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US military hopes to learn from victim of chimp attack | BOSTON (AP) — Charla Nash never served in the military. She was horribly disfigured, not in combat, but in a 2009 attack by a rampaging chimpanzee. The Pentagon, though, is watching her recovery closely.
The U.S. military paid for Nash’s full face transplant in 2011, as well as face transplants for a small group of other civilians. The agency is also underwriting Nash’s follow-up treatment at a combined cost estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hope that some of the things it learns can help young, seriously disfigured soldiers returning from war.
In the coming weeks, for example, Nash will take part in a military-funded experiment in which doctors at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital will try to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she has been taking since the transplant.
Nash jokes about sometimes feeling like a science project. But the 61-year-old daughter of an Air Force veteran said she gets real satisfaction out of letting the doctors use her for research, and she sees it as an opportunity to help wounded soldiers and “do something good out of all of this bad.”
“They asked me, could they? I said, ‘Yeah, I’d be thrilled to help out in any way I could,’” said Nash, a former Connecticut resident who now lives on her own in Boston with the help of part-time aides.
Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands when she was mauled by her employer’s 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut. Doctors also had to remove her eyes because of a disease transmitted by the chimp.
She later received new facial features taken from a dead woman. She also underwent a double hand transplant, but it failed when her body rejected the tissue.
Now blind, Nash spends most of her days listening to AM radio and books on tape — lately, “War and Peace” — in her modest, second-story apartment. She also exercises a couple of days a week with a trainer at a gym to build her strength and stay healthy. A GoFundMe account is being set up to help raise money for prosthetic hands, which would not be covered by the Department of Defense.
Her life today is a stark contrast to her younger years, when she was a barrel racer on the rodeo circuit from the 1970s through the mid-1990s. Over the years, she also did some horse-jumping, worked on a farm and manned a computer help desk. She was working as a dispatcher for a towing company at the time of the attack.
About every six weeks, Nash undergoes lab tests for the military at Brigham and Women’s. She is also subjected to MRIs and CT scans to determine how well her brain is sending signals to her new face. In addition, doctors examine how well the arteries are delivering blood to the transplant.
The military is also interested in such things as any scarring around the mouth and how well her eyelids work.
“It makes sense for us to look at the civilian community and the experiences that are gained through the involvement of non-uniformed people to assess if this is a good solution for the military,” said Dr. Brian Pfister, a portfolio manager for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine research program.
About 35 full or partial face transplants have been performed worldwide since the first one was done in France in 2005. The Defense Department estimates 560 soldiers have suffered severe facial wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of those, about 50 or 60 might be candidates for a face transplant, Pfister said.
The Pentagon is providing grants to 14 medical facilities across the U.S. through its hand and face transplantation program. The face and the extremities are the two most frequently injured parts of the body in war.
The new experiment, involving the suspension of anti-rejection drugs, will eventually include other patients, and its findings could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people, military and civilian alike, doctors said.
The immunosuppression drugs that transplant patients are typically given for the rest of their lives carry such risks as cancer, viral infections and kidney damage. Because of those dangers, many transplants of non-vital body parts, such as thumbs, are not considered worth doing.
But that could change if the drugs don’t have to be a lifelong commitment.
“Suddenly, it’s not as crazy to think about transplanting individual fingers or an ear,” said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, who led Nash’s transplant surgery team.
Nash will be switched to a different substance, Interleukin-2, which is normally used to treat skin and kidney cancers. The hope is that it will promote growth of good cells that protect the transplant while attacking those that want to reject it.
Pomahac said Nash is doing “remarkably well” and has experienced very few rejection episodes, making her a good candidate for the experiment.
“I think there’s an overarching purpose in her life. She really wants to help in whatever way she can,” he said. “She’s very much a forward-looking woman.” | {
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"BOSTON (AP) — Charla Nash never served in the military. She was horribly disfigured, not in combat, but in a 2009 attack by a rampaging chimpanzee. The Pentagon, though, is watching her recovery closely.",
"The U.S. military paid for Nash’s full face transplant in 2011, as well as face transplants for a small group of other civilians. The agency is also underwriting Nash’s follow-up treatment at a combined cost estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in the hope that some of the things it learns can help young, seriously disfigured soldiers returning from war.",
"In the coming weeks, for example, Nash will take part in a military-funded experiment in which doctors at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital will try to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she has been taking since the transplant.",
"Nash jokes about sometimes feeling like a science project. But the 61-year-old daughter of an Air Force veteran said she gets real satisfaction out of letting the doctors use her for research, and she sees it as an opportunity to help wounded soldiers and “do something good out of all of this bad.”",
"“They asked me, could they? I said, ‘Yeah, I’d be thrilled to help out in any way I could,’” said Nash, a former Connecticut resident who now lives on her own in Boston with the help of part-time aides.",
"Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands when she was mauled by her employer’s 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut. Doctors also had to remove her eyes because of a disease transmitted by the chimp.",
"She later received new facial features taken from a dead woman. She also underwent a double hand transplant, but it failed when her body rejected the tissue.",
"Now blind, Nash spends most of her days listening to AM radio and books on tape — lately, “War and Peace” — in her modest, second-story apartment. She also exercises a couple of days a week with a trainer at a gym to build her strength and stay healthy. A GoFundMe account is being set up to help raise money for prosthetic hands, which would not be covered by the Department of Defense.",
"Her life today is a stark contrast to her younger years, when she was a barrel racer on the rodeo circuit from the 1970s through the mid-1990s. Over the years, she also did some horse-jumping, worked on a farm and manned a computer help desk. She was working as a dispatcher for a towing company at the time of the attack.",
"About every six weeks, Nash undergoes lab tests for the military at Brigham and Women’s. She is also subjected to MRIs and CT scans to determine how well her brain is sending signals to her new face. In addition, doctors examine how well the arteries are delivering blood to the transplant.",
"The military is also interested in such things as any scarring around the mouth and how well her eyelids work.",
"“It makes sense for us to look at the civilian community and the experiences that are gained through the involvement of non-uniformed people to assess if this is a good solution for the military,” said Dr. Brian Pfister, a portfolio manager for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine research program.",
"About 35 full or partial face transplants have been performed worldwide since the first one was done in France in 2005. The Defense Department estimates 560 soldiers have suffered severe facial wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of those, about 50 or 60 might be candidates for a face transplant, Pfister said.",
"The Pentagon is providing grants to 14 medical facilities across the U.S. through its hand and face transplantation program. The face and the extremities are the two most frequently injured parts of the body in war.",
"The new experiment, involving the suspension of anti-rejection drugs, will eventually include other patients, and its findings could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people, military and civilian alike, doctors said.",
"The immunosuppression drugs that transplant patients are typically given for the rest of their lives carry such risks as cancer, viral infections and kidney damage. Because of those dangers, many transplants of non-vital body parts, such as thumbs, are not considered worth doing.",
"But that could change if the drugs don’t have to be a lifelong commitment.",
"“Suddenly, it’s not as crazy to think about transplanting individual fingers or an ear,” said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, who led Nash’s transplant surgery team.",
"Nash will be switched to a different substance, Interleukin-2, which is normally used to treat skin and kidney cancers. The hope is that it will promote growth of good cells that protect the transplant while attacking those that want to reject it.",
"Pomahac said Nash is doing “remarkably well” and has experienced very few rejection episodes, making her a good candidate for the experiment.",
"“I think there’s an overarching purpose in her life. She really wants to help in whatever way she can,” he said. “She’s very much a forward-looking woman.”"
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"SUSAN HAIGH"
] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-10 19:06:22+00:00 | true |
Family of Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann return home | The tearful family of suspected Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann has returned home to Long Island nearly two weeks after he was first arrested.
Asa Ellerup and her two children, Victoria, 26, and Christopher, 32, looked solemn as they arrived back at the torn-up property at 10.30am on Thursday, with their family dog.
The family was last seen crossing a Best Buy parking lot after Asa filed for divorce from the suspected murderer.
Suffolk County detectives accompanied them back into their home and were seen leaving less than an hour later.
Asa clutched a black handbag as she entered the home for the first time since Heuermann's arrest, with her daughter carrying a blue water bottle, bag and notebook.
Christopher became emotional as he sat on a bench outside the property in Massapequa Park with his mother, who looked overwhelmed.
He walked outside the home to take the pooch outside before re-entering the property in Massapequa Park. Multiple cats were removed from the property in their absence.
Heuermann, 59, had lived in the property with his wife, stepson, and daughter for more than a decade after buying the home from his mother in 1994.
His wife was at the property when authorities raided it on July 14, with her lawyer saying the family had been 'blindsided' by the murder charges.
Robert Macedonio said: 'Obviously this has been a shocking time for them and a pretty difficult time to comprehend.
'As with any family, it's extremely upsetting and they're totally shocked and caught off guard. The family doesn't want to make any further comment than that.'
He added that police seized the family's passports, computers, phones and iPads as part of the investigation.
Cops finally finished scouring the property for evidence, after digging up the backyard of the property and used ground-penetrating radar to search for any disturbances.
Authorities spent 12 days removing possible evidence from the property, after discovering a soundproof room under the home.
Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said cops had found a 'tremendous amount of information' during the search, which included cadaver dogs.
They removed 297 guns from the vault, and warned that authorities have to a 'massive amount of material' to catalogue and analyze which would take some time.
Heuermann was arrested on July 13 outside of his property in Midtown Manhattan and charged with the deaths of sex workers Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello.
Officials say that he is the main suspect in the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who was discovered on Gilgo beach in 2010, and anticipate charging him with her killing.
The architect pleaded not guilty to killing the three women, and is next due to appear in court on August 1.
He is also being investigated for the murders of six others whose bodies were found in Gilgo Beach in 2011.
Sources claim that some of the victims may have been killed in the architects home, but law enforcement say they are unable to confirm if this is the case.
Heuermann is accused of killing the women while his family was out of town, with investigators finding his hair and his wife's on the bodies of some of the alleged victims.
He is accused of killing them, before posing them in a specific way and wrapping them in burlap bags which were later found at Gilgo Beach.
Since his bombshell arrest in Manhattan, the once quiet block where the married father lived, has become the scene of a media circus and a popular destination for crime junkies.
Dozens of people from all parts of Long Island and further abroad have been seen stopping to catch a glimpse of the active crime scene, as forensic teams comb the Massapequa Park home for evidence.
But locals say the influx of visitors has made their lives hell, and they're fearful of how much worse it'll get when police conclude their investigation at the property this week.
Mayor Daniel Pearl confirmed that they are looking into purchasing the First avenue home, and would possibly demolish it to discourage ghouls from seeking souvenir photos, or stealing items to sell.
Officers are stationed around the property at all hours to ward off unwanted visitors and property is also under 24-hour video surveillance. Anyone found ogling the home will be issued a $150 summons.
Detectives are now looking into unsolved murders across the country to see if they are linked to Heuermann.
Cops are probing whether he operated in the Atlantic City area, and have been interviewing jailed sex workers who interacted with him.
The investigation now covers four states - Heuermann owns a time-share in Las Vegas and a property in South Carolina - and police are investigating if he could be connected to any unsolved killings there.
Officers executed search warrants at his home in Chester, South Carolina, and recovered a green Chevrolet Avalanche truck they believe is connected to the suspect and one of the murders and transported it back to New York.
Cops in Rock Hill, just 20 miles from where Heuermann bought the wild 18-acre plot of land, where his brother lives, confirmed they are looking anew at the case of Aaliyah Bell Hall who went missing in 2014.
Investigators revealed that they moved to arrest Heuermann over fears that the suspected murderer could strike again.
Cops had Heuermann under surveillance since last year, and had planned to continue to follow him as they built their case.
They decided to make the arrest in the interest of 'public safety,' Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. | {
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"The family was last seen crossing a Best Buy parking lot after Asa filed for divorce from the suspected murderer.",
"Suffolk County detectives accompanied them back into their home and were seen leaving less than an hour later.",
"Asa clutched a black handbag as she entered the home for the first time since Heuermann's arrest, with her daughter carrying a blue water bottle, bag and notebook.",
"Christopher became emotional as he sat on a bench outside the property in Massapequa Park with his mother, who looked overwhelmed.",
"He walked outside the home to take the pooch outside before re-entering the property in Massapequa Park. Multiple cats were removed from the property in their absence.",
"Heuermann, 59, had lived in the property with his wife, stepson, and daughter for more than a decade after buying the home from his mother in 1994.",
"His wife was at the property when authorities raided it on July 14, with her lawyer saying the family had been 'blindsided' by the murder charges.",
"Robert Macedonio said: 'Obviously this has been a shocking time for them and a pretty difficult time to comprehend.",
"'As with any family, it's extremely upsetting and they're totally shocked and caught off guard. The family doesn't want to make any further comment than that.'",
"He added that police seized the family's passports, computers, phones and iPads as part of the investigation.",
"Cops finally finished scouring the property for evidence, after digging up the backyard of the property and used ground-penetrating radar to search for any disturbances.",
"Authorities spent 12 days removing possible evidence from the property, after discovering a soundproof room under the home.",
"Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said cops had found a 'tremendous amount of information' during the search, which included cadaver dogs.",
"They removed 297 guns from the vault, and warned that authorities have to a 'massive amount of material' to catalogue and analyze which would take some time.",
"Heuermann was arrested on July 13 outside of his property in Midtown Manhattan and charged with the deaths of sex workers Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello.",
"Officials say that he is the main suspect in the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, who was discovered on Gilgo beach in 2010, and anticipate charging him with her killing.",
"The architect pleaded not guilty to killing the three women, and is next due to appear in court on August 1.",
"He is also being investigated for the murders of six others whose bodies were found in Gilgo Beach in 2011.",
"Sources claim that some of the victims may have been killed in the architects home, but law enforcement say they are unable to confirm if this is the case.",
"Heuermann is accused of killing the women while his family was out of town, with investigators finding his hair and his wife's on the bodies of some of the alleged victims.",
"He is accused of killing them, before posing them in a specific way and wrapping them in burlap bags which were later found at Gilgo Beach.",
"Since his bombshell arrest in Manhattan, the once quiet block where the married father lived, has become the scene of a media circus and a popular destination for crime junkies.",
"Dozens of people from all parts of Long Island and further abroad have been seen stopping to catch a glimpse of the active crime scene, as forensic teams comb the Massapequa Park home for evidence.",
"But locals say the influx of visitors has made their lives hell, and they're fearful of how much worse it'll get when police conclude their investigation at the property this week.",
"Mayor Daniel Pearl confirmed that they are looking into purchasing the First avenue home, and would possibly demolish it to discourage ghouls from seeking souvenir photos, or stealing items to sell.",
"Officers are stationed around the property at all hours to ward off unwanted visitors and property is also under 24-hour video surveillance. Anyone found ogling the home will be issued a $150 summons.",
"Detectives are now looking into unsolved murders across the country to see if they are linked to Heuermann.",
"Cops are probing whether he operated in the Atlantic City area, and have been interviewing jailed sex workers who interacted with him.",
"The investigation now covers four states - Heuermann owns a time-share in Las Vegas and a property in South Carolina - and police are investigating if he could be connected to any unsolved killings there.",
"Officers executed search warrants at his home in Chester, South Carolina, and recovered a green Chevrolet Avalanche truck they believe is connected to the suspect and one of the murders and transported it back to New York.",
"Cops in Rock Hill, just 20 miles from where Heuermann bought the wild 18-acre plot of land, where his brother lives, confirmed they are looking anew at the case of Aaliyah Bell Hall who went missing in 2014.",
"Investigators revealed that they moved to arrest Heuermann over fears that the suspected murderer could strike again.",
"Cops had Heuermann under surveillance since last year, and had planned to continue to follow him as they built their case.",
"They decided to make the arrest in the interest of 'public safety,' Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney."
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"Ruth Bashinsky",
"Emma James"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:38:56+01:00 | true |
5 dead, 2 expats, in shooting at restaurant in Mali capital | BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A masked gunman sprayed bullets in a restaurant popular with foreigners in Mali’s capital early Saturday, killing five people including a French person and a Belgian national, officials and witnesses said.
Al Mourabitoun, or The Sentinels, a northern Mali jihadist group allied with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Mauritanian news website Al-Akhbar. It often receives messages from Malian extremists.
Nine people were wounded including two experts at the U.N. mission, said the U.N. stabilization mission in Mali in a statement. The two are Swiss soldiers and are being flown to Senegal for treatment, said the Swiss Defense Ministry.
Witness Ibrahim Coulibaly described the attack.
“I saw a masked person with a great weapon like a machine gun go up the stairs to the bar and at first I thought it was a joke, but a few second later, I heard a first shot. People started shouting and then came a burst of gunfire. It was then that I realized it was serious. I hid,” said Coulibaly.
“Then the hooded man came down the stairs, past the bar, and he saw the Belgian citizen who was getting into his car and he shot him,” said Coulibaly. “And then the attacker got in a car and left. He did not talk to anyone, he said nothing.”
Another witness, Hamadou Dolo, gave a different account, saying he saw two gunmen run out of the establishment and jump into a car driven by an accomplice.
Mali’s president and prime minister visited the scene and called it “a criminal and terrorist act.” A government statement said an investigation has been opened and pledged to bring the perpetrators to book.
France and Belgium condemned the attack at La Terrasse, the restaurant and bar in Bamako, and their foreign ministers confirmed the deaths of their nationals.
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders denounced a “cowardly act of terror.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the Frenchman killed was 31 years old. Fabius said “everything must be done to find those responsible for this crime.”
The Belgian killed was a security officer for the European Union, said EU president Donald Tusk. “The European Union will not be intimidated by terrorism, at home or abroad,” said Tusk. “We will remain steadfast in support of Mali and its people.”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, currently visiting France, called the attack an act of cowardice. “In the end, that only strengthens our resolve to fight terrorism in all of its forms wherever it exists.” Kerry said such acts don’t intimidate but have the “exact opposite effect.”
Two people who were at the scene were questioned to determine what happened, said a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.
Mali police investigators and French and U.N. police officers visited the scene Saturday.
La Terrasse is in Bamako’s Hippodrome neighborhood where many expatriates live is a restaurant, bar and nightclub popular on a Friday night for salsa dancing.
French President Francois Hollande’s office said security had immediately been tightened around French facilities. A statement from his office said the French embassy has set up a crisis cell to help expatriates in Bamako.
Hollande spoke with Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to show his support on Saturday. Hollande and the Malian president “decided on common measures to strengthen security in Mali,” a statement from the French president’s office said without elaborating on measures. They also looked at ways to cooperate in the investigation.
France immediately opened a judicial inquiry, a standard procedure when a citizen is killed which allows French officials to carry out a parallel investigation, according to a judicial official in Paris who spoke on condition of anonymity because she is not authorized to speak on the matter.
The U.N. Security Council, in a press statement issued Saturday, “condemned in the strongest terms” the terrorist attack in Bamako and called on the government of Mali “to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
French forces led a military operation in early 2013 that largely expelled al-Qaida-linked extremists from a vast area they had controlled in northeastern Mali. The military operation in that region continues, and sporadic combat and clashes take place there. Violence has been rare in Bamako despite the continued upheaval in the north. | {
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"Al Mourabitoun, or The Sentinels, a northern Mali jihadist group allied with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Mauritanian news website Al-Akhbar. It often receives messages from Malian extremists.",
"Nine people were wounded including two experts at the U.N. mission, said the U.N. stabilization mission in Mali in a statement. The two are Swiss soldiers and are being flown to Senegal for treatment, said the Swiss Defense Ministry.",
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"“Then the hooded man came down the stairs, past the bar, and he saw the Belgian citizen who was getting into his car and he shot him,” said Coulibaly. “And then the attacker got in a car and left. He did not talk to anyone, he said nothing.”",
"Another witness, Hamadou Dolo, gave a different account, saying he saw two gunmen run out of the establishment and jump into a car driven by an accomplice.",
"Mali’s president and prime minister visited the scene and called it “a criminal and terrorist act.” A government statement said an investigation has been opened and pledged to bring the perpetrators to book.",
"France and Belgium condemned the attack at La Terrasse, the restaurant and bar in Bamako, and their foreign ministers confirmed the deaths of their nationals.",
"Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders denounced a “cowardly act of terror.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the Frenchman killed was 31 years old. Fabius said “everything must be done to find those responsible for this crime.”",
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"Hollande spoke with Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to show his support on Saturday. Hollande and the Malian president “decided on common measures to strengthen security in Mali,” a statement from the French president’s office said without elaborating on measures. They also looked at ways to cooperate in the investigation.",
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"BABA AHMED"
] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-07 23:09:25+00:00 | true |
Horrifying moment snake charmer is fatally bitten by his pet cobra | This is the horrifying moment a snake charmer was fatally bitten by his pet cobra while trying to kiss it during a village show in Indonesia.
Abdul Munir, 20, was taunting the killer reptile on the dusty ground near his home in Central Java, Indonesia, on Wednesday afternoon.
He was about to kiss the beast when the enraged reptile reared up and bit him on his nose - sinking a fiery burst of deadly venom into his bloodstream.
Abdul was rushed to the local clinic but the toxins had already paralysed his vital organs and he could not be revived before medics had the chance to send him to a hospital.
The young man was pronounced dead at the Kusuma Wardani Clinic in the village of Jatiharjo.
Adjunct Commissioner Siswanto, Chief of the Panunggalan Sector Police, said: 'The incident occurred at around 4:45 pm. Then it was reported at 7.20 pm.
'We received the report that the victim was bitten on the nose when he was about to kiss the snake's head.
'He became dizzy and fell before local residents evacuated him to a health service. The victim died while being treated at the clinic.'
His family had just arrived to see him before he succumbed to the snake bite around 20 minutes later. His body has now been taken away for religious rites and cremation.
Video footage shows the fatal moment Abdul moved closer to his snake so that the two were face-to-face.
But the snake suddenly lunged for his face in the middle of the show, clinging to his nose with its teeth as he tried to move away.
Police said that Abdul and several friends had made money by performing primitive snake charming shows at different villages in the Grobogan Regency of the archipelago.
The troupe of reptile enthusiasts would collect tips from locals and sell them their wares. However, the deadly hustle was cut short following the death in Pulokulon district.
Abdul's friends told police they would not carry on with their dangerous hobby.
Police chief Siswanto added: 'The victim was in the process of being transferred to a larger hospital better equipped to handle cobra bites when he died.
'We have advised everybody not to continue this kind of activity as it is very dangerous.'
Cobras are one of the world's deadliest snakes. A single bite attacks the nervous system causing paralysis, respiratory failure, and death.
However, cobras will also inflict 'dry bites' without releasing venom if they sense that only a warning is needed to remove a threat. | {
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"He was about to kiss the beast when the enraged reptile reared up and bit him on his nose - sinking a fiery burst of deadly venom into his bloodstream.",
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"The young man was pronounced dead at the Kusuma Wardani Clinic in the village of Jatiharjo.",
"Adjunct Commissioner Siswanto, Chief of the Panunggalan Sector Police, said: 'The incident occurred at around 4:45 pm. Then it was reported at 7.20 pm.",
"'We received the report that the victim was bitten on the nose when he was about to kiss the snake's head.",
"'He became dizzy and fell before local residents evacuated him to a health service. The victim died while being treated at the clinic.'",
"His family had just arrived to see him before he succumbed to the snake bite around 20 minutes later. His body has now been taken away for religious rites and cremation.",
"Video footage shows the fatal moment Abdul moved closer to his snake so that the two were face-to-face.",
"But the snake suddenly lunged for his face in the middle of the show, clinging to his nose with its teeth as he tried to move away.",
"Police said that Abdul and several friends had made money by performing primitive snake charming shows at different villages in the Grobogan Regency of the archipelago.",
"The troupe of reptile enthusiasts would collect tips from locals and sell them their wares. However, the deadly hustle was cut short following the death in Pulokulon district.",
"Abdul's friends told police they would not carry on with their dangerous hobby.",
"Police chief Siswanto added: 'The victim was in the process of being transferred to a larger hospital better equipped to handle cobra bites when he died.",
"'We have advised everybody not to continue this kind of activity as it is very dangerous.'",
"Cobras are one of the world's deadliest snakes. A single bite attacks the nervous system causing paralysis, respiratory failure, and death.",
"However, cobras will also inflict 'dry bites' without releasing venom if they sense that only a warning is needed to remove a threat."
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"Indonesia"
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"Eleanor Dye"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:33:24+01:00 | true |
Mexico closes clinic where Australian woman died | MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s medical regulatory agency has closed the operating rooms of a Baja California hospital where a young Australian woman died following cosmetic procedure on her buttocks.
The agency said Monday that the doctor who performed the procedure is under investigation for possible medical negligence. It identified him as Victor Manuel Ramirez Hernandez.
The Del Valle Surgical Hospital In Mexicali Baja California was partly closed and will face fines after it was found to have expired medications, equipment that had not been maintained and other failings.
The commission said the Australian woman died March 20 after undergoing procedures on her buttocks and abdomen, but her name could not be immediately verified by consular offices.
Mexican authorities have suspended 80 plastic surgery and esthetic clinics or offices for violations since late 2012. | {
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"MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s medical regulatory agency has closed the operating rooms of a Baja California hospital where a young Australian woman died following cosmetic procedure on her buttocks.",
"The agency said Monday that the doctor who performed the procedure is under investigation for possible medical negligence. It identified him as Victor Manuel Ramirez Hernandez.",
"The Del Valle Surgical Hospital In Mexicali Baja California was partly closed and will face fines after it was found to have expired medications, equipment that had not been maintained and other failings.",
"The commission said the Australian woman died March 20 after undergoing procedures on her buttocks and abdomen, but her name could not be immediately verified by consular offices.",
"Mexican authorities have suspended 80 plastic surgery and esthetic clinics or offices for violations since late 2012."
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} | en | [] | [] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-31 01:30:10+00:00 | true |
Struggling families to get £94 cost of living payments | Families who are struggling with the cost of living crisis are due to receive a payment of £94 directly into their bank accounts in the coming days.
The money comes out of a pot of £842 million from the Household Support Fund, administered by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Local councils in England can choose how to share their portion of the fund, so what a resident gets is based on where they live.
Residents will receive either direct bank transfers or vouchers for food and utility services, depending on what your local council has chosen to do.
Eligibility will vary for each area so you can check on your local council's website to find out the criteria.
If you're unsure what your local council is, you can check using the Government's council finder tool by entering your postcode.
Walsall Council will be making direct payments to households in receipt of council tax reduction and also have children included on the claim.
The payment will be £140 per child paid in three instalments during the year - the first payment was made in April and the other two will be made in August and December.
So, if you're eligible, you will be getting a £94 payment by next week.
They are also proposing additional help through Walsall’s Local Welfare Provision Scheme and households can make a direct application for support.
The proposed criteria for any award is:
Cornwall Council are using their portion of the fund to provide one-off cash payments to help with the increased cost of living. They are awarding:
What each local council chooses to do will be different, so keep an eye on their website for updates and information.
Eligible residents will get the money paid directly into their bank accounts without having to do anything.
However, if you think you fall into the above criteria you can still apply on the Government website.
The process is different based on which council you fall under and not all of the application windows are open yet so you will need to check your local council's website for all the details. | {
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"The money comes out of a pot of £842 million from the Household Support Fund, administered by the Department for Work and Pensions.",
"Local councils in England can choose how to share their portion of the fund, so what a resident gets is based on where they live.",
"Residents will receive either direct bank transfers or vouchers for food and utility services, depending on what your local council has chosen to do.",
"Eligibility will vary for each area so you can check on your local council's website to find out the criteria.",
"If you're unsure what your local council is, you can check using the Government's council finder tool by entering your postcode.",
"Walsall Council will be making direct payments to households in receipt of council tax reduction and also have children included on the claim.",
"The payment will be £140 per child paid in three instalments during the year - the first payment was made in April and the other two will be made in August and December.",
"So, if you're eligible, you will be getting a £94 payment by next week.",
"They are also proposing additional help through Walsall’s Local Welfare Provision Scheme and households can make a direct application for support.",
"The proposed criteria for any award is:",
"Cornwall Council are using their portion of the fund to provide one-off cash payments to help with the increased cost of living. They are awarding:",
"What each local council chooses to do will be different, so keep an eye on their website for updates and information.",
"Eligible residents will get the money paid directly into their bank accounts without having to do anything.",
"However, if you think you fall into the above criteria you can still apply on the Government website.",
"The process is different based on which council you fall under and not all of the application windows are open yet so you will need to check your local council's website for all the details."
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] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:48:16+01:00 | true |
Man, 40, to go on trial for killing brother-in-law in shooting spree | A 40-year-old man is set to stand trial in Glasgow over claims he murdered his brother-in-law in a shooting spree on the Isle of Skye.
Finlay MacDonald is accused of killing father-of-six John MacKinnon, 47, with a shotgun at his home in the village of Teangue on the 10 August last year.
MacDonald is separately charged with the attempted murder of his wife Rowena MacDonald, 33, and two other people the same day.
He is accused of stabbing his wife and killing MacKinnon before travelling 30 miles to the village of Dornie and shooting John Donald MacKenzie, 63, and his wife Fay, 63.
MacDonald, who denies all charges against him, will now face a trial at the High Court in Glasgow on 14 May 2024, following a preliminary hearing today.
Prosecutors claim MacDonald killed Mr MacKinnon by repeatedly shooting him with a shotgun, after having previously shown 'malice and ill will' towards the father-of-six.
MacDonald is earlier alleged to have tried to kill his wife at her home in the village of Tarskavaig.
He is accused of struggling with her and repeatedly stabbing her with a knife, in an attack that caused severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and endangered her life.
Prosecutors allege the offence was aggravated 'by involving abuse of your partner or ex-partner'.
After killing Mr MacKinnon, MacDonald is alleged to have attempted to murder chiropractor John Donald MacKenzie and his wife Fay.
The alleged attacks on the couple - both 63 at the time - happened around 30 miles away at their home in Dornie, Wester Ross.
MacDonald is said to have fired a shotgun at Mrs MacKenzie hitting her on the head and body.
He is then accused of discharging the weapon at her husband striking the man on the body.
Similar to the charge involving his brother-in-law, MacDonald is also said to have directed previous ill-will towards Mr MacKenzie.
MacDonald finally faces an accusation of possessing a shotgun with intent to 'endanger life'.
The indictment states he did attend at and travel between the different properties while armed with the firearm and ammunition.
MacDonald's lawyer Shahid Latif said: 'He pleads not guilty to the charges on the indictment.'
Mr Latif said defence inquiries are on-going, but said he was content for a trial to be fixed.
Along with prosecutor Lisa Gillespie KC, he also asked for a further hearing to take place before then in December this year.
Lord Fairley went on to state: 'I will assign a trial of seven days duration for May 14 in Glasgow.'
Two crowdfunders at the time set-up to help the affected families reportedly raised more than £70,000.
Mr MacKinnon's funeral took place in Sleat on Skye with up to 800 people at the service.
Police Scotland chief constable Iain Livingstone said following the incidents: 'This was a very tragic and extremely concerning incident in a remote part of Scotland.
'It is a very difficult time for John MacKinnon's family.' | {
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"Finlay MacDonald is accused of killing father-of-six John MacKinnon, 47, with a shotgun at his home in the village of Teangue on the 10 August last year.",
"MacDonald is separately charged with the attempted murder of his wife Rowena MacDonald, 33, and two other people the same day.",
"He is accused of stabbing his wife and killing MacKinnon before travelling 30 miles to the village of Dornie and shooting John Donald MacKenzie, 63, and his wife Fay, 63.",
"MacDonald, who denies all charges against him, will now face a trial at the High Court in Glasgow on 14 May 2024, following a preliminary hearing today.",
"Prosecutors claim MacDonald killed Mr MacKinnon by repeatedly shooting him with a shotgun, after having previously shown 'malice and ill will' towards the father-of-six.",
"MacDonald is earlier alleged to have tried to kill his wife at her home in the village of Tarskavaig.",
"He is accused of struggling with her and repeatedly stabbing her with a knife, in an attack that caused severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and endangered her life.",
"Prosecutors allege the offence was aggravated 'by involving abuse of your partner or ex-partner'.",
"After killing Mr MacKinnon, MacDonald is alleged to have attempted to murder chiropractor John Donald MacKenzie and his wife Fay.",
"The alleged attacks on the couple - both 63 at the time - happened around 30 miles away at their home in Dornie, Wester Ross.",
"MacDonald is said to have fired a shotgun at Mrs MacKenzie hitting her on the head and body.",
"He is then accused of discharging the weapon at her husband striking the man on the body.",
"Similar to the charge involving his brother-in-law, MacDonald is also said to have directed previous ill-will towards Mr MacKenzie.",
"MacDonald finally faces an accusation of possessing a shotgun with intent to 'endanger life'.",
"The indictment states he did attend at and travel between the different properties while armed with the firearm and ammunition.",
"MacDonald's lawyer Shahid Latif said: 'He pleads not guilty to the charges on the indictment.'",
"Mr Latif said defence inquiries are on-going, but said he was content for a trial to be fixed.",
"Along with prosecutor Lisa Gillespie KC, he also asked for a further hearing to take place before then in December this year.",
"Lord Fairley went on to state: 'I will assign a trial of seven days duration for May 14 in Glasgow.'",
"Two crowdfunders at the time set-up to help the affected families reportedly raised more than £70,000.",
"Mr MacKinnon's funeral took place in Sleat on Skye with up to 800 people at the service.",
"Police Scotland chief constable Iain Livingstone said following the incidents: 'This was a very tragic and extremely concerning incident in a remote part of Scotland.",
"'It is a very difficult time for John MacKinnon's family.'"
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"Louis Goss"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:55:54+01:00 | true |
Netanyahu's Iran speech gains tacit support in Saudi Arabia | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech this week before the U.S. Congress, in which he argued against an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, has received tacit support from an unlikely quarter -- Saudi Arabia.
The oil-rich Sunni kingdom views Shiite Iran as a regional rival that is perhaps even more menacing than Israel.
That was clear in a string of columns this week published in Saudi state-linked media, which is widely seen as reflecting official views and mainstream thought in the kingdom, and which voiced skepticism of President Barack Obama’s efforts to broker a landmark nuclear agreement with Tehran.
“Who could believe that Netanyahu today has taken a better stand than Obama with regard to the Iranian nuclear file?” columnist Ahmed al-Faraj wrote, saying he was quoting a recent remark by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL). The opinion piece in the Saudi-owned al-Jazira newspaper on Monday, a day before the speech, reflects sentiment shared among some in the Gulf.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in the Saudi capital to ease Gulf concerns about the negotiations with Iran, which are aimed at reaching a framework agreement this month and a final deal later this year. Kerry is meeting with the foreign ministers of the Sunni-ruled Gulf states and the new Saudi monarch King Salman.
Like Israel, Saudi Arabia has long viewed Iran as an expansionist power that seeks to dominate the region through local proxies, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip and Shiite militias in Iraq. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a proxy war in Syria, with the kingdom arming the rebels seeking to topple Iranian-backed President Bashar Assad.
In a column published in Asharq al-Awsat, a daily owned by King Salman’s family, Abdulrahman al-Rashed wrote “Iran’s fingerprints are everywhere.”
“Iran is currently in an offensive state, the likes of which we have not seen in modern history,” he wrote.
Netanyahu said as much to Congress, telling lawmakers that Iran is “gobbling up” nations in its “march of conquest, subjugation and terror.”
Saudi Arabia is part of the U.S.-led coalition striking the Islamic State group, awkwardly putting it on the same side as Iran, which is battling the extremists through its allied Shiite militias in Iraq and by supporting Assad. The kingdom, like the U.S., has refused to coordinate its efforts with Tehran.
Netanyahu’s argument that “when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy,” resonates in Riyadh, where the royal family is concerned about a possible U.S.-Iranian rapprochement.
Despite the alignment of interests, Saudis still view Israel as an illegitimate occupier of Arab and Muslim lands, and any kind of open alliance is out of the question.
An editorial in al-Medina newspaper ridiculed Netanyahu’s insistence that he had traveled to Washington out of concern for Israel’s security and not to boost his prospects ahead of elections later this month. The editorial said it was ironic that he spoke of Israel’s need for security despite “hundreds of (Israeli) massacres against Palestinians and Arabs over more than six decades.”
An editorial by the al-Sharq newspaper went so far as to suggest that Netanyahu wants to scuttle the deal in order to allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, “which will not be directed toward Israel, but toward the Arabs, so that Iran can see its project through and achieve what Israel could not.” But the editorial did note that his assessment that Tehran is expanding was “right.”
Saudi columnist Dawoud al-Shiryan wrote in al-Hayat that if Israel was so worried about Iran getting nuclear weapons, “why haven’t they stopped it by force as they always do?” | {
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"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech this week before the U.S. Congress, in which he argued against an emerging nuclear deal with Iran, has received tacit support from an unlikely quarter -- Saudi Arabia.",
"The oil-rich Sunni kingdom views Shiite Iran as a regional rival that is perhaps even more menacing than Israel.",
"That was clear in a string of columns this week published in Saudi state-linked media, which is widely seen as reflecting official views and mainstream thought in the kingdom, and which voiced skepticism of President Barack Obama’s efforts to broker a landmark nuclear agreement with Tehran.",
"“Who could believe that Netanyahu today has taken a better stand than Obama with regard to the Iranian nuclear file?” columnist Ahmed al-Faraj wrote, saying he was quoting a recent remark by Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL). The opinion piece in the Saudi-owned al-Jazira newspaper on Monday, a day before the speech, reflects sentiment shared among some in the Gulf.",
"On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in the Saudi capital to ease Gulf concerns about the negotiations with Iran, which are aimed at reaching a framework agreement this month and a final deal later this year. Kerry is meeting with the foreign ministers of the Sunni-ruled Gulf states and the new Saudi monarch King Salman.",
"Like Israel, Saudi Arabia has long viewed Iran as an expansionist power that seeks to dominate the region through local proxies, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip and Shiite militias in Iraq. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a proxy war in Syria, with the kingdom arming the rebels seeking to topple Iranian-backed President Bashar Assad.",
"In a column published in Asharq al-Awsat, a daily owned by King Salman’s family, Abdulrahman al-Rashed wrote “Iran’s fingerprints are everywhere.”",
"“Iran is currently in an offensive state, the likes of which we have not seen in modern history,” he wrote.",
"Netanyahu said as much to Congress, telling lawmakers that Iran is “gobbling up” nations in its “march of conquest, subjugation and terror.”",
"Saudi Arabia is part of the U.S.-led coalition striking the Islamic State group, awkwardly putting it on the same side as Iran, which is battling the extremists through its allied Shiite militias in Iraq and by supporting Assad. The kingdom, like the U.S., has refused to coordinate its efforts with Tehran.",
"Netanyahu’s argument that “when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy,” resonates in Riyadh, where the royal family is concerned about a possible U.S.-Iranian rapprochement.",
"Despite the alignment of interests, Saudis still view Israel as an illegitimate occupier of Arab and Muslim lands, and any kind of open alliance is out of the question.",
"An editorial in al-Medina newspaper ridiculed Netanyahu’s insistence that he had traveled to Washington out of concern for Israel’s security and not to boost his prospects ahead of elections later this month. The editorial said it was ironic that he spoke of Israel’s need for security despite “hundreds of (Israeli) massacres against Palestinians and Arabs over more than six decades.”",
"An editorial by the al-Sharq newspaper went so far as to suggest that Netanyahu wants to scuttle the deal in order to allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, “which will not be directed toward Israel, but toward the Arabs, so that Iran can see its project through and achieve what Israel could not.” But the editorial did note that his assessment that Tehran is expanding was “right.”",
"Saudi columnist Dawoud al-Shiryan wrote in al-Hayat that if Israel was so worried about Iran getting nuclear weapons, “why haven’t they stopped it by force as they always do?”"
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Trump vows to build Israel-style 'Great Iron Dome' over US if re-elected: 'Made in America' | Former President Trump promised to build a "great" Iron Dome for the U.S. during his birthday rally in Florida, saying that it would be "made in America."
"By next term we will build a great Iron Dome over our country," Trump said at his 78th birthday soirée at Club 47 in West Palm Beach on Friday evening. "We deserve a dome. We deserve it all, made state of the art.
"It's a missile defense shield, and it'll all be made in America," he said. "Jobs, jobs, jobs."
Trump said that Ronald Reagan once rooted for an Iron Dome in the U.S., "but at that time, we didn't have the technology."
"We now have the technology," Trump said.
Trump said his proposed Iron Dome will be made in America and that it will create "beautiful" opportunities for young people.
"It's all going to be made in states," he said. "We're going to have a big, beautiful Iron Dome."
"Great opportunity for young people," Trump said.
Israel's missile defense system, or Iron Dome, is largely funded by the United States.
The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery fired from no more than 43 miles away.
Since its creation in 2011, the Iron Dome has rebuffed and destroyed rockets from Hamas militants, Palestinian forces and Iranian drones and missiles. | {
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"\"By next term we will build a great Iron Dome over our country,\" Trump said at his 78th birthday soirée at Club 47 in West Palm Beach on Friday evening. \"We deserve a dome. We deserve it all, made state of the art.",
"\"It's a missile defense shield, and it'll all be made in America,\" he said. \"Jobs, jobs, jobs.\"",
"Trump said that Ronald Reagan once rooted for an Iron Dome in the U.S., \"but at that time, we didn't have the technology.\"",
"\"We now have the technology,\" Trump said.",
"Trump said his proposed Iron Dome will be made in America and that it will create \"beautiful\" opportunities for young people.",
"\"It's all going to be made in states,\" he said. \"We're going to have a big, beautiful Iron Dome.\"",
"\"Great opportunity for young people,\" Trump said.",
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"The system is designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery fired from no more than 43 miles away.",
"Since its creation in 2011, the Iron Dome has rebuffed and destroyed rockets from Hamas militants, Palestinian forces and Iranian drones and missiles."
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"Sarah Rumpf-Whitten"
] | Fox News | 2024-06-15 00:01:38-04:00 | true |
Trump's lawyers meet with Special Counsel ahead of January 6 charges | Donald Trump's lawyers have arrived for crunch talks with Special Counsel Jack Smith's office as he braces for an indictment on his bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Prosecutors on Smith's team met with Todd Blanche and John Laura - lawyers representing Trump - at the Department of Justice on Thursday, NBC News reported.
Smith is investigating whether Trump and his allies interfered with the transition of power after the 2020 election. He is also investigating Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and indicted Trump on 37-counts last month.
Trump confirmed last week that he received a target letter from the Department of Justice confirming he is the focus of the criminal investigation and that he expected to be arrested 'imminently.'
It will be the third set of criminal charges against Trump since he launched his campaign to return to the White House in 2024.
The grand jury looking into January 6 is also still convening and hearing from key witnesses in the case.
Trump has repeatedly slammed the January 6 investigation as a 'witch hunt' and claims it is election interference because he is leading in the polls. | {
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"Donald Trump's lawyers have arrived for crunch talks with Special Counsel Jack Smith's office as he braces for an indictment on his bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election.",
"Prosecutors on Smith's team met with Todd Blanche and John Laura - lawyers representing Trump - at the Department of Justice on Thursday, NBC News reported.",
"Smith is investigating whether Trump and his allies interfered with the transition of power after the 2020 election. He is also investigating Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and indicted Trump on 37-counts last month.",
"Trump confirmed last week that he received a target letter from the Department of Justice confirming he is the focus of the criminal investigation and that he expected to be arrested 'imminently.'",
"It will be the third set of criminal charges against Trump since he launched his campaign to return to the White House in 2024.",
"The grand jury looking into January 6 is also still convening and hearing from key witnesses in the case.",
"Trump has repeatedly slammed the January 6 investigation as a 'witch hunt' and claims it is election interference because he is leading in the polls."
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"Wills Robinson"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:36:58+01:00 | true |
Crash victim's father calls for more focus on pilot welfare | SISTERON, France (AP) — The father of one of the victims of this week’s plane crash in the French Alps called Saturday for airlines to take greater care over pilots’ welfare.
Prosecutors say they believe German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately slammed the Germanwings aircraft into a mountain, and that he hid an illness from his employers — including a sick note for the day of the crash.
“I believe the airlines should be more transparent and our finest pilots looked after properly,” said Philip Bramley, from Hull in northern England. “We put our lives and our children’s lives in their hands.”
His 28-year-old son, Paul Bramley, was one of 150 people killed in Tuesday’s disaster.
Speaking near the site of the crash, Philip Bramley said Lubitz’s motive was irrelevant. “What is relevant, is that it should never happen again; my son and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten, ever,” he said.
Germanwings, the Lufthansa subsidiary that Lubitz joined in 2013, declined Saturday to comment when asked whether the company was aware of any health problems he might have had. But it said he had passed all required medical check-ups.
Aviation experts say those checks are stringent, but focus mainly on physical health. A pilot’s mental state is usually only assessed once, before companies decide whether to admit them to a training program — and even then a determined person could hide a latent problem.
“The test that will get you into a Lufthansa flight training program is a very hard test and this is why most people who get into those pilot classes will train for those tests,” said David Hasse, the editor-in-chief of German aviation website airliners.de.
“There are coaching facilities, companies that are specialized in training people on how to pass those tests, and they will also advise you on how to behave in the psychological tests.”
Lufthansa said pilots are required to pass an annual medical test overseen by the German Federal Aviation Office, but the company itself doesn’t perform checks on its staff and relies on them to report any problems.
German prosecutors, who have been trying to determine what caused Lubitz to take such a devastating decision, met with their French counterparts Saturday to discuss the preliminary findings of their investigation.
Duesseldorf prosecutors say Lubitz hid evidence of an illness from his employers — including a torn-up doctor’s note that would have kept him off work the day authorities say he crashed Flight 9525.
Searches conducted at Lubitz’s homes in Duesseldorf and in the town of Montabaur turned up documents pointing to “an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment,” but no suicide note was found, said Ralf Herrenbrueck, of the Duesseldorf prosecutors’ office.
Prosecutors didn’t specify what illness Lubitz may have been suffering from, or say whether it was mental or physical. German media have reported that the 27-year-old suffered from depression.
Duesseldorf University Hospital said Friday that Lubitz had been a patient there over the past two months and last went in for a “diagnostic evaluation” on March 10. It declined to provide details, but denied reports it had treated Lubitz for depression.
Colleagues and acquaintances described Lubitz as an affable man in good physical health who was focused on a career as a pilot.
Detlef Adolf, the manager of a local Burger King near Montabaur, said Lubitz worked their temporarily as a teenager and was “reliable and punctual.”
Frank Woiton, another Germanwings pilot, said Lubitz told him he wanted to become a long-distance pilot and fly Airbus A380 or Boeing 747 planes. Woiton, who like Lubitz comes from Montabaur, said he met Lubitz for the first time three weeks ago when they flew Duesseldorf to Vienna and back together.
Woiton told German public broadcaster WDR on Friday that Lubitz didn’t stand out and appeared like any other colleague. Lubitz “flew well and knew how to handle the plane,” he said.
Lubitz also frequented a gliding club near the crash site as a child with his parents, according to Francis Kefer, a member of the club in the town of Sisteron.
Kefer told i-Tele television that Lubitz’s family and other members of the gliding club in his hometown of Montabaur came to the region regularly between 1996 and 2003.
The crash site is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the Aero-club de Sisteron glider airfield.
Jean Pierre Revolat, the club’s vice-president, said he didn’t recall Andreas Lubitz, but said the pilot’s family had been friends with a former president of the club.
“As such they were coming here often to fly until the year 2000, 2003. As far as I know, since then we haven’t seen that family,” he said.
The area, with its numerous peaks and valleys and stunning panoramas, is popular with glider pilots. In the final moments of the Germanwings flight, Lubitz overflew the major turning points for gliders in the region, flying from one peak to another, according to local glider pilots.
The plane shattered into thousands of pieces, and police are toiling to retrieve the remains of the victims and the aircraft from a hard-to-reach Alpine valley near the village of Le Vernet.
A special Mass was held Saturday in the nearby town of Digne-les-Bains to honor the victims and support their families. | {
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"SISTERON, France (AP) — The father of one of the victims of this week’s plane crash in the French Alps called Saturday for airlines to take greater care over pilots’ welfare.",
"Prosecutors say they believe German co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately slammed the Germanwings aircraft into a mountain, and that he hid an illness from his employers — including a sick note for the day of the crash.",
"“I believe the airlines should be more transparent and our finest pilots looked after properly,” said Philip Bramley, from Hull in northern England. “We put our lives and our children’s lives in their hands.”",
"His 28-year-old son, Paul Bramley, was one of 150 people killed in Tuesday’s disaster.",
"Speaking near the site of the crash, Philip Bramley said Lubitz’s motive was irrelevant. “What is relevant, is that it should never happen again; my son and everyone on that plane should not be forgotten, ever,” he said.",
"Germanwings, the Lufthansa subsidiary that Lubitz joined in 2013, declined Saturday to comment when asked whether the company was aware of any health problems he might have had. But it said he had passed all required medical check-ups.",
"Aviation experts say those checks are stringent, but focus mainly on physical health. A pilot’s mental state is usually only assessed once, before companies decide whether to admit them to a training program — and even then a determined person could hide a latent problem.",
"“The test that will get you into a Lufthansa flight training program is a very hard test and this is why most people who get into those pilot classes will train for those tests,” said David Hasse, the editor-in-chief of German aviation website airliners.de.",
"“There are coaching facilities, companies that are specialized in training people on how to pass those tests, and they will also advise you on how to behave in the psychological tests.”",
"Lufthansa said pilots are required to pass an annual medical test overseen by the German Federal Aviation Office, but the company itself doesn’t perform checks on its staff and relies on them to report any problems.",
"German prosecutors, who have been trying to determine what caused Lubitz to take such a devastating decision, met with their French counterparts Saturday to discuss the preliminary findings of their investigation.",
"Duesseldorf prosecutors say Lubitz hid evidence of an illness from his employers — including a torn-up doctor’s note that would have kept him off work the day authorities say he crashed Flight 9525.",
"Searches conducted at Lubitz’s homes in Duesseldorf and in the town of Montabaur turned up documents pointing to “an existing illness and appropriate medical treatment,” but no suicide note was found, said Ralf Herrenbrueck, of the Duesseldorf prosecutors’ office.",
"Prosecutors didn’t specify what illness Lubitz may have been suffering from, or say whether it was mental or physical. German media have reported that the 27-year-old suffered from depression.",
"Duesseldorf University Hospital said Friday that Lubitz had been a patient there over the past two months and last went in for a “diagnostic evaluation” on March 10. It declined to provide details, but denied reports it had treated Lubitz for depression.",
"Colleagues and acquaintances described Lubitz as an affable man in good physical health who was focused on a career as a pilot.",
"Detlef Adolf, the manager of a local Burger King near Montabaur, said Lubitz worked their temporarily as a teenager and was “reliable and punctual.”",
"Frank Woiton, another Germanwings pilot, said Lubitz told him he wanted to become a long-distance pilot and fly Airbus A380 or Boeing 747 planes. Woiton, who like Lubitz comes from Montabaur, said he met Lubitz for the first time three weeks ago when they flew Duesseldorf to Vienna and back together.",
"Woiton told German public broadcaster WDR on Friday that Lubitz didn’t stand out and appeared like any other colleague. Lubitz “flew well and knew how to handle the plane,” he said.",
"Lubitz also frequented a gliding club near the crash site as a child with his parents, according to Francis Kefer, a member of the club in the town of Sisteron.",
"Kefer told i-Tele television that Lubitz’s family and other members of the gliding club in his hometown of Montabaur came to the region regularly between 1996 and 2003.",
"The crash site is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the Aero-club de Sisteron glider airfield.",
"Jean Pierre Revolat, the club’s vice-president, said he didn’t recall Andreas Lubitz, but said the pilot’s family had been friends with a former president of the club.",
"“As such they were coming here often to fly until the year 2000, 2003. As far as I know, since then we haven’t seen that family,” he said.",
"The area, with its numerous peaks and valleys and stunning panoramas, is popular with glider pilots. In the final moments of the Germanwings flight, Lubitz overflew the major turning points for gliders in the region, flying from one peak to another, according to local glider pilots.",
"The plane shattered into thousands of pieces, and police are toiling to retrieve the remains of the victims and the aircraft from a hard-to-reach Alpine valley near the village of Le Vernet.",
"A special Mass was held Saturday in the nearby town of Digne-les-Bains to honor the victims and support their families."
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"MILOS KRIVOKAPIC",
"FRANK JORDANS"
] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-28 19:56:10+00:00 | true |
What was the 'Tic Tac' UFO incident? | UFOs have long captured the public's imagination, but never more so than during yesterday's US congress hearing into claims the American government is covering up its knowledge of alien craft.
On a day that sparked huge interest in the US and across the globe, the landmark panel heard from three key witnesses who shared their encounters with unexplained objects.
Among them was retired US Navy fighter pilot David Fravor, who once again reminded the world about his infamous encounter with a 'Tic Tac' shaped UFO 15 years ago.
'I'd like to say that the tic tac object we engaged in 2004 was far superior to anything that we had at the time, have today or looking to develop in the next 10 years,' he said.
So what exactly was the 'Tic Tac' UFO incident? And could the 'perfectly white, smooth' object with no windows that Fravor saw really have been an alien spaceship? MailOnline takes a look back at everything we know.
What actually happened?
Before we get to Fravor, it's important to mention another former US Navy pilot first.
Chad Underwood was the man who actually shot footage of the 'Tic Tac' UFO in November 2004.
He broke his silence in 2019, detailing for the first time his bizarre experiences while flying over the Pacific.
At the time, Underwood had been taking part in Navy carrier group exercises just off the coast of Mexico.
For around two weeks, their missile cruiser USS Princeton had been tracking a mysterious aircraft on an advanced electronic radar.
Contact with the craft was so inexplicable that the system was even shut down and checked for bugs - but operators continued to track it.
On November 14, then Navy commander Fravor claimed he made visual contact with this object, which seemed to dive below the water, resurface, and speed out of sight when he tried to approach it.
Underwood then also saw the strange object for himself just after Fravor urged him to keep a look out.
The former pilot told New York Magazine: 'So, we go out to where our designated training area is. We're not necessarily looking for something, but the Princeton had a specific object that they wanted us to hunt, for lack of a better word. And all of a sudden, I got this blip on my radar.
'The thing that stood out to me the most was how erratic it was behaving. And what I mean by "erratic" is that its changes in altitude, air speed, and aspect were just unlike things that I’ve ever encountered before flying against other air targets,' Underwood told the magazine.
'Because, aircraft, whether they’re manned or unmanned, still have to obey the laws of physics. They have to have some source of lift, some source of propulsion. The Tic Tac was not doing that. It was going from like 50,000 feet to, you know, a hundred feet in like seconds, which is not possible.'
Underwood is the one who first coined the description 'Tic Tac' for the white wingless oblong that was captured from his cockpit's in-flight video.
While he dismissed the idea that it was aircraft, a bird or even a weather balloon, he is still unsure whether the object was human or non-human.
The Tic Tac incident caused a sensation in 2017 when the Pentagon confirmed that the footage was actually authentic.
It then resurfaced once again on Wednesday when Fravor joined two other military whistleblowers to speak at a US Congress hearing.
He assured officials that he was not a 'UFO fanatic' and said that the Tic Tac was 'far superior to anything that we had at the time'.
'If we, in fact, have programs that possess this technology, it needs to have oversight from those people that the citizens of this country elected in office to represent what is best for the United States and best for the citizens,' he added.
Fravor described the Tic Tac object as being 'perfectly white, smooth and had no windows,' with 'two little objects that came out of the bottom'.
'I'm not like a UFO fanatic — that's not me. But I will tell you that what we saw with four sets of eyes over five minutes, still, there's nothing we have nothing close to it,' he said.
What else could it have been?
One theory is that it might well have been a radar reflector balloon used to gauge the abilities of enemy air defences.
Launched by a submarine, these specially-designed airborne devices actually date back to 1955, during the days of the Cold War.
It is unclear if such balloons are still used today, but given the covert nature of submarines it's not exactly something that defence chiefs would be shouting from the rooftops about.
The War Zone, an online magazine oriented towards national security and geopolitical coverage and analysis, first came up with the theory.
It said that being able to deploy balloons with radar reflectors while submerged would be a 'highly effective way' of getting a feel for an enemy's air defences.
'By sneaking in or near enemy territory, releasing these devices under the right weather conditions, and raising their low-observable electronic intelligence gathering masts, they could theoretically improve the quality of the intelligence gathered remarkably,' the magazine added.
It concluded that the Tic Tac UFO witnessed by the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group during its training exercise in 2004 could therefore have been 'a bunch of radar reflector and/or electronic warfare payload-carrying balloons'.
What could come of the congress hearing?
Fravor's testimony comes as the US Senate is considering a UFO Disclosure Bill which seeks to make make all information relating to 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' (UAPs) public.
If passed, records will be publicly disclosed no later than 25 years after they are created unless the president believes their release would threaten national security. | {
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"UFOs have long captured the public's imagination, but never more so than during yesterday's US congress hearing into claims the American government is covering up its knowledge of alien craft.",
"On a day that sparked huge interest in the US and across the globe, the landmark panel heard from three key witnesses who shared their encounters with unexplained objects.",
"Among them was retired US Navy fighter pilot David Fravor, who once again reminded the world about his infamous encounter with a 'Tic Tac' shaped UFO 15 years ago.",
"'I'd like to say that the tic tac object we engaged in 2004 was far superior to anything that we had at the time, have today or looking to develop in the next 10 years,' he said.",
"So what exactly was the 'Tic Tac' UFO incident? And could the 'perfectly white, smooth' object with no windows that Fravor saw really have been an alien spaceship? MailOnline takes a look back at everything we know.",
"What actually happened?",
"Before we get to Fravor, it's important to mention another former US Navy pilot first.",
"Chad Underwood was the man who actually shot footage of the 'Tic Tac' UFO in November 2004.",
"He broke his silence in 2019, detailing for the first time his bizarre experiences while flying over the Pacific.",
"At the time, Underwood had been taking part in Navy carrier group exercises just off the coast of Mexico.",
"For around two weeks, their missile cruiser USS Princeton had been tracking a mysterious aircraft on an advanced electronic radar.",
"Contact with the craft was so inexplicable that the system was even shut down and checked for bugs - but operators continued to track it.",
"On November 14, then Navy commander Fravor claimed he made visual contact with this object, which seemed to dive below the water, resurface, and speed out of sight when he tried to approach it.",
"Underwood then also saw the strange object for himself just after Fravor urged him to keep a look out.",
"The former pilot told New York Magazine: 'So, we go out to where our designated training area is. We're not necessarily looking for something, but the Princeton had a specific object that they wanted us to hunt, for lack of a better word. And all of a sudden, I got this blip on my radar.",
"'The thing that stood out to me the most was how erratic it was behaving. And what I mean by \"erratic\" is that its changes in altitude, air speed, and aspect were just unlike things that I’ve ever encountered before flying against other air targets,' Underwood told the magazine.",
"'Because, aircraft, whether they’re manned or unmanned, still have to obey the laws of physics. They have to have some source of lift, some source of propulsion. The Tic Tac was not doing that. It was going from like 50,000 feet to, you know, a hundred feet in like seconds, which is not possible.'",
"Underwood is the one who first coined the description 'Tic Tac' for the white wingless oblong that was captured from his cockpit's in-flight video.",
"While he dismissed the idea that it was aircraft, a bird or even a weather balloon, he is still unsure whether the object was human or non-human.",
"The Tic Tac incident caused a sensation in 2017 when the Pentagon confirmed that the footage was actually authentic.",
"It then resurfaced once again on Wednesday when Fravor joined two other military whistleblowers to speak at a US Congress hearing.",
"He assured officials that he was not a 'UFO fanatic' and said that the Tic Tac was 'far superior to anything that we had at the time'.",
"'If we, in fact, have programs that possess this technology, it needs to have oversight from those people that the citizens of this country elected in office to represent what is best for the United States and best for the citizens,' he added.",
"Fravor described the Tic Tac object as being 'perfectly white, smooth and had no windows,' with 'two little objects that came out of the bottom'.",
"'I'm not like a UFO fanatic — that's not me. But I will tell you that what we saw with four sets of eyes over five minutes, still, there's nothing we have nothing close to it,' he said.",
"What else could it have been?",
"One theory is that it might well have been a radar reflector balloon used to gauge the abilities of enemy air defences.",
"Launched by a submarine, these specially-designed airborne devices actually date back to 1955, during the days of the Cold War.",
"It is unclear if such balloons are still used today, but given the covert nature of submarines it's not exactly something that defence chiefs would be shouting from the rooftops about.",
"The War Zone, an online magazine oriented towards national security and geopolitical coverage and analysis, first came up with the theory.",
"It said that being able to deploy balloons with radar reflectors while submerged would be a 'highly effective way' of getting a feel for an enemy's air defences.",
"'By sneaking in or near enemy territory, releasing these devices under the right weather conditions, and raising their low-observable electronic intelligence gathering masts, they could theoretically improve the quality of the intelligence gathered remarkably,' the magazine added.",
"It concluded that the Tic Tac UFO witnessed by the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group during its training exercise in 2004 could therefore have been 'a bunch of radar reflector and/or electronic warfare payload-carrying balloons'.",
"What could come of the congress hearing?",
"Fravor's testimony comes as the US Senate is considering a UFO Disclosure Bill which seeks to make make all information relating to 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' (UAPs) public.",
"If passed, records will be publicly disclosed no later than 25 years after they are created unless the president believes their release would threaten national security."
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"Lauren Haughey"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:47:23+01:00 | true |
Judge OKs punitive damages in California gender bias case | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California trial judge ruled Saturday that a woman suing a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in a high-profile gender bias case may seek punitive damages that could add tens of millions of dollars to the $16 million in lost wages and bonuses she is pursuing.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn denied a request by lawyers for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to have Ellen Pao’s demand for unspecified punitive damages thrown out. Pao, the interim CEO of the news and social networking site Reddit, claims she was passed over for a promotion at the firm because she is a woman and then fired in 2012 after she complained.
Kahn said there was enough evidence for the jury considering Pao’s lawsuit to conclude that Kleiner Perkins acted with malice, oppression or fraud, which in California is the legal threshold for awarding damages that are designed to punish and deter particularly bad behavior.
“Per this standard, there is sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror could conclude that Kleiner Perkins engaged in intentional gender discrimination by failing to promote Ms. Pao and terminating her employment,” the judge said in the one-paragraph decision.
Kleiner Perkins has denied wrongdoing and says Pao didn’t get along with her colleagues and performed poorly after she became a junior partner around 2010.
Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments in the case on Tuesday. Kahn’s decision means he will instruct them before they start deliberating that they will need to decide, along with the validity of Pao’s underlying sex discrimination claim, is whether she is entitled to punitive damages and if so, how much. Punitive damages often run much higher than the awards designed to compensate plaintiffs for financial losses.
The four-week trial on Pao’s lawsuit has spotlighted gender imbalance at elite Silicon Valley investment companies that are stacked with some of the nation’s most accomplished graduates who compete aggressively to back the next Google or Amazon. | {
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"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California trial judge ruled Saturday that a woman suing a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in a high-profile gender bias case may seek punitive damages that could add tens of millions of dollars to the $16 million in lost wages and bonuses she is pursuing.",
"San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn denied a request by lawyers for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to have Ellen Pao’s demand for unspecified punitive damages thrown out. Pao, the interim CEO of the news and social networking site Reddit, claims she was passed over for a promotion at the firm because she is a woman and then fired in 2012 after she complained.",
"Kahn said there was enough evidence for the jury considering Pao’s lawsuit to conclude that Kleiner Perkins acted with malice, oppression or fraud, which in California is the legal threshold for awarding damages that are designed to punish and deter particularly bad behavior.",
"“Per this standard, there is sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror could conclude that Kleiner Perkins engaged in intentional gender discrimination by failing to promote Ms. Pao and terminating her employment,” the judge said in the one-paragraph decision.",
"Kleiner Perkins has denied wrongdoing and says Pao didn’t get along with her colleagues and performed poorly after she became a junior partner around 2010.",
"Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments in the case on Tuesday. Kahn’s decision means he will instruct them before they start deliberating that they will need to decide, along with the validity of Pao’s underlying sex discrimination claim, is whether she is entitled to punitive damages and if so, how much. Punitive damages often run much higher than the awards designed to compensate plaintiffs for financial losses.",
"The four-week trial on Pao’s lawsuit has spotlighted gender imbalance at elite Silicon Valley investment companies that are stacked with some of the nation’s most accomplished graduates who compete aggressively to back the next Google or Amazon."
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"LISA LEFF"
] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-22 00:31:30+00:00 | true |
MMA star reveals he's received death threats after BITING his opponent | Brazilian MMA star Igor Severino has revealed he's received online death threats after being disqualified for biting his opponent during a fight last month.
Severino, 20, faced his fellow countryman Andre Lima in a flyweight bout at UFC Vegas 89, but the fight was brought to an abrupt halt in the second round when Severino bit into Lima's bicep while attempting a takedown.
He was swiftly disqualified, and was cut from the UFC by the organisation's president Dana White within hours.
He has received backlash in the days since the incident, and Severino claimed threats had been made to him and his family.
'My social media was flooded with hateful comments, mean messages, people angry at what happened, and also threats,' he told MMA Fighting.
'I started to digest all that and feel bad too. I’ve made a mistake and I apologise to everyone.
'I’m sad because the internet is so polluted. I’ve made a mistake and I’m willing to pay for this mistake, recognise this mistake, but I haven’t killed anyone, I haven’t caused any harm or committed any crime, you know?
'To see people threaten me, threaten my family, makes me really sad and apprehensive, afraid. It leaves me heartbroken.'
Reflecting on the bite itself, Severino was at a loss to explain why it happened.
'There’s no plausible explanation [for the bite], right?' he said
'I remember exchanging strikes with him, a close fight, but I was in autopilot mode after that elbow.
'I don’t remember anything after that, the things I’ve said.
'I only started getting back to myself at the hotel, after a long while, and my team showed me the video of what I’ve done, and there’s no explanation.'
Severino was unbeaten before being disqualified against Lima, having won his previous eight fights.
He opened up on the sacrifices he made to make it to the UFC, and still hopes he will get a shot at redemption in the future.
'I left my family as a teenager and spent two years without seeing my parents and my brother, working toward my dream, and managed to get to [Dana White's] Contender [Series] and the UFC,' he explained.
'That was a dream come true, and now it’s gone like this. That hurts me inside. I could have a long future in the organization, but I’ll own my mistakes and try to come back.
'I hope it’s not a long suspension. I want to come back [to the UFC], I still have a lot to show.' | {
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"Brazilian MMA star Igor Severino has revealed he's received online death threats after being disqualified for biting his opponent during a fight last month.",
"Severino, 20, faced his fellow countryman Andre Lima in a flyweight bout at UFC Vegas 89, but the fight was brought to an abrupt halt in the second round when Severino bit into Lima's bicep while attempting a takedown.",
"He was swiftly disqualified, and was cut from the UFC by the organisation's president Dana White within hours.",
"He has received backlash in the days since the incident, and Severino claimed threats had been made to him and his family.",
"'My social media was flooded with hateful comments, mean messages, people angry at what happened, and also threats,' he told MMA Fighting.",
"'I started to digest all that and feel bad too. I’ve made a mistake and I apologise to everyone.",
"'I’m sad because the internet is so polluted. I’ve made a mistake and I’m willing to pay for this mistake, recognise this mistake, but I haven’t killed anyone, I haven’t caused any harm or committed any crime, you know?",
"'To see people threaten me, threaten my family, makes me really sad and apprehensive, afraid. It leaves me heartbroken.'",
"Reflecting on the bite itself, Severino was at a loss to explain why it happened.",
"'There’s no plausible explanation [for the bite], right?' he said",
"'I remember exchanging strikes with him, a close fight, but I was in autopilot mode after that elbow.",
"'I don’t remember anything after that, the things I’ve said.",
"'I only started getting back to myself at the hotel, after a long while, and my team showed me the video of what I’ve done, and there’s no explanation.'",
"Severino was unbeaten before being disqualified against Lima, having won his previous eight fights.",
"He opened up on the sacrifices he made to make it to the UFC, and still hopes he will get a shot at redemption in the future.",
"'I left my family as a teenager and spent two years without seeing my parents and my brother, working toward my dream, and managed to get to [Dana White's] Contender [Series] and the UFC,' he explained.",
"'That was a dream come true, and now it’s gone like this. That hurts me inside. I could have a long future in the organization, but I’ll own my mistakes and try to come back.",
"'I hope it’s not a long suspension. I want to come back [to the UFC], I still have a lot to show.'"
]
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"Sam Brookes"
] | Daily Mail | 2024-04-03 11:37:06+01:00 | true |
Just Stop Oil activists can take part in ‘peaceful’ protests ahead of their trial | Judge says ‘we are talking about competing rights’ as he relaxes bail conditions of group charged after slow march across Waterloo Bridge
A group of Just Stop Oil activists who took part in a slow march across Waterloo Bridge were told they can continue to take part in “peaceful” protests ahead of their trial.
Stephen Simpson, 70, Barbara Lund, 70, David Mitchell, 62, Patrick Walker, 34, Andrew Bellis, 44 and Peter Lillie, 31, joined the demonstration on Waterloo Bridge on Nov 8.
They all denied an offence contrary to the Public Order Act 2023 at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
According to the charge, the protesters “interfered with the use or operation of a key national infrastructure in England and Wales, namely Waterloo Bridge, intending that act to interfere with the use or operation of such infrastructure or being reckless as to whether it would do so”.
The six were told they will not stand trial until 2025.
Judge David Tomlinson said he was prepared to relax earlier bail conditions, preventing five of the six defendants from coming within the M25.
He said the latest condition “does not stop anyone from taking part in a peaceful protest”.
“What it stops them from doing is participating in a procession which prevents members of the public from going about their lawful business,” he said.
“We are talking about competing rights here and this condition does not stop them protesting; it does, however, stop them from preventing people from going about their lawful business.
“This condition of bail is entirely proportionate to anyone who was given instruction by police.
“It is proportionate to try and stop any of you being accused of any further offences between now and the trial date.”
Mr Simpson of Bradford, Ms Lund of Frome, Mr Mitchell of Bristol, Mr Walker of Newport, Mr Bellis of Cheshire and Mr Lillie of Bristol, all denied one count of interfering with the use of a key national infrastructure.
They will return to court for further hearings on Jan 19 and April 12, but their trial is unlikely to be heard until 2025.
The condition does not apply to Simpson because he has been allowed unconditional bail throughout. | {
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"A group of Just Stop Oil activists who took part in a slow march across Waterloo Bridge were told they can continue to take part in “peaceful” protests ahead of their trial.",
"Stephen Simpson, 70, Barbara Lund, 70, David Mitchell, 62, Patrick Walker, 34, Andrew Bellis, 44 and Peter Lillie, 31, joined the demonstration on Waterloo Bridge on Nov 8.",
"They all denied an offence contrary to the Public Order Act 2023 at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.",
"According to the charge, the protesters “interfered with the use or operation of a key national infrastructure in England and Wales, namely Waterloo Bridge, intending that act to interfere with the use or operation of such infrastructure or being reckless as to whether it would do so”.",
"The six were told they will not stand trial until 2025.",
"Judge David Tomlinson said he was prepared to relax earlier bail conditions, preventing five of the six defendants from coming within the M25.",
"He said the latest condition “does not stop anyone from taking part in a peaceful protest”.",
"“What it stops them from doing is participating in a procession which prevents members of the public from going about their lawful business,” he said.",
"“We are talking about competing rights here and this condition does not stop them protesting; it does, however, stop them from preventing people from going about their lawful business.",
"“This condition of bail is entirely proportionate to anyone who was given instruction by police.",
"“It is proportionate to try and stop any of you being accused of any further offences between now and the trial date.”",
"Mr Simpson of Bradford, Ms Lund of Frome, Mr Mitchell of Bristol, Mr Walker of Newport, Mr Bellis of Cheshire and Mr Lillie of Bristol, all denied one count of interfering with the use of a key national infrastructure.",
"They will return to court for further hearings on Jan 19 and April 12, but their trial is unlikely to be heard until 2025.",
"The condition does not apply to Simpson because he has been allowed unconditional bail throughout."
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"Judge says ‘we are talking about competing rights’ as he relaxes bail conditions of group charged after slow march across Waterloo Bridge"
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"Telegraph Reporters"
] | The Telegraph | 2023-12-11 19:54:00+00:00 | true |
Niğde OSB'de yatırım ve istihdam artıyor - Niğde Haberleri | Devletin sağladığı teşviklerle son dönemde yatırımcıların ilgi gösterdiği Niğde Organize Sanayi Bölgesi (OSB), 6 bin 100 kişilik çalışan gücüyle ülke ekonomisine katkı sağlıyor.
Devletin sağladığı teşviklerle son dönemde yatırımcıların ilgi gösterdiği Niğde Organize Sanayi Bölgesi (OSB), 6 bin 100 kişilik çalışan gücüyle ülke ekonomisine katkı sağlıyor.
Kurulduğu 1986 yılında 112 parsel, 261 hektarlık alanda faaliyet gösteren Niğde OSB'de, bugün 705 hektar alanda 137 parselde 105 firma üretim yapıyor.
Yaklaşık 6 bin 100 kişinin istihdam edildiği Niğde OSB'de 26 parselde de yeni tesisler kuruluyor.
Niğde OSB Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Mustafa Altunbaş, yaptığı yazılı açıklamada, bölgesel ve sektörel teşvik programında yer alan Niğde OSB'de yatırımcıların KDV istisnası, gümrük vergisi muafiyeti, vergi indirimi, sigorta primi işveren hissesi desteği, yatırım yeri tahsisi, faiz desteği gibi avantajlardan yararlandığını belirtti.
OSB'nin, Niğde-Ankara Otoyolu'nun açılması, kentin limana olan yakınlığı, genç nüfusun fazlalığı, deprem riski az olan iller arasında yer alması nedeniyle yatırımcılar için cazibe merkezi haline geldiğini ifade eden Altunbaş, sanayicilere her alanda destek verdiklerini bildirdi.
Altunbaş, Niğde OSB'nin konum açısından ithalat ve ihracata elverişli, ihtisas gümrük bölgesi olmasıyla sanayicilere ciddi ekonomik kazanç sağladığını vurgulayarak, yoğun talep nedeniyle Niğde OSB'nin alanını genişletme çalışmalarının sürdüğünü ifade etti.
Güneş enerjisi sistemi (GES), atık su ve içme suyu arıtma tesisi, elektrik ve doğal gaz dağıtım hatlarıyla her türlü altyapı ve üst yapı çalışmalarıyla sanayicilere destek sağladıklarını belirten Altunbaş, şunları kaydetti:
"6 milyon dolarlık yatırımla 6 megavat kapasiteli güneş enerjisi sistemi OSB'ye yenilenebilir enerji sağlıyor. Ayrıca genişleme alanında çalışmaları devam eden 504 ve 41,7 hektarın yapılaşmaya uygun olmayan bölümlerinde oluşturulacak teknik altyapı alanlarında, Avrupa Birliği'nin Yeşil Mutabakat kapsamında Sınırda Karbon Vergisi Uygulaması'na hazırlanması ve ABD'nin de benzer uygulamalara gidecek olması, kullandığı elektriği yenilenebilir kaynaklardan sağlandığını kanıtlayan firmaların ihracat yapabilecek olması nedeniyle Niğde OSB'deki firmaların tükettikleri elektrik enerjisinin büyük çoğunluğunu karşılamak üzere yaklaşık 60 megavat kapasiteli GES tesisi kurularak yenilenebilir enerjiye ulaşılmasını planlıyoruz."
Anadolu Ajansı ve DHA tarafından geçilen tüm Niğde haberleri, bu bölümde Haberturk.com editörlerinin hiçbir editoryal müdahalesi olmadan otomatik olarak ajans kanallarından geldiği şekliyle yer almaktadır. Niğde Haberleri alanında yer alan haberlerin hepsinin hukuki muhatabı haberi geçen ajanslardır.
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"Kurulduğu 1986 yılında 112 parsel, 261 hektarlık alanda faaliyet gösteren Niğde OSB'de, bugün 705 hektar alanda 137 parselde 105 firma üretim yapıyor.",
"Yaklaşık 6 bin 100 kişinin istihdam edildiği Niğde OSB'de 26 parselde de yeni tesisler kuruluyor.",
"Niğde OSB Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Mustafa Altunbaş, yaptığı yazılı açıklamada, bölgesel ve sektörel teşvik programında yer alan Niğde OSB'de yatırımcıların KDV istisnası, gümrük vergisi muafiyeti, vergi indirimi, sigorta primi işveren hissesi desteği, yatırım yeri tahsisi, faiz desteği gibi avantajlardan yararlandığını belirtti.",
"OSB'nin, Niğde-Ankara Otoyolu'nun açılması, kentin limana olan yakınlığı, genç nüfusun fazlalığı, deprem riski az olan iller arasında yer alması nedeniyle yatırımcılar için cazibe merkezi haline geldiğini ifade eden Altunbaş, sanayicilere her alanda destek verdiklerini bildirdi.",
"Altunbaş, Niğde OSB'nin konum açısından ithalat ve ihracata elverişli, ihtisas gümrük bölgesi olmasıyla sanayicilere ciddi ekonomik kazanç sağladığını vurgulayarak, yoğun talep nedeniyle Niğde OSB'nin alanını genişletme çalışmalarının sürdüğünü ifade etti.",
"Güneş enerjisi sistemi (GES), atık su ve içme suyu arıtma tesisi, elektrik ve doğal gaz dağıtım hatlarıyla her türlü altyapı ve üst yapı çalışmalarıyla sanayicilere destek sağladıklarını belirten Altunbaş, şunları kaydetti:",
"\"6 milyon dolarlık yatırımla 6 megavat kapasiteli güneş enerjisi sistemi OSB'ye yenilenebilir enerji sağlıyor. Ayrıca genişleme alanında çalışmaları devam eden 504 ve 41,7 hektarın yapılaşmaya uygun olmayan bölümlerinde oluşturulacak teknik altyapı alanlarında, Avrupa Birliği'nin Yeşil Mutabakat kapsamında Sınırda Karbon Vergisi Uygulaması'na hazırlanması ve ABD'nin de benzer uygulamalara gidecek olması, kullandığı elektriği yenilenebilir kaynaklardan sağlandığını kanıtlayan firmaların ihracat yapabilecek olması nedeniyle Niğde OSB'deki firmaların tükettikleri elektrik enerjisinin büyük çoğunluğunu karşılamak üzere yaklaşık 60 megavat kapasiteli GES tesisi kurularak yenilenebilir enerjiye ulaşılmasını planlıyoruz.\"",
"Anadolu Ajansı ve DHA tarafından geçilen tüm Niğde haberleri, bu bölümde Haberturk.com editörlerinin hiçbir editoryal müdahalesi olmadan otomatik olarak ajans kanallarından geldiği şekliyle yer almaktadır. Niğde Haberleri alanında yer alan haberlerin hepsinin hukuki muhatabı haberi geçen ajanslardır."
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Jérôme Lejeune : ces archives qui attestent sa découverte de la trisomie 21 | Trente ans après sa mort, les biographes du célèbre généticien présentent de nouvelles pièces d’archive attestant le rôle majeur joué par le Pr Lejeune dans la découverte de la maladie, malgré des polémiques récentes.
Pour toute épitaphe on lui décerna ces quatre lettres, gravées d’or sur la modeste pierre tombale en granite : «NIKE» - pas la marque de sport bien sûr, mais la déesse grecque de la victoire. Le professeur Jérôme Lejeune est mort au petit matin de Pâques, voici tout juste 30 ans, le 3 avril 1994. Il s'apprêtait à recevoir la communion, en cette fête qui figure, pour le chrétien qu'il était, la victoire de la vie sur la mort. Mais une «victoire» plus personnelle l’a rendu célèbre dans le monde entier : la découverte en 1958 du chromosome surnuméraire responsable de la trisomie 21. On parlait encore de «mongolisme» ; c'est Jérôme Lejeune qui imposera plus tard le nom actuel de cette maladie congénitale. Avec la science, c'est aussi la dignité des personnes porteuses de la maladie qui a fait un bond en avant grâce à sa découverte.
Celle-ci s'inscrit dans une série d'avancées scientifiques qui ont marqué l'histoire de la génétique, et grâce auxquelles les travaux du Pr Lejeune ont pu aboutir. Les premiers chromosomes ont été observés au microscope à la fin du XIXème siècle ; les gènes n'étaient encore qu'un concept abstrait. On a longtemps compté 48 chromosomes sur le caryotype humain - c'est dire si leur observation restait une tâche ardue. Ce n’est qu’en 1956, qu’on établit qu’il n’y a que 46 chromosomes dans l’ADN humain.
À Paris, depuis 1937, le Pr Turpin postulait que le mongolisme est le résultat d'une anomalie chromosomique. Dans le laboratoire clinique de l'hôpital Trousseau où il dirigeait ses recherches, il espérait en avoir enfin le cœur net. À ses côtés depuis 1952, Jérôme Lejeune l'assistait en étudiant notamment les empreintes digitales des patients mongoliens. En 1956, l'arrivée au laboratoire de la jeune cardiologue Marthe Gautier, qui avait appris à Boston les techniques de culture cellulaire, permit de pousser plus loin les investigations génétiques. Le 22 mai 1958, Jérôme Lejeune écrivit dans son carnet d'analyse avoir compté «un chromosome surnuméraire» sur des tissus cellulaires d'enfants «mongolien». Le 26 janvier 1959, cette découverte fut communiquée pour la première fois au monde scientifique dans un article publié par l'Académie des sciences, et signé, dans l'ordre, par Jérôme Lejeune, Marie Gauthier (avec deux fautes d'orthographe qui disparaîtront lors des publications ultérieures) et Raymond Turpin.
Jérôme Lejeune acquit dès lors une renommée grandissante. Il a, depuis, consacré sa vie à poursuivre ses recherches sur la trisomie 21 ; aujourd'hui la Fondation qui porte son nom lève des fonds dans l'espoir de découvrir un jour un traitement à cette maladie. Outre sa carrière scientifique, le Pr Lejeune s'est également engagé contre le diagnostic prénatal (permettant de détecter en cours de grossesse une anomalie génétique sur l'embryon), au nom du respect de la dignité de la vie dès sa conception.
Polémique posthume
Devenu par conséquent controversé à mesure que la pratique de l'IVG s'est banalisée dans les mœurs, le souvenir du Pr Lejeune a pâti en outre d'une polémique posthume, déclenchée en 2009 par la publication d'une lettre de Marthe Gautier dans la revue Médecine / Sciences de l'Inserm, un demi-siècle après la découverte de la trisomie 21. Dans ce texte, la cosignataire de l'article ayant établi pour la première fois l'existence d'un 47ème chromosome sur le caryotype des porteurs de trisomie 21 expose son sentiment d’avoir été la «découvreuse oubliée».
La scientifique y raconte son parcours, revenant longuement sur le séjour aux États-Unis au cours duquel elle a acquis la technique de culture cellulaire sans laquelle toute observation chromosomique aurait été vaine. Elle décrit la façon dont elle a installé, avec les moyens du bord, un dispositif similaire dans le laboratoire du Pr Turpin (qu’elle appelle «le patron»), éveillant peu à peu l'attention d'un «nouveau venu au laboratoire», le Pr Lejeune, un «stagiaire au CNRS» qu’elle dit n'avoir pas connu auparavant. Selon son récit, une fois obtenues des cellules d'enfants «mongoliens», c'est donc grâce à elle que l'observation du 47ème chromosome fut permise : «J'ai gagné mon pari, celui de réussir seule avec mes laborantines une technique et surtout de mettre en évidence une anomalie».
Pour «attester la présence» du chromosome surnuméraire, qui est plus petit que les autres, et «établir le caryotype», Marthe Gautier «confie les lames à Jérôme Lejeune qui fait faire les photos». Selon elle, le chercheur conserve les clichés sans les lui montrer, puis part six mois en Amérique du Nord pour une série de conférences sur son autre sujet de recherche, les radiations ionisantes. Le Pr Lejeune mentionne alors la découverte de la trisomie 21 lors d'un séminaire en octobre 1958, «comme s'il en était l'auteur», puis publie en urgence un premier article à son retour en France, pour «devancer inélégamment» une équipe anglo-saxonne sur le point de faire la même découverte.
«Je suis consciente de ce qui se dessine sournoisement, mais je n'ai pas assez d'expérience ni d'autorité», interprète rétrospectivement Marthe Gautier, ajoutant : «trop jeune, je ne connais pas les règles du jeu». Elle reconnaît toutefois qu'elle n'aurait de toute façon peu l'intention d'exploiter la découverte : «ma vie professionnelle se construisait ailleurs, vers la clinique» où elle commençait alors, en parallèle, ses consultations en cardiologie.
Ce que Marthe Gautier n'ose encore écrire noir sur blanc, par pudeur, d'autres l'ont vite écrit en toutes lettres en reprenant à leur compte le récit de cette spoliation : dans un monde scientifique encore trop masculin, la place des femmes dans la recherche avait été une nouvelle fois étouffée. Son récit fut repris dans toute la presse, et de nombreux journalistes y ont vu une nouvelle preuve de «l'effet Matilda», du nom d'une militante féministe qui avait dénoncé en son temps l'accaparation par les hommes de la propriété intellectuelle des femmes.
Le récit de Marthe Gautier a inspiré à la romancière Corinne Royer une œuvre mêlant fiction et biographie, Ce qui nous revient (Actes Sud, 2019), rédigée au terme de deux années passées en compagnie de la scientifique, décédée trois ans plus tard en 2022. On s'étonne auprès de l'écrivaine du délai entre la découverte de la trisomie 21, et de la revendication de sa... maternité, par Marthe Gautier. «Il faut se remettre dans le contexte de l'époque : elle n'avait aucun soutien, aucun appui, et elle aurait été mise au ban du monde scientifique» assure Corinne Royer au Figaro. «Marthe Gautier avait le choix entre se taire et poursuivre sa carrière de son côté, ou bien tout sacrifier à son combat pour être reconnue comme la véritable découvreuse de la trisomie 21».
La romancière ajoute que la Fondation Jérôme Lejeune, «extrêmement puissante», exercerait en outre une pression sur la communauté des chercheurs pour ne pas que soit remis en cause le rôle décisif joué par le Pr Lejeune. Et de présenter au Figaro, pour preuve, le courrier adressé par une cardiologue après publication du roman : «mes collègues et moi-même étant au courant de sa découverte de la trisomie 21 étions plein d'admiration pour elle». Une admiration silencieuse, donc, en raison d'une forme d'omerta.
Une thèse démentie par les archives
Il n'est pas exagéré de supposer que la controverse sur la découverte de la trisomie 21 doit aussi beaucoup aux antagonismes éthiques ou idéologiques entre Marthe Gautier et Jérôme Lejeune. Ce dernier a échoué de peu à l'obtention du Prix Nobel - plusieurs membres du comité ont reconnu ensuite que ses positions sur l'IVG avaient joué contre lui. Or comme c'est chaque fois le cas lorsqu'une découverte majeure est nobélisée, le Pr Lejeune n'aurait probablement pas reçu le Nobel tout seul : Raymond Turpin et Marthe Gautier auraient été primés avec lui. Cette dernière conserve ainsi un grief important contre son ancien collègue.
Mais pour la biographe* du Pr Lejeune, Aude Dugast, membre de la Fondation Lejeune et postulatrice auprès du Vatican de la cause de canonisation du défunt professeur, cette animosité est apparue de nombreuses années plus tard. «Marthe Gautier a attendu la mort du Pr Lejeune et du Pr Turpin pour s'exprimer, alors qu'elle a entretenu au moins jusqu'en 1962, donc trois ans après la découverte, une relation amicale avec Jérôme Lejeune», affirme-t-elle. En effet alors que Marthe Gautier assurait ne pas connaître le Pr Lejeune avant 1958, les lettres qu'elle lui adressait un an plus tôt débutaient déjà en ces termes : «cher ami» ; plus tard en écrivant à sa femme, le Pr Lejeune la décrit encore comme «absolument charmante» avec lui.
Surtout, concernant la découverte elle-même, elle apparaît nettement dans le carnet d'analyse du Pr Lejeune dès mai 1958, réfutant l'idée selon laquelle la découverte aurait été d'abord faite par Marthe Gautier avant que Jérôme Lejeune y soit associé. Il avait lui-même appris à colorer les chromosomes pour les mettre en valeur sur les photographies prises au microscope. La correspondance du Pr Turpin au Pr Lejeune en octobre 1958 montre en outre que c'est bien à lui que le Pr Turpin attribue la découverte.
Tout le temps que dure le voyage du Pr Lejeune en Amérique, Marthe Gautier seule ne parvient pas à retrouver un 47ème chromosome, ce que fait à plusieurs reprises le Pr Lejeune à son retour, permettant ainsi de publier un premier article malgré les scrupules que lui inspire à l'époque sa peur de commettre une erreur en s'empressant de communiquer ses résultats. Enfin, six ans plus tard, lors d'une leçon inaugurale en 1965 pour sa nomination comme professeur de génétique fondamentale, Jérôme Lejeune loue sans détour «l'habileté» et la «ténacité» de Marthe Gautier, sans laquelle la découverte n'aurait pas été possible. Difficile dès lors de maintenir que Jérôme Lejeune aurait «invisibilisé» sa collègue.
L'hypothèse selon laquelle le Pr Lejeune aurait joué un rôle majeur dans cette découverte demeure de loin la plus plausible aux yeux de l'historien et archiviste Bruno Galland, directeur des archives du Rhône et professeur à la Sorbonne, qui a trié les archives de Jérôme Lejeune après sa mort . «Les carnets du Pr Lejeune, et la correspondance privée qu'il entretenait avec son épouse Birthe Lejeune, montrent clairement le rôle primordial qu'il a joué. Ces documents sont d'autant moins susceptibles d'avoir été falsifiés intentionnellement qu'ils n'avaient pas vocation à être rendus publics : ils dévoilent le for interne de Jérôme Lejeune à cette époque», note-t-il.
Davantage qu'une malice de la part de Jérôme Lejeune, la controverse avec Marthe Gautier renseigne d'abord sur la part que les grandes découvertes scientifiques doivent au travail d'équipe, alors que la facilité médiatique ou historique pousse souvent à ne les associer qu'à un seul nom. C'est ce que conclut l'avis du comité d'éthique de l'Inserm, saisi de cette question en 2014 : «De nos jours, les découvertes sont collectives et non plus individuelles». *Jérôme Lejeune. La liberté du savant, Aude Dugast, Artège, 477 p., 22 €. | {
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"À Paris, depuis 1937, le Pr Turpin postulait que le mongolisme est le résultat d'une anomalie chromosomique. Dans le laboratoire clinique de l'hôpital Trousseau où il dirigeait ses recherches, il espérait en avoir enfin le cœur net. À ses côtés depuis 1952, Jérôme Lejeune l'assistait en étudiant notamment les empreintes digitales des patients mongoliens. En 1956, l'arrivée au laboratoire de la jeune cardiologue Marthe Gautier, qui avait appris à Boston les techniques de culture cellulaire, permit de pousser plus loin les investigations génétiques. Le 22 mai 1958, Jérôme Lejeune écrivit dans son carnet d'analyse avoir compté «un chromosome surnuméraire» sur des tissus cellulaires d'enfants «mongolien». Le 26 janvier 1959, cette découverte fut communiquée pour la première fois au monde scientifique dans un article publié par l'Académie des sciences, et signé, dans l'ordre, par Jérôme Lejeune, Marie Gauthier (avec deux fautes d'orthographe qui disparaîtront lors des publications ultérieures) et Raymond Turpin.",
"Jérôme Lejeune acquit dès lors une renommée grandissante. Il a, depuis, consacré sa vie à poursuivre ses recherches sur la trisomie 21 ; aujourd'hui la Fondation qui porte son nom lève des fonds dans l'espoir de découvrir un jour un traitement à cette maladie. Outre sa carrière scientifique, le Pr Lejeune s'est également engagé contre le diagnostic prénatal (permettant de détecter en cours de grossesse une anomalie génétique sur l'embryon), au nom du respect de la dignité de la vie dès sa conception."
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"Pour «attester la présence» du chromosome surnuméraire, qui est plus petit que les autres, et «établir le caryotype», Marthe Gautier «confie les lames à Jérôme Lejeune qui fait faire les photos». Selon elle, le chercheur conserve les clichés sans les lui montrer, puis part six mois en Amérique du Nord pour une série de conférences sur son autre sujet de recherche, les radiations ionisantes. Le Pr Lejeune mentionne alors la découverte de la trisomie 21 lors d'un séminaire en octobre 1958, «comme s'il en était l'auteur», puis publie en urgence un premier article à son retour en France, pour «devancer inélégamment» une équipe anglo-saxonne sur le point de faire la même découverte.",
"«Je suis consciente de ce qui se dessine sournoisement, mais je n'ai pas assez d'expérience ni d'autorité», interprète rétrospectivement Marthe Gautier, ajoutant : «trop jeune, je ne connais pas les règles du jeu». Elle reconnaît toutefois qu'elle n'aurait de toute façon peu l'intention d'exploiter la découverte : «ma vie professionnelle se construisait ailleurs, vers la clinique» où elle commençait alors, en parallèle, ses consultations en cardiologie.",
"Ce que Marthe Gautier n'ose encore écrire noir sur blanc, par pudeur, d'autres l'ont vite écrit en toutes lettres en reprenant à leur compte le récit de cette spoliation : dans un monde scientifique encore trop masculin, la place des femmes dans la recherche avait été une nouvelle fois étouffée. Son récit fut repris dans toute la presse, et de nombreux journalistes y ont vu une nouvelle preuve de «l'effet Matilda», du nom d'une militante féministe qui avait dénoncé en son temps l'accaparation par les hommes de la propriété intellectuelle des femmes.",
"Le récit de Marthe Gautier a inspiré à la romancière Corinne Royer une œuvre mêlant fiction et biographie, Ce qui nous revient (Actes Sud, 2019), rédigée au terme de deux années passées en compagnie de la scientifique, décédée trois ans plus tard en 2022. On s'étonne auprès de l'écrivaine du délai entre la découverte de la trisomie 21, et de la revendication de sa... maternité, par Marthe Gautier. «Il faut se remettre dans le contexte de l'époque : elle n'avait aucun soutien, aucun appui, et elle aurait été mise au ban du monde scientifique» assure Corinne Royer au Figaro. «Marthe Gautier avait le choix entre se taire et poursuivre sa carrière de son côté, ou bien tout sacrifier à son combat pour être reconnue comme la véritable découvreuse de la trisomie 21».",
"La romancière ajoute que la Fondation Jérôme Lejeune, «extrêmement puissante», exercerait en outre une pression sur la communauté des chercheurs pour ne pas que soit remis en cause le rôle décisif joué par le Pr Lejeune. Et de présenter au Figaro, pour preuve, le courrier adressé par une cardiologue après publication du roman : «mes collègues et moi-même étant au courant de sa découverte de la trisomie 21 étions plein d'admiration pour elle». Une admiration silencieuse, donc, en raison d'une forme d'omerta."
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"Il n'est pas exagéré de supposer que la controverse sur la découverte de la trisomie 21 doit aussi beaucoup aux antagonismes éthiques ou idéologiques entre Marthe Gautier et Jérôme Lejeune. Ce dernier a échoué de peu à l'obtention du Prix Nobel - plusieurs membres du comité ont reconnu ensuite que ses positions sur l'IVG avaient joué contre lui. Or comme c'est chaque fois le cas lorsqu'une découverte majeure est nobélisée, le Pr Lejeune n'aurait probablement pas reçu le Nobel tout seul : Raymond Turpin et Marthe Gautier auraient été primés avec lui. Cette dernière conserve ainsi un grief important contre son ancien collègue.",
"Mais pour la biographe* du Pr Lejeune, Aude Dugast, membre de la Fondation Lejeune et postulatrice auprès du Vatican de la cause de canonisation du défunt professeur, cette animosité est apparue de nombreuses années plus tard. «Marthe Gautier a attendu la mort du Pr Lejeune et du Pr Turpin pour s'exprimer, alors qu'elle a entretenu au moins jusqu'en 1962, donc trois ans après la découverte, une relation amicale avec Jérôme Lejeune», affirme-t-elle. En effet alors que Marthe Gautier assurait ne pas connaître le Pr Lejeune avant 1958, les lettres qu'elle lui adressait un an plus tôt débutaient déjà en ces termes : «cher ami» ; plus tard en écrivant à sa femme, le Pr Lejeune la décrit encore comme «absolument charmante» avec lui.",
"Surtout, concernant la découverte elle-même, elle apparaît nettement dans le carnet d'analyse du Pr Lejeune dès mai 1958, réfutant l'idée selon laquelle la découverte aurait été d'abord faite par Marthe Gautier avant que Jérôme Lejeune y soit associé. Il avait lui-même appris à colorer les chromosomes pour les mettre en valeur sur les photographies prises au microscope. La correspondance du Pr Turpin au Pr Lejeune en octobre 1958 montre en outre que c'est bien à lui que le Pr Turpin attribue la découverte.",
"Tout le temps que dure le voyage du Pr Lejeune en Amérique, Marthe Gautier seule ne parvient pas à retrouver un 47ème chromosome, ce que fait à plusieurs reprises le Pr Lejeune à son retour, permettant ainsi de publier un premier article malgré les scrupules que lui inspire à l'époque sa peur de commettre une erreur en s'empressant de communiquer ses résultats. Enfin, six ans plus tard, lors d'une leçon inaugurale en 1965 pour sa nomination comme professeur de génétique fondamentale, Jérôme Lejeune loue sans détour «l'habileté» et la «ténacité» de Marthe Gautier, sans laquelle la découverte n'aurait pas été possible. Difficile dès lors de maintenir que Jérôme Lejeune aurait «invisibilisé» sa collègue.",
"L'hypothèse selon laquelle le Pr Lejeune aurait joué un rôle majeur dans cette découverte demeure de loin la plus plausible aux yeux de l'historien et archiviste Bruno Galland, directeur des archives du Rhône et professeur à la Sorbonne, qui a trié les archives de Jérôme Lejeune après sa mort . «Les carnets du Pr Lejeune, et la correspondance privée qu'il entretenait avec son épouse Birthe Lejeune, montrent clairement le rôle primordial qu'il a joué. Ces documents sont d'autant moins susceptibles d'avoir été falsifiés intentionnellement qu'ils n'avaient pas vocation à être rendus publics : ils dévoilent le for interne de Jérôme Lejeune à cette époque», note-t-il.",
"Davantage qu'une malice de la part de Jérôme Lejeune, la controverse avec Marthe Gautier renseigne d'abord sur la part que les grandes découvertes scientifiques doivent au travail d'équipe, alors que la facilité médiatique ou historique pousse souvent à ne les associer qu'à un seul nom. C'est ce que conclut l'avis du comité d'éthique de l'Inserm, saisi de cette question en 2014 : «De nos jours, les découvertes sont collectives et non plus individuelles». *Jérôme Lejeune. La liberté du savant, Aude Dugast, Artège, 477 p., 22 €."
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"Trente ans après sa mort, les biographes du célèbre généticien présentent de nouvelles pièces d’archive attestant le rôle majeur joué par le Pr Lejeune dans la découverte de la maladie, malgré des polémiques récentes."
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"actualité France",
"société",
"actualité société",
"société française",
"éducation",
"actualité éducation",
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"justice",
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"Paul Sugy"
] | Le Figaro | 2024-04-03 07:05:48+02:00 | true |
What a 'twinkling' star sounds like: 'Eerily fascinating' noise | Twinkling away in deep space, it's hard to imagine that some stars may sound like a 'warped ray gun'.
But state of the art technology suggests that's the case, after scientists created simulations which reveal the 'eerily fascinating' noises for the first time.
Researchers at Northwestern University unveiled what 'twinkling' stars sound like after converting the rippling waves of gas inside stellar cores into sound waves.
You may be surprised to know that these luminous spheres often blast noises like weather sirens and even distant humming in a 'windswept terrain', according to the US team.
'Waves emerging from the core of a large star, for example, make sounds like a warped ray gun, blasting through an alien landscape,' lead author Dr Evan Anders of the study said.
'But the star alters these sounds as the waves reach the star's surface.'
As part of this study, researchers developed the first 3D simulations of what really goes on at the heart of the star.
At the star's core, intense pressure squeezes hydrogen atoms together to form helium atoms and excess energy.
This energy gives rise to heat, which causes clumps of goo-like plasma to rise as if it were inside a lava lamp.
These waves usually then ripple outward to the star's surface where they compress and decompress the star’s plasma, causing brightening and dimming of the star's light.
However, Dr Andres claims that other waves also become 'trapped' and continue to bounce around inside the star.
By understanding this, scientists were able to convert the rippling waves of gas into sound waves, enabling people to hear both what the insides of stars and the 'twinkling' should sound like.
Because the waves are outside the range of human hearing, researchers uniformly increased their frequencies to make them audible.
Depending on how large or bright a star is, Dr Anders says the convection produces waves corresponding to different sounds.
He continued: 'For a large star, the ray gun-like pulses shift into a low echo reverberating through an empty room.
'Waves at the surface of a medium-sized star, on the other hand, conjure images of a persistent hum through a windswept terrain.
'And surface waves on a small star sound like a plaintive alert from a weather siren.'
The team even passed songs through different stars to understand whether these masses have the ability to change their tune.
Audio clips from 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' were used to test this, in addition to a recording from 'The Planets' by classical composer Gustav Holst.
He added: 'We were curious how a song would sound if heard as propagated through a star.
'The stars change the music and, correspondingly, change how the waves would look if we saw them as twinkling on the star's surface.'
In another first, the Northwestern team also discovered how much stars should innately shine.
To do this, Dr Anders and his team developed a filter to understand how waves should bounce around inside of a real star.
When the filter was applied, simulations showed how the waves would appear if viewed through a powerful telescope.
Dr Anders said: 'Stars get a little brighter or a little dimmer depending on various things happening dynamically inside the star.
'The twinkling that these waves cause is extremely subtle, and our eyes are not sensitive enough to see it. But powerful future telescopes may be able to detect it.' | {
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"But state of the art technology suggests that's the case, after scientists created simulations which reveal the 'eerily fascinating' noises for the first time.",
"Researchers at Northwestern University unveiled what 'twinkling' stars sound like after converting the rippling waves of gas inside stellar cores into sound waves.",
"You may be surprised to know that these luminous spheres often blast noises like weather sirens and even distant humming in a 'windswept terrain', according to the US team.",
"'Waves emerging from the core of a large star, for example, make sounds like a warped ray gun, blasting through an alien landscape,' lead author Dr Evan Anders of the study said.",
"'But the star alters these sounds as the waves reach the star's surface.'",
"As part of this study, researchers developed the first 3D simulations of what really goes on at the heart of the star.",
"At the star's core, intense pressure squeezes hydrogen atoms together to form helium atoms and excess energy.",
"This energy gives rise to heat, which causes clumps of goo-like plasma to rise as if it were inside a lava lamp.",
"These waves usually then ripple outward to the star's surface where they compress and decompress the star’s plasma, causing brightening and dimming of the star's light.",
"However, Dr Andres claims that other waves also become 'trapped' and continue to bounce around inside the star.",
"By understanding this, scientists were able to convert the rippling waves of gas into sound waves, enabling people to hear both what the insides of stars and the 'twinkling' should sound like.",
"Because the waves are outside the range of human hearing, researchers uniformly increased their frequencies to make them audible.",
"Depending on how large or bright a star is, Dr Anders says the convection produces waves corresponding to different sounds.",
"He continued: 'For a large star, the ray gun-like pulses shift into a low echo reverberating through an empty room.",
"'Waves at the surface of a medium-sized star, on the other hand, conjure images of a persistent hum through a windswept terrain.",
"'And surface waves on a small star sound like a plaintive alert from a weather siren.'",
"The team even passed songs through different stars to understand whether these masses have the ability to change their tune.",
"Audio clips from 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' were used to test this, in addition to a recording from 'The Planets' by classical composer Gustav Holst.",
"He added: 'We were curious how a song would sound if heard as propagated through a star.",
"'The stars change the music and, correspondingly, change how the waves would look if we saw them as twinkling on the star's surface.'",
"In another first, the Northwestern team also discovered how much stars should innately shine.",
"To do this, Dr Anders and his team developed a filter to understand how waves should bounce around inside of a real star.",
"When the filter was applied, simulations showed how the waves would appear if viewed through a powerful telescope.",
"Dr Anders said: 'Stars get a little brighter or a little dimmer depending on various things happening dynamically inside the star.",
"'The twinkling that these waves cause is extremely subtle, and our eyes are not sensitive enough to see it. But powerful future telescopes may be able to detect it.'"
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"Lauren Haughey"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:32:36+01:00 | true |
Woman: Male colleague at venture firm 'relentless' in affair | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman behind a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm testified Monday that a male colleague was “relentless” in his pursuit of her and cut her out of email chains and meetings when she broke off their affair.
Plaintiff Ellen Pao appeared calm and composed as she took the witness stand for the first time in the case against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
The lawsuit has spotlighted gender imbalance at elite Silicon Valley investment companies that are stacked with some of the nation’s most accomplished graduates— multiple-degree holders from schools such as Harvard and Stanford who are competing aggressively to back the next Google or Amazon.
But women are grossly underrepresented in the venture capital and technology sectors.
Pao is seeking $16 million in damages after claiming she was passed over for a promotion because she is a woman and then fired in 2012 after she complained.
Kleiner Perkins has denied wrongdoing and says Pao didn’t get along with her colleagues and performed poorly after she became a junior partner around 2010.
In her testimony, Pao said she was given a poetry book by a senior partner in 2007 that featured drawings of naked women and poems on topics such as the longings of an older man for younger women. The partner also invited her to dinner one weekend while noting his wife would be out of town, she said.
“I thought it was strange, and it made me uncomfortable,” she said.
Pao acknowledged having the affair with a male colleague, but said she broke it off when she learned he had lied that his wife had left him.
She said the colleague later retaliated by shutting her out of emails and meetings.
“He was relentless and eventually told me that his wife had left him,” Pao told jurors, explaining why she got into the relationship with him.
When she raised the retaliation issue with management, a senior partner explained how he had met his wife at another company while he was married, and perhaps Pao could have the same outcome with her colleague, she testified.
She said she repeatedly complained that the colleague was retaliating against her but “Kleiner Perkins continued to do nothing.”
Pao said it was humiliating not to be invited to an all-male dinner at Vice President Al Gore’s apartment and have to explain to executives she ran into that she wouldn’t be attending. Pao lived in the same building as Gore.
In another example of bias, she said she felt “very uncomfortable” about a conversation men were having about pornography aboard a private plane. The men were not Kleiner employees, but had been invited by a senior Kleiner manager, who Pao’s attorneys say was present but did nothing to stop the conversation.
Kleiner Perkins’ attorneys have tried to portray Pao as a chronic complainer who demanded credit for work done by a team, clashed with her colleagues, and twisted facts and circumstances.
Her attorneys were trying Monday to dispute that portrayal and establish their client’s credibility and likeability with the jury.
During her testimony, Pao said she had a disagreement with a female colleague, but they improved their communication after spending more time together outside the office, as Kleiner Perkins management had suggested.
Pao also joked at times, noting she was huge in her eighth month of pregnancy and had given birth to a girl who acts like a boy.
She said she was an early backer of Twitter at the firm and helped develop another company that went public.
Steve Hirschfeld, an investigator hired by the firm to look into Pao’s bias complaint, testified earlier in the day that she told him that her relationship with the male colleague was not consensual — a contention Hirschfeld did not find truthful.
Kleiner Perkins has said Pao did not complain about the book of poetry when she first received it. The firm also says the book was purchased by the wife of the senior partner who gave it to Pao, and that she has mischaracterized the dinner discussion.
Pao said she wrote a memo to the firm in 2012 saying that women were being treated differently after it seemed that three female junior partners were not going to be promoted.
She had also learned that a female employee claimed she had been sexually harassed, she said.
Hirschfeld said he concluded that Pao did not encounter any discrimination or retaliation at Kleiner Perkins.
Pao was expected to resume her testimony on Tuesday. | {
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"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman behind a high-profile gender bias lawsuit against a major Silicon Valley venture capital firm testified Monday that a male colleague was “relentless” in his pursuit of her and cut her out of email chains and meetings when she broke off their affair.",
"Plaintiff Ellen Pao appeared calm and composed as she took the witness stand for the first time in the case against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.",
"The lawsuit has spotlighted gender imbalance at elite Silicon Valley investment companies that are stacked with some of the nation’s most accomplished graduates— multiple-degree holders from schools such as Harvard and Stanford who are competing aggressively to back the next Google or Amazon.",
"But women are grossly underrepresented in the venture capital and technology sectors.",
"Pao is seeking $16 million in damages after claiming she was passed over for a promotion because she is a woman and then fired in 2012 after she complained.",
"Kleiner Perkins has denied wrongdoing and says Pao didn’t get along with her colleagues and performed poorly after she became a junior partner around 2010.",
"In her testimony, Pao said she was given a poetry book by a senior partner in 2007 that featured drawings of naked women and poems on topics such as the longings of an older man for younger women. The partner also invited her to dinner one weekend while noting his wife would be out of town, she said.",
"“I thought it was strange, and it made me uncomfortable,” she said.",
"Pao acknowledged having the affair with a male colleague, but said she broke it off when she learned he had lied that his wife had left him.",
"She said the colleague later retaliated by shutting her out of emails and meetings.",
"“He was relentless and eventually told me that his wife had left him,” Pao told jurors, explaining why she got into the relationship with him.",
"When she raised the retaliation issue with management, a senior partner explained how he had met his wife at another company while he was married, and perhaps Pao could have the same outcome with her colleague, she testified.",
"She said she repeatedly complained that the colleague was retaliating against her but “Kleiner Perkins continued to do nothing.”",
"Pao said it was humiliating not to be invited to an all-male dinner at Vice President Al Gore’s apartment and have to explain to executives she ran into that she wouldn’t be attending. Pao lived in the same building as Gore.",
"In another example of bias, she said she felt “very uncomfortable” about a conversation men were having about pornography aboard a private plane. The men were not Kleiner employees, but had been invited by a senior Kleiner manager, who Pao’s attorneys say was present but did nothing to stop the conversation.",
"Kleiner Perkins’ attorneys have tried to portray Pao as a chronic complainer who demanded credit for work done by a team, clashed with her colleagues, and twisted facts and circumstances.",
"Her attorneys were trying Monday to dispute that portrayal and establish their client’s credibility and likeability with the jury.",
"During her testimony, Pao said she had a disagreement with a female colleague, but they improved their communication after spending more time together outside the office, as Kleiner Perkins management had suggested.",
"Pao also joked at times, noting she was huge in her eighth month of pregnancy and had given birth to a girl who acts like a boy.",
"She said she was an early backer of Twitter at the firm and helped develop another company that went public.",
"Steve Hirschfeld, an investigator hired by the firm to look into Pao’s bias complaint, testified earlier in the day that she told him that her relationship with the male colleague was not consensual — a contention Hirschfeld did not find truthful.",
"Kleiner Perkins has said Pao did not complain about the book of poetry when she first received it. The firm also says the book was purchased by the wife of the senior partner who gave it to Pao, and that she has mischaracterized the dinner discussion.",
"Pao said she wrote a memo to the firm in 2012 saying that women were being treated differently after it seemed that three female junior partners were not going to be promoted.",
"She had also learned that a female employee claimed she had been sexually harassed, she said.",
"Hirschfeld said he concluded that Pao did not encounter any discrimination or retaliation at Kleiner Perkins.",
"Pao was expected to resume her testimony on Tuesday."
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"SUDHIN THANAWALA"
] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-10 01:10:58+00:00 | true |
‘Aggressive’ pet turkey was too much for me - but don't cook her, says owner | Paul Griffiths, 53, took in the turkey, called Lurky, four months ago, before having to give her up after he became too 'aggressive'
A man who adopted a pet turkey only to discover it was an untrainable, aggressive thief had to appeal for a new owner to take the animal - and not onto their Christmas dinner table.
Paul Griffiths, 53, took in the turkey, called Lurky, four months ago, along with 17 ducks and three chickens, to live with him and his daughter Ophelia at their farmhouse in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Mr Griffiths, a construction worker, decided to adopt the fowl for Ophelia’s mother, Louise, who died from a stroke in April aged 52 and was fondly known to the family as the “crazy chicken lady”.
Bird became ‘aggressive’
However, he has now had to give Lurky up after the bird became “aggressive”.
Turkey-Lurky would regularly jump onto the kitchen counter to steal food and chase Ms Griffiths around the garden.
“When we first got her she was very friendly, you would be able to literally pick her up,” said the 21-year-old.
“So I tried to pick her up once, and then instead of her letting me do that, she basically just pecked my face and I had a massive bruise on my upper lip, she was horrible.”
“She would run up to you with her wings out, obviously turkeys are quite big animals, with her wings spread, and try to attack you,” she added.
Adult turkeys can run up to 25 miles per hour
Adult turkeys can grow to larger than ten kilograms and can run up to 25 miles per hour.
Ms Griffiths, who owns a dog-walking business, added that Lurky tried to “pick fights” with the chickens, but that the birds would fly away.
“She would peck anyone, as soon as you step foot in that garden, she was on you,” she said.
Lurky became “very aggressive” and “quite dominant in an area that she was in”, Ms Griffiths explained. “If you went to her area she would get quite aggressive.”
Muscovy ducks also wreaked havoc
The flock of Muscovy ducks also wreaked havoc on the Griffiths’ home, having already destroyed their garden and formed a “barricade” outside the house.
Speaking of the family’s decision to take in the fowl, Ms Griffiths said: “It was more of a ‘Oh let’s get some ducks’ and then all of a sudden we had too many ducks and it was just too much.”
“They weren’t allowed in the house, they were destroying all the grass and stuff, and it was becoming really muddy,” she added.
“They are also very food-oriented animals, they would stand right outside the back door like 24/7 and you wouldn’t be able to get outside with all of these ducks.
“It was like a barricade of ducks, it was crazy.”
New owner struggle to retrain Lurky
Feeding all the animals costs between £40 and £50 a month on corn alone, she added.
Experts believe that a new owner would struggle to try to retrain Lurky, or any of the other animals.
Dr Viola Ross-Smith, from The British Trust for Ornithology, told the BBC “that ship has sailed”.
She added: “They have a pecking order and maybe Turkey-Lurky thinks he’s the top bird in the whole house.”
After issuing a Facebook appeal for someone with experience owning birds to rehome Lurky and the ducks, several people came forward.
Ms Griffiths said she would prefer the birds to go “to a different sort of home where they can be used for their eggs and stuff like that”.
Lurky, who is estimated to be between two and three years old, was sold along with 11 of the ducks as pets on Saturday.
The family did not wish for Lurky to be cooked and eaten, with Mr Griffiths telling the BBC: “Yes, I eat turkey at Christmas... but not out of the garden.” | {
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"A man who adopted a pet turkey only to discover it was an untrainable, aggressive thief had to appeal for a new owner to take the animal - and not onto their Christmas dinner table.",
"Paul Griffiths, 53, took in the turkey, called Lurky, four months ago, along with 17 ducks and three chickens, to live with him and his daughter Ophelia at their farmhouse in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.",
"Mr Griffiths, a construction worker, decided to adopt the fowl for Ophelia’s mother, Louise, who died from a stroke in April aged 52 and was fondly known to the family as the “crazy chicken lady”."
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"Bird became ‘aggressive’"
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"However, he has now had to give Lurky up after the bird became “aggressive”.",
"Turkey-Lurky would regularly jump onto the kitchen counter to steal food and chase Ms Griffiths around the garden.",
"“When we first got her she was very friendly, you would be able to literally pick her up,” said the 21-year-old.",
"“So I tried to pick her up once, and then instead of her letting me do that, she basically just pecked my face and I had a massive bruise on my upper lip, she was horrible.”",
"“She would run up to you with her wings out, obviously turkeys are quite big animals, with her wings spread, and try to attack you,” she added."
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"Adult turkeys can run up to 25 miles per hour"
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"Adult turkeys can grow to larger than ten kilograms and can run up to 25 miles per hour.",
"Ms Griffiths, who owns a dog-walking business, added that Lurky tried to “pick fights” with the chickens, but that the birds would fly away.",
"“She would peck anyone, as soon as you step foot in that garden, she was on you,” she said.",
"Lurky became “very aggressive” and “quite dominant in an area that she was in”, Ms Griffiths explained. “If you went to her area she would get quite aggressive.”"
]
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"Muscovy ducks also wreaked havoc"
],
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"The flock of Muscovy ducks also wreaked havoc on the Griffiths’ home, having already destroyed their garden and formed a “barricade” outside the house.",
"Speaking of the family’s decision to take in the fowl, Ms Griffiths said: “It was more of a ‘Oh let’s get some ducks’ and then all of a sudden we had too many ducks and it was just too much.”",
"“They weren’t allowed in the house, they were destroying all the grass and stuff, and it was becoming really muddy,” she added.",
"“They are also very food-oriented animals, they would stand right outside the back door like 24/7 and you wouldn’t be able to get outside with all of these ducks.",
"“It was like a barricade of ducks, it was crazy.”"
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"Experts believe that a new owner would struggle to try to retrain Lurky, or any of the other animals.",
"Dr Viola Ross-Smith, from The British Trust for Ornithology, told the BBC “that ship has sailed”.",
"She added: “They have a pecking order and maybe Turkey-Lurky thinks he’s the top bird in the whole house.”",
"After issuing a Facebook appeal for someone with experience owning birds to rehome Lurky and the ducks, several people came forward.",
"Ms Griffiths said she would prefer the birds to go “to a different sort of home where they can be used for their eggs and stuff like that”.",
"Lurky, who is estimated to be between two and three years old, was sold along with 11 of the ducks as pets on Saturday.",
"The family did not wish for Lurky to be cooked and eaten, with Mr Griffiths telling the BBC: “Yes, I eat turkey at Christmas... but not out of the garden.”"
]
}
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"Paul Griffiths, 53, took in the turkey, called Lurky, four months ago, before having to give her up after he became too 'aggressive'"
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"Genevieve Holl-Allen",
"Max Stephens"
] | The Telegraph | 2023-12-11 20:06:00+00:00 | true |
Tabu-Bruch der stärkt: Kunst zum Thema Tod | "Leben mit dem Tod" heißt die neue Ausstellung im Rostocker Waldemarhof. Mitten in dem interkulturellen Zentrum, Tür an Tür mit einem Kindergarten, geht es um das Lebensende und alles, was dazu gehört.
Plastiken zum Thema Tod, eine Schautafel über die Wege eines Leichnams in unterschiedlichen Kulturen, Bilder. Die Sozialpädagogin Stefanie Müller vom Künstlerisch Kreativen Treff im Stadtteil sieht sich zufrieden im großen Saal des Waldemarhofs um. Vor einem Jahr hat sie im Berliner Humboldt Forum die Ausstellung "Unendlich" gesehen, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hatte, das Sterben aus der Tabu-Zone zu holen. Nachdem diese sehr erfolgreich war, schmiedete die Rostockerin den Plan, selber etwas Ähnliches auf die Beine zu stellen: "Ich weiß, dass die ganz große Anfragen dazu hatten, sogar weltweit, bis nach Australien. Das war ganz interessant, da war ich auch wirklich begeistert, dass das so weite Kreise zieht und wir haben gedacht, wir fragen auch einen Teil für uns davon an - und das haben wir auch bekommen."
Kunstwerke, die Kraft geben
Zusätzlich zu den Stücken aus Berlin haben Künstler*innen aus dem Stadtteil Ausstellungsstücke geschaffen - einen Grabstein, auf dem als letzter Wille der Wunsch nach einem legalen Parkplatz eingemeißelt ist, ein Mobile der abgegebenen Löffel, und es gibt eine sogenannte Trauermauer, die Birgit Kobert vom ambulanten Hospiz- und Kinderhospizdienst mitgebracht hat. Sie besteht aus Pappkartons mit Texten, Bildern und Erinnerungsstücken, gestaltet von Trauernden und auch von den ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeiter*innen, die damit ihre Erlebnisse verarbeiten.
"Sie steht normalerweise bei uns im Büro", erzählt Birgit Kobert. "Es gibt auch Kartons, die ich angefertigt habe. Das ist das Schöne: Es gibt Tage, da habe ich das Bedürfnis, mich vor einen gewissen Karton zu stellen, einen Moment Ruhe zu haben, mich an diejenige oder denjenigen zu erinnern. Das gibt mir auch Kraft."
Was passiert mit der Asche?
Den Tod als einen Teil des Lebens begreifbar zu machen, das ist das zentrale Anliegen der Ausstellungsmacher*innen. Im Vorfeld haben sie auch mit den Vorschulkindern von nebenan gesprochen: "Glaubt ihr eigentlich, dass das normal ist, wenn man stirbt?" Ein Kind meldet sich: "Ja, das ist normal, wenn man alt wird, stirbt man auch irgendwann." Die Kinder kennen sich bestens aus, auch mit dem Thema Beerdigung sind viele schon vertraut: "Da wird man in den Sarg gesteckt und dann wird man unter der Erde einfach begraben." Ein anderes Kind weiß: "Dann ist man zu Asche geworden." Auch wo die Asche dann hinkommt, wissen die Kinder: "Dann macht man das in ein Glas oder einen Topf." Man könne sie auch ins Meer kippen, meldet sich ein weiteres Kind.
Nicht für alle ist die Ausstellung geeignet
Eine Unbefangenheit, die sich Stefanie Müller auch von Erwachsenen wünschen würde. Wobei schon das Gespräch im Hause gezeigt hat, dass das nicht so einfach ist: "Die Kollegen von Dien Hong meinten beispielsweise: Wir müssen mal sehen, ob wir in eure Ausstellung gehen können. Denn die haben natürlich auch Menschen da, die aus Flüchtlingsgebieten kommen, also damit durchaus sehr deutlich konfrontiert waren. Und es ist gar nicht so klar, ob die sich mit diesem Thema heute und morgen auseinandersetzen können und wollen, weil sie teilweise traumatisiert sind." Die Gesellschaft für Gesundheit und Pädagogik, zu der die Einrichtung gehört, plant für den September eine weitere Veranstaltung, dann zur Suizidprävention.
"Leben mit dem Tod", die Ausstellung ist noch bis zum 20. Juni täglich von 10 bis 17 Uhr im Waldemarhof zu sehen - begleitet von Lesungen, Filmvorführungen und Gesprächsrunden. | {
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"Plastiken zum Thema Tod, eine Schautafel über die Wege eines Leichnams in unterschiedlichen Kulturen, Bilder. Die Sozialpädagogin Stefanie Müller vom Künstlerisch Kreativen Treff im Stadtteil sieht sich zufrieden im großen Saal des Waldemarhofs um. Vor einem Jahr hat sie im Berliner Humboldt Forum die Ausstellung \"Unendlich\" gesehen, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hatte, das Sterben aus der Tabu-Zone zu holen. Nachdem diese sehr erfolgreich war, schmiedete die Rostockerin den Plan, selber etwas Ähnliches auf die Beine zu stellen: \"Ich weiß, dass die ganz große Anfragen dazu hatten, sogar weltweit, bis nach Australien. Das war ganz interessant, da war ich auch wirklich begeistert, dass das so weite Kreise zieht und wir haben gedacht, wir fragen auch einen Teil für uns davon an - und das haben wir auch bekommen.\""
]
},
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"headline": [
"Kunstwerke, die Kraft geben"
],
"paragraphs": [
"Zusätzlich zu den Stücken aus Berlin haben Künstler*innen aus dem Stadtteil Ausstellungsstücke geschaffen - einen Grabstein, auf dem als letzter Wille der Wunsch nach einem legalen Parkplatz eingemeißelt ist, ein Mobile der abgegebenen Löffel, und es gibt eine sogenannte Trauermauer, die Birgit Kobert vom ambulanten Hospiz- und Kinderhospizdienst mitgebracht hat. Sie besteht aus Pappkartons mit Texten, Bildern und Erinnerungsstücken, gestaltet von Trauernden und auch von den ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeiter*innen, die damit ihre Erlebnisse verarbeiten.",
"\"Sie steht normalerweise bei uns im Büro\", erzählt Birgit Kobert. \"Es gibt auch Kartons, die ich angefertigt habe. Das ist das Schöne: Es gibt Tage, da habe ich das Bedürfnis, mich vor einen gewissen Karton zu stellen, einen Moment Ruhe zu haben, mich an diejenige oder denjenigen zu erinnern. Das gibt mir auch Kraft.\""
]
},
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"headline": [
"Was passiert mit der Asche?"
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"Den Tod als einen Teil des Lebens begreifbar zu machen, das ist das zentrale Anliegen der Ausstellungsmacher*innen. Im Vorfeld haben sie auch mit den Vorschulkindern von nebenan gesprochen: \"Glaubt ihr eigentlich, dass das normal ist, wenn man stirbt?\" Ein Kind meldet sich: \"Ja, das ist normal, wenn man alt wird, stirbt man auch irgendwann.\" Die Kinder kennen sich bestens aus, auch mit dem Thema Beerdigung sind viele schon vertraut: \"Da wird man in den Sarg gesteckt und dann wird man unter der Erde einfach begraben.\" Ein anderes Kind weiß: \"Dann ist man zu Asche geworden.\" Auch wo die Asche dann hinkommt, wissen die Kinder: \"Dann macht man das in ein Glas oder einen Topf.\" Man könne sie auch ins Meer kippen, meldet sich ein weiteres Kind."
]
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"Nicht für alle ist die Ausstellung geeignet"
],
"paragraphs": [
"Eine Unbefangenheit, die sich Stefanie Müller auch von Erwachsenen wünschen würde. Wobei schon das Gespräch im Hause gezeigt hat, dass das nicht so einfach ist: \"Die Kollegen von Dien Hong meinten beispielsweise: Wir müssen mal sehen, ob wir in eure Ausstellung gehen können. Denn die haben natürlich auch Menschen da, die aus Flüchtlingsgebieten kommen, also damit durchaus sehr deutlich konfrontiert waren. Und es ist gar nicht so klar, ob die sich mit diesem Thema heute und morgen auseinandersetzen können und wollen, weil sie teilweise traumatisiert sind.\" Die Gesellschaft für Gesundheit und Pädagogik, zu der die Einrichtung gehört, plant für den September eine weitere Veranstaltung, dann zur Suizidprävention.",
"\"Leben mit dem Tod\", die Ausstellung ist noch bis zum 20. Juni täglich von 10 bis 17 Uhr im Waldemarhof zu sehen - begleitet von Lesungen, Filmvorführungen und Gesprächsrunden."
]
}
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"\"Leben mit dem Tod\" heißt die neue Ausstellung im Rostocker Waldemarhof. Mitten in dem interkulturellen Zentrum, Tür an Tür mit einem Kindergarten, geht es um das Lebensende und alles, was dazu gehört."
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"Katja Bülow"
] | Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) | 2024-06-15 06:00:01.170000+02:00 | true |
Rwanda isn’t the new Brexit. The Tories are imploding over a pointless gimmick | It was never going to stop the boats, but it’s served to distract the party from talking about anything else
Who would have thought that plunging back into a Brexit-style parliamentary nightmare would be like easing into a soothing, warm bath? And yet, perversely, such seems to be the case for the Tory party as it slides back into its permawar comfort zone. This time, however, the Conservatives are tearing each other to pieces not over the momentous event of Britain’s departure from the EU, but over a tokenistic bid to send a few illegal immigrants to Rwanda.
The parallels with the dramatic, painstaking, ridiculous days of Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement are striking: a PM being urged to pull their flagship bill for their own good, No 10 waiting with bated breath as backbench legal eagles pore over the legislative texts, the Wets and Spartans digging their trenches, the elaborately bonkers plots to oust the “May-/Rishibot”.
The attempt to make the Rwanda policy into “the new Brexit” is surely a sign that the Conservative Party is suffering from a severe case of pathological nostalgia. As it enters the final stages of its lifecycle, it is, like any human sufferer of the condition, deriving comfort from the act of reliving aspects of its past. With the party besieged by messy mega-crises from all sides – from a collapsing NHS to a stagnant economy, too many Tories seem to have started yearning for simpler days when politics boiled down to a single existential question.
But let’s be real: the notion that the Rwanda scheme is the issue that the fate of the Tories and the nation hinges on is downright absurd. Yes, border control is a fundamentally important matter. The popular revolt against a liberal orthodoxy committed to unfettered immigration is bringing into motion a political paradigm shift that will eventually transform not only Britain but the wider West. But ultimately, the Rwanda project was never going to be the answer to any of that.
Given that only a fraction of Channel migrants would be sent to mainland Africa’s fourth smallest country, it was hardly ever going to serve as a realistic deterrent. Even No 10 insiders admit that the aim is merely to get a few flights off the ground before election day, temporarily placating voters. But when you consider that the country is in the grips of a dangerous stagnation, the fact that the Tory party should go to war with itself over Rwanda is even more extraordinary.
The Tories could be pulling together to seize on a more straightforward opportunity: to significantly reduce legal immigration. While business lobby groups and the Treasury might grumble, this is something that No 10 can do without being struck down by the courts. Last week, the Government belatedly announced a quite radical plan to toughen visa rules, entailing a drastic increase in the minimum salary requirements for skilled workers, and clamping down on the shortage occupation list, which allows firms to pay foreign workers 20 per cent less than the going rate.
And yet as the party’s Rwandagate wars steal headlines, these breakthroughs have already become chip paper.
Some Tories will be convinced that the internal party blood spilling will be worth it. Conservative strategists might hope that with a few Rwanda flights off the ground, they can shrink Labour’s lead to 10 points, resulting in a hung Parliament on polling day. But they are in danger of forgetting that, while taking control on immigration is important to the public, it is just one of the issues voters care about. In fact, immigration consistently ranks as the third most important issue, behind the state of the NHS and prospects for the economy.
If anything, it will be the slow-motion collapse of the unaffordable NHS that decides the next election. And yet the Tories, having whipped themselves into a frenzy that Rwanda is the question that will decide their fates, do not seem to have any energy left to dwell on the fact that their entire strategy to shore up healthcare votes has imploded.
The party unapologetically abandoned any attempt at reform in favour of ploughing ever more cash into the system. This has spectacularly backfired. Despite lavishing the NHS with historic spending increases, it has failed on promises as basic as building new hospitals and recruiting more GPs. The fact that Labour, the movement that more than any other fashioned the NHS into an object of civic worship, is now assailing it as a wasteful, bureaucratic monster is as big a tell as any that no party can retain the public’s confidence by simply spraying money at it.
The Tories should be exposing the flimsiness of Labour’s reform plans, from its lazy attempt to revive New Labour’s doomed polyclinics, to its managerial obsession with new hospital league tables. They should be putting their heads together to come up with more serious solutions, whether refashioning the NHS as a hybrid state-private model, or directing money from cash-guzzling hospitals to diagnostic innovation and anti-obesity prevention.
Instead, as Sunak quietly downgrades his pledge to slash waiting lists, his party has nothing to say. Tory campaign planners seem to think that the party can distract Red Wall voters from crumbling local health services by flying a few dozen immigrants to Kigali.
Even harder to forgive is that so many Tories seem more animated by Rwanda than the broader conundrum of Britain’s economic decline. Middle income households in Britain are 20 per cent poorer than their equivalents in Germany: it is a travesty that a Conservative government should have no plan for growth beyond a few minor tax cuts.
It is an even bigger scandal that the party has given up on its post-Brexit “Global Britain” vision. There is still an opportunity to salvage the project, centred around solving Britain’s productivity puzzle.
The key to doing so is to create an environment that attracts long-term international investment in capital and skills. While persnickety and unglamorous domestic reforms, like overhauling planning, apprenticeships and business taxation are important, leveraging Brexit to reinvent Britain as a life sciences superpower and Europe’s AI hub could also play a heroic, complementary role.
Alas the Tories no longer have any interest in grappling with the great challenges that threaten both the nation and the future of conservatism. There is falling on one’s sword. Then there is being knocked out with a bottle in a drunken bar fight. | {
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"Who would have thought that plunging back into a Brexit-style parliamentary nightmare would be like easing into a soothing, warm bath? And yet, perversely, such seems to be the case for the Tory party as it slides back into its permawar comfort zone. This time, however, the Conservatives are tearing each other to pieces not over the momentous event of Britain’s departure from the EU, but over a tokenistic bid to send a few illegal immigrants to Rwanda.",
"The parallels with the dramatic, painstaking, ridiculous days of Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement are striking: a PM being urged to pull their flagship bill for their own good, No 10 waiting with bated breath as backbench legal eagles pore over the legislative texts, the Wets and Spartans digging their trenches, the elaborately bonkers plots to oust the “May-/Rishibot”.",
"The attempt to make the Rwanda policy into “the new Brexit” is surely a sign that the Conservative Party is suffering from a severe case of pathological nostalgia. As it enters the final stages of its lifecycle, it is, like any human sufferer of the condition, deriving comfort from the act of reliving aspects of its past. With the party besieged by messy mega-crises from all sides – from a collapsing NHS to a stagnant economy, too many Tories seem to have started yearning for simpler days when politics boiled down to a single existential question.",
"But let’s be real: the notion that the Rwanda scheme is the issue that the fate of the Tories and the nation hinges on is downright absurd. Yes, border control is a fundamentally important matter. The popular revolt against a liberal orthodoxy committed to unfettered immigration is bringing into motion a political paradigm shift that will eventually transform not only Britain but the wider West. But ultimately, the Rwanda project was never going to be the answer to any of that.",
"Given that only a fraction of Channel migrants would be sent to mainland Africa’s fourth smallest country, it was hardly ever going to serve as a realistic deterrent. Even No 10 insiders admit that the aim is merely to get a few flights off the ground before election day, temporarily placating voters. But when you consider that the country is in the grips of a dangerous stagnation, the fact that the Tory party should go to war with itself over Rwanda is even more extraordinary.",
"The Tories could be pulling together to seize on a more straightforward opportunity: to significantly reduce legal immigration. While business lobby groups and the Treasury might grumble, this is something that No 10 can do without being struck down by the courts. Last week, the Government belatedly announced a quite radical plan to toughen visa rules, entailing a drastic increase in the minimum salary requirements for skilled workers, and clamping down on the shortage occupation list, which allows firms to pay foreign workers 20 per cent less than the going rate.",
"And yet as the party’s Rwandagate wars steal headlines, these breakthroughs have already become chip paper.",
"Some Tories will be convinced that the internal party blood spilling will be worth it. Conservative strategists might hope that with a few Rwanda flights off the ground, they can shrink Labour’s lead to 10 points, resulting in a hung Parliament on polling day. But they are in danger of forgetting that, while taking control on immigration is important to the public, it is just one of the issues voters care about. In fact, immigration consistently ranks as the third most important issue, behind the state of the NHS and prospects for the economy.",
"If anything, it will be the slow-motion collapse of the unaffordable NHS that decides the next election. And yet the Tories, having whipped themselves into a frenzy that Rwanda is the question that will decide their fates, do not seem to have any energy left to dwell on the fact that their entire strategy to shore up healthcare votes has imploded.",
"The party unapologetically abandoned any attempt at reform in favour of ploughing ever more cash into the system. This has spectacularly backfired. Despite lavishing the NHS with historic spending increases, it has failed on promises as basic as building new hospitals and recruiting more GPs. The fact that Labour, the movement that more than any other fashioned the NHS into an object of civic worship, is now assailing it as a wasteful, bureaucratic monster is as big a tell as any that no party can retain the public’s confidence by simply spraying money at it.",
"The Tories should be exposing the flimsiness of Labour’s reform plans, from its lazy attempt to revive New Labour’s doomed polyclinics, to its managerial obsession with new hospital league tables. They should be putting their heads together to come up with more serious solutions, whether refashioning the NHS as a hybrid state-private model, or directing money from cash-guzzling hospitals to diagnostic innovation and anti-obesity prevention.",
"Instead, as Sunak quietly downgrades his pledge to slash waiting lists, his party has nothing to say. Tory campaign planners seem to think that the party can distract Red Wall voters from crumbling local health services by flying a few dozen immigrants to Kigali.",
"Even harder to forgive is that so many Tories seem more animated by Rwanda than the broader conundrum of Britain’s economic decline. Middle income households in Britain are 20 per cent poorer than their equivalents in Germany: it is a travesty that a Conservative government should have no plan for growth beyond a few minor tax cuts.",
"It is an even bigger scandal that the party has given up on its post-Brexit “Global Britain” vision. There is still an opportunity to salvage the project, centred around solving Britain’s productivity puzzle.",
"The key to doing so is to create an environment that attracts long-term international investment in capital and skills. While persnickety and unglamorous domestic reforms, like overhauling planning, apprenticeships and business taxation are important, leveraging Brexit to reinvent Britain as a life sciences superpower and Europe’s AI hub could also play a heroic, complementary role.",
"Alas the Tories no longer have any interest in grappling with the great challenges that threaten both the nation and the future of conservatism. There is falling on one’s sword. Then there is being knocked out with a bottle in a drunken bar fight."
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"It was never going to stop the boats, but it’s served to distract the party from talking about anything else"
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"Sherelle Jacobs"
] | The Telegraph | 2023-12-11 20:03:00+00:00 | true |
Wolves' Ryan Giles closes in on a £5m move to Luton | Ryan Giles was due to have a medical at Luton on Thursday before completing a £5million move to the Premier League newcomers from Wolves.
The 23-year-old, who can play anywhere on the left flank, developed at Molineux but has made only one first-team appearance, instead having seven different loan spells.
But Luton boss Rob Edwards knows Giles well from his time coaching Wolves’ youngsters and is confident he can make the step up to the top flight.
Giles spent last season on loan at Middlesbrough and was a key part of the team who reached the play-offs, but Luton’s promotion made them the more attractive option.
They have already added Tahith Chong, Mads Andersen, Chiedozie Ogbene and Marvelous Nakamba, as well as Issa Kabore on loan from Manchester City.
Giles would be the latest player to depart Wolves this summer as the club look to recoup significant funds from sales to balance the books.
Ruben Neves’ departure to Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal for a club-record £47.5m was the headline departure but Wolves have also sold Nathan Collins to Brentford for £23m, Conor Coady to Wolves for £7.5m and Raul Jimenez to Fulham for £5.5m.
There are likely to be other departures too, with Daniel Podence left out of the travelling squad for the pre-season training camp in Portugal and Jonny Castro Otto and Rayan Ait-Nouri also among the players boss Julen Lopetegui is no longer counting on.
As Lopetegui revealed this week, Wolves chairman Jeff Shi – the representative of owners Fosun Sports Group in Wolverhampton – has put the brakes on summer spending. | {
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"Ryan Giles was due to have a medical at Luton on Thursday before completing a £5million move to the Premier League newcomers from Wolves.",
"The 23-year-old, who can play anywhere on the left flank, developed at Molineux but has made only one first-team appearance, instead having seven different loan spells.",
"But Luton boss Rob Edwards knows Giles well from his time coaching Wolves’ youngsters and is confident he can make the step up to the top flight.",
"Giles spent last season on loan at Middlesbrough and was a key part of the team who reached the play-offs, but Luton’s promotion made them the more attractive option.",
"They have already added Tahith Chong, Mads Andersen, Chiedozie Ogbene and Marvelous Nakamba, as well as Issa Kabore on loan from Manchester City.",
"Giles would be the latest player to depart Wolves this summer as the club look to recoup significant funds from sales to balance the books.",
"Ruben Neves’ departure to Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal for a club-record £47.5m was the headline departure but Wolves have also sold Nathan Collins to Brentford for £23m, Conor Coady to Wolves for £7.5m and Raul Jimenez to Fulham for £5.5m.",
"There are likely to be other departures too, with Daniel Podence left out of the travelling squad for the pre-season training camp in Portugal and Jonny Castro Otto and Rayan Ait-Nouri also among the players boss Julen Lopetegui is no longer counting on.",
"As Lopetegui revealed this week, Wolves chairman Jeff Shi – the representative of owners Fosun Sports Group in Wolverhampton – has put the brakes on summer spending."
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"Premier League",
"Luton Town"
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"Tom Collomosse"
] | Daily Mail | 2023-07-27 16:50:15+01:00 | true |
Hackers attack US reporters for Ethiopian TV service | More than a year after researchers revealed an electronic eavesdropping campaign aimed at D.C.-area journalists, the hackers are at it again.
Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab said in a report published Monday that hackers who attacked a U.S. employee of Ethiopian Satellite Television in 2013 have recently launched a new round of attacks using upgraded espionage software.
Citizen Lab, which is based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, says the hackers used three booby-trapped emails sent out in November and December. The broadcaster’s executive director, Neamin Zeleke — one of those targeted by the malicious messages — says it didn’t take a genius to figure out the same actors were at work.
“They didn’t even bother to change the email address,” he said.
Zeleke believes Ethiopia’s authoritarian government — one of Africa’s top jailers of journalists — is behind the hackers. He said it was part of a broader campaign of “threats, intimidation and cyberattacks” designed to stifle independent reporting outside the country. According to Human Rights Watch, at least 38 journalists have been charged under terrorism laws or the criminal code since 2010 — and 60 have been forced into exile over the same period.
“They want to know who is sending us information,” Zeleke said. “They will cut off our oxygen, which is information from inside the country.”
Ethiopian officials have previously denied such claims, but Citizen Lab said it linked the spyware to the Ethiopian government, citing internet protocol addresses traced to Ethiopia Telecom, the country’s state-run carrier, among other forensic clues.
The electronic messages — which carried suspicious-sounding asides such as “please note I have temporarily changed my email to this one” — may have been clumsy but the espionage software they carried was not. Citizen Lab identified the program as a product of Hacking Team — an Italian company that specializes in spyware geared to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Hacking Team spokesman Eric Rabe did not immediately respond to a written request for comment on the report. The Ethiopian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return messages asking for comment.
FBI spokesman Andrew Ames said the agency was “aware of the reporting” but declined further comment.
Citizen Lab’s report: https://citizenlab.org/2015/03/hacking-team-reloaded-us-based-ethiopian-journalists-targeted-spyware/
Hacking Team: http://www.hackingteam.it/ | {
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"More than a year after researchers revealed an electronic eavesdropping campaign aimed at D.C.-area journalists, the hackers are at it again.",
"Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab said in a report published Monday that hackers who attacked a U.S. employee of Ethiopian Satellite Television in 2013 have recently launched a new round of attacks using upgraded espionage software.",
"Citizen Lab, which is based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, says the hackers used three booby-trapped emails sent out in November and December. The broadcaster’s executive director, Neamin Zeleke — one of those targeted by the malicious messages — says it didn’t take a genius to figure out the same actors were at work.",
"“They didn’t even bother to change the email address,” he said.",
"Zeleke believes Ethiopia’s authoritarian government — one of Africa’s top jailers of journalists — is behind the hackers. He said it was part of a broader campaign of “threats, intimidation and cyberattacks” designed to stifle independent reporting outside the country. According to Human Rights Watch, at least 38 journalists have been charged under terrorism laws or the criminal code since 2010 — and 60 have been forced into exile over the same period.",
"“They want to know who is sending us information,” Zeleke said. “They will cut off our oxygen, which is information from inside the country.”",
"Ethiopian officials have previously denied such claims, but Citizen Lab said it linked the spyware to the Ethiopian government, citing internet protocol addresses traced to Ethiopia Telecom, the country’s state-run carrier, among other forensic clues.",
"The electronic messages — which carried suspicious-sounding asides such as “please note I have temporarily changed my email to this one” — may have been clumsy but the espionage software they carried was not. Citizen Lab identified the program as a product of Hacking Team — an Italian company that specializes in spyware geared to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.",
"Hacking Team spokesman Eric Rabe did not immediately respond to a written request for comment on the report. The Ethiopian Embassy in Washington did not immediately return messages asking for comment.",
"FBI spokesman Andrew Ames said the agency was “aware of the reporting” but declined further comment.",
"Citizen Lab’s report: https://citizenlab.org/2015/03/hacking-team-reloaded-us-based-ethiopian-journalists-targeted-spyware/",
"Hacking Team: http://www.hackingteam.it/"
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} | en | [] | [
"RAPHAEL SATTER"
] | Associated Press News | 2015-03-09 21:12:13+00:00 | true |
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