the door and stood there, trying to figure out how to escape. "The first thing that crossed my mind is I'm not going to see my son anymore," Alexander said. A few blocks away, Robin DeHaven was driving his truck on his way to install windows when he spotted something strange in the sky. "I looked on the horizon and I just saw a little dot and ... I'm staring at it like, 'What is this? It doesn't look like a bird or anything.' " DeHaven said. "And I realized it was a plane." Realizing there was no airport around for miles, he figured the pilot must be having problems. "When I saw it disappear, within seconds I saw a big plume of black smoke," he said. "I exited the highway, and I saw that all this smoke was coming from this building. All I saw was all the shattered glass and all the smoke coming out, and I thought, 'Oh jeez, he hit a building.' " Authorities say they believe the pilot, Joe Stack, had ripped seats out of the small plane and put in a drum of fuel to cause maximum damage. Stack allegedly set fire to his $230,000 home in Austin before embarking on his fatal flight. Read Stack's apparent suicide note (PDF) Investigators believe Stack targeted the building because it housed IRS offices. A 3,000-word message on a Web site registered to Stack railed against the government, particularly the IRS. Alexander didn't have time to think about what had happened, or why someone had crashed a plane into her office building. "We were all screaming for help," she said. "By that time, the smoke was getting real bad. I kind of crouched down on the floor trying to get some air from under there. "And [I was thinking] I'm going to have to jump because it's getting worse in here." The next thing she knew, she saw what she thought was "an angel from heaven." Alexander and the others survived. But the attack killed one of their co-workers, longtime IRS employee Vernon Hunter. He was 68. Alexander said she had a lot of memories of Hunter, whom she worked with before her job at the IRS. "He'd do anything for you," she said. She questioned why he, of all people, had to die. But she said the tragedy actually made her faith in God stronger. "I've been raised all my life to go to church and believe in God, and it's like, you know, maybe it's time for me to start believing," Alexander said. "And that's when it came to light that this was my test. "I've really lived a good life. I've never come so close to death. I've had family members die, and it was a little different. But when it faces you, it's a different feeling." CNN's Brian Rokus and Tricia Escobedo contributed to this report.

Lisa Alexander is an IRS revenue officer in Austin, Texas . She was one of nearly 200 employees in IRS offices when a plane struck the building . Authorities say Joe Stack, angry at the government, flew his plane into the multistory building .

c670738fc4224fbb64d07c81c038d07981e2cadb

Two daredevil climbers who've dedicated their lives to scaling some of the world's tallest and most iconic buildings without safety harnesses have revealed their latest exploits and shared what drives them and their biggest fears to MailOnline. Vitaliy Raskalov, 22, and Vadim Makhorov, 25, climbed to death-defying and dizzying heights to take these vertigo-inducing pictures from the tips of skyscrapers looking down on Hong Kong and nearby Shenzhen last month. Having eluded an official ban from China following their last trip when they filmed themselves scaling the 2,132ft (650 metre)-high, under-construction Shanghai Tower, the world-famous pair returned lured back by the dramatic skylines. Raskalov told MailOnline: 'I'd rather die falling from a great height than fall from a building four stories high and end up alive and crippled. That's the biggest fear'. Scroll down for video . Don't look down! Vitaliy Raskalov, 22, and Vadim Makhorov, 25, have shown off their latest free climbing exploits with pictures from a return trip to China following an attempted travel ban by the authorities. Seen here on the Ibis Hotel, Hong Kong . Rush: The team have climbed some of the world's tallest and most iconic buildings, documenting their conquests as they go. Seen here at the summit of one of two spirals at the top of the 1,259ft (384-metre)-tall Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen . Subterfuge: The pair often elude security to gain access to the roofs of buildings which they climb without harnesses to take their stomach-churning pictures like this shot from a spiral on the Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen . The adrenalin-junkies from Ukraine and Russia, who both use pseudonyms, met in St Petersburg when they bumped into each other while climbing a suspension bridge. The duo have since taken to the rooftops of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, Cologne's Cathedral, and the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame in Paris. They have also conquered Giza's pyramids and some of Dubai's newest skyscrapers. Last February the pair made headlines by scaling the 2,132ft (650 metre)-high, under-construction Shanghai Tower in China, filming a jaw-dropping video of the climb. And when the video went live, the Chinese authorities said the climbers would be banned from ever returning to the country. But their pseudonyms allowed them to slip through the net and for this latest China trip the pair went to the Southeastern city of Shenzhen last month and climbed the 2,165ft (660-metre)-high, 110-story Ping An Finance Centre, which is still under construction. 'We went upstairs disguised as local workers,' Mr Raskalov told MailOnline. 'We got 610 metres [2,001ft] high then security guards stopped us. At first they were very angry and only spoke in Chinese so we couldn't really talk. But they recognised us and managed to say, "You've been on Shanghai Tower!" They must have seen our previous video.' Exploits: The duo, who use pseudonyms to avoid identification and travel bans, can now add the iconic Bank of China building in Hong Kong as one of their many conquests around the world . Gulp: They often dress in suits and ties disguised as workers to gain access to the top floors before scaling the outsides of tower blocks . Dizzying: Photos taken from the top of skyscrapers looking down on the streets below are posted on Instagram to more than 150,000 followers . Breathtaking: These dazzling pictures were taken from Mong Kok in Hong Kong. The area holds the world record for the highest population density, with 340,000 people per square mile . Mr Raskalov added: 'Soon after that we started laughing with them and managed strike up a chat about girls and other stuff and they must have thought, "These are some cool guys". Eventually they let us leave and didn't even try to check our passports.' The pair also got stunning pictures from the 1,259ft (384-metre)-high Shun Hing Square building, Shenzhen's second tallest skyscraper. They then headed to Hong Kong - Mr Raskalov's favourite climbing destination. 'We got into the Bank of China Tower but we were unsuccessful in getting on the roof,' he said. Standing 1,204ft (367 metres) tall and boasting 72 floors, the tower is one of the most recognisable skyscrapers in Hong Kong. On top of the world: Vitaliy surveys the view in Mong Kok in Hong Kong on his 22nd birthday. The Russian former officer worker has been travelling the world scaling buildings with Vadim, 25, since 2013 . Teetering: A woman dangles her legs dangerously over the streets of Hong Kong while the traffic bustles below . Bright lights: A woman is silhouetted against a backdrop of Hong Kong at night as she perches on the corner of a tower block . 'We went there dressed in suits and ties and asked for a pass for the 56th floor from reception,' said Mr Raskalov. 'They saw we were well-dressed and just gave us the passes. But there were security guards on the roof so we couldn't make it all the way up.' On their first trip to China last year they slept 2,132ft (650 metres) up on Shanghai Tower for 12 hours waiting for pollution to clear but had no problems with security. 'When I woke up on the tower I felt like I was in an aeroplane, behind the clouds,' Mr Raskalov said. 'And we didn't have one problem with security. It was the Chinese New Year holiday so there was almost nobody there.' After the Shanghai Tower video went live the Chinese government slapped a ban on the climbers which they evaded easily. 'They said they tried to report us to the Russian government but I think it was just something to tell the newspapers,' Mr Raskalov said. 'I don't think they really did it. When we came in again through customs the other week we had no problems at all. We weren't even nervous.' Look, one hand! Vitaliy and Vadim's conquests have seen them climb to almost 2, 300ft (701 metres) on top of some of the world's highest buildings . Scale: The 1,259ft (384-metre)-tall Shun Hing Square skyscraper, left, and the Ping An International Finance Centre, right, which is still under construction, have both been scaled by the fearless climbers . Mr Raskalov claims that he has never been close to falling or feared for his life during a climb and has no qualms about continuing to travel the world in search of new skyscraper thrills. In fact, he says that the higher up he climbs, the less fear he feels. 'I'd rather die falling from a great height than fall from a building four stories high and end up alive and crippled. That's the biggest fear,' he said. 'Every day in Moscow, maybe six times a day, I feel like I'm going to die when I'm driving around on my motorcycle. People are crazy there. Driving in Moscow is far more dangerous than climbing a skyscraper.' Mr Raskalov is now taking a break from skyscraper climbing in Thailand, before heading to Germany to prepare for an exhibition of On The Roofs photography at Munich's Colab Gallery. This summer the pair hope to travel to South America for more high-octane climbs and to compile a documentary about themselves and other urban explorers around the world. Oh la la! Mr Raskalov gets a view of the Eiffel Tower that few tourists in Paris get from a nearby rooftop. The pair try to capture every thrill-seeking moment on camera . Cool, calm and collected: Mr Raskalov chats on his mobile phone while sitting on a ledge of a skyscraper in the Spanish town of Benidorm . In their time climbing buildings around the world they have got into numerous scrapes with local authorities and private security. Mr Raskalov said: 'The worst one I had was in Chicago. Police caught us and wanted to put us in jail for six months for trespassing. We didn’t go on the roof top, we just went on the highest stairs. 'The police caught us and after that told us the car was coming to take us to jail, where we’d be for maybe three or six months. And they said "You will pay a very big penalty". But security helped us – they said we were nice people and maybe we could make a deal. Then the police just gave us a penalty of $25.' He added: 'Maybe we’re very lucky. I know a lot of cases where people climb on bridges or roof tops and end up in jail - especially people who climb on construction buildings in New York. Even if security or police don't catch them on a construction building or bridge, after they post in Instagram or Facebook they track them down. They come round your house in a few months and put you in jail. New York is the most strict place in the world for any exploration. That’s why we haven't done it yet.'

Travelling climbers Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov reveal latest pictures to MailOnline . Russian and Ukranian duo elude travel bans and security to scale dizzying heights around the world . Raskalov: 'I'd rather die falling from a great height than fall from a building four stories high and end up crippled' Pair have taken on rooftops around the world without safety ropes or harnesses . Using pseudonyms to avoid detection they post pictures of their conquests to tens of thousands on Instagram .

47dc7f1525f2c9b117ebda18af466056c8fdbb71

Spending Christmas on a Caribbean island is not without its problems, it seems. Take, for instance, the example of one British family who mid-way through preparing their festive feast, realised they had forgotten to pack the all-important cranberry sauce. Thankfully, after scouring the island in vain to try and find somewhere that sold the condiment, they were able to call on the services of a VIP courier service who immediately dispatched a jar of the sauce from London in time for their Christmas day dinner. London-based courier company First Luggage delivered a jar of cranberry sauce to the Caribbean after a family who were spending Christmas Day on an island forgot to pack their favourite condiment . It is just one example of the unusual assignments undertaken by First Luggage – a London-based delivery company that prides itself on being able to transport luggage to its clients in the world’s most unlikely destinations. From delivering supplies to Mount Everest and football paraphernalia to President Obama in the White House, to sending BBC camera equipment to the remotest parts of Italy, First Luggage say they manage a range of weird and wonderful requests on a daily basis. Each week, the door-to-door company delivers hundreds of holidaymakers’ bags to destinations around the world. Sports personalities, celebrities and VIPs are also among those who rely on their services. One of the biggest items they were asked to deliver was a circus big top from the UK to Angola in Africa . Celebrating its 10th year in business, First Luggage is now lifting the lid on some of its more unusual deliveries. Following extensive UK floods in early 2014, two Surrey newlyweds were left without their suitcase which had been lost underwater. After being rushed to the airport by boat, local police retrieved the case after it was seen floating past the police station. When the couple were informed, they immediately contacted First Luggage, who, with permission from the couple, dried out the contents, including a wedding dress, and then delivered it to them on their honeymoon. Supplies and climbing equipment were also shipped to Everest base camp in 2013, where two British climbers were attempting to scale the summit of the world’s highest mountain . First Luggage came to the rescue when the BBC team needed camera equipment sent to one of the remotest parts of Tuscany in Italy, to film a recent series of the MasterChef . The company once sent a showerproof prosthetic leg sent from the UK to Canada, while one of the biggest items they were asked to deliver was a circus big top from UK to Angola. First Luggage came to the rescue when the BBC team needed camera equipment sent to one of the remotest parts of Tuscany in Italy, to film a recent series of the MasterChef, and the firm even couriered a large collection of sex toys from the US to southern France. 1. Supplies to Mt Everest: In spring 2013, First Luggage was called upon to deliver equipment for a British expedition to Everest in Kathmandu. The two British climbers were aiming for the summit . 2. Soaking Suitcases: Following extensive UK floods in early 2014, two Surrey newlyweds were left without their honeymoon suitcase as they were rescued by boat before rushing to the airport. Local police retrieved the case as it floated past their station and the couple contacted First Luggage, who, with their permission, dried out the contents, including a wedding dress and other keepsakes, then delivered it to them on their honeymoon . 3. Football gifts for the White House: Following the World Cup 2014, First Luggage arranged for the shipment of four Premiership Club football shirts to be sent as a gift to President Obama at the White House in Washington . 4. A large collection of sex toys: These were shipped from US to southern France. 5. A showerproof prosthetic leg – sent from UK to Canada. 6. Circus Big Top: One of the largest items ever shipped by First Luggage was a circus big top from UK to Angola in Africa. 7. Valuable Build: Worth £100,000 each, a shipment of two marble pillars for a house in Saudi Arabia came in as one of First Luggage’s most valuable deliveries . 8. MasterChef’s Aid: First Luggage came to the rescue when the BBC team needed their camera equipment sending to one of the remotest parts of Tuscany in Italy, to film a recent series of the show. 9. Celebrity Bow Tie - one unfortunate Hollywood actor attending a gala in New York, left his favourite custom-made bow tie in London but was rescued by First Luggage who delivered the garment to the Big Apple in less than 24 hours . 10. Sauce for the Christmas Turkey: One family preparing their turkey while on holiday in the Caribbean realising they’d forgotten to bring cranberry sauce. It was not available on the island so First Luggage shipped a jar which arrived just in time for dinner. Supplies and climbing equipment were also shipped to Everest base camp in 2013, where two British climbers were attempting to scale the summit of the world’s highest mountain. Following the 2014 World Cup, First Luggage arranged for the shipment of four Premiership Club football shirts to be sent as a gift to President Obama at the White House in Washington. The company once sent a showerproof prosthetic leg sent from the UK to Canada . Following the 2014 World Cup, First Luggage arranged for the shipment of four Premiership Club football shirts to be sent as a gift to President Obama at the White House in Washington . One Hollywood actor attending a gala in New York contacted the company after leaving his favourite custom-made bow tie in London. First Luggage claim the garment was delivered to the Big Apple in less than 24 hours. A shipment of two marble pillars destined for a house in Saudi Arabia and costing a total of £100,000, were among the firm’s most valuable deliveries. CEO and Founder of the company Gideon Kasfiner said: ‘We’ve encountered some challenging and unusual requests in our ten years of operation. But our team are very professional and treat every request with the utmost discretion; whether it’s a golfer or skier sending their kit on holiday or a high-profile celebrity making rather more exacting demands.’ First Luggage prides itself on being able to transport luggage to its clients in the most unlikely destinations .

London-based First Luggage was asked to deliver prosthetic leg to Canada . Even sent BBC camera equipment to film an episode of MasterChef . Sports personalities, and celebrities among those who rely on their services .

ce2ef94905f4dbc3af2aaa18917bb93d5963441f

Upturn: Ryanair has revealed a 32% rise in profits a year after its boss Michael O'Leary promised to stop 'p****** off' passengers . Ryanair's profits have soared by 32 per cent as its loud-mouth boss Michael O'Leary admitted: 'Being nice to our customers is a new and winning strategy'. Charging an average of five per cent more for tickets and getting more people on planes also helped push profits to £621million for the six months to the end of September. Ryanair now expects its annual profits of up to £602million, a rise of 18 per cent on a previous estimate . The good news could mean the end of O'Leary's series of extreme schemes to squeeze more money out of passengers, including demanding up to £5 to use the toilet and vertical seats to get more people on board. He said today: 'Being nice to our customers is a new and winning strategy for me and Ryanair. Our service left something to be desired 12 months ago. 'It's a new-found experience I must admit for me, but if it works this well I wish I'd been nicer to our customers much earlier. It's better late than never'. Passengers today described his change of heart as the 'slowest penny drop in history'. Earlier this year, after two profits warnings, Mr O'Leary's promised that the company would 'stop unnecessarily p****** people off' and treating customers 'like the enemy'. O'Leary agreed to partially end the scramble to get on his planes by offering allocated seating for almost £5, relax the airline's draconian baggage allowance rules and a 'sophisticated' business service. It also vowed to cut average fares by up to 10 per cent as part of a bid to fly an additional five million passengers over the winter period. Upward part: Ryanair says profits up because of a new 'touchy feely' attitude to customers and also higher average fares and more people on board . The Dublin-based carrier believes there are 'many opportunities' open to it, such as competing more vigorously at primary airports and in attracting business traffic which tends to travel more during the winter period. Ryanair said average fares will fall by between three per cent and five per cent in the current quarter before an aggressive promotional drive will cut fares by between six per cent and 10 per cent in the new year. As a result, the airline expects to carry 89 million customers in the year to March 31, a rise of 9 per cent on a year earlier and the second such upgrade since September. Average fares will be up by 1 per cent to 47 euros (£36.76) across the year as a result of higher prices over the Easter period. The profits boost came after Ryanair had to give a unprecedented two profits warnings in the past 12 months. Michael O'Leary said to turn them around he would end the airline's 'over-abrupt', 'go to hell' culture. In 2012 he launched an extraordinary rant against his own customers – branding those who object to paying a penalty for failing to print their own boarding cards as ‘idiots’ who should ‘b***** off’. Her said passengers who arrive for flights without a pass are ‘stupid’ and it is right they are charged £60 a time to have one printed at the check-in desk because it is their ‘f*** up’. Outspoken: Mr O'Leary, who has gained areputation as a corporate loudmouth, has been the face of Ryanair foralmost 20 years. He has seen it through two decades of extraordinarygrowth . Pay-per-pee . In 2009, Mr O’Leary announced that passengers could be asked to pay as much as a pound to use the bathroom during a flight. 'We’re thinking of putting a coin slot on the toilet so people may have to spend a pound to spend a penny.' When asked if he would charge more than a pound, he replied: 'If someone wanted to pay £5 to go to the toilet I would carry them myself. I would wipe their bums for a fiver.'Vertical seats . A year later, the controversial tycoon asked customers whether they would think of vertical seats, akin to bar stools with seatbelts. His theory was that by removing 10 rows of seats and replacing them with 15 rows of vertical seats, flights could carry 30 per cent more passengers and slash costs by 20 per cent. Who needs co-pilots? Mr O'Leary once remarked that co-pilots were only there to 'make sure the first fella doesn’t fall asleep and knock over one of the computer controls'. He said aviation authorities should axe the 'unnecessary' position and instead train a member of cabin crew to act as 'back-up' should anything happen to the pilot mid-flight. Mr O'Leary, who has gained a reputation as a corporate loudmouth, has been the face of Ryanair for almost 20 years. But in the past 12 months, under pressure over customer service, he has said he wants to change his ways. Last autumn a charm offensive backfired when the outspoken tycoon was bombarded on Twitter after agreeing to host a question-and-answer session from customers. He posted a picture of himself on the social networking site dressed as a leprechaun before fielding tweets. Many customers told Mr O'Leary what an 'a***hole' they thought he was - with user Andrew Riddell asking him: 'Have you by any chance just hired British Gas's former head of publicity you Plum'. The Ryanair boss replied: 'Hey, don't call me plum. Pudding would be more accurate!', before later admitting: 'I'm an a***hole. But they still love me.' Ryanair remains one of the worst brands in the world by customers, second only to insurance company AXA. Despite recent efforts to transform its reputation, the budget airline was one of the worst-performing brands overall in Siegel+Gale's 2014 simplicity index. In a survey of over 12,000 customers in eight countries, Ryanair was named the second worst-ranked brand, based on ease of customer use of a company's products, services, interactions and communications.

Ryanair's profits for the six months to September up 32% to £621million . Comes after they brought in allocated seating and relaxed baggage policy . Michael O'Leary admits he wishes he'd been 'nicer earlier' to customers . 'Being nice to customers is a winning strategy for me and Ryanair', he said . But airline managed to charge 5% more on average for seats, figures reveal . Airline voted the second worst brand in the world for customer service . O'Leary once called customers 'idiots' for failing to print own boarding cards .

c0f6ecdda284ef6fa12386db043c53af1bb340ea