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Willie Mullins has turned the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle into a one-man show. The Irish trainer would have won it with Annie Power had she not stumbled at the final fence and thrown off Ruby Walsh but still ended up lifting the prize with stablemate Glens Melody. That makes it seven wins running, Mullins having lifted the prize for the last six seasons with another record-breaker in Quevega before she retired to stud. Glens Melody capitalises on Annie Power's fall to win the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle . It will be a shame if Mullins’ total domination of day one overshadows the first Festival win of trainer Neil Mulholland courtesy of The Druids Nephew in the Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase. Mulholland, who runs The Young Master in this afternoon’s RSA Chase, is a trainer going places and now has the Grand National in his sights for The Druids Nephew, who won under Barry Geraghty. There was no redemption for last year’s unlucky Champion Hurdle third The New One, who could only manage fifth this time around. Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies was adamant that his mount was not himself, describing the feel he gave him as ‘not like him’. His father trainer Nigel will begin a retrieval mission next week but I wonder if Tuesday’s run means The New One will be over fences next season. Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies (above) was adamant that his mount The New One was not himself . Irish trainer Gordon Elliott is more established than Neil Mulholland but his efforts in plotting a route back to the Festival with his National Hunt Chase winner Cause of Causes also deserves praise. The gelding was second at the meeting last year and had run only three times since with his novice status preserved. Elliott also set up a 64th birthday winner for owner JP McManus. The final race of day one now has the less than snappy name of the CHAPS Restaurant Barbados Novices’ Handicap Chase. Quite a mouthful but Welsh trainer Rebecca Curtis is hoping that might work in her favour after Irish Cavalier won for owner Andrew McIver and gave jockey Paul Townend his second win of the day. Admitting she had never visited the island, Curtis said: ‘Maybe Andrew will take me there now.’ | Glens Melody makes it seven wins running in OLBG Mares’ Hurdle .
Trainer Neil Mulholland picks up first Cheltenham Festival win .
CLICK HERE to see how day one of Cheltenham Festival unfolded .
READ: Cheltenham Festival 2015 racing tips day two .
READ: AP McCoy dreaming of fairy tale ending with Gold Cup glory . | 3e5b26363ca82d159e0e81844a992efc8f74c62d | <s>[INST] Willie Mullins has turned the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle into a one-man show. The Irish trainer would have won it with Annie Power had she not stumbled at the final fence and thrown off Ruby Walsh but still ended up lifting the prize with stablemate Glens Melody. That makes it seven wins running, Mullins having lifted the prize for the last six seasons with another record-breaker in Quevega before she retired to stud. Glens Melody capitalises on Annie Power's fall to win the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle . It will be a shame if Mullins’ total domination of day one overshadows the first Festival win of trainer Neil Mulholland courtesy of The Druids Nephew in the Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase. Mulholland, who runs The Young Master in this afternoon’s RSA Chase, is a trainer going places and now has the Grand National in his sights for The Druids Nephew, who won under Barry Geraghty. There was no redemption for last year’s unlucky Champion Hurdle third The New One, who could only manage fifth this time around. Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies was adamant that his mount was not himself, describing the feel he gave him as ‘not like him’. His father trainer Nigel will begin a retrieval mission next week but I wonder if Tuesday’s run means The New One will be over fences next season. Jockey Sam Twiston-Davies (above) was adamant that his mount The New One was not himself . Irish trainer Gordon Elliott is more established than Neil Mulholland but his efforts in plotting a route back to the Festival with his National Hunt Chase winner Cause of Causes also deserves praise. The gelding was second at the meeting last year and had run only three times since with his novice status preserved. Elliott also set up a 64th birthday winner for owner JP McManus. The final race of day one now has the less than snappy name of the CHAPS Restaurant Barbados Novices’ Handicap Chase. Quite a mouthful but Welsh trainer Rebecca Curtis is hoping that might work in her favour after Irish Cavalier won for owner Andrew McIver and gave jockey Paul Townend his second win of the day. Admitting she had never visited the island, Curtis said: ‘Maybe Andrew will take me there now.’ [/INST] Glens Melody makes it seven wins running in OLBG Mares’ Hurdle .
Trainer Neil Mulholland picks up first Cheltenham Festival win .
CLICK HERE to see how day one of Cheltenham Festival unfolded .
READ: Cheltenham Festival 2015 racing tips day two .
READ: AP McCoy dreaming of fairy tale ending with Gold Cup glory . </s> |
(CNN)As a person-of-color, African-American, veteran minority journalist and longtime enthusiast of all things "Daily Show," I am of course as happy, proud and thrilled as the wife of a successful Apollo astronaut over the impending ascension of Trevor Noah, the biracial comedian from South Africa, to Jon Stewart's anchor chair on what's believed by many to be the most trusted half-hour of news and information in America. As a person who believes in fair play and equal opportunity for all, I am also moved to wonder when a woman will get the chance to preside over a talk show after sunset? Look. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. After generations of near-to-total invisibility on mass media airwaves, it's bracing to find a whole one-hour block of high-profile cable television infotainment anchored by men who look like me. Indeed, in pushing forth both Noah and Larry Wilmore, the writer, comic and erstwhile National Black Correspondent for "The Daily Show," to preside over both halves of Comedy Central's much-coveted 11 p.m.-to-midnight bloc, Stewart is acknowledging what the mainstream of the country truly is: i.e. not as pale-faced as it once thought it was. And so far, Wilmore's "The Nightly Show," which premiered earlier this year as a replacement for the very different "Daily Show" companion once hosted by Stephen Colbert, is gradually establishing its own identity as an equally cheeky hybrid of sketch satire and celebrity forum with its own multicultural flavor. Still, one does wonder what happened to the groundswell of support building among "Daily Show" constituents for Jessica Williams, a three-year veteran of the show and an early favorite for Stewart's spot after he announced last month he was leaving. Williams, who is black, tweeted back to her supporters her grateful opinion that she was "extremely under-qualified for the job." Maybe, but what about Samantha Bee? She's the "most senior correspondent" for "The Daily Show" and is taking her penchant for performance artistry and provocation to TBS, where she'll create her own satiric news franchise. Her track record bodes well for her prospects there. But it's difficult to find any evidence that she was considered a Stewart successor -- though her announcement that she was leaving the show came a month after Stewart's. Besides Bee? No one, least of all those affiliated with Comedy Central, have disclosed any candidates besides Noah. There was even less buzz about the Stewart opening than Colbert's a year ago, during which time there were many willing to say that now was the time to finally give a woman a shot at late-night TV for the first time since the late Joan Rivers' Fox Network effort, "The Late Show" came in 1987-- and went in 1988. And yes, we aren't neglecting Chelsea Handler, whose "Chelsea Lately" was for seven seasons on the E! Network a bawdier late-night alternative to whatever Letterman, Stewart and others were putting down beyond prime-time. She's supposed to start streaming a new show through Netflix sometime next year. So one supposes she's pretty busy. It will happen, perhaps sooner than one now expects. Look how long it took before Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric were given their shots to anchor evening news broadcasts on ABC and CBS respectively. Hmmm ... wonder what they're doing after 11 p.m. these days. | As a black man, Gene Seymour thrilled Trevor Noah tapped for "Daily Show." But in service of fair play he asks: Why not a woman for the job?
Jessica Williams, Samantha Bee would have been good candidates. When will women finally get their shot at late night? | ea7c9bed0a3a221de32caf127c5f995cb5677095 | <s>[INST] (CNN)As a person-of-color, African-American, veteran minority journalist and longtime enthusiast of all things "Daily Show," I am of course as happy, proud and thrilled as the wife of a successful Apollo astronaut over the impending ascension of Trevor Noah, the biracial comedian from South Africa, to Jon Stewart's anchor chair on what's believed by many to be the most trusted half-hour of news and information in America. As a person who believes in fair play and equal opportunity for all, I am also moved to wonder when a woman will get the chance to preside over a talk show after sunset? Look. I don't mean to sound ungrateful. After generations of near-to-total invisibility on mass media airwaves, it's bracing to find a whole one-hour block of high-profile cable television infotainment anchored by men who look like me. Indeed, in pushing forth both Noah and Larry Wilmore, the writer, comic and erstwhile National Black Correspondent for "The Daily Show," to preside over both halves of Comedy Central's much-coveted 11 p.m.-to-midnight bloc, Stewart is acknowledging what the mainstream of the country truly is: i.e. not as pale-faced as it once thought it was. And so far, Wilmore's "The Nightly Show," which premiered earlier this year as a replacement for the very different "Daily Show" companion once hosted by Stephen Colbert, is gradually establishing its own identity as an equally cheeky hybrid of sketch satire and celebrity forum with its own multicultural flavor. Still, one does wonder what happened to the groundswell of support building among "Daily Show" constituents for Jessica Williams, a three-year veteran of the show and an early favorite for Stewart's spot after he announced last month he was leaving. Williams, who is black, tweeted back to her supporters her grateful opinion that she was "extremely under-qualified for the job." Maybe, but what about Samantha Bee? She's the "most senior correspondent" for "The Daily Show" and is taking her penchant for performance artistry and provocation to TBS, where she'll create her own satiric news franchise. Her track record bodes well for her prospects there. But it's difficult to find any evidence that she was considered a Stewart successor -- though her announcement that she was leaving the show came a month after Stewart's. Besides Bee? No one, least of all those affiliated with Comedy Central, have disclosed any candidates besides Noah. There was even less buzz about the Stewart opening than Colbert's a year ago, during which time there were many willing to say that now was the time to finally give a woman a shot at late-night TV for the first time since the late Joan Rivers' Fox Network effort, "The Late Show" came in 1987-- and went in 1988. And yes, we aren't neglecting Chelsea Handler, whose "Chelsea Lately" was for seven seasons on the E! Network a bawdier late-night alternative to whatever Letterman, Stewart and others were putting down beyond prime-time. She's supposed to start streaming a new show through Netflix sometime next year. So one supposes she's pretty busy. It will happen, perhaps sooner than one now expects. Look how long it took before Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric were given their shots to anchor evening news broadcasts on ABC and CBS respectively. Hmmm ... wonder what they're doing after 11 p.m. these days. [/INST] As a black man, Gene Seymour thrilled Trevor Noah tapped for "Daily Show." But in service of fair play he asks: Why not a woman for the job?
Jessica Williams, Samantha Bee would have been good candidates. When will women finally get their shot at late night? </s> |
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall chat happily as they give the corgis a bath while the Queen looks cheerful as she enjoys breakfast in bed. But while these might look like unusually candid snaps of the Royal Family, in reality, they are a clever spoof created by artist Alison Jackson. Inspired by next week's Mothering Sunday, Jackson has tried to imagine how you might treat your mother when she happens to be the Queen. Giving the corgis a bath: Charles and Camilla give the Queen's corgis a bath in a lurid pink bathroom . And according to Jackson, that means hosing down the corgis and carefully giving boiled eggs a regal makeover, complete with bearskin and crown covers. The next photo shows Charles and Camilla, who, as a mother herself will be expecting some treats of her own next Sunday, bathing the corgis in a vivid pink bathroom before drying them off with a patriotic Union Flag towel. Amusingly, the royal couple are seen following the bath up with a blow dry, with Camilla grimacing as Prince Charles accidentally blows hot air in her face. Next comes the big reveal, with the Queen looking thrilled as she is presented with her breakfast tray, a card that reads 'Keep calm and reign on' and three pots of the Body Shop's Vitamin E moisture cream. Anyone for a blowdry? Charles' poor aim leaves Camilla needing to close her eyes . A card fit for a Queen: Prince Charles is seen filling in a card that bears the slogan: 'Keep calm and reign on' Decoration: Charles is also seen giving a trio of boiled eggs a regal makeover, complete with a crown . Finally, Her Majesty is seen sharing her toast soldiers and eggs with her freshly washed - and now very happy - corgis. Jackson is no stranger to reinventing the Royal Family, having previously worked on 'photos' of all the senior royals, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Others to feature in her work include Pippa Middleton, who was the subject of her Christmas pastiche, which depicted Miss Middleton desperately attempting to wrap up a corgi for the Queen. More risqué depictions of the Royal Family include a photo of the Duchess of Cornwall on the treadmill clutching a gin and tonic and another of Camilla, this time smoking a cigarette. Doing the wrapping: A suited Charles and a dressing gowned Camilla wrap up their gifts for the Queen . Breakfast in bed: The Queen, clad in a fetching green nightie, looks delighted as she is given her breakfast . Some for you too: The freshly washed corgis are then shown getting to share Her Majesty's meal . One particularly amusing set claims to go behind the scenes of Prince George's 2013 Christening, with one photo showing the Queen looking horrified as her great grandson is sick on her. Others show a nude William and Kate in the bath with George and another in which the Duchess of Cambridge carefully changes her son's nappy. The latest set of photos were created as part of a 'Treat your Mum like a Queen' campaign being run by the Body Shop ahead of Mothering Sunday. Campaign: The photos were taken to promote The Body Shop's 'Treat your Mum like a Queen' campaign . | Photos show Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall cleaning corgis .
Others depict them preparing breakfast in bed for a delighted Queen .
The Queen is shown in a fetching green nightie and tucked up in bed .
Images are really the work of spoof specialist Alison Jackson . | 294a5989315d8dc374d30f784cffb21ea4af4e43 | <s>[INST] The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall chat happily as they give the corgis a bath while the Queen looks cheerful as she enjoys breakfast in bed. But while these might look like unusually candid snaps of the Royal Family, in reality, they are a clever spoof created by artist Alison Jackson. Inspired by next week's Mothering Sunday, Jackson has tried to imagine how you might treat your mother when she happens to be the Queen. Giving the corgis a bath: Charles and Camilla give the Queen's corgis a bath in a lurid pink bathroom . And according to Jackson, that means hosing down the corgis and carefully giving boiled eggs a regal makeover, complete with bearskin and crown covers. The next photo shows Charles and Camilla, who, as a mother herself will be expecting some treats of her own next Sunday, bathing the corgis in a vivid pink bathroom before drying them off with a patriotic Union Flag towel. Amusingly, the royal couple are seen following the bath up with a blow dry, with Camilla grimacing as Prince Charles accidentally blows hot air in her face. Next comes the big reveal, with the Queen looking thrilled as she is presented with her breakfast tray, a card that reads 'Keep calm and reign on' and three pots of the Body Shop's Vitamin E moisture cream. Anyone for a blowdry? Charles' poor aim leaves Camilla needing to close her eyes . A card fit for a Queen: Prince Charles is seen filling in a card that bears the slogan: 'Keep calm and reign on' Decoration: Charles is also seen giving a trio of boiled eggs a regal makeover, complete with a crown . Finally, Her Majesty is seen sharing her toast soldiers and eggs with her freshly washed - and now very happy - corgis. Jackson is no stranger to reinventing the Royal Family, having previously worked on 'photos' of all the senior royals, including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. Others to feature in her work include Pippa Middleton, who was the subject of her Christmas pastiche, which depicted Miss Middleton desperately attempting to wrap up a corgi for the Queen. More risqué depictions of the Royal Family include a photo of the Duchess of Cornwall on the treadmill clutching a gin and tonic and another of Camilla, this time smoking a cigarette. Doing the wrapping: A suited Charles and a dressing gowned Camilla wrap up their gifts for the Queen . Breakfast in bed: The Queen, clad in a fetching green nightie, looks delighted as she is given her breakfast . Some for you too: The freshly washed corgis are then shown getting to share Her Majesty's meal . One particularly amusing set claims to go behind the scenes of Prince George's 2013 Christening, with one photo showing the Queen looking horrified as her great grandson is sick on her. Others show a nude William and Kate in the bath with George and another in which the Duchess of Cambridge carefully changes her son's nappy. The latest set of photos were created as part of a 'Treat your Mum like a Queen' campaign being run by the Body Shop ahead of Mothering Sunday. Campaign: The photos were taken to promote The Body Shop's 'Treat your Mum like a Queen' campaign . [/INST] Photos show Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall cleaning corgis .
Others depict them preparing breakfast in bed for a delighted Queen .
The Queen is shown in a fetching green nightie and tucked up in bed .
Images are really the work of spoof specialist Alison Jackson . </s> |
His lack of goalscoring early on in his Barcelona career might have drawn some critics, but Luis Suarez is the best signing of the season in terms of chance creation - ahead even of Barclays Premier League assists king Cesc Fabregas. CIES Football Observatory have compiled the top 12 signings of the season in the top five European leagues for rigour, take-ons, recovery, chance creation, distribution and shooting - using statistics to analyse and narrow them down. And £75million summer buy Suarez comes out on top in the 'chance creation' category ahead of two of the Premier League's finest, Fabregas and Swansea City's Gylfi Sigurdsson. Luis Suarez has been the best signing in terms of chance creation this season, say CIES Football Observatory . Cesc Fabregas is in second place on the 'chance creation' indicator despite his 15 league this season . Here are how the CIES Football Observatory Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) work: . Chance creation: ability to put team-mates in a good position to score. Shooting: ability to take advantage of goal opportunities through accurate shooting. Take on: ability to create dangerous situations by successfully challenging opponents. Distribution: ability to keep a hold on the game through efficient passing. Recovery: ability to minimise goal opportunities for opponents through proficient interception work. Rigour: ability to minimise goal opportunities for opponents through robust duelling. Suarez seems to finally be finding his feet at the Nou Camp, and he scored twice in the 2-1 win at Manchester City in the first leg of Barca's Champions League last-16 tie - but it's his work in support of team-mates which has really impressed his manager and supporters since his summer arrival. He has scored just 10 times in all competitions in 24 games, but there is no crisis because of a love for the new Suarez – the one who makes their all-star front three of him, Lionel Messi and Neymar tick. That new-found selflessness puts him ahead of Fabregas in terms of chance creation - despite the Chelsea star's 15 assists in the Premier League this season. That has obviously come at a sacrifice though, and Suarez hasn't been able to get close to the No 1 signing in the shooting category: Chelsea's Diego Costa. 1. Luis Suarez . 2. Cesc Fabregas . 3. Gylfi Sigurdsson . 4. James Rodriguez . 5. Toni Kroos . Barcelona . Chelsea . Swansea . Real Madrid . Real Madrid . 1. Diego Costa . 2. Antoine Griezmann . 3. Khouma Babacar . 4. Luciano Vietto . 5. Felipe Caicedo . Chelsea . Atletico Madrid . Fiorentina . Villarreal . Eibar . Suarez has moved from a goalscorer role to that of a provider since moving to Barcelona in the summer . Diego Costa (left) and Fabregas (right) have formed a deadly combination for Chelsea since signing . Costa is tops the rankings for 'shooting' as shown here by his fierce effort leading to a goal against Tottenham . An impressive 17 league goals put Costa top ahead of Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann . Top scorer in the Premier League with 17 league goals, and having played a key part in the Blues' Capital One Cup triumph against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, nobody would contest that £32m Costa has settled perfectly into the Stamford Bridge set-up. Behind him is Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann who looked to have been signed primarily as the creative force to feed another signing, Mario Mandzukic, but instead has been showing his own goalscoring prowess in a more advanced role. Some more surprising names in that list come from Fiorentina, Villarreal and Eibar in the form of Khouma Babacar, Luciano Vietto and Felipe Caicedo respectively - with West Ham's bargain buy Diafra Sakho coming in just outside the top five in seventh. Alexis Sanchez, despite his recent drought, is 12th. 1. Karim Bellarabi . 2. Angel di Maria . 3. Alexis Sanchez . 4. Diego Perotti . 5. Sadio Mane . Bayer Leverkusen . Manchester United . Arsenal . Genoa . Southampton . 1. Xabi Alonso . 2. Cesc Fabregas . 3. Toni Kroos . 4. Gary Medel . 5. Ivan Rakitic . Bayern Munich . Chelsea . Real Madrid . Inter Milan . Barcelona . Karim Bellarabi (left) is top for 'take on' as he showed by going past Atletico's Guilherme Siqueira last week . Angel di Maria (left) has struggled to keep up his standards at Manchester United but does well for 'take ons' Xabi Alonso might have been surplus to requirements at Real Madrid but his distribution is valued at Bayern . Fabregas' passing ability has helped to bring Chelsea to the level of potential league champions this season . Another surprise name doing well in the distribution group is former Cardiff City flop Gary Medel (left) Jose Mourinho's summer business has been widely lauded and it is perhaps telling that Fabregas is also second in the 'distribution' indicator, with none of Chelsea's former players who moved on making it into the top 12 of any of the categories. Fabregas is only ousted in the list focused on efficient passing by Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso, who is top ahead of his replacement at Real Madrid, Toni Kroos, in third. Inter Milan's Gary Medel, who signed from relegation Cardiff City in the summer is fourth with Ivan Rakitic fifth. Players from the Premier League dominate the 'take on' group, with Angel di Maria (second), Sanchez (third) and Sadio Mane (fifth) - although all fall in the wake of Bayer Leverkusen trickster, and reported Manchester United target, Karim Bellarabi. 1. Walter Gargano . 2. Wendell . 3. Dusan Basta . 4. Jin-su Kim . 5. Davide Astori . Napoli . Bayer Leverkusen . Lazio . Hoffenheim . Roma . 1. Dejan Lovren . 2. Davide Astori . 3. Michael Keane . 4. Sergi Gomez . 5. Ermin Bicakcic . Liverpool . Roma . Burnley . Celta Vigo . Hoffenheim . Walter Gargano (right) looks to have been a top signing for Napoli if you trust his recovery stats . Dejan Lovren (left) surprisingly tops the 'rigour' category despite a difficult first season with Liverpool . Burnley's Michael Keane (left) is another surprise name on that list after moving from Manchester United . While there are some surprise names on the lists, perhaps the biggest is Liverpool's £20m centre back Dejan Lovren, who somehow finishes top of the 'rigour' category for 'ability to minimise goal opportunities for opponents through robust duelling'. Lovren, widely regarded as a transfer flop, finishes ahead of Roma's Davide Astori - who also scored highly in the 'recovery' category - and Burnley's Michael Keane. And Rafael Benitez seems to have done good business in signing Walter Gargano for Napoli. He tops the 'recovery' category with only one English-based player in the top 12, Manchester United's Daley Blind - in 12th place. Manchester United's Daley Blind is the only top 12 player in terms of 'recovery' from the Premier League . | Stats from CIES Football Observatory reveal this season's top signings .
Luis Suarez has been a better creator of chances than Cesc Fabregas .
Diego Costa is No 1 at shooting out of all big-five league signings .
Dejan Lovren surprisingly tops 'rigour' category ahead of Michael Keane .
Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso is the best distributor bought this season .
Bayer Leverkusen's Karim Bellarabi beats Angel di Maria for 'take ons'
Walter Gargano, signed by Napoli in the summer, tops 'recovery' table . | d94bef7a47e558c6beb41a9ea5c80c02833269ed | <s>[INST] His lack of goalscoring early on in his Barcelona career might have drawn some critics, but Luis Suarez is the best signing of the season in terms of chance creation - ahead even of Barclays Premier League assists king Cesc Fabregas. CIES Football Observatory have compiled the top 12 signings of the season in the top five European leagues for rigour, take-ons, recovery, chance creation, distribution and shooting - using statistics to analyse and narrow them down. And £75million summer buy Suarez comes out on top in the 'chance creation' category ahead of two of the Premier League's finest, Fabregas and Swansea City's Gylfi Sigurdsson. Luis Suarez has been the best signing in terms of chance creation this season, say CIES Football Observatory . Cesc Fabregas is in second place on the 'chance creation' indicator despite his 15 league this season . Here are how the CIES Football Observatory Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) work: . Chance creation: ability to put team-mates in a good position to score. Shooting: ability to take advantage of goal opportunities through accurate shooting. Take on: ability to create dangerous situations by successfully challenging opponents. Distribution: ability to keep a hold on the game through efficient passing. Recovery: ability to minimise goal opportunities for opponents through proficient interception work. Rigour: ability to minimise goal opportunities for opponents through robust duelling. Suarez seems to finally be finding his feet at the Nou Camp, and he scored twice in the 2-1 win at Manchester City in the first leg of Barca's Champions League last-16 tie - but it's his work in support of team-mates which has really impressed his manager and supporters since his summer arrival. He has scored just 10 times in all competitions in 24 games, but there is no crisis because of a love for the new Suarez – the one who makes their all-star front three of him, Lionel Messi and Neymar tick. That new-found selflessness puts him ahead of Fabregas in terms of chance creation - despite the Chelsea star's 15 assists in the Premier League this season. That has obviously come at a sacrifice though, and Suarez hasn't been able to get close to the No 1 signing in the shooting category: Chelsea's Diego Costa. 1. Luis Suarez . 2. Cesc Fabregas . 3. Gylfi Sigurdsson . 4. James Rodriguez . 5. Toni Kroos . Barcelona . Chelsea . Swansea . Real Madrid . Real Madrid . 1. Diego Costa . 2. Antoine Griezmann . 3. Khouma Babacar . 4. Luciano Vietto . 5. Felipe Caicedo . Chelsea . Atletico Madrid . Fiorentina . Villarreal . Eibar . Suarez has moved from a goalscorer role to that of a provider since moving to Barcelona in the summer . Diego Costa (left) and Fabregas (right) have formed a deadly combination for Chelsea since signing . Costa is tops the rankings for 'shooting' as shown here by his fierce effort leading to a goal against Tottenham . An impressive 17 league goals put Costa top ahead of Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann . Top scorer in the Premier League with 17 league goals, and having played a key part in the Blues' Capital One Cup triumph against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, nobody would contest that £32m Costa has settled perfectly into the Stamford Bridge set-up. Behind him is Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann who looked to have been signed primarily as the creative force to feed another signing, Mario Mandzukic, but instead has been showing his own goalscoring prowess in a more advanced role. Some more surprising names in that list come from Fiorentina, Villarreal and Eibar in the form of Khouma Babacar, Luciano Vietto and Felipe Caicedo respectively - with West Ham's bargain buy Diafra Sakho coming in just outside the top five in seventh. Alexis Sanchez, despite his recent drought, is 12th. 1. Karim Bellarabi . 2. Angel di Maria . 3. Alexis Sanchez . 4. Diego Perotti . 5. Sadio Mane . Bayer Leverkusen . Manchester United . Arsenal . Genoa . Southampton . 1. Xabi Alonso . 2. Cesc Fabregas . 3. Toni Kroos . 4. Gary Medel . 5. Ivan Rakitic . Bayern Munich . Chelsea . Real Madrid . Inter Milan . Barcelona . Karim Bellarabi (left) is top for 'take on' as he showed by going past Atletico's Guilherme Siqueira last week . Angel di Maria (left) has struggled to keep up his standards at Manchester United but does well for 'take ons' Xabi Alonso might have been surplus to requirements at Real Madrid but his distribution is valued at Bayern . Fabregas' passing ability has helped to bring Chelsea to the level of potential league champions this season . Another surprise name doing well in the distribution group is former Cardiff City flop Gary Medel (left) Jose Mourinho's summer business has been widely lauded and it is perhaps telling that Fabregas is also second in the 'distribution' indicator, with none of Chelsea's former players who moved on making it into the top 12 of any of the categories. Fabregas is only ousted in the list focused on efficient passing by Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso, who is top ahead of his replacement at Real Madrid, Toni Kroos, in third. Inter Milan's Gary Medel, who signed from relegation Cardiff City in the summer is fourth with Ivan Rakitic fifth. Players from the Premier League dominate the 'take on' group, with Angel di Maria (second), Sanchez (third) and Sadio Mane (fifth) - although all fall in the wake of Bayer Leverkusen trickster, and reported Manchester United target, Karim Bellarabi. 1. Walter Gargano . 2. Wendell . 3. Dusan Basta . 4. Jin-su Kim . 5. Davide Astori . Napoli . Bayer Leverkusen . Lazio . Hoffenheim . Roma . 1. Dejan Lovren . 2. Davide Astori . 3. Michael Keane . 4. Sergi Gomez . 5. Ermin Bicakcic . Liverpool . Roma . Burnley . Celta Vigo . Hoffenheim . Walter Gargano (right) looks to have been a top signing for Napoli if you trust his recovery stats . Dejan Lovren (left) surprisingly tops the 'rigour' category despite a difficult first season with Liverpool . Burnley's Michael Keane (left) is another surprise name on that list after moving from Manchester United . While there are some surprise names on the lists, perhaps the biggest is Liverpool's £20m centre back Dejan Lovren, who somehow finishes top of the 'rigour' category for 'ability to minimise goal opportunities for opponents through robust duelling'. Lovren, widely regarded as a transfer flop, finishes ahead of Roma's Davide Astori - who also scored highly in the 'recovery' category - and Burnley's Michael Keane. And Rafael Benitez seems to have done good business in signing Walter Gargano for Napoli. He tops the 'recovery' category with only one English-based player in the top 12, Manchester United's Daley Blind - in 12th place. Manchester United's Daley Blind is the only top 12 player in terms of 'recovery' from the Premier League . [/INST] Stats from CIES Football Observatory reveal this season's top signings .
Luis Suarez has been a better creator of chances than Cesc Fabregas .
Diego Costa is No 1 at shooting out of all big-five league signings .
Dejan Lovren surprisingly tops 'rigour' category ahead of Michael Keane .
Bayern Munich's Xabi Alonso is the best distributor bought this season .
Bayer Leverkusen's Karim Bellarabi beats Angel di Maria for 'take ons'
Walter Gargano, signed by Napoli in the summer, tops 'recovery' table . </s> |
The sperm of a proto-facist Italian soldier and poet has been used to reconstruct his DNA, the first time this technique has been used. Scientists performed the reconstruction, which usually requires the exhumation of remains, by analysing a handkerchief belonging to soldier and poet Gabriele D’Annunzio 100 years ago. It had been given by D’Annunzio to his lover, Countess Olga Levi Brunner, in 1916 with semen residue on it. Italian Gabriele D’Annunzio's (shown right, with Mussolini on the left) sperm was use to reconstruct his DNA. Scientists analysed a handkerchief belonging to D’Annunzio 100 years ago. It had been given to his lover Countess Olga Levi Brunner with semen on it . The handkerchief was analysed by police in Cagliari, Sardinia, along with a letter written by the countess and an ivory toothbrush. They had been stored at the Vittoriale degli Italiani foundation in Lombardy, northern Italy. D’Annunzio, born 12 March 1863, moved into the building in 1922 until his death on 1 March 1938. It was later turned into a museum. Scientists believe that DNA evidence found at a crime scene could in the future be used to create mugshots of criminal suspects. This is one potential use to emerge from a new research paper - Modeling 3D Facial Shape From DNA - published on last year in Plos Genetics. In the article, a team of scientists explained how they were able to produce crude 3D models of faces simply from people's DNA samples. ‘We show that facial variation with regard to sex, ancestry, and genes can be systematically studied with our methods, allowing us to lay the foundation for predictive modeling of faces,’ the researchers wrote. Experts studied the artifacts using a crimescope light, which can observe objects in a variety of wavelengths. This revealed the hidden blotches on the handkerchief, the DNA results of which were then compared with Federico d’Annunzio, the right-wing revolutionary’s great grandson. Vittoriale degli Italiani foundation chief Giordano Bruno Guerri joked that the experiment might open the door to the future cloning of historical figures even if their remains have been lost. ‘Nobody wants to clone D’Annunzio, but nobody knows what changes will take place in science and society,’ he said. ‘It’s good the DNA has been collected.’ AFP news agency described D’Annunzio as a ‘proto-fasciast warmonger’, with many saying his ideals were a forerunner to Italian fascism. The Italian Carabinieri Forensic Department (shown) presented results of their research about an unpublished letter that Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) wrote on 15 July 1935. D'Annunzio's DNA has been extracted from a handkerchief stained with sperm that the poet gave a woman as a 'present' after having sex in 1916 . A member of the Italian Carabinieri Forensic Department presents an unpublished letter (left) that Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) wrote on 15 July 1935 to Carabinieri colonel Adelchi Struffi. Right is an image provided by D'Annunzio's Museum Press Office showing Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) The handnkerchief was studied using a crimescope light, which can observe objects in a variety of wavelength. This revealed the hidden blotches on the handkerchief, the DNA (stock image shown) results of which were then compared with Federico d’Annunzio, the rightwing revolutionary’s great grandson . | Italian Gabriele D’Annunzio's sperm was use to reconstruct his DNA .
Scientists analysed a handkerchief belonging to D’Annunzio 100 years ago .
It had been given to his lover Countess Olga Levi Brunner with semen on it .
DNA reconstruction usually requires the exhumation of remains .
But this technique could now help when cases have gone cold . | 8855c867b8a62afd929e1ac3a82d4ed8b8aa2763 | <s>[INST] The sperm of a proto-facist Italian soldier and poet has been used to reconstruct his DNA, the first time this technique has been used. Scientists performed the reconstruction, which usually requires the exhumation of remains, by analysing a handkerchief belonging to soldier and poet Gabriele D’Annunzio 100 years ago. It had been given by D’Annunzio to his lover, Countess Olga Levi Brunner, in 1916 with semen residue on it. Italian Gabriele D’Annunzio's (shown right, with Mussolini on the left) sperm was use to reconstruct his DNA. Scientists analysed a handkerchief belonging to D’Annunzio 100 years ago. It had been given to his lover Countess Olga Levi Brunner with semen on it . The handkerchief was analysed by police in Cagliari, Sardinia, along with a letter written by the countess and an ivory toothbrush. They had been stored at the Vittoriale degli Italiani foundation in Lombardy, northern Italy. D’Annunzio, born 12 March 1863, moved into the building in 1922 until his death on 1 March 1938. It was later turned into a museum. Scientists believe that DNA evidence found at a crime scene could in the future be used to create mugshots of criminal suspects. This is one potential use to emerge from a new research paper - Modeling 3D Facial Shape From DNA - published on last year in Plos Genetics. In the article, a team of scientists explained how they were able to produce crude 3D models of faces simply from people's DNA samples. ‘We show that facial variation with regard to sex, ancestry, and genes can be systematically studied with our methods, allowing us to lay the foundation for predictive modeling of faces,’ the researchers wrote. Experts studied the artifacts using a crimescope light, which can observe objects in a variety of wavelengths. This revealed the hidden blotches on the handkerchief, the DNA results of which were then compared with Federico d’Annunzio, the right-wing revolutionary’s great grandson. Vittoriale degli Italiani foundation chief Giordano Bruno Guerri joked that the experiment might open the door to the future cloning of historical figures even if their remains have been lost. ‘Nobody wants to clone D’Annunzio, but nobody knows what changes will take place in science and society,’ he said. ‘It’s good the DNA has been collected.’ AFP news agency described D’Annunzio as a ‘proto-fasciast warmonger’, with many saying his ideals were a forerunner to Italian fascism. The Italian Carabinieri Forensic Department (shown) presented results of their research about an unpublished letter that Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) wrote on 15 July 1935. D'Annunzio's DNA has been extracted from a handkerchief stained with sperm that the poet gave a woman as a 'present' after having sex in 1916 . A member of the Italian Carabinieri Forensic Department presents an unpublished letter (left) that Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) wrote on 15 July 1935 to Carabinieri colonel Adelchi Struffi. Right is an image provided by D'Annunzio's Museum Press Office showing Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) The handnkerchief was studied using a crimescope light, which can observe objects in a variety of wavelength. This revealed the hidden blotches on the handkerchief, the DNA (stock image shown) results of which were then compared with Federico d’Annunzio, the rightwing revolutionary’s great grandson . [/INST] Italian Gabriele D’Annunzio's sperm was use to reconstruct his DNA .
Scientists analysed a handkerchief belonging to D’Annunzio 100 years ago .
It had been given to his lover Countess Olga Levi Brunner with semen on it .
DNA reconstruction usually requires the exhumation of remains .
But this technique could now help when cases have gone cold . </s> |
What party poopers. Wrexham were all set to celebrate their 150th birthday and had their eye on a rather nice present - the FA Trophy. Coasting at 2-0 with just a quarter-hour remaining here at Wembley, Wrexham had their celebrations well underway. Then, North Ferriby United decided to roll up, gatecrash and ruin everything. Goals from Louis Moult and Jay Harris had the Welsh side in complete control but North Ferriby, who play a division below, forced extra time through Liam King’s penalty and Ryan Kendall’s late leveller. Players of North Ferriby United celebrate after winning the The FA Carlsberg Trophy on penalties . Then, incredibly, they took the lead as Kendall pounced again, only for Moult to send this magnificent advertisement for the non-league game to penalties. The first five spot-kicks were all scored, the next four saved and the four after that all scored. And so it was Wrexham’s Steve Tomassen, under the pressure of sudden death, who had to be the fall-guy. His penalty was kept out by Adam Nicklin and so North Ferriby were the ones who ascended the 107 steps to lift the handsome silver trophy. Captain of North Ferriby United Liam King lifts the trophy during the The FA Carlsberg Trophy Final . Adam Nicklin (centre) celebrates with King (R) and teammate Nathan Jarman after saving a penalty to win . It was, it’s fair to say, the finest moment in their 81-year existence, a moment nobody associated with the Humberside club will ever forget. For Wrexham, the national stadium has become something of a second home. This was their third visit in as many years - in 2013, they beat Grimsby Town in the FA Trophy final before returning later in the same campaign for the Conference Play-offs final, losing to Newport County. North Ferriby is a village on the north bank of the Humber, not too far from Hull. It has a population of under 4,000 and most of them seemed to have decamped to Wembley for the day. The place itself must have been eerily empty. Players of both team prepare for extra time which ended up finishing 3-3 after the 30 minutes . Among those watching on was Hull City chairman Assem Allam, while Tigers manager Steve Bruce had fixed it with his pal Sam Allardyce for Ferriby to use West Ham’s training facilities on the eve of the game. The Villagers, ninth in their league, had played under the Twin Towers but not under the Arch. It was 1997 when they last came to Wembley, losing to Whitby Town in the FA Vase final. The Welsh side were backed by some 10,000 supporters and, as expected, they made the early running. It took just 11 minutes to make the breakthrough as Moult continued his marvellous run of goals in this season’s Trophy. Louis Moult of Wrexham scores the first goal of the game as they took control early on in the final . Moult (centre) celebrates with Clarke after putting his side into the lead early on in the game . He scored at Stockport County in the second round, two more in the replay, and in both legs of the semi-final with Torquay United. In all, he has 16 goals this season and this was the most significant. Joe Clarke advanced down the left and exchanged passed with Connor Jennings before crossing low for Moult to finish from about eight yards. It was an accomplished finish, though the Ferriby defence allowed him ample time and space. Ferriby’s best opening of the half came when a neat ball over the top sprung Danny Clarke who did well to hold off two defenders before forcing goalkeeper Andy Coughlin into a block at his near post. Kay Harris scores to make it 2-0 during the FA Carlsberg Trophy Final but it wasn't enough for Wrexham . Early in the second-half, there was encouragement for Ferriby when Jason St Juste, an international for Saint Kitts and Nevis, shrugged off Steve Tomassen and was only denied when Coughlin dived at his feet. A minute later and Jennings should have found the net. Set clear by a brilliant through ball, he rounded goalkeeper Andy Nicklin only for Danny Hone to clear his shot off the line. On the hour, Wrexham did claim their second. Harris, part of the team that won here two years ago, was played into acres of space on the right by Jennings, raced clear and calmly slotted the ball past Nicklin. King of North Ferriby United scores a penalty to make it 2-1 during The FA Carlsberg Trophy Final . Wrexham: Coughlin; Tomassen, Smith, Hudson, Ashton; Jennings, Harris, Keates (c) (Evans 72), Clarke (Bishop 102), Morris (York 87); Moult . Substitutes not used: Carrington, Waterfall . Scorers: Moult 11, 117; Harris 60 . Booked: Coughlin . North Ferriby United: Nicklin; Topliss, Hone, Wilson, Wilde (Peat 88); Bolder (Jarman 61), Fry (Kendall 79); King; Clarke, Denton, St Juste . Substitutes not used: Nicholson (GK); Gray . Scorers: King (penalty) 75; Kendall 86, 100 . Booked: Jarman . Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) Attendance: 14,585 . Man of the match: Jason St Juste . The goal showed how Ferriby had been stretched and Jennings nearly capitalised on a carbon copy opening minutes later, only to drag his shot wide. Wrexham seemed to be cruising but things were back in the balance when Danny Clarke broke through the heart of the defence and was fouled as he tried to get round Coughlin. Ferriby captain King assumed responsibility and hammered the spot-kick home to reinvigorate the match. After that it was all Ferriby and, with four minutes left, they drew level. St Juste did well to retrieve the ball wide on the left and, cutting in from the byline, he delivered a low cross on a plate for substitute Kendall to turn home. ‘You’re not singing anymore,’ sang those from Humberside. Kendall is the equivalent of Wrexham’s Moult. This was his sixth in the Trophy this season after earlier strikes against Mickleover Sports, Boston United (twice), Hyde and Farnborough. Ryan Kenda of North Ferriby scores the teams third goal of the game in extra time a Wembley . Kenda celebrates with his team-mates after equalising late at Wembley Stadium for minnows North Ferriby . Liam King (North Ferriby) SCORED 1-0 . Wes York (Wrexham) SCORED 1-1 . Nathan Jarman (North Ferriby) SCORED 2-1 . Andy Bishop (Wrexham) SCORED 2-2 . Ryan Kendall (North Ferriby) SCORED 3-2 . Connor Jennings (Wrexham) SAVED 3-2 . Jason St Juste (North Ferriby) SAVED 3-2 . Neil Ashton (Wrexham) SAVED 3-2 . Tom Denton (North Ferriby) SAVED 3-2 . Louis Moult (Wrexham) SCORED 3-3 . Matt Wilson (North Ferriby) SCORED 4-3 . Blaine Hudson (Wrexham) SCORED 4-4 . Nathan Peat (North Ferriby) SCORED 5-4 . Steve Tomassen SAVED 5-4 . All of a sudden, Wrexham were clinging on and Clarke forced Coughlin into a fine save with a dipping shot from outside the box in stoppage time. St Juste marauded again down the left, crossed and Kendall tried to flick it in, only to be denied by Blaine Hudson’s desperate sliding block. Coasting with 15 minutes left, Wrexham were somewhat fortunate to reach extra time. Still Ferriby were the better side. St Juste again accelerated into space down the right and was denied by Coughlin. And guess who was the provider for Kendall’s second in minute 100. St Juste’s ball looped up off the boot of Tomassen and found its way to Kendall for the simplest of close-range headers. Cue delirium among those wearing green and white. Hone had saved Ferriby once and he did so again with a vital slide tackle when Andy Bishop pulled the trigger with 10 minutes left. The Villagers were clinging on for dear life and their resistance was overcome just three minutes from time. A barrage was only half-cleared and it fell perfectly for Moult to thump home sweetly on the half-volley and ensure the drama of penalties. Neil Ashton watches as his penalty is saved by Adam Nicklin during The FA Carlsberg Trophy Final . Jason St Juste watches as his penalty is saved during the match between North Ferriby United and Wrexham . Adam Nicklin saves the final penalty taken by Steve Tomassen of Wrexham to win the final . The North Ferriby players run to their goalkeeper after he saved the penalty to win them the game . | Goalkeeper Adam Nicklin was the hero as North Ferriby came back from two goals down to beat Wrexham on penalties to win the FA Trophy .
Louis Molt and Jay Harris goals had fired the Welsh side into the lead .
Liam King scored a penalty to give United a lifeline before substitute Ryan Kendall equalised late in normal time .
Kendall's header made it 3-2 before Moult's stunning strike set up penalties, which Ferriby triumphed 5-4 . | e4773495baab3dc6b270907e2a584c5b5c83b19f | <s>[INST] What party poopers. Wrexham were all set to celebrate their 150th birthday and had their eye on a rather nice present - the FA Trophy. Coasting at 2-0 with just a quarter-hour remaining here at Wembley, Wrexham had their celebrations well underway. Then, North Ferriby United decided to roll up, gatecrash and ruin everything. Goals from Louis Moult and Jay Harris had the Welsh side in complete control but North Ferriby, who play a division below, forced extra time through Liam King’s penalty and Ryan Kendall’s late leveller. Players of North Ferriby United celebrate after winning the The FA Carlsberg Trophy on penalties . Then, incredibly, they took the lead as Kendall pounced again, only for Moult to send this magnificent advertisement for the non-league game to penalties. The first five spot-kicks were all scored, the next four saved and the four after that all scored. And so it was Wrexham’s Steve Tomassen, under the pressure of sudden death, who had to be the fall-guy. His penalty was kept out by Adam Nicklin and so North Ferriby were the ones who ascended the 107 steps to lift the handsome silver trophy. Captain of North Ferriby United Liam King lifts the trophy during the The FA Carlsberg Trophy Final . Adam Nicklin (centre) celebrates with King (R) and teammate Nathan Jarman after saving a penalty to win . It was, it’s fair to say, the finest moment in their 81-year existence, a moment nobody associated with the Humberside club will ever forget. For Wrexham, the national stadium has become something of a second home. This was their third visit in as many years - in 2013, they beat Grimsby Town in the FA Trophy final before returning later in the same campaign for the Conference Play-offs final, losing to Newport County. North Ferriby is a village on the north bank of the Humber, not too far from Hull. It has a population of under 4,000 and most of them seemed to have decamped to Wembley for the day. The place itself must have been eerily empty. Players of both team prepare for extra time which ended up finishing 3-3 after the 30 minutes . Among those watching on was Hull City chairman Assem Allam, while Tigers manager Steve Bruce had fixed it with his pal Sam Allardyce for Ferriby to use West Ham’s training facilities on the eve of the game. The Villagers, ninth in their league, had played under the Twin Towers but not under the Arch. It was 1997 when they last came to Wembley, losing to Whitby Town in the FA Vase final. The Welsh side were backed by some 10,000 supporters and, as expected, they made the early running. It took just 11 minutes to make the breakthrough as Moult continued his marvellous run of goals in this season’s Trophy. Louis Moult of Wrexham scores the first goal of the game as they took control early on in the final . Moult (centre) celebrates with Clarke after putting his side into the lead early on in the game . He scored at Stockport County in the second round, two more in the replay, and in both legs of the semi-final with Torquay United. In all, he has 16 goals this season and this was the most significant. Joe Clarke advanced down the left and exchanged passed with Connor Jennings before crossing low for Moult to finish from about eight yards. It was an accomplished finish, though the Ferriby defence allowed him ample time and space. Ferriby’s best opening of the half came when a neat ball over the top sprung Danny Clarke who did well to hold off two defenders before forcing goalkeeper Andy Coughlin into a block at his near post. Kay Harris scores to make it 2-0 during the FA Carlsberg Trophy Final but it wasn't enough for Wrexham . Early in the second-half, there was encouragement for Ferriby when Jason St Juste, an international for Saint Kitts and Nevis, shrugged off Steve Tomassen and was only denied when Coughlin dived at his feet. A minute later and Jennings should have found the net. Set clear by a brilliant through ball, he rounded goalkeeper Andy Nicklin only for Danny Hone to clear his shot off the line. On the hour, Wrexham did claim their second. Harris, part of the team that won here two years ago, was played into acres of space on the right by Jennings, raced clear and calmly slotted the ball past Nicklin. King of North Ferriby United scores a penalty to make it 2-1 during The FA Carlsberg Trophy Final . Wrexham: Coughlin; Tomassen, Smith, Hudson, Ashton; Jennings, Harris, Keates (c) (Evans 72), Clarke (Bishop 102), Morris (York 87); Moult . Substitutes not used: Carrington, Waterfall . Scorers: Moult 11, 117; Harris 60 . Booked: Coughlin . North Ferriby United: Nicklin; Topliss, Hone, Wilson, Wilde (Peat 88); Bolder (Jarman 61), Fry (Kendall 79); King; Clarke, Denton, St Juste . Substitutes not used: Nicholson (GK); Gray . Scorers: King (penalty) 75; Kendall 86, 100 . Booked: Jarman . Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland) Attendance: 14,585 . Man of the match: Jason St Juste . The goal showed how Ferriby had been stretched and Jennings nearly capitalised on a carbon copy opening minutes later, only to drag his shot wide. Wrexham seemed to be cruising but things were back in the balance when Danny Clarke broke through the heart of the defence and was fouled as he tried to get round Coughlin. Ferriby captain King assumed responsibility and hammered the spot-kick home to reinvigorate the match. After that it was all Ferriby and, with four minutes left, they drew level. St Juste did well to retrieve the ball wide on the left and, cutting in from the byline, he delivered a low cross on a plate for substitute Kendall to turn home. ‘You’re not singing anymore,’ sang those from Humberside. Kendall is the equivalent of Wrexham’s Moult. This was his sixth in the Trophy this season after earlier strikes against Mickleover Sports, Boston United (twice), Hyde and Farnborough. Ryan Kenda of North Ferriby scores the teams third goal of the game in extra time a Wembley . Kenda celebrates with his team-mates after equalising late at Wembley Stadium for minnows North Ferriby . Liam King (North Ferriby) SCORED 1-0 . Wes York (Wrexham) SCORED 1-1 . Nathan Jarman (North Ferriby) SCORED 2-1 . Andy Bishop (Wrexham) SCORED 2-2 . Ryan Kendall (North Ferriby) SCORED 3-2 . Connor Jennings (Wrexham) SAVED 3-2 . Jason St Juste (North Ferriby) SAVED 3-2 . Neil Ashton (Wrexham) SAVED 3-2 . Tom Denton (North Ferriby) SAVED 3-2 . Louis Moult (Wrexham) SCORED 3-3 . Matt Wilson (North Ferriby) SCORED 4-3 . Blaine Hudson (Wrexham) SCORED 4-4 . Nathan Peat (North Ferriby) SCORED 5-4 . Steve Tomassen SAVED 5-4 . All of a sudden, Wrexham were clinging on and Clarke forced Coughlin into a fine save with a dipping shot from outside the box in stoppage time. St Juste marauded again down the left, crossed and Kendall tried to flick it in, only to be denied by Blaine Hudson’s desperate sliding block. Coasting with 15 minutes left, Wrexham were somewhat fortunate to reach extra time. Still Ferriby were the better side. St Juste again accelerated into space down the right and was denied by Coughlin. And guess who was the provider for Kendall’s second in minute 100. St Juste’s ball looped up off the boot of Tomassen and found its way to Kendall for the simplest of close-range headers. Cue delirium among those wearing green and white. Hone had saved Ferriby once and he did so again with a vital slide tackle when Andy Bishop pulled the trigger with 10 minutes left. The Villagers were clinging on for dear life and their resistance was overcome just three minutes from time. A barrage was only half-cleared and it fell perfectly for Moult to thump home sweetly on the half-volley and ensure the drama of penalties. Neil Ashton watches as his penalty is saved by Adam Nicklin during The FA Carlsberg Trophy Final . Jason St Juste watches as his penalty is saved during the match between North Ferriby United and Wrexham . Adam Nicklin saves the final penalty taken by Steve Tomassen of Wrexham to win the final . The North Ferriby players run to their goalkeeper after he saved the penalty to win them the game . [/INST] Goalkeeper Adam Nicklin was the hero as North Ferriby came back from two goals down to beat Wrexham on penalties to win the FA Trophy .
Louis Molt and Jay Harris goals had fired the Welsh side into the lead .
Liam King scored a penalty to give United a lifeline before substitute Ryan Kendall equalised late in normal time .
Kendall's header made it 3-2 before Moult's stunning strike set up penalties, which Ferriby triumphed 5-4 . </s> |
Manchester City had long since been knocked out of the Champions League by the time the decision was taken to sack Roberto Mancini in the spring of 2013. European football was not the Italian’s speciality. However, as Manuel Pellegrini looks for a result to save his team’s season, other similarities between the reign of City’s current coach and the final, faltering weeks of his predecessor’s are strikingly relevant. Certainly the two men are different. Pellegrini is placid, Mancini explosive. Pellegrini is considered by some at City to be rather too nice while Mancini made enemies at every level. But, although Pellegrini may beg to differ, the warnings for the Chilean are to be found using football’s most fundamental barometer: results. Manuel Pellegrini is fighting to save his Manchester City job and needs a good result in Barcelona . Manchester City are looking to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit in the Nou Camp . Mancini’s final year at City saw a Barclays Premier League title win, a summer of faltering efforts in the transfer market and a subsequent championship defence in which his team’s levels dropped to the extent that they ended the 2012-13 season some way short of a rival — Manchester United — who did not have to be imperious to beat them into second. Sound familiar? Two years on and again City have failed to build on success. They have bought modestly, played well only sporadically and look destined to trail another less-than-convincing rival — this time it’s Chelsea — by some distance by the time they reach the finishing post. Did United win the title two years ago or did City simply fail to defend it properly? Perhaps a bit of both. Can we say the same again this time round? Almost certainly. Talk to people at City and they will stress that Mancini was not sacked because he failed to win a second league title. He was dismissed because City had failed to move forwards in Europe and because his style of management was, they feared, about to rip holes in the fabric of the club. Nevertheless, the similarities between what should have been Mancini’s consolidation season and this one are clear and that is why Pellegrini has every reason to feel anxious ahead of a mammoth task at the Nou Camp. On Tuesday at City’s hotel by the port, Pellegrini was in denial mode once again. ‘I don’t think my seat is in danger,’ he said. Manchester City's Premier League title challenge suffered a further blow with defeat at Burnley . Pellegrini finds himself in a similar position to Roberto Mancini before the Italian was sacked . Mancini left City after a failed Premier League title defence and another dismal season in Europe . Nevertheless, in the first leg of this tie at the Etihad Stadium three weeks ago we saw far too much of what is wrong with the modern City and not enough of what is right. Haphazard at the back, weak in midfield and mentally suspect by their own admission, Pellegrini’s team were overrun for 45 minutes. Only their own spirit, the excellence of Sergio Aguero and a rare moment of fallibility from Lionel Messi at the death kept City in touch. As such, if they are to overcome a 2-1 deficit they simply must show us something we have not yet seen from them at this level, under either manager. Those who point to wins at home against Bayern Munich and away at Roma as evidence that City are learning are clutching desperately at straws. VIDEO Pellegrini doesn't fear for City job . Yaya Toure and Pellegrini speak from their hotel in Barcelona on the eve of the second leg . Toure knows his team must improve if they are to stand any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals . Joe Hart's penalty save from Lionel Messi at the end of the first leg has given City a glimmer of hope . City were on the ropes for much of both games. Certainly they controlled neither and were aided by some good fortune. On Wednesday it must be different, something the returning Yaya Toure seemed to agree with when he spoke on Tuesday. ‘Last year everybody said we were a top team in Europe,’ said the Ivorian. ‘Now we have lost a couple of games and everybody says we are the worst. We can deal with that. The players know what they have to do.’ During their own media gathering earlier in the day, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique and midfielder Andres Iniesta spoke diplomatically. City remain a feared opponent, was the message. The truth, however, is that City have not remotely troubled the Catalan club in successive Champions League meetings, and given that Barcelona have won 16 of their last 17 games and are yet to be shut out in Europe this season, the size of the English club’s task is clear. Barcelona train at their Joan Gamper base on the eve of the second leg against Manchester City . Luis Suarez scored both Barcelona goals in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium . There was one item of good news for City on Tuesday when Enrique confirmed that his central midfield totem, Sergio Busquets, will not play. The great Spaniard is injured and that may offer the likes of Toure and David Silva some hope as they look to attack Barcelona’s back four. Nevertheless, Pellegrini must hope for a considerable improvement. City simply must find it from somewhere. There is absolutely no desire at City to sack Pellegrini. What would that say about the judgment of those who hired him? Like every manager, however, he will live or die by his results. Currently his win ratio at City is 62 per cent. Mancini’s was 59 per cent. This is game number 99 of Pellegrini’s reign. By the time he reaches his century at home to West Bromwich on Saturday, he will hope to have something significant to reflect upon. | Manchester City face Barcelona at Nou Camp in second leg of last 16 tie .
Catalan giants hold 2-1 lead after victory at the Etihad Stadium .
Manuel Pellegrini needs a result to save City's season .
Yaya Toure knows team must improve after 1-0 defeat by Burnley .
CLICK HERE for Barcelona vs Man City team news . | dd510fe58ac6ce2923767fab1f7674c4779fb2dd | <s>[INST] Manchester City had long since been knocked out of the Champions League by the time the decision was taken to sack Roberto Mancini in the spring of 2013. European football was not the Italian’s speciality. However, as Manuel Pellegrini looks for a result to save his team’s season, other similarities between the reign of City’s current coach and the final, faltering weeks of his predecessor’s are strikingly relevant. Certainly the two men are different. Pellegrini is placid, Mancini explosive. Pellegrini is considered by some at City to be rather too nice while Mancini made enemies at every level. But, although Pellegrini may beg to differ, the warnings for the Chilean are to be found using football’s most fundamental barometer: results. Manuel Pellegrini is fighting to save his Manchester City job and needs a good result in Barcelona . Manchester City are looking to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit in the Nou Camp . Mancini’s final year at City saw a Barclays Premier League title win, a summer of faltering efforts in the transfer market and a subsequent championship defence in which his team’s levels dropped to the extent that they ended the 2012-13 season some way short of a rival — Manchester United — who did not have to be imperious to beat them into second. Sound familiar? Two years on and again City have failed to build on success. They have bought modestly, played well only sporadically and look destined to trail another less-than-convincing rival — this time it’s Chelsea — by some distance by the time they reach the finishing post. Did United win the title two years ago or did City simply fail to defend it properly? Perhaps a bit of both. Can we say the same again this time round? Almost certainly. Talk to people at City and they will stress that Mancini was not sacked because he failed to win a second league title. He was dismissed because City had failed to move forwards in Europe and because his style of management was, they feared, about to rip holes in the fabric of the club. Nevertheless, the similarities between what should have been Mancini’s consolidation season and this one are clear and that is why Pellegrini has every reason to feel anxious ahead of a mammoth task at the Nou Camp. On Tuesday at City’s hotel by the port, Pellegrini was in denial mode once again. ‘I don’t think my seat is in danger,’ he said. Manchester City's Premier League title challenge suffered a further blow with defeat at Burnley . Pellegrini finds himself in a similar position to Roberto Mancini before the Italian was sacked . Mancini left City after a failed Premier League title defence and another dismal season in Europe . Nevertheless, in the first leg of this tie at the Etihad Stadium three weeks ago we saw far too much of what is wrong with the modern City and not enough of what is right. Haphazard at the back, weak in midfield and mentally suspect by their own admission, Pellegrini’s team were overrun for 45 minutes. Only their own spirit, the excellence of Sergio Aguero and a rare moment of fallibility from Lionel Messi at the death kept City in touch. As such, if they are to overcome a 2-1 deficit they simply must show us something we have not yet seen from them at this level, under either manager. Those who point to wins at home against Bayern Munich and away at Roma as evidence that City are learning are clutching desperately at straws. VIDEO Pellegrini doesn't fear for City job . Yaya Toure and Pellegrini speak from their hotel in Barcelona on the eve of the second leg . Toure knows his team must improve if they are to stand any chance of progressing to the quarter-finals . Joe Hart's penalty save from Lionel Messi at the end of the first leg has given City a glimmer of hope . City were on the ropes for much of both games. Certainly they controlled neither and were aided by some good fortune. On Wednesday it must be different, something the returning Yaya Toure seemed to agree with when he spoke on Tuesday. ‘Last year everybody said we were a top team in Europe,’ said the Ivorian. ‘Now we have lost a couple of games and everybody says we are the worst. We can deal with that. The players know what they have to do.’ During their own media gathering earlier in the day, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique and midfielder Andres Iniesta spoke diplomatically. City remain a feared opponent, was the message. The truth, however, is that City have not remotely troubled the Catalan club in successive Champions League meetings, and given that Barcelona have won 16 of their last 17 games and are yet to be shut out in Europe this season, the size of the English club’s task is clear. Barcelona train at their Joan Gamper base on the eve of the second leg against Manchester City . Luis Suarez scored both Barcelona goals in the first leg at the Etihad Stadium . There was one item of good news for City on Tuesday when Enrique confirmed that his central midfield totem, Sergio Busquets, will not play. The great Spaniard is injured and that may offer the likes of Toure and David Silva some hope as they look to attack Barcelona’s back four. Nevertheless, Pellegrini must hope for a considerable improvement. City simply must find it from somewhere. There is absolutely no desire at City to sack Pellegrini. What would that say about the judgment of those who hired him? Like every manager, however, he will live or die by his results. Currently his win ratio at City is 62 per cent. Mancini’s was 59 per cent. This is game number 99 of Pellegrini’s reign. By the time he reaches his century at home to West Bromwich on Saturday, he will hope to have something significant to reflect upon. [/INST] Manchester City face Barcelona at Nou Camp in second leg of last 16 tie .
Catalan giants hold 2-1 lead after victory at the Etihad Stadium .
Manuel Pellegrini needs a result to save City's season .
Yaya Toure knows team must improve after 1-0 defeat by Burnley .
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Petr Cech looks set to leave Chelsea in the summer after he revealed he does not want to spend another season as understudy to Thibaut Courtois. The 32-year-old Czech Republic international has lost his place to the young Belgian this term, starting only four Premier League games and being primarily used in the domestic cup competitions. While accepting manager Jose Mourinho's decision, Cech, who can class Arsenal and Real Madrid among his suitors, said the situation could not go on indefinitely. Long-serving Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech is set to end his 11-year stay at Chelsea in the summer . A host of clubs will be interested in signing Cech, with Spanish giants Real Madrid among the frontrunners . 'I don't know what the club's idea will be. It looks like it works well with me and Thibaut as a duo,' Cech said. 'But that can work for one season only. I don't want another one like this,' he added while on international duty for the Czech Republic who play Latvia in a Euro 2016 qualifier in Prague on Saturday. Cech joined Chelsea in 2004 and has won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, the Champions League and three League Cups, the last of which was this season when he stared ahead of Courtios for the 2-0 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. Cech poses with team-mate Didier Drogba after Chelsea beat Tottenham in the Capital One Cup final . Thibaut Courtois, in action during Chelsea's win over Hull, is now the club's No 1 goalkeeper . With Mourinho clearly favouring Courtois, Cech's future will be of interest to a host of top clubs across Europe. 'There always will be speculation, I leave it for the summer,' Cech said. 'It will be important to sit down with the club, with the manager, to consider all the pros and cons. We will see what will work out the best.' Asked about a possible move to European champions Real Madrid, Cech said: 'When a specific offer comes I will consider it. There are offers one cannot turn down.' Petr Cech joined Chelsea in 2004. Here he is presented alongside Arjen Robben and Mateja Kezman . | Thibaut Courtois has emerged as Chelsea's No 1 this season .
Petr Cech has played second fiddle, starting only four league matches .
But the long-serving keeper has now signalled his desire to leave the club .
Cech, on international duty with the Czech Republic, joined in 2004 .
He has won three league titles, four FA Cups and the Champions League .
Arsenal and Real Madrid are interested in his services .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news . | 500e7007728d1a47e2e7d91e756d60620e870186 | <s>[INST] Petr Cech looks set to leave Chelsea in the summer after he revealed he does not want to spend another season as understudy to Thibaut Courtois. The 32-year-old Czech Republic international has lost his place to the young Belgian this term, starting only four Premier League games and being primarily used in the domestic cup competitions. While accepting manager Jose Mourinho's decision, Cech, who can class Arsenal and Real Madrid among his suitors, said the situation could not go on indefinitely. Long-serving Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech is set to end his 11-year stay at Chelsea in the summer . A host of clubs will be interested in signing Cech, with Spanish giants Real Madrid among the frontrunners . 'I don't know what the club's idea will be. It looks like it works well with me and Thibaut as a duo,' Cech said. 'But that can work for one season only. I don't want another one like this,' he added while on international duty for the Czech Republic who play Latvia in a Euro 2016 qualifier in Prague on Saturday. Cech joined Chelsea in 2004 and has won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, the Champions League and three League Cups, the last of which was this season when he stared ahead of Courtios for the 2-0 defeat of Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. Cech poses with team-mate Didier Drogba after Chelsea beat Tottenham in the Capital One Cup final . Thibaut Courtois, in action during Chelsea's win over Hull, is now the club's No 1 goalkeeper . With Mourinho clearly favouring Courtois, Cech's future will be of interest to a host of top clubs across Europe. 'There always will be speculation, I leave it for the summer,' Cech said. 'It will be important to sit down with the club, with the manager, to consider all the pros and cons. We will see what will work out the best.' Asked about a possible move to European champions Real Madrid, Cech said: 'When a specific offer comes I will consider it. There are offers one cannot turn down.' Petr Cech joined Chelsea in 2004. Here he is presented alongside Arjen Robben and Mateja Kezman . [/INST] Thibaut Courtois has emerged as Chelsea's No 1 this season .
Petr Cech has played second fiddle, starting only four league matches .
But the long-serving keeper has now signalled his desire to leave the club .
Cech, on international duty with the Czech Republic, joined in 2004 .
He has won three league titles, four FA Cups and the Champions League .
Arsenal and Real Madrid are interested in his services .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news . </s> |
U2 musician Bono celebrated St Patrick's Day in style in the south of France, and even took time out to watch Arsenal's Champions League tie with Monaco. The 54-year-old was at the Stade Louis II in the French principality to watch Arsene Wenger's side brave attempt to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit and earn a place in the quarter-finals. The Gunners fell just short despite a 2-0 win, exiting the competition on the away goals rule. Bono was spotted talking to fans before the game and took his seat alongside band-mates Larry Mullen Jnr and The Edge. U2 stars Bono (right), The Edge (left) and Larry Mullen Jnr were in the crowd in Monaco on Tuesday to watch Arsenal's win . The musicians watched Arsenal's Champions League last 16 second leg at the Stade Louis II . With Monte Carlo being a wealthy place and a millionaire's playground, it should come as no surprise to see a celebrity at a big football match. Bono's rock band U2 have sold over 150 million records worldwide over almost 25 years. The Irish band will be on tour once again from May, starting with North America before heading to Europe later in the year. The trio enjoy their evening at the Stade Louis II in the glamorous south of France . Prince Albert of Monaco was also in the crowd at the game, naturally supporting the home side . | U2 musician was at the Stade Louis II to watch Champions League tie .
The 54-year-old Irishman celebrated St Patrick's Day in south of France .
Arsenal were eliminated despite a 2-0 win over Monaco . | 44ef72240809f2ddb43fa3852f3097e2ff6c0be0 | <s>[INST] U2 musician Bono celebrated St Patrick's Day in style in the south of France, and even took time out to watch Arsenal's Champions League tie with Monaco. The 54-year-old was at the Stade Louis II in the French principality to watch Arsene Wenger's side brave attempt to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit and earn a place in the quarter-finals. The Gunners fell just short despite a 2-0 win, exiting the competition on the away goals rule. Bono was spotted talking to fans before the game and took his seat alongside band-mates Larry Mullen Jnr and The Edge. U2 stars Bono (right), The Edge (left) and Larry Mullen Jnr were in the crowd in Monaco on Tuesday to watch Arsenal's win . The musicians watched Arsenal's Champions League last 16 second leg at the Stade Louis II . With Monte Carlo being a wealthy place and a millionaire's playground, it should come as no surprise to see a celebrity at a big football match. Bono's rock band U2 have sold over 150 million records worldwide over almost 25 years. The Irish band will be on tour once again from May, starting with North America before heading to Europe later in the year. The trio enjoy their evening at the Stade Louis II in the glamorous south of France . Prince Albert of Monaco was also in the crowd at the game, naturally supporting the home side . [/INST] U2 musician was at the Stade Louis II to watch Champions League tie .
The 54-year-old Irishman celebrated St Patrick's Day in south of France .
Arsenal were eliminated despite a 2-0 win over Monaco . </s> |
A husband came up with a solution to his tackle his wife's lack of confidence and body image issues - he organised for her to be transformed into a burlesque dancer. Cheryl Holley, 47, from Birmingham, used to struggle with her self-esteem before her husband, Simon, booked her in for a session with a professional burlesque photographer as a birthday present. During the photo shoot, Cheryl dressed up in basques and stockings and posed for pictures taken by Claire Seville. Cheryl Holley, 47, pictured during her burlesque shoot, used to struggle with her self-esteem . She was transformed into a burlesque diva by Claire Seville after her husband bought her the shoot as a gift . Cheryl and husband Simon say their marriage has been enhanced as a result of the shoot . She said the experience boosted her mood and gave her the drive to go on and lose two stone. Speaking of the photo shoot, she said: 'It's made me feel ten years younger! 'When I saw the photographs Claire took of me in the first shoot I just couldn't believe it was me, I started crying because I couldn't believe how fantastic she'd made me look. 'It's done wonders for my confidence. All of a sudden, I get compliments about my appearance and people are amazed when they find out I'm 47. 'The first photoshoot was last March and it was absolutely brilliant, I thoroughly enjoyed it. 'I was so nervous initially because I'd seen Claire's work and didn't think it was for me at all but she made me feel a million dollars. The 47-year-old said she loves how young she looks in Claire's pictures . The couple say they go out more now Claire's confident and are often mistaken for younger than their 47 years . 'It's made me feel at least ten years younger and it not only gave me the incentive to lose two stone but to maintain it as well.' Following the first photo shoot, Cheryl lost two stone going from 14st 7lb to to 12st 7lb and has worked with Claire again. She admits the burlesque photoshoots have enhanced her marriage to Simon, 47. She said: 'He loves seeing me dressed like that and he loves to show me off. 'It's done wonders for our relationship. It's really spiced things up and added an extra dimension to what was already a very happy marriage. 'We go out more and we both feel younger. To be approaching 50 feeling as fresh and alive as we do is a really wonderful thing and we've got Claire to thank for a lot of that.' Simon said of his wife: 'I've always known how wonderful and beautiful she is but now she does too' Before the photoshoot pictured, Cheryl was two stone heavier and self-conscious about her figure . Simon, a sales manager, said he's delighted his wife was so happy with her present. He said: 'It all started out as a gift for Cheryl's 46th birthday. Much to her surprise, Cheryl absolutely loved it. The photographs were stunning and she got a huge confidence boost from the whole experience. 'She was very proud of herself and saw herself for what she is: a very beautiful woman. 'Before seeing Claire, she'd always been conscious of her figure and covered herself up but now she has the confidence to dress how she wants. 'It's not just her appearance: she's really come out of her shell and seems so much happier. I've always known how wonderful and beautiful she is but now she does too. Cheryl used to weigh 14st 7lb, right, but is now a slimmer 12st 7lb, left . The couple say they feel like newly-weds again as the photoshoot 'breathed new life into our marriage' 'It gave her the impetus to go on and lose weight and Cheryl lost two stone straight after working with Claire. 'She'd always talked about dropping the pounds but never really had the drive to see it through. 'After working with Claire and seeing how fantastic she could look gave her all the motivation she needed. 'For our age group it's really unusual and it's breathed new life into our marriage. It's like we're newlyweds again.' Claire Seville's Birmingham-based Bad Girl studio caters for clients who want something a little more risqué than traditional poses. Cheryl pictured before her weightloss when she was low in confidence . Now she's in the driving seat, happier and more confident and two stones lighter . The 36-year-old captures pin-up poses and even provides latex outfits for customers of all shapes, sizes and ages. She said: 'A lot of women who come to me have no confidence so it's really rewarding to give them that well-deserved boost. 'Cheryl is the prime example of someone who came to me with zero confidence but feels fantastic afterwards. 'Some feel jittery and apprehensive but it never ceases to amaze me what a little encouragement can achieve.' Claire works with a wide range of clients and is contacted by women who've lost a lot of weight and women looking for a confidence boost after pregnancy. 'People contact me from all over the place because women seem to find it quite therapeutic. It's a chance to literally let their hair down.' Simon is proud of how his wife looks in the professional pictures including this mock Vogue cover . Photographer Claire, pictured, works with a wide range of clients and many are looking for a confidence boost . | Cheryl Holley, 47, from Birmingham, used to struggle with her self-esteem .
Husband, Simon, 47, booked burlesque photoshoot as a present .
The experience inspired her to slim from 14st 7lb to to 12st 7lb .
Couple says it has enhanced their marriage and they're like 'newlyweds' | bafe147c137beaad3a9f376cd735a665fcc9d09f | <s>[INST] A husband came up with a solution to his tackle his wife's lack of confidence and body image issues - he organised for her to be transformed into a burlesque dancer. Cheryl Holley, 47, from Birmingham, used to struggle with her self-esteem before her husband, Simon, booked her in for a session with a professional burlesque photographer as a birthday present. During the photo shoot, Cheryl dressed up in basques and stockings and posed for pictures taken by Claire Seville. Cheryl Holley, 47, pictured during her burlesque shoot, used to struggle with her self-esteem . She was transformed into a burlesque diva by Claire Seville after her husband bought her the shoot as a gift . Cheryl and husband Simon say their marriage has been enhanced as a result of the shoot . She said the experience boosted her mood and gave her the drive to go on and lose two stone. Speaking of the photo shoot, she said: 'It's made me feel ten years younger! 'When I saw the photographs Claire took of me in the first shoot I just couldn't believe it was me, I started crying because I couldn't believe how fantastic she'd made me look. 'It's done wonders for my confidence. All of a sudden, I get compliments about my appearance and people are amazed when they find out I'm 47. 'The first photoshoot was last March and it was absolutely brilliant, I thoroughly enjoyed it. 'I was so nervous initially because I'd seen Claire's work and didn't think it was for me at all but she made me feel a million dollars. The 47-year-old said she loves how young she looks in Claire's pictures . The couple say they go out more now Claire's confident and are often mistaken for younger than their 47 years . 'It's made me feel at least ten years younger and it not only gave me the incentive to lose two stone but to maintain it as well.' Following the first photo shoot, Cheryl lost two stone going from 14st 7lb to to 12st 7lb and has worked with Claire again. She admits the burlesque photoshoots have enhanced her marriage to Simon, 47. She said: 'He loves seeing me dressed like that and he loves to show me off. 'It's done wonders for our relationship. It's really spiced things up and added an extra dimension to what was already a very happy marriage. 'We go out more and we both feel younger. To be approaching 50 feeling as fresh and alive as we do is a really wonderful thing and we've got Claire to thank for a lot of that.' Simon said of his wife: 'I've always known how wonderful and beautiful she is but now she does too' Before the photoshoot pictured, Cheryl was two stone heavier and self-conscious about her figure . Simon, a sales manager, said he's delighted his wife was so happy with her present. He said: 'It all started out as a gift for Cheryl's 46th birthday. Much to her surprise, Cheryl absolutely loved it. The photographs were stunning and she got a huge confidence boost from the whole experience. 'She was very proud of herself and saw herself for what she is: a very beautiful woman. 'Before seeing Claire, she'd always been conscious of her figure and covered herself up but now she has the confidence to dress how she wants. 'It's not just her appearance: she's really come out of her shell and seems so much happier. I've always known how wonderful and beautiful she is but now she does too. Cheryl used to weigh 14st 7lb, right, but is now a slimmer 12st 7lb, left . The couple say they feel like newly-weds again as the photoshoot 'breathed new life into our marriage' 'It gave her the impetus to go on and lose weight and Cheryl lost two stone straight after working with Claire. 'She'd always talked about dropping the pounds but never really had the drive to see it through. 'After working with Claire and seeing how fantastic she could look gave her all the motivation she needed. 'For our age group it's really unusual and it's breathed new life into our marriage. It's like we're newlyweds again.' Claire Seville's Birmingham-based Bad Girl studio caters for clients who want something a little more risqué than traditional poses. Cheryl pictured before her weightloss when she was low in confidence . Now she's in the driving seat, happier and more confident and two stones lighter . The 36-year-old captures pin-up poses and even provides latex outfits for customers of all shapes, sizes and ages. She said: 'A lot of women who come to me have no confidence so it's really rewarding to give them that well-deserved boost. 'Cheryl is the prime example of someone who came to me with zero confidence but feels fantastic afterwards. 'Some feel jittery and apprehensive but it never ceases to amaze me what a little encouragement can achieve.' Claire works with a wide range of clients and is contacted by women who've lost a lot of weight and women looking for a confidence boost after pregnancy. 'People contact me from all over the place because women seem to find it quite therapeutic. It's a chance to literally let their hair down.' Simon is proud of how his wife looks in the professional pictures including this mock Vogue cover . Photographer Claire, pictured, works with a wide range of clients and many are looking for a confidence boost . [/INST] Cheryl Holley, 47, from Birmingham, used to struggle with her self-esteem .
Husband, Simon, 47, booked burlesque photoshoot as a present .
The experience inspired her to slim from 14st 7lb to to 12st 7lb .
Couple says it has enhanced their marriage and they're like 'newlyweds' </s> |
Four lucky men who think their partners are out of their league have become the finalists in a 'Punching Above Your Weight' couple competition. Dave Scott and Sarah Oliver, Paula and Stephen Black, Liam and Victoria Barrett, and Lee Hodgson and Leanne Westlake are battling it out to become crowned the UK's most mismatched couple in a competition held by Newcastle's Metro Radio. The finalists beat hundreds of entrants to make it to the top four, and the winners of the tongue-in-cheek competition will win a luxury seven night holiday in a five-star resort in Corfu. Dave Scott, 22, and Sarah Oliver, 24, from Sunderland, have beaten hundreds of entrants to become finalists of the UK's 'Punching Above Your Weight' competition . Originally there were five finalists, but one couple were disqualified from the competition after producers discovered that Andrea Burlington, 36, of South Shields, had entered her deceased husband. Andrea explained that her husband Andrew Bedlington had sadly passed away in October 2013, but she still wanted to enter in tribute to her late husband as a way of keeping his memory alive: 'I felt like I was doing something with him again,' she says,'it was wonderful.' Andrea Burlington, 36, of South Shields, above, entered her husband Andrew in the competition as a way of keeping his memory alive . Andrew, who had two children with Andrea, sadly passed away in 2013 . 'It was my daughter who suggested I enter the competition, and as the conditions said nothing about the entrants being alive, I thought why not! Andrea brought Andrew's ashes into the studios in the urn usually kept next to her bed. Surprised station bosses checked with their legal team and despite her being selected as a finalist, the rules stipulated that the holiday must be awarded to a winning couple, whereas Andrea wanted to take her and Andrew's two children, Shannon, 18, and Chloe, 11. The Metro Radio team decided to treat Andrea and her children to another holiday anyway and an emotional Andrea said: 'I couldn't believe it. Andrew was the breadwinner and I was a stay at home mum, there would be no way I would have be able to take the kids anywhere in the foreseeable future.' Steve Furnell from the Steve & Karen Breakfast show who are holding the competition says: 'Andrea has been so fantastic. It's been an emotional roller coaster and we're so happy that we were able to give her and her girls the chance to go away too. Now it's time to get cracking with our final four couples who'll battle it out for the holiday prize.' MEET THE PUNCHING ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT FINALISTS . COUPLE A: DAVE SCOTT AND SARAH OLIVER . Dave and Sarah from Sunderland have been a couple for three years and have been friends since they were fifteen. The pair have just bought their first house together and Sarah admits her 'thing' for ginger hair was what initially attracted her to Dave. 'I thought I would enter us into the competition because my family and friends often jokingly say I am punching above my weight with Sarah,' Dave told the Mirror.co.uk. Dave, 22, and Sarah, 24 from Sunderland have just bought their first house together as a couple . COUPLE B: PAULA AND STEPHEN BLACK . Hairdresser Paula, 42, and mixed martial arts gym manager Stephen, 36, from Jarrow, County Durham, met on a blind date four years ago. The couple, who got married last September say friends have often joked that they are mismatched: . 'My sister Marie, who I work with in the salon, encouraged me to enter because she has heard Stephen's friends saying he was punching above his weight with me.' says Paula. 'I've heard it too - it is the standard joke. We'd love to win!' Paula, 42, and Stephen, 36, say that the fact he is 'punching' is a standard joke among friends . COUPLE C: LIAM AND VICTORIA BARRETT . It will be Liam and Victoria's fifth wedding anniversary when the winners are announced on Friday. The pair, bith 26 from Chester-le-Street, County Durham who are parents to James, four, and Emily, three and say that Liam has often been told he is 'punching.' 'They say "she cannot be your wife" and 'how have you managed to pull her?' says Liam. Liam and Victoria, 26, from Chester-le-Street, County Durham will be celebrating their wedding anniversary on the day the winners are announced on Friday . COUPLE D: LEE HODGSON AND LEANNE WESTLAKE . The last pair in this year's running are Lee, a Curry's PC World sales assistant and Leanne, a Miss Selfridge sales assistant, both from Stanley, County Durham. The engaged pair met when Lee was working as Leanne's boss in their local pub fours years ago and the couple have a 16-month-old daughter and another child on the way . Lee, 25, and Leanne, 21, from County Durham, have a 16-month-old daughter and another child on the way . | Four couples are in final for 'Punching Above Your Weight' competition .
Prize is a luxury seven night holiday at a five-star resort in Corfu .
Widow entered her deceased husband to keep his memory alive .
Vote for your favourite couple before Friday at www.metroradio.co.uk . | 41f63f2c9f511bef603290b3cc8a8541d29d032f | <s>[INST] Four lucky men who think their partners are out of their league have become the finalists in a 'Punching Above Your Weight' couple competition. Dave Scott and Sarah Oliver, Paula and Stephen Black, Liam and Victoria Barrett, and Lee Hodgson and Leanne Westlake are battling it out to become crowned the UK's most mismatched couple in a competition held by Newcastle's Metro Radio. The finalists beat hundreds of entrants to make it to the top four, and the winners of the tongue-in-cheek competition will win a luxury seven night holiday in a five-star resort in Corfu. Dave Scott, 22, and Sarah Oliver, 24, from Sunderland, have beaten hundreds of entrants to become finalists of the UK's 'Punching Above Your Weight' competition . Originally there were five finalists, but one couple were disqualified from the competition after producers discovered that Andrea Burlington, 36, of South Shields, had entered her deceased husband. Andrea explained that her husband Andrew Bedlington had sadly passed away in October 2013, but she still wanted to enter in tribute to her late husband as a way of keeping his memory alive: 'I felt like I was doing something with him again,' she says,'it was wonderful.' Andrea Burlington, 36, of South Shields, above, entered her husband Andrew in the competition as a way of keeping his memory alive . Andrew, who had two children with Andrea, sadly passed away in 2013 . 'It was my daughter who suggested I enter the competition, and as the conditions said nothing about the entrants being alive, I thought why not! Andrea brought Andrew's ashes into the studios in the urn usually kept next to her bed. Surprised station bosses checked with their legal team and despite her being selected as a finalist, the rules stipulated that the holiday must be awarded to a winning couple, whereas Andrea wanted to take her and Andrew's two children, Shannon, 18, and Chloe, 11. The Metro Radio team decided to treat Andrea and her children to another holiday anyway and an emotional Andrea said: 'I couldn't believe it. Andrew was the breadwinner and I was a stay at home mum, there would be no way I would have be able to take the kids anywhere in the foreseeable future.' Steve Furnell from the Steve & Karen Breakfast show who are holding the competition says: 'Andrea has been so fantastic. It's been an emotional roller coaster and we're so happy that we were able to give her and her girls the chance to go away too. Now it's time to get cracking with our final four couples who'll battle it out for the holiday prize.' MEET THE PUNCHING ABOVE YOUR WEIGHT FINALISTS . COUPLE A: DAVE SCOTT AND SARAH OLIVER . Dave and Sarah from Sunderland have been a couple for three years and have been friends since they were fifteen. The pair have just bought their first house together and Sarah admits her 'thing' for ginger hair was what initially attracted her to Dave. 'I thought I would enter us into the competition because my family and friends often jokingly say I am punching above my weight with Sarah,' Dave told the Mirror.co.uk. Dave, 22, and Sarah, 24 from Sunderland have just bought their first house together as a couple . COUPLE B: PAULA AND STEPHEN BLACK . Hairdresser Paula, 42, and mixed martial arts gym manager Stephen, 36, from Jarrow, County Durham, met on a blind date four years ago. The couple, who got married last September say friends have often joked that they are mismatched: . 'My sister Marie, who I work with in the salon, encouraged me to enter because she has heard Stephen's friends saying he was punching above his weight with me.' says Paula. 'I've heard it too - it is the standard joke. We'd love to win!' Paula, 42, and Stephen, 36, say that the fact he is 'punching' is a standard joke among friends . COUPLE C: LIAM AND VICTORIA BARRETT . It will be Liam and Victoria's fifth wedding anniversary when the winners are announced on Friday. The pair, bith 26 from Chester-le-Street, County Durham who are parents to James, four, and Emily, three and say that Liam has often been told he is 'punching.' 'They say "she cannot be your wife" and 'how have you managed to pull her?' says Liam. Liam and Victoria, 26, from Chester-le-Street, County Durham will be celebrating their wedding anniversary on the day the winners are announced on Friday . COUPLE D: LEE HODGSON AND LEANNE WESTLAKE . The last pair in this year's running are Lee, a Curry's PC World sales assistant and Leanne, a Miss Selfridge sales assistant, both from Stanley, County Durham. The engaged pair met when Lee was working as Leanne's boss in their local pub fours years ago and the couple have a 16-month-old daughter and another child on the way . Lee, 25, and Leanne, 21, from County Durham, have a 16-month-old daughter and another child on the way . [/INST] Four couples are in final for 'Punching Above Your Weight' competition .
Prize is a luxury seven night holiday at a five-star resort in Corfu .
Widow entered her deceased husband to keep his memory alive .
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(CNN)For decades, no one has been able to convict millionaire Robert Durst. Not after his wife's disappearance. Not after his friend's suspicious death. Not even after he admitted he killed and dismembered his neighbor. But it may be Durst who does himself in with 11 words he muttered in a restroom: . "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course." Those comments were picked up on a microphone he was wearing for the HBO documentary series about him called "The Jinx." Apparently, the real estate heir didn't turn his microphone off when he went to the bathroom. Durst now sits in a New Orleans jail after his arrest Saturday in connection with the 2000 death of his longtime friend Susan Berman in Los Angeles. On Monday, California prosecutors said Durst was "lying in wait" when he shot and killed Berman because she "was a witness to a crime." She had been shot in the head shortly before investigators were supposed to come ask her about the disappearance of Durst's first wife in 1982. Durst will be transferred to Los Angeles to face a first-degree murder charge. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. When he goes to trial, could those 11 words be admitted in court? Here, several legal experts weigh in: . Yes: . His lawyer could argue that he absolutely did. "Here's what his attorneys are going to say: They are going to say that he had an expectation of privacy," HLN legal analyst Joey Jackson said. "And as a result of that, putting this in context, he excused himself and went into a private bathroom." No: . That argument might not fly, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. "That whole theory of the Constitution is that you have an expectation of privacy under certain circumstances when you're dealing with the police. But here, he's dealing with filmmakers." Furthermore, Toobin said, Durst had a microphone on. "You can't have an expectation of privacy when you're wearing a microphone. Yeah, he maybe forgot, but that's not good enough." Yes: . The defense very well could, said Jackson, the HLN analyst. "The attorneys are going to further argue that there was governmental action in as much as HBO was working very closely with the authorities. And they're going to say, isn't it coincidental how his arrest comes on the heels of the final episode of this HBO documentary?" No: . CNN legal analyst Paul Callan doesn't think that defense will work. "In criminal law, the police can't wire somebody up. They have to give you Miranda warnings if they're going to take a statement from you," he said. "However, if a civilian is tape-recording you, as was the case here with HBO, that's admissible in court if it's relevant to the crime committed." Yes: . He could. Susan Criss was the judge during Durst's 2003 murder trial in which he admitted to shooting an elderly neighbor and then dismembering him. She remembers how prosecutors didn't use many of his admissions. "In our trial, he had been recorded on the phone talking to his wife and friends, making a lot of admissions, and the state never used that," she said. "But he was aware that he had been recorded saying things that could implicate him in the murder that we were trying." No: . Probably not. Section 1220 of the California Penal Code says "evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered against the declarant in an action to which he is a party in either his individual or representative capacity." In this case, Durst is the declarant who spoke those words, and if they're used against him, they could be fair game. Yes: . It's a card the defense could certainly play. "It will be up to (defense attorney) Dick DeGuerin to talk about, and I think he's going to have a field day with the idea that it wasn't an answer in response to a question, (so) that's meaningless," CNN legal analyst Mark Geragos said. Already, one of Durst's attorneys has said not to read too much into his client's offhand remarks. "Your honesty would lead you to say you've said things under your breath before that you probably didn't mean," attorney Chip Lewis told Fox News' "Justice With Judge Jeanine." "We want to contest the basis for his arrest, because I think it's not based on facts, it's based on ratings," DeGuerin told reporters Tuesday in New Orleans. "So we will continue to fight for Bob. We want to get to California as quickly as we can so we can get into a court of law and try this case where it needs to be tried." No: . The prosecution could argue Durst knew what was going on. "Earlier in those interviews, in a previous interview for that very program, there was a break where he was caught practicing his testimony. And so he realized ... he had a mic on," said Criss, the judge from Durst's earlier trial. "This is a third time he's made that mistake. That's amazing." CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report. | Real estate heir Robert Durst has been investigated in two deaths and a disappearance .
A microphone catches Durst saying he "killed them all"
Legal experts debate whether that audio can be used against him in court . | 8a7e966426724c98b7a482b2ac4749dcaff4ef83 | <s>[INST] (CNN)For decades, no one has been able to convict millionaire Robert Durst. Not after his wife's disappearance. Not after his friend's suspicious death. Not even after he admitted he killed and dismembered his neighbor. But it may be Durst who does himself in with 11 words he muttered in a restroom: . "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course." Those comments were picked up on a microphone he was wearing for the HBO documentary series about him called "The Jinx." Apparently, the real estate heir didn't turn his microphone off when he went to the bathroom. Durst now sits in a New Orleans jail after his arrest Saturday in connection with the 2000 death of his longtime friend Susan Berman in Los Angeles. On Monday, California prosecutors said Durst was "lying in wait" when he shot and killed Berman because she "was a witness to a crime." She had been shot in the head shortly before investigators were supposed to come ask her about the disappearance of Durst's first wife in 1982. Durst will be transferred to Los Angeles to face a first-degree murder charge. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. When he goes to trial, could those 11 words be admitted in court? Here, several legal experts weigh in: . Yes: . His lawyer could argue that he absolutely did. "Here's what his attorneys are going to say: They are going to say that he had an expectation of privacy," HLN legal analyst Joey Jackson said. "And as a result of that, putting this in context, he excused himself and went into a private bathroom." No: . That argument might not fly, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. "That whole theory of the Constitution is that you have an expectation of privacy under certain circumstances when you're dealing with the police. But here, he's dealing with filmmakers." Furthermore, Toobin said, Durst had a microphone on. "You can't have an expectation of privacy when you're wearing a microphone. Yeah, he maybe forgot, but that's not good enough." Yes: . The defense very well could, said Jackson, the HLN analyst. "The attorneys are going to further argue that there was governmental action in as much as HBO was working very closely with the authorities. And they're going to say, isn't it coincidental how his arrest comes on the heels of the final episode of this HBO documentary?" No: . CNN legal analyst Paul Callan doesn't think that defense will work. "In criminal law, the police can't wire somebody up. They have to give you Miranda warnings if they're going to take a statement from you," he said. "However, if a civilian is tape-recording you, as was the case here with HBO, that's admissible in court if it's relevant to the crime committed." Yes: . He could. Susan Criss was the judge during Durst's 2003 murder trial in which he admitted to shooting an elderly neighbor and then dismembering him. She remembers how prosecutors didn't use many of his admissions. "In our trial, he had been recorded on the phone talking to his wife and friends, making a lot of admissions, and the state never used that," she said. "But he was aware that he had been recorded saying things that could implicate him in the murder that we were trying." No: . Probably not. Section 1220 of the California Penal Code says "evidence of a statement is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule when offered against the declarant in an action to which he is a party in either his individual or representative capacity." In this case, Durst is the declarant who spoke those words, and if they're used against him, they could be fair game. Yes: . It's a card the defense could certainly play. "It will be up to (defense attorney) Dick DeGuerin to talk about, and I think he's going to have a field day with the idea that it wasn't an answer in response to a question, (so) that's meaningless," CNN legal analyst Mark Geragos said. Already, one of Durst's attorneys has said not to read too much into his client's offhand remarks. "Your honesty would lead you to say you've said things under your breath before that you probably didn't mean," attorney Chip Lewis told Fox News' "Justice With Judge Jeanine." "We want to contest the basis for his arrest, because I think it's not based on facts, it's based on ratings," DeGuerin told reporters Tuesday in New Orleans. "So we will continue to fight for Bob. We want to get to California as quickly as we can so we can get into a court of law and try this case where it needs to be tried." No: . The prosecution could argue Durst knew what was going on. "Earlier in those interviews, in a previous interview for that very program, there was a break where he was caught practicing his testimony. And so he realized ... he had a mic on," said Criss, the judge from Durst's earlier trial. "This is a third time he's made that mistake. That's amazing." CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report. [/INST] Real estate heir Robert Durst has been investigated in two deaths and a disappearance .
A microphone catches Durst saying he "killed them all"
Legal experts debate whether that audio can be used against him in court . </s> |
I just loved seeing Danny Welbeck celebrate his goal. It is a load of tosh when a former player doesn’t celebrate against his old team. Goalscoring is why we play/watch/support — and it’s a while since Danny scored one! United didn’t want to keep him, he left for Arsenal and here he was back at Old Trafford scoring a predatory winner. Danny Welbeck rounded David De Gea to score Arsenal's winner against Manchester United . Welbeck latched on to an weak pass from Antonio Valencia to take the ball past De Gea and score . Welbeck (left) celebrated his goal at Old Trafford despite the fact he used to play for United . Of course he should enjoy it. Before his goal, watching Danny for an hour was awkward TV. The ball was bouncing away from him. He looked desperate at times. Even when he went down in the box, I thought he could have gone on to get a shot away. How much did he want to get into that position to shoot? If you look at Chelsea striker Diego Costa, he just lives for the chances, but as soon as the ball drops for Danny, it’s as if you can hear his pulse racing through the TV and nerves get the better of him. There are lots of things you can work on in football, but goalscorers have that ice in their veins, like Robbie Fowler, Alan Shearer or Thierry Henry. It was staggering that Louis van Gaal did not turn to Radamel Falcao. The poor lad must be thinking: What am I doing here? Louis van Gaal did not use striker Falcao to rescue the game against Arsenal at Old Trafford . Michael Carrick (right) was brought on at half-time but Colombia forward Falcao was unused . I know he is not the player Manchester United thought they were getting, but isn’t it down to the manager to get the best out of him? Goalscorers change games but instead they chased the match with Daley Blind and Michael Carrick, two sitting midfielders, on the pitch. The defending from United for Arsenal’s first goal was unbelievable! Yes, it was a fantastic goal for Arsenal but the defending from United was scandalous.That’s not about tactics, that’s players needing to tackle. Three United players failed to stop Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as he ran at them and Antonio Valencia – who was playing at right back – turned his back on the Arsenal player. Nacho Monreal wheels away to celebrate scoring Arsenal's first goal against United at Old Trafford . Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain breezed through the United defence to provide an assist for the Monreal goal . You cannot do that. Roy Keane was in the studio but he must have been thinking he should be putting his boots back on. Even Roy, at 43,would have put up more resistance. Oxlade-Chamberlain does very well, driving forward and creating the opening (it was nice skill from Mesut Ozil in the build up too), but they cannot be allowed to do that. This fixture used to have Keane v Vieira, but these two midfields were packed with different players and nobody more bold than Santi Cazorla. Santi Cazorla (second right) was in inspirational form as Arsenal secured a place in the FA Cup semi-final . He doesn’t crash into tackles, but he has a different type of courage; courage on the ball. He’ll take it in tight areas, uses both feet and always likes to get the play moving. I could watch him all day. Arsenal were shot to pieces in the 3-1 defeat by Monaco and if it had been down to me, Per Mertesacker would never have played for them again after his display that night. But his performance at Old Trafford showed character and a welcome return to form. Per Mertesacker (left) and Francis Coquelin (right) were particularly impressive for Arsenal at Old Trafford . Francis Coquelin is another who stood out here. Luke Shaw will come through this, but he is playing like he has the handbrake on. Is he being overcoached? What has happened to the marauding full back who played with such freedom for Southampton? He is only 19 and he will come again, but the player Manchester United signed for £30million would hit crosses on the run and did his best work at the top end of the pitch. He isn’t doing that now. It looks to me as if he’s thinking too much and that will be down to him trying to carry out instructions. Luke Shaw didn't enjoy his best night for United and has struggled to recapture his Southampton form . Marouane Fellaini's tireless work for United made him one of their standout players against Arsenal . He is going to be a star, but when you consider how Nathaniel Clyne is developing, why isn’t Shaw doing the same? He is a young man, who has had his injuries, but he is struggling and was taken off at half-time in a reshuffle that ultimately didn’t pay off. It is strange watching United and when their best player is Marouane Fellaini then it shows where they are. I’m not a Fellaini fan, but he is working hard and looks the player most likely to get them out of this hole. The irony is that he is a signing made by David Moyes . | Danny Welbeck struck Arsenal's FA Cup winner against Manchester United .
He celebrated the goal and received a mixed reception when substituted .
Maroune Fellaini was United's best player but Luke Shaw struggled .
Man Utd and Arsenal SPECIAL: Are fans right to question Louis van Gaal?
READ: Twitter reacts to Manchester United's FA Cup exit . | 8033b817a153a84164e6a70ab68829314be6e4b5 | <s>[INST] I just loved seeing Danny Welbeck celebrate his goal. It is a load of tosh when a former player doesn’t celebrate against his old team. Goalscoring is why we play/watch/support — and it’s a while since Danny scored one! United didn’t want to keep him, he left for Arsenal and here he was back at Old Trafford scoring a predatory winner. Danny Welbeck rounded David De Gea to score Arsenal's winner against Manchester United . Welbeck latched on to an weak pass from Antonio Valencia to take the ball past De Gea and score . Welbeck (left) celebrated his goal at Old Trafford despite the fact he used to play for United . Of course he should enjoy it. Before his goal, watching Danny for an hour was awkward TV. The ball was bouncing away from him. He looked desperate at times. Even when he went down in the box, I thought he could have gone on to get a shot away. How much did he want to get into that position to shoot? If you look at Chelsea striker Diego Costa, he just lives for the chances, but as soon as the ball drops for Danny, it’s as if you can hear his pulse racing through the TV and nerves get the better of him. There are lots of things you can work on in football, but goalscorers have that ice in their veins, like Robbie Fowler, Alan Shearer or Thierry Henry. It was staggering that Louis van Gaal did not turn to Radamel Falcao. The poor lad must be thinking: What am I doing here? Louis van Gaal did not use striker Falcao to rescue the game against Arsenal at Old Trafford . Michael Carrick (right) was brought on at half-time but Colombia forward Falcao was unused . I know he is not the player Manchester United thought they were getting, but isn’t it down to the manager to get the best out of him? Goalscorers change games but instead they chased the match with Daley Blind and Michael Carrick, two sitting midfielders, on the pitch. The defending from United for Arsenal’s first goal was unbelievable! Yes, it was a fantastic goal for Arsenal but the defending from United was scandalous.That’s not about tactics, that’s players needing to tackle. Three United players failed to stop Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as he ran at them and Antonio Valencia – who was playing at right back – turned his back on the Arsenal player. Nacho Monreal wheels away to celebrate scoring Arsenal's first goal against United at Old Trafford . Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain breezed through the United defence to provide an assist for the Monreal goal . You cannot do that. Roy Keane was in the studio but he must have been thinking he should be putting his boots back on. Even Roy, at 43,would have put up more resistance. Oxlade-Chamberlain does very well, driving forward and creating the opening (it was nice skill from Mesut Ozil in the build up too), but they cannot be allowed to do that. This fixture used to have Keane v Vieira, but these two midfields were packed with different players and nobody more bold than Santi Cazorla. Santi Cazorla (second right) was in inspirational form as Arsenal secured a place in the FA Cup semi-final . He doesn’t crash into tackles, but he has a different type of courage; courage on the ball. He’ll take it in tight areas, uses both feet and always likes to get the play moving. I could watch him all day. Arsenal were shot to pieces in the 3-1 defeat by Monaco and if it had been down to me, Per Mertesacker would never have played for them again after his display that night. But his performance at Old Trafford showed character and a welcome return to form. Per Mertesacker (left) and Francis Coquelin (right) were particularly impressive for Arsenal at Old Trafford . Francis Coquelin is another who stood out here. Luke Shaw will come through this, but he is playing like he has the handbrake on. Is he being overcoached? What has happened to the marauding full back who played with such freedom for Southampton? He is only 19 and he will come again, but the player Manchester United signed for £30million would hit crosses on the run and did his best work at the top end of the pitch. He isn’t doing that now. It looks to me as if he’s thinking too much and that will be down to him trying to carry out instructions. Luke Shaw didn't enjoy his best night for United and has struggled to recapture his Southampton form . Marouane Fellaini's tireless work for United made him one of their standout players against Arsenal . He is going to be a star, but when you consider how Nathaniel Clyne is developing, why isn’t Shaw doing the same? He is a young man, who has had his injuries, but he is struggling and was taken off at half-time in a reshuffle that ultimately didn’t pay off. It is strange watching United and when their best player is Marouane Fellaini then it shows where they are. I’m not a Fellaini fan, but he is working hard and looks the player most likely to get them out of this hole. The irony is that he is a signing made by David Moyes . [/INST] Danny Welbeck struck Arsenal's FA Cup winner against Manchester United .
He celebrated the goal and received a mixed reception when substituted .
Maroune Fellaini was United's best player but Luke Shaw struggled .
Man Utd and Arsenal SPECIAL: Are fans right to question Louis van Gaal?
READ: Twitter reacts to Manchester United's FA Cup exit . </s> |
Michael Gove proposed new taxes on the 'undeserving rich' last night, saying the Tories will only win the general election if voters believe the party are 'warriors for the dispossessed'. Painting a broad, positive vision for five more years in power, the party's chief whip said the wealthiest already pay the most towards reducing the deficit, but insisted: 'We expect them to pay more.' Official figures show that despite the economic crisis, inequality has fallen since 2010 – an achievement he said the Conservatives should trumpet rather than 'overlook'. Tough stance: Chief Whip Michael Gove (pictured) proposed new taxes on the 'undeserving rich' last night, saying the Tories will only win the the election if voters believe the party are 'warriors for the dispossessed' He added: 'The reductions in public expenditure have been accompanied by tax reform to ensure the undeserving rich pay more.' In a speech in London at the launch of modernising Tory campaign group The Good Right, he said that making it easier for families to buy their own homes is a 'quintessentially progressive cause' and central to the Tory campaign. That will be seen as a strong hint that the party's manifesto will include extensions to the Right to Buy programme started by Margaret Thatcher and the Help to Buy scheme introduced by George Osborne. Mr Gove also hailed the Government's reforms to welfare, education and pensions. He claimed that Labour would stop social progress in its tracks if returned to power in May – propped up by Scottish Nationalists – who are 'even less progressive than Labour'. Mr Gove insisted his intervention was not meant as a swipe at the election campaign masterminded by chief strategist Lynton Crosby. But it will be seen as backing for those who have been calling for a more upbeat tone to the campaign. Senior Tories, including Home Secretary Theresa May, have in recent weeks called for a more encouraging pitch, focused on the party's achievements in office and compassionate vision for the future. The Chancellor is expected to use next week's Budget to underline the Tories' pledge to lift the threshold for basic rate tax to £12,500, freeing more of the lower-paid from tax, and to lift the 40p bracket to £50,000, helping the middle classes. Mr Gove's speech repeatedly referred to 'compassionate Conservatism'. Slow progress: He claimed that Labour - led by Ed Miliband (pictured) would stop social progression in its tracks if returned to power in May – propped up by Scottish Nationalists . He said: 'Only if we remind people of our commitment to social justice, demonstrate our belief in equality of opportunity and affirm that we are warriors for the dispossessed, will we be able to win arguments and elections, and then be in a position genuinely to help the vulnerable and the voiceless.' The Government's greatest achievement has been 'getting Britain back to work', he said, adding: 'In the last five years, Britain has created more jobs than the whole of the rest of the European Union put together.' Britain's global export trade is booming – giving George Osborne a pre-Budget boost. The latest Office for National Statistics data shows the trade deficit – the difference between imports and what the UK sells to foreign markets – dropped to just £600million in January, from a high of £2.1billion in December. Exports, which were hit by stagnation in the eurozone, rose by 5.8 per cent in the three months to January, while imports rose by just 2 per cent. Britain's improved performance was helped by lower global oil prices, which have been responsible for the low rate of inflation, currently running at just 0.3 per cent. | Gove said rich are already paying most but 'we expect them to pay more'
He wants Tories to trumpet the fact that inequality has fallen since 2010 .
Hinted their next manifesto would extend the 'Right to Buy' programme .
Social progress would stop if Labour come into power in May, Gove said .
Trade deficit dropped to £600million in January from a high of £2.1billion . | df74e7139f6a8bfecf8a5cb3e40b8f49fbbc4e53 | <s>[INST] Michael Gove proposed new taxes on the 'undeserving rich' last night, saying the Tories will only win the general election if voters believe the party are 'warriors for the dispossessed'. Painting a broad, positive vision for five more years in power, the party's chief whip said the wealthiest already pay the most towards reducing the deficit, but insisted: 'We expect them to pay more.' Official figures show that despite the economic crisis, inequality has fallen since 2010 – an achievement he said the Conservatives should trumpet rather than 'overlook'. Tough stance: Chief Whip Michael Gove (pictured) proposed new taxes on the 'undeserving rich' last night, saying the Tories will only win the the election if voters believe the party are 'warriors for the dispossessed' He added: 'The reductions in public expenditure have been accompanied by tax reform to ensure the undeserving rich pay more.' In a speech in London at the launch of modernising Tory campaign group The Good Right, he said that making it easier for families to buy their own homes is a 'quintessentially progressive cause' and central to the Tory campaign. That will be seen as a strong hint that the party's manifesto will include extensions to the Right to Buy programme started by Margaret Thatcher and the Help to Buy scheme introduced by George Osborne. Mr Gove also hailed the Government's reforms to welfare, education and pensions. He claimed that Labour would stop social progress in its tracks if returned to power in May – propped up by Scottish Nationalists – who are 'even less progressive than Labour'. Mr Gove insisted his intervention was not meant as a swipe at the election campaign masterminded by chief strategist Lynton Crosby. But it will be seen as backing for those who have been calling for a more upbeat tone to the campaign. Senior Tories, including Home Secretary Theresa May, have in recent weeks called for a more encouraging pitch, focused on the party's achievements in office and compassionate vision for the future. The Chancellor is expected to use next week's Budget to underline the Tories' pledge to lift the threshold for basic rate tax to £12,500, freeing more of the lower-paid from tax, and to lift the 40p bracket to £50,000, helping the middle classes. Mr Gove's speech repeatedly referred to 'compassionate Conservatism'. Slow progress: He claimed that Labour - led by Ed Miliband (pictured) would stop social progression in its tracks if returned to power in May – propped up by Scottish Nationalists . He said: 'Only if we remind people of our commitment to social justice, demonstrate our belief in equality of opportunity and affirm that we are warriors for the dispossessed, will we be able to win arguments and elections, and then be in a position genuinely to help the vulnerable and the voiceless.' The Government's greatest achievement has been 'getting Britain back to work', he said, adding: 'In the last five years, Britain has created more jobs than the whole of the rest of the European Union put together.' Britain's global export trade is booming – giving George Osborne a pre-Budget boost. The latest Office for National Statistics data shows the trade deficit – the difference between imports and what the UK sells to foreign markets – dropped to just £600million in January, from a high of £2.1billion in December. Exports, which were hit by stagnation in the eurozone, rose by 5.8 per cent in the three months to January, while imports rose by just 2 per cent. Britain's improved performance was helped by lower global oil prices, which have been responsible for the low rate of inflation, currently running at just 0.3 per cent. [/INST] Gove said rich are already paying most but 'we expect them to pay more'
He wants Tories to trumpet the fact that inequality has fallen since 2010 .
Hinted their next manifesto would extend the 'Right to Buy' programme .
Social progress would stop if Labour come into power in May, Gove said .
Trade deficit dropped to £600million in January from a high of £2.1billion . </s> |
The South Australian Supreme Court will today hear submissions about legal action a popular Australian Instagram personality is taking against a YouTube 'diet guru' famous for eating up to 51 bananas a day. Adelaide personal trainer Kayla Itsines, 23, her partner Tobias Pearce and company Bikini Body Training Company Pty Ltd last month launched an injunction against Freelee the Banana Girl (Leanne Ratcliffe) and Durianrider (Harley Johnstone) over remarks Ms Itsines alleged were defamatory. Ms Itsines, 23, is behind the program Bikini Body Guide and has more than 2.3 million followers on Instagram. Freelee and Durianrider describe themselves as being behind the 'busiest raw vegan and vegan' website online, 30bananasaday, and post to a YouTube account with more than 330,000 subscribers. The vegan pair last week published a video of themselves and their bikes out the front of the Supreme Court building in Adelaide's Victoria Square, requesting their fans - 'fruit bats' - flock to the hearing in support. 'The fruit bats will prevail,' Freelee said. Scroll down for video . Court selfie: Freelee the Banana Girl and Durianrider snapped a video of themselves out the front of the South Australian Supreme Court . Real names Harley Johnstone (left) and Leanne Ratcliffe (right), the pair have pledged to ride their bikes to the courtroom on Monday. Ms Ratcliffe informed her supporters last week that she was shopping for a court outfit . Kayla v Freelee: Instagram personality Kayla Itsines (left) is taking legal action against Freelee The Banana Girl (right) over alleged defamation . 'The fruit bats will prevail!' Freelee told her supporters, after the pair requested they join them at the South Australian Supreme Court . Popular Instagram personality and personal trainer Kayla Itsines (pictured) is behind the extremely popular Bikini Body Challenge . Last month, Ms Itsines penned a fiery Facebook post addressed to her 1.3 million followers where she said she was taking action because of 'false claims that my partner takes steroids, claims I'm starving myself or other people, claims that I promote anorexia, for abusing the respect of my followers, my family and myself, claims I am starving people, claims I am a fraud.' 'This is wrong and illegal. So I have requested that the content be removed from the internet. After my initial request was denied I had no choice but to continue to protect the safety and reputation of my followers, Tobi and myself from a personal point of view.' Ms Itsines continued by saying she was 'standing up for myself, friends and family'. 'Statements have been made about me personally and my partner, Tobi, that are defamatory, misleading and deceptive. Freelee the Banana Girl, pictured, is most famous for a stunt several years ago where she ate 51 bananas for a YouTube video . Personal trainer Kayla Itsines is pictured here with her partner Tobi. Daily Mail Australia understands the pair are currently overseas . With a successful business and popular training regime, Ms Itsines (above) has more than 2.3 million followers on Instagram . Ms Itsines is the powerhouse behind the popular fitness brand, the Bikini Body Guide . 'I welcome competition and freedom of choice. But I do not tolerate the promotion of rude, nasty and hurtful information that is false. I've always been one to protect my friends and family and that includes you girls. #kaylasarmy.' 'I refuse to watch the people around me suffer. I got into the health and fitness industry to help people.' Freelee and Durianrider then uploaded two video messages to their YouTube account calling on Ms Itsines to cease her legal action against them. 'We spoke up and shared our nutritional opinion online and YouTube or Instagram and we're getting taken to court for that,' Durianrider said in one video. 'It's out-f***ing-rageous'. 'It's really disappointing too,' Freelee said: 'We just want to help people, we want to help girls all around the world'. The hearing will be held from 2:30pm Tuesday AEDT. Durianrider (left) - also known as Harley Johnstone - and Freelee the Banana Girl (right) promote vegan and raw vegan eating options and are popular YouTube personalities . Freelee the Banana Girl and Durianrider took to YouTube have made two statements about the impending legal action in the past week . Freelee the Banan Girl famously ate 51 bananas in one YouTube video . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Fitness blogger Kayla Itsines is taking court action against diet gurus Freelee the Banana Girl and Durianrider .
Ms Itsines launched legal action in late February over remarks she said were defamatory .
The South Australian Supreme Court will hear submissions on Monday afternoon .
Freelee and Durianrider have posted a video of themselves outside court calling for their fellow 'fruit bats' to attend . | 4845d9c6d6f563fea43c555be94f1500addd154f | <s>[INST] The South Australian Supreme Court will today hear submissions about legal action a popular Australian Instagram personality is taking against a YouTube 'diet guru' famous for eating up to 51 bananas a day. Adelaide personal trainer Kayla Itsines, 23, her partner Tobias Pearce and company Bikini Body Training Company Pty Ltd last month launched an injunction against Freelee the Banana Girl (Leanne Ratcliffe) and Durianrider (Harley Johnstone) over remarks Ms Itsines alleged were defamatory. Ms Itsines, 23, is behind the program Bikini Body Guide and has more than 2.3 million followers on Instagram. Freelee and Durianrider describe themselves as being behind the 'busiest raw vegan and vegan' website online, 30bananasaday, and post to a YouTube account with more than 330,000 subscribers. The vegan pair last week published a video of themselves and their bikes out the front of the Supreme Court building in Adelaide's Victoria Square, requesting their fans - 'fruit bats' - flock to the hearing in support. 'The fruit bats will prevail,' Freelee said. Scroll down for video . Court selfie: Freelee the Banana Girl and Durianrider snapped a video of themselves out the front of the South Australian Supreme Court . Real names Harley Johnstone (left) and Leanne Ratcliffe (right), the pair have pledged to ride their bikes to the courtroom on Monday. Ms Ratcliffe informed her supporters last week that she was shopping for a court outfit . Kayla v Freelee: Instagram personality Kayla Itsines (left) is taking legal action against Freelee The Banana Girl (right) over alleged defamation . 'The fruit bats will prevail!' Freelee told her supporters, after the pair requested they join them at the South Australian Supreme Court . Popular Instagram personality and personal trainer Kayla Itsines (pictured) is behind the extremely popular Bikini Body Challenge . Last month, Ms Itsines penned a fiery Facebook post addressed to her 1.3 million followers where she said she was taking action because of 'false claims that my partner takes steroids, claims I'm starving myself or other people, claims that I promote anorexia, for abusing the respect of my followers, my family and myself, claims I am starving people, claims I am a fraud.' 'This is wrong and illegal. So I have requested that the content be removed from the internet. After my initial request was denied I had no choice but to continue to protect the safety and reputation of my followers, Tobi and myself from a personal point of view.' Ms Itsines continued by saying she was 'standing up for myself, friends and family'. 'Statements have been made about me personally and my partner, Tobi, that are defamatory, misleading and deceptive. Freelee the Banana Girl, pictured, is most famous for a stunt several years ago where she ate 51 bananas for a YouTube video . Personal trainer Kayla Itsines is pictured here with her partner Tobi. Daily Mail Australia understands the pair are currently overseas . With a successful business and popular training regime, Ms Itsines (above) has more than 2.3 million followers on Instagram . Ms Itsines is the powerhouse behind the popular fitness brand, the Bikini Body Guide . 'I welcome competition and freedom of choice. But I do not tolerate the promotion of rude, nasty and hurtful information that is false. I've always been one to protect my friends and family and that includes you girls. #kaylasarmy.' 'I refuse to watch the people around me suffer. I got into the health and fitness industry to help people.' Freelee and Durianrider then uploaded two video messages to their YouTube account calling on Ms Itsines to cease her legal action against them. 'We spoke up and shared our nutritional opinion online and YouTube or Instagram and we're getting taken to court for that,' Durianrider said in one video. 'It's out-f***ing-rageous'. 'It's really disappointing too,' Freelee said: 'We just want to help people, we want to help girls all around the world'. The hearing will be held from 2:30pm Tuesday AEDT. Durianrider (left) - also known as Harley Johnstone - and Freelee the Banana Girl (right) promote vegan and raw vegan eating options and are popular YouTube personalities . Freelee the Banana Girl and Durianrider took to YouTube have made two statements about the impending legal action in the past week . Freelee the Banan Girl famously ate 51 bananas in one YouTube video . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. [/INST] Fitness blogger Kayla Itsines is taking court action against diet gurus Freelee the Banana Girl and Durianrider .
Ms Itsines launched legal action in late February over remarks she said were defamatory .
The South Australian Supreme Court will hear submissions on Monday afternoon .
Freelee and Durianrider have posted a video of themselves outside court calling for their fellow 'fruit bats' to attend . </s> |
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists he has no regrets over his running battle against referees this season. The Blues manager has been outspoken in his views regarding Chelsea's treatment by officials, even claiming there is a 'campaign' against the Stamford Bridge club. Earlier this week the club took an unusual step of posting an article on their official website claiming they had been awarded an 'abnormally low' number of penalties this season - just two in the Premier League. Jose Mourinho has backed the club website's claim that they receive an 'abnormally low' number of penalties . Jose Mourinho leans around Nemanja Matic to watch Eden Hazard in training on Friday afternoon . Mourinho has clashed with officials several times this season, claiming there is a campaign against his team . Chelsea stars pose for a photo ahead of their trip to Hull as they hope to extend their lead at the top of the table . Juan Cuadrado runs with the ball, chased by Eden Hazard, as Chelsea were put through their paces on Friday . Gary Cahill holds off Matic, whose red card against Burnley sparked one of Mourinho's outbursts . The 'penalty puzzle' article was published this week on Chelsea's official website . Chelsea were angered last weekend by referee Mike Dean's refusal to award Branislav Ivanovic a penalty . Referee Dean had some tough calls to make in Chelsea's draw with Southampton but made most correctly . Click HERE to read what chief sports writer Martin Samuel had to say when he covered the subject in his colum last month . Mourinho is admant he was not behind the article - but insisted he has not had any second thoughts about his stance against referees this season. 'Did I know about the article? No, I’m just the first team manager,' said the Portuguese, whose side face Hull on Sunday. 'I never regret when I speak from my feelings, I never carry it, the consequences. 'Was I surprised to see article? No. Did I think it was opinionated? No. Not for me. 'I don’t think the writer is going to win the Pulitzer with that article. It’s just the numbers. Mourinho, who was asked last week if Chelsea would get another penalty this season, issues instructions . Chelsea have been awarded five penalties in eight Champions League games, including against PSG . Jose Mourinho believes his team have the advantage, but claims the Premier League title race is . Chelsea are six points clear at the top of the league after their draw against Southampton last weekend . 'You gave so much importance to that article that I read it. It’s just an objective article. The number of penalties each team have in favour or against is another stat. 'It’s been working against us since the beginning of the season. That won’t change. 'The numbers always tell the truth. It’s just pure numbers. 'No agenda, no intention. Just numbers.' Hull boss Steve Bruce was critical of Chelsea's players after the first clash between the two sides this season after two Chelsea players were booked for diving. Willian and Diego Costa both received yellow cards for simulation in the encounter, while Bruce called a Gary Cahill tumble in the area like something out of 'Swan Lake'. And when asked whether Bruce's comments in December has worked against Chelsea, the Blues boss added: 'I don't know, I don’t speak about it. I can’t. 'I’m punished, I don’t want to spend my energy thinking about the negative decisions and the points it cost us. 'I just want to focus all my energy, and now we have lots of time for that, which we didn’t when were in all the cups. 'So we focus on the training, analyse opponents, I want to focus on that. Two months to go and in two months we can be champions.' | Chelsea had published article citing 'abnormally low' number of penalties .
Jose Mourinho says article was 'objective' and insists he has 'no agendas'
Mourinho also says title is still a 'five horse race' with Chelsea favourites .
Chelsea travel to play Hull on Sunday afternoon .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea team news . | 29d3d2b51bf13bd3348d7c42fabb66293bbb045c | <s>[INST] Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists he has no regrets over his running battle against referees this season. The Blues manager has been outspoken in his views regarding Chelsea's treatment by officials, even claiming there is a 'campaign' against the Stamford Bridge club. Earlier this week the club took an unusual step of posting an article on their official website claiming they had been awarded an 'abnormally low' number of penalties this season - just two in the Premier League. Jose Mourinho has backed the club website's claim that they receive an 'abnormally low' number of penalties . Jose Mourinho leans around Nemanja Matic to watch Eden Hazard in training on Friday afternoon . Mourinho has clashed with officials several times this season, claiming there is a campaign against his team . Chelsea stars pose for a photo ahead of their trip to Hull as they hope to extend their lead at the top of the table . Juan Cuadrado runs with the ball, chased by Eden Hazard, as Chelsea were put through their paces on Friday . Gary Cahill holds off Matic, whose red card against Burnley sparked one of Mourinho's outbursts . The 'penalty puzzle' article was published this week on Chelsea's official website . Chelsea were angered last weekend by referee Mike Dean's refusal to award Branislav Ivanovic a penalty . Referee Dean had some tough calls to make in Chelsea's draw with Southampton but made most correctly . Click HERE to read what chief sports writer Martin Samuel had to say when he covered the subject in his colum last month . Mourinho is admant he was not behind the article - but insisted he has not had any second thoughts about his stance against referees this season. 'Did I know about the article? No, I’m just the first team manager,' said the Portuguese, whose side face Hull on Sunday. 'I never regret when I speak from my feelings, I never carry it, the consequences. 'Was I surprised to see article? No. Did I think it was opinionated? No. Not for me. 'I don’t think the writer is going to win the Pulitzer with that article. It’s just the numbers. Mourinho, who was asked last week if Chelsea would get another penalty this season, issues instructions . Chelsea have been awarded five penalties in eight Champions League games, including against PSG . Jose Mourinho believes his team have the advantage, but claims the Premier League title race is . Chelsea are six points clear at the top of the league after their draw against Southampton last weekend . 'You gave so much importance to that article that I read it. It’s just an objective article. The number of penalties each team have in favour or against is another stat. 'It’s been working against us since the beginning of the season. That won’t change. 'The numbers always tell the truth. It’s just pure numbers. 'No agenda, no intention. Just numbers.' Hull boss Steve Bruce was critical of Chelsea's players after the first clash between the two sides this season after two Chelsea players were booked for diving. Willian and Diego Costa both received yellow cards for simulation in the encounter, while Bruce called a Gary Cahill tumble in the area like something out of 'Swan Lake'. And when asked whether Bruce's comments in December has worked against Chelsea, the Blues boss added: 'I don't know, I don’t speak about it. I can’t. 'I’m punished, I don’t want to spend my energy thinking about the negative decisions and the points it cost us. 'I just want to focus all my energy, and now we have lots of time for that, which we didn’t when were in all the cups. 'So we focus on the training, analyse opponents, I want to focus on that. Two months to go and in two months we can be champions.' [/INST] Chelsea had published article citing 'abnormally low' number of penalties .
Jose Mourinho says article was 'objective' and insists he has 'no agendas'
Mourinho also says title is still a 'five horse race' with Chelsea favourites .
Chelsea travel to play Hull on Sunday afternoon .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea team news . </s> |
(CNN)Is Philae still alive? The answer to this particular cosmic cliff-hanger was left unresolved towards the end of last year. The tiny space probe bounced across the surface of Comet 67P before touching down away from its intended landing zone. It returned plenty of data from the surface but ended up in a shady spot where there wasn't enough sunlight to keep it powered -- so then it went to sleep and nothing has been heard since November. In the months since, mission scientists have not been able to pinpoint its exact resting place. But now the comet-chasing mother ship Rosetta -- in orbit around 67P -- is to begin listening for signs that the lander has survived the cold and dark. Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA), which is leading a consortium that includes NASA to find out more about the composition of comets and how they interact with the Sun, believe that if enough sunlight falls on Philae's solar panels it could revive. As the comet gets closer to the Sun and more light illuminates the lander, the chances improve. Lander system engineer Laurence O'Rourke told CNN that Philae needs 5.5 watts of power to reboot itself, nine watts to switch on the receiver to accept communications and 19 watts to activate its transmitter and allow two-way communication with the orbiter. Modern energy-saving domestic light bulbs consume 20 watts or lower so it doesn't need much to re-establish contact. On Tuesday, @ESA_Rosetta tweeted: "Excited! I have some opportunities to listen for @philae2014 to find out if he's awake!" Rosetta and Philae's love affair on Twitter . On the Rosetta mission blog, lander project manager Stephan Ulamec says: "It will probably still be too cold for the lander to wake up, but it is worth trying. The prospects will improve with each passing day." The mission website adds that Philae could already have woken up but does not yet have sufficient power to communicate with Rosetta. It says Rosetta will transmit to Philae between March 12 and March 20, listening for a response. Problems began for the lander when devices designed to anchor Philae to the surface failed. The gravity is so weak that without the harpoons intended to fire from the feet, the probe bounced across the comet. However, the mishap could prove to be a happy accident. O'Rourke explained that as the comet nears the Sun, Philae's original landing spot would have exposed it to temperatures that would have burned out its electronics. In that position it most likely would have died by now. From lander pictures, mission controllers think Philae, which is about the size of a washing machine, is tucked up underneath a cliff face, affording it some shade. Beginning Thursday, mission controllers will send what O'Rourke described as "blind commands" to Philae in the hope that the lander has enough power to receive instructions even if it can't respond. Philae will be told to save power for the transmitter. O'Rourke admits that it's a "long shot" but the team will try again in April if this attempt fails. If Philae revives it could be witness to an amazing show as the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun in August. "I think we are going to see some amazing images at that point," said O'Rourke. Even if Philae never wakes up, all is not lost. The mission has detected organic chemicals on the comet surface, though full details of that discovery have yet to be revealed. And the Rosetta mission is already changing perceptions of comets. O'Rourke says instead of a comet being a dirty snowball he now thinks of it as being "an icy dirtball." He described discoveries of dust and large "boulders" circling the comet after they were blown off by the Sun during previous orbits, and an image that appears to show a structure the size of a football pitch that has been lifted and then deposited next to the hole. "The Rosetta mission is not just about the lander. It's about orbiting and following a comet -- watching it wake up and then go to sleep again, finding the secrets held by comets. Every day is a new discovery," he said. Scientists have already applauded the mission's success to date. "The Rosetta radar experiment will reveal for the first time how a comet is put together," cosmochemist Denton S. Ebel told CNN in November. CNN Interactive: Rosetta and its mission . Opinion: How comet mission helps search for alien life . | Rosetta is to begin listening for signs that the lander has survived the cold and dark .
From lander pictures, mission controllers think Philae is tucked up underneath a cliff face .
Philae has already detected organic chemicals on the comet surface . | b426fef51579019181edd532c67c94505c7201d1 | <s>[INST] (CNN)Is Philae still alive? The answer to this particular cosmic cliff-hanger was left unresolved towards the end of last year. The tiny space probe bounced across the surface of Comet 67P before touching down away from its intended landing zone. It returned plenty of data from the surface but ended up in a shady spot where there wasn't enough sunlight to keep it powered -- so then it went to sleep and nothing has been heard since November. In the months since, mission scientists have not been able to pinpoint its exact resting place. But now the comet-chasing mother ship Rosetta -- in orbit around 67P -- is to begin listening for signs that the lander has survived the cold and dark. Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA), which is leading a consortium that includes NASA to find out more about the composition of comets and how they interact with the Sun, believe that if enough sunlight falls on Philae's solar panels it could revive. As the comet gets closer to the Sun and more light illuminates the lander, the chances improve. Lander system engineer Laurence O'Rourke told CNN that Philae needs 5.5 watts of power to reboot itself, nine watts to switch on the receiver to accept communications and 19 watts to activate its transmitter and allow two-way communication with the orbiter. Modern energy-saving domestic light bulbs consume 20 watts or lower so it doesn't need much to re-establish contact. On Tuesday, @ESA_Rosetta tweeted: "Excited! I have some opportunities to listen for @philae2014 to find out if he's awake!" Rosetta and Philae's love affair on Twitter . On the Rosetta mission blog, lander project manager Stephan Ulamec says: "It will probably still be too cold for the lander to wake up, but it is worth trying. The prospects will improve with each passing day." The mission website adds that Philae could already have woken up but does not yet have sufficient power to communicate with Rosetta. It says Rosetta will transmit to Philae between March 12 and March 20, listening for a response. Problems began for the lander when devices designed to anchor Philae to the surface failed. The gravity is so weak that without the harpoons intended to fire from the feet, the probe bounced across the comet. However, the mishap could prove to be a happy accident. O'Rourke explained that as the comet nears the Sun, Philae's original landing spot would have exposed it to temperatures that would have burned out its electronics. In that position it most likely would have died by now. From lander pictures, mission controllers think Philae, which is about the size of a washing machine, is tucked up underneath a cliff face, affording it some shade. Beginning Thursday, mission controllers will send what O'Rourke described as "blind commands" to Philae in the hope that the lander has enough power to receive instructions even if it can't respond. Philae will be told to save power for the transmitter. O'Rourke admits that it's a "long shot" but the team will try again in April if this attempt fails. If Philae revives it could be witness to an amazing show as the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun in August. "I think we are going to see some amazing images at that point," said O'Rourke. Even if Philae never wakes up, all is not lost. The mission has detected organic chemicals on the comet surface, though full details of that discovery have yet to be revealed. And the Rosetta mission is already changing perceptions of comets. O'Rourke says instead of a comet being a dirty snowball he now thinks of it as being "an icy dirtball." He described discoveries of dust and large "boulders" circling the comet after they were blown off by the Sun during previous orbits, and an image that appears to show a structure the size of a football pitch that has been lifted and then deposited next to the hole. "The Rosetta mission is not just about the lander. It's about orbiting and following a comet -- watching it wake up and then go to sleep again, finding the secrets held by comets. Every day is a new discovery," he said. Scientists have already applauded the mission's success to date. "The Rosetta radar experiment will reveal for the first time how a comet is put together," cosmochemist Denton S. Ebel told CNN in November. CNN Interactive: Rosetta and its mission . Opinion: How comet mission helps search for alien life . [/INST] Rosetta is to begin listening for signs that the lander has survived the cold and dark .
From lander pictures, mission controllers think Philae is tucked up underneath a cliff face .
Philae has already detected organic chemicals on the comet surface . </s> |
A £1billion tidal lagoon off the coast of south Wales will form the centrepiece of ambitious renewable energy plans to be unveiled today. George Osborne is set to use his Budget today to announce that the Government is beginning formal talks on funding the project to produce energy from turbines in Swansea Bay, south Wales. The scheme would be over an area of more than four square miles cordoned off by a breakwater, with power generated as the tides pass through turbines when going in and out. Scroll down for video . Construction: The project includes creating a six-mile sea reef, the reintroduction of the native oyster to Swansea Bay and an offshore visitor centre as well as national triathlon and water sports facilities . Below the surface: This graphic shows how the structure would generate energy at high tide, left, and low tide, right, meaning that water will flow through four times daily . Vast: The scheme would be over an area of more than four square miles of Swansea Bay in South Wales, creating a large tidal lagoon cordoned off by a huge breakwater . Artist's impression: Chancellor George Osborne is set to use his Budget today to announce a £1billion plan for the world's first tidal lagoon to generate electricity from turbines in Swansea Bay, south Wales . The Tidal Lagoon Power company will get the opportunity to discuss subsidies - which are expected to have to be about £150 per megawatt hour, reported The Guardian. Controversially, this is far greater than the subsidy of up to £92.50 per MWh agreed for the planned Somerset nuclear plant Hinkley Point C - and triple the wholesale electricity prices of £50 per MWh. But the Department of Energy and Climate Change is said to have been reassured that if a prototype can be built in Wales, it will be possible to launch the concept more cheaply elsewhere. The Swansea Bay scheme would need a six-mile sea wall up to 65ft high - although only half of this would be noticeable from land at low tide, according to Tidal Lagoon Power. Budget announcement: Mr Osborne (file picture) is expected to reveal that the Government is beginning formal talks on funding the project to produce energy from turbines in Swansea Bay . Other project: The Tidal Lagoon Power company will get the opportunity to discuss subsidies - which are expected to have to be about £150 per megawatt hour. Controversially, this is far greater than the £98 per MWh subsidy agreed for the planned Somerset nuclear plant Hinkley Point C (above, artist's impression) The wall would create a lagoon in the Severn Estuary with turbines that could harness the incoming and outgoing tides to generate power 14 hours a day. The developers say the project, along with four others, could meet 10 per cent of our electricity needs from the tides by 2023. The six-mile wall around Swansea Bay complete with turbines could generate electricity 14 hours a day. Tidal Lagoon Power believes the project will boost a UK supply chain and create a new export market if it gets the go-ahead. The project includes creating a six-mile sea reef, the reintroduction of the native oyster to Swansea Bay and a visitor centre. There are claims that it would save 236,000 tonnes of carbon a year, as well as create 1,850 construction jobs and 150 long-term jobs in its operation. When plans were first submitted last year, it was claimed that the ground-breaking project could provide renewable power for 120,000 homes in Swansea for 120 years. Developers behind the project believe it could be the first step in developing lagoon technology that could meet 10 per cent of the UK's electricity needs from the tides by 2023. Tidal Lagoon Power said it hopes that 65 per cent of expenditure will be in the UK, boosting a home grown supply chain and creating a possible future export market. The project includes creating a six-mile sea reef, the reintroduction of the native oyster to Swansea Bay and an offshore visitor centre as well as national triathlon and water sports facilities. It is claimed that building more, larger lagoons would bring economies of scale. Other sites where lagoons are being considered, such as the Somerset coast, could have added benefits such as flood defences. Last month it was reported that the plan had been given a funding boost after investment management firm InfraRed Capital Partners agreed to provide £100million for the project. But, also last month, consumer charity Citizens Advice said the project was ‘appalling value for money’ and should not receive subsidies. | Government to begin formal talks on funding Swansea Bay energy project .
Scheme would be over area of four sq miles cordoned off by a breakwater .
Power generated as tides pass through turbines when going in and out . | 16abcc85dc478dd37e70965123708aa699591bb1 | <s>[INST] A £1billion tidal lagoon off the coast of south Wales will form the centrepiece of ambitious renewable energy plans to be unveiled today. George Osborne is set to use his Budget today to announce that the Government is beginning formal talks on funding the project to produce energy from turbines in Swansea Bay, south Wales. The scheme would be over an area of more than four square miles cordoned off by a breakwater, with power generated as the tides pass through turbines when going in and out. Scroll down for video . Construction: The project includes creating a six-mile sea reef, the reintroduction of the native oyster to Swansea Bay and an offshore visitor centre as well as national triathlon and water sports facilities . Below the surface: This graphic shows how the structure would generate energy at high tide, left, and low tide, right, meaning that water will flow through four times daily . Vast: The scheme would be over an area of more than four square miles of Swansea Bay in South Wales, creating a large tidal lagoon cordoned off by a huge breakwater . Artist's impression: Chancellor George Osborne is set to use his Budget today to announce a £1billion plan for the world's first tidal lagoon to generate electricity from turbines in Swansea Bay, south Wales . The Tidal Lagoon Power company will get the opportunity to discuss subsidies - which are expected to have to be about £150 per megawatt hour, reported The Guardian. Controversially, this is far greater than the subsidy of up to £92.50 per MWh agreed for the planned Somerset nuclear plant Hinkley Point C - and triple the wholesale electricity prices of £50 per MWh. But the Department of Energy and Climate Change is said to have been reassured that if a prototype can be built in Wales, it will be possible to launch the concept more cheaply elsewhere. The Swansea Bay scheme would need a six-mile sea wall up to 65ft high - although only half of this would be noticeable from land at low tide, according to Tidal Lagoon Power. Budget announcement: Mr Osborne (file picture) is expected to reveal that the Government is beginning formal talks on funding the project to produce energy from turbines in Swansea Bay . Other project: The Tidal Lagoon Power company will get the opportunity to discuss subsidies - which are expected to have to be about £150 per megawatt hour. Controversially, this is far greater than the £98 per MWh subsidy agreed for the planned Somerset nuclear plant Hinkley Point C (above, artist's impression) The wall would create a lagoon in the Severn Estuary with turbines that could harness the incoming and outgoing tides to generate power 14 hours a day. The developers say the project, along with four others, could meet 10 per cent of our electricity needs from the tides by 2023. The six-mile wall around Swansea Bay complete with turbines could generate electricity 14 hours a day. Tidal Lagoon Power believes the project will boost a UK supply chain and create a new export market if it gets the go-ahead. The project includes creating a six-mile sea reef, the reintroduction of the native oyster to Swansea Bay and a visitor centre. There are claims that it would save 236,000 tonnes of carbon a year, as well as create 1,850 construction jobs and 150 long-term jobs in its operation. When plans were first submitted last year, it was claimed that the ground-breaking project could provide renewable power for 120,000 homes in Swansea for 120 years. Developers behind the project believe it could be the first step in developing lagoon technology that could meet 10 per cent of the UK's electricity needs from the tides by 2023. Tidal Lagoon Power said it hopes that 65 per cent of expenditure will be in the UK, boosting a home grown supply chain and creating a possible future export market. The project includes creating a six-mile sea reef, the reintroduction of the native oyster to Swansea Bay and an offshore visitor centre as well as national triathlon and water sports facilities. It is claimed that building more, larger lagoons would bring economies of scale. Other sites where lagoons are being considered, such as the Somerset coast, could have added benefits such as flood defences. Last month it was reported that the plan had been given a funding boost after investment management firm InfraRed Capital Partners agreed to provide £100million for the project. But, also last month, consumer charity Citizens Advice said the project was ‘appalling value for money’ and should not receive subsidies. [/INST] Government to begin formal talks on funding Swansea Bay energy project .
Scheme would be over area of four sq miles cordoned off by a breakwater .
Power generated as tides pass through turbines when going in and out . </s> |
This is the incredible moment an eagle soared from the top of the world's tallest tower to its owner on the ground in a record-breaking bird flight. The imperial eagle, called Darshan, had a camera attached to its back as it swooped 2722 feet (830 metres) from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa. It captured phenomenal views of the capital of the United Arab Emirates before landing on the arm of its trainer, falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers. Freedom Conservation, the group which organised the attempt, claim it is the highest-ever recorded bird flight from a man-made structure. The imperial eagle, called Darshan, had a camera attached to its back as it swooped 2722 feet (830 metres) from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa (pictured) towards the ground where it landed on the arm of its trainer . Darshan, a white-tailed eagle, captured incredible views of the capital of the United Arab Emirates during its flight, which has been hailed the highest-ever bird flight from a man-made structure, according to experts . The bird of prey captured phenomenal views on the Sony Action Cam Mini which was weighs about 300g and was attached to its back, before landing on the arm of its trainer, French falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers . The bird was released from the top of the world's tallest tower before making its journey to its trainer below . The white-tailed eagle, which has been critically endangered for more than 50 years, has previously flown from the top of St Paul's Cathedral in London and the Eiffel Tower in France. Ronald Menzel, director of Freedom Conservation, said the organisation filmed yesterday's bird flight in an attempt to draw more attention to eagle conservation. He told the BBC: '[This] represents a historic opportunity for conservation – through these incredible images we are bringing this important cause to the attention of people all across the world.' In the clip, which lasts nearly two minutes, the bird takes off from the tower and soars over Dubai, allowing the camera to record stunning aerial views. The camera - a Sony Action Cam Mini - weighed approximately 300g, which is about 10 per cent of the bird's weight. Upon landing on the arm of its trainer, Mr Travers could be seen punching the air with joy before describing the flight as 'perfect'. He said: 'This was an incredible challenge and the most difficult of my career. 'Not only is this the highest vertical flight that has ever been done, but the eagle also had to fly in a totally different environment, with strong wind disturbances caused by the skyscrapers. 'This flight will create huge possibilities for future conservation programs. Freedom Conservation, organisers of the bird flight, prepare by bringing the bird up to the top of the tower . Darshan the eagle prepares to take off from one of the Freedom Conservation team and depart downwards . The bird of prey can be seen perched upon the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa (right) as its trainer Jacques-Olivier Travers waits patiently at the bottom of the world's tallest building (left) for his beloved bird to return to him . Mr Travers, who became passionate about birds of prey when he was 12-years-old, waits for Darshan to land . Darshan the eagle swoops down and successfully lands on the arm of its owner, French falconer Mr Travers . Mr Travers punches the air with joy after Darshan lands on his arm after the 2722ft flight from the tower . 'Training and equipping birds of prey with these small cameras will allow us to understand exactly what a bird does when it is released into the wild, and will ultimately help our effort to restore endangered bird populations.' Mr Travers developed his passion for birds at the age of 12, after being given small chicks from a nest. He began training Darshan after selecting him from a breeding facility in Thonon, France. Last year, he completed several successful big flights with his bird of prey including one from the Golden Gallery at St Paul's Cathedral to the base of London's famous Tower Bridge. During the flight over central London in November last year, the eagle captured breath-taking footage of the capital and the River Thames with a high-spec camera mounted on its back. At the time, Mr Travers said: 'I like to bring the birds where they are not expected. For many years, I have taught the birds to fly in nature using a paraglider.' Jacques-Olivier Travers (pictured with Darshan after the incredible flight) described the attempt as 'perfect' Views of Dubai captured by the imperial eagle will be used by the Freedom team to raise awareness of birds . The entire project was carried out by Freedom to try and raise awareness of birds of prey and extinction . Darshan the eagle has previously soared from the top of St Paul's in London and the Eiffel Tower in France . In another impressive flight just a month earlier, Darshan soared from the top of the 206-metre observation deck of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The bird was released from the inconic structure by its handler, before flying over the River Seine and down into the Trocadéro Gardens at 111 miles per hour. Darshan is a white imperial eagle, a bird which was once on the Red List of endangered species but has since been saved from extinction. | Darshan the eagle flew from top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa to trainer at bottom .
It is highest-ever recorded bird flight from man-made structure, experts say .
Bird captured incredible views of United Arab Emirates capital with camera .
Imperial eagle has previously flown off St Paul's Cathedral and Eiffel Tower . | aa412b7c96bdcbebbe583dfd84aae7ac4a1c9174 | <s>[INST] This is the incredible moment an eagle soared from the top of the world's tallest tower to its owner on the ground in a record-breaking bird flight. The imperial eagle, called Darshan, had a camera attached to its back as it swooped 2722 feet (830 metres) from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa. It captured phenomenal views of the capital of the United Arab Emirates before landing on the arm of its trainer, falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers. Freedom Conservation, the group which organised the attempt, claim it is the highest-ever recorded bird flight from a man-made structure. The imperial eagle, called Darshan, had a camera attached to its back as it swooped 2722 feet (830 metres) from the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa (pictured) towards the ground where it landed on the arm of its trainer . Darshan, a white-tailed eagle, captured incredible views of the capital of the United Arab Emirates during its flight, which has been hailed the highest-ever bird flight from a man-made structure, according to experts . The bird of prey captured phenomenal views on the Sony Action Cam Mini which was weighs about 300g and was attached to its back, before landing on the arm of its trainer, French falconer Jacques-Olivier Travers . The bird was released from the top of the world's tallest tower before making its journey to its trainer below . The white-tailed eagle, which has been critically endangered for more than 50 years, has previously flown from the top of St Paul's Cathedral in London and the Eiffel Tower in France. Ronald Menzel, director of Freedom Conservation, said the organisation filmed yesterday's bird flight in an attempt to draw more attention to eagle conservation. He told the BBC: '[This] represents a historic opportunity for conservation – through these incredible images we are bringing this important cause to the attention of people all across the world.' In the clip, which lasts nearly two minutes, the bird takes off from the tower and soars over Dubai, allowing the camera to record stunning aerial views. The camera - a Sony Action Cam Mini - weighed approximately 300g, which is about 10 per cent of the bird's weight. Upon landing on the arm of its trainer, Mr Travers could be seen punching the air with joy before describing the flight as 'perfect'. He said: 'This was an incredible challenge and the most difficult of my career. 'Not only is this the highest vertical flight that has ever been done, but the eagle also had to fly in a totally different environment, with strong wind disturbances caused by the skyscrapers. 'This flight will create huge possibilities for future conservation programs. Freedom Conservation, organisers of the bird flight, prepare by bringing the bird up to the top of the tower . Darshan the eagle prepares to take off from one of the Freedom Conservation team and depart downwards . The bird of prey can be seen perched upon the top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa (right) as its trainer Jacques-Olivier Travers waits patiently at the bottom of the world's tallest building (left) for his beloved bird to return to him . Mr Travers, who became passionate about birds of prey when he was 12-years-old, waits for Darshan to land . Darshan the eagle swoops down and successfully lands on the arm of its owner, French falconer Mr Travers . Mr Travers punches the air with joy after Darshan lands on his arm after the 2722ft flight from the tower . 'Training and equipping birds of prey with these small cameras will allow us to understand exactly what a bird does when it is released into the wild, and will ultimately help our effort to restore endangered bird populations.' Mr Travers developed his passion for birds at the age of 12, after being given small chicks from a nest. He began training Darshan after selecting him from a breeding facility in Thonon, France. Last year, he completed several successful big flights with his bird of prey including one from the Golden Gallery at St Paul's Cathedral to the base of London's famous Tower Bridge. During the flight over central London in November last year, the eagle captured breath-taking footage of the capital and the River Thames with a high-spec camera mounted on its back. At the time, Mr Travers said: 'I like to bring the birds where they are not expected. For many years, I have taught the birds to fly in nature using a paraglider.' Jacques-Olivier Travers (pictured with Darshan after the incredible flight) described the attempt as 'perfect' Views of Dubai captured by the imperial eagle will be used by the Freedom team to raise awareness of birds . The entire project was carried out by Freedom to try and raise awareness of birds of prey and extinction . Darshan the eagle has previously soared from the top of St Paul's in London and the Eiffel Tower in France . In another impressive flight just a month earlier, Darshan soared from the top of the 206-metre observation deck of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The bird was released from the inconic structure by its handler, before flying over the River Seine and down into the Trocadéro Gardens at 111 miles per hour. Darshan is a white imperial eagle, a bird which was once on the Red List of endangered species but has since been saved from extinction. [/INST] Darshan the eagle flew from top of Dubai's Burj Khalifa to trainer at bottom .
It is highest-ever recorded bird flight from man-made structure, experts say .
Bird captured incredible views of United Arab Emirates capital with camera .
Imperial eagle has previously flown off St Paul's Cathedral and Eiffel Tower . </s> |
Many of the planets discovered elsewhere in our galaxy are not like Earth, but rather more like Jupiter. Such gas giants, as far as we know, are not hospitable to life, but now it has been suggested that the moons of these planets could be habitable. If confirmed, it would suggest these locations could be the predominant sources for life in the universe, not worlds like our own Earth. The idea was discussed by Dr Sarah Ballard of the University of Washington in Seattle, on the Public Radio International's (PRI) show The Takeaway. Scroll down for audio . Dr Sarah Ballard of the University of Washington was speaking to PRI. She said exomoons could be the 'predominant sites of life in the universe'. Shown is an illustration of Upsilon Andromedae d, the large world in the distance, orbiting the gas giant in the foreground, which could have habitable moons . She explained how Jupiter-sized planets in the habitable zones of stars - where conditions are ideal for water, and perhaps life - are more common than single rocky worlds like Earth. Hot exomoons . Too close to a star and an exomoon may have an average temperature above the boiling point of water, making it highly unsuitable for any form of life. Habitable exomoons . Exoplanets orbiting in a system’s habitable zone (where liquid water can persist on a planet’s surface) still need sufficient gravity to trap an atmosphere that regulates their temperature. If these conditions are met, however, the prospects for life are promising. Snowball exomoons . Moons formed in the outer reaches of an alien solar system are likely to be dominated by ice. They will remain deep-frozen unless heated by tides from their parent planet - again these are unlikely to be habitats for life. Transient exomoons . Moons of planets with elliptical orbits might be habitable for most of their planet’s year, but can experience hot or snowball periods as they venture too close to their star, or too far from its life-giving heat. Source: All About Space magazine . ‘If even some of these Jupiter-sized planets have moons, they might be the predominant sites of life in the universe,’ she said. In particular, she focused on the world of Upsilon Andromedae d, a gas giant exoplanet about 10 times the mass of Jupiter, located 44 light-years from Earth. While the planet itself is not thought to be habitable, it is possible that a moon in its orbit - known as an exomoon - could be. And if you were to step on the surface of the moon, you would see ‘beautiful tumultuous clouds on the Jovian planet’ and ‘incredibly complex cloud activity,’ according to Dr Ballard. So far, no exomoons have been discovered, but given that six of the eight planets in our solar system have moons, most astronomers regard it as an inevitability rather than a possibility that one will be found. It might be possible to find one in data collected by Nasa’s Kepler space telescope, or it may be necessary to wait for a more powerful planet-hunter to come online, such as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess), due to launch in 2017. Finding exomoons is a bit of a problem though, as their mass and size is so much less than their host planet. One technique to find them that may prove successful is gravitational microlensing, which uses a foreground star to magnify a more distant one. The chance alignment can reveal exoplanets around a star, and could possibly even be used to spot a moon in orbit. So far, no exomoon has been discovered, but given that six of the eight planets in our solar system have moons, most astronomers regard it as an inevitability rather than a possibility that one will be found. It might be possible to find one in data collected by Nasa’s Kepler space telescope (illustration shown) And we are able to rule certain planets out - ones that are too close to their host star, like Mercury and Venus in our own solar system, are unable to cling on to natural satellites. But finding out if moons are common in our galaxy will be key for the search for life, and could signal a change in goals for planet-hunters in the near future. ‘The fact we reside on a single rocky hunk of rock, orbiting without a big brother planet, might be relatively unusual,’ added Dr Ballard. One technique to find moons could be gravitational microlensing, which uses a foreground star to magnify a more distant one, as shown in this diagram. The chance alignment can reveal exoplanets around a star, and could possibly even be used to spot a moon in orbit . | Dr Sarah Ballard of the University of Washington was speaking to PRI .
She said exomoons could be the 'predominant sites of life in the universe'
Many planets discovered outside the solar system are Jupiter-sized worlds .
It suggests habitable Earth-like planets may not be that common .
Instead, moons orbiting larger planets could be the best bet for life . | 79c374c1d9be596cc4da7a550fbe703c869c394e | <s>[INST] Many of the planets discovered elsewhere in our galaxy are not like Earth, but rather more like Jupiter. Such gas giants, as far as we know, are not hospitable to life, but now it has been suggested that the moons of these planets could be habitable. If confirmed, it would suggest these locations could be the predominant sources for life in the universe, not worlds like our own Earth. The idea was discussed by Dr Sarah Ballard of the University of Washington in Seattle, on the Public Radio International's (PRI) show The Takeaway. Scroll down for audio . Dr Sarah Ballard of the University of Washington was speaking to PRI. She said exomoons could be the 'predominant sites of life in the universe'. Shown is an illustration of Upsilon Andromedae d, the large world in the distance, orbiting the gas giant in the foreground, which could have habitable moons . She explained how Jupiter-sized planets in the habitable zones of stars - where conditions are ideal for water, and perhaps life - are more common than single rocky worlds like Earth. Hot exomoons . Too close to a star and an exomoon may have an average temperature above the boiling point of water, making it highly unsuitable for any form of life. Habitable exomoons . Exoplanets orbiting in a system’s habitable zone (where liquid water can persist on a planet’s surface) still need sufficient gravity to trap an atmosphere that regulates their temperature. If these conditions are met, however, the prospects for life are promising. Snowball exomoons . Moons formed in the outer reaches of an alien solar system are likely to be dominated by ice. They will remain deep-frozen unless heated by tides from their parent planet - again these are unlikely to be habitats for life. Transient exomoons . Moons of planets with elliptical orbits might be habitable for most of their planet’s year, but can experience hot or snowball periods as they venture too close to their star, or too far from its life-giving heat. Source: All About Space magazine . ‘If even some of these Jupiter-sized planets have moons, they might be the predominant sites of life in the universe,’ she said. In particular, she focused on the world of Upsilon Andromedae d, a gas giant exoplanet about 10 times the mass of Jupiter, located 44 light-years from Earth. While the planet itself is not thought to be habitable, it is possible that a moon in its orbit - known as an exomoon - could be. And if you were to step on the surface of the moon, you would see ‘beautiful tumultuous clouds on the Jovian planet’ and ‘incredibly complex cloud activity,’ according to Dr Ballard. So far, no exomoons have been discovered, but given that six of the eight planets in our solar system have moons, most astronomers regard it as an inevitability rather than a possibility that one will be found. It might be possible to find one in data collected by Nasa’s Kepler space telescope, or it may be necessary to wait for a more powerful planet-hunter to come online, such as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess), due to launch in 2017. Finding exomoons is a bit of a problem though, as their mass and size is so much less than their host planet. One technique to find them that may prove successful is gravitational microlensing, which uses a foreground star to magnify a more distant one. The chance alignment can reveal exoplanets around a star, and could possibly even be used to spot a moon in orbit. So far, no exomoon has been discovered, but given that six of the eight planets in our solar system have moons, most astronomers regard it as an inevitability rather than a possibility that one will be found. It might be possible to find one in data collected by Nasa’s Kepler space telescope (illustration shown) And we are able to rule certain planets out - ones that are too close to their host star, like Mercury and Venus in our own solar system, are unable to cling on to natural satellites. But finding out if moons are common in our galaxy will be key for the search for life, and could signal a change in goals for planet-hunters in the near future. ‘The fact we reside on a single rocky hunk of rock, orbiting without a big brother planet, might be relatively unusual,’ added Dr Ballard. One technique to find moons could be gravitational microlensing, which uses a foreground star to magnify a more distant one, as shown in this diagram. The chance alignment can reveal exoplanets around a star, and could possibly even be used to spot a moon in orbit . [/INST] Dr Sarah Ballard of the University of Washington was speaking to PRI .
She said exomoons could be the 'predominant sites of life in the universe'
Many planets discovered outside the solar system are Jupiter-sized worlds .
It suggests habitable Earth-like planets may not be that common .
Instead, moons orbiting larger planets could be the best bet for life . </s> |
(CNN)How can I describe life in Crimea after a year under Russia's control? You start saying things like "Let's not talk about this on the phone" and become careful about the Facebook pages you "like." Because total surveillance and control has become routine -- like it was in the Soviet Union. In just one year so much has been lost and many Crimeans seem to have forgotten rights that were part of everyone's life. There is a growing level of censorship, inequality and political repression of those who don't agree with the government. In everyday communication, Crimeans, including those who support Putin and Russia, have to think about what they do and say. Thanks to the activities of the FSB (Russia's secret police) denunciation -- where a citizen tells the authorities about the wrongdoing of another -- is popular again. In the Soviet Union, especially in the late 1930s, denunciations written by Soviet citizens about their neighbors, friends and even relatives resulted in millions of victims in prisons and Gulag camps. Now in Crimea, no one feels safe. Anyone who doesn't like you can write a denunciation and the next day you will take part in a "joyful" conversation with the security services. Significant changes have also taking place in the most basic of rights, like freedom of movement. Now, there are two borders manned by armed -- and sometimes angry -- men who always have questions about where you are going and why you want to pass. For ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars, things have been very difficult and thousands fled to mainland Ukraine in the first months after annexation. Their fears were confirmed when Ukrainian activists and young Tatars began to disappear. Some were later found dead, others are still missing. Ukrainian patriots also left in the first month or two after occupation -- it would have been dangerous and uncomfortable to continue living on the peninsula. The next wave of migrants were those who hoped to adjust to the new rules, but could not. They started leaving when it became clear that things would get worse economically and politically. They have been replaced by a new set of arrivals from Russia: Officials, police, FSB and other authorities. After annexation, many who had worked for the Ukrainian government in the police, army and security services swapped allegiances to the Russian side. The Kremlin was happy to have them but has put special stamps the new recruit's personal files, which say they are "inclined to betrayal." One of the main arguments of pro-Russian locals is that the average salary in Russia is much higher. Indeed, since annexation, salaries have increased, especially in the public institutions like hospitals and schools. The salary increases caused a kind of post-referendum euphoria, which quickly fizzled in late 2014 when a strong dollar meant higher prices for everything from food to gadgets. Then wages were cut again, by anywhere from 30% to 70% depending on the industry. Many doctors and teachers were greatly dissatisfied with wage cuts, but no one protested because in Russia, you must obtain permission for a public assembly. Of course, permission is mostly given to people or organizations loyal to the Kremlin. Tourism, a formerly dependable income source for many Crimeans, has been hit very hard. More than half of all tourists who used to visit Crimea in the summer were Ukrainian and last year tourism was down by 50%. Last summer, the peninsula was empty and many hotel owners had almost no customers. Despite of the deteriorating economic and human rights situation, many of those who were for the annexation of Crimea continue to support Russia. As strange as it may sound, the harder life becomes here in Crimea, the more people support Putin and hate Ukraine. In a little over a year, the Russian propaganda machine has turned Ukraine from "brother state" to Russia's main enemy. For some Crimeans 2014 was a year of tragedy and farewell to their homeland. Others saw a dream realized. What things will look like in another year is unclear, but what is clear is that nothing will be the same again. | Life under total surveillance and control now the norm in Crimea, says writer .
Old Soviet practice of denunciation has become commonplace, he says .
He writes: The harder life gets in Crimea, the more people support Putin . | f8f2f9f0997f8dbe3c51fac7dadc022279f54d33 | <s>[INST] (CNN)How can I describe life in Crimea after a year under Russia's control? You start saying things like "Let's not talk about this on the phone" and become careful about the Facebook pages you "like." Because total surveillance and control has become routine -- like it was in the Soviet Union. In just one year so much has been lost and many Crimeans seem to have forgotten rights that were part of everyone's life. There is a growing level of censorship, inequality and political repression of those who don't agree with the government. In everyday communication, Crimeans, including those who support Putin and Russia, have to think about what they do and say. Thanks to the activities of the FSB (Russia's secret police) denunciation -- where a citizen tells the authorities about the wrongdoing of another -- is popular again. In the Soviet Union, especially in the late 1930s, denunciations written by Soviet citizens about their neighbors, friends and even relatives resulted in millions of victims in prisons and Gulag camps. Now in Crimea, no one feels safe. Anyone who doesn't like you can write a denunciation and the next day you will take part in a "joyful" conversation with the security services. Significant changes have also taking place in the most basic of rights, like freedom of movement. Now, there are two borders manned by armed -- and sometimes angry -- men who always have questions about where you are going and why you want to pass. For ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars, things have been very difficult and thousands fled to mainland Ukraine in the first months after annexation. Their fears were confirmed when Ukrainian activists and young Tatars began to disappear. Some were later found dead, others are still missing. Ukrainian patriots also left in the first month or two after occupation -- it would have been dangerous and uncomfortable to continue living on the peninsula. The next wave of migrants were those who hoped to adjust to the new rules, but could not. They started leaving when it became clear that things would get worse economically and politically. They have been replaced by a new set of arrivals from Russia: Officials, police, FSB and other authorities. After annexation, many who had worked for the Ukrainian government in the police, army and security services swapped allegiances to the Russian side. The Kremlin was happy to have them but has put special stamps the new recruit's personal files, which say they are "inclined to betrayal." One of the main arguments of pro-Russian locals is that the average salary in Russia is much higher. Indeed, since annexation, salaries have increased, especially in the public institutions like hospitals and schools. The salary increases caused a kind of post-referendum euphoria, which quickly fizzled in late 2014 when a strong dollar meant higher prices for everything from food to gadgets. Then wages were cut again, by anywhere from 30% to 70% depending on the industry. Many doctors and teachers were greatly dissatisfied with wage cuts, but no one protested because in Russia, you must obtain permission for a public assembly. Of course, permission is mostly given to people or organizations loyal to the Kremlin. Tourism, a formerly dependable income source for many Crimeans, has been hit very hard. More than half of all tourists who used to visit Crimea in the summer were Ukrainian and last year tourism was down by 50%. Last summer, the peninsula was empty and many hotel owners had almost no customers. Despite of the deteriorating economic and human rights situation, many of those who were for the annexation of Crimea continue to support Russia. As strange as it may sound, the harder life becomes here in Crimea, the more people support Putin and hate Ukraine. In a little over a year, the Russian propaganda machine has turned Ukraine from "brother state" to Russia's main enemy. For some Crimeans 2014 was a year of tragedy and farewell to their homeland. Others saw a dream realized. What things will look like in another year is unclear, but what is clear is that nothing will be the same again. [/INST] Life under total surveillance and control now the norm in Crimea, says writer .
Old Soviet practice of denunciation has become commonplace, he says .
He writes: The harder life gets in Crimea, the more people support Putin . </s> |
A man's naked corpse was discovered on a golf course in northwestern Minnesota on Monday afternoon. The body was identified as Andrew Jon Springer, 35, and he was pronounced dead at the scene at Sandhill River Golf Course in Fertile, Minnesota. It is unknown as to why Springer was naked but after being evaluated at the UND Forensic Pathology Laboratory in Grand Forks, it was determined he died as a result of hypothermia. Scroll down for video . Deceased: Andrew Jon Springer, 35, was discovered naked and dead as a result of hypothermia on Monday . Discovered: Andrew Springer's naked corpse was found at the Sandhill River Golf Course in Fertile, Minnesota on Monday . In addition to shivering and drowsiness, symptoms of severe hypothermia include confusion and poor decision-making, which leads some sufferers of the condition to remove their clothing. According to Springer's Facebook he left behind an infant daughter. Springer's other immediate family members have not spoken out nor have they been identified at this time. 'The preliminary autopsy results do not show any signs of foul pay,' the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to the Star Tribune. 'At this time it appears as if the victim died as a result of hypothermia,' continued the statement. Around 4:10 officials were called to a report seeing a naked and unconscious man on the golf course. Deputy Sheriff Brian Lundeen told the Star Tribune that Springer recently moved to Fertile, Minnesota and lived less than two blocks away from the eastern edge of the golf course. Sandhill River Golf Course could not be reached and it's unknown at this time as to whether Springer was playing on the nearby course earlier in the day. Father: Springer left behind an infant daughter but it is unknown as to whether or not he was married or lived with the baby's mother . | The body was identified as belonging to Andrew Jon Springer, 35, and he was pronounced dead at the scene .
Autopsy showed Springer died of Hypothermia .
Sufferers of hypothermia sometimes remove their clothing as a result of severe confusion .
Springer left behind an infant daughter . | 0160ea788a3cd40b83ff7d2bacb15f7f0ddee02b | <s>[INST] A man's naked corpse was discovered on a golf course in northwestern Minnesota on Monday afternoon. The body was identified as Andrew Jon Springer, 35, and he was pronounced dead at the scene at Sandhill River Golf Course in Fertile, Minnesota. It is unknown as to why Springer was naked but after being evaluated at the UND Forensic Pathology Laboratory in Grand Forks, it was determined he died as a result of hypothermia. Scroll down for video . Deceased: Andrew Jon Springer, 35, was discovered naked and dead as a result of hypothermia on Monday . Discovered: Andrew Springer's naked corpse was found at the Sandhill River Golf Course in Fertile, Minnesota on Monday . In addition to shivering and drowsiness, symptoms of severe hypothermia include confusion and poor decision-making, which leads some sufferers of the condition to remove their clothing. According to Springer's Facebook he left behind an infant daughter. Springer's other immediate family members have not spoken out nor have they been identified at this time. 'The preliminary autopsy results do not show any signs of foul pay,' the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to the Star Tribune. 'At this time it appears as if the victim died as a result of hypothermia,' continued the statement. Around 4:10 officials were called to a report seeing a naked and unconscious man on the golf course. Deputy Sheriff Brian Lundeen told the Star Tribune that Springer recently moved to Fertile, Minnesota and lived less than two blocks away from the eastern edge of the golf course. Sandhill River Golf Course could not be reached and it's unknown at this time as to whether Springer was playing on the nearby course earlier in the day. Father: Springer left behind an infant daughter but it is unknown as to whether or not he was married or lived with the baby's mother . [/INST] The body was identified as belonging to Andrew Jon Springer, 35, and he was pronounced dead at the scene .
Autopsy showed Springer died of Hypothermia .
Sufferers of hypothermia sometimes remove their clothing as a result of severe confusion .
Springer left behind an infant daughter . </s> |
Renowned fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has bought the stylish waterfront home of James Packer's right hand man in one of Sydney's most exclusive suburbs. The fashionista and her husband Bradley Cocks have reportedly paid about $7 million for the lavish Watsons Bay property, in Sydney's east. Matthew Csidei - who works for James Packer - and wife Lauren Roscoe lived at the former Masonic Lodge before they moved to London with their two kids, according to the Property Observer. This comes as Dinnigan sold her multi-million dollar Palm Beach home last year and earlier closed all of her boutiques so she could spend more time with her two young children. Collette Dinnigan bought a stylish waterfront home in Watsons Bay - Sydney's east - last Wednesday, March 18 . Renowned fashion designer Collette Dinnigan's new property is in one of Sydney's exclusive suburbs . The fashionista and her husband Bradley Cocks have reportedly paid around $7 million for the lavish Watsons Bay property . Matthew Csidei and wife Lauren Roscoe lived at the property which used to be a Masonic Temple . The four-bedroom property in Watsons Bay has luxurious features including 18th century French oak parquetry floors, a 20-metre lap pool and views Sydney Harbour. Real estate agents marketed the home as expertly rebuilt from a shell in 2008 'into a classical Beaux-Arts inspired contemporary home'. The Property Observer reported the house was listed for about $8 million. It was sold by Ballard Property and Sydney Sotheby's Realty last Wednesday, March 18. Matthew Csidei (left), who works for James Packer (right), lived at the Watsons Bay home before he moved to London with his family . Lauren Roscoe with her husband (middle) and Erica Baxter (right), who's now Packer's ex-wife, in 2006 . The four-bedroom property has luxurious features including 18th century French oak parquetry floors, a 20-metre lap pool and views Sydney Harbour . Real estate agents marketed the home as expertly rebuilt from a shell in 2008 'into a classical Beaux-Arts inspired contemporary home' The Property Observer reported the house was listed for about $8 million . In September last year Dinnigan and her husband sold their Palm Beach home for $3.2million. The couple purchased the home in 2010 for $3million and went on to refurbish it during their four year stay. The three-bedroom property was bought by The Castle actress Sophie Lee and her husband, CEO of advertising agency Host, Anthony Freedman. Dinnigan also reportedly has a home in Paddington and a holiday house on the south coast. | Collette Dinnigan has bought the stylish waterfront home in Watsons Bay, Sydney's east .
The fashionista and her husband Bradley Cocks have reportedly paid around $7 million .
Matthew Csidei and wife Lauren Roscoe lived at the former Masonic Temple before they moved to London .
In September last year Dinnigan and her husband sold their Palm Beach home for $3.2million .
Dinnigan also has a home in Paddington and a holiday house on the south coast .
In 2013, the fashion designer closed all of her boutiques so she could spent more time with her two young children . | f855e79eba94a557bc0159661e9e20f857790d98 | <s>[INST] Renowned fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has bought the stylish waterfront home of James Packer's right hand man in one of Sydney's most exclusive suburbs. The fashionista and her husband Bradley Cocks have reportedly paid about $7 million for the lavish Watsons Bay property, in Sydney's east. Matthew Csidei - who works for James Packer - and wife Lauren Roscoe lived at the former Masonic Lodge before they moved to London with their two kids, according to the Property Observer. This comes as Dinnigan sold her multi-million dollar Palm Beach home last year and earlier closed all of her boutiques so she could spend more time with her two young children. Collette Dinnigan bought a stylish waterfront home in Watsons Bay - Sydney's east - last Wednesday, March 18 . Renowned fashion designer Collette Dinnigan's new property is in one of Sydney's exclusive suburbs . The fashionista and her husband Bradley Cocks have reportedly paid around $7 million for the lavish Watsons Bay property . Matthew Csidei and wife Lauren Roscoe lived at the property which used to be a Masonic Temple . The four-bedroom property in Watsons Bay has luxurious features including 18th century French oak parquetry floors, a 20-metre lap pool and views Sydney Harbour. Real estate agents marketed the home as expertly rebuilt from a shell in 2008 'into a classical Beaux-Arts inspired contemporary home'. The Property Observer reported the house was listed for about $8 million. It was sold by Ballard Property and Sydney Sotheby's Realty last Wednesday, March 18. Matthew Csidei (left), who works for James Packer (right), lived at the Watsons Bay home before he moved to London with his family . Lauren Roscoe with her husband (middle) and Erica Baxter (right), who's now Packer's ex-wife, in 2006 . The four-bedroom property has luxurious features including 18th century French oak parquetry floors, a 20-metre lap pool and views Sydney Harbour . Real estate agents marketed the home as expertly rebuilt from a shell in 2008 'into a classical Beaux-Arts inspired contemporary home' The Property Observer reported the house was listed for about $8 million . In September last year Dinnigan and her husband sold their Palm Beach home for $3.2million. The couple purchased the home in 2010 for $3million and went on to refurbish it during their four year stay. The three-bedroom property was bought by The Castle actress Sophie Lee and her husband, CEO of advertising agency Host, Anthony Freedman. Dinnigan also reportedly has a home in Paddington and a holiday house on the south coast. [/INST] Collette Dinnigan has bought the stylish waterfront home in Watsons Bay, Sydney's east .
The fashionista and her husband Bradley Cocks have reportedly paid around $7 million .
Matthew Csidei and wife Lauren Roscoe lived at the former Masonic Temple before they moved to London .
In September last year Dinnigan and her husband sold their Palm Beach home for $3.2million .
Dinnigan also has a home in Paddington and a holiday house on the south coast .
In 2013, the fashion designer closed all of her boutiques so she could spent more time with her two young children . </s> |
Organisers of an electronic music festival in country Victoria last weekend were disgusted to find mountains of trash left behind by party-goers. The Maitreya festival, a weekend of 'psytrance', techno and art, attracted thousands of revellers to the picturesque Wooroonooka Lakes camping ground, 245 km north-west of Melbourne. But festival-goers left much more than their dancing shoes behind. "We're all here cleaning this up because a percentage of you have made a hell of a mess and left it all behind - and you really obviously don't give a toss,' says Tim, a member of the Charlton football club and one of the clean-up volunteers in a video of the aftermath. 'Fair's fair - you wouldn't do this at your mum and dad's place, don't do it at our lake.' Scroll down for video . 'We know you've have come here for a good time, and not a long time ... but you obviously don't give a toss!' says Tim, who volunteered to clean-up after the festival . 'Disgusting it's left up to the local community that was kind enough to let us on their beautiful land,' wrote one festival-goer on social media . The video, posted to You Tube by the Maitreya festival organisers, pans an area of bushland littered with old couches and trashed tents, water bottles, discarded costumes, hoola hoops and beer cartons. 'If they're organised enough to bring couches, surely they can be organised enough to take them home, it's just simple courtesy,' says Tim as he loads a truck with garbage bags and old cushions. 'Fair's fair - you wouldn't do this at your mum and dad's place, don't do it at our lake,' says Tim, one of the volunteers with the Charlton Football club . The Maitreya event prides itself on being environmentally conscious and before the party, urged festival goers, as 'friends of the eartth,' to leave no trace. 'If we can become responsible caretakers of the land, as is our heritage, we can continue to gather here for many moons to come….If we can't ... sadly with the indictment on our shoulders we will have to leave…,' stated the festival website. The Maitreya festival was held here on the Wooroonooka Lakes, near Charlton in country Victoria . The picturesque camp site before the Maitreya music festival last weekend . The beautiful Wooroonooka Lake is a popular camping spot for nature lovers and recreational fishers . According to the Charlton Football Club, it took four solid days and a team of fifty plus volunteers to get the site back to how it was. A bush doof is an outdoor dance party, usually held in a remote area, or in bush or rainforests outside big cities in Australia or New Zealand. 'Doof doof' is an Australian term for loud, heavy bass electronic music. In most cases, bush doofs are small and secret, promoted by word-of-mouth or social media. Sometimes they last for days. Last year, a central coast teenager survived an 80-metre cliff fall after trying to avoid the cover charge for a 'bush doof' in the Watagan State Forest, north of Sydney. Another 21-year-old man went missing for more than 48 hours in forest south-east of Perth after attending a remote rave. Bush doofs usually involve live techno or trance DJs and are notorious for illicit drug use. 'People were disappointed by the rubbish, but I was out there yesterday and I'd say 90 per cent of the camp ground was restored to it's natural state,' Charlton Football Club secretary, Martin McGeown, told Daily Mail Australia. Some festival goers have criticised event organisers for a lack of available bins and recycling options in comments to social media. 'Unlike Rainbow and others where you are provided with a garbage bag at the gate they did not even mention to us anything about rubbish disposal,' wrote one You Tube user who attended the festival. 'We were never told that there were any bins on site and did not even see one until we drove out the gate on the last day. Perhaps if they want people to be more responsible they need to take responsibility for informing festival patrons about how to properly dispose of their rubbish and provide adequate bins!' But Maitreya organisers have scolded festival goers on their official Facebook page, posting 'Maitreya festival patrons got a lot to learn! Take some RESPONSIBILTY! 'Take some RESPONSIBILTY:' Festival organisers say Maitreya patrons have a lot to learn . 'You obviously don't give a toss': Volunteers were frustrated at cleaning up the mess . Taking out the trash: It took volunteers more than four days to clean up the campsite . McGeown says the Charlton club provided bins and a rubbish crew for the event and its members were out in force for the clean-up afterwards. 'You've got to remember this is a huge area and a lot of people, so it was a big job, but not a mammoth one considering,' McGeown said. 'Overall it was a positive event and the town and local businesses have been extremely supportive.' McGeown doesn't believe the trash will spell the end of the Maitreya festival but says to future revellers: 'Enjoy yourselves, respect the environment.' Leave no trace: 'There is nothing I hate more than walking around and seeing thousands of those empty Nos bulbs scattered around what was originally a beautiful clean space', says one Instagram user who found a better use for the rubbish. Some festival goers have criticised event organisers for a lack of available bins and recycling options . Victoria's Maitreya Festival in full swing last weekend: 'Disgusting its left up to the local community that was kind enough to let us on their beautiful land,' wrote one festival-goer on social media. | Festival-goers leave mountains of rubbish behind after last weekend's Maitreya Festival in country Victoria .
It took four days and more than 50 volunteers to clean up the Wooroonooka Lakes camp ground .
'Fair's fair. You wouldn't do this at your mum and dad's place, don't do it at our lake, says volunteer . | 9d66474884ecda1396350e52e4b33a363a2462e8 | <s>[INST] Organisers of an electronic music festival in country Victoria last weekend were disgusted to find mountains of trash left behind by party-goers. The Maitreya festival, a weekend of 'psytrance', techno and art, attracted thousands of revellers to the picturesque Wooroonooka Lakes camping ground, 245 km north-west of Melbourne. But festival-goers left much more than their dancing shoes behind. "We're all here cleaning this up because a percentage of you have made a hell of a mess and left it all behind - and you really obviously don't give a toss,' says Tim, a member of the Charlton football club and one of the clean-up volunteers in a video of the aftermath. 'Fair's fair - you wouldn't do this at your mum and dad's place, don't do it at our lake.' Scroll down for video . 'We know you've have come here for a good time, and not a long time ... but you obviously don't give a toss!' says Tim, who volunteered to clean-up after the festival . 'Disgusting it's left up to the local community that was kind enough to let us on their beautiful land,' wrote one festival-goer on social media . The video, posted to You Tube by the Maitreya festival organisers, pans an area of bushland littered with old couches and trashed tents, water bottles, discarded costumes, hoola hoops and beer cartons. 'If they're organised enough to bring couches, surely they can be organised enough to take them home, it's just simple courtesy,' says Tim as he loads a truck with garbage bags and old cushions. 'Fair's fair - you wouldn't do this at your mum and dad's place, don't do it at our lake,' says Tim, one of the volunteers with the Charlton Football club . The Maitreya event prides itself on being environmentally conscious and before the party, urged festival goers, as 'friends of the eartth,' to leave no trace. 'If we can become responsible caretakers of the land, as is our heritage, we can continue to gather here for many moons to come….If we can't ... sadly with the indictment on our shoulders we will have to leave…,' stated the festival website. The Maitreya festival was held here on the Wooroonooka Lakes, near Charlton in country Victoria . The picturesque camp site before the Maitreya music festival last weekend . The beautiful Wooroonooka Lake is a popular camping spot for nature lovers and recreational fishers . According to the Charlton Football Club, it took four solid days and a team of fifty plus volunteers to get the site back to how it was. A bush doof is an outdoor dance party, usually held in a remote area, or in bush or rainforests outside big cities in Australia or New Zealand. 'Doof doof' is an Australian term for loud, heavy bass electronic music. In most cases, bush doofs are small and secret, promoted by word-of-mouth or social media. Sometimes they last for days. Last year, a central coast teenager survived an 80-metre cliff fall after trying to avoid the cover charge for a 'bush doof' in the Watagan State Forest, north of Sydney. Another 21-year-old man went missing for more than 48 hours in forest south-east of Perth after attending a remote rave. Bush doofs usually involve live techno or trance DJs and are notorious for illicit drug use. 'People were disappointed by the rubbish, but I was out there yesterday and I'd say 90 per cent of the camp ground was restored to it's natural state,' Charlton Football Club secretary, Martin McGeown, told Daily Mail Australia. Some festival goers have criticised event organisers for a lack of available bins and recycling options in comments to social media. 'Unlike Rainbow and others where you are provided with a garbage bag at the gate they did not even mention to us anything about rubbish disposal,' wrote one You Tube user who attended the festival. 'We were never told that there were any bins on site and did not even see one until we drove out the gate on the last day. Perhaps if they want people to be more responsible they need to take responsibility for informing festival patrons about how to properly dispose of their rubbish and provide adequate bins!' But Maitreya organisers have scolded festival goers on their official Facebook page, posting 'Maitreya festival patrons got a lot to learn! Take some RESPONSIBILTY! 'Take some RESPONSIBILTY:' Festival organisers say Maitreya patrons have a lot to learn . 'You obviously don't give a toss': Volunteers were frustrated at cleaning up the mess . Taking out the trash: It took volunteers more than four days to clean up the campsite . McGeown says the Charlton club provided bins and a rubbish crew for the event and its members were out in force for the clean-up afterwards. 'You've got to remember this is a huge area and a lot of people, so it was a big job, but not a mammoth one considering,' McGeown said. 'Overall it was a positive event and the town and local businesses have been extremely supportive.' McGeown doesn't believe the trash will spell the end of the Maitreya festival but says to future revellers: 'Enjoy yourselves, respect the environment.' Leave no trace: 'There is nothing I hate more than walking around and seeing thousands of those empty Nos bulbs scattered around what was originally a beautiful clean space', says one Instagram user who found a better use for the rubbish. Some festival goers have criticised event organisers for a lack of available bins and recycling options . Victoria's Maitreya Festival in full swing last weekend: 'Disgusting its left up to the local community that was kind enough to let us on their beautiful land,' wrote one festival-goer on social media. [/INST] Festival-goers leave mountains of rubbish behind after last weekend's Maitreya Festival in country Victoria .
It took four days and more than 50 volunteers to clean up the Wooroonooka Lakes camp ground .
'Fair's fair. You wouldn't do this at your mum and dad's place, don't do it at our lake, says volunteer . </s> |
Premiership Rugby's longest-ever broadcasting rights deal with BT Sport could lead to another rise in the competition's salary cap. Chief executive Mark McCafferty admitted the four-year contract extension with BT Sport will feature in talks over setting the salary cap level for the 2016-17 Aviva Premiership season. Premiership bosses confirmed the new BT deal on Monday, extending the existing four-year contract until 2021. Premiership Rugby Chief executive Mark McCafferty admits the new BT Sport deal could raise the salary cap . McCafferty accepted the salary cap could 'possibly' rise again off the back of the BT deal - but not straight away. 'We've got the salary cap levels in place for the 2015-16 season next year, and we will start discussions with the clubs over the next few months on the cap for 2016-17 onwards,' said McCafferty. 'No doubt the new BT deal gives us some certainty against which to plan those discussions.' Premiership chiefs netted £152million when agreeing their first deal with BT Sport in 2012, and this new extension is expected to command a sizeable increase. The salary cap for the Aviva Premiership will be discussed for 2016-17 onwards in the next few months . Premiership clubs continue to battle the lure of big-money moves to France in the bid to retain their top stars. Northampton skipper Dylan Hartley rejected several lucrative contract offers from French clubs to commit to Franklin's Gardens earlier this season however, and league bosses will hope increasing revenue through deals similar to the BT contract will continue to boost that ongoing fight. The Premiership's salary cap is already set to rise to £5.1million for 2015-16, with clubs able to gain £400,000 in credits for the number of home-grown players in their squad. Premiership clubs will also be able to nominate two marquee players, whose salaries are not included in the cap. McCafferty believes progressive sponsorship and commercial arrangements like the new BT deal will continue to help Premiership clubs build squads potent both at home and abroad. Dylan Hartley (centre) raises the trophy for Northampton having won the 2014 Aviva Premiership . English and French clubs spent two years haggling over reform of the European rugby competitions, securing meritocratic qualification and record broadcasting investment in the process. For the first time since 1998, four English clubs have qualified for the quarter-finals of Europe's top club contest, in the inaugural European Champions Cup. 'We're particularly keen on all of the talent that we've been developing through the academies: those players have been breaking through into the England set-up at a younger age,' said McCafferty. 'We've got a good, strong, young English squad, and we've had strong performances in Europe from our top clubs. 'The whole picture is coming together but all of that requires more investment, and that's what we intend to do.' | The four-year contract extension is the league's longest ever TV rights deal .
Premiership Rugby signed a £152m four-year deal with BT Sport in 2012 .
New BT deal is expected to help Premiership clubs keep hold of their players and in competition with cash-rich French sides .
Live Premiership games will increase to 80 a season in the new TV deal .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Rugby Union news . | c6eea8cf1d48fd97af08b861f7c765e489f60b69 | <s>[INST] Premiership Rugby's longest-ever broadcasting rights deal with BT Sport could lead to another rise in the competition's salary cap. Chief executive Mark McCafferty admitted the four-year contract extension with BT Sport will feature in talks over setting the salary cap level for the 2016-17 Aviva Premiership season. Premiership bosses confirmed the new BT deal on Monday, extending the existing four-year contract until 2021. Premiership Rugby Chief executive Mark McCafferty admits the new BT Sport deal could raise the salary cap . McCafferty accepted the salary cap could 'possibly' rise again off the back of the BT deal - but not straight away. 'We've got the salary cap levels in place for the 2015-16 season next year, and we will start discussions with the clubs over the next few months on the cap for 2016-17 onwards,' said McCafferty. 'No doubt the new BT deal gives us some certainty against which to plan those discussions.' Premiership chiefs netted £152million when agreeing their first deal with BT Sport in 2012, and this new extension is expected to command a sizeable increase. The salary cap for the Aviva Premiership will be discussed for 2016-17 onwards in the next few months . Premiership clubs continue to battle the lure of big-money moves to France in the bid to retain their top stars. Northampton skipper Dylan Hartley rejected several lucrative contract offers from French clubs to commit to Franklin's Gardens earlier this season however, and league bosses will hope increasing revenue through deals similar to the BT contract will continue to boost that ongoing fight. The Premiership's salary cap is already set to rise to £5.1million for 2015-16, with clubs able to gain £400,000 in credits for the number of home-grown players in their squad. Premiership clubs will also be able to nominate two marquee players, whose salaries are not included in the cap. McCafferty believes progressive sponsorship and commercial arrangements like the new BT deal will continue to help Premiership clubs build squads potent both at home and abroad. Dylan Hartley (centre) raises the trophy for Northampton having won the 2014 Aviva Premiership . English and French clubs spent two years haggling over reform of the European rugby competitions, securing meritocratic qualification and record broadcasting investment in the process. For the first time since 1998, four English clubs have qualified for the quarter-finals of Europe's top club contest, in the inaugural European Champions Cup. 'We're particularly keen on all of the talent that we've been developing through the academies: those players have been breaking through into the England set-up at a younger age,' said McCafferty. 'We've got a good, strong, young English squad, and we've had strong performances in Europe from our top clubs. 'The whole picture is coming together but all of that requires more investment, and that's what we intend to do.' [/INST] The four-year contract extension is the league's longest ever TV rights deal .
Premiership Rugby signed a £152m four-year deal with BT Sport in 2012 .
New BT deal is expected to help Premiership clubs keep hold of their players and in competition with cash-rich French sides .
Live Premiership games will increase to 80 a season in the new TV deal .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Rugby Union news . </s> |
Bayern Munich will be without winger Arjen Robben for several weeks after he suffered a stomach muscle tear in the shock 2-0 defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday. Robben, who has only recently returned from a back injury, was taken off after just 24 minutes following a challenge from Gladbach's Tony Jantschke. The Dutchman could now be a doubt for Bayern's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Porto on April 15 with the club saying he would be out 'for several weeks.' Arjen Robben tore a stomach muscle in Bayern Munich's loss to Borussia Monchengladbach . Robben had only just returned from a back injury but now faces an absence of several weeks . Robben heads down the tunnel in the 24th minute after going off injured for Munich . 'His injury is almost as bad as the defeat,' said Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. The winger, who missed last week's win over Werder Bremen and was a surprise inclusion in the starting line-up on Sunday, is the league's second-top scorer with 17 goals this term. Deespite suffering their first home defeat of the season, Bayern are still 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. 'They barely got into our half before they scored their first goal and it's not easy to break down a side who pack their defence,' said Bayern boss Pep Guardiola. Munich boss Pep Guardiola bemoaned his team's first defeat at home in the Bundesliga this season . Manuel Neuer (centre) spills a shot from Raffael as Bayen Munich lost to Borussia Monchengladbach . Monchengladbach's players celebrate their win after the final whistle with supporters . 'We failed to break down their defence and they counter-attacked superbly, but we did all we could. We still have a 10-point lead, but we must fight until the end to defend our title. 'We still have eight games left and we have the chance now to regroup during the international break.' | Bayern Munich lost 2-0 to Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday .
Arjen Robben went off injured after 24 minutes of the encounter .
The attacker has torn a stomach muscle and is out for several weeks . | 05fe667bb21f873a961852a98d1a6f5fcf880eb2 | <s>[INST] Bayern Munich will be without winger Arjen Robben for several weeks after he suffered a stomach muscle tear in the shock 2-0 defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday. Robben, who has only recently returned from a back injury, was taken off after just 24 minutes following a challenge from Gladbach's Tony Jantschke. The Dutchman could now be a doubt for Bayern's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Porto on April 15 with the club saying he would be out 'for several weeks.' Arjen Robben tore a stomach muscle in Bayern Munich's loss to Borussia Monchengladbach . Robben had only just returned from a back injury but now faces an absence of several weeks . Robben heads down the tunnel in the 24th minute after going off injured for Munich . 'His injury is almost as bad as the defeat,' said Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. The winger, who missed last week's win over Werder Bremen and was a surprise inclusion in the starting line-up on Sunday, is the league's second-top scorer with 17 goals this term. Deespite suffering their first home defeat of the season, Bayern are still 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. 'They barely got into our half before they scored their first goal and it's not easy to break down a side who pack their defence,' said Bayern boss Pep Guardiola. Munich boss Pep Guardiola bemoaned his team's first defeat at home in the Bundesliga this season . Manuel Neuer (centre) spills a shot from Raffael as Bayen Munich lost to Borussia Monchengladbach . Monchengladbach's players celebrate their win after the final whistle with supporters . 'We failed to break down their defence and they counter-attacked superbly, but we did all we could. We still have a 10-point lead, but we must fight until the end to defend our title. 'We still have eight games left and we have the chance now to regroup during the international break.' [/INST] Bayern Munich lost 2-0 to Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday .
Arjen Robben went off injured after 24 minutes of the encounter .
The attacker has torn a stomach muscle and is out for several weeks . </s> |
Looking for a last-minute spring getaway? From donkey-trekking to a lambing break, we've come up with some some seasonal suggestions to ensure you have a cracking time this Easter... Take a tour of the lavish interiors of Chatsworth House in the Peak District and see the Emperor Fountain . SHERWOOD FOREST . There's no better way to experience the changing of the seasons than being out among blossoming trees and swathes of spring flowers. So where better to stay than in a log cabin set in the heart of Sherwood Forest? With Forest Holidays' self-catering lodges you can get closer to nature while still having all the little luxuries you need for a stress-free break. A girl plays in Sherwood Forest on a Forest Holiday break - four-legged family members are welcome too . Work off the Easter eggs on a stroll through ancient woodland before relaxing in a hot tub or curling up by a log fire. And just because you are going away doesn't mean four-legged family members have to miss out on the fun as Forest Holidays welcomes dogs, too. PEAK DISTRICT . Fancy a walking holiday that won't ruin your ankles? Door2Tour.com's Easter Walking For Softies coach tour explores the northern expanse of the Peak District, known as the Dark Peak, over four relaxing days. Led by expert local guides, you'll ramble at a leisurely pace past sweeping valleys and moorlands blooming with spring flora. The tour includes the Vale of Edale, the Ladybower Reservoir, an afternoon in the spa town of Matlock Bath and a tour of Chatsworth House's grand gardens and lavish interiors. YORKSHIRE . To get right to the heart of the Easter experience, you can't do better than a weekend getaway at a farm, waking up to the sound of bleating lambs and birdsong, with tumbling hills as far as the eye can see from your window. Get your Easter experience off to a cute start with a lambing break in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside . A number of farms offer springtime breaks, including Lovesome Hill Farm in Northallerton. Until April 20 you can experience a lambing break on this working farm nestled deep in the North Yorkshire countryside. After an Aga-cooked breakfast with freshly laid eggs, pull on your wellies and head out with farmer John to feed and care for the Masham and Mule sheep and lambs. DORSET . Get closer to nature and enjoy simple pleasures on a donkey trekking trip along the bridleways and backwaters of historic Beaminster in West Dorset. A two-day donkey trek to Dorset's Jurassic Coast will allows you to explore the area in more depth . This traditional pastime, harking back to a bygone era, is one of the most unique ways to experience the county's timeless countryside. Get to know your four-legged friend as you meander through Hardy country and past the beautiful Brit Valley. Donkey Walks In Dorset's one-day experience includes an introduction to donkeys as well as donkey handling. Its two-day donkey trek gives you the chance to explore the area in more depth, with an evening excursion to the Jurassic Coast. | Treat the family to a stay in a log cabin set in the heart of Sherwood Forest .
Take a tour of Chatsworth House's grand gardens and lavish interiors .
Experience a lambing break deep in the North Yorkshire countryside .
Try a two-day donkey trek along Dorset's spectacular Jurassic Coast .
You can discover more Easter break ideas at visitengland.com . | d5260e99504282476d27e3f61a825e05ae97c96c | <s>[INST] Looking for a last-minute spring getaway? From donkey-trekking to a lambing break, we've come up with some some seasonal suggestions to ensure you have a cracking time this Easter... Take a tour of the lavish interiors of Chatsworth House in the Peak District and see the Emperor Fountain . SHERWOOD FOREST . There's no better way to experience the changing of the seasons than being out among blossoming trees and swathes of spring flowers. So where better to stay than in a log cabin set in the heart of Sherwood Forest? With Forest Holidays' self-catering lodges you can get closer to nature while still having all the little luxuries you need for a stress-free break. A girl plays in Sherwood Forest on a Forest Holiday break - four-legged family members are welcome too . Work off the Easter eggs on a stroll through ancient woodland before relaxing in a hot tub or curling up by a log fire. And just because you are going away doesn't mean four-legged family members have to miss out on the fun as Forest Holidays welcomes dogs, too. PEAK DISTRICT . Fancy a walking holiday that won't ruin your ankles? Door2Tour.com's Easter Walking For Softies coach tour explores the northern expanse of the Peak District, known as the Dark Peak, over four relaxing days. Led by expert local guides, you'll ramble at a leisurely pace past sweeping valleys and moorlands blooming with spring flora. The tour includes the Vale of Edale, the Ladybower Reservoir, an afternoon in the spa town of Matlock Bath and a tour of Chatsworth House's grand gardens and lavish interiors. YORKSHIRE . To get right to the heart of the Easter experience, you can't do better than a weekend getaway at a farm, waking up to the sound of bleating lambs and birdsong, with tumbling hills as far as the eye can see from your window. Get your Easter experience off to a cute start with a lambing break in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside . A number of farms offer springtime breaks, including Lovesome Hill Farm in Northallerton. Until April 20 you can experience a lambing break on this working farm nestled deep in the North Yorkshire countryside. After an Aga-cooked breakfast with freshly laid eggs, pull on your wellies and head out with farmer John to feed and care for the Masham and Mule sheep and lambs. DORSET . Get closer to nature and enjoy simple pleasures on a donkey trekking trip along the bridleways and backwaters of historic Beaminster in West Dorset. A two-day donkey trek to Dorset's Jurassic Coast will allows you to explore the area in more depth . This traditional pastime, harking back to a bygone era, is one of the most unique ways to experience the county's timeless countryside. Get to know your four-legged friend as you meander through Hardy country and past the beautiful Brit Valley. Donkey Walks In Dorset's one-day experience includes an introduction to donkeys as well as donkey handling. Its two-day donkey trek gives you the chance to explore the area in more depth, with an evening excursion to the Jurassic Coast. [/INST] Treat the family to a stay in a log cabin set in the heart of Sherwood Forest .
Take a tour of Chatsworth House's grand gardens and lavish interiors .
Experience a lambing break deep in the North Yorkshire countryside .
Try a two-day donkey trek along Dorset's spectacular Jurassic Coast .
You can discover more Easter break ideas at visitengland.com . </s> |
An attempt to emulate Denman by winning next season’s Hennessy Gold Cup is on the agenda for Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree. The first novice to win the feature race of the Festival since Captain Christy in 1974 was on Saturday feted as friends and well-wishers gathered at the Oxfordshire stable of trainer Mark Bradstock and wife Sara in the village of Letcombe Bassett, which once housed five-time Gold Cup hero Golden Miller. Friday’s victory for a small stable of 10 horses was a heart-warming end to a Festival dominated by the big guns from Britain and Ireland. 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree could race at Newbury on November 28 . Nico de Boinville kisses the Cheltenham Gold Cup following Coneygree's length and a half victory . The eight-year-old, who was ridden by conditional jockey Nico de Boinville, will not run again this season and Sara Bradstock, daughter of the late amateur rider, broadcaster and journalist, Lord Oaksey, believes Coneygree’s similarity to Denman means a crack at the Newbury race on November 28 is feasible challenge. Coneygree won the Denman Chase at the track last month on his final prep race for the Gold Cup. His family also have history in the race, with older brother Carruthers winning the 2011 Hennessy. Sara said: ‘We might consider the Betfair Chase and the King George, for sure. The world is our oyster now but, depending on what the handicapper does, we might try to win the Hennessy off top weight. ‘We know he likes Newbury and he seems to have a lot of similarities with Denman.’ De Boinville (left) and trainer Mark Bradstock are all smiles with the 2015 Gold Cup trophy . The Paul Nicholls-trained Denman, the 2008 Gold Cup winner, won the Hennessy twice in 2007 and 2009. On the latter occasion, he defied a BHA handicap mark of 174 when carrying 11st 12lb. Chief handicapper Phil Smith intends rating Coneygree 171, the highest for a novice this century and 1lb higher than given to Willie Mullins’ Vautour after his spectacular JLT Novices’ Chase win. Meanwhile, hopes of a family double within 24 hours were dashed when heavy ground at Uttoxeter prompted Carruthers to be withdrawn from the Midlands National, which was won by Irish raider Goonyella. The AP McCoy- ridden 5-2 favourite, Catching On, fell at the seventh fence. De Boinville and Coneygree clear a fence on their way to victory at the Cheltenham Gold Cup . | Coneygree won this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup event on Friday .
Coneygree is the first novice to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974 .
Paul Nicholls-trained Denman, won the Hennessy twice in 2007 and 2009 . | db119f97c5228ee16edced574a2ba507a6fa5d87 | <s>[INST] An attempt to emulate Denman by winning next season’s Hennessy Gold Cup is on the agenda for Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree. The first novice to win the feature race of the Festival since Captain Christy in 1974 was on Saturday feted as friends and well-wishers gathered at the Oxfordshire stable of trainer Mark Bradstock and wife Sara in the village of Letcombe Bassett, which once housed five-time Gold Cup hero Golden Miller. Friday’s victory for a small stable of 10 horses was a heart-warming end to a Festival dominated by the big guns from Britain and Ireland. 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Coneygree could race at Newbury on November 28 . Nico de Boinville kisses the Cheltenham Gold Cup following Coneygree's length and a half victory . The eight-year-old, who was ridden by conditional jockey Nico de Boinville, will not run again this season and Sara Bradstock, daughter of the late amateur rider, broadcaster and journalist, Lord Oaksey, believes Coneygree’s similarity to Denman means a crack at the Newbury race on November 28 is feasible challenge. Coneygree won the Denman Chase at the track last month on his final prep race for the Gold Cup. His family also have history in the race, with older brother Carruthers winning the 2011 Hennessy. Sara said: ‘We might consider the Betfair Chase and the King George, for sure. The world is our oyster now but, depending on what the handicapper does, we might try to win the Hennessy off top weight. ‘We know he likes Newbury and he seems to have a lot of similarities with Denman.’ De Boinville (left) and trainer Mark Bradstock are all smiles with the 2015 Gold Cup trophy . The Paul Nicholls-trained Denman, the 2008 Gold Cup winner, won the Hennessy twice in 2007 and 2009. On the latter occasion, he defied a BHA handicap mark of 174 when carrying 11st 12lb. Chief handicapper Phil Smith intends rating Coneygree 171, the highest for a novice this century and 1lb higher than given to Willie Mullins’ Vautour after his spectacular JLT Novices’ Chase win. Meanwhile, hopes of a family double within 24 hours were dashed when heavy ground at Uttoxeter prompted Carruthers to be withdrawn from the Midlands National, which was won by Irish raider Goonyella. The AP McCoy- ridden 5-2 favourite, Catching On, fell at the seventh fence. De Boinville and Coneygree clear a fence on their way to victory at the Cheltenham Gold Cup . [/INST] Coneygree won this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup event on Friday .
Coneygree is the first novice to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup since 1974 .
Paul Nicholls-trained Denman, won the Hennessy twice in 2007 and 2009 . </s> |
She has amassed a cult-like following on the internet thanks to her opinions on gender equality, same-sex marriages and race relations. Now Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's committed fans have celebrated her birthday online - with a series of social media memes. The veteran justice, who turned 82 yesterday, has earned the nickname 'Notorious R.B.G.' having served on America's highest bench for 21 years. Notorious RBG: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a cult-like following on the internet . Committed fans have celebrated Ginsburg's birthday online - with a series of social media memes . One of the memes features a picture of the justice along with the caption: 'All them fives need to listen when a ten is talking' It was inspired by a Tumblr account with the same title - a play on the name of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. - with the blog set up in her honour. Ginsburg, who has beaten two forms of cancer and said she does 20 push ups a day, once described the online attention she was receiving as 'a wonderful thing'. She said last year: 'I had to be told by my law clerks, 'what's this notorious? And they explained that to me.' One superfan has even had a tattoo of the justice drawn up on her arm with the caption 'SUPREME' written underneath. Over the weekend, fans took to Twitter to celebrate her birthday. Accompanied by a picture of Ginsburg with the caption 'Gangsta lean', Jennie Lynch tweeted: 'Happy 82nd Birthday to the most smart, sassy, and fashionable justice, my role model, Justice Ginsburg #NotoriousRBG.' Online hit: Ginsburg has developed a strong following on the internet thanks to her opinions on gender equality, same-sex marriages and race relations . Planned Parenthood described Ginsburg as 'Fierce, Fabulous, Notorious' in a birthday tween over the weekend . Fans of the veteran justice took to Twitter over the weekend to wish her a happy 82nd birthday . Another Twitter user wrote: 'Happy Birthday, Justice Ginsburg.' Planned Parenthood wrote: 'Fierce. Fabulous. Notorious. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! #NotoriousBday #NotoriousRBG.' According to the Huffington Post, Notorious RBG blog creator Shana Knizhnik and a journalist will co-author a biography of Ginsburg. Last month the justice spoke out against partisan politics in Washington - saying that the current Congress wasn't 'equipped really to do anything'. The eldest sitting justice on the court, Ginsburg described her job as the 'best and hardest' one she's ever had - and she has no intention of letting it go just yet . Last month the justice spoke out against partisan politics in Washington - saying that the current Congress wasn't 'equipped really to do anything' Ginsburg, who was the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, also talked about how she still experiences sexism in the chamber - and said she has no plans to retire anytime soon. She has no problem shooting down calls for her retirement based on concerns for her age and health. The eldest sitting justice on the court, Ginsburg described her job as the 'best and hardest' one she's ever had - and she has no intention of letting it go just yet. 'I will step down when I feel I can no longer do the job full steam,' she told MSNBC in February. | Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has celebrated 82nd birthday .
Veteran justice has amassed a cult-like following online over the years .
Fans celebrated her birthday by posting a series of social media memes .
Has the nickname 'Notorious R.B.G.' having served on America's highest bench for 21 years .
One of her fans has even had a tattoo of the justice drawn on to her arm . | f29d5d43ed0cb11ef8801df1818aaea3b2f07e92 | <s>[INST] She has amassed a cult-like following on the internet thanks to her opinions on gender equality, same-sex marriages and race relations. Now Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's committed fans have celebrated her birthday online - with a series of social media memes. The veteran justice, who turned 82 yesterday, has earned the nickname 'Notorious R.B.G.' having served on America's highest bench for 21 years. Notorious RBG: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a cult-like following on the internet . Committed fans have celebrated Ginsburg's birthday online - with a series of social media memes . One of the memes features a picture of the justice along with the caption: 'All them fives need to listen when a ten is talking' It was inspired by a Tumblr account with the same title - a play on the name of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. - with the blog set up in her honour. Ginsburg, who has beaten two forms of cancer and said she does 20 push ups a day, once described the online attention she was receiving as 'a wonderful thing'. She said last year: 'I had to be told by my law clerks, 'what's this notorious? And they explained that to me.' One superfan has even had a tattoo of the justice drawn up on her arm with the caption 'SUPREME' written underneath. Over the weekend, fans took to Twitter to celebrate her birthday. Accompanied by a picture of Ginsburg with the caption 'Gangsta lean', Jennie Lynch tweeted: 'Happy 82nd Birthday to the most smart, sassy, and fashionable justice, my role model, Justice Ginsburg #NotoriousRBG.' Online hit: Ginsburg has developed a strong following on the internet thanks to her opinions on gender equality, same-sex marriages and race relations . Planned Parenthood described Ginsburg as 'Fierce, Fabulous, Notorious' in a birthday tween over the weekend . Fans of the veteran justice took to Twitter over the weekend to wish her a happy 82nd birthday . Another Twitter user wrote: 'Happy Birthday, Justice Ginsburg.' Planned Parenthood wrote: 'Fierce. Fabulous. Notorious. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! #NotoriousBday #NotoriousRBG.' According to the Huffington Post, Notorious RBG blog creator Shana Knizhnik and a journalist will co-author a biography of Ginsburg. Last month the justice spoke out against partisan politics in Washington - saying that the current Congress wasn't 'equipped really to do anything'. The eldest sitting justice on the court, Ginsburg described her job as the 'best and hardest' one she's ever had - and she has no intention of letting it go just yet . Last month the justice spoke out against partisan politics in Washington - saying that the current Congress wasn't 'equipped really to do anything' Ginsburg, who was the second woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, also talked about how she still experiences sexism in the chamber - and said she has no plans to retire anytime soon. She has no problem shooting down calls for her retirement based on concerns for her age and health. The eldest sitting justice on the court, Ginsburg described her job as the 'best and hardest' one she's ever had - and she has no intention of letting it go just yet. 'I will step down when I feel I can no longer do the job full steam,' she told MSNBC in February. [/INST] Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has celebrated 82nd birthday .
Veteran justice has amassed a cult-like following online over the years .
Fans celebrated her birthday by posting a series of social media memes .
Has the nickname 'Notorious R.B.G.' having served on America's highest bench for 21 years .
One of her fans has even had a tattoo of the justice drawn on to her arm . </s> |
Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes his side have finally banished the fear factor which has been holding them back. The 3-0 win over 10-man Newcastle thanks to goals from James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley was the Toffees' first at Goodison Park in the league in 2015. It was a crucial one as it lifted them six points clear of the relegation zone and Martinez believes the basis for the performance was founded in the come-from-behind 2-1 Europa League win over Dynamo Kiev on Thursday. Roberto Martinez believes Everton have finally banished the fear factor which has been holding them back . James McCarthy (right) opened the the scoring against Newcastle and was congratulated by Aaron Lennon . 'It was a big game for us and sometimes that can bring extra pressure in that you play the occasion rather than the game,' he said. 'The perfect preparation was Thursday. Probably Thursday was a real turning point in that moment when we managed to take control of the situation. The first 20 minutes (against Kiev) was as bad as it can be in terms of suffering because you feel the anxiety and responsibility as a player then all of a sudden we found the way we should perform. 'The mindset today wasn't of a team who had fear of losing at home, some of the play was outstanding but when we had to defend and work hard for each other we did that with total composure. 'From scoring the first goal we managed the game really well and I thought we defended really composed. Tim Howard had a big save in the second half but apart from that I thought we protected him very well. Everton were already 2-0 up when Magpies captain Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for a lunge at winger Aaron Lennon and Martinez had no doubts about the straight red card. Romelu Lukaku, having set up McCarthy for the opener, netted Everton's second from the penalty spot . 'I haven't seen the replay but I thought it was reckless and high,' he added. 'If you look at the reaction of the Newcastle players I don't think anyone was surprised when they saw the red card. 'I don't think it was a turning point or the reason why we won because we were very much in control but it always helps.' Newcastle caretaker boss John Carver's initial thoughts were to agree with Martinez but he admits he will closely examine all footage over the next day or two before deciding the next course of action. 'I have looked at it from four or five angles and it is not conclusive,' he said. Ross Barkley celebrates after giving gloss to the victory with a stoppage time strike to make it 3-0 . 'When it actually happened, from the reaction of the Everton players, straight away I thought 'that must be a red'. But when I came in and looked at it, it was very difficult to decide. 'I will look at it again and if it is worthy of a sending off then I will accept it but if it is not I will appeal. 'There seemed to be more of their players surrounding the situation than our players.' With nothing to play for Newcastle are limping towards the end of the season but Carver stressed that would not be allowed to happen and there was an immediate dressing room inquest after the game, although he was keen to point out it was not confrontational. 'A few of the guys had a few composed words after the match,' he added. 'I told one or two players not to say anything because usually it is one or two players who come forward - I wanted it to come from other people. 'The fact people make a point I think is a healthy situation - it can't always come from me, I'm not a dictator. 'We can't go hiding or disappear anywhere. I can't walk around miserable as sin, I have to do something about it. 'The guys had a good two-way conversation and we will review it all on Tuesday.' | Everton beat hapless Newcastle 3-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday .
It was their first home Premier League win of 2015 .
James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley scored the goals . | fdf4bfec12dc399c02781f35a9ddb9cc0bc00fbd | <s>[INST] Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes his side have finally banished the fear factor which has been holding them back. The 3-0 win over 10-man Newcastle thanks to goals from James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley was the Toffees' first at Goodison Park in the league in 2015. It was a crucial one as it lifted them six points clear of the relegation zone and Martinez believes the basis for the performance was founded in the come-from-behind 2-1 Europa League win over Dynamo Kiev on Thursday. Roberto Martinez believes Everton have finally banished the fear factor which has been holding them back . James McCarthy (right) opened the the scoring against Newcastle and was congratulated by Aaron Lennon . 'It was a big game for us and sometimes that can bring extra pressure in that you play the occasion rather than the game,' he said. 'The perfect preparation was Thursday. Probably Thursday was a real turning point in that moment when we managed to take control of the situation. The first 20 minutes (against Kiev) was as bad as it can be in terms of suffering because you feel the anxiety and responsibility as a player then all of a sudden we found the way we should perform. 'The mindset today wasn't of a team who had fear of losing at home, some of the play was outstanding but when we had to defend and work hard for each other we did that with total composure. 'From scoring the first goal we managed the game really well and I thought we defended really composed. Tim Howard had a big save in the second half but apart from that I thought we protected him very well. Everton were already 2-0 up when Magpies captain Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for a lunge at winger Aaron Lennon and Martinez had no doubts about the straight red card. Romelu Lukaku, having set up McCarthy for the opener, netted Everton's second from the penalty spot . 'I haven't seen the replay but I thought it was reckless and high,' he added. 'If you look at the reaction of the Newcastle players I don't think anyone was surprised when they saw the red card. 'I don't think it was a turning point or the reason why we won because we were very much in control but it always helps.' Newcastle caretaker boss John Carver's initial thoughts were to agree with Martinez but he admits he will closely examine all footage over the next day or two before deciding the next course of action. 'I have looked at it from four or five angles and it is not conclusive,' he said. Ross Barkley celebrates after giving gloss to the victory with a stoppage time strike to make it 3-0 . 'When it actually happened, from the reaction of the Everton players, straight away I thought 'that must be a red'. But when I came in and looked at it, it was very difficult to decide. 'I will look at it again and if it is worthy of a sending off then I will accept it but if it is not I will appeal. 'There seemed to be more of their players surrounding the situation than our players.' With nothing to play for Newcastle are limping towards the end of the season but Carver stressed that would not be allowed to happen and there was an immediate dressing room inquest after the game, although he was keen to point out it was not confrontational. 'A few of the guys had a few composed words after the match,' he added. 'I told one or two players not to say anything because usually it is one or two players who come forward - I wanted it to come from other people. 'The fact people make a point I think is a healthy situation - it can't always come from me, I'm not a dictator. 'We can't go hiding or disappear anywhere. I can't walk around miserable as sin, I have to do something about it. 'The guys had a good two-way conversation and we will review it all on Tuesday.' [/INST] Everton beat hapless Newcastle 3-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday .
It was their first home Premier League win of 2015 .
James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley scored the goals . </s> |
Ashley Pearson had her energy adjusted by healer to the stars (and their dogs) Paul Lennard . Ashley Pearson writes a weekly column on Femail Online about the joys and stress of motherhood for the career girl who may have come a bit late to the party, but is happy to be here just the same. This week she reveals how it feels to be 'healed' by hands from La La land... As an avid celebrity watcher I can tell you the buzz around energy healing in Hollywood these days is deafening. Apparently they are the new shrinks, psychics and therapists all in one. We know that Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan but also celebrities like Naomi Watts, Jessica Biel and Halle Berry are reportedly getting energy ‘adjustments’ during important photo shoots. Recently W magazine hailed energy healers as the ‘new shrinks’ amongst the A-list, and more and more celebrities have been experimenting with energy work to help with everything from pain, insomnia, weight loss, heartbreak, grief, anxiety, and depression. As crazy as it sounded, ultimately it was a trend I was happy to try. After all, who can’t use a little bit of an ‘energy adjustment’ now and again? I went to see Paul Lennard, who is the healer of choice for footballers, royalty and yes, dogs. (Apparently the A-list in Hollywood get their dog’s energy adjusted too; and I’m betting serious money that Jennifer Aniston is one of them). Meeting Paul, I immediately felt at ease; at the same time there’s an intensity behind those eyes. I saw him in London at the Shambhala Urban Escape in the Metropolitan by COMO, but Paul is a jet setter; he is currently in Spain at La Escondida Hotel hosting a retreat but frequently works out of celeb favourite Chiva-Som in Thailand, (he’s their most popular visiting therapist) and everywhere from Amsterdam to LA. The treatment itself is a mix of craniosacral therapy, psychic insights and Chi Nei Tsang - an ancient Taoist abdominal massage that releases blocked energy. As I lay fully clothed on a massage table, Paul scanned my body without touching it, and occasionally pressed a point which was excruciating. At other times, he appeared to pull invisible 'strings' from my body - stuck energy, apparently. He says that he’s guided in his work by what he can only describe as 'intuition' or a 'sixth sense' to clear old traumas that are showing up as current health problems in the mind and body. The therapy is said to address the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. According to Paul, these aspects are so intricately intertwined and connected that a physical problem may have its roots in an emotional difficulty. Once he has addressed the energy 'leak' or 'blockage', the body, he says, heals itself. Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan of energy 'adjustments' and in Hollywood energy healers are the 'new shrinks' As he worked, I felt so relaxed it was ridiculous. I felt weightless, like I’d just had an intense, hours long massage – without being touched. At one point, he asked me if I’d had any kind of a physical or emotional trauma around the age of 7 years old, one that caused me to be separated from my mom overnight. Without hesitation, I dismissed it and answered no. Then I remember I’d had surgery, a complicated tonsillectomy at age 7 and was in the hospital overnight. He also recognised other things about my character and spirituality without my saying very much at all. Naturally curious, I asked him how he does it and why. Although there’s no formal training for something like this, he told me that he began his career as a physical trainer and working with clients he began ‘seeing things’ – pictures and images that turned out to be connected to a trauma in the person’s life. Reiki is an ancient method of moving healing energy through your body through the hands of the practitioner . He clarified that he is not a psychic and he has no power to predict the future – rather he can sometimes look into the past, particularly if a past trauma has manifested into a physical blockage of energy. He says that he is ‘tuning in’ to the client's emotional history, clearing trauma that is stored at a cellular level. He claims that he can often 'see' where the body is unconsciously 'holding' the memory of an event or feeling which has a physical manifestation, most often in a negative way. As outlandish as it may sound, my overall feeling upon leaving was that just maybe these crazy celebrities are on to something. As I left I felt positive, relaxed and re-energised. Energy healing may not be for everyone but I found it to be something far more restorative than I had imagined it could be. Paul is currently hosting an ‘Energy Healing Week’ at La Escondida Hotel & Restaurant, a stylish luxury boutique hotel in Spain until the 18th March 2015. Guests will have three sessions with Paul on alternate days and three massages on the other days, with guided hikes through the Font Roja National Park as well as horse riding and cycling available. A one-hour treatment with Paul Lennard at La Escondida is €85, a minimum of 3-4 treatments are recommended for longer lasting benefits. www.hotelescondida.com . | Ashley meets the healer of choice for footballers, royalty and dogs .
The treatment involves lying on a massage table without being touched .
Celebrity writer says: 'I felt so relaxed it was ridiculous' | 9fa4c5133d33de537a97b5114262603a0850095a | <s>[INST] Ashley Pearson had her energy adjusted by healer to the stars (and their dogs) Paul Lennard . Ashley Pearson writes a weekly column on Femail Online about the joys and stress of motherhood for the career girl who may have come a bit late to the party, but is happy to be here just the same. This week she reveals how it feels to be 'healed' by hands from La La land... As an avid celebrity watcher I can tell you the buzz around energy healing in Hollywood these days is deafening. Apparently they are the new shrinks, psychics and therapists all in one. We know that Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan but also celebrities like Naomi Watts, Jessica Biel and Halle Berry are reportedly getting energy ‘adjustments’ during important photo shoots. Recently W magazine hailed energy healers as the ‘new shrinks’ amongst the A-list, and more and more celebrities have been experimenting with energy work to help with everything from pain, insomnia, weight loss, heartbreak, grief, anxiety, and depression. As crazy as it sounded, ultimately it was a trend I was happy to try. After all, who can’t use a little bit of an ‘energy adjustment’ now and again? I went to see Paul Lennard, who is the healer of choice for footballers, royalty and yes, dogs. (Apparently the A-list in Hollywood get their dog’s energy adjusted too; and I’m betting serious money that Jennifer Aniston is one of them). Meeting Paul, I immediately felt at ease; at the same time there’s an intensity behind those eyes. I saw him in London at the Shambhala Urban Escape in the Metropolitan by COMO, but Paul is a jet setter; he is currently in Spain at La Escondida Hotel hosting a retreat but frequently works out of celeb favourite Chiva-Som in Thailand, (he’s their most popular visiting therapist) and everywhere from Amsterdam to LA. The treatment itself is a mix of craniosacral therapy, psychic insights and Chi Nei Tsang - an ancient Taoist abdominal massage that releases blocked energy. As I lay fully clothed on a massage table, Paul scanned my body without touching it, and occasionally pressed a point which was excruciating. At other times, he appeared to pull invisible 'strings' from my body - stuck energy, apparently. He says that he’s guided in his work by what he can only describe as 'intuition' or a 'sixth sense' to clear old traumas that are showing up as current health problems in the mind and body. The therapy is said to address the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. According to Paul, these aspects are so intricately intertwined and connected that a physical problem may have its roots in an emotional difficulty. Once he has addressed the energy 'leak' or 'blockage', the body, he says, heals itself. Gwyneth Paltrow is a fan of energy 'adjustments' and in Hollywood energy healers are the 'new shrinks' As he worked, I felt so relaxed it was ridiculous. I felt weightless, like I’d just had an intense, hours long massage – without being touched. At one point, he asked me if I’d had any kind of a physical or emotional trauma around the age of 7 years old, one that caused me to be separated from my mom overnight. Without hesitation, I dismissed it and answered no. Then I remember I’d had surgery, a complicated tonsillectomy at age 7 and was in the hospital overnight. He also recognised other things about my character and spirituality without my saying very much at all. Naturally curious, I asked him how he does it and why. Although there’s no formal training for something like this, he told me that he began his career as a physical trainer and working with clients he began ‘seeing things’ – pictures and images that turned out to be connected to a trauma in the person’s life. Reiki is an ancient method of moving healing energy through your body through the hands of the practitioner . He clarified that he is not a psychic and he has no power to predict the future – rather he can sometimes look into the past, particularly if a past trauma has manifested into a physical blockage of energy. He says that he is ‘tuning in’ to the client's emotional history, clearing trauma that is stored at a cellular level. He claims that he can often 'see' where the body is unconsciously 'holding' the memory of an event or feeling which has a physical manifestation, most often in a negative way. As outlandish as it may sound, my overall feeling upon leaving was that just maybe these crazy celebrities are on to something. As I left I felt positive, relaxed and re-energised. Energy healing may not be for everyone but I found it to be something far more restorative than I had imagined it could be. Paul is currently hosting an ‘Energy Healing Week’ at La Escondida Hotel & Restaurant, a stylish luxury boutique hotel in Spain until the 18th March 2015. Guests will have three sessions with Paul on alternate days and three massages on the other days, with guided hikes through the Font Roja National Park as well as horse riding and cycling available. A one-hour treatment with Paul Lennard at La Escondida is €85, a minimum of 3-4 treatments are recommended for longer lasting benefits. www.hotelescondida.com . [/INST] Ashley meets the healer of choice for footballers, royalty and dogs .
The treatment involves lying on a massage table without being touched .
Celebrity writer says: 'I felt so relaxed it was ridiculous' </s> |
Newcastle have appealed against Fabricio Coloccini’s red card during Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Everton in the hope of having their captain available for the Tyne-Wear derby. The defender was sent off following a lunge on Aaron Lennon in the second half and immediately hit with a three-game ban, ruling him out of the trip to the Stadium of Light on Easter Sunday. Newcastle are to appeal Fabricio Coloccini's red card he picked up during defeat against Everton . Coloccini was sent off for a challenge on Everton's Aaron Lennon . But United feel they have a case for overturning the dismissal and their appeal will be heard on Tuesday. Were it to fail, they would have just one fit centre-back – Mike Williamson – for the games against Arsenal, Sunderland and Liverpool. | Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for a lunge on Everton's Aaron Lennon .
Newcastle will have their appeal heard on Tuesday .
Coloccini faces a three game ban and will miss games against Arsenal, Sunderland and Liverpool .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Newcastle United news . | 99c08fe3cb0ca38a22afa94d50d3d8d66837215d | <s>[INST] Newcastle have appealed against Fabricio Coloccini’s red card during Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Everton in the hope of having their captain available for the Tyne-Wear derby. The defender was sent off following a lunge on Aaron Lennon in the second half and immediately hit with a three-game ban, ruling him out of the trip to the Stadium of Light on Easter Sunday. Newcastle are to appeal Fabricio Coloccini's red card he picked up during defeat against Everton . Coloccini was sent off for a challenge on Everton's Aaron Lennon . But United feel they have a case for overturning the dismissal and their appeal will be heard on Tuesday. Were it to fail, they would have just one fit centre-back – Mike Williamson – for the games against Arsenal, Sunderland and Liverpool. [/INST] Fabricio Coloccini was sent off for a lunge on Everton's Aaron Lennon .
Newcastle will have their appeal heard on Tuesday .
Coloccini faces a three game ban and will miss games against Arsenal, Sunderland and Liverpool .
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Welcome to the Kangaroo Hilton - an exclusive sanctuary for the small number of loyal yet wild guests that happen to hop by. Five generations of kangaroos have been regular guests at this home on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and the generous hospitality is what keeps them coming back. Linda and Graham Hill have lived at the property for 20 years and they have been feeding and nurturing the wild animals for almost as long. Five generations of kangaroos have been regular guests at this home on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and the generous hospitality is what keeps them coming back . 'Our place is like a little sanctuary for them – they have grass, food, water and protection,' Linda told Daily Mail Australia. 'During the day they go off and they come back in the afternoon to eat... sometimes they lay under the trees at our place all day. 'They are wonderful animals – we sit down in the afternoon and just watch them. They are just like cats and dogs.' The couple, who leave bowls of water, pellets and rolled oats out for them everyday, treat the kangaroos like their very own pets. Their property has even been dubbed the 'Kangaroo Hilton' by animal groups. Linda and Graham Hill leave bowls of water, pellets and rolled oats out for the wild animals everyday . The couple have lived at the property for 20 years and they have been feeding and nurturing the wild animals for almost as long . The kangaroos treat the property like a holiday resort and regularly laze about all day long . 'We have given them all names,' Linda said. The couple regularly snap photos of their clan eating and lazing about on the property, which have often then been shared on Facebook by the Australian Society for Kangaroos. The kangaroos started coming to the property after the koala and deer sanctuary next door to their 10 acre property closed down years ago. 'With Australia Zoo opening they shut down because no tourists were coming through. The animals were all sold off, but the kangaroos were all wild and they stayed. 'It took many years for them to become used to us and a couple ended up being very friendly and we could scratch their heads. The couple regularly snap photos of their kangaroo clan eating and lazing about on the property . The kangaroos started coming to the property after the koala and deer sanctuary next door to their 10 acre property closed down years ago . The couple have even helped rehabilitate a few who have become sick or injured by calling in the medical team from nearby Australia Zoo . 'Once that little family started have joeys they decided our place was pretty good and they've been here ever since.' The couple have even helped rehabilitate a few who have become sick or injured. 'We call up Australia Zoo's wildlife hospital and they come up to treat them or take them back to the hospital until they're better,' she said. 'We have the best of conditions and we just do our best to keep them going.' | Five generations of kangaroos have lived at Queensland home for 20 years .
Linda and Graham Hill feed and nurture the clan of wild kangaroos .
They treat them like their pets and have named every single one .
The couple leave bowls of water, pellets and rolled oats for them everyday .
Property has been dubbed the 'Kangaroo Hilton' by animal groups . | c7ceed6164373df5f260847f48eb41b28239a6af | <s>[INST] Welcome to the Kangaroo Hilton - an exclusive sanctuary for the small number of loyal yet wild guests that happen to hop by. Five generations of kangaroos have been regular guests at this home on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and the generous hospitality is what keeps them coming back. Linda and Graham Hill have lived at the property for 20 years and they have been feeding and nurturing the wild animals for almost as long. Five generations of kangaroos have been regular guests at this home on Queensland's Sunshine Coast and the generous hospitality is what keeps them coming back . 'Our place is like a little sanctuary for them – they have grass, food, water and protection,' Linda told Daily Mail Australia. 'During the day they go off and they come back in the afternoon to eat... sometimes they lay under the trees at our place all day. 'They are wonderful animals – we sit down in the afternoon and just watch them. They are just like cats and dogs.' The couple, who leave bowls of water, pellets and rolled oats out for them everyday, treat the kangaroos like their very own pets. Their property has even been dubbed the 'Kangaroo Hilton' by animal groups. Linda and Graham Hill leave bowls of water, pellets and rolled oats out for the wild animals everyday . The couple have lived at the property for 20 years and they have been feeding and nurturing the wild animals for almost as long . The kangaroos treat the property like a holiday resort and regularly laze about all day long . 'We have given them all names,' Linda said. The couple regularly snap photos of their clan eating and lazing about on the property, which have often then been shared on Facebook by the Australian Society for Kangaroos. The kangaroos started coming to the property after the koala and deer sanctuary next door to their 10 acre property closed down years ago. 'With Australia Zoo opening they shut down because no tourists were coming through. The animals were all sold off, but the kangaroos were all wild and they stayed. 'It took many years for them to become used to us and a couple ended up being very friendly and we could scratch their heads. The couple regularly snap photos of their kangaroo clan eating and lazing about on the property . The kangaroos started coming to the property after the koala and deer sanctuary next door to their 10 acre property closed down years ago . The couple have even helped rehabilitate a few who have become sick or injured by calling in the medical team from nearby Australia Zoo . 'Once that little family started have joeys they decided our place was pretty good and they've been here ever since.' The couple have even helped rehabilitate a few who have become sick or injured. 'We call up Australia Zoo's wildlife hospital and they come up to treat them or take them back to the hospital until they're better,' she said. 'We have the best of conditions and we just do our best to keep them going.' [/INST] Five generations of kangaroos have lived at Queensland home for 20 years .
Linda and Graham Hill feed and nurture the clan of wild kangaroos .
They treat them like their pets and have named every single one .
The couple leave bowls of water, pellets and rolled oats for them everyday .
Property has been dubbed the 'Kangaroo Hilton' by animal groups . </s> |
An Australian ex-pat who runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand has been charged with murder. Mark Pendlebury - known affectionately by locals as 'Captain Mark' as he is never without his captain's hat and pipe - was trying to break up a fight outside Taipan nightclub on Wednesday night. The former Perth businessman, 59, was on his way home from a Patong Rotary meeting when he came across the scuffle, Phuket Wan reported. Mark Pendlebury (right) runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket . The 59-year-old man who is from Perth was charged with murder after he tried to intervene during a scuffle . It is alleged Pendlebury stabbed security guard, Sanya Khluewaengmon, after he tried to stop the Australian from filming the fight outside the nightclub about 12.30am local time on Wednesday. 'Before I knew it, I was being badly beaten up. I pulled out my knife and waved it back and forth to defend myself,' Pendlebury told local media from his jail cell at Kathu Police Station. 'A couple of Indians jumped in and with their help I was able to escape a little distance down the street. If the Indian tourists hadn't rescued me, I reckon I would be dead.' Pictures have emerged of Pendlebury that show him with a bloodied arm in a hospital bed, while being interviewed by police. The knife used in the alleged stabbing of a security guard at Taipan nightclub in Patong in Thailand's south . Pendlebury appears to have blood down his arm and is here being interviewed by police in his hospital bed . He is often seen with his captain's hat and a pipe, which earned him the nickname 'Captain Mark' Local media have described him as a generous man who volunteered through the Rotary club. Mr Sanya was also taken to Patong hospital along with Pendlebury, but hospital staff were unable to save Mr Sanya. He died an hour and a half later. It is understood Australia's honorary consul has visited Pendlebury in jail as his lawyers seek bail for the Australian ex-pat. During his interview with police, Pendlebury said he had pulled out a knife to defend himself against the security guard who had tried to stop him filming a scuffle outside the club . He said he remembered being beaten up badly after he was told to stop filming by Sanya Khluewaengmon . Mr Sanya died an hour and a half after he was taken to Patong hospital from his injuries . Kathu Police Station's superintendent Chaiwat Auikam said investigations into the incident were ongoing. Detectives are going through CCTV footage along with seeking out video taken by witnesses on the night. The 59-year-old has a Thai wife and has been running his business since 2004. | Mark Pendlebury was charged with murder in Kathu in Thailand's south .
The former Perth man intervened during a fight outside Taipan nightclub .
Pendlebury, 59, claims he was trying to film the scuffle before the incident .
It is alleged he stabbed a security guard who was trying to stop him filming .
Pendlebury claims he pulled out a knife to defend himself from injury .
The security guard was taken to hospital but died an hour and a half later . | 7a5159d2a2077d8e038fbe459e0ebdf705b09f55 | <s>[INST] An Australian ex-pat who runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket in Thailand has been charged with murder. Mark Pendlebury - known affectionately by locals as 'Captain Mark' as he is never without his captain's hat and pipe - was trying to break up a fight outside Taipan nightclub on Wednesday night. The former Perth businessman, 59, was on his way home from a Patong Rotary meeting when he came across the scuffle, Phuket Wan reported. Mark Pendlebury (right) runs a successful sail boat tour company on the tourist island of Phuket . The 59-year-old man who is from Perth was charged with murder after he tried to intervene during a scuffle . It is alleged Pendlebury stabbed security guard, Sanya Khluewaengmon, after he tried to stop the Australian from filming the fight outside the nightclub about 12.30am local time on Wednesday. 'Before I knew it, I was being badly beaten up. I pulled out my knife and waved it back and forth to defend myself,' Pendlebury told local media from his jail cell at Kathu Police Station. 'A couple of Indians jumped in and with their help I was able to escape a little distance down the street. If the Indian tourists hadn't rescued me, I reckon I would be dead.' Pictures have emerged of Pendlebury that show him with a bloodied arm in a hospital bed, while being interviewed by police. The knife used in the alleged stabbing of a security guard at Taipan nightclub in Patong in Thailand's south . Pendlebury appears to have blood down his arm and is here being interviewed by police in his hospital bed . He is often seen with his captain's hat and a pipe, which earned him the nickname 'Captain Mark' Local media have described him as a generous man who volunteered through the Rotary club. Mr Sanya was also taken to Patong hospital along with Pendlebury, but hospital staff were unable to save Mr Sanya. He died an hour and a half later. It is understood Australia's honorary consul has visited Pendlebury in jail as his lawyers seek bail for the Australian ex-pat. During his interview with police, Pendlebury said he had pulled out a knife to defend himself against the security guard who had tried to stop him filming a scuffle outside the club . He said he remembered being beaten up badly after he was told to stop filming by Sanya Khluewaengmon . Mr Sanya died an hour and a half after he was taken to Patong hospital from his injuries . Kathu Police Station's superintendent Chaiwat Auikam said investigations into the incident were ongoing. Detectives are going through CCTV footage along with seeking out video taken by witnesses on the night. The 59-year-old has a Thai wife and has been running his business since 2004. [/INST] Mark Pendlebury was charged with murder in Kathu in Thailand's south .
The former Perth man intervened during a fight outside Taipan nightclub .
Pendlebury, 59, claims he was trying to film the scuffle before the incident .
It is alleged he stabbed a security guard who was trying to stop him filming .
Pendlebury claims he pulled out a knife to defend himself from injury .
The security guard was taken to hospital but died an hour and a half later . </s> |
Convicted criminals could be banned from smoking in the communal areas of prisons after a landmark court ruling. A High Court judge in London has declared that the 2006 Health Act, which prohibits lighting up in public and in workplaces, applies to all Crown premises, including prisons. It comes after Mr Justice Singh rejected Justice Secretary Chris Grayling's argument that the Crown had immunity from the Act. Criminals could be banned from smoking in the communal areas of prisons following a landmark ruling at the High Court in London . However, the judge accepted his ruling had wide-ranging implications and said it should not take effect until Mr Grayling has had a chance to appeal. The judge was told by Government lawyers that criminalising smoking could lead to unrest in the jails of England and Wales. Prisoners can smoke in their cells with the door shut and outside in exercise yards, but both inmates and staff could face prosecution for lighting up in communal areas if the ruling is not overturned on appeal. The case was brought by Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, who says he suffers from a range of health problems made worse by second-hand smoke. High Court judge Mr Justice Singh, pictured, made the ruling after rejecting the argument that Crown premises had immunity from the Health Act 2006, which bans smoking in public places and in workplaces . Lawyers for Black, a sex offender who has been at Wymott since 2009, argued both prisoners and staff were guilty of lighting-up in areas prohibited under prison rules, including on landings, in laundry rooms and in healthcare waiting rooms. Lawyers for the Justice Secretary maintained the rules and regulations, especially the sanction of withdrawal of privileges, were sufficient to deal any problem. The Health Act already applies to private prisons as they are not Crown premises. Mr Justice Singh, sitting in London, declared: 'In my judgment it is clear from the terms of the 2006 Act that the intention of Parliament was indeed that it should apply to all public places and workplaces which fell within its scope, including those for which the Crown is responsible.' But giving permission to appeal, the judge acknowledged concerns in the Prison Service over the impact of his decision on 'prisoners who feel the need to smoke and may be resistant to the criminalising of that conduct in places where in my view the Health Act does apply.' Black had also argued that prisoners were legally entitled to anonymous and confidential access to the NHS freephone smoke-free compliance line to report infringements of the rules. The judge said that issue should be reconsidered by the Justice Secretary in the light of his judgment. Black is serving a sentence of indeterminate detention for public protection (IPP) after being convicted in 2007 of sexual assault and outraging public decency. His minimum term in jail expired after 203 days but he cannot be released on licence until the Parole Board decides he is no longer a danger to the public. The case was brought to the High Court by Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, pictured, who says he suffers from a range of health problems made worse by second-hand smoke . Black's solicitor Sean Humber, head of the Prison Law Team at Leigh Day, said: 'The judgment confirms that the legal restrictions on smoking apply every bit as much in prisons as in the public places and workplaces in the wider community. 'The judgment is important in confirming that prisoners are entitled to the same level of protection from the risks posed by second-hand smoke as everyone else.' However, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said; 'Prison cells in England remain exempt from the smoke-free legislation that came into effect in 2007. 'Since that time we have introduced a number of measures to reduce the risk of exposure of staff and prisoners to second-hand smoke. We are undertaking additional measures to continue to lessen the impact of smoking in prisons. 'This includes tightening our current smoking controls, undertaking air quality monitoring in prison accommodation, and maximising the provision of smoking cessation support to those prisoners who want to stop smoking.' | High Court rules smoking in communal areas of prisons should be banned .
Mr Justice Singh says smoking ban should apply to all Crown premises .
Comes after case was brought by Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott .
He claims he suffers health problems caused by second-hand smoke .
But Government say criminalising smoking could lead to unrest in jails .
Currently prisoners can smoke in cells with doors shut or in exercise yards . | 07c71022bf1a4e63f8b89754d77e34a727d9000b | <s>[INST] Convicted criminals could be banned from smoking in the communal areas of prisons after a landmark court ruling. A High Court judge in London has declared that the 2006 Health Act, which prohibits lighting up in public and in workplaces, applies to all Crown premises, including prisons. It comes after Mr Justice Singh rejected Justice Secretary Chris Grayling's argument that the Crown had immunity from the Act. Criminals could be banned from smoking in the communal areas of prisons following a landmark ruling at the High Court in London . However, the judge accepted his ruling had wide-ranging implications and said it should not take effect until Mr Grayling has had a chance to appeal. The judge was told by Government lawyers that criminalising smoking could lead to unrest in the jails of England and Wales. Prisoners can smoke in their cells with the door shut and outside in exercise yards, but both inmates and staff could face prosecution for lighting up in communal areas if the ruling is not overturned on appeal. The case was brought by Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, who says he suffers from a range of health problems made worse by second-hand smoke. High Court judge Mr Justice Singh, pictured, made the ruling after rejecting the argument that Crown premises had immunity from the Health Act 2006, which bans smoking in public places and in workplaces . Lawyers for Black, a sex offender who has been at Wymott since 2009, argued both prisoners and staff were guilty of lighting-up in areas prohibited under prison rules, including on landings, in laundry rooms and in healthcare waiting rooms. Lawyers for the Justice Secretary maintained the rules and regulations, especially the sanction of withdrawal of privileges, were sufficient to deal any problem. The Health Act already applies to private prisons as they are not Crown premises. Mr Justice Singh, sitting in London, declared: 'In my judgment it is clear from the terms of the 2006 Act that the intention of Parliament was indeed that it should apply to all public places and workplaces which fell within its scope, including those for which the Crown is responsible.' But giving permission to appeal, the judge acknowledged concerns in the Prison Service over the impact of his decision on 'prisoners who feel the need to smoke and may be resistant to the criminalising of that conduct in places where in my view the Health Act does apply.' Black had also argued that prisoners were legally entitled to anonymous and confidential access to the NHS freephone smoke-free compliance line to report infringements of the rules. The judge said that issue should be reconsidered by the Justice Secretary in the light of his judgment. Black is serving a sentence of indeterminate detention for public protection (IPP) after being convicted in 2007 of sexual assault and outraging public decency. His minimum term in jail expired after 203 days but he cannot be released on licence until the Parole Board decides he is no longer a danger to the public. The case was brought to the High Court by Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott in Lancashire, pictured, who says he suffers from a range of health problems made worse by second-hand smoke . Black's solicitor Sean Humber, head of the Prison Law Team at Leigh Day, said: 'The judgment confirms that the legal restrictions on smoking apply every bit as much in prisons as in the public places and workplaces in the wider community. 'The judgment is important in confirming that prisoners are entitled to the same level of protection from the risks posed by second-hand smoke as everyone else.' However, a Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said; 'Prison cells in England remain exempt from the smoke-free legislation that came into effect in 2007. 'Since that time we have introduced a number of measures to reduce the risk of exposure of staff and prisoners to second-hand smoke. We are undertaking additional measures to continue to lessen the impact of smoking in prisons. 'This includes tightening our current smoking controls, undertaking air quality monitoring in prison accommodation, and maximising the provision of smoking cessation support to those prisoners who want to stop smoking.' [/INST] High Court rules smoking in communal areas of prisons should be banned .
Mr Justice Singh says smoking ban should apply to all Crown premises .
Comes after case was brought by Paul Black, an inmate at HMP Wymott .
He claims he suffers health problems caused by second-hand smoke .
But Government say criminalising smoking could lead to unrest in jails .
Currently prisoners can smoke in cells with doors shut or in exercise yards . </s> |
An aspiring singer who made it to boot camp on X Factor has become the first short-haired finalist in the Miss England pageant. Jade McQueen bagged first place in her regional competition when she beat off long-locked competitors to take home the title of Miss Surrey. And now the 24-year-old wants to demonstrate to other young women that you don't have to be 'perfect' to win a pageant. Jade McQueen is the first dark-short-haired contestant to earn a place in the Miss England finals . Jade wowed the judges at the regional contest, her first ever pageant, in a dark blue satin dress as a she shared the tale of how she delivered her sister younger sister in her family's front room. Before Jade earned her place in the Miss England final there had only ever been one other shorter-haired competitor, but even she had a traditional look. Jade says: 'There was a short-haired contestant in 2009 with blonde hair but hers was shoulder length and that was considered short. Mine is cropped so is much shorter.' Jade says that for her winning was especially important after the short-haired Miss Jamaica lost out to the long haired Miss Columbia at last year's Miss Universe final. Jade took home the crown at the Miss Surrey finals which was her first ever beauty pageant . Jade wants to demonstrate to other potential contestants that you don't have to conform to win . 'Everyone was so shocked that short hair would get in the way of winning. So I am pleased that more short-haired women are being recognised in beauty pageants now. 'I want to prove that long hair isn't the only beautiful hairstyle.' Jade, who works as a coordinator receptionist has a history of charity work which she says helped her find her way into beauty pageants. 'I'm really into charity work and I wanted to expand that so pageanting was the perfect fit. It was Jade's love of charity work that helped her find her way into pageanting, she now works with Beauty with a Purpose, a Miss World charity . 'It was researching pageanting online that I found Beauty with a Purpose (the Miss World charity) and that's what got me into the pageanting scene.' With her cropped hair and undercut Jade doesn't exactly fit the pageanting stereotype, however Jade says that her alternative looks have helped her secure modelling jobs in the past that led to her success at the Miss Surrey contest. 'I worked as a gothic model when I was younger. You are always offered cash or the pictures from the shoot and I always picked the pictures so that I was able to build up my portfolio.' Jade says that by winning a beauty pageant she hopes to show other women that you don't have to conform to a stereotype to win or even enter a contest. Jade also hopes to further her singing career having appeared on last year's X Factor . 'I want to use the way I look to promote diversity and I want to inspire other girls and show them that you don't have to be stick thin to enter. There are no rules, anyone can enter. I did and I won. 'I believe all women are beautiful in their own way and that they should not feel the need to look the same just to fit in.' Jade added that many young women are unaware that there are no requirements to enter a pageant and she believes that is down to bad stereotypes. 'A lot people think that beauty pageants are old-fashioned because they have this perception of a traditional looking girl, but it's not the pageants that are old-fashioned, it's the public's perception.' Jade's hair helped to set her apart from her more traditional looking competitors but rather than rely on a salon for her perfect crop, Jade looks to her own mother, Sara. 'My mum is the only person allowed to cut my hair I never go to salons. I have had my cropped hair for about six years, and will probably always have it. 'Short hair suits my body and face shape and I will not grow it or put extensions in so that I look the same as other contestants.' When it comes to beauty inspiration Jade looks to fellow short-haired celebrities. 'My idol is Grace Jones I think she shows how glamorous you can be with short hair but I also love Halle Berry. I've always wanted to be in a Bond film so she is a real inspiration.' Jade is certainly ambitious and as well as aiming for gold at the Miss England finals in September the 24-year-old hopes to progress in her singing career having reached the boot camp stages of X Factor last year. 'I never take on a permanent job I only ever do temporary work. I'm a singer and I sing a lot so if a job comes up for me I don't want to be restricted by a full-time job,' she says. | Jade McQueen took home first prize at the Miss Surrey contest .
She will enter Miss England in September as the only short-haired finalist .
Jade hopes to demonstrate that you don't have to conform to be beautiful . | 61e39209bc6edd2cfe7a222ff70653c08f763093 | <s>[INST] An aspiring singer who made it to boot camp on X Factor has become the first short-haired finalist in the Miss England pageant. Jade McQueen bagged first place in her regional competition when she beat off long-locked competitors to take home the title of Miss Surrey. And now the 24-year-old wants to demonstrate to other young women that you don't have to be 'perfect' to win a pageant. Jade McQueen is the first dark-short-haired contestant to earn a place in the Miss England finals . Jade wowed the judges at the regional contest, her first ever pageant, in a dark blue satin dress as a she shared the tale of how she delivered her sister younger sister in her family's front room. Before Jade earned her place in the Miss England final there had only ever been one other shorter-haired competitor, but even she had a traditional look. Jade says: 'There was a short-haired contestant in 2009 with blonde hair but hers was shoulder length and that was considered short. Mine is cropped so is much shorter.' Jade says that for her winning was especially important after the short-haired Miss Jamaica lost out to the long haired Miss Columbia at last year's Miss Universe final. Jade took home the crown at the Miss Surrey finals which was her first ever beauty pageant . Jade wants to demonstrate to other potential contestants that you don't have to conform to win . 'Everyone was so shocked that short hair would get in the way of winning. So I am pleased that more short-haired women are being recognised in beauty pageants now. 'I want to prove that long hair isn't the only beautiful hairstyle.' Jade, who works as a coordinator receptionist has a history of charity work which she says helped her find her way into beauty pageants. 'I'm really into charity work and I wanted to expand that so pageanting was the perfect fit. It was Jade's love of charity work that helped her find her way into pageanting, she now works with Beauty with a Purpose, a Miss World charity . 'It was researching pageanting online that I found Beauty with a Purpose (the Miss World charity) and that's what got me into the pageanting scene.' With her cropped hair and undercut Jade doesn't exactly fit the pageanting stereotype, however Jade says that her alternative looks have helped her secure modelling jobs in the past that led to her success at the Miss Surrey contest. 'I worked as a gothic model when I was younger. You are always offered cash or the pictures from the shoot and I always picked the pictures so that I was able to build up my portfolio.' Jade says that by winning a beauty pageant she hopes to show other women that you don't have to conform to a stereotype to win or even enter a contest. Jade also hopes to further her singing career having appeared on last year's X Factor . 'I want to use the way I look to promote diversity and I want to inspire other girls and show them that you don't have to be stick thin to enter. There are no rules, anyone can enter. I did and I won. 'I believe all women are beautiful in their own way and that they should not feel the need to look the same just to fit in.' Jade added that many young women are unaware that there are no requirements to enter a pageant and she believes that is down to bad stereotypes. 'A lot people think that beauty pageants are old-fashioned because they have this perception of a traditional looking girl, but it's not the pageants that are old-fashioned, it's the public's perception.' Jade's hair helped to set her apart from her more traditional looking competitors but rather than rely on a salon for her perfect crop, Jade looks to her own mother, Sara. 'My mum is the only person allowed to cut my hair I never go to salons. I have had my cropped hair for about six years, and will probably always have it. 'Short hair suits my body and face shape and I will not grow it or put extensions in so that I look the same as other contestants.' When it comes to beauty inspiration Jade looks to fellow short-haired celebrities. 'My idol is Grace Jones I think she shows how glamorous you can be with short hair but I also love Halle Berry. I've always wanted to be in a Bond film so she is a real inspiration.' Jade is certainly ambitious and as well as aiming for gold at the Miss England finals in September the 24-year-old hopes to progress in her singing career having reached the boot camp stages of X Factor last year. 'I never take on a permanent job I only ever do temporary work. I'm a singer and I sing a lot so if a job comes up for me I don't want to be restricted by a full-time job,' she says. [/INST] Jade McQueen took home first prize at the Miss Surrey contest .
She will enter Miss England in September as the only short-haired finalist .
Jade hopes to demonstrate that you don't have to conform to be beautiful . </s> |
Arsenal and Manchester City are tracking Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu. The Turkey international has impressed since joining from Hamburg in the summer, scoring five times in Leverkusen's bid to qualify for the Champions League. And his displays have captured the attention of both City and Arsenal in recent months. Arsenal and Manchester City are keen on Bayer Leverkusen star Hakan Calhanoglu, pictured here in action earlier this month against FC Kaiserslautern in the German Cup quarter final . The Gunners have been on the 21-year-old's case since last season, but City are also paying close attention to his displays having impressed Etihad Stadium scouts in recent months. Calhanoglu's ability from dead ball situations have particularly caught the eye of City and Arsenal scouts. Calhanoglu has impressed at Leverkusen this season following his arrival from Hamburg last summer . Manchester City and Arsenal both have scouts monitoring the 21-year-old dead ball specialist's progress . | 21-year-old Turkey international being watched by Arsenal and Man City .
Midfielder has impressed at Leverkusen since arrival from Hamburg .
Dead ball specialist Calhanoglu has scored five goals this season .
READ: Sergei Rebrov warns Arsenal off Kiev's Aleksandar Dragovic .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Arsenal news . | 0fdd232e92ec6a8f2ce098258d8727a5be568e3f | <s>[INST] Arsenal and Manchester City are tracking Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu. The Turkey international has impressed since joining from Hamburg in the summer, scoring five times in Leverkusen's bid to qualify for the Champions League. And his displays have captured the attention of both City and Arsenal in recent months. Arsenal and Manchester City are keen on Bayer Leverkusen star Hakan Calhanoglu, pictured here in action earlier this month against FC Kaiserslautern in the German Cup quarter final . The Gunners have been on the 21-year-old's case since last season, but City are also paying close attention to his displays having impressed Etihad Stadium scouts in recent months. Calhanoglu's ability from dead ball situations have particularly caught the eye of City and Arsenal scouts. Calhanoglu has impressed at Leverkusen this season following his arrival from Hamburg last summer . Manchester City and Arsenal both have scouts monitoring the 21-year-old dead ball specialist's progress . [/INST] 21-year-old Turkey international being watched by Arsenal and Man City .
Midfielder has impressed at Leverkusen since arrival from Hamburg .
Dead ball specialist Calhanoglu has scored five goals this season .
READ: Sergei Rebrov warns Arsenal off Kiev's Aleksandar Dragovic .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Arsenal news . </s> |
This Irish setter, named Jagger, is feared to have been murdered at the Crufts dog competition . The world of dog breeding was rocked by scandal last night amid allegations that a prize-winner at this year's Crufts was deliberately poisoned. In a plot straight from the pages of a detective drama, a breeder claimed her £50,000 Irish setter died after he was fed meat laced with toxins. But she believes the poisoner mistakenly targeted the wrong dog and had intended to kill another of her Irish setters that looks very similar. In what could become the biggest scandal in Crufts' 124-year history, three-year-old Jagger collapsed and died on Friday, the day after coming second in his class at the world's most famous dog show. Tests found that Jagger – pedigree name Thendara Satisfaction – had eaten cubed beef laced with up to three poisons. However co-owner Dee Milligan-Bott believes the intended victim was four-year-old Noodle, pedigree name Thendara Pot Noodle, who won best of breed on the day Jagger competed. The two almost identical looking dogs had switched places on the benches where entrants sit before and after going in the show ring at the NEC in Birmingham. Jagger died in the arms of joint owner Alexandra Lauwers at her home in Belgium. She reported his death to police and animal welfare officials there, and to the Kennel Club, which runs Crufts. CCTV footage from the NEC is being reviewed but West Midlands Police and the RSPCA here have yet to be informed officially. The target? Noodle, pedigree name Thendara Pot Noodle, at Crufts with co-owner Dee Milligan-Bott . There has been controversy over the increasing number of foreign dogs allowed to compete at Crufts, which attracts more than 20,000 entries from 200 breeds. This year's competition ended last night with Knopa, a foreign-owned Scottish terrier, being named best in show. But Jagger's owners say he could have been fed the poisoned meat by a 'random psychopathic dog hater' or a jealous rival breeder. The Kennel Club said it had not heard of such an incident before and promised to assist any police inquiries. Last night Mrs Milligan-Bott, 56, said she had 'done nothing but cry' over Jagger's death. She said: 'We think this is the work of some random psychopathic dog hater who decided to visit Crufts with one thing in mind, rather than any sort of targeted attack.' Mrs Milligan-Bott, who breeds and shows Afghan hounds and Irish setters with her husband Jeremy Bott, 66, said tests showed Jagger had been killed by a 'pesticide-type' poison. She said: 'Some sadistic person out there poisoned our dog. Crufts is a high-profile event and we live in a very anti-dog society.' The holding area where dogs are 'benched' before and after competing is open to the public, although they are asked not to touch the animals. In what could become the biggest scandal in Crufts' 124-year history, three-year-old Jagger collapsed and died on Friday, the day after coming second in his class at the world's most famous dog show . Clare Balding posted a message on Twitter about the incident after it was confirmed that a dog had died . She plans to inform West Midlands Police of the circumstances surrounding Jagger's death when she receives the written toxicology report later this week. Mrs Milligan-Bott said she had heard of rumours of skullduggery involving other breeders at shows but had not come across anything like this in 30 years of competing. 'I don't believe it had anything to do with other competitors,' she said. 'We have had so many calls [from other breeders who were at the show]... everybody has been pulling together and offering support.' She is convinced Jagger was fed poisoned meat when he was on the bench on one of the handful of occasions he was left on his own for up to 15 minutes – the only times he was unattended. She is unsure if that was before or after he entered the show ring. She told Dog World magazine's website that nothing appeared untoward until both dogs returned to her home in Kilsby, Northamptonshire, after competing on the first day of the show on Thursday. 'All the dogs were all running and playing together and Jagger seemed a bit tired, unable to keep up with the others,' she said. 'Three or four hours later, after getting back to Belgium, he collapsed and by the time the vet arrived he was dead. The post-mortem showed that two or three different poisons were used and that it is likely it was administered on Thursday morning. 'We're now waiting for exact toxicology reports. Whoever did this knew what they were doing, trying to get exactly the right type of poison with a slow release.' The animal had won second in his class when he was at Crufts and his owner think he was poisoned there . The dogs had changed places on the bench after one became agitated about being near a bitch in season, it is understood. In another twist, Mrs Milligan-Bott said the best of breed and challenge certificates won by Noodle had mysteriously been taken from the benches at some point. 'And at Richmond last year someone let one of my dogs off its bench and he went missing, before being found on someone else's bench,' she added. 'It's been suggested that someone's really got it in for us, and to not let it get to us. There do seem to be too many coincidences.' Mrs Milligan-Bott, whose setters were named Thendara after her kennels, which has a worldwide reputation for breeding champion show dogs, added: 'It's turning into such a nasty sport. I went back to Crufts on Saturday but I was like a zombie – I just thought, 'I don't want to do this any more'.' A post on her Facebook page outlined the death of 'our beautiful boy' Jagger and warned other competitors not to leave their dogs unattended at Crufts. At her home in Tongeren, near Liege, Mrs Lauwers, 34, a full-time breeder who takes her dogs to see the elderly in residential homes, said: 'They have not only taken away a dog, or merely a pet, they have taken away a family member. 'It should be a hobby and nothing more. To think he may have been poisoned by a rival at a dog show just makes it even harder to take. 'How people can resort to killing a helpless animal from jealousy or hate for a dog in a competition is too much to comprehend. I know people take it seriously but If you want to target me, smash my windows or something – don't go and kill my pet dog. Jagger took part in the competition on Thursday and achieved second place in his class at Crufts . The dog's owners said he appeared to be following the footsteps of 2010 best of breed winner Mr Jingles . Jagger fell ill when he returned to his other owners in Belgium and died before a vet was able to get to him . The title of best in show was won last night by a five-year-old Scottish terrier named Knopa. Bred in the US and owned by Russians, Knopa, who competes under the name McVan's To Russia With Love, was shown by American Rebecca Cross, who said it marked Knopa's retirement as a show dog. Dublin, a flat-coated retriever from Sweden which had won the gundog category, was overall runner-up. The ceremony was temporarily halted when the stage was stormed by a protester waving a sign saying: 'Mutts against Crufts.' 'He could have been targeted for being a foreign dog, there's a lot of ill feeling from some camps towards them for some reason. 'But first and foremost he was our pet and we are absolutely distraught. He died right in front of me in my arms, there was nothing we could do. My little boy is only nine, he is devastated.' Mrs Lauwers took Jagger's body to a clinic. She said they found 'green and black substances inside cubes of beef' in his stomach. 'Jagger loved people and he loved food - he would have just trusted whoever gave it to him,' she said. On her Facebook page, she added: 'To the person who has done it, hope you can sleep well knowing you have killed our love, family member and best friend to our son.' She is due to give a full statement to police today and toxicology reports are due to be completed on Wednesday or Thursday. Jagger cost around £850 as a puppy and won best of breed at the Ladies' Kennel Association show at the NEC in December. Because of his pedigree, success in shows and value as a stud dog, he could have commanded a price of up to £50,000, experts said. Jagger was not insured for any particular sum of money, however, only by normal pet insurance which covers vets' fees. Kennel Club secretary Caroline Kisko said: 'The Kennel Club is deeply shocked and saddened to hear that Jagger the Irish setter died some 26 hours after leaving Crufts. 'We have spoken to his owners and our heartfelt sympathies go out to them. We understand that the toxicology report is due next week and until that time we cannot know the cause of this tragic incident.' Jagger was the son of Mr Jingles, the dog which won Crufts Best in Breed 2010 . | Irish setter competed in Crufts on Thursday and came second in class .
But when the dog returned to Belgium it collapsed and died on Friday .
Tests found that Jagger had eaten cubed beef laced with toxins .
Owner Dee Milligan-Bott thinks intended victim was four-year-old Noodle .
Identical looking dogs switched places where entrants sit during show .
Jagger died in arms of joint owner Alexandra Lauwers at Belgium home . | 82fd49ffcf8e615fda89c2abe1e6138bc2fd9e98 | <s>[INST] This Irish setter, named Jagger, is feared to have been murdered at the Crufts dog competition . The world of dog breeding was rocked by scandal last night amid allegations that a prize-winner at this year's Crufts was deliberately poisoned. In a plot straight from the pages of a detective drama, a breeder claimed her £50,000 Irish setter died after he was fed meat laced with toxins. But she believes the poisoner mistakenly targeted the wrong dog and had intended to kill another of her Irish setters that looks very similar. In what could become the biggest scandal in Crufts' 124-year history, three-year-old Jagger collapsed and died on Friday, the day after coming second in his class at the world's most famous dog show. Tests found that Jagger – pedigree name Thendara Satisfaction – had eaten cubed beef laced with up to three poisons. However co-owner Dee Milligan-Bott believes the intended victim was four-year-old Noodle, pedigree name Thendara Pot Noodle, who won best of breed on the day Jagger competed. The two almost identical looking dogs had switched places on the benches where entrants sit before and after going in the show ring at the NEC in Birmingham. Jagger died in the arms of joint owner Alexandra Lauwers at her home in Belgium. She reported his death to police and animal welfare officials there, and to the Kennel Club, which runs Crufts. CCTV footage from the NEC is being reviewed but West Midlands Police and the RSPCA here have yet to be informed officially. The target? Noodle, pedigree name Thendara Pot Noodle, at Crufts with co-owner Dee Milligan-Bott . There has been controversy over the increasing number of foreign dogs allowed to compete at Crufts, which attracts more than 20,000 entries from 200 breeds. This year's competition ended last night with Knopa, a foreign-owned Scottish terrier, being named best in show. But Jagger's owners say he could have been fed the poisoned meat by a 'random psychopathic dog hater' or a jealous rival breeder. The Kennel Club said it had not heard of such an incident before and promised to assist any police inquiries. Last night Mrs Milligan-Bott, 56, said she had 'done nothing but cry' over Jagger's death. She said: 'We think this is the work of some random psychopathic dog hater who decided to visit Crufts with one thing in mind, rather than any sort of targeted attack.' Mrs Milligan-Bott, who breeds and shows Afghan hounds and Irish setters with her husband Jeremy Bott, 66, said tests showed Jagger had been killed by a 'pesticide-type' poison. She said: 'Some sadistic person out there poisoned our dog. Crufts is a high-profile event and we live in a very anti-dog society.' The holding area where dogs are 'benched' before and after competing is open to the public, although they are asked not to touch the animals. In what could become the biggest scandal in Crufts' 124-year history, three-year-old Jagger collapsed and died on Friday, the day after coming second in his class at the world's most famous dog show . Clare Balding posted a message on Twitter about the incident after it was confirmed that a dog had died . She plans to inform West Midlands Police of the circumstances surrounding Jagger's death when she receives the written toxicology report later this week. Mrs Milligan-Bott said she had heard of rumours of skullduggery involving other breeders at shows but had not come across anything like this in 30 years of competing. 'I don't believe it had anything to do with other competitors,' she said. 'We have had so many calls [from other breeders who were at the show]... everybody has been pulling together and offering support.' She is convinced Jagger was fed poisoned meat when he was on the bench on one of the handful of occasions he was left on his own for up to 15 minutes – the only times he was unattended. She is unsure if that was before or after he entered the show ring. She told Dog World magazine's website that nothing appeared untoward until both dogs returned to her home in Kilsby, Northamptonshire, after competing on the first day of the show on Thursday. 'All the dogs were all running and playing together and Jagger seemed a bit tired, unable to keep up with the others,' she said. 'Three or four hours later, after getting back to Belgium, he collapsed and by the time the vet arrived he was dead. The post-mortem showed that two or three different poisons were used and that it is likely it was administered on Thursday morning. 'We're now waiting for exact toxicology reports. Whoever did this knew what they were doing, trying to get exactly the right type of poison with a slow release.' The animal had won second in his class when he was at Crufts and his owner think he was poisoned there . The dogs had changed places on the bench after one became agitated about being near a bitch in season, it is understood. In another twist, Mrs Milligan-Bott said the best of breed and challenge certificates won by Noodle had mysteriously been taken from the benches at some point. 'And at Richmond last year someone let one of my dogs off its bench and he went missing, before being found on someone else's bench,' she added. 'It's been suggested that someone's really got it in for us, and to not let it get to us. There do seem to be too many coincidences.' Mrs Milligan-Bott, whose setters were named Thendara after her kennels, which has a worldwide reputation for breeding champion show dogs, added: 'It's turning into such a nasty sport. I went back to Crufts on Saturday but I was like a zombie – I just thought, 'I don't want to do this any more'.' A post on her Facebook page outlined the death of 'our beautiful boy' Jagger and warned other competitors not to leave their dogs unattended at Crufts. At her home in Tongeren, near Liege, Mrs Lauwers, 34, a full-time breeder who takes her dogs to see the elderly in residential homes, said: 'They have not only taken away a dog, or merely a pet, they have taken away a family member. 'It should be a hobby and nothing more. To think he may have been poisoned by a rival at a dog show just makes it even harder to take. 'How people can resort to killing a helpless animal from jealousy or hate for a dog in a competition is too much to comprehend. I know people take it seriously but If you want to target me, smash my windows or something – don't go and kill my pet dog. Jagger took part in the competition on Thursday and achieved second place in his class at Crufts . The dog's owners said he appeared to be following the footsteps of 2010 best of breed winner Mr Jingles . Jagger fell ill when he returned to his other owners in Belgium and died before a vet was able to get to him . The title of best in show was won last night by a five-year-old Scottish terrier named Knopa. Bred in the US and owned by Russians, Knopa, who competes under the name McVan's To Russia With Love, was shown by American Rebecca Cross, who said it marked Knopa's retirement as a show dog. Dublin, a flat-coated retriever from Sweden which had won the gundog category, was overall runner-up. The ceremony was temporarily halted when the stage was stormed by a protester waving a sign saying: 'Mutts against Crufts.' 'He could have been targeted for being a foreign dog, there's a lot of ill feeling from some camps towards them for some reason. 'But first and foremost he was our pet and we are absolutely distraught. He died right in front of me in my arms, there was nothing we could do. My little boy is only nine, he is devastated.' Mrs Lauwers took Jagger's body to a clinic. She said they found 'green and black substances inside cubes of beef' in his stomach. 'Jagger loved people and he loved food - he would have just trusted whoever gave it to him,' she said. On her Facebook page, she added: 'To the person who has done it, hope you can sleep well knowing you have killed our love, family member and best friend to our son.' She is due to give a full statement to police today and toxicology reports are due to be completed on Wednesday or Thursday. Jagger cost around £850 as a puppy and won best of breed at the Ladies' Kennel Association show at the NEC in December. Because of his pedigree, success in shows and value as a stud dog, he could have commanded a price of up to £50,000, experts said. Jagger was not insured for any particular sum of money, however, only by normal pet insurance which covers vets' fees. Kennel Club secretary Caroline Kisko said: 'The Kennel Club is deeply shocked and saddened to hear that Jagger the Irish setter died some 26 hours after leaving Crufts. 'We have spoken to his owners and our heartfelt sympathies go out to them. We understand that the toxicology report is due next week and until that time we cannot know the cause of this tragic incident.' Jagger was the son of Mr Jingles, the dog which won Crufts Best in Breed 2010 . [/INST] Irish setter competed in Crufts on Thursday and came second in class .
But when the dog returned to Belgium it collapsed and died on Friday .
Tests found that Jagger had eaten cubed beef laced with toxins .
Owner Dee Milligan-Bott thinks intended victim was four-year-old Noodle .
Identical looking dogs switched places where entrants sit during show .
Jagger died in arms of joint owner Alexandra Lauwers at Belgium home . </s> |
Tony Pulis believes Manuel Pellegrini’s job as Manchester City manager will be under threat if he fails to land a trophy this season. The West Bromwich Albion head coach insisted City must continue to be successful over the next five years to earn the global fan base of rival clubs. 'The pressure is he has to win, given the amount of money Man City have invested in players over the past years,’ said Pulis. ‘I don’t think it’s just at the top, it’s at the bottom. We’ve seen it with Gus (Poyet), there comes a tipping point. There is always a tipping point at the top and bottom. That’s the industry we’re in. Tony Pulis believes Manuel Pellegrini’s job as Man City manager will be under threat if he fails to land a trophy . 'They pay the money for results. It’s a results business.' He added: 'All over the world there are supporters following the Premier League. A lot of fair weather supporters. Of the new generation, 99.9 per cent will pick a team that’ s been successful. 'So Man City need to be successful over the next four or five years to get a generation of supporters, like Liverpool did, like Man United did. Those big clubs need that support, it’s money in the bank for them.' Pulis takes his side to the Etihad believing Pellegrini’s team will be at their most threatening, however, following their Champions League defeat to Barcelona. He thinks City can win all their remaining nine matches to mount a Premier League title challenge and that the only difference in the Nou Camp was Lionel Messi. Pellegrini is under pressure at the Etihad after City were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona . Yaya Toure's Man City side struggled to impress as they crashed out of Europe on Wednesday . 'I think City now will be at their most dangerous,’ said Pulis. ‘Coming out of the Champions League I think they’ll really focus on their last nine games. The attitude at that football club will be: “Can we win nine?" It’s up to us to go and give them a good game. 'You look at their squad, they have enough to win nine games. If they do, who knows? I’m sure they’re talking about it. They are that good a group. 'We talk about playing against Barcelona, they are one player short in that game: Messi. He was the difference. 'He's a game changer at the very highest level of his profession and that's the difference. I'm absolutely convinced if you put him in City's team they would be through now, not Barcelona.’ Pulis believes City could be at their most dangerous on Saturday after their midweek disappointment . | Manuel Pellegrini's job could soon be under threat, claims Tony Pulis .
Manchester City were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona .
Pellegrini's side are currently six points behind leader Chelsea .
Pulis' West Brom side face City at the Etihad on Saturday . | f86b83e108bf1ff84b88e0bd4629d7f8a4b63e30 | <s>[INST] Tony Pulis believes Manuel Pellegrini’s job as Manchester City manager will be under threat if he fails to land a trophy this season. The West Bromwich Albion head coach insisted City must continue to be successful over the next five years to earn the global fan base of rival clubs. 'The pressure is he has to win, given the amount of money Man City have invested in players over the past years,’ said Pulis. ‘I don’t think it’s just at the top, it’s at the bottom. We’ve seen it with Gus (Poyet), there comes a tipping point. There is always a tipping point at the top and bottom. That’s the industry we’re in. Tony Pulis believes Manuel Pellegrini’s job as Man City manager will be under threat if he fails to land a trophy . 'They pay the money for results. It’s a results business.' He added: 'All over the world there are supporters following the Premier League. A lot of fair weather supporters. Of the new generation, 99.9 per cent will pick a team that’ s been successful. 'So Man City need to be successful over the next four or five years to get a generation of supporters, like Liverpool did, like Man United did. Those big clubs need that support, it’s money in the bank for them.' Pulis takes his side to the Etihad believing Pellegrini’s team will be at their most threatening, however, following their Champions League defeat to Barcelona. He thinks City can win all their remaining nine matches to mount a Premier League title challenge and that the only difference in the Nou Camp was Lionel Messi. Pellegrini is under pressure at the Etihad after City were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona . Yaya Toure's Man City side struggled to impress as they crashed out of Europe on Wednesday . 'I think City now will be at their most dangerous,’ said Pulis. ‘Coming out of the Champions League I think they’ll really focus on their last nine games. The attitude at that football club will be: “Can we win nine?" It’s up to us to go and give them a good game. 'You look at their squad, they have enough to win nine games. If they do, who knows? I’m sure they’re talking about it. They are that good a group. 'We talk about playing against Barcelona, they are one player short in that game: Messi. He was the difference. 'He's a game changer at the very highest level of his profession and that's the difference. I'm absolutely convinced if you put him in City's team they would be through now, not Barcelona.’ Pulis believes City could be at their most dangerous on Saturday after their midweek disappointment . [/INST] Manuel Pellegrini's job could soon be under threat, claims Tony Pulis .
Manchester City were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona .
Pellegrini's side are currently six points behind leader Chelsea .
Pulis' West Brom side face City at the Etihad on Saturday . </s> |
A woman, who was 'red in the face and wheezy' was left to die on a grassy bank by her partner who instead went searching for magic mushrooms. However an inquest into the death of Sophia Helen Athanassiou, from Wellington New Zealand, turned up no concrete cause of death, it was revealed. The lack of information about the circumstances in which she died is partly due to the fact the 39-year-old's long-term partner Daniel Johnston initially refused to disclose some details, The NZ Herald reported. Sophia Helen Athanassiou (pictured), 39, from Wellington, New Zealand, died on July 9, 2012 . Ms Athanassiou was found dead in bushland above Wellington East Girls' College on July 9, 2012, but a post-mortem examination did not determine the cause of death. Mr Johnston was interviewed about his partner's death, and despite witnesses placing him at the scene he denied being in the area. Then in a follow-up interview, the man said he felt obliged to tell the truth and revealed he had left Ms Athanassiou wheezing and unwell when he went to search for magic mushrooms. Her body was later discovered near where he had last seen her laying unconscious, before he left her again after alerting people nearby she was in need of help. She was found dead in bushland above Wellington East Girl's College after being left 'red and wheezy' by her partner who went hunting for magic mushrooms . Mr Johnston is said to have left her side as he did not want to be 'busted' for having drugs in his possession, according to the NZ Herald. The first person to reach Ms Athanassiou described her skin and being grey, and believed the woman was dead. Mr Johnston said he told people in the area to call for help for her, before he left. Corner Gary Evans said at the inquest that the deceased lead a 'sad and somewhat lonely life', and 'the circumstances of her death leave many questions unanswered.' These unanswered questions are primarily due to Mr Johnston refusing to disclose what he was doing between 9am and 11am when Ms Athanassiou was found. 'At the time he left his partner, Mr Johnston knew that members of the public were arranging for emergency help. Ms Athanassiou was left to die alone,' Mr Evans said, before adding the police file into her death would be left open. | Sophia Helen Athanassiou, 39, from Wellington, NZ, died on July 9, 2012 .
Was left by partner Daniel Johnston while he looked for magic mushrooms .
She was 'red in the face and wheezy' last time Mr Johnston saw her .
Ms Athanassiou's cause of death was undetermined by an inquest . | 3aa0df80bd65545a6fdcc896aa9910aca7518be7 | <s>[INST] A woman, who was 'red in the face and wheezy' was left to die on a grassy bank by her partner who instead went searching for magic mushrooms. However an inquest into the death of Sophia Helen Athanassiou, from Wellington New Zealand, turned up no concrete cause of death, it was revealed. The lack of information about the circumstances in which she died is partly due to the fact the 39-year-old's long-term partner Daniel Johnston initially refused to disclose some details, The NZ Herald reported. Sophia Helen Athanassiou (pictured), 39, from Wellington, New Zealand, died on July 9, 2012 . Ms Athanassiou was found dead in bushland above Wellington East Girls' College on July 9, 2012, but a post-mortem examination did not determine the cause of death. Mr Johnston was interviewed about his partner's death, and despite witnesses placing him at the scene he denied being in the area. Then in a follow-up interview, the man said he felt obliged to tell the truth and revealed he had left Ms Athanassiou wheezing and unwell when he went to search for magic mushrooms. Her body was later discovered near where he had last seen her laying unconscious, before he left her again after alerting people nearby she was in need of help. She was found dead in bushland above Wellington East Girl's College after being left 'red and wheezy' by her partner who went hunting for magic mushrooms . Mr Johnston is said to have left her side as he did not want to be 'busted' for having drugs in his possession, according to the NZ Herald. The first person to reach Ms Athanassiou described her skin and being grey, and believed the woman was dead. Mr Johnston said he told people in the area to call for help for her, before he left. Corner Gary Evans said at the inquest that the deceased lead a 'sad and somewhat lonely life', and 'the circumstances of her death leave many questions unanswered.' These unanswered questions are primarily due to Mr Johnston refusing to disclose what he was doing between 9am and 11am when Ms Athanassiou was found. 'At the time he left his partner, Mr Johnston knew that members of the public were arranging for emergency help. Ms Athanassiou was left to die alone,' Mr Evans said, before adding the police file into her death would be left open. [/INST] Sophia Helen Athanassiou, 39, from Wellington, NZ, died on July 9, 2012 .
Was left by partner Daniel Johnston while he looked for magic mushrooms .
She was 'red in the face and wheezy' last time Mr Johnston saw her .
Ms Athanassiou's cause of death was undetermined by an inquest . </s> |
March 3, 2015 . You may not be familiar with the city of Tikrit, but what's happening there now could be a sign of things to come in the war against ISIS. You may not know the name Steve Fossett, but today marks a significant anniversary of one of the adventurer's records. And you may not know how many times glass can be recycled, but we'll tell you on today's edition of CNN Student News. On this page you will find today's show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL . For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News! | This page includes the show Transcript .
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At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. | 027388f2c138301038249446d8c71170f470e83a | <s>[INST] March 3, 2015 . You may not be familiar with the city of Tikrit, but what's happening there now could be a sign of things to come in the war against ISIS. You may not know the name Steve Fossett, but today marks a significant anniversary of one of the adventurer's records. And you may not know how many times glass can be recycled, but we'll tell you on today's edition of CNN Student News. On this page you will find today's show Transcript and a place for you to request to be on the CNN Student News Roll Call. TRANSCRIPT . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. CNN Student News is created by a team of journalists who consider the Common Core State Standards, national standards in different subject areas, and state standards when producing the show. ROLL CALL . For a chance to be mentioned on the next CNN Student News, comment on the bottom of this page with your school name, mascot, city and state. We will be selecting schools from the comments of the previous show. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call! Thank you for using CNN Student News! [/INST] This page includes the show Transcript .
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Little Ariana Sufi has amazed her parents after learning how to say 'I love you' - aged just seven weeks. Proud father Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking his daughter into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her - and was stunned when she said it back. The baffled sales assistant repeated the amazing conversation to his partner Fatima, 22, who thought he was joking - until she heard her daughter speak for herself. Ariana now tries to say 'I love you' whenever she hears the phrase - and her parents are expecting her to grow up into a very chatty child. Ali, from Kilburn, north-west London, said: 'She was in her cot bed and I said to her once "I love you" and she said it back. Ariana Sufi has amazed her parents after learning how to say 'I love you' - aged just seven weeks . Ariana now tries to say 'I love you' whenever she hears the phrase - and her parents are expecting her to grow up into a very chatty child . 'I thought I was going crazy, and that I must have been imagining it or I couldn’t hear it properly. 'I told my partner and she said "you’re lying, you’re lying" but I showed her again and now she keeps trying to say it all the time. 'She isn’t very good at saying the "I" but you can always clearly hear the "love you". 'We are really proud - babies just don’t speak this quick.' Baby Ariana was born in December last year and first made her declaration of love in early February when she was just seven weeks and one day old. Fatima Abubakar with her daughter Ariana Ali Shariff and husband Ali Shariff Sufi . Proud father Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking her into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her and she suddenly said it back to him . 'We are really proud,' he said. 'Babies just don't speak this quick' Baby Ariana was born in December last year and first made her declaration of love in early February, pictured, when she was just seven weeks and one day old . Her words have since been caught on camera by Ali, who in the clip can be heard repeating 'I love you' in a sing-song tone. Ariana, who is now 12 weeks old, appears to be trying to say something before she blurts out 'love you'. Babies don’t usually start speaking full words until they are more than a year old. 'When she was just three or four weeks old she was saying "ahhs" and she has always been a very active baby,' said Ali. 'She is always punching, and giggling and smiling. I have always talked to her quite a lot, and love talking and playing with her. 'The first time she did it she was one month and 22 days. 'I’ve always thought she was quite smart. She recognises people already. 'I think we are going to have a very noisy home and a chatty baby as she learns more words.' When she was just three or four weeks old she was saying 'ahhs' and she has always been a very active baby . Ariana, who is now 12 weeks old, appears to be trying to say something before she blurts out 'love you' in the video recorded by her father . According to her father, she is always punching, and giggling and smiling. 'I have always talked to her quite a lot, and love talking and playing with her,' he said . Her words have since been caught on camera by Ali, pictured, who in the clip can be heard repeating 'I love you' in a sing-song tone . This story comes after Toni and Paul McCann from Ireland released a video of their adorable son Cillian saying his first word at just seven weeks old. The tiny tot, who is now nine weeks old, was filmed by his 36-year-old mother who says that she knew he had been trying to communicate for a while. Toni said: 'He was trying to speak for a while but that day I knew he was trying to say something. 'I'd read that babies communicate from a young age and to give them space to answer when you talk to them. 'That was I was doing that day and because he was so alert and making such good eye contact I decided to video him. You can tell my total shock when he came out with "hello".' In the short clip, Cillian can be seen moving his mouth around trying to talk. After making several attempts he eventually comes out with his first word. Last year, a video of an infant saying 'I love you' went viral. Stephanie Passalacqua reveals in her description of the impressive video that the baby's father noticed her trying to mimic all his words. The baby's gaze never leaves her father's face as he tries several times to get her to defy all reason by speaking the words. Finally, after a few laboured attempts, the baby manages to just about blurt out the words. | Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking his daughter Ariana into bed for an afternoon nap .
Said 'I love you' and was amazed when she said it back .
Babies usually start speaking full words after a year . | 75fa08278e012394d4484332d6a3bafded6c9dac | <s>[INST] Little Ariana Sufi has amazed her parents after learning how to say 'I love you' - aged just seven weeks. Proud father Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking his daughter into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her - and was stunned when she said it back. The baffled sales assistant repeated the amazing conversation to his partner Fatima, 22, who thought he was joking - until she heard her daughter speak for herself. Ariana now tries to say 'I love you' whenever she hears the phrase - and her parents are expecting her to grow up into a very chatty child. Ali, from Kilburn, north-west London, said: 'She was in her cot bed and I said to her once "I love you" and she said it back. Ariana Sufi has amazed her parents after learning how to say 'I love you' - aged just seven weeks . Ariana now tries to say 'I love you' whenever she hears the phrase - and her parents are expecting her to grow up into a very chatty child . 'I thought I was going crazy, and that I must have been imagining it or I couldn’t hear it properly. 'I told my partner and she said "you’re lying, you’re lying" but I showed her again and now she keeps trying to say it all the time. 'She isn’t very good at saying the "I" but you can always clearly hear the "love you". 'We are really proud - babies just don’t speak this quick.' Baby Ariana was born in December last year and first made her declaration of love in early February when she was just seven weeks and one day old. Fatima Abubakar with her daughter Ariana Ali Shariff and husband Ali Shariff Sufi . Proud father Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking her into bed for an afternoon nap when he told her he loved her and she suddenly said it back to him . 'We are really proud,' he said. 'Babies just don't speak this quick' Baby Ariana was born in December last year and first made her declaration of love in early February, pictured, when she was just seven weeks and one day old . Her words have since been caught on camera by Ali, who in the clip can be heard repeating 'I love you' in a sing-song tone. Ariana, who is now 12 weeks old, appears to be trying to say something before she blurts out 'love you'. Babies don’t usually start speaking full words until they are more than a year old. 'When she was just three or four weeks old she was saying "ahhs" and she has always been a very active baby,' said Ali. 'She is always punching, and giggling and smiling. I have always talked to her quite a lot, and love talking and playing with her. 'The first time she did it she was one month and 22 days. 'I’ve always thought she was quite smart. She recognises people already. 'I think we are going to have a very noisy home and a chatty baby as she learns more words.' When she was just three or four weeks old she was saying 'ahhs' and she has always been a very active baby . Ariana, who is now 12 weeks old, appears to be trying to say something before she blurts out 'love you' in the video recorded by her father . According to her father, she is always punching, and giggling and smiling. 'I have always talked to her quite a lot, and love talking and playing with her,' he said . Her words have since been caught on camera by Ali, pictured, who in the clip can be heard repeating 'I love you' in a sing-song tone . This story comes after Toni and Paul McCann from Ireland released a video of their adorable son Cillian saying his first word at just seven weeks old. The tiny tot, who is now nine weeks old, was filmed by his 36-year-old mother who says that she knew he had been trying to communicate for a while. Toni said: 'He was trying to speak for a while but that day I knew he was trying to say something. 'I'd read that babies communicate from a young age and to give them space to answer when you talk to them. 'That was I was doing that day and because he was so alert and making such good eye contact I decided to video him. You can tell my total shock when he came out with "hello".' In the short clip, Cillian can be seen moving his mouth around trying to talk. After making several attempts he eventually comes out with his first word. Last year, a video of an infant saying 'I love you' went viral. Stephanie Passalacqua reveals in her description of the impressive video that the baby's father noticed her trying to mimic all his words. The baby's gaze never leaves her father's face as he tries several times to get her to defy all reason by speaking the words. Finally, after a few laboured attempts, the baby manages to just about blurt out the words. [/INST] Ali Sufi, 25, was tucking his daughter Ariana into bed for an afternoon nap .
Said 'I love you' and was amazed when she said it back .
Babies usually start speaking full words after a year . </s> |
The Arizona aid worker who was killed while being held captive by ISIS in Syria was honored with a moving memorial service in her hometown on Saturday. Kayla Mueller, 26, was captured in August of 2013 after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo, Syria, and held for 18 months. It is believed she was killed by Jordanian airstrikes targeting ISIS in Raqqa last month. About 500 people, including Arizona Senator John McCain, attended a ceremony in an auditorium at Yavapai College in Prescott that was held to honor the memory of 'the ultimate Good Samaritan'. Scroll down for video . Kayla Mueller, 26, was honored with a memorial at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, on Saturday . Her father, Carl Mueller (right), addressed the service with some assistance from Kayla's brother Eric (left) Arizona Senator John McCain spoke to about 500 people at the ceremony . Speakers at the ceremony reminisced about Kayla's quick wit and an overflowing heart. Kayla's father, Carl Mueller, read a moving letter at the service, recounting his daughter's discovery that her life's purpose was to ease the suffering of others. Mr Mueller paused to regain his composure as he read the letter his daughter wrote while working an earlier job at an orphanage in India. As her father struggled to get through a particular passage, Kayla's brother Eric rubbed his shoulders. He quoted his daughter as saying: 'This is my life's work. But my family is my life.' Kayla's family members thanked the soldiers who risked their lives in a rescue attempt for her. They also tried to bring some levity to the ceremony and Kayla's father, dressed in a dark suit and tie, made sure to lift up the legs of his pants to show off the rainbow socks he found in her room. Her parents have started a nonprofit organization called 'Kayla's Hands' designed to further her humanitarian efforts locally and internationally. Kayla was captured by ISIS in August of 2013 in Aleppo, Syria and held for 18 months before being killed . Kayla helped raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and worked the overnight shift at a women's shelter in Prescott . Sen. McCain's voice cracked with emotion as he delivered a short tribute to Mueller. He said 'I didn't have the privilege - the blessing - of knowing Kayla. I wish I had. 'I'd be a better man for knowing her. I'm sure of that. 'But her example of compassion and courage, her generosity, her unbowed humanity, have by her terrible sacrifice and her dignity in extremity reached so many people who did not know her as all of you knew her. 'We can try to give justice to her murderers' other victims and their families. 'But even if we succeed, and our retribution is swift and complete, we could not equal the rebuke that Kayla's life gave to the culture of death that robbed her of it. 'I never knew Kayla. That's my loss. But I won't forget her. That's my privilege and my responsibility.' Mr Mueller read a letter at the service revealing the discovery that Kayla's purpose was to ease suffering . Emotions ran high during the ceremony yesterday and Mr Mueller had to be comforted by his son (right) ISIS released images of a badly-damaged building in which they claimed Kayla had been killed by an airstrike . A slideshow at the ceremony flashed images of happy moments in Kayla's life. Childhood photos showed her on a camping trip, standing next to a snowman and laughing as a dog sat straight up in a chair at the table during a meal. Other images showed Kayla as an adult, affectionately nudging her face on a horse's neck in one photo and, in another frame, bending down to smell flowers. In her hometown, Kayla helped raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and volunteered for the overnight shift at a women's shelter. She protested genocide in Darfur, Sudan, while in college at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She also traveled to the Palestinian territories, Israel, India and France. Sen. McCain said: 'We can try to give justice to her murderers' other victims and their families' The Arizona Diamondbacks wore a patch with 'KAYLA' on it during spring training games earlier this month . Sen. McCain's voice cracked with emotion as he delivered a short tribute to Mueller during the ceremony . Kayla and her Syrian boyfriend were both taken hostage. He was released, but he returned to Syria to try to free her. She became interested in Syria after her boyfriend told about the struggles of refugees there. Her death was confirmed Feb. 10 by her family and US officials. The Arizona Diamondbacks wore a black patch with 'KAYLA' on it during spring training games earlier this month. Team President Derrick Hall said the way the young humanitarian 'gave back to the world around her embodied many of the core values' of the Diamondbacks organization. He said Kayla 'will always have a place in the history of Arizona' and that the Diamondbacks are 'deeply saddened by her loss.' Kayla is the fourth American to die while being held by ISIS. Three others - two journalists and an aid worker - were beheaded. In each case, their captors demanded huge ransoms, which the United States has refused to pay, saying doing so would only encourage more kidnappings. President Barack Obama has defended that policy, although he has said it was extremely difficult to explain it to victims' families. Kayla and her mother Marsha Mueller (right). Her parents have started a nonprofit organization called 'Kayla's Hands' designed to further her humanitarian efforts locally and internationally . Kayla's family members - Eric, Marsha and Carl (left to right) are seen during the memorial service for her . | Kayla Mueller, 26, was captured by ISIS in August of 2013 in Aleppo, Syria .
Was held for 18 months before being killed last month, likely by airstrike .
International aid worker was honored in hometown of Prescott, Arizona .
Emotional father said daughter's purpose was to ease suffering of others .
500 people attended Saturday service including Arizona Sen. John McCain . | 4619090ff2a96eae605303f3662d8806030f447d | <s>[INST] The Arizona aid worker who was killed while being held captive by ISIS in Syria was honored with a moving memorial service in her hometown on Saturday. Kayla Mueller, 26, was captured in August of 2013 after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Aleppo, Syria, and held for 18 months. It is believed she was killed by Jordanian airstrikes targeting ISIS in Raqqa last month. About 500 people, including Arizona Senator John McCain, attended a ceremony in an auditorium at Yavapai College in Prescott that was held to honor the memory of 'the ultimate Good Samaritan'. Scroll down for video . Kayla Mueller, 26, was honored with a memorial at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, on Saturday . Her father, Carl Mueller (right), addressed the service with some assistance from Kayla's brother Eric (left) Arizona Senator John McCain spoke to about 500 people at the ceremony . Speakers at the ceremony reminisced about Kayla's quick wit and an overflowing heart. Kayla's father, Carl Mueller, read a moving letter at the service, recounting his daughter's discovery that her life's purpose was to ease the suffering of others. Mr Mueller paused to regain his composure as he read the letter his daughter wrote while working an earlier job at an orphanage in India. As her father struggled to get through a particular passage, Kayla's brother Eric rubbed his shoulders. He quoted his daughter as saying: 'This is my life's work. But my family is my life.' Kayla's family members thanked the soldiers who risked their lives in a rescue attempt for her. They also tried to bring some levity to the ceremony and Kayla's father, dressed in a dark suit and tie, made sure to lift up the legs of his pants to show off the rainbow socks he found in her room. Her parents have started a nonprofit organization called 'Kayla's Hands' designed to further her humanitarian efforts locally and internationally. Kayla was captured by ISIS in August of 2013 in Aleppo, Syria and held for 18 months before being killed . Kayla helped raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and worked the overnight shift at a women's shelter in Prescott . Sen. McCain's voice cracked with emotion as he delivered a short tribute to Mueller. He said 'I didn't have the privilege - the blessing - of knowing Kayla. I wish I had. 'I'd be a better man for knowing her. I'm sure of that. 'But her example of compassion and courage, her generosity, her unbowed humanity, have by her terrible sacrifice and her dignity in extremity reached so many people who did not know her as all of you knew her. 'We can try to give justice to her murderers' other victims and their families. 'But even if we succeed, and our retribution is swift and complete, we could not equal the rebuke that Kayla's life gave to the culture of death that robbed her of it. 'I never knew Kayla. That's my loss. But I won't forget her. That's my privilege and my responsibility.' Mr Mueller read a letter at the service revealing the discovery that Kayla's purpose was to ease suffering . Emotions ran high during the ceremony yesterday and Mr Mueller had to be comforted by his son (right) ISIS released images of a badly-damaged building in which they claimed Kayla had been killed by an airstrike . A slideshow at the ceremony flashed images of happy moments in Kayla's life. Childhood photos showed her on a camping trip, standing next to a snowman and laughing as a dog sat straight up in a chair at the table during a meal. Other images showed Kayla as an adult, affectionately nudging her face on a horse's neck in one photo and, in another frame, bending down to smell flowers. In her hometown, Kayla helped raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and volunteered for the overnight shift at a women's shelter. She protested genocide in Darfur, Sudan, while in college at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She also traveled to the Palestinian territories, Israel, India and France. Sen. McCain said: 'We can try to give justice to her murderers' other victims and their families' The Arizona Diamondbacks wore a patch with 'KAYLA' on it during spring training games earlier this month . Sen. McCain's voice cracked with emotion as he delivered a short tribute to Mueller during the ceremony . Kayla and her Syrian boyfriend were both taken hostage. He was released, but he returned to Syria to try to free her. She became interested in Syria after her boyfriend told about the struggles of refugees there. Her death was confirmed Feb. 10 by her family and US officials. The Arizona Diamondbacks wore a black patch with 'KAYLA' on it during spring training games earlier this month. Team President Derrick Hall said the way the young humanitarian 'gave back to the world around her embodied many of the core values' of the Diamondbacks organization. He said Kayla 'will always have a place in the history of Arizona' and that the Diamondbacks are 'deeply saddened by her loss.' Kayla is the fourth American to die while being held by ISIS. Three others - two journalists and an aid worker - were beheaded. In each case, their captors demanded huge ransoms, which the United States has refused to pay, saying doing so would only encourage more kidnappings. President Barack Obama has defended that policy, although he has said it was extremely difficult to explain it to victims' families. Kayla and her mother Marsha Mueller (right). Her parents have started a nonprofit organization called 'Kayla's Hands' designed to further her humanitarian efforts locally and internationally . Kayla's family members - Eric, Marsha and Carl (left to right) are seen during the memorial service for her . [/INST] Kayla Mueller, 26, was captured by ISIS in August of 2013 in Aleppo, Syria .
Was held for 18 months before being killed last month, likely by airstrike .
International aid worker was honored in hometown of Prescott, Arizona .
Emotional father said daughter's purpose was to ease suffering of others .
500 people attended Saturday service including Arizona Sen. John McCain . </s> |
One of the suspects in the London murder of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is willing to co-operate with the inquiry into his death, the hearing heard yesterday. Mr Litvinenko died from radioactive poisoning three weeks after meeting former Russian agents Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun at a Mayfair hotel in November 2006. Kovtun and Lugovoi are suspected of slipping radioactive polonium-210 into Litvinenko’s tea. Both deny involvement and remain in Russia. Scroll down for video . One of the suspects in the London murder of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko (pictured in hospital in 2006) is willing to co-operate with the inquiry into his death, the hearing heard yesterday . A man giving the name Dmitri Kovtun has been contacting the inquiry, counsel to the hearing Robin Tam QC told chairman Sir Robert Owen. 'During the course of the last fortnight, the solicitor to the inquiry has received communications from a man who has given his name as Dmitri Kovtun. 'He has said he is willing to take part in the inquiry.' Mr Litvinenko died from radioactive poisoning three weeks after meeting former Russian agents Andrei Lugovoi (right) and Dmitri Kovtun (left) at a Mayfair hotel in November 2006 . Sir Robert was expected to hear closing statements by the end of the month but Mr Tam said there was no prospect of hearing any evidence from Kovtun before Easter. It was unclear whether the Russian was offering to give evidence by video link or face questioning by police. The hearing was set up by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, last year. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Alexander Litvinenko died from radioactive poisoning in November 2006 .
Met former Russian agents Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun three weeks earlier .
Both suspected of slipping radioactive polonium-210 into Litvinenko’s tea .
One of the suspects now willing to co-operate with inquiry into his death .
A man giving the name Dmitri Kovtun has been contacting the inquiry .
But inquiry not likely to hear any evidence from Kovtun before Easter . | 23ae9b01f9719fc696a2886cf762a742dc411ea4 | <s>[INST] One of the suspects in the London murder of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is willing to co-operate with the inquiry into his death, the hearing heard yesterday. Mr Litvinenko died from radioactive poisoning three weeks after meeting former Russian agents Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun at a Mayfair hotel in November 2006. Kovtun and Lugovoi are suspected of slipping radioactive polonium-210 into Litvinenko’s tea. Both deny involvement and remain in Russia. Scroll down for video . One of the suspects in the London murder of the former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko (pictured in hospital in 2006) is willing to co-operate with the inquiry into his death, the hearing heard yesterday . A man giving the name Dmitri Kovtun has been contacting the inquiry, counsel to the hearing Robin Tam QC told chairman Sir Robert Owen. 'During the course of the last fortnight, the solicitor to the inquiry has received communications from a man who has given his name as Dmitri Kovtun. 'He has said he is willing to take part in the inquiry.' Mr Litvinenko died from radioactive poisoning three weeks after meeting former Russian agents Andrei Lugovoi (right) and Dmitri Kovtun (left) at a Mayfair hotel in November 2006 . Sir Robert was expected to hear closing statements by the end of the month but Mr Tam said there was no prospect of hearing any evidence from Kovtun before Easter. It was unclear whether the Russian was offering to give evidence by video link or face questioning by police. The hearing was set up by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, last year. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. [/INST] Alexander Litvinenko died from radioactive poisoning in November 2006 .
Met former Russian agents Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun three weeks earlier .
Both suspected of slipping radioactive polonium-210 into Litvinenko’s tea .
One of the suspects now willing to co-operate with inquiry into his death .
A man giving the name Dmitri Kovtun has been contacting the inquiry .
But inquiry not likely to hear any evidence from Kovtun before Easter . </s> |
Wellness guru Sarah Wilson has weighed in on the Belle Gibson controversy, saying too many health bloggers do not understand their power and responsibility. Ms Gibson, founder of the popular Whole Pantry app, has faced intense criticism since doubts were raised about whether she has terminal cancer. Ms Wilson, author of I Quit Sugar, told Daily Mail Australia that the incident was 'unfortunate' and that health bloggers have a huge responsibility to their followers. 'The real issue that's going on is there's a lot of people out there not taking on board the responsibility that comes with all this,' she said. Scroll down for video . I Quit Sugar author Sarah Wilson told Daily Mail Australia many bloggers are 'not taking on board the responsibility' that comes with publishing . Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson last week said she would issue an explanatory statement, but it has not materialised . 'I don't know that you need to be a dietitian to share information about your health journey. 'If you are somebody who works online and you claim to be a (health) blogger you have to take on certain responsibilities. 'You have to ensure you train yourself up in all of that (science). That's what I see isn't happening. 'There's a lot of people out there who are't taking on the responsibility of being a disseminator of information. 'We've got to be very transparent and acknowledge the science is not categorical - but respect the science that is there.' Ms Wilson has said in a blog about the issue that 'diet can't cure disease'. Ms Gibson has stayed mum about her health since admitting in an interview with The Australian that her previous claims cancer had spread to her blood, spleen, uterus and liver may have been a 'misdiagnosis'. In the weeks since doubts were raised about Belle Gibson's cancer and charitable donations, her US and Australian publishers have withdrawn support for her recipe books . In the weeks since, her US and Australian publishers have withdrawn support for her recipe books. The Whole Pantry iPhone app has been removed from the Apple Store and her much-touted Apple Watch app is no longer showcased on the technology company's website. In an interview with Daily Mail Australia last Tuesday, Ms Gibson said she understood why many of her followers were upset, but she criticised the 'maliciousness' of some critics. She said she would release a statement addressing concerns about her, but that it was 'taking longer than anticipated' due to 'constantly arising issues' and articles she needed to stay on top of. Asked if the statement would address concerns about her medical history, she said: 'Of course, and every which otherwise possible.' The statement has not been released and she has not responded to questions. | I Quit Sugar author Sarah Wilson has said too many 'wellness warriors' are not taking responsibility for their actions .
Her words come in the wake of intense criticism of Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson .
Doubts have been raised over Ms Gibson's terminal cancer claims and charitable donations .
Ms Wilson said: 'There's a lot of people out there not taking on board the responsibility that comes with this'
Ms Gibson told Daily Mail Australia she would issue an explanatory statement last week - but she hasn't issued an explanation . | d4fb510a1e8d782f6aa0031ccaba5295a234826b | <s>[INST] Wellness guru Sarah Wilson has weighed in on the Belle Gibson controversy, saying too many health bloggers do not understand their power and responsibility. Ms Gibson, founder of the popular Whole Pantry app, has faced intense criticism since doubts were raised about whether she has terminal cancer. Ms Wilson, author of I Quit Sugar, told Daily Mail Australia that the incident was 'unfortunate' and that health bloggers have a huge responsibility to their followers. 'The real issue that's going on is there's a lot of people out there not taking on board the responsibility that comes with all this,' she said. Scroll down for video . I Quit Sugar author Sarah Wilson told Daily Mail Australia many bloggers are 'not taking on board the responsibility' that comes with publishing . Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson last week said she would issue an explanatory statement, but it has not materialised . 'I don't know that you need to be a dietitian to share information about your health journey. 'If you are somebody who works online and you claim to be a (health) blogger you have to take on certain responsibilities. 'You have to ensure you train yourself up in all of that (science). That's what I see isn't happening. 'There's a lot of people out there who are't taking on the responsibility of being a disseminator of information. 'We've got to be very transparent and acknowledge the science is not categorical - but respect the science that is there.' Ms Wilson has said in a blog about the issue that 'diet can't cure disease'. Ms Gibson has stayed mum about her health since admitting in an interview with The Australian that her previous claims cancer had spread to her blood, spleen, uterus and liver may have been a 'misdiagnosis'. In the weeks since doubts were raised about Belle Gibson's cancer and charitable donations, her US and Australian publishers have withdrawn support for her recipe books . In the weeks since, her US and Australian publishers have withdrawn support for her recipe books. The Whole Pantry iPhone app has been removed from the Apple Store and her much-touted Apple Watch app is no longer showcased on the technology company's website. In an interview with Daily Mail Australia last Tuesday, Ms Gibson said she understood why many of her followers were upset, but she criticised the 'maliciousness' of some critics. She said she would release a statement addressing concerns about her, but that it was 'taking longer than anticipated' due to 'constantly arising issues' and articles she needed to stay on top of. Asked if the statement would address concerns about her medical history, she said: 'Of course, and every which otherwise possible.' The statement has not been released and she has not responded to questions. [/INST] I Quit Sugar author Sarah Wilson has said too many 'wellness warriors' are not taking responsibility for their actions .
Her words come in the wake of intense criticism of Whole Pantry founder Belle Gibson .
Doubts have been raised over Ms Gibson's terminal cancer claims and charitable donations .
Ms Wilson said: 'There's a lot of people out there not taking on board the responsibility that comes with this'
Ms Gibson told Daily Mail Australia she would issue an explanatory statement last week - but she hasn't issued an explanation . </s> |
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has posted a video of himself hitting an impressive mid-air golf drive on his official Facebook account. He was joined by fellow Poland international, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski as the pair enjoyed some downtime ahead of the European Championship qualifying game against the Republic of Ireland on Sunday. Lewandowski threw the golf ball up in the air before Szczesny pulled off a perfectly timed strike to send it flying. Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has been filmed pulling off a perfectly timed mid-air golf shot . As the ball drops in the air Szczesny waits for the exact moment to strike it on its way down . He hits the ball on its way down and it is sent flying across the field as Robert Lewandowski watches on . Lewandowski had been the one to throw the ball in the air before Szczesny pulled off the amazing shot . The pair are currently on international duty with Poland ahead of Sunday's Euro qualifier against Ireland . Szczesny has not played for Arsenal in the Premier League since a disappointing performance in the defeat by Southampton on New Year's Day, after which he was caught smoking in the showers. He has made three appearances for the Gunners in the FA Cup victories over Brighton, Middlesbrough and Manchester United, but it is widely suspected that manager Arsene Wenger now considers David Ospina to the club's first-choice stopper. And former Poland goalkeeper Jerzey Dudek believes that Szczesny should look for a new club at the end of the season if he is to continue his international career. Dudkek told TVP Sport, 'If I were in his place, I would wonder whether there are still opportunities to arise at Arsenal and wouldn't wait as long as (Swansea City's Polish 'keeper) Fabianski, because you can see that Arsene Wenger is firmly set on David Ospina.' Szczesny has fallen out of favour at Arsenal and has not played in the Premier League since January . He has lost his regular starting spot to Colombia international David Ospina (pictured here at Newcastle) Retired goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek feels Szczesny should find a new club to help save his international career . | Wojciech Szczesny has posted a video of himself pulling off a perfectly timed mid-air golf strike on his official Facebook account .
His Poland team-mate Robert Lewandowski threw the ball into the air before Szczesny sent it flying with his drive .
Szczesny has fallen out of favour with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger .
He has been advised to find a new club by former Poland goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek in order to save his international career . | c10d26d82a9e39bc8ed62f543131bd8a290bbbb0 | <s>[INST] Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has posted a video of himself hitting an impressive mid-air golf drive on his official Facebook account. He was joined by fellow Poland international, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski as the pair enjoyed some downtime ahead of the European Championship qualifying game against the Republic of Ireland on Sunday. Lewandowski threw the golf ball up in the air before Szczesny pulled off a perfectly timed strike to send it flying. Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has been filmed pulling off a perfectly timed mid-air golf shot . As the ball drops in the air Szczesny waits for the exact moment to strike it on its way down . He hits the ball on its way down and it is sent flying across the field as Robert Lewandowski watches on . Lewandowski had been the one to throw the ball in the air before Szczesny pulled off the amazing shot . The pair are currently on international duty with Poland ahead of Sunday's Euro qualifier against Ireland . Szczesny has not played for Arsenal in the Premier League since a disappointing performance in the defeat by Southampton on New Year's Day, after which he was caught smoking in the showers. He has made three appearances for the Gunners in the FA Cup victories over Brighton, Middlesbrough and Manchester United, but it is widely suspected that manager Arsene Wenger now considers David Ospina to the club's first-choice stopper. And former Poland goalkeeper Jerzey Dudek believes that Szczesny should look for a new club at the end of the season if he is to continue his international career. Dudkek told TVP Sport, 'If I were in his place, I would wonder whether there are still opportunities to arise at Arsenal and wouldn't wait as long as (Swansea City's Polish 'keeper) Fabianski, because you can see that Arsene Wenger is firmly set on David Ospina.' Szczesny has fallen out of favour at Arsenal and has not played in the Premier League since January . He has lost his regular starting spot to Colombia international David Ospina (pictured here at Newcastle) Retired goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek feels Szczesny should find a new club to help save his international career . [/INST] Wojciech Szczesny has posted a video of himself pulling off a perfectly timed mid-air golf strike on his official Facebook account .
His Poland team-mate Robert Lewandowski threw the ball into the air before Szczesny sent it flying with his drive .
Szczesny has fallen out of favour with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger .
He has been advised to find a new club by former Poland goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek in order to save his international career . </s> |
(CNN)If you were the member of a minority group and tried to create a system to control and oppress the majority, you could not have done a better job than the white leaders of Ferguson, Missouri. Let's start with the demographics. Ferguson is small -- roughly 20,000 residents -- and is 67% black and 29% white. Over the past decade, Ferguson's population has changed from majority white to majority black. Its elected officials did not. Five of six City Council members are white, as is the city's mayor. How does this happen in a city two-thirds black? Two answers: timing of elections and type of elections. Ferguson, like most municipalities, holds elections in April of odd-numbered years. However research shows that such "off-cycle" elections reduces voter turnout. Ferguson also holds nonpartisan elections, which means that there are no party labels on the ballot. This not only reduces the likelihood that people will vote, it also has been shown to reduce what voters know about the candidates. Although Missouri does not track the race of its voters, according to an article in The Washington Post, Catalist, a private voter data firm, performed a study and found that the voting rules operating in Ferguson effectively suppress the black vote. In the national election in November 2012, the study found, voter turnout between blacks (54%) and whites (55%) was virtually identical. But because of the vast racial differences in the city's population, it resulted in an electorate that was 71% black and 28% white. Fast-forward five months later in April, when whites were three times (17%) more likely to vote than blacks (6%). That resulted in an electorate that was majority white: 52% versus 47%. That is how a majority-black population winds up with almost all-white elected representatives. Ferguson's law enforcement officers are also not representative, with roughly 94% of its police force being white. Similarly Ferguson's local judges are nonrepresentative. I'm sensing a pattern here. Local judges are appointed by the Ferguson City Council upon nomination by the mayor for a two-year term. The Ferguson Municipal Court is also all-white. But the black citizens of Ferguson apparently keep the police and local judges very busy. In 2013, Ferguson had the highest number of warrants issued in the state, when you control for size: 3.6 pending arrest warrants per household and 2.2 arrest warrants on average per person. And 95% of people arrested for jaywalking in Ferguson are black. While 67% of the population is black, 86% of vehicle stops involve a black driver. While 29% of the population is white, 12.9% of vehicle stops involve a white driver. Blacks were almost twice as likely to be searched as whites, even though searches of blacks were less likely than whites to result in contraband being found (21% vs. 34%). Nobody said racism made sense. But for Ferguson, it has made money. In prior years Ferguson tried to raise sales tax but learned the hard way that it did not result in increased revenue because people voted with their feet and took their wealth with them. Ferguson turned to a different revenue source: collecting traffic fines and penalties from the largely black population. Those revenues constitute Ferguson's second-highest revenue source. Once a resident gets a ticket and does not appear in court with an explanation, an arrest warrant is likely issued. Once arrested, the resident may sit in jail for a very long time, while the fees and fines continue to accrue. A class-action lawsuit filed this month against the city of Ferguson has challenged this funding system, calling it a "modern debtors' prison scheme." The remarkable part of this story is how patient the black residents of Ferguson have been. It took the death of a teenager to get them mad enough to protest and the nation got mad with them. Between the class-action lawsuit and the Department of Justice's involvement, blacks in Ferguson should know the world is watching. The arc of history is long and bends towards justice -- and help is finally on the way. | Dorothy Brown: Ferguson political system has been effective at oppressing majority .
It has done so with the timing and type of elections, Brown says .
Brown: Fines filled city coffers; black citizens have been remarkably patient, but no more . | d7fb1ba063ce589a076090cf3277f1f03220b282 | <s>[INST] (CNN)If you were the member of a minority group and tried to create a system to control and oppress the majority, you could not have done a better job than the white leaders of Ferguson, Missouri. Let's start with the demographics. Ferguson is small -- roughly 20,000 residents -- and is 67% black and 29% white. Over the past decade, Ferguson's population has changed from majority white to majority black. Its elected officials did not. Five of six City Council members are white, as is the city's mayor. How does this happen in a city two-thirds black? Two answers: timing of elections and type of elections. Ferguson, like most municipalities, holds elections in April of odd-numbered years. However research shows that such "off-cycle" elections reduces voter turnout. Ferguson also holds nonpartisan elections, which means that there are no party labels on the ballot. This not only reduces the likelihood that people will vote, it also has been shown to reduce what voters know about the candidates. Although Missouri does not track the race of its voters, according to an article in The Washington Post, Catalist, a private voter data firm, performed a study and found that the voting rules operating in Ferguson effectively suppress the black vote. In the national election in November 2012, the study found, voter turnout between blacks (54%) and whites (55%) was virtually identical. But because of the vast racial differences in the city's population, it resulted in an electorate that was 71% black and 28% white. Fast-forward five months later in April, when whites were three times (17%) more likely to vote than blacks (6%). That resulted in an electorate that was majority white: 52% versus 47%. That is how a majority-black population winds up with almost all-white elected representatives. Ferguson's law enforcement officers are also not representative, with roughly 94% of its police force being white. Similarly Ferguson's local judges are nonrepresentative. I'm sensing a pattern here. Local judges are appointed by the Ferguson City Council upon nomination by the mayor for a two-year term. The Ferguson Municipal Court is also all-white. But the black citizens of Ferguson apparently keep the police and local judges very busy. In 2013, Ferguson had the highest number of warrants issued in the state, when you control for size: 3.6 pending arrest warrants per household and 2.2 arrest warrants on average per person. And 95% of people arrested for jaywalking in Ferguson are black. While 67% of the population is black, 86% of vehicle stops involve a black driver. While 29% of the population is white, 12.9% of vehicle stops involve a white driver. Blacks were almost twice as likely to be searched as whites, even though searches of blacks were less likely than whites to result in contraband being found (21% vs. 34%). Nobody said racism made sense. But for Ferguson, it has made money. In prior years Ferguson tried to raise sales tax but learned the hard way that it did not result in increased revenue because people voted with their feet and took their wealth with them. Ferguson turned to a different revenue source: collecting traffic fines and penalties from the largely black population. Those revenues constitute Ferguson's second-highest revenue source. Once a resident gets a ticket and does not appear in court with an explanation, an arrest warrant is likely issued. Once arrested, the resident may sit in jail for a very long time, while the fees and fines continue to accrue. A class-action lawsuit filed this month against the city of Ferguson has challenged this funding system, calling it a "modern debtors' prison scheme." The remarkable part of this story is how patient the black residents of Ferguson have been. It took the death of a teenager to get them mad enough to protest and the nation got mad with them. Between the class-action lawsuit and the Department of Justice's involvement, blacks in Ferguson should know the world is watching. The arc of history is long and bends towards justice -- and help is finally on the way. [/INST] Dorothy Brown: Ferguson political system has been effective at oppressing majority .
It has done so with the timing and type of elections, Brown says .
Brown: Fines filled city coffers; black citizens have been remarkably patient, but no more . </s> |
(CNN)NATO jets scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft as they neared Latvian airspace, officials said on Wednesday. Estonian radar detected the aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday night, NATO said. Other than the lead aircraft, NATO said, none of the other Russian military aircraft was on a flight plan. NATO sent jets to identify the planes and later reported that the military aircraft flew on into Russian airspace. NATO didn't say how many Russian aircraft were involved. The flights come as Russia's Northern Fleet has been placed on full combat alert for military exercises involving nearly 40,000 troops and 50 warships. The exercises have rattled nerves in nearby NATO states, including Latvia, where U.S. troops and equipment recently arrived for NATO training, and where fears are growing about Russian President Vladimir Putin's next move. At the same time on Wednesday, Putin joined a celebration in Moscow's Red Square, where Russians celebrated the one-year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. NATO has condemned the annexation as an illegal territory grab and is boosting its troop presence in the region in what officials say is an effort to discourage Putin from encroaching into other countries. Putin describes the annexation as a "reunification," saying that Crimea's residents overwhelmingly voted to be part of Russia. CNN's Don Melvin and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report. | Russian military aircraft are intercepted by NATO jets .
NATO says the military aircraft weren't on a flight plan .
Russia is conducting military exercises . | c06b730354484dd559f18f6daad169a3553fcd78 | <s>[INST] (CNN)NATO jets scrambled to intercept Russian military aircraft as they neared Latvian airspace, officials said on Wednesday. Estonian radar detected the aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday night, NATO said. Other than the lead aircraft, NATO said, none of the other Russian military aircraft was on a flight plan. NATO sent jets to identify the planes and later reported that the military aircraft flew on into Russian airspace. NATO didn't say how many Russian aircraft were involved. The flights come as Russia's Northern Fleet has been placed on full combat alert for military exercises involving nearly 40,000 troops and 50 warships. The exercises have rattled nerves in nearby NATO states, including Latvia, where U.S. troops and equipment recently arrived for NATO training, and where fears are growing about Russian President Vladimir Putin's next move. At the same time on Wednesday, Putin joined a celebration in Moscow's Red Square, where Russians celebrated the one-year anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. NATO has condemned the annexation as an illegal territory grab and is boosting its troop presence in the region in what officials say is an effort to discourage Putin from encroaching into other countries. Putin describes the annexation as a "reunification," saying that Crimea's residents overwhelmingly voted to be part of Russia. CNN's Don Melvin and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report. [/INST] Russian military aircraft are intercepted by NATO jets .
NATO says the military aircraft weren't on a flight plan .
Russia is conducting military exercises . </s> |
A rogue Amish sect leader and seven of his followers who were jailed for brutally chopping off the hair and beards of their rivals in their eastern Ohio community have had their sentences reduced. Sam Mullet Sr and 15 others were convicted three years ago of restraining and forcibly disfiguring Amish people with whom they disagreed in a bid to destroy an important symbol of their beliefs. But after an appeals court dismissed hate crimes convictions against them last year, eight of them were resentenced on their remaining charges - mainly, conspiracy to obstruct justice - on Monday. Mullet, who originally received a 15-year sentence, was ordered to serve 10 years, nine months, in prison. Meanwhile, sentences for four other men who received seven years were cut to five years. Scroll down for video . Court hearing: A rogue Amish sect leader and seven of his followers who were jailed for brutally chopping off the hair and beards of rivals in their eastern Ohio community have had their sentences reduced following an appeal. Above, members of the Bergholz community are seen leaving federal court in Cleveland on Monday . Leaving court: Sam Mullet Sr and 15 others were convicted three years ago of restraining and forcibly disfiguring Amish people with whom they disagreed. Eight of them were resentenced on their remaining charges - mainly, conspiracy to obstruct justice - on Monday. Abov, more Amish people leave the courthouse . Leader: Mullet (pictured, left, in his police mug shot, and right, standing in the front yard of his home in Bergholz in 2011), who originally received a 15-year sentence, was resentenced to 10 years and nine months in prison . And the sentences for three men who initially got five years were lowered to three years, seven months. The other eight convicts, including six women, have already served their sentences. None of the 16 defendants spoke in court. Hair and beards have spiritual significance in the Amish faith. Amish men do not shave their beards after marriage, believing it shows their devotion to God. During the 2011 attacks, some of the victims were awakened in the middle of the night by members of the Bergholz-based breakaway Amish group, before being restrained and viciously disfigured. At an earlier court hearing, a sheriff testified that one bishop's hair was unevenly chopped to the scalp by Mullet's followers, leaving his skin bloody. Another victim claimed four or five men dragged him out of his house by his chest-length beard and chopped it to within 1 1/2 inches of his chin. Prosecutors argued the original sentences should have remained intact because of the defendants' religious motivation and the fact that the sentences were lower than what federal guidelines allowed. However, attorneys for all the imprisoned men asked Judge Dan Aaron Polster at the court in Cleveland on Monday to reduce their clients' sentences to time served, allowing for their release. Protest: Sentences for four other men who received seven years were cut to five years. Above, Werner Lange holds a sign reading, 'FREE THE AMISH', as he stands outside the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday . Met by the press: The sentences for three men who initially got five years were lowered to three years and seven months. The other eight convicts, including six women, have already served their sentences . Shocking assaults: During the 2011 attacks, some of the victims were awakened in the middle of the night by members of the Bergholz-based breakaway Amish group, before being restrained and viciously disfigured . Edward Bryan, one of Mullet's attorneys, told the court it would be an 'irrational fear' to think his client - who was accused of ruling his followers with an iron fist - would commit another crime. The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the hate crime convictions because of improper jury instructions by Polster on whether the 16 attacked their victims because of their religion. However, on Monday, Judge Polster made it clear that he remains convinced the hair and beard-cutting assaults were 'substantially motivated by the victims' religion.' He said the defendants inflicted trauma on the victims and trampled on their First Amendment right of religious freedom. 'The remaining eight defendants still warrant substantial sentences,' he said. Religious: At an earlier court hearing, a sheriff testified that one bishop's hair was unevenly chopped to the scalp by Mullet's followers, leaving his skin bloody. Above, five Amish men at the courthouse three years ago . Sons: Mullet's sons Johnny (left) and Lester (right) were among those charged in the 'beard-cutting' attacks . Although Mullet did not participate in any of the attacks, assistant U.S. attorney Bridget Brennan said in court that he exerted tight control as bishop and leader of the sect. She said that he encouraged the assaults, each of which began and ended at Mullet's home. 'These were orchestrated, terrorizing attacks,' Ms Brennan said. Mr Bryan tried to evoke sympathy for Samuel Mullet by pointing out that his wife of nearly 40 years died in November and that some members of the sect, situated near the panhandle of West Virginia, have left the group, including a co-defendant whose husband was resentenced on Monday. 'No one is trying to minimize what happened,' Mr Bryan said. 'It was wrong. My client knows that.' 'Tight control': Mullet (pictured) did not participate in any of the attacks, but assistant U.S. attorney Bridget Brennan said in court he exerted tight control as bishop and leader of the sect, and encouraged the attacks . The community has been shunned since the attacks by other Amish communities and hasn't been able to find another Amish bishop willing to perform marriages and funerals, the defense said. 'A stigma will forever be attached to this community,' Mullet's attorneys said. Ohio has an Amish population of around 61,000 - second only to Pennsylvania - with most living in rural counties south and east of Cleveland. They have a modest lifestyle and are deeply religious. Their traditions of traveling by horse and buggy and forgoing most modern conveniences distance themselves from the outside world and symbolize a yielding to a collective order. | Sam Mullet Sr and 15 others convicted three years ago of 'beard-cutting'
They restrained and chopped off hair and beards of Amish rivals in 2011 .
But last year, hate crimes convictions were overturned following appeal .
On Monday, seven men were resentenced and had prison terms reduced .
Mullet's 15-year sentence was lowered to only 10 years and nine months .
Eight other defendants, including six women, have already served terms .
Hair and beards have great spiritual significance within the Amish faith . | aa88caeb0a8b594ce291ae10a49519dddc0b5a42 | <s>[INST] A rogue Amish sect leader and seven of his followers who were jailed for brutally chopping off the hair and beards of their rivals in their eastern Ohio community have had their sentences reduced. Sam Mullet Sr and 15 others were convicted three years ago of restraining and forcibly disfiguring Amish people with whom they disagreed in a bid to destroy an important symbol of their beliefs. But after an appeals court dismissed hate crimes convictions against them last year, eight of them were resentenced on their remaining charges - mainly, conspiracy to obstruct justice - on Monday. Mullet, who originally received a 15-year sentence, was ordered to serve 10 years, nine months, in prison. Meanwhile, sentences for four other men who received seven years were cut to five years. Scroll down for video . Court hearing: A rogue Amish sect leader and seven of his followers who were jailed for brutally chopping off the hair and beards of rivals in their eastern Ohio community have had their sentences reduced following an appeal. Above, members of the Bergholz community are seen leaving federal court in Cleveland on Monday . Leaving court: Sam Mullet Sr and 15 others were convicted three years ago of restraining and forcibly disfiguring Amish people with whom they disagreed. Eight of them were resentenced on their remaining charges - mainly, conspiracy to obstruct justice - on Monday. Abov, more Amish people leave the courthouse . Leader: Mullet (pictured, left, in his police mug shot, and right, standing in the front yard of his home in Bergholz in 2011), who originally received a 15-year sentence, was resentenced to 10 years and nine months in prison . And the sentences for three men who initially got five years were lowered to three years, seven months. The other eight convicts, including six women, have already served their sentences. None of the 16 defendants spoke in court. Hair and beards have spiritual significance in the Amish faith. Amish men do not shave their beards after marriage, believing it shows their devotion to God. During the 2011 attacks, some of the victims were awakened in the middle of the night by members of the Bergholz-based breakaway Amish group, before being restrained and viciously disfigured. At an earlier court hearing, a sheriff testified that one bishop's hair was unevenly chopped to the scalp by Mullet's followers, leaving his skin bloody. Another victim claimed four or five men dragged him out of his house by his chest-length beard and chopped it to within 1 1/2 inches of his chin. Prosecutors argued the original sentences should have remained intact because of the defendants' religious motivation and the fact that the sentences were lower than what federal guidelines allowed. However, attorneys for all the imprisoned men asked Judge Dan Aaron Polster at the court in Cleveland on Monday to reduce their clients' sentences to time served, allowing for their release. Protest: Sentences for four other men who received seven years were cut to five years. Above, Werner Lange holds a sign reading, 'FREE THE AMISH', as he stands outside the federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday . Met by the press: The sentences for three men who initially got five years were lowered to three years and seven months. The other eight convicts, including six women, have already served their sentences . Shocking assaults: During the 2011 attacks, some of the victims were awakened in the middle of the night by members of the Bergholz-based breakaway Amish group, before being restrained and viciously disfigured . Edward Bryan, one of Mullet's attorneys, told the court it would be an 'irrational fear' to think his client - who was accused of ruling his followers with an iron fist - would commit another crime. The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the hate crime convictions because of improper jury instructions by Polster on whether the 16 attacked their victims because of their religion. However, on Monday, Judge Polster made it clear that he remains convinced the hair and beard-cutting assaults were 'substantially motivated by the victims' religion.' He said the defendants inflicted trauma on the victims and trampled on their First Amendment right of religious freedom. 'The remaining eight defendants still warrant substantial sentences,' he said. Religious: At an earlier court hearing, a sheriff testified that one bishop's hair was unevenly chopped to the scalp by Mullet's followers, leaving his skin bloody. Above, five Amish men at the courthouse three years ago . Sons: Mullet's sons Johnny (left) and Lester (right) were among those charged in the 'beard-cutting' attacks . Although Mullet did not participate in any of the attacks, assistant U.S. attorney Bridget Brennan said in court that he exerted tight control as bishop and leader of the sect. She said that he encouraged the assaults, each of which began and ended at Mullet's home. 'These were orchestrated, terrorizing attacks,' Ms Brennan said. Mr Bryan tried to evoke sympathy for Samuel Mullet by pointing out that his wife of nearly 40 years died in November and that some members of the sect, situated near the panhandle of West Virginia, have left the group, including a co-defendant whose husband was resentenced on Monday. 'No one is trying to minimize what happened,' Mr Bryan said. 'It was wrong. My client knows that.' 'Tight control': Mullet (pictured) did not participate in any of the attacks, but assistant U.S. attorney Bridget Brennan said in court he exerted tight control as bishop and leader of the sect, and encouraged the attacks . The community has been shunned since the attacks by other Amish communities and hasn't been able to find another Amish bishop willing to perform marriages and funerals, the defense said. 'A stigma will forever be attached to this community,' Mullet's attorneys said. Ohio has an Amish population of around 61,000 - second only to Pennsylvania - with most living in rural counties south and east of Cleveland. They have a modest lifestyle and are deeply religious. Their traditions of traveling by horse and buggy and forgoing most modern conveniences distance themselves from the outside world and symbolize a yielding to a collective order. [/INST] Sam Mullet Sr and 15 others convicted three years ago of 'beard-cutting'
They restrained and chopped off hair and beards of Amish rivals in 2011 .
But last year, hate crimes convictions were overturned following appeal .
On Monday, seven men were resentenced and had prison terms reduced .
Mullet's 15-year sentence was lowered to only 10 years and nine months .
Eight other defendants, including six women, have already served terms .
Hair and beards have great spiritual significance within the Amish faith . </s> |
Former world No 1 Tiger Woods will drop outside the top 100 in the rankings on Monday for the first time in more than 18 years. The 39-year-old American is down at No 96 and a world ranking official revealed that he is likely to slip to No 102 when the list is adjusted after this weekend's tournaments. Woods posted an 82 at the Phoenix Open in January, his worst round as a professional, as he slumped outside the leading 50 in the rankings for the first time in more than three years. Tiger Woods (left) pictured with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at the Alpine World Ski Championships last month . Tiger Woods plays his tee shot on the 17th hole at the Farmers Insurance Open on February 5 . Woods (right) walks the fairway with Rickie Fowler before withdrawing from the event with a back injury . Since then the 14-time major winner has continued a downward slide that resulted in him failing to qualify for this month's WGC-Cadillac Championship, an event he has won seven times. Woods is yet to make a decision on whether he will play at the Masters, which begins on April 9. Woods was ranked 433rd when he turned professional in September 1996. He then jumped to 75th after landing his first victory as a professional at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational, the first of 79 PGA Tour titles. Woods is interviewed at the Greater Milwaukee Open in Wisconsin in September 1996 . Woods (right) receives the green jacket from Nick Faldo after winning the Masters at Augusta in 1997 . Woods first moved to world No 1 when he finished 19th at the 1997 US Open. The American spent a record total of 683 weeks at the top of the rankings until he lost the No 1 spot to Australia's Adam Scott in May 2014. Current No 1 Rory McIlroy has been top of the rankings since August. | Tiger Woods will likely slip to No 102 in the new world rankings on Monday .
The 39-year-old has been out of action since early February .
Woods is yet to make a decision on whether he will play at the Masters . | edb44bec579a2c78754f4fb7d2782c6de8cb653e | <s>[INST] Former world No 1 Tiger Woods will drop outside the top 100 in the rankings on Monday for the first time in more than 18 years. The 39-year-old American is down at No 96 and a world ranking official revealed that he is likely to slip to No 102 when the list is adjusted after this weekend's tournaments. Woods posted an 82 at the Phoenix Open in January, his worst round as a professional, as he slumped outside the leading 50 in the rankings for the first time in more than three years. Tiger Woods (left) pictured with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at the Alpine World Ski Championships last month . Tiger Woods plays his tee shot on the 17th hole at the Farmers Insurance Open on February 5 . Woods (right) walks the fairway with Rickie Fowler before withdrawing from the event with a back injury . Since then the 14-time major winner has continued a downward slide that resulted in him failing to qualify for this month's WGC-Cadillac Championship, an event he has won seven times. Woods is yet to make a decision on whether he will play at the Masters, which begins on April 9. Woods was ranked 433rd when he turned professional in September 1996. He then jumped to 75th after landing his first victory as a professional at the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational, the first of 79 PGA Tour titles. Woods is interviewed at the Greater Milwaukee Open in Wisconsin in September 1996 . Woods (right) receives the green jacket from Nick Faldo after winning the Masters at Augusta in 1997 . Woods first moved to world No 1 when he finished 19th at the 1997 US Open. The American spent a record total of 683 weeks at the top of the rankings until he lost the No 1 spot to Australia's Adam Scott in May 2014. Current No 1 Rory McIlroy has been top of the rankings since August. [/INST] Tiger Woods will likely slip to No 102 in the new world rankings on Monday .
The 39-year-old has been out of action since early February .
Woods is yet to make a decision on whether he will play at the Masters . </s> |
Traditional British cooker manufacturer AGA, favoured by TV chefs Mary Berry and Nigella Lawson, has today launched in China with a brand new feature: a wok burner. Taking the leap into the new market is arguably the biggest gamble the firm, which has been selling ovens in Britain since 1929, has ever made. Most Chinese kitchens have just two gas hobs and, if they have an oven at all, it is usually cheap and the size of a microwave. Gamble: AGA has been selling cookers in Britain since 1929 and launching in China is seen as a big gamble. Daniel Wong (front), AGA’s director of business development in China, said shifting eating habits among the country’s rich influenced the company’s decision to launch there . British staple: AGA is a favourite of Merry Berry and Nigella Lawson. Even the PM has one of the firm's cookers in his kitchen . But AGA is targeting the country's new middle class and chief executive William McGrath told MailOnline he was confident he could convince people to spend between £5,400 and £27,000 on the British favourite. The launch was announced in 2012, but due to China’s unfamiliarity with ovens and laws about accreditation for them, it was derailed. Accreditation rules have been re-drafted by authorities and now, three years later, AGAs are finally available to order. Mr McGrath, speaking in Beijing ahead of the official launch event, conceded that the cookers could just become popular with a ‘small niche market connecting with expats in China’. However, he said that it was worth the risk because if they prove popular with the country’s 1.35 billion population it will be a ‘game changer’ for the firm. ‘We’re quietly confident, and that comes from talking to people in the industry as well as consumers,’ he said. ‘The answer to whether it’ll work seems to be, “It’s definitely worth a go”. But nobody is saying this is definitely going to work.’ AGA products are synonymous with cosy comfort food such as Sunday roasts and Victoria sponges. The Prince of Wales, David Cameron, Delia Smith and even Jeremy Clarkson, who was dropped by the BBC this week, own one. Despite the company's rich British history, it has teamed up with China-based firm Beijing Hi Seasons for the rollout and Mr McGrath said he’s hoping that families in China will use the cookers to make traditional Chinese food. AGA chief executive William McGrath (pictured) denied that succeeding in China was essential for the company but added: ‘We want to win some away games' Cooker model: British fashion model Daisy Lowe was enlisted to advertise the popular cooker, which has not launched in Asia . As such, the RedFyre AGA models being launched in China resemble those available in Britain but with a crucial difference: a wok burner on top. China’s new moneyed middle class has a huge appetite for western luxury brands, from Chanel clothes to Land Rovers. Daniel Wong, AGA’s director of business development in China, told MailOnline that shifting eating habits among the country’s rich also influenced the company’s decision to launch there. ‘Five years ago in China, when people got money they just dined out in expensive restaurants,’ he said. ‘But affluent people have started cooking at home more, showing off to friends, saying: “I can cook”. We’ve seen a rise in cooking schools and sales of cooking magazines.’ Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr Gustaf Dalén invented the world's first heat-storage cooker in 1922. After a failed experiment cost him his sight, the doting husband wanted to make a better appliance for his wife Elma. According to the AGA website, Dr Dalén created a cast-iron cooker capable of every kind of cooking simultaneously, with two large hotplates and two ovens. The AGA was invented and by 1929, manufacturing was underway at the AGA Heat Ltd factory in Smethwick. AGAs are now made at the company's Shropshire foundry in Coalbrookdale and are still made by pouring molten iron into moulds. However the modern cookers contain state-of-the-art technology. AGA's history dates back to 1929. This picture, taken in 1968, shows two children at the Ideal Home Exhibition . Can you really do every kind of cooking that there is? This advert was published in a 1955 edition of Punch Magazine . A cascade of recent high-profile food safety scandals in China has also contributed to a rise in home cooking, as confidence in restaurant standards has dropped. Although AGA sales were up in 2014 in the UK, the company is reaching near saturation point in the country – after all, you’re only likely to buy an AGA once. Last year the company, which produced its millionth Rangemaster cooker this month, released a slimline City60 model aimed at UK city dwellers in an attempt to find new buyers. Mr McGrath denied that succeeding in China was essential for the company but added: ‘We want to win some away games. 'China and Germany, where we’re also expanding, are fascinating because they’re outside of our comfort zone.’ Consumer analyst Paul French recently told the Financial Times: ‘In China, if you have the kind of money to spend on an AGA, you generally have someone who cooks for you.’ But Mr Wong and Mr McGrath said that the AGA is billed as a family-orientated product and this would chime well in the country. The RedFyre AGA models being launched in China resemble those available in Britain but with a crucial difference: a wok burner on top . British: AGA has been selling these popular ovens in Britain since 1929 but hopes to break into the Asian market . ‘Now, in China, the generation that earns money doesn’t just leave behind their parents,’ Mr Wong said. ‘They bring them back home. So we see families with one kid, two kids, together with grandparents, and Chinese love family gatherings.’ Another potential pitfall for the AGA is the risk of copycat manufacturers ripping them off and undercutting them. Trademark, copyright and patent abuse in China is often flagrant, and it seems inevitable that if AGA takes off, knock-off products with similar names will start popping up. ‘We’re just going to concentrate on pushing our brand really hard,’ said Mr McGrath. ‘We know those stories [of rip-off products] are a concern for everyone, but you’ve got to go with what you know. This brand has stood for 90 years because it stands for something.’ While it’s hugely ambitious to try to get a generation of Chinese to ditch cooking traditions that stretch back generations, Mr McGrath said that if the gamble pays off, he’ll set his sites on conquering the rest of Asia. ‘China could be an entry point to Asia,’ he said. ‘If it works here it’d obviously follow on to look at other markets here.’ | British manufacturer AGA has launched a cooker with wok burner in China .
Taking leap into new market is arguably the biggest gamble made by firm .
Most Chinese kitchens have two hobs and an oven the size of a microwave .
Chief executive hopes families will use it to make traditional Chinese food . | d670880b5e58120258e4c431ad596d362eafea25 | <s>[INST] Traditional British cooker manufacturer AGA, favoured by TV chefs Mary Berry and Nigella Lawson, has today launched in China with a brand new feature: a wok burner. Taking the leap into the new market is arguably the biggest gamble the firm, which has been selling ovens in Britain since 1929, has ever made. Most Chinese kitchens have just two gas hobs and, if they have an oven at all, it is usually cheap and the size of a microwave. Gamble: AGA has been selling cookers in Britain since 1929 and launching in China is seen as a big gamble. Daniel Wong (front), AGA’s director of business development in China, said shifting eating habits among the country’s rich influenced the company’s decision to launch there . British staple: AGA is a favourite of Merry Berry and Nigella Lawson. Even the PM has one of the firm's cookers in his kitchen . But AGA is targeting the country's new middle class and chief executive William McGrath told MailOnline he was confident he could convince people to spend between £5,400 and £27,000 on the British favourite. The launch was announced in 2012, but due to China’s unfamiliarity with ovens and laws about accreditation for them, it was derailed. Accreditation rules have been re-drafted by authorities and now, three years later, AGAs are finally available to order. Mr McGrath, speaking in Beijing ahead of the official launch event, conceded that the cookers could just become popular with a ‘small niche market connecting with expats in China’. However, he said that it was worth the risk because if they prove popular with the country’s 1.35 billion population it will be a ‘game changer’ for the firm. ‘We’re quietly confident, and that comes from talking to people in the industry as well as consumers,’ he said. ‘The answer to whether it’ll work seems to be, “It’s definitely worth a go”. But nobody is saying this is definitely going to work.’ AGA products are synonymous with cosy comfort food such as Sunday roasts and Victoria sponges. The Prince of Wales, David Cameron, Delia Smith and even Jeremy Clarkson, who was dropped by the BBC this week, own one. Despite the company's rich British history, it has teamed up with China-based firm Beijing Hi Seasons for the rollout and Mr McGrath said he’s hoping that families in China will use the cookers to make traditional Chinese food. AGA chief executive William McGrath (pictured) denied that succeeding in China was essential for the company but added: ‘We want to win some away games' Cooker model: British fashion model Daisy Lowe was enlisted to advertise the popular cooker, which has not launched in Asia . As such, the RedFyre AGA models being launched in China resemble those available in Britain but with a crucial difference: a wok burner on top. China’s new moneyed middle class has a huge appetite for western luxury brands, from Chanel clothes to Land Rovers. Daniel Wong, AGA’s director of business development in China, told MailOnline that shifting eating habits among the country’s rich also influenced the company’s decision to launch there. ‘Five years ago in China, when people got money they just dined out in expensive restaurants,’ he said. ‘But affluent people have started cooking at home more, showing off to friends, saying: “I can cook”. We’ve seen a rise in cooking schools and sales of cooking magazines.’ Nobel Prize-winning physicist Dr Gustaf Dalén invented the world's first heat-storage cooker in 1922. After a failed experiment cost him his sight, the doting husband wanted to make a better appliance for his wife Elma. According to the AGA website, Dr Dalén created a cast-iron cooker capable of every kind of cooking simultaneously, with two large hotplates and two ovens. The AGA was invented and by 1929, manufacturing was underway at the AGA Heat Ltd factory in Smethwick. AGAs are now made at the company's Shropshire foundry in Coalbrookdale and are still made by pouring molten iron into moulds. However the modern cookers contain state-of-the-art technology. AGA's history dates back to 1929. This picture, taken in 1968, shows two children at the Ideal Home Exhibition . Can you really do every kind of cooking that there is? This advert was published in a 1955 edition of Punch Magazine . A cascade of recent high-profile food safety scandals in China has also contributed to a rise in home cooking, as confidence in restaurant standards has dropped. Although AGA sales were up in 2014 in the UK, the company is reaching near saturation point in the country – after all, you’re only likely to buy an AGA once. Last year the company, which produced its millionth Rangemaster cooker this month, released a slimline City60 model aimed at UK city dwellers in an attempt to find new buyers. Mr McGrath denied that succeeding in China was essential for the company but added: ‘We want to win some away games. 'China and Germany, where we’re also expanding, are fascinating because they’re outside of our comfort zone.’ Consumer analyst Paul French recently told the Financial Times: ‘In China, if you have the kind of money to spend on an AGA, you generally have someone who cooks for you.’ But Mr Wong and Mr McGrath said that the AGA is billed as a family-orientated product and this would chime well in the country. The RedFyre AGA models being launched in China resemble those available in Britain but with a crucial difference: a wok burner on top . British: AGA has been selling these popular ovens in Britain since 1929 but hopes to break into the Asian market . ‘Now, in China, the generation that earns money doesn’t just leave behind their parents,’ Mr Wong said. ‘They bring them back home. So we see families with one kid, two kids, together with grandparents, and Chinese love family gatherings.’ Another potential pitfall for the AGA is the risk of copycat manufacturers ripping them off and undercutting them. Trademark, copyright and patent abuse in China is often flagrant, and it seems inevitable that if AGA takes off, knock-off products with similar names will start popping up. ‘We’re just going to concentrate on pushing our brand really hard,’ said Mr McGrath. ‘We know those stories [of rip-off products] are a concern for everyone, but you’ve got to go with what you know. This brand has stood for 90 years because it stands for something.’ While it’s hugely ambitious to try to get a generation of Chinese to ditch cooking traditions that stretch back generations, Mr McGrath said that if the gamble pays off, he’ll set his sites on conquering the rest of Asia. ‘China could be an entry point to Asia,’ he said. ‘If it works here it’d obviously follow on to look at other markets here.’ [/INST] British manufacturer AGA has launched a cooker with wok burner in China .
Taking leap into new market is arguably the biggest gamble made by firm .
Most Chinese kitchens have two hobs and an oven the size of a microwave .
Chief executive hopes families will use it to make traditional Chinese food . </s> |
A Queensland woman hopes to become the youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest when she tackles the monster trek in two months. Alyssa Azar, 18, has been climbing since she was five, mainly because her father, Glenn, is a Kokoda Track instructor. At just eight years old, she successfully completed on the iconic trail in Papua with his help. Alyssa Azar, 18, has been climbing since she was five. Last year she attempted to climb Mount Everest (pictured) but an avalanche killed 16 Sherpa guides . Ms Azar hopes to become the youngest Australian to climb the world's highest peak . She has gone on to climb Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, the 10 highest peaks in Australia, South America's Mount Aconcagua in the Andes, and Nepal's Ama Dablam and Manaslu. 'I started doing training when I was five or six,' Ms Azar told Daily Mail Australia. 'As I got older I got onto the higher altitudes. 'After Kilimanjaro in 2011, I decided I wanted to be a professional mountaineer... and put myself against the best.' Since climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2011, the teenager has been training to summit the Nepal mountain . She has been training hard, with her own equipment in the backyard (left) in Toowoomba in Queensland's south east, including a rope climb (right) The 18-year-old caught the climbing bug largely due to her father, Glenn, who is a Kokoda Track guide . Here Ms Azar is seen pulling a tyre with a face mask on to help her train to withstand the altitude of the climb . On Friday, Ms Azar will make her second expedition to conquer the world's highest peak, which stands at 8,848 metres above sea level. Last year the Toowoomba teenager was unsuccessful when an avalanche struck just days out from her planned climb and 16 Sherpa guides were killed. But the tragedy has not deterred her as the mountaineer attempts the summit again. If Ms Azar makes it to the top, she will beat the record set by Rex Pemberton, 21, who climbed Mt Everest in 2005. Here Ms Azar is pictured here with her dad when she was eight when she climbed the Kokoda Track in Papua . Since then the determined girl went on to complete many more feats before wanting to tackle Mt Everest . She is pictured here climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in 2011. It was after this trek that she decided to take on her biggest challenge . Ms Azar representing her country with a flag on top of a mountain during her climb . If she is successful in climbing Mt Everest, she will beat a record set by Rex Pemberton, 21, who climbed Mt Everest in 2005 . The 18-year-old has been training for the climb for years and has a set up in her backyard, which includes a rope climb. '[I do] endurance work, I do a little of indoor rock climbing... and I do a lot of basic workouts like swimming and running as well,' Ms Azar told Daily Mail Australia. 'It’s been a long time coming now and I'm ready to go and climb the mountain.' Ms Azar will fly into Lukla - a town in Nepal's north-east - and spend the first nine days of her two-month expedition trekking to base camp, which she describes as a 'comfortable trek'. Ms Azar said she had decided to come a professional mountaineer and has climbed up Nepal's Ama Dablam and Manaslu . Here she is trekking up South America's Mount Aconcagua in the Andes at 4,200 metres . Her two-month expedition will take her from Lukla - in Nepal's north-east - and will take her 8,848 metres above sea level . It will take her nine days to make the journey from the Nepalese town to the base camp of Mt Everest . Ms Azar said she loved mountaineering as it gave her a sense of adventure and let her experience nature . 'We start at [an altitude of] 3,000 metres in Lukla so we can adapt to the altitude and when we get to base camp it'll be 5,000 metres,' she said. Ms Azar, who describes herself as an introvert, said she loved mountaineering as it gave her a sense of adventure. 'I get really excited going to see new places and I like the intensity of Everest,' she said. 'I'm genuinely more introverted day-to-day... and you get to be in your own head space. 'The realness of environment is definitely part of it as well.' | Alyssa Azar, from Toowoomba in Queensland, will climb Nepal's Mt Everest .
The 18-year-old will become the youngest Australian to do it if successful .
The teenager started doing adventure climbs from the age of six years old .
She did the Kokoda Track when she was just eight years old with her dad .
Ms Azar has since climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and others around the world . | be76859eb702aa6202932692d27617bd9ab6c194 | <s>[INST] A Queensland woman hopes to become the youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest when she tackles the monster trek in two months. Alyssa Azar, 18, has been climbing since she was five, mainly because her father, Glenn, is a Kokoda Track instructor. At just eight years old, she successfully completed on the iconic trail in Papua with his help. Alyssa Azar, 18, has been climbing since she was five. Last year she attempted to climb Mount Everest (pictured) but an avalanche killed 16 Sherpa guides . Ms Azar hopes to become the youngest Australian to climb the world's highest peak . She has gone on to climb Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, the 10 highest peaks in Australia, South America's Mount Aconcagua in the Andes, and Nepal's Ama Dablam and Manaslu. 'I started doing training when I was five or six,' Ms Azar told Daily Mail Australia. 'As I got older I got onto the higher altitudes. 'After Kilimanjaro in 2011, I decided I wanted to be a professional mountaineer... and put myself against the best.' Since climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2011, the teenager has been training to summit the Nepal mountain . She has been training hard, with her own equipment in the backyard (left) in Toowoomba in Queensland's south east, including a rope climb (right) The 18-year-old caught the climbing bug largely due to her father, Glenn, who is a Kokoda Track guide . Here Ms Azar is seen pulling a tyre with a face mask on to help her train to withstand the altitude of the climb . On Friday, Ms Azar will make her second expedition to conquer the world's highest peak, which stands at 8,848 metres above sea level. Last year the Toowoomba teenager was unsuccessful when an avalanche struck just days out from her planned climb and 16 Sherpa guides were killed. But the tragedy has not deterred her as the mountaineer attempts the summit again. If Ms Azar makes it to the top, she will beat the record set by Rex Pemberton, 21, who climbed Mt Everest in 2005. Here Ms Azar is pictured here with her dad when she was eight when she climbed the Kokoda Track in Papua . Since then the determined girl went on to complete many more feats before wanting to tackle Mt Everest . She is pictured here climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in 2011. It was after this trek that she decided to take on her biggest challenge . Ms Azar representing her country with a flag on top of a mountain during her climb . If she is successful in climbing Mt Everest, she will beat a record set by Rex Pemberton, 21, who climbed Mt Everest in 2005 . The 18-year-old has been training for the climb for years and has a set up in her backyard, which includes a rope climb. '[I do] endurance work, I do a little of indoor rock climbing... and I do a lot of basic workouts like swimming and running as well,' Ms Azar told Daily Mail Australia. 'It’s been a long time coming now and I'm ready to go and climb the mountain.' Ms Azar will fly into Lukla - a town in Nepal's north-east - and spend the first nine days of her two-month expedition trekking to base camp, which she describes as a 'comfortable trek'. Ms Azar said she had decided to come a professional mountaineer and has climbed up Nepal's Ama Dablam and Manaslu . Here she is trekking up South America's Mount Aconcagua in the Andes at 4,200 metres . Her two-month expedition will take her from Lukla - in Nepal's north-east - and will take her 8,848 metres above sea level . It will take her nine days to make the journey from the Nepalese town to the base camp of Mt Everest . Ms Azar said she loved mountaineering as it gave her a sense of adventure and let her experience nature . 'We start at [an altitude of] 3,000 metres in Lukla so we can adapt to the altitude and when we get to base camp it'll be 5,000 metres,' she said. Ms Azar, who describes herself as an introvert, said she loved mountaineering as it gave her a sense of adventure. 'I get really excited going to see new places and I like the intensity of Everest,' she said. 'I'm genuinely more introverted day-to-day... and you get to be in your own head space. 'The realness of environment is definitely part of it as well.' [/INST] Alyssa Azar, from Toowoomba in Queensland, will climb Nepal's Mt Everest .
The 18-year-old will become the youngest Australian to do it if successful .
The teenager started doing adventure climbs from the age of six years old .
She did the Kokoda Track when she was just eight years old with her dad .
Ms Azar has since climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and others around the world . </s> |
A top American dog handler has caused outrage by picking up her championship winning Scottish Terrier by its tail at a British show. Rebecca Cross, who won Best in Show at Crufts last weekend, was filmed picking up her Scottish terrier Knopa by its neck and tail - an act she says was 'just habit'. Now Cross, a mother-of-one and military veteran from Glen Burnie, Maryland, is at the center of a campaign calling for her to be stripped of the prestigious accolade. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition following the competition, which has already seen more than its fair share of scandal. Scroll down for video . Animal lovers have accused the Crufts organisers of 'turning a blind eye' after footage emerged showing U.S competitor Rebecca Cross picking up her Scottish terrier Knopa by its neck and tail . Nearly 100,000 people have now signed an online petition, calling for Ms Cross to be stripped of her prestigious title . The Kennel Club explained that it had warned Ms Cross not to pick up the dog in that manner but that it was 'customary' to do so in the U.S . 'Strip Rebecca Cross of her Best In Show award at Crufts 2015 for her unduly harsh handling of the Scottish Terrier, Knopa,' the petition reads. 'Under KC Rule A42 I believe that Ms Cross is guilty of "behaving discreditably and prejudicially to the interests of the canine world" and should be held accountable.' The British Kennel Club, the organizers of the show, which was held in Birmingham, said it had warned Cross not to pick up the dog in that manner but that it was 'customary' to do so in the U.S. Knopa beat over 21,000 dogs to be named Best in Show at the competition. After the footage emerged of Cross handling her dog, Crufts issued an almost immediate apology. Cross also issued an apology, saying she 'didn't do it on purpose, it was just habit'. She added: 'It's just one of those things. It happened and I tried to really think about it and not do it, but it's habit.' The petition claims Ms Cross (right), whose prize-giving was interrupted by an anti-Crufts campaigner (left), is guilty of ‘behaving discreditably and prejudicially to the interests of the canine world’ Ms Cross (pictured in the arena) apologized, saying she 'didn't do it on purpose, it was just habit' Veteran: Her Facebook page shows Cross, who has a baby daughter, previously served in the military . Cross, who lived in Japan for four years and now resides in Maryland where she breeds different types of pedigree dogs, has bred and owned Scottish Terriers for two decades. She has previously won multiple Best in Shows, according to an online bio, and also works full-time for a consulting group in Maryland, according to her website. Despite her apology, the anger towards her continued to grow, with the petition gaining nearly 100,000 in less than 12 hours. It claims Ms Cross is guilty of ‘behaving discreditably and prejudicially to the interests of the canine world’. But, in a second statement, the Kennel Club said it would not be 'fair' to strip the dog of its Best in Show title, solely due to the behavior of its owner. A Kennel Club spokesman added that, although there was 'clear guidance' that dogs should not be handled in this way, it would be reviewing its procedures in light of the incident. Jagger, who is co-owned by Belgian Aleksandra Lauwers and Leicester-based breeder Dee Milligan-Bott, died in his owner's arms on Friday, after returning home to Belgium . Scandal: The owner of this chamption Myter, Eye to Eye, also believes the dog was deliberately poisoned after she was found vomiting and shaking in pain shortly before it was due to be judged on Friday . The Scottish Terrier was initially bred as a working dog by farmers to eradicate vermin and hunt small animals underground. It has a very long and strong tail which owners traditionally used to pull it out of holes. It is not said to hurt to pick them up in this way. They were introduced into America in the early 1890s and it was not until the years between World War I and World War II that they became popular. They have been owned by a variety of celebrities, including the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose Scottie "Fala" is included with FDR in a statue in Washington, DC, as well as the 43rd President George W. Bush. They said: 'We completely understand the concerns about how Knopa, the Best in Show dog, was handled on the judging table. 'A decision will be made by committee about what action may be taken within the current rules and guidance. In this specific case an investigation is underway and a decision will be made by committee about the actions that have been taken by the exhibitor at Crufts and the next steps. 'The judge’s primary focus is on the dogs themselves and we do not believe it would be fair to strip the dog of its Best in Show title because the dog was awarded this prize based on its own merits in the show ring.' It added: 'Prior to this incident the guidance related to handling has been followed by those showing their dogs but in light of this situation we will be reviewing our rules and guidance and how they may need to be amended going forward. This is the latest incident are the latest controversies to hit the world famous competition. Earlier this week, it emerged that six dogs who took part in the competition had been reportedly poisoned, including Irish setter Jagger, who died at his Belgium home on Monday. The RSPCA confirmed it was investigating allegations that an overseas competitor had mistreated his dog outside the showground, pictured . | Rebecca Cross, a mother-of-one and military veteran from Maryland, caused outrage at British dog show last weekend .
She was filmed picking up five-year-old Scottish terrier Knopa by tail .
Footage led to online petition which accused Crufts of 'turning blind eye'
Organizers allegedly warned her about handling but will not remove title .
Comes amid allegations that six dogs were poisoned at world famous show . | 325bfcc9b9419ea9a549d5c40a3fa9419a09cb67 | <s>[INST] A top American dog handler has caused outrage by picking up her championship winning Scottish Terrier by its tail at a British show. Rebecca Cross, who won Best in Show at Crufts last weekend, was filmed picking up her Scottish terrier Knopa by its neck and tail - an act she says was 'just habit'. Now Cross, a mother-of-one and military veteran from Glen Burnie, Maryland, is at the center of a campaign calling for her to be stripped of the prestigious accolade. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition following the competition, which has already seen more than its fair share of scandal. Scroll down for video . Animal lovers have accused the Crufts organisers of 'turning a blind eye' after footage emerged showing U.S competitor Rebecca Cross picking up her Scottish terrier Knopa by its neck and tail . Nearly 100,000 people have now signed an online petition, calling for Ms Cross to be stripped of her prestigious title . The Kennel Club explained that it had warned Ms Cross not to pick up the dog in that manner but that it was 'customary' to do so in the U.S . 'Strip Rebecca Cross of her Best In Show award at Crufts 2015 for her unduly harsh handling of the Scottish Terrier, Knopa,' the petition reads. 'Under KC Rule A42 I believe that Ms Cross is guilty of "behaving discreditably and prejudicially to the interests of the canine world" and should be held accountable.' The British Kennel Club, the organizers of the show, which was held in Birmingham, said it had warned Cross not to pick up the dog in that manner but that it was 'customary' to do so in the U.S. Knopa beat over 21,000 dogs to be named Best in Show at the competition. After the footage emerged of Cross handling her dog, Crufts issued an almost immediate apology. Cross also issued an apology, saying she 'didn't do it on purpose, it was just habit'. She added: 'It's just one of those things. It happened and I tried to really think about it and not do it, but it's habit.' The petition claims Ms Cross (right), whose prize-giving was interrupted by an anti-Crufts campaigner (left), is guilty of ‘behaving discreditably and prejudicially to the interests of the canine world’ Ms Cross (pictured in the arena) apologized, saying she 'didn't do it on purpose, it was just habit' Veteran: Her Facebook page shows Cross, who has a baby daughter, previously served in the military . Cross, who lived in Japan for four years and now resides in Maryland where she breeds different types of pedigree dogs, has bred and owned Scottish Terriers for two decades. She has previously won multiple Best in Shows, according to an online bio, and also works full-time for a consulting group in Maryland, according to her website. Despite her apology, the anger towards her continued to grow, with the petition gaining nearly 100,000 in less than 12 hours. It claims Ms Cross is guilty of ‘behaving discreditably and prejudicially to the interests of the canine world’. But, in a second statement, the Kennel Club said it would not be 'fair' to strip the dog of its Best in Show title, solely due to the behavior of its owner. A Kennel Club spokesman added that, although there was 'clear guidance' that dogs should not be handled in this way, it would be reviewing its procedures in light of the incident. Jagger, who is co-owned by Belgian Aleksandra Lauwers and Leicester-based breeder Dee Milligan-Bott, died in his owner's arms on Friday, after returning home to Belgium . Scandal: The owner of this chamption Myter, Eye to Eye, also believes the dog was deliberately poisoned after she was found vomiting and shaking in pain shortly before it was due to be judged on Friday . The Scottish Terrier was initially bred as a working dog by farmers to eradicate vermin and hunt small animals underground. It has a very long and strong tail which owners traditionally used to pull it out of holes. It is not said to hurt to pick them up in this way. They were introduced into America in the early 1890s and it was not until the years between World War I and World War II that they became popular. They have been owned by a variety of celebrities, including the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose Scottie "Fala" is included with FDR in a statue in Washington, DC, as well as the 43rd President George W. Bush. They said: 'We completely understand the concerns about how Knopa, the Best in Show dog, was handled on the judging table. 'A decision will be made by committee about what action may be taken within the current rules and guidance. In this specific case an investigation is underway and a decision will be made by committee about the actions that have been taken by the exhibitor at Crufts and the next steps. 'The judge’s primary focus is on the dogs themselves and we do not believe it would be fair to strip the dog of its Best in Show title because the dog was awarded this prize based on its own merits in the show ring.' It added: 'Prior to this incident the guidance related to handling has been followed by those showing their dogs but in light of this situation we will be reviewing our rules and guidance and how they may need to be amended going forward. This is the latest incident are the latest controversies to hit the world famous competition. Earlier this week, it emerged that six dogs who took part in the competition had been reportedly poisoned, including Irish setter Jagger, who died at his Belgium home on Monday. The RSPCA confirmed it was investigating allegations that an overseas competitor had mistreated his dog outside the showground, pictured . [/INST] Rebecca Cross, a mother-of-one and military veteran from Maryland, caused outrage at British dog show last weekend .
She was filmed picking up five-year-old Scottish terrier Knopa by tail .
Footage led to online petition which accused Crufts of 'turning blind eye'
Organizers allegedly warned her about handling but will not remove title .
Comes amid allegations that six dogs were poisoned at world famous show . </s> |
(CNN)"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd," wrote Miguel de Cervantes, the Shakespeare of Spain. And the quest to find his remains has sometimes seemed both, even (dare one say it) quixotic in a time of recession. But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed. Almost 400 years after Cervantes' death, a team led by Francisco Etxeberria announced Tuesday that they were confident they had found Cervantes' coffin in the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in the Barrio de Las Letras (Literary Quarter) in Madrid. Historical records indicated Cervantes had been buried there, but the convent had been substantially rebuilt since. (Etxeberria, incidentally, performed the autopsy on former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende, confirming he had committed suicide.) At a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Etxeberria said that while there was no mathematical proof or DNA test available to completely verify the findings, there were "many coincidences and no discrepancies" in the examination of "Osario 32," a common grave in the crypt that contained the remains of 16 people. "We have Cervantes, represented in some form in this group of bones that are unfortunately very degraded and very fragmented," Etxeberria told national television. The search for Cervantes' coffin -- using radar -- began last year, funded by the Madrid City Council. It first mapped more than 30 burial cavities in the walls and nearly 5 meters beneath the floor of the church. Mass spectrometry dated fragments of wood and cloth found in these cavities to the 17th century, an encouraging but far from conclusive development. One crumbling coffin found in January had the initials "M C" hammered in nail heads, along with a jumble of skeletal remains. Even then Exteberria urged caution, but further research has narrowed the odds. The forensic team had been hoping that some of those remains would positively identify Cervantes, who suffered gunshot wounds in the chest and left hand at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. But they are not in sufficiently good shape, and some of the remains found may be of Cervantes' wife, Catalina de Salazar. Nor will DNA analysis be much help, for there are no known descendants of Cervantes. Catalina was not Cervantes' first partner. As a teenager he ran away from home with a barmaid, Josefina de Perez, before enlisting with the Spanish Navy. It was only in the 1580s that he started to write, publishing "La Galatea" in 1585 and his most famous work, "Don Quixote," in 1605 -- or to give its full title, "The Adventures of the Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha." But "Don Quixote" would hardly be noticed in Cervantes' lifetime, and he was almost penniless when he died, having joined the Third Order of St. Francis in his declining years. He knew he was dying when he wrote in the prologue of a posthumously published novel, "Perhaps the time may come when I mend again this broken thread and say what words fail me here and what needed to be said. Farewell, waggish jokes; farewell, wittiness; farewell, merry friends, for I am dying and longing soon to see you, happy in the life to come." Cervantes was buried on April 23,1616 -- in the same week William Shakespeare died. There are now plans to reinter Cervantes at the convent and build a new entrance to the crypt in time for the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death next year. Tyler Fisher, a lecturer in Hispanic studies at Royal Holloway College in London, says that such exhumations "ignite public attention, inspire re-readings, and invest an all-but-forgotten corner of the city with a renewed, imaginative depth." Cervantes might enjoy all the attention. Many literary critics say he was not aware of his own genius. John Ormsby, a scholar and translator of Cervantes' work in the 19th century, wrote of "Don Quixote," "Never was a great work so neglected by its author." CNN's Helena Cavendish de Moura contributed to this report. | Scientists say they've found the burial place of the influential author .
Miguel de Cervantes died in 1616 . | 5ed9781473b4363c8214d6f46e7a80bf335f2593 | <s>[INST] (CNN)"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd," wrote Miguel de Cervantes, the Shakespeare of Spain. And the quest to find his remains has sometimes seemed both, even (dare one say it) quixotic in a time of recession. But forensic scientists have persevered, and appear to have triumphed. Almost 400 years after Cervantes' death, a team led by Francisco Etxeberria announced Tuesday that they were confident they had found Cervantes' coffin in the crypt of the Convent of the Barefoot Trinitarians in the Barrio de Las Letras (Literary Quarter) in Madrid. Historical records indicated Cervantes had been buried there, but the convent had been substantially rebuilt since. (Etxeberria, incidentally, performed the autopsy on former Chilean President Gen. Salvador Allende, confirming he had committed suicide.) At a news conference in Madrid on Tuesday, Etxeberria said that while there was no mathematical proof or DNA test available to completely verify the findings, there were "many coincidences and no discrepancies" in the examination of "Osario 32," a common grave in the crypt that contained the remains of 16 people. "We have Cervantes, represented in some form in this group of bones that are unfortunately very degraded and very fragmented," Etxeberria told national television. The search for Cervantes' coffin -- using radar -- began last year, funded by the Madrid City Council. It first mapped more than 30 burial cavities in the walls and nearly 5 meters beneath the floor of the church. Mass spectrometry dated fragments of wood and cloth found in these cavities to the 17th century, an encouraging but far from conclusive development. One crumbling coffin found in January had the initials "M C" hammered in nail heads, along with a jumble of skeletal remains. Even then Exteberria urged caution, but further research has narrowed the odds. The forensic team had been hoping that some of those remains would positively identify Cervantes, who suffered gunshot wounds in the chest and left hand at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. But they are not in sufficiently good shape, and some of the remains found may be of Cervantes' wife, Catalina de Salazar. Nor will DNA analysis be much help, for there are no known descendants of Cervantes. Catalina was not Cervantes' first partner. As a teenager he ran away from home with a barmaid, Josefina de Perez, before enlisting with the Spanish Navy. It was only in the 1580s that he started to write, publishing "La Galatea" in 1585 and his most famous work, "Don Quixote," in 1605 -- or to give its full title, "The Adventures of the Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha." But "Don Quixote" would hardly be noticed in Cervantes' lifetime, and he was almost penniless when he died, having joined the Third Order of St. Francis in his declining years. He knew he was dying when he wrote in the prologue of a posthumously published novel, "Perhaps the time may come when I mend again this broken thread and say what words fail me here and what needed to be said. Farewell, waggish jokes; farewell, wittiness; farewell, merry friends, for I am dying and longing soon to see you, happy in the life to come." Cervantes was buried on April 23,1616 -- in the same week William Shakespeare died. There are now plans to reinter Cervantes at the convent and build a new entrance to the crypt in time for the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death next year. Tyler Fisher, a lecturer in Hispanic studies at Royal Holloway College in London, says that such exhumations "ignite public attention, inspire re-readings, and invest an all-but-forgotten corner of the city with a renewed, imaginative depth." Cervantes might enjoy all the attention. Many literary critics say he was not aware of his own genius. John Ormsby, a scholar and translator of Cervantes' work in the 19th century, wrote of "Don Quixote," "Never was a great work so neglected by its author." CNN's Helena Cavendish de Moura contributed to this report. [/INST] Scientists say they've found the burial place of the influential author .
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Cola-Cola has gotten rid of a Fanta advertisement that referred to the 1940s, the time period in which the drink was first produced in Germany, as 'the good old times.' The advertisement, which was broadcast in German, was in honor of Fanta's 75th anniversary and promoted a new drink recipe. The clip detailed how Fanta was created by the soda company's employees, because there were limited supplies available to produce Coke. Scroll down for video . Creation: Fanta was first created in Germany, when there were limited supplies available for producing Coke . The advertisement's voice-over narration said in German '75 years ago, resources for our beloved Coke in Germany were scarce. 'Employees at Coca-Cola - rather clever brainiacs - had to think of something and came up with a brilliant idea. 'From the scarcely available ingredients, such as whey and apple fibers, they simply developed a new drink.' Later on in the clip, the narrator said 'This German soda turns 75 years old.' 'And to celebrate this, we are bringing back the feeling of the "Good Old Times" with the new Fanta Classic.' The advertisement does not say that the drink was produced in Nazi Germany during WWII, the Express pointed out, when there were trade embargoes against the country. According to the newspaper, the advertisement enraged online commenters, one of whom reportedly said they were 'Speechless.' A Coca-Cola spokeswoman issued a statement to Daily Mail Online, which read 'We apologize for any offense caused by a video promoting our new Fanta Classic product in Germany. 'The new product is based on the original Fanta formula and the video was intended to evoke positive memories of many consumers over more than seven decades of Fanta brand history. 'Fanta was invented in Germany during the Second World War but the 75-year-old brand had no association with Hitler or the Nazi Party.' New edition: The advertisement, broadcast in German, commemorated Fanta's 75th anniversary and promoted a new drink recipe . | Coca-Cola's Fanta ad commemorated the drink's 75th anniversary and promoted a new drink recipe .
The commercial detailed how the soda was first created in Germany .
A narrator says in the clip 'We are bringing back the feeling of the "Good Old Times"'
Coca-Cola has said the ad was meant to 'evoke positive childhood memories' | 5e09de8682e2dc84e0668f0a6e98f29613eeb4e7 | <s>[INST] Cola-Cola has gotten rid of a Fanta advertisement that referred to the 1940s, the time period in which the drink was first produced in Germany, as 'the good old times.' The advertisement, which was broadcast in German, was in honor of Fanta's 75th anniversary and promoted a new drink recipe. The clip detailed how Fanta was created by the soda company's employees, because there were limited supplies available to produce Coke. Scroll down for video . Creation: Fanta was first created in Germany, when there were limited supplies available for producing Coke . The advertisement's voice-over narration said in German '75 years ago, resources for our beloved Coke in Germany were scarce. 'Employees at Coca-Cola - rather clever brainiacs - had to think of something and came up with a brilliant idea. 'From the scarcely available ingredients, such as whey and apple fibers, they simply developed a new drink.' Later on in the clip, the narrator said 'This German soda turns 75 years old.' 'And to celebrate this, we are bringing back the feeling of the "Good Old Times" with the new Fanta Classic.' The advertisement does not say that the drink was produced in Nazi Germany during WWII, the Express pointed out, when there were trade embargoes against the country. According to the newspaper, the advertisement enraged online commenters, one of whom reportedly said they were 'Speechless.' A Coca-Cola spokeswoman issued a statement to Daily Mail Online, which read 'We apologize for any offense caused by a video promoting our new Fanta Classic product in Germany. 'The new product is based on the original Fanta formula and the video was intended to evoke positive memories of many consumers over more than seven decades of Fanta brand history. 'Fanta was invented in Germany during the Second World War but the 75-year-old brand had no association with Hitler or the Nazi Party.' New edition: The advertisement, broadcast in German, commemorated Fanta's 75th anniversary and promoted a new drink recipe . [/INST] Coca-Cola's Fanta ad commemorated the drink's 75th anniversary and promoted a new drink recipe .
The commercial detailed how the soda was first created in Germany .
A narrator says in the clip 'We are bringing back the feeling of the "Good Old Times"'
Coca-Cola has said the ad was meant to 'evoke positive childhood memories' </s> |
A devoted husband who narrowly survived a suicide pact with his wife 12 months ago has killed himself using the same method, a coroner's court has heard. Kenneth Brown, 75, died in his bathroom from carbon monoxide poisoning in the same spot where wife Helen, 71, was found under a blanket the year before. Portsmouth Coroner's Court heard that he had been 'living in misery' since his wife's death, and was found on October 30 last year after sending letters to his sons explaining his decision. Portsmouth Coroner's Court (pictured) heard that Kenneth Brown had been 'living in misery' since the death of his wife, who killed herself in a joint suicide attempt which he narrowly survived . Helen Brown became suicidal due to a severe bout of depression brought on by illness, and had attempted suicide several times before husband Kenneth agreed to help her kill herself. Mr Brown, a former company director, decided he wanted to die alongside his wife to avoid being sent to jail afterwards. He survived the initial attempt after emergency services were called, but Portsmouth coroner's court heard the near miss had brought on a severe bout of depression. Coroner David Horsley (pictured) said it was a 'very sad' case, and told Mr Brown's two sons that he hoped never to see them again . Police rushed to his address in Liss, Hampshire, for a second time on October last year after receiving a signed letter saying he had gassed himself, but were unable to save him. His son James told the hearing how his father had been depressed following the death of his wife and had finally 'got what he wanted.' He said: 'It's an unfortunate turn of events but ultimately I'm happy that he got what he wanted, as he'd only been living there in misery. 'Maybe he would have come out of it in a few years but he wouldn't have seen the point in continuing, he wouldn't have seen the point in going on.' Mr Brown had posted letters to his two sons shortly before killing himself explaining his decision. Portsmouth coroner David Horsley, who presided over the inquest into Mrs Brown's death, recorded a verdict of suicide, noting that retired company director Mr Brown was severely depressed at the time. He told Mr Brown's sons: 'I really hope that I never see anybody from your family in this court again. I'm so, so sorry that you are here. 'The sad story is that basically he had given up since the death of your mother. 'He had chosen to withdraw from things and I think we can understand that really given the circumstances leading up to it including your mother's death. 'All I can say is how terribly sorry I am to you and all of your family that this has happened. How dreadful for you, I really am sorry.' | Kenneth Brown, 75, had been 'living in misery' since death of wife Helen .
Mrs Brown, 71, died in bathroom in joint suicide attempt with husband .
He survived, but went into depression and 'felt like he couldn't go on'
Found dead in October last year in same room where wife passed away . | 562d39b9e5d6c3f73c56aedb41b4c850cc7d3b97 | <s>[INST] A devoted husband who narrowly survived a suicide pact with his wife 12 months ago has killed himself using the same method, a coroner's court has heard. Kenneth Brown, 75, died in his bathroom from carbon monoxide poisoning in the same spot where wife Helen, 71, was found under a blanket the year before. Portsmouth Coroner's Court heard that he had been 'living in misery' since his wife's death, and was found on October 30 last year after sending letters to his sons explaining his decision. Portsmouth Coroner's Court (pictured) heard that Kenneth Brown had been 'living in misery' since the death of his wife, who killed herself in a joint suicide attempt which he narrowly survived . Helen Brown became suicidal due to a severe bout of depression brought on by illness, and had attempted suicide several times before husband Kenneth agreed to help her kill herself. Mr Brown, a former company director, decided he wanted to die alongside his wife to avoid being sent to jail afterwards. He survived the initial attempt after emergency services were called, but Portsmouth coroner's court heard the near miss had brought on a severe bout of depression. Coroner David Horsley (pictured) said it was a 'very sad' case, and told Mr Brown's two sons that he hoped never to see them again . Police rushed to his address in Liss, Hampshire, for a second time on October last year after receiving a signed letter saying he had gassed himself, but were unable to save him. His son James told the hearing how his father had been depressed following the death of his wife and had finally 'got what he wanted.' He said: 'It's an unfortunate turn of events but ultimately I'm happy that he got what he wanted, as he'd only been living there in misery. 'Maybe he would have come out of it in a few years but he wouldn't have seen the point in continuing, he wouldn't have seen the point in going on.' Mr Brown had posted letters to his two sons shortly before killing himself explaining his decision. Portsmouth coroner David Horsley, who presided over the inquest into Mrs Brown's death, recorded a verdict of suicide, noting that retired company director Mr Brown was severely depressed at the time. He told Mr Brown's sons: 'I really hope that I never see anybody from your family in this court again. I'm so, so sorry that you are here. 'The sad story is that basically he had given up since the death of your mother. 'He had chosen to withdraw from things and I think we can understand that really given the circumstances leading up to it including your mother's death. 'All I can say is how terribly sorry I am to you and all of your family that this has happened. How dreadful for you, I really am sorry.' [/INST] Kenneth Brown, 75, had been 'living in misery' since death of wife Helen .
Mrs Brown, 71, died in bathroom in joint suicide attempt with husband .
He survived, but went into depression and 'felt like he couldn't go on'
Found dead in October last year in same room where wife passed away . </s> |
Sebastian Vettel laughed off Nico Rosberg’s claim that he hopes Ferrari can catch Mercedes during a spiky press conference after Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton, who romped to victory at the season-opening race in Melbourne, and team-mate Rosberg, finished more than half-a-minute clear of Vettel to seal an utterly dominant weekend for the world champions. After the race, Rosberg said he hoped Ferrari would be able to bring the challenge to Mercedes, with he and Hamilton expected to dominate this term having won 16 of the 19 races in 2014. Lewis Hamilton was caught in the middle as Nico Rosberg (left) and Sebastian Vettel traded jibes . Hamilton can't keep a straight face as Vettel laughs off claims he hopes Ferrari catch Mercedes this season . But his suggestion provoked a spiky response from Vettel, the four-time world champion who celebrated his Ferrari debut with a podium finish. ‘Be honest, do you really hope so?’ quizzed Vettel when Rosberg claimed ‘it would be good if they [Ferrari] can come a bit closer’. Vettel added: ‘Seriously? You finished 30 seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying?’ Rosberg responded: ‘I hope that you can give us a challenge. Because it’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do think about the show. I want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for everybody.’ Vettel points to the crowd as he celebrates his first Ferrari podium on his debut for the famous Italian team . The four-time world champion finished the best part of 30 seconds behind Hamilton and Rosberg on Sunday . Former Red Bull driver Vettel then called on his German compatriot to give him a guided tour of the Mercedes garage at the next race in Malaysia. ‘You can come if you want, we can invite you,’ said Rosberg. ‘OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come,' Vettel replied. The spat continued when Vettel said it was ‘a shame’ that his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen didn’t finish the race – the Finn was forced to retire after his pit-crew failed to properly attach his rear-left tyre during his second stop. ‘You find it a shame that your team-mate didn’t finish?’ quizzed Rosberg, seemingly still irked by Vettel’s earlier interrogation. ‘Yes. I don’t know how much you like each other,’ answered Vettel in reference to Rosberg’s relationship with Hamilton, which descended into chaos at times last season as they vied for the title. ‘But Kimi and myself we get along, so I think it is a shame,' Vettel added. Hamilton saw off the challenge from Rosberg to win the opening race of the new season . VIDEO Hamilton cruises to victory in Australian GP . Q: Question to both Lewis and Nico. We’ve seen dominance in qualifying, dominance in the race today. Is this it for the season? A two-horse race between you two for the title or can you envisage any of your rivals making in-roads into your supremacy? LH: I think Nico was just explaining… I didn’t know, I didn’t see the times or anything but I think the Ferraris have taken a huge step forward. It’s clear they’ve made one of the biggest steps. So we definitely cannot back off because I’m sure they’re going to be pushing. And I anticipate we might have a good fight with them at some stage this year… . Nico? NR: I hope we can have a good fight. That would be awesome. I think the next couple of races we’re going to be leading the way for sure, and we’re going to try and keep it that way, but we know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they don’t come too close… . SV: Be honest. Do you really hope so? Seriously? You finished 30 seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying? NR: I hope that you can give us a challenge! Because it’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do think about the show. Half of me – or a part of me – thinks about the show because I want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for everybody. SV: First suggestion, if you don’t mind, I think your garage becomes public for Malaysia and everyone can have a look. No? I’m joking. NR: You can come if you want, we can invite you… . SV: OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come. NR: Friday Malaysia, OK. SV: Engineers’ room? Debrief, I’ll be there. Q: Sebastian, among the races to come, which one do you feel will be the one that is easier for you, for Ferrari to catch up to the Mercedes? I think Malaysia will be difficult but what about Bahrain or Shanghai? SV: Easy, for us? I think if you look at the gap, nowhere is going to be easy. I think we have to focus on ourselves, make sure that what we learned this weekend we’re able to take into the next races. The most important thing now is that if we finish – we did finish right behind Mercedes today. We need to confirm that in the next race, that’s the priority number one, so we need to make sure that I was not just a one-off. We improve reliability. As I said, Kimi didn’t finish, which is a shame. We could have scored a lot more points today. NR: ... that you find it a shame that your teammate didn’t finish? SV: Yes. I don’t know how much you like each other but Kimi and myself we get along, so I think it is a shame. NR: I though as a racing driver you might like it that you have a couple of points advantage over him now. I don’t want to get you off the foot there, sorry. Oops. Look at him, look at him go... SV: I can see your point. No, no. I can see that at the moment, where we are, we want to make sure we catch you guys and to do that we both need to score. Yes, I honestly think so and I honestly didn’t want to see the second car not finishing today. NR: Because I’m ready for it now, you caught me a bit off guard before but now I’m ready for it! Teen sensation Max Verstappen missed out on finishing in the points in his grand prix bow. Verstappen, 17, the youngest driver in F1 history, was running in ninth before mechanical gremlins struck. He was forced to park his Toro Rosso after 32 laps, which, in a remarkable coincidence, was the same number his father Jos completed before retiring on his 1994 F1 debut in Brazil. Lewis Hamilton’s win, the 34th of his GP career, means he has won seven of the last eight races. It leaves him five shy of Vettel, fourth on the all-time list, and seven adrift of boyhood hero Ayrton Senna. It is understood that Susie Wolff, the British racer, will not deputise for Valtteri Bottas in Malaysia if the Finn fails to recover from his back problem. ‘Susie is our test driver, not our reserve driver,’ said the team’s boss Claire Williams. | Sebastian Vettel issued spiky response when Nico Rosberg claimed he hoped Ferrari would be able to catch frontrunners Mercedes .
Vettel quizzed: 'You hope you slow down? Is that what you are saying?'
The spat rumbled on throughout the post-race press conference .
Rosberg and Vettel finished behind race winner Lewis Hamilton . | c4c7fa5e31f0f1facdfcad612ddcccf8907b65c0 | <s>[INST] Sebastian Vettel laughed off Nico Rosberg’s claim that he hopes Ferrari can catch Mercedes during a spiky press conference after Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton, who romped to victory at the season-opening race in Melbourne, and team-mate Rosberg, finished more than half-a-minute clear of Vettel to seal an utterly dominant weekend for the world champions. After the race, Rosberg said he hoped Ferrari would be able to bring the challenge to Mercedes, with he and Hamilton expected to dominate this term having won 16 of the 19 races in 2014. Lewis Hamilton was caught in the middle as Nico Rosberg (left) and Sebastian Vettel traded jibes . Hamilton can't keep a straight face as Vettel laughs off claims he hopes Ferrari catch Mercedes this season . But his suggestion provoked a spiky response from Vettel, the four-time world champion who celebrated his Ferrari debut with a podium finish. ‘Be honest, do you really hope so?’ quizzed Vettel when Rosberg claimed ‘it would be good if they [Ferrari] can come a bit closer’. Vettel added: ‘Seriously? You finished 30 seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying?’ Rosberg responded: ‘I hope that you can give us a challenge. Because it’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do think about the show. I want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for everybody.’ Vettel points to the crowd as he celebrates his first Ferrari podium on his debut for the famous Italian team . The four-time world champion finished the best part of 30 seconds behind Hamilton and Rosberg on Sunday . Former Red Bull driver Vettel then called on his German compatriot to give him a guided tour of the Mercedes garage at the next race in Malaysia. ‘You can come if you want, we can invite you,’ said Rosberg. ‘OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come,' Vettel replied. The spat continued when Vettel said it was ‘a shame’ that his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen didn’t finish the race – the Finn was forced to retire after his pit-crew failed to properly attach his rear-left tyre during his second stop. ‘You find it a shame that your team-mate didn’t finish?’ quizzed Rosberg, seemingly still irked by Vettel’s earlier interrogation. ‘Yes. I don’t know how much you like each other,’ answered Vettel in reference to Rosberg’s relationship with Hamilton, which descended into chaos at times last season as they vied for the title. ‘But Kimi and myself we get along, so I think it is a shame,' Vettel added. Hamilton saw off the challenge from Rosberg to win the opening race of the new season . VIDEO Hamilton cruises to victory in Australian GP . Q: Question to both Lewis and Nico. We’ve seen dominance in qualifying, dominance in the race today. Is this it for the season? A two-horse race between you two for the title or can you envisage any of your rivals making in-roads into your supremacy? LH: I think Nico was just explaining… I didn’t know, I didn’t see the times or anything but I think the Ferraris have taken a huge step forward. It’s clear they’ve made one of the biggest steps. So we definitely cannot back off because I’m sure they’re going to be pushing. And I anticipate we might have a good fight with them at some stage this year… . Nico? NR: I hope we can have a good fight. That would be awesome. I think the next couple of races we’re going to be leading the way for sure, and we’re going to try and keep it that way, but we know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they don’t come too close… . SV: Be honest. Do you really hope so? Seriously? You finished 30 seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying? NR: I hope that you can give us a challenge! Because it’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do think about the show. Half of me – or a part of me – thinks about the show because I want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for everybody. SV: First suggestion, if you don’t mind, I think your garage becomes public for Malaysia and everyone can have a look. No? I’m joking. NR: You can come if you want, we can invite you… . SV: OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come. NR: Friday Malaysia, OK. SV: Engineers’ room? Debrief, I’ll be there. Q: Sebastian, among the races to come, which one do you feel will be the one that is easier for you, for Ferrari to catch up to the Mercedes? I think Malaysia will be difficult but what about Bahrain or Shanghai? SV: Easy, for us? I think if you look at the gap, nowhere is going to be easy. I think we have to focus on ourselves, make sure that what we learned this weekend we’re able to take into the next races. The most important thing now is that if we finish – we did finish right behind Mercedes today. We need to confirm that in the next race, that’s the priority number one, so we need to make sure that I was not just a one-off. We improve reliability. As I said, Kimi didn’t finish, which is a shame. We could have scored a lot more points today. NR: ... that you find it a shame that your teammate didn’t finish? SV: Yes. I don’t know how much you like each other but Kimi and myself we get along, so I think it is a shame. NR: I though as a racing driver you might like it that you have a couple of points advantage over him now. I don’t want to get you off the foot there, sorry. Oops. Look at him, look at him go... SV: I can see your point. No, no. I can see that at the moment, where we are, we want to make sure we catch you guys and to do that we both need to score. Yes, I honestly think so and I honestly didn’t want to see the second car not finishing today. NR: Because I’m ready for it now, you caught me a bit off guard before but now I’m ready for it! Teen sensation Max Verstappen missed out on finishing in the points in his grand prix bow. Verstappen, 17, the youngest driver in F1 history, was running in ninth before mechanical gremlins struck. He was forced to park his Toro Rosso after 32 laps, which, in a remarkable coincidence, was the same number his father Jos completed before retiring on his 1994 F1 debut in Brazil. Lewis Hamilton’s win, the 34th of his GP career, means he has won seven of the last eight races. It leaves him five shy of Vettel, fourth on the all-time list, and seven adrift of boyhood hero Ayrton Senna. It is understood that Susie Wolff, the British racer, will not deputise for Valtteri Bottas in Malaysia if the Finn fails to recover from his back problem. ‘Susie is our test driver, not our reserve driver,’ said the team’s boss Claire Williams. [/INST] Sebastian Vettel issued spiky response when Nico Rosberg claimed he hoped Ferrari would be able to catch frontrunners Mercedes .
Vettel quizzed: 'You hope you slow down? Is that what you are saying?'
The spat rumbled on throughout the post-race press conference .
Rosberg and Vettel finished behind race winner Lewis Hamilton . </s> |
Technology that might have averted the Germanwings tragedy by remotely seizing control of the plane has existed for years – but has been resisted by the aviation industry, it emerged last night . Support for real-time monitoring of jets from the ground has stalled amid airline fears of the dangers of eliminating pilots and the possibilities of a so-called cyber-hijack by terrorists. Unions representing pilots are also against the move. The 9/11 attacks on the US, in which terrorists used hijacked aircraft as weapons, sparked calls for new systems to prevent a repeat of the atrocity. Scroll down for video . Recovery: Teams working in the difficult Alpine terrain clear scattered crash debris and search for bodies and belongings . Grief: Relatives of the victims overcome with emotion after attending a tribute in honour of their loved ones in Le Vernet, France on Thursday . Philip Baum, editor of Aviation Security International, said the tragedy was partly due to 'knee-jerk' controls introduced after 9/11. He told The Independent: 'The ill-thought reinforced cockpit door has had catastrophic consequences.' Mr Baum said thinking about airline safety had been skewed by the 2001 terror attacks, adding that there had been 'excessive attention given to terrorism' and a 'failure to address other threats to aviation security'. Manufacturers in Europe and America have worked on ways of creating a ‘hijack-proof’ aircraft. In 2006, Boeing was awarded a US patent for an ‘uninterruptible autopilot system’. This would allow pilots, ground controllers or security agencies such as the CIA to activate an automatic flight mode that cannot be turned off by anyone on board. The system could also switch itself on if terrorists tried to fight their way into the cockpit, with pressure sensors on the door responding to excessive force. Eight previous crashes have been caused by suspected pilot suicide, leading to 416 deaths. November 29, 2013: Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashed in Namibia, killing 33 people. October 31, 1999: 217 people died after Egypt Air Flight 990 from New York crash-landed in the sea. October 11, 1999: An Air Botswana pilot grounded for medical reasons took off and crashed his plane. He was the only fatality. December 19, 1997: 104 people were killed when Silk Air flight 185 crashed in Indonesia. August 21, 1994: A Royal Air Maroc pilot flew into the Atlas Mountains, killing 44 people. July 13, 1994: A Russian Air Force engineer crashed a plane he stole at a military base, killing himself. August 22, 1979: A recently sacked mechanic crashed a stolen plane in Colombia, killing four. September 26, 1976: Twelve died when a Russian pilot directed his plane at his ex-wife’s flat. The aircraft’s flight path could be radioed to it by ground control, and it would be brought safely down at a nearby airport using existing automatic landing aids. Sources at Boeing claimed at the time that the anti-hijack equipment could be fitted to planes all over the world by 2010. But this has failed to happen amid safety concerns from pilots and airlines, and the technology remains unproven. The ability to direct pilotless aircraft from the ground is well established – military drones have long been used for surveillance and targeted missile attacks. In 2013, a 16-seater Jetstream airliner became the first passenger plane to fly ‘unmanned’ across UK civilian airspace. It was controlled remotely from the ground for the 500-mile journey, though a pilot on board handled the take-off and landing. But the idea of flying a plane carrying hundreds of passengers without any human intervention continues to worry experts. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority said there was no remote control system currently available that could cope with navigating the country’s crowded skies. A spokesman added: ‘There are companies working on it, but the technology doesn’t exist in a practical or useable form yet.’ Pilots’ union Balpa fears using pilotless planes or allowing authorities to remotely take control of a stricken or hijacked aircraft – and believes it could leave planes in danger of being ‘hacked’ from afar. A spokesman said: ‘Having at least two pilots on the flight deck has helped make flying an incredibly safe form of public transport. The focus in the wake of this tragic accident is likely to be on ensuring that both pilots always have access to the cockpit and cannot be prevented from re-entering. ‘With this and any other measures we must act with careful consideration to ensure we don’t create new safety risks or concerns such as those raised by the vulnerability of any form of remote control of a passenger aircraft.’ Aviation safety analyst Chris Yates said there had been frequent calls for remote-controlled aircraft takeover systems since 9/11. But he also argued that this could pose more risks to passengers, with ground controllers unable to see all that a pilot on board could see. There is also a danger the technology would allow cyber-terrorists to hack into an airliner’s controls. Mr Yates added: ‘There has always been a desire to have the ability to control planes from the ground … But the ground element of that was entirely pooh-poohed by the aviation industry for a whole variety of reasons, not least of which is aircraft safety. ‘Questions will always be posed as to whether pilots should be taken out of the equation in the event of something like this so ground control would take over … I personally would not feel comfortable getting on any airliner where control could be taken away from the pilots and co-pilots.’ Youngest victim: Seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres, pictured with his mother Marina Bandres (also right), died when the Airbus crashed . 9/11 rules allowed tragedy to happen . The disaster was made possible because of rules introduced after the 9/11 attacks to keep hijackers out of aircraft cockpits. Here SAM MARSDEN and RAY MASSEY analyse how co-pilot Andreas Lubitz took advantage of his colleague’s toilet break to crash the plane . When are pilots allowed to leave the cockpit? The days when aircraft captains wandered through the cabin chatting to air hostesses and children are long gone. In general both pilots must remain in their positions at the controls of at all times, and on short-haul flights they generally do not budge. But once the jet is safely in the air, they can get up to use the toilet as long as they are not absent any longer than is necessary. Patrick Sonderheimer, the pilot of the Germanwings plane, waited to reach cruising altitude before stepping out of the cockpit, pictured . Patrick Sonderheimer, the pilot of the Germanwings plane, waited to reach cruising altitude at 38,000ft before stepping out of the cockpit. Why was Lubitz allowed to remain on the flight deck on his own? It is considered best practice to ensure that there are always two people in the cockpit to avoid tragedies like Tuesday’s. A relief pilot travels on some long-haul flights so the other crew members can get some sleep. Access to the cockpit door on the Germanwings Airbus A320 (like the one above) can be disabled from inside the flight deck to prevent hijacking . Many airlines have a rule that another crew member must replace the pilot or co-pilot while they go to the toilet. But, in line with German aviation authority requirements, Germanwings did not stipulate that a pilot could not be left alone in the cockpit. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority yesterday changed its guidance in light of this week’s disaster and now urges UK airlines to enforce the two-person rule. Several European airlines, including easyJet, have announced that they will now insist that two crew remain in the cockpit at all times. Why was the pilot unable to get back into the cockpit? The black box voice recorder recovered from the wreckage reveals that Mr Sonderheimer first knocked gently on the door seeking to get back in after his brief toilet trip. As the minutes passed and he realised his crazed co-pilot was steering all 150 people on board to their deaths, he became increasingly desperate and attempted to smash the door down. But Lubitz was able to barricade himself inside the cockpit thanks to an armoured bullet-proof door designed to protect passengers by keeping out terrorists. These were made mandatory after the 9/11 terror attacks on the US. To save weight, the reinforced cockpit doors often contain bullet-proof Kevlar and other super-strong composite compounds, as well as metal. The Airbus A320 has a keypad outside the cockpit which allows cabin crew to gain access by tapping in a secret code if the pilots become incapacitated for some reason. But the pilot can flick a switch to lock the door from the inside, which deactivates the external keypad for between five and 20 minutes. What screening did Lubitz undergo before being allowed to fly? Top airlines use psychological testing to check that would-be pilots are able to cope with stressful situations as well as possessing the skills needed to fly a large aircraft. Anyone found to have a history of alcohol or drug addiction or a serious mental health problem faces being rejected. Flight crew have regular medical check-ups. Those under 40 are examined once a year, while older pilots undergo tests every six months. Doctors look for health issues, including signs of stress, fatigue, drug or alcohol abuse that may point to deeper psychological problems. Without their medical certificate pilots are not allowed to fly. Aviation psychologist Professor Robert Bor said: ‘Every time they arrive at an airport they have to check-in and meet with other staff – to not spot a pilot with mental health problems would be rare.’ Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, said its air crew were chosen extremely carefully and subjected to psychological vetting. | Technology that might have averted Alps tragedy has existed for years but has been resisted by aviation industry .
'Uninterruptible autopilot system' would allow ground controllers to activate mode that cannot be turned off on jet .
But support has stalled amid fears of dangers of eliminating pilots and possibilities of so-called cyber-hijacks . | 566b1a7210703ca5a9073d19afecbf7baf65e208 | <s>[INST] Technology that might have averted the Germanwings tragedy by remotely seizing control of the plane has existed for years – but has been resisted by the aviation industry, it emerged last night . Support for real-time monitoring of jets from the ground has stalled amid airline fears of the dangers of eliminating pilots and the possibilities of a so-called cyber-hijack by terrorists. Unions representing pilots are also against the move. The 9/11 attacks on the US, in which terrorists used hijacked aircraft as weapons, sparked calls for new systems to prevent a repeat of the atrocity. Scroll down for video . Recovery: Teams working in the difficult Alpine terrain clear scattered crash debris and search for bodies and belongings . Grief: Relatives of the victims overcome with emotion after attending a tribute in honour of their loved ones in Le Vernet, France on Thursday . Philip Baum, editor of Aviation Security International, said the tragedy was partly due to 'knee-jerk' controls introduced after 9/11. He told The Independent: 'The ill-thought reinforced cockpit door has had catastrophic consequences.' Mr Baum said thinking about airline safety had been skewed by the 2001 terror attacks, adding that there had been 'excessive attention given to terrorism' and a 'failure to address other threats to aviation security'. Manufacturers in Europe and America have worked on ways of creating a ‘hijack-proof’ aircraft. In 2006, Boeing was awarded a US patent for an ‘uninterruptible autopilot system’. This would allow pilots, ground controllers or security agencies such as the CIA to activate an automatic flight mode that cannot be turned off by anyone on board. The system could also switch itself on if terrorists tried to fight their way into the cockpit, with pressure sensors on the door responding to excessive force. Eight previous crashes have been caused by suspected pilot suicide, leading to 416 deaths. November 29, 2013: Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashed in Namibia, killing 33 people. October 31, 1999: 217 people died after Egypt Air Flight 990 from New York crash-landed in the sea. October 11, 1999: An Air Botswana pilot grounded for medical reasons took off and crashed his plane. He was the only fatality. December 19, 1997: 104 people were killed when Silk Air flight 185 crashed in Indonesia. August 21, 1994: A Royal Air Maroc pilot flew into the Atlas Mountains, killing 44 people. July 13, 1994: A Russian Air Force engineer crashed a plane he stole at a military base, killing himself. August 22, 1979: A recently sacked mechanic crashed a stolen plane in Colombia, killing four. September 26, 1976: Twelve died when a Russian pilot directed his plane at his ex-wife’s flat. The aircraft’s flight path could be radioed to it by ground control, and it would be brought safely down at a nearby airport using existing automatic landing aids. Sources at Boeing claimed at the time that the anti-hijack equipment could be fitted to planes all over the world by 2010. But this has failed to happen amid safety concerns from pilots and airlines, and the technology remains unproven. The ability to direct pilotless aircraft from the ground is well established – military drones have long been used for surveillance and targeted missile attacks. In 2013, a 16-seater Jetstream airliner became the first passenger plane to fly ‘unmanned’ across UK civilian airspace. It was controlled remotely from the ground for the 500-mile journey, though a pilot on board handled the take-off and landing. But the idea of flying a plane carrying hundreds of passengers without any human intervention continues to worry experts. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority said there was no remote control system currently available that could cope with navigating the country’s crowded skies. A spokesman added: ‘There are companies working on it, but the technology doesn’t exist in a practical or useable form yet.’ Pilots’ union Balpa fears using pilotless planes or allowing authorities to remotely take control of a stricken or hijacked aircraft – and believes it could leave planes in danger of being ‘hacked’ from afar. A spokesman said: ‘Having at least two pilots on the flight deck has helped make flying an incredibly safe form of public transport. The focus in the wake of this tragic accident is likely to be on ensuring that both pilots always have access to the cockpit and cannot be prevented from re-entering. ‘With this and any other measures we must act with careful consideration to ensure we don’t create new safety risks or concerns such as those raised by the vulnerability of any form of remote control of a passenger aircraft.’ Aviation safety analyst Chris Yates said there had been frequent calls for remote-controlled aircraft takeover systems since 9/11. But he also argued that this could pose more risks to passengers, with ground controllers unable to see all that a pilot on board could see. There is also a danger the technology would allow cyber-terrorists to hack into an airliner’s controls. Mr Yates added: ‘There has always been a desire to have the ability to control planes from the ground … But the ground element of that was entirely pooh-poohed by the aviation industry for a whole variety of reasons, not least of which is aircraft safety. ‘Questions will always be posed as to whether pilots should be taken out of the equation in the event of something like this so ground control would take over … I personally would not feel comfortable getting on any airliner where control could be taken away from the pilots and co-pilots.’ Youngest victim: Seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres, pictured with his mother Marina Bandres (also right), died when the Airbus crashed . 9/11 rules allowed tragedy to happen . The disaster was made possible because of rules introduced after the 9/11 attacks to keep hijackers out of aircraft cockpits. Here SAM MARSDEN and RAY MASSEY analyse how co-pilot Andreas Lubitz took advantage of his colleague’s toilet break to crash the plane . When are pilots allowed to leave the cockpit? The days when aircraft captains wandered through the cabin chatting to air hostesses and children are long gone. In general both pilots must remain in their positions at the controls of at all times, and on short-haul flights they generally do not budge. But once the jet is safely in the air, they can get up to use the toilet as long as they are not absent any longer than is necessary. Patrick Sonderheimer, the pilot of the Germanwings plane, waited to reach cruising altitude before stepping out of the cockpit, pictured . Patrick Sonderheimer, the pilot of the Germanwings plane, waited to reach cruising altitude at 38,000ft before stepping out of the cockpit. Why was Lubitz allowed to remain on the flight deck on his own? It is considered best practice to ensure that there are always two people in the cockpit to avoid tragedies like Tuesday’s. A relief pilot travels on some long-haul flights so the other crew members can get some sleep. Access to the cockpit door on the Germanwings Airbus A320 (like the one above) can be disabled from inside the flight deck to prevent hijacking . Many airlines have a rule that another crew member must replace the pilot or co-pilot while they go to the toilet. But, in line with German aviation authority requirements, Germanwings did not stipulate that a pilot could not be left alone in the cockpit. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority yesterday changed its guidance in light of this week’s disaster and now urges UK airlines to enforce the two-person rule. Several European airlines, including easyJet, have announced that they will now insist that two crew remain in the cockpit at all times. Why was the pilot unable to get back into the cockpit? The black box voice recorder recovered from the wreckage reveals that Mr Sonderheimer first knocked gently on the door seeking to get back in after his brief toilet trip. As the minutes passed and he realised his crazed co-pilot was steering all 150 people on board to their deaths, he became increasingly desperate and attempted to smash the door down. But Lubitz was able to barricade himself inside the cockpit thanks to an armoured bullet-proof door designed to protect passengers by keeping out terrorists. These were made mandatory after the 9/11 terror attacks on the US. To save weight, the reinforced cockpit doors often contain bullet-proof Kevlar and other super-strong composite compounds, as well as metal. The Airbus A320 has a keypad outside the cockpit which allows cabin crew to gain access by tapping in a secret code if the pilots become incapacitated for some reason. But the pilot can flick a switch to lock the door from the inside, which deactivates the external keypad for between five and 20 minutes. What screening did Lubitz undergo before being allowed to fly? Top airlines use psychological testing to check that would-be pilots are able to cope with stressful situations as well as possessing the skills needed to fly a large aircraft. Anyone found to have a history of alcohol or drug addiction or a serious mental health problem faces being rejected. Flight crew have regular medical check-ups. Those under 40 are examined once a year, while older pilots undergo tests every six months. Doctors look for health issues, including signs of stress, fatigue, drug or alcohol abuse that may point to deeper psychological problems. Without their medical certificate pilots are not allowed to fly. Aviation psychologist Professor Robert Bor said: ‘Every time they arrive at an airport they have to check-in and meet with other staff – to not spot a pilot with mental health problems would be rare.’ Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, said its air crew were chosen extremely carefully and subjected to psychological vetting. [/INST] Technology that might have averted Alps tragedy has existed for years but has been resisted by aviation industry .
'Uninterruptible autopilot system' would allow ground controllers to activate mode that cannot be turned off on jet .
But support has stalled amid fears of dangers of eliminating pilots and possibilities of so-called cyber-hijacks . </s> |
Nearly 300 Amtrak passengers were left stranded on a cold, dark train for more than three hours after it lost power in snowy Connecticut - and then a train sent to rescue them broke down too. The 299 commuters were stuck without any lights or heat after their Boston-bound train came to a halt while traveling near Mystic at 6.25pm on Thursday, Amtrak spokesman Craig Schulz said. It is believed that the vehicle lost hour due to ice and snow on the overhead power system. Within an hour, another train from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Boston was sent to pick up the restless passengers. However, it also lost power when it neared Acela train 2164. At around 9.30pm, more than three hours after the first train broke down, the passengers were transferred to a train on adjacent tracks. Scroll down for video . Without power: Nearly 300 Amtrak passengers were left stranded on a cold, dark train for more than three hours after it lost power in snowy Connecticut. Above, this photo shows the dark interior of Acela train 2164 . Desperate measures: The 299 commuters were stuck without lights or heat after their Boston-bound train came to a halt while traveling near Mystic on Thursday. Some resorted to glow sticks for light (pictured) Having a joke: Kevin Mimoso tweeted: 'On a disabled Ascela with no power in Ct/RI border. Flashlight anyone?' The second train, carrying 400 passengers, regained power at about 9.45pm, officials said. During the time that the Acela train was broken down, commuters took to social media to document their experiences of being stranded on-board the vehicle, which had set off from Washington DC. One female Twitter user, with the handle @yaelbt, wrote: 'Someone just shut off the train @Amtrak #stranded', before adding: 'I predict a Lord Of The Flies situation will start soon.' She later joked: 'Update: We are putting together a team to go hunt small animals for dinner.' Stuck: It is believed the vehicle lost hour due to ice and snow on the overhead power system. Within an hour, another train from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Boston was sent to pick up the passengers - but it broke down too . 'Lord Of The Flies situation': One female Twitter user, with the handle @yaelbt, wrote: 'Someone just shut off the train @Amtrak #stranded', before later adding: 'I predict a Lord Of The Flies situation will start soon' 'Unbelievable': After the second train broke down, Twitter user Christine Talcott wrote: 'Now the rescue train is broken. Sitting for an hour in darkness. Can't make this up. #@Amtrak #WinterStormThor #acela' Snowy state: Connecticut is currently blanketed in snow after a snowstorm swept across the region on Thursday, bringing sub-zero temperatures to many parts. Record cold is forecast along the shoreline Friday . Meanwhile, user Kevin Mimoso, posted a photo of a dark train carriage, writing: 'On a disabled Ascela with no power in Ct/RI border, awaiting rescue from another train. Flashlight anyone?' And one user, Christine Talcott, who works in sales operations, tweeted: 'Crossing "stranded on a broken down train" off my bucket list #@Amtrak #WinterStormThor #acela.' After the second train broke down, she added: 'Now the rescue train is broken. Sitting for an hour in darkness. Can't make this up.' Some passengers used glow sticks to create light on the train. Lauryn Bennett, 30, who was on the rescue train - Northeast Regional 176 - also tweeted about being trapped on a 'loud, crowded train'. She described the crew as 'patient and hard-working'. Alternative transport: Lauryn Bennett, 30, who was on the rescue train - Northeast Regional 176 - also tweeted about being trapped on a 'loud, crowded train'. She suggested that she and other passengers turned to Uber . Cold: Spencer, left, Bingley the husky, Nala and Luna frolic in the snow in Norwich, Connecticut, on Thursday . Huge delay: Mr Schulz said no passengers nor crew were injured on the Acela train (file picture). After being transferred onto the relief train - on which, many had to stand - they finally arrived at South Station at 11.27pm . Mr Schulz said no passengers nor crew were injured on the Acela train. After being transferred onto the relief train - on which, many had to stand - they finally arrived at South Station at 11.27pm. 'It’s likely to be a weather-related issue here, ice and snow build-up on the overhead power system,' he told the Boston Globe, adding refunds/vouchers would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. He advised that affected passengers contact Amtrak at 1-800-USA-Rail. Connecticut is currently blanketed in snow after a snowstorm swept across the region on Thursday, bringing sub-zero temperatures to many parts. Record cold was forecast along the coast Friday. | Acela train #2164 lost power near Mystic, Connecticut, Thursday evening .
299 commuters stranded without lights or heat for more than three hours .
Some used glow sticks to see, while others took to Twitter to complain .
Within an hour, another train to Boston was sent to pick up passengers .
But it also lost power when it neared first train because of ice and snow .
At 9.30pm, passengers were transferred to relief train on adjacent tracks .
They finally arrived at destination - South Station in Boston - at 11.27pm . | 2ab30ecbc5d40b18944305e2109afbc640c76f0b | <s>[INST] Nearly 300 Amtrak passengers were left stranded on a cold, dark train for more than three hours after it lost power in snowy Connecticut - and then a train sent to rescue them broke down too. The 299 commuters were stuck without any lights or heat after their Boston-bound train came to a halt while traveling near Mystic at 6.25pm on Thursday, Amtrak spokesman Craig Schulz said. It is believed that the vehicle lost hour due to ice and snow on the overhead power system. Within an hour, another train from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Boston was sent to pick up the restless passengers. However, it also lost power when it neared Acela train 2164. At around 9.30pm, more than three hours after the first train broke down, the passengers were transferred to a train on adjacent tracks. Scroll down for video . Without power: Nearly 300 Amtrak passengers were left stranded on a cold, dark train for more than three hours after it lost power in snowy Connecticut. Above, this photo shows the dark interior of Acela train 2164 . Desperate measures: The 299 commuters were stuck without lights or heat after their Boston-bound train came to a halt while traveling near Mystic on Thursday. Some resorted to glow sticks for light (pictured) Having a joke: Kevin Mimoso tweeted: 'On a disabled Ascela with no power in Ct/RI border. Flashlight anyone?' The second train, carrying 400 passengers, regained power at about 9.45pm, officials said. During the time that the Acela train was broken down, commuters took to social media to document their experiences of being stranded on-board the vehicle, which had set off from Washington DC. One female Twitter user, with the handle @yaelbt, wrote: 'Someone just shut off the train @Amtrak #stranded', before adding: 'I predict a Lord Of The Flies situation will start soon.' She later joked: 'Update: We are putting together a team to go hunt small animals for dinner.' Stuck: It is believed the vehicle lost hour due to ice and snow on the overhead power system. Within an hour, another train from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Boston was sent to pick up the passengers - but it broke down too . 'Lord Of The Flies situation': One female Twitter user, with the handle @yaelbt, wrote: 'Someone just shut off the train @Amtrak #stranded', before later adding: 'I predict a Lord Of The Flies situation will start soon' 'Unbelievable': After the second train broke down, Twitter user Christine Talcott wrote: 'Now the rescue train is broken. Sitting for an hour in darkness. Can't make this up. #@Amtrak #WinterStormThor #acela' Snowy state: Connecticut is currently blanketed in snow after a snowstorm swept across the region on Thursday, bringing sub-zero temperatures to many parts. Record cold is forecast along the shoreline Friday . Meanwhile, user Kevin Mimoso, posted a photo of a dark train carriage, writing: 'On a disabled Ascela with no power in Ct/RI border, awaiting rescue from another train. Flashlight anyone?' And one user, Christine Talcott, who works in sales operations, tweeted: 'Crossing "stranded on a broken down train" off my bucket list #@Amtrak #WinterStormThor #acela.' After the second train broke down, she added: 'Now the rescue train is broken. Sitting for an hour in darkness. Can't make this up.' Some passengers used glow sticks to create light on the train. Lauryn Bennett, 30, who was on the rescue train - Northeast Regional 176 - also tweeted about being trapped on a 'loud, crowded train'. She described the crew as 'patient and hard-working'. Alternative transport: Lauryn Bennett, 30, who was on the rescue train - Northeast Regional 176 - also tweeted about being trapped on a 'loud, crowded train'. She suggested that she and other passengers turned to Uber . Cold: Spencer, left, Bingley the husky, Nala and Luna frolic in the snow in Norwich, Connecticut, on Thursday . Huge delay: Mr Schulz said no passengers nor crew were injured on the Acela train (file picture). After being transferred onto the relief train - on which, many had to stand - they finally arrived at South Station at 11.27pm . Mr Schulz said no passengers nor crew were injured on the Acela train. After being transferred onto the relief train - on which, many had to stand - they finally arrived at South Station at 11.27pm. 'It’s likely to be a weather-related issue here, ice and snow build-up on the overhead power system,' he told the Boston Globe, adding refunds/vouchers would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. He advised that affected passengers contact Amtrak at 1-800-USA-Rail. Connecticut is currently blanketed in snow after a snowstorm swept across the region on Thursday, bringing sub-zero temperatures to many parts. Record cold was forecast along the coast Friday. [/INST] Acela train #2164 lost power near Mystic, Connecticut, Thursday evening .
299 commuters stranded without lights or heat for more than three hours .
Some used glow sticks to see, while others took to Twitter to complain .
Within an hour, another train to Boston was sent to pick up passengers .
But it also lost power when it neared first train because of ice and snow .
At 9.30pm, passengers were transferred to relief train on adjacent tracks .
They finally arrived at destination - South Station in Boston - at 11.27pm . </s> |
It all started as an innocent attempt to find clams, but left a small fox in a tense standoff with a 500lb brown bear. As the two animals faced one another on the tidal flats of the Katmai National Park in southern Alaska, it seemed there would only be one inevitable ending. But miraculously after running round in circles chased by the bear, the red fox was left to return to its search in peace as it appeared the Alaskan brown bear just wanted someone to play with. A red fox appeared to be facing an inevitable ending when it was locked in a stand off with an approaching bear . But it appeared the grizzly brown bear just wanted a playmate, and the fox and bear played a game of chase . American photographer Nate Zeman was photographing the fox when he saw the large bear approach from nearby woods and head straight for the animal - a fraction of its size. The 32-year-old, of Breckenridge, Colorado, said: 'The bear appeared from the forest, located about a mile away, and began to make a beeline straight towards us. 'The bear walked straight past me at a very close distance and kept going towards the fox, and began to chase it. 'The fox, however, easily outmanoeuvred the bear as it was chased in circles a couple of times, and when they stopped they both squared off about thirty feet apart.' The agile fox managed to dodge the bear and neither animal seemed aggressive, not running at full speed . And despite the tense stand-off it soon became clear that the bear just wanted to play. The pair were seen running in circles, neither at full speed, with the agile fox deftly managing to stay out of harm's way. 'Most likely the bear just wanted to chase the fox, and it's as simple as that,' added Mr Zeman. 'It wasn't aggressive enough in its behaviour to be meaning to actually kill, it just really seemed to want a chase! The fox had been calmly searching for clams on the tidal flats of the Katmai National Park in Alaska . But the red fox's relative calm was soon disrupted when a grizzly brown bear made a direct beeline for it . The 500lb bear was seen to approach from a nearby forest and head straight for the fox that was clamming . Both animals faced eachother, and at first it appeared there would only be one outcome for the small fox . 'Soon after I took the photographs the fox walked off in the other direction and continued clamming, the bear lay there for a few moments before slowly getting up and sauntering away.' The Alaskan brown bear is the name of any member of the grizzly bear family that lives in the coastal regions of southern Alaska. They are the second largest type of brown bear in the world, only after the giant bears of Kodiak Island. As the bear approached the fox began running and the game of chase between the pair began . The fox managed to dodge the bear and both were seen running in circles across the Alaskan salt flats . Photographer Nate Zeman said neither animal was aggressive and both seemed to be playing a game . | Nate Zeman was photographing a red fox searching for claims in Alaska .
A large brown bear emerged from a forest and made a beeline for the fox .
The two appeared to be locked in a stand-off but played a game of chase .
Neither animal was at full speed and fox ran in circles to evade the bear .
After a short time fox went back to its search and 500lb bear slunk off . | 4a5e26f5ce40d0ffea345315f979a672753f7450 | <s>[INST] It all started as an innocent attempt to find clams, but left a small fox in a tense standoff with a 500lb brown bear. As the two animals faced one another on the tidal flats of the Katmai National Park in southern Alaska, it seemed there would only be one inevitable ending. But miraculously after running round in circles chased by the bear, the red fox was left to return to its search in peace as it appeared the Alaskan brown bear just wanted someone to play with. A red fox appeared to be facing an inevitable ending when it was locked in a stand off with an approaching bear . But it appeared the grizzly brown bear just wanted a playmate, and the fox and bear played a game of chase . American photographer Nate Zeman was photographing the fox when he saw the large bear approach from nearby woods and head straight for the animal - a fraction of its size. The 32-year-old, of Breckenridge, Colorado, said: 'The bear appeared from the forest, located about a mile away, and began to make a beeline straight towards us. 'The bear walked straight past me at a very close distance and kept going towards the fox, and began to chase it. 'The fox, however, easily outmanoeuvred the bear as it was chased in circles a couple of times, and when they stopped they both squared off about thirty feet apart.' The agile fox managed to dodge the bear and neither animal seemed aggressive, not running at full speed . And despite the tense stand-off it soon became clear that the bear just wanted to play. The pair were seen running in circles, neither at full speed, with the agile fox deftly managing to stay out of harm's way. 'Most likely the bear just wanted to chase the fox, and it's as simple as that,' added Mr Zeman. 'It wasn't aggressive enough in its behaviour to be meaning to actually kill, it just really seemed to want a chase! The fox had been calmly searching for clams on the tidal flats of the Katmai National Park in Alaska . But the red fox's relative calm was soon disrupted when a grizzly brown bear made a direct beeline for it . The 500lb bear was seen to approach from a nearby forest and head straight for the fox that was clamming . Both animals faced eachother, and at first it appeared there would only be one outcome for the small fox . 'Soon after I took the photographs the fox walked off in the other direction and continued clamming, the bear lay there for a few moments before slowly getting up and sauntering away.' The Alaskan brown bear is the name of any member of the grizzly bear family that lives in the coastal regions of southern Alaska. They are the second largest type of brown bear in the world, only after the giant bears of Kodiak Island. As the bear approached the fox began running and the game of chase between the pair began . The fox managed to dodge the bear and both were seen running in circles across the Alaskan salt flats . Photographer Nate Zeman said neither animal was aggressive and both seemed to be playing a game . [/INST] Nate Zeman was photographing a red fox searching for claims in Alaska .
A large brown bear emerged from a forest and made a beeline for the fox .
The two appeared to be locked in a stand-off but played a game of chase .
Neither animal was at full speed and fox ran in circles to evade the bear .
After a short time fox went back to its search and 500lb bear slunk off . </s> |
Real estate heir Robert Durst (pictured during a court appearance in August) was charged on Monday in Los Angeles with first-degree murder . Robert Durst's mumblings about how he 'killed them all' provided the dramatic kick to a documentary about the millionaire's troubled life and connection to three slayings, but it was words he penned that helped lead to his arrest on a murder charge, a law enforcement official said. Analysis linking a letter Durst wrote to his friend Susan Berman a year before her death with one he said 'only the killer could have written' to point police to her body was the key new evidence in the long-dormant investigation, a police source said. Durst, 71, was charged on Monday in Los Angeles with first-degree murder in the shooting of Berman, the daughter of a prominent Las Vegas mobster, back in 2000. He could face the death penalty under special circumstances that allege he ambushed her and murdered a witness to a crime. He waived extradition in New Orleans, but authorities there charged him late on Monday with being a felon in possession of a gun because he had a revolver when he was arrested there Saturday. He was also found in possession of a small amount of marijuana. Prosecutors believed that Durst was a flight risk after the revelations of the documentary and may have been planning to head for Cuba. He was found with fake IDs in his hotel room. However one of his lawyers, Chip Lewis, told The LA Times that his client had left his Houston home for New Orleans to escape the media and that he had called daily to check in with him, asking for him by name. It was not clear how soon Durst would be returned to California. Attorney Dick DeGuerin said outside court that Durst didn't kill Berman, and is 'ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a trial'. Presented with the two letters in the finale of The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst that aired Sunday on HBO, the eccentric heir blinked, burped oddly, pulled his ear and briefly put his head in his hands before denying he was the killer. Then he stepped away from the tense interview and went to the bathroom, still wearing the live microphone that recorded what he said next. 'There it is. You're caught!' Durst whispered before the sound of running water is heard. 'What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.' That moment didn't just make for a captivating ending to the documentary on the eccentric life of an heir to a New York real estate fortune, it could also provide additional evidence for prosecutors. The official said the bathroom recording was not presented to prosecutors before charges were filed because detectives were still trying to determine if the recording was tampered with in any way. But legal experts said the audio and other parts of the interview could become key evidence. Durst and documentary producer Andrew Jarecki (right) examine handwriting examples from two letters. Analysis linking a letter Durst wrote to Susan Berman a year before her death with one he said 'only the killer could have written' to point police to her body was new evidence in the investigation, a police source said . Robert Durst, far right, was escorted into Orleans Parish Criminal District Court through a tunnel entrance, in New Orleans on Monday for a court hearing to extradite him to Los Angeles to face a murder charge . 'Any statement that the defendant makes that they want to use against him, they can use against him,' said Andrea Roth, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. 'Even if it's sketchy, and only in context appears to make him look guilty.' Kerry Lawrence, a defense attorney in Westchester County, New York, said Durst's lawyers will have to try to explain away his comments, perhaps dismissing them as a joke. 'Prosecutors would argue it was a candid moment of self-reflection, and I assume will argue that he knew he was still being recorded, and this was either said in jest or he was being facetious or sarcastic or was being provocative,' Lawrence said. 'I don't think it's quite the smoking gun.' Durst — still worth millions despite his estrangement from his family, whose New York real estate empire is worth about $4 billion — has maintained his innocence in three killings in as many states. When Durst approached the filmmakers and agreed to go on camera, against the advice of his lawyers, he had already weathered one murder case, winning an acquittal in a gory Galveston, Texas, dismemberment case by claiming he shot his neighbor in self-defense. He was still suspected in the killing of Berman, whose father was a Las Vegas mobster associated with Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, and the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen, who was declared dead long after she vanished in New York in 1982. Susan Berman was found shot execution-style outside her home in LA in 2000. Her friend, Robert Durst, was charged with her murder on Monday . Kathleen's brother, Jim McCormack, told Today on Tuesday that he believed Durst's confession was genuine and an admission that the 71-year-old had killed his sister decades before. Mr McCormack said: 'The revelation was like something we‘ve been waiting for 33 years.' He added: 'I believe that Bob will somehow have an epiphany of conscience, contrary to the advice of lawyers. 'I think he’s about ready to say, ''You know, enough is enough. This is what Kathy would want and this is what I’m going to do.''' Susan Berman, 55, was shot once in the back of the head at her home near Beverly Hills shortly before New York investigators planned to question her about Kathleen Durst's disappearance. The documentary showed filmmaker Andrew Jarecki confronting Durst with a copy of an anonymous letter that alerted Beverly Hills police to look for a 'cadaver' at Berman's address. Durst offered that whoever sent it was 'taking a big risk. You're sending a letter to police that only the killer could have written.' Then, in the final episode, Jarecki revealed another envelope, which Durst acknowledged mailing to Berman, that has similar writing in block letters and also misspelled the address as 'Beverley.' 'I wrote this one but I did not write the cadaver one,' Durst said. But when shown an enlargement of both copies, Durst couldn't distinguish them. New York defense lawyer Michael Devorkin said the surprising thing was that police never unearthed the letter to Berman that filmmakers got their hands on. 'Even if Durst wasn't the prime suspect, you would think they would have been looking through all her papers to see if the person who killed her had ever written her a letter,' Devorkin said. 'Finding the letter was pure good fortune.' With the bathroom recording immediately following the confrontation over the two handwriting samples, prosecutors have strong evidence, said Devorkin, who handles white-collar criminal cases. 'How often do you have a Perry Mason moment to end your documentary?' he said. Robert Durst's first wife, Kathleen McCormack (pictured left), has been missing since 1982. Her brother, Jim McCormack, said on Tuesday that following the HBO show he hoped Durst would have an 'epiphany of conscience' and tell them what happened to his sister . Robert A. Durst's attorneys, including Dick DeGuerin, center, and William P. Gibbens, left, speak after leaving court in New Orleans on Monday. DeGuerin said Durst didn't kill Berman, and is 'ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a trial' | Durst, 71, was charged on Monday in LA with first-degree murder in the shooting of Susan Berman, daughter of a prominent Las Vegas mobster .
He could face the death penalty under special circumstances that allege he ambushed her and murdered a witness to a crime .
The eccentric heir was charged in New Orleans with being a felon in possession of a gun and also had a small amount of marijuana . | 173e25c705e76d214a9aca66df8ff34f27e878cb | <s>[INST] Real estate heir Robert Durst (pictured during a court appearance in August) was charged on Monday in Los Angeles with first-degree murder . Robert Durst's mumblings about how he 'killed them all' provided the dramatic kick to a documentary about the millionaire's troubled life and connection to three slayings, but it was words he penned that helped lead to his arrest on a murder charge, a law enforcement official said. Analysis linking a letter Durst wrote to his friend Susan Berman a year before her death with one he said 'only the killer could have written' to point police to her body was the key new evidence in the long-dormant investigation, a police source said. Durst, 71, was charged on Monday in Los Angeles with first-degree murder in the shooting of Berman, the daughter of a prominent Las Vegas mobster, back in 2000. He could face the death penalty under special circumstances that allege he ambushed her and murdered a witness to a crime. He waived extradition in New Orleans, but authorities there charged him late on Monday with being a felon in possession of a gun because he had a revolver when he was arrested there Saturday. He was also found in possession of a small amount of marijuana. Prosecutors believed that Durst was a flight risk after the revelations of the documentary and may have been planning to head for Cuba. He was found with fake IDs in his hotel room. However one of his lawyers, Chip Lewis, told The LA Times that his client had left his Houston home for New Orleans to escape the media and that he had called daily to check in with him, asking for him by name. It was not clear how soon Durst would be returned to California. Attorney Dick DeGuerin said outside court that Durst didn't kill Berman, and is 'ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a trial'. Presented with the two letters in the finale of The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst that aired Sunday on HBO, the eccentric heir blinked, burped oddly, pulled his ear and briefly put his head in his hands before denying he was the killer. Then he stepped away from the tense interview and went to the bathroom, still wearing the live microphone that recorded what he said next. 'There it is. You're caught!' Durst whispered before the sound of running water is heard. 'What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.' That moment didn't just make for a captivating ending to the documentary on the eccentric life of an heir to a New York real estate fortune, it could also provide additional evidence for prosecutors. The official said the bathroom recording was not presented to prosecutors before charges were filed because detectives were still trying to determine if the recording was tampered with in any way. But legal experts said the audio and other parts of the interview could become key evidence. Durst and documentary producer Andrew Jarecki (right) examine handwriting examples from two letters. Analysis linking a letter Durst wrote to Susan Berman a year before her death with one he said 'only the killer could have written' to point police to her body was new evidence in the investigation, a police source said . Robert Durst, far right, was escorted into Orleans Parish Criminal District Court through a tunnel entrance, in New Orleans on Monday for a court hearing to extradite him to Los Angeles to face a murder charge . 'Any statement that the defendant makes that they want to use against him, they can use against him,' said Andrea Roth, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. 'Even if it's sketchy, and only in context appears to make him look guilty.' Kerry Lawrence, a defense attorney in Westchester County, New York, said Durst's lawyers will have to try to explain away his comments, perhaps dismissing them as a joke. 'Prosecutors would argue it was a candid moment of self-reflection, and I assume will argue that he knew he was still being recorded, and this was either said in jest or he was being facetious or sarcastic or was being provocative,' Lawrence said. 'I don't think it's quite the smoking gun.' Durst — still worth millions despite his estrangement from his family, whose New York real estate empire is worth about $4 billion — has maintained his innocence in three killings in as many states. When Durst approached the filmmakers and agreed to go on camera, against the advice of his lawyers, he had already weathered one murder case, winning an acquittal in a gory Galveston, Texas, dismemberment case by claiming he shot his neighbor in self-defense. He was still suspected in the killing of Berman, whose father was a Las Vegas mobster associated with Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky, and the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen, who was declared dead long after she vanished in New York in 1982. Susan Berman was found shot execution-style outside her home in LA in 2000. Her friend, Robert Durst, was charged with her murder on Monday . Kathleen's brother, Jim McCormack, told Today on Tuesday that he believed Durst's confession was genuine and an admission that the 71-year-old had killed his sister decades before. Mr McCormack said: 'The revelation was like something we‘ve been waiting for 33 years.' He added: 'I believe that Bob will somehow have an epiphany of conscience, contrary to the advice of lawyers. 'I think he’s about ready to say, ''You know, enough is enough. This is what Kathy would want and this is what I’m going to do.''' Susan Berman, 55, was shot once in the back of the head at her home near Beverly Hills shortly before New York investigators planned to question her about Kathleen Durst's disappearance. The documentary showed filmmaker Andrew Jarecki confronting Durst with a copy of an anonymous letter that alerted Beverly Hills police to look for a 'cadaver' at Berman's address. Durst offered that whoever sent it was 'taking a big risk. You're sending a letter to police that only the killer could have written.' Then, in the final episode, Jarecki revealed another envelope, which Durst acknowledged mailing to Berman, that has similar writing in block letters and also misspelled the address as 'Beverley.' 'I wrote this one but I did not write the cadaver one,' Durst said. But when shown an enlargement of both copies, Durst couldn't distinguish them. New York defense lawyer Michael Devorkin said the surprising thing was that police never unearthed the letter to Berman that filmmakers got their hands on. 'Even if Durst wasn't the prime suspect, you would think they would have been looking through all her papers to see if the person who killed her had ever written her a letter,' Devorkin said. 'Finding the letter was pure good fortune.' With the bathroom recording immediately following the confrontation over the two handwriting samples, prosecutors have strong evidence, said Devorkin, who handles white-collar criminal cases. 'How often do you have a Perry Mason moment to end your documentary?' he said. Robert Durst's first wife, Kathleen McCormack (pictured left), has been missing since 1982. Her brother, Jim McCormack, said on Tuesday that following the HBO show he hoped Durst would have an 'epiphany of conscience' and tell them what happened to his sister . Robert A. Durst's attorneys, including Dick DeGuerin, center, and William P. Gibbens, left, speak after leaving court in New Orleans on Monday. DeGuerin said Durst didn't kill Berman, and is 'ready to end all the rumor and speculation and have a trial' [/INST] Durst, 71, was charged on Monday in LA with first-degree murder in the shooting of Susan Berman, daughter of a prominent Las Vegas mobster .
He could face the death penalty under special circumstances that allege he ambushed her and murdered a witness to a crime .
The eccentric heir was charged in New Orleans with being a felon in possession of a gun and also had a small amount of marijuana . </s> |
A pregnant woman and her husband were forced to sleep in the car park of an Auckland motel after the receptionist said he had no record of their booking. Unfortunately for Lucy and Gary Best, they had failed to check the TripAdvisor reviews of Epson Motor Inn before they decided to stay there. The couple, from Kerikeri in New Zealand, may have decided to book in somewhere else had they spent some time researching their accommodation. Complaints from past guests range from mould in the bathroom and unpainted walls to blood on the bed sheets. Lucy Best and her husband Gary were forced to sleep in their car after the motel said there was no record . ‘I thought I was lucky to find somewhere because it was one of a very few that were available,’ Mrs Best told Daily Mail Australia. ‘I'm not fussy so at $75 a night it sounded reasonable and within distance.’ But when the pair arrived on February 21, they were told the motel was booked out despite Mrs Best having a 'full confirmation' receipt as proof when they went to check in. 'The guy at reception looked confused and said there was no booking for Lucy Best,' Mrs Best said. 'He then gave me a book of motels in the area and told me I should call around. 'I was devastated and it was our first night out together without our two-year-old son since May 2014 so it was rewarding but I ended up in tears trying to find accommodation.' The photo advertised by Epsom Motor Inn doesn't appear to add up, according to previous guests . Kel K who stayed at the motel with his wife recently said his room had 'wet carpet with a light fur of mould on it' (left) and 'unfinished repair in the bathroom' (right) Another guest, KarolynTimarkos, said the motel should 'invest in exit mould' after staying in an 'unclean' room (left) and old rubbish left behind by previous guests . The 29-year-old said she spent the next few hours scouring through the phone book but the couple had no luck. 'I called every motel, hotel and hostel - while trying not to sob over the phone but every single one said they were fully booked out because of the concert in town,' Mrs Best said. 'We ran out of time because we had to meet up with some friends who had flown in from the UK and then it was time to head to the gig. 'My husband bought some bath towels and we agreed it was looking likely we were to sleep in the truck.' The couple found a quiet cul-de-sac and camped inside their four-wheel-drive overnight. ‘It was the worst night’s sleep I’ve ever had,’ Mrs Best said. ‘I am half way through pregnancy and my husband is 1.8 metres tall. ‘There isn't enough words to describe the anger and upset I felt as it totally ruined what should've been an exciting and happy weekend. ‘To get no offer of help was disgusting, having worked in customer support myself I was in shock. ‘But I do feel like I’ve dodged the bullet after reading those horrible reviews on Trip Advisor.’ Mrs Best said she was left in tears after spending hours trying to find another accommodation but had no luck . Motel manager Richie Chen told Daily Mail Australia he feels 'terribly sorry' for Mrs Best and has offered 'free of charge' accommodation. 'We've done what we could,' Chen said . 'Something went wrong on our website and it was something I couldn't fix. I couldn't just ask someone to move out and give the room to her - we don't work like that. 'She was never charged when she made the booking but we have already provided her a complimentary - free of charge accommodation - so everything will be paid for. 'I'm not in a position to comment on the condition of the motel but all I can say is I've done what I can as a manager.' An Auckland Council spokesman told Daily Mail Australia there were no records of complaints but the council will be investigating the motel. The 29-year-old mother said it was the first time in almost a year to spend quality time with her husband Gary . This guest claimed after a ' poor night’s sleep' - he experienced 'a horrible chesty feeling' and the 'taste of mould in our mouths after breathing in that disgusting air' overnight . Mrs Best and her husband were not the only ones who experienced a bad encounter. Another guest, penned under ‘Sandy59979’ from New Zealand, thought she was entering a ‘demolition site’ after claiming she had fount piles of rubbish littered outside the motel. ‘Worse to come inside, mould in the showers etc., towel rail held onto wall with blocks of unpainted wood, windows that didn't close, furniture that was very dirty, and yes stains on the linen,’ Sandy59979 posted on Trip Advisor. ‘If I hadn't pre-paid I would not have stayed there. I had to park my car almost up to the door of the unit as I felt someone would hit my car trying to get past. ‘Then I thought I could take my mind off the situation by watching a little telly with a large glass of wine but alas the remote had no back and the batteries were Sellotape in not allowing for very easy operation. ‘Re the room service etc. that had been advertised on the website, forget it, if it existed I felt the health department would need to be involved. Never have I experienced such a disgusting "motel ".’ Captioned along this photo (left) by Vivienne P: 'This is NOT the courtyard as it is today' while others have found pile of rubbish left along the motel . One guest took to the Trip Advisor page, claiming they had found bloodstains and damaged parts of the motel . Madjik posted: 'rusty light shades in the bathroom' that didn't work and moulds along the broke-door fridge . Another guest, 'Kel K', who stayed at the motel with his wife ahead of the Cricket World Cup claimed they had ‘noticed a strong smell something like mould and cigarette smoke’ inside their room. ‘We noticed one of the lights wouldn’t work, the fan wouldn’t work, the aircon [sic] wouldn’t work and we could only get one TV channel. There was also a stifling smell of mould in the room. ‘We found a double bed had been moved to cover a large wet mouldy patch of carpet caused by the aircon dripping inside the wall onto the carpet. Madjik found stains on her spreadsheets as well as droplets of blood during her stay in November 2014 . Sandy said she had found 'moulds in the shower', 'unpainted wood' and 'windows that didn't close' Other guests found cupboard falling apart inside their room (left) and mould and dirt around the fridge (right) Another guest found a 'mouldy sopping wet bedside cabinet' and a broken curtain with a missing clip . ‘On moving the bed we found the patch was huge (larger than the double bed) and very wet and mouldy and stunk. ‘This had been like this for some time because the skirting was badly discoloured and the bedside cabinet next to the bed has swelled up like a balloon and was mouldy as well. ‘As a result we woke after a very poor night’s sleep with a horrible chesty feeling and the taste of mould in our mouths after breathing in that disgusting air all night.' | Epsom Motor Inn in Auckland has been heavily criticised on TripAdvisor .
It has been described as 'appalling', 'disgusting' and 'shocking' by guests .
Complaints range from blood on the bedding to mould in the bathroom .
Lucy and Gary Best, from Kerikeri in New Zealand, had a brutal experience .
When they arrived a receptionist said there was no record of their booking .
Despite explaining she was pregnant, the couple had to sleep in their car .
Motel's manager said he has offered the couple free accommodation . | 07e83ff75bea8278c896a7cbf124cdfc668adccc | <s>[INST] A pregnant woman and her husband were forced to sleep in the car park of an Auckland motel after the receptionist said he had no record of their booking. Unfortunately for Lucy and Gary Best, they had failed to check the TripAdvisor reviews of Epson Motor Inn before they decided to stay there. The couple, from Kerikeri in New Zealand, may have decided to book in somewhere else had they spent some time researching their accommodation. Complaints from past guests range from mould in the bathroom and unpainted walls to blood on the bed sheets. Lucy Best and her husband Gary were forced to sleep in their car after the motel said there was no record . ‘I thought I was lucky to find somewhere because it was one of a very few that were available,’ Mrs Best told Daily Mail Australia. ‘I'm not fussy so at $75 a night it sounded reasonable and within distance.’ But when the pair arrived on February 21, they were told the motel was booked out despite Mrs Best having a 'full confirmation' receipt as proof when they went to check in. 'The guy at reception looked confused and said there was no booking for Lucy Best,' Mrs Best said. 'He then gave me a book of motels in the area and told me I should call around. 'I was devastated and it was our first night out together without our two-year-old son since May 2014 so it was rewarding but I ended up in tears trying to find accommodation.' The photo advertised by Epsom Motor Inn doesn't appear to add up, according to previous guests . Kel K who stayed at the motel with his wife recently said his room had 'wet carpet with a light fur of mould on it' (left) and 'unfinished repair in the bathroom' (right) Another guest, KarolynTimarkos, said the motel should 'invest in exit mould' after staying in an 'unclean' room (left) and old rubbish left behind by previous guests . The 29-year-old said she spent the next few hours scouring through the phone book but the couple had no luck. 'I called every motel, hotel and hostel - while trying not to sob over the phone but every single one said they were fully booked out because of the concert in town,' Mrs Best said. 'We ran out of time because we had to meet up with some friends who had flown in from the UK and then it was time to head to the gig. 'My husband bought some bath towels and we agreed it was looking likely we were to sleep in the truck.' The couple found a quiet cul-de-sac and camped inside their four-wheel-drive overnight. ‘It was the worst night’s sleep I’ve ever had,’ Mrs Best said. ‘I am half way through pregnancy and my husband is 1.8 metres tall. ‘There isn't enough words to describe the anger and upset I felt as it totally ruined what should've been an exciting and happy weekend. ‘To get no offer of help was disgusting, having worked in customer support myself I was in shock. ‘But I do feel like I’ve dodged the bullet after reading those horrible reviews on Trip Advisor.’ Mrs Best said she was left in tears after spending hours trying to find another accommodation but had no luck . Motel manager Richie Chen told Daily Mail Australia he feels 'terribly sorry' for Mrs Best and has offered 'free of charge' accommodation. 'We've done what we could,' Chen said . 'Something went wrong on our website and it was something I couldn't fix. I couldn't just ask someone to move out and give the room to her - we don't work like that. 'She was never charged when she made the booking but we have already provided her a complimentary - free of charge accommodation - so everything will be paid for. 'I'm not in a position to comment on the condition of the motel but all I can say is I've done what I can as a manager.' An Auckland Council spokesman told Daily Mail Australia there were no records of complaints but the council will be investigating the motel. The 29-year-old mother said it was the first time in almost a year to spend quality time with her husband Gary . This guest claimed after a ' poor night’s sleep' - he experienced 'a horrible chesty feeling' and the 'taste of mould in our mouths after breathing in that disgusting air' overnight . Mrs Best and her husband were not the only ones who experienced a bad encounter. Another guest, penned under ‘Sandy59979’ from New Zealand, thought she was entering a ‘demolition site’ after claiming she had fount piles of rubbish littered outside the motel. ‘Worse to come inside, mould in the showers etc., towel rail held onto wall with blocks of unpainted wood, windows that didn't close, furniture that was very dirty, and yes stains on the linen,’ Sandy59979 posted on Trip Advisor. ‘If I hadn't pre-paid I would not have stayed there. I had to park my car almost up to the door of the unit as I felt someone would hit my car trying to get past. ‘Then I thought I could take my mind off the situation by watching a little telly with a large glass of wine but alas the remote had no back and the batteries were Sellotape in not allowing for very easy operation. ‘Re the room service etc. that had been advertised on the website, forget it, if it existed I felt the health department would need to be involved. Never have I experienced such a disgusting "motel ".’ Captioned along this photo (left) by Vivienne P: 'This is NOT the courtyard as it is today' while others have found pile of rubbish left along the motel . One guest took to the Trip Advisor page, claiming they had found bloodstains and damaged parts of the motel . Madjik posted: 'rusty light shades in the bathroom' that didn't work and moulds along the broke-door fridge . Another guest, 'Kel K', who stayed at the motel with his wife ahead of the Cricket World Cup claimed they had ‘noticed a strong smell something like mould and cigarette smoke’ inside their room. ‘We noticed one of the lights wouldn’t work, the fan wouldn’t work, the aircon [sic] wouldn’t work and we could only get one TV channel. There was also a stifling smell of mould in the room. ‘We found a double bed had been moved to cover a large wet mouldy patch of carpet caused by the aircon dripping inside the wall onto the carpet. Madjik found stains on her spreadsheets as well as droplets of blood during her stay in November 2014 . Sandy said she had found 'moulds in the shower', 'unpainted wood' and 'windows that didn't close' Other guests found cupboard falling apart inside their room (left) and mould and dirt around the fridge (right) Another guest found a 'mouldy sopping wet bedside cabinet' and a broken curtain with a missing clip . ‘On moving the bed we found the patch was huge (larger than the double bed) and very wet and mouldy and stunk. ‘This had been like this for some time because the skirting was badly discoloured and the bedside cabinet next to the bed has swelled up like a balloon and was mouldy as well. ‘As a result we woke after a very poor night’s sleep with a horrible chesty feeling and the taste of mould in our mouths after breathing in that disgusting air all night.' [/INST] Epsom Motor Inn in Auckland has been heavily criticised on TripAdvisor .
It has been described as 'appalling', 'disgusting' and 'shocking' by guests .
Complaints range from blood on the bedding to mould in the bathroom .
Lucy and Gary Best, from Kerikeri in New Zealand, had a brutal experience .
When they arrived a receptionist said there was no record of their booking .
Despite explaining she was pregnant, the couple had to sleep in their car .
Motel's manager said he has offered the couple free accommodation . </s> |
Slasher: Richard White, 63, died in hospital Saturday afternoon, the night after he was gunned down while trying to hack a TSA worker to death . The machete-wielding maniac who was gunned down as he tried to hack a TSA worker to death has died in hospital. Richard White, 63, charged at Carol Richel at a security checkpoint inside New Orleans airport Friday evening - but was stopped in his tracks by a female cop. He was carrying a sack of six Molotov cocktails during the attack, but was not able to detonate them. Lt Heather Slyve, of the Jefferson Parish sheriff's department, shot White in the chest, the thigh and the face as he lunged at Richel. He was rushed to hospital Friday evening and went into surgery, but died of his wounds around 4pm Saturday, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Earlier that day Richel had hailed Lt Slyve as her 'hero', saying she would certainly be dead if it weren't for her fatal intervention. Speaking at a press conference, Richel said: 'Officer Slyve is my hero. She saved my life. 'The man was within inches of whacking me with the machete and she did save my life, and saved probably a lot of others.' When he was shot, White was carrying a bag loaded with six Molotov cocktails - Mason jars with cloth wicks soaked in gasoline - Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said. There was also reportedly a barbeque lighter and a letter opener in his bag, while smoke bombs and tanks of acetelyne (an explosive), Freon (an aerosol) and oxygen were discovered in the trunk of White's parked car. Scroll down for video . Saved: TSA employee Carol Richel, above, was inches from being slash by White. She today paid tribute to Lt Heather Slyve, the cop who saved her from the attack at New Orleans's Louis Armstrong International Airport . Dead: White is pictured above last night being wheeled out of the airport. He was in surgery last night but died 4pm Saturday of his wounds . Gunned down: White is pictured above where he fell, not far from the machete . But despite his stash of weapons, he only managed to spray several people with the insecticide, and swing his machete without hitting anybody before he was shot. In the struggle Richel herself was hit by one of Lt Slyve's shots. She later explained that she and her colleagues are trained for such situations, saying: 'It was second nature'. She explained: 'We want to make sure the passengers are safe, so we tell them "run, run, you've got to get out of here, run". And with that, we know they're leaving,' according to CNN. However, Richel said that because TSA officials do not carry guns, she was forced to rely on police to save her life, saying: 'They're the ones there with the weapons to be able to protect us.' 'Second nature': During the press conference, Richel (pictured front) said she and her colleagues had been trained how to react in such a situation, saying: 'It was second nature'. She said passenger safety came first . Injured: White was in possession of a bag loaded with six Molotov cocktails when he launched the attack, Sheriff Newell Normand said. Above, Richel is pictured being transported to an ambulance via stretcher . 'Senseless act of violence': This statement was posted on the TSA's Twitter page on Saturday afternoon . After White attacked two security officials and a number of passersby with the wasp spray at the airport's security checkpoint, he drew his machete from the waistband of his pants. He then started swinging the weapon, which a male TSA agent managed to block with a piece of luggage as White ran through a metal detector, Normand said earlier on Saturday. Seconds later, White began chasing Richel, prompting Lt Slyve to fire three rounds at him, striking him the face, chest and leg. White was then rushed to hospital, where he had surgery. According to authorities, residue from smoke bombs was found near White's body at the security checkpoint. Hurt: An injured man - possibly a passenger who was hurt while fleeing the scene - is pictured at the airport . On guard: Police clear out the area around Concourse B of Louis Armstrong International Airport on Friday evening . Emergency response: Police poured into the airport and ushered everybody away from the area where the shooting took place . The sheriff suggested that White has had 'mental health' issues. He is a Jehovah's Witness and has refused 'certain types of medical care,' Normand said. His family is cooperating with investigators. 'Fortunately, he didn't seriously injure anybody,' Normand said. Richel, a Supervisory Security Officer for the Transportation Security Administration, was struck in the arm by one of Lt Slyve's rounds while running from White. Her wound was quickly deemed non-life-threatening. She was treated in hospital and released hours later. Earlier reports had wrongly stated that Richel was slashed by White's machete. Photographs from inside Louis Armstrong International Airport Friday showed White laying on the floor with a machete close-by. Another showed a woman in a TSA uniform being stretchered away. Attack: White reportedly began swinging the weapon at the airport's security checkpoint, which a male TSA agent managed to block with a piece of luggag. Above, officers stand at the entrance to the airport . Other images depicted police flooding the area outside the terminal. On Saturday, bystanders described minutes of panic and chaos at the airport in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner. 'Everyone was ducking for cover. It's New Orleans. I knew they (the gunshots) were coming from the security checkpoint area,' said Garret Laborde, 31, a traveler trying to fly to Houston. 'I immediately ducked down... Then we waited.' He called the scene 'instant chaos' with 'screaming, lots of females screaming for a short period of time.' Laborde said he remained down for several minutes, before police began rushing around the airport, telling everyone to get back down. Evaucation sirens also started going off, he said. Disruptive: Long lines of fliers were seen awaiting word of their departures in the airport's ticketing area on Friday evening . Protected: Officers guard the entrance to concourse A and B at the New Orleans International Airport on Friday . Logan Tucker, 26, of Meridian, Mississippi, and Phillip Green, 33, of Houston, both headed to Houston for work as deckhands on a tugboat, said they were close to where events unfolded. 'I heard the gunshots,' Tucker said. 'It was pandemonium after that,' Green said. 'I took cover. I didn't want to become part of the story. The Sheriff's Office said Friday there was no obvious connection between White and the airport. A spokesman said: 'We don't know if he was traveling. We're still piecing together witness interviews.' On Saturday, a statement revealed that White 'had a few minor arrests' to his name. At a news conference outside the airport, Normand described Friday's encounter in detail. A deputy walks through Concourse B at the airport as the sheriff's department investigates the attack . He said: 'He walked down the TSA pre-line, encountered the TSA officer who was checking the boarding passes with the scanning machine to be scanned. 'He was challenged at that time by the TSA officer. The response was, he pulled a can of wasp spray and sprayed the officer in the face. 'He proceeded past that checkpoint and encountered the second TSA officer and a third a third TSA officer almost simultaneously. One was a female, one was a male. 'He sprayed the male in the face.' Describing the shooting, he said: 'The law enforcement officer proceeded down the exit line to come around, coming in very close contact to the individual with the machete, and that officer fired three times, hitting the perpetrator once in the left chest, the left facial area and the left thigh, at that point in time. Scene: The shooting and machete attack took place at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Friday night . 'There was an innocent bystander who sustained a graze wound to the arm and there were a couple of members of the traveling public, while in the scrambling, while shots were fired, that happened to cut some limbs on some of the furniture there while trying to get away from that particular area.' | Richard White, 63, lashed out with machete and wasp spray Friday night .
Started chasing after TSA employee Carol Richel at New Orleans airport .
But before he could cut her, he was shot three times by Lt Heather Slyve .
White, who was taken to hospital, died of his wounds at 4pm Saturday .
On Saturday, Richel paid tribute to Lt Slyve, labeling officer 'my hero'
'The man was within inches of whacking me with the machete,' she said .
Richel was hit by bullet fired by Lt Slyve, but was treated in hospital .
Comes as police have revealed White was carrying six Molotov cocktails .
Smoke bombs and tanks of acetelyne, Freon and oxygen found in his car .
Incident occurred at city's Louis Armstrong International Airport Friday . | e5dbf360d90655a0a945192985df209692d23d6c | <s>[INST] Slasher: Richard White, 63, died in hospital Saturday afternoon, the night after he was gunned down while trying to hack a TSA worker to death . The machete-wielding maniac who was gunned down as he tried to hack a TSA worker to death has died in hospital. Richard White, 63, charged at Carol Richel at a security checkpoint inside New Orleans airport Friday evening - but was stopped in his tracks by a female cop. He was carrying a sack of six Molotov cocktails during the attack, but was not able to detonate them. Lt Heather Slyve, of the Jefferson Parish sheriff's department, shot White in the chest, the thigh and the face as he lunged at Richel. He was rushed to hospital Friday evening and went into surgery, but died of his wounds around 4pm Saturday, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Earlier that day Richel had hailed Lt Slyve as her 'hero', saying she would certainly be dead if it weren't for her fatal intervention. Speaking at a press conference, Richel said: 'Officer Slyve is my hero. She saved my life. 'The man was within inches of whacking me with the machete and she did save my life, and saved probably a lot of others.' When he was shot, White was carrying a bag loaded with six Molotov cocktails - Mason jars with cloth wicks soaked in gasoline - Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said. There was also reportedly a barbeque lighter and a letter opener in his bag, while smoke bombs and tanks of acetelyne (an explosive), Freon (an aerosol) and oxygen were discovered in the trunk of White's parked car. Scroll down for video . Saved: TSA employee Carol Richel, above, was inches from being slash by White. She today paid tribute to Lt Heather Slyve, the cop who saved her from the attack at New Orleans's Louis Armstrong International Airport . Dead: White is pictured above last night being wheeled out of the airport. He was in surgery last night but died 4pm Saturday of his wounds . Gunned down: White is pictured above where he fell, not far from the machete . But despite his stash of weapons, he only managed to spray several people with the insecticide, and swing his machete without hitting anybody before he was shot. In the struggle Richel herself was hit by one of Lt Slyve's shots. She later explained that she and her colleagues are trained for such situations, saying: 'It was second nature'. She explained: 'We want to make sure the passengers are safe, so we tell them "run, run, you've got to get out of here, run". And with that, we know they're leaving,' according to CNN. However, Richel said that because TSA officials do not carry guns, she was forced to rely on police to save her life, saying: 'They're the ones there with the weapons to be able to protect us.' 'Second nature': During the press conference, Richel (pictured front) said she and her colleagues had been trained how to react in such a situation, saying: 'It was second nature'. She said passenger safety came first . Injured: White was in possession of a bag loaded with six Molotov cocktails when he launched the attack, Sheriff Newell Normand said. Above, Richel is pictured being transported to an ambulance via stretcher . 'Senseless act of violence': This statement was posted on the TSA's Twitter page on Saturday afternoon . After White attacked two security officials and a number of passersby with the wasp spray at the airport's security checkpoint, he drew his machete from the waistband of his pants. He then started swinging the weapon, which a male TSA agent managed to block with a piece of luggage as White ran through a metal detector, Normand said earlier on Saturday. Seconds later, White began chasing Richel, prompting Lt Slyve to fire three rounds at him, striking him the face, chest and leg. White was then rushed to hospital, where he had surgery. According to authorities, residue from smoke bombs was found near White's body at the security checkpoint. Hurt: An injured man - possibly a passenger who was hurt while fleeing the scene - is pictured at the airport . On guard: Police clear out the area around Concourse B of Louis Armstrong International Airport on Friday evening . Emergency response: Police poured into the airport and ushered everybody away from the area where the shooting took place . The sheriff suggested that White has had 'mental health' issues. He is a Jehovah's Witness and has refused 'certain types of medical care,' Normand said. His family is cooperating with investigators. 'Fortunately, he didn't seriously injure anybody,' Normand said. Richel, a Supervisory Security Officer for the Transportation Security Administration, was struck in the arm by one of Lt Slyve's rounds while running from White. Her wound was quickly deemed non-life-threatening. She was treated in hospital and released hours later. Earlier reports had wrongly stated that Richel was slashed by White's machete. Photographs from inside Louis Armstrong International Airport Friday showed White laying on the floor with a machete close-by. Another showed a woman in a TSA uniform being stretchered away. Attack: White reportedly began swinging the weapon at the airport's security checkpoint, which a male TSA agent managed to block with a piece of luggag. Above, officers stand at the entrance to the airport . Other images depicted police flooding the area outside the terminal. On Saturday, bystanders described minutes of panic and chaos at the airport in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner. 'Everyone was ducking for cover. It's New Orleans. I knew they (the gunshots) were coming from the security checkpoint area,' said Garret Laborde, 31, a traveler trying to fly to Houston. 'I immediately ducked down... Then we waited.' He called the scene 'instant chaos' with 'screaming, lots of females screaming for a short period of time.' Laborde said he remained down for several minutes, before police began rushing around the airport, telling everyone to get back down. Evaucation sirens also started going off, he said. Disruptive: Long lines of fliers were seen awaiting word of their departures in the airport's ticketing area on Friday evening . Protected: Officers guard the entrance to concourse A and B at the New Orleans International Airport on Friday . Logan Tucker, 26, of Meridian, Mississippi, and Phillip Green, 33, of Houston, both headed to Houston for work as deckhands on a tugboat, said they were close to where events unfolded. 'I heard the gunshots,' Tucker said. 'It was pandemonium after that,' Green said. 'I took cover. I didn't want to become part of the story. The Sheriff's Office said Friday there was no obvious connection between White and the airport. A spokesman said: 'We don't know if he was traveling. We're still piecing together witness interviews.' On Saturday, a statement revealed that White 'had a few minor arrests' to his name. At a news conference outside the airport, Normand described Friday's encounter in detail. A deputy walks through Concourse B at the airport as the sheriff's department investigates the attack . He said: 'He walked down the TSA pre-line, encountered the TSA officer who was checking the boarding passes with the scanning machine to be scanned. 'He was challenged at that time by the TSA officer. The response was, he pulled a can of wasp spray and sprayed the officer in the face. 'He proceeded past that checkpoint and encountered the second TSA officer and a third a third TSA officer almost simultaneously. One was a female, one was a male. 'He sprayed the male in the face.' Describing the shooting, he said: 'The law enforcement officer proceeded down the exit line to come around, coming in very close contact to the individual with the machete, and that officer fired three times, hitting the perpetrator once in the left chest, the left facial area and the left thigh, at that point in time. Scene: The shooting and machete attack took place at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Friday night . 'There was an innocent bystander who sustained a graze wound to the arm and there were a couple of members of the traveling public, while in the scrambling, while shots were fired, that happened to cut some limbs on some of the furniture there while trying to get away from that particular area.' [/INST] Richard White, 63, lashed out with machete and wasp spray Friday night .
Started chasing after TSA employee Carol Richel at New Orleans airport .
But before he could cut her, he was shot three times by Lt Heather Slyve .
White, who was taken to hospital, died of his wounds at 4pm Saturday .
On Saturday, Richel paid tribute to Lt Slyve, labeling officer 'my hero'
'The man was within inches of whacking me with the machete,' she said .
Richel was hit by bullet fired by Lt Slyve, but was treated in hospital .
Comes as police have revealed White was carrying six Molotov cocktails .
Smoke bombs and tanks of acetelyne, Freon and oxygen found in his car .
Incident occurred at city's Louis Armstrong International Airport Friday . </s> |
Scroll down for video . A new BBC2 television series has challenged one British family to dine through the decades, lifting the cooking pot lid on how eating habits for UK households have changed dramatically since World War II. For two-and-a-half months last summer, the Robshaw family rolled back the years to find out exactly how they would have eaten as a family living in each of the post-war decades in the 20th century. The results, to be screened later this month on BBC2's Back in Time for Dinner programme, were fascinating - if not occasionally stomach churning. Stepping into a different dining room for each decade, the Robshaws - dad Brandon, mum Rochelle and children Miranda, 17; Rosalind, 15 and Fred 10 - lived through how menus have changed. Writing in The Independent, Brandon said the family's normal, 21st century diet was a 'fusion of the functional and the foodie' with easy-to-cook recipes dominating week days and more 'ambitious' dishes being tried at the weekend. Bread and dripping for breakfast, cow-heel pie for dinner... The Robshaw family took on a brave culinary challenge to eat as a family would have in every decade from the 1950s to the 1990s. Pictured, from left to right, Rosalind, 15, mum Rochelle, Fred, 10, dad Brandon and Miranda, 17, in the 1950s episode . Forty years later, the Robshaws found themselves eating in the Nineties, sampling such delights as homemade pasta. 'Within living memory, the way we eat has been utterly transformed, not once but several times, and is still changing,' remarked Brandon . Like most modern kids, Miranda, Rosalind and Fred are in possession of a wide-ranging palate and enjoyed dishes from a global menu, says their dad. So, what was their reaction when they were plunged into the immediate post-war period, when rationing dominated the diets of the early 1950s? Brandon says the family felt 'hungry' all of the time with ten-year-old Fred finding it particularly hard to sate his sweet tooth without the biscuits and snacks that are readily available today. Faced with an 'of-the-time' dining room for each decade; the 1960s kitchen had 'luminous sky-blue walls' and 'radioactive yellow walls', while the 1970s saw a move towards open-plan dining, something which made the kitchen much more of a social hub for families. The Hairy Bikers' Dave Myers pictured with the Robshaw family as they sample the food of the Sixties . Sampling the Good Life... although the Robshaws found that food in the 1970s was more brightly coloured - but perhaps less enticing - than ever before. After all, this was the decade that gave us the Pot Noodle. The rise of the TV dinner: The Robshaw family, pictured above in their 1980s-style kitchen found the decade to be all about convenience, with gadgets aplenty helping them to make meals . The arrival of multiple television sets per household in the eighties stifled mealtime communication however, with TV dinners - effectively a meal on a tray in front of the box - becoming commonplace. 'It brought home to us all how British food has been revolutionised in an incredibly short time,' says Brandon. 'Within living memory, the way we eat has been utterly transformed, not once but several times, and is still changing.' The series looks too at how technology made a difference; a 1950s housewife would be forced to do a daily shop without the luxury of a fridge. While a stay-at-home mum in the eighties would lay out an afternoon tea that might have been made using a Magimix machine for the cake and coffee from a filter machine. The family said there were highs and lows to each decade with particularly dismal offerings including the 'national loaf' that was rationed out to families after World War II. The bread was filled out with potato starch and, according to Brandon, was a one-way ticket to indigestion. Highs included a vegan bean casserole, fresh from the seventies which was 'lipsmackingly good' and a trip to famed restaurateur Anton Mosimann's London eatery, where very eighties nouvelle cuisine and lashings of champagne were served. Here, we take a through-the-decades look at what the Bradshaws experienced. Stepping back in time for a Mary masterclass: Baking supremo Mary Berry teaches the Robshaws how to make a cake as it would have been done in the 1950s . The Fifties . Easily the starkest decade for dining in the last sixty years, the fall-out from World War II meant that families were still using ration books for almost half of the 1950s. Even cups of tea would have to be apportioned out. Bread came in the form of the 'National Loaf' and because flour was scarce, it was often padded out with potato starch, making for an indigestion-inducing crust. How a family might have started the day in the early 1950s, with bread - often the rationed 'National loaf' - and left-over roasted meat fat aka 'dripping' Snacks that modern-day children take for granted were nowhere to be seen and hunger was an all-too-familar feeling. And when mealtimes came, small portions were the order of the day. Bread and dripping (often left-over fat from the Sunday roast), now largely consigned to the history books, was a reality at breakfast time. Vegetables were often taken from community allotments. With no fridges except in the most west-heeled family homes, food was largely eaten fresh and shopping was a daily occurrence. The decade did get better though and the Sixties loomed...with the promise of the first ready-meal. On the dinnerplate: Cow-heel pie and home-grown vegetables . The Sixties . On every level, the 1960s were about liberation. Gastronomically, the country began to breathe easier with rationing a distant memory and plenty of new-fangled ideas hitting the kitchen cupboards. Packets of cereal still familiar to us today - Rice Crispies, Frosties and Corn Flakes - all found themselves on the breakfast table for the first time. The breakfast cereal, now an essential item on most UK families' dining table in the mornings made their first appearance back in the 1960s . Curry but not as we'd recognise it now: Families began to get a taste for spicier food and Vesta introduced an early ready meal in the shape of a beef curry . The beginning of a tomato-based love affair: Spaghetti bolognese arrived in the UK from our Italian friends...and hasn't left British dining tables since . Fridges became more commonplace, introducing the weekly shop to households. The tin-opener became a big ally in the kitchen as tins of Spam and corned beef were popular dinnertime treats. The Italians gave us our first garlic-infused sample of spaghetti bolognese and we liked it. On the downside, families began to get their first taste of processed food as sugar, salt and preservatives began to enter the equation. On the dinnerplate: One of the first meals in a packet, the Vesta beef curry . The Seventies . Three layers of sweetness! The Fab ice lolly proved a huge hit with youngsters in the 1970s . Dining rooms went open plan for the first time, making them a real social hub of the household for the first time. A freezer added further longevity to food in the family home. It wasn't all sophistication though, power cuts were a frequent event and dad would be found holding a candle as mum tried to concoct dinner in the dark. In an attempt to tantalise British palates, food packaging became brighter and more exciting...and often the bright colours would extend to the products inside. Children would go to the cinema and find such icy treats as Fabs and Sky Rays sold at the half-time interval. Spice came into the cupboards too, as curries became popular. Convenience food arrived in earnest, with the Pot Noodle stocked on supermarket shelves for the first time...much to the delight of students everywhere. Even cookbooks were dominated by making life easier, with casseroles and one-pots a big foodie trend. No self-respecting dinner party host would not think of serving fondue. On the dinnerplate: Curry and chips . Rise of the Pop Tart? Put it in the toaster or just eat it plain...kids went crazy for Kellogg's easy-to-eat snack . The Eighties . This decade saw the family cook look to appliances to make favourites with a more professional finish. Bakers fell in love with the Magimix and coffee tasted better in the filter machine. Working mums would rely on the ping of the microwave to feed their family quickly. The French sent over Nouvelle Cuisine and aspiring chefs went crazy for pretty, tiny portions...fancy food was all the rage in restaurants. Takeaways became a regular family treat. The number of televisions per household rose which saw the rise of the TV dinner, sidelining the dining table in favour of a tray on your lap. In between meals, kids would reach for one of the many snacks that were heavily advertised on television: Skips, Quavers and other high-salt, low nutrition foods were devoured. A more healthier backlash was on its way though... On the dinnerplate: Takeaway pizza . Just like mama used to make: Britons in the 1990s began to try their hand at making pasta at home...cue lots of families buying pasta machines . The Nineties . Health concerns for the first time began to make people think twice when supermarket shopping. A trend towards ditching processed food in favour of organic produce saw people conscious of their 'five-a-day' for the first time. Compared to the stark rationing of the Fifties, shopping was now all about variety with 10 types of apple, 20 types of bread laid before us. Although lots of food still clocked up plenty of air miles to get to our kitchen table, there was an awareness that eating locally was important. We discovered how to make our own pasta. The biggest vice? Booze! Meals would readily be accompanied by a nice bottle of Shiraz and supermarket shelves creaked with bottles of plonk, often at cut-down prices. On the restaurant scene, the gastropub arrived, reinventing old boozers by putting a chef with ambition in the kitchen. On the dinnerplate: Home-made pasta...with a nice bottle of red . 'Back in Time for Dinner' begins on BBC2 on 17th March at 8pm . | The Robshaw family spent ten weeks eating in different decades .
TV challenge saw them experience post-war rationing and nouvelle cuisine .
Arrival of fridges and other kitchen gadgets changed the lives of families .
A typical breakfast in the 1950s might have included bread and dripping .
By the nineties, families were starting to kick back against processed food . | ce4321b7e12f150d6056f22aad4c4f908c1e03b5 | <s>[INST] Scroll down for video . A new BBC2 television series has challenged one British family to dine through the decades, lifting the cooking pot lid on how eating habits for UK households have changed dramatically since World War II. For two-and-a-half months last summer, the Robshaw family rolled back the years to find out exactly how they would have eaten as a family living in each of the post-war decades in the 20th century. The results, to be screened later this month on BBC2's Back in Time for Dinner programme, were fascinating - if not occasionally stomach churning. Stepping into a different dining room for each decade, the Robshaws - dad Brandon, mum Rochelle and children Miranda, 17; Rosalind, 15 and Fred 10 - lived through how menus have changed. Writing in The Independent, Brandon said the family's normal, 21st century diet was a 'fusion of the functional and the foodie' with easy-to-cook recipes dominating week days and more 'ambitious' dishes being tried at the weekend. Bread and dripping for breakfast, cow-heel pie for dinner... The Robshaw family took on a brave culinary challenge to eat as a family would have in every decade from the 1950s to the 1990s. Pictured, from left to right, Rosalind, 15, mum Rochelle, Fred, 10, dad Brandon and Miranda, 17, in the 1950s episode . Forty years later, the Robshaws found themselves eating in the Nineties, sampling such delights as homemade pasta. 'Within living memory, the way we eat has been utterly transformed, not once but several times, and is still changing,' remarked Brandon . Like most modern kids, Miranda, Rosalind and Fred are in possession of a wide-ranging palate and enjoyed dishes from a global menu, says their dad. So, what was their reaction when they were plunged into the immediate post-war period, when rationing dominated the diets of the early 1950s? Brandon says the family felt 'hungry' all of the time with ten-year-old Fred finding it particularly hard to sate his sweet tooth without the biscuits and snacks that are readily available today. Faced with an 'of-the-time' dining room for each decade; the 1960s kitchen had 'luminous sky-blue walls' and 'radioactive yellow walls', while the 1970s saw a move towards open-plan dining, something which made the kitchen much more of a social hub for families. The Hairy Bikers' Dave Myers pictured with the Robshaw family as they sample the food of the Sixties . Sampling the Good Life... although the Robshaws found that food in the 1970s was more brightly coloured - but perhaps less enticing - than ever before. After all, this was the decade that gave us the Pot Noodle. The rise of the TV dinner: The Robshaw family, pictured above in their 1980s-style kitchen found the decade to be all about convenience, with gadgets aplenty helping them to make meals . The arrival of multiple television sets per household in the eighties stifled mealtime communication however, with TV dinners - effectively a meal on a tray in front of the box - becoming commonplace. 'It brought home to us all how British food has been revolutionised in an incredibly short time,' says Brandon. 'Within living memory, the way we eat has been utterly transformed, not once but several times, and is still changing.' The series looks too at how technology made a difference; a 1950s housewife would be forced to do a daily shop without the luxury of a fridge. While a stay-at-home mum in the eighties would lay out an afternoon tea that might have been made using a Magimix machine for the cake and coffee from a filter machine. The family said there were highs and lows to each decade with particularly dismal offerings including the 'national loaf' that was rationed out to families after World War II. The bread was filled out with potato starch and, according to Brandon, was a one-way ticket to indigestion. Highs included a vegan bean casserole, fresh from the seventies which was 'lipsmackingly good' and a trip to famed restaurateur Anton Mosimann's London eatery, where very eighties nouvelle cuisine and lashings of champagne were served. Here, we take a through-the-decades look at what the Bradshaws experienced. Stepping back in time for a Mary masterclass: Baking supremo Mary Berry teaches the Robshaws how to make a cake as it would have been done in the 1950s . The Fifties . Easily the starkest decade for dining in the last sixty years, the fall-out from World War II meant that families were still using ration books for almost half of the 1950s. Even cups of tea would have to be apportioned out. Bread came in the form of the 'National Loaf' and because flour was scarce, it was often padded out with potato starch, making for an indigestion-inducing crust. How a family might have started the day in the early 1950s, with bread - often the rationed 'National loaf' - and left-over roasted meat fat aka 'dripping' Snacks that modern-day children take for granted were nowhere to be seen and hunger was an all-too-familar feeling. And when mealtimes came, small portions were the order of the day. Bread and dripping (often left-over fat from the Sunday roast), now largely consigned to the history books, was a reality at breakfast time. Vegetables were often taken from community allotments. With no fridges except in the most west-heeled family homes, food was largely eaten fresh and shopping was a daily occurrence. The decade did get better though and the Sixties loomed...with the promise of the first ready-meal. On the dinnerplate: Cow-heel pie and home-grown vegetables . The Sixties . On every level, the 1960s were about liberation. Gastronomically, the country began to breathe easier with rationing a distant memory and plenty of new-fangled ideas hitting the kitchen cupboards. Packets of cereal still familiar to us today - Rice Crispies, Frosties and Corn Flakes - all found themselves on the breakfast table for the first time. The breakfast cereal, now an essential item on most UK families' dining table in the mornings made their first appearance back in the 1960s . Curry but not as we'd recognise it now: Families began to get a taste for spicier food and Vesta introduced an early ready meal in the shape of a beef curry . The beginning of a tomato-based love affair: Spaghetti bolognese arrived in the UK from our Italian friends...and hasn't left British dining tables since . Fridges became more commonplace, introducing the weekly shop to households. The tin-opener became a big ally in the kitchen as tins of Spam and corned beef were popular dinnertime treats. The Italians gave us our first garlic-infused sample of spaghetti bolognese and we liked it. On the downside, families began to get their first taste of processed food as sugar, salt and preservatives began to enter the equation. On the dinnerplate: One of the first meals in a packet, the Vesta beef curry . The Seventies . Three layers of sweetness! The Fab ice lolly proved a huge hit with youngsters in the 1970s . Dining rooms went open plan for the first time, making them a real social hub of the household for the first time. A freezer added further longevity to food in the family home. It wasn't all sophistication though, power cuts were a frequent event and dad would be found holding a candle as mum tried to concoct dinner in the dark. In an attempt to tantalise British palates, food packaging became brighter and more exciting...and often the bright colours would extend to the products inside. Children would go to the cinema and find such icy treats as Fabs and Sky Rays sold at the half-time interval. Spice came into the cupboards too, as curries became popular. Convenience food arrived in earnest, with the Pot Noodle stocked on supermarket shelves for the first time...much to the delight of students everywhere. Even cookbooks were dominated by making life easier, with casseroles and one-pots a big foodie trend. No self-respecting dinner party host would not think of serving fondue. On the dinnerplate: Curry and chips . Rise of the Pop Tart? Put it in the toaster or just eat it plain...kids went crazy for Kellogg's easy-to-eat snack . The Eighties . This decade saw the family cook look to appliances to make favourites with a more professional finish. Bakers fell in love with the Magimix and coffee tasted better in the filter machine. Working mums would rely on the ping of the microwave to feed their family quickly. The French sent over Nouvelle Cuisine and aspiring chefs went crazy for pretty, tiny portions...fancy food was all the rage in restaurants. Takeaways became a regular family treat. The number of televisions per household rose which saw the rise of the TV dinner, sidelining the dining table in favour of a tray on your lap. In between meals, kids would reach for one of the many snacks that were heavily advertised on television: Skips, Quavers and other high-salt, low nutrition foods were devoured. A more healthier backlash was on its way though... On the dinnerplate: Takeaway pizza . Just like mama used to make: Britons in the 1990s began to try their hand at making pasta at home...cue lots of families buying pasta machines . The Nineties . Health concerns for the first time began to make people think twice when supermarket shopping. A trend towards ditching processed food in favour of organic produce saw people conscious of their 'five-a-day' for the first time. Compared to the stark rationing of the Fifties, shopping was now all about variety with 10 types of apple, 20 types of bread laid before us. Although lots of food still clocked up plenty of air miles to get to our kitchen table, there was an awareness that eating locally was important. We discovered how to make our own pasta. The biggest vice? Booze! Meals would readily be accompanied by a nice bottle of Shiraz and supermarket shelves creaked with bottles of plonk, often at cut-down prices. On the restaurant scene, the gastropub arrived, reinventing old boozers by putting a chef with ambition in the kitchen. On the dinnerplate: Home-made pasta...with a nice bottle of red . 'Back in Time for Dinner' begins on BBC2 on 17th March at 8pm . [/INST] The Robshaw family spent ten weeks eating in different decades .
TV challenge saw them experience post-war rationing and nouvelle cuisine .
Arrival of fridges and other kitchen gadgets changed the lives of families .
A typical breakfast in the 1950s might have included bread and dripping .
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Two people died and two others are in critical condition after a train and car collided in Louisville Kentucky, police said. The Toyota sedan was attempting to cross the train tracks on Saturday at about 4pm and apparently 'disregarded the traffic control signs in the area' before it was struck on the passenger side, according to police. There are no barriers in the area blocking the tracks for when a train passes. Chita Chuwan, 16, and Suk Man Rai, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene at 4.09pm after sustaining multiple blunt-force injuries. Scroll down for video . This is the horrifying moment a Toyota sedan carrying four people drove over train tracks in Louisville, Kentucky, just as a train was heading toward it . Just as the white Toyota crossed the tracks the train smashed into the center of the right side of the car . The car was struck and dragged about half a mile by the train. Two passengers were killed and the driver and another passenger are in critical condition . Two train enthusiasts got the collision on film as they were recording passing trains. They said they heard glass breaking at the train smashed into the car . Chuwan was in the front passenger seat and Rai was in the back seat on the right side, according to WDRB. The driver and other passenger, identified by Bhutan News Service as Kismat Mishra and Nabin Thapa, are being treated in the University of Louisville Hospital. It is unknown as to which was driving. All four passengers were reportedly students in the Jefferson County Public School district. They were all Bhutanese refugees known for participating in the area's soccer team, according to WKLY. Chita Chuwan (left), 16, and Suk Man Rai (right), 19, were pronounced dead at the scene at 4.09pm after sustaining multiple blunt force injuries . Kismat Mishra was also in the car at the time of the crash. He and Nabin Thapa were sent to University of Louiville Hospital in critical condition . 'It's a big loss. It's really a big loss for us,' Ghana Pokhrel, a community soccer coach, told WKLY. Two train enthusiasts were recording footage of the passing Norfolk Southern train carrying 400,000 tons and 100 rail cars when the crash happened. In their videos a train can be seen blowing its horn before smashing into the white car at 43 miles per hour, dragging it half a mile down the tracks. 'Crossing signals going off, they're ringing still and trains blowing the horn and right before it gets to the crossing, you see the car pull up and "boom" - this loud impact hits right in the center of the car,' Logan Bennett, who was filming, told WHAS. 'You hear screeching, glass breaking and it was the most devastating thing I've ever seen in my life.' Mishra (left) and Thapa (right), who were identified by Bhutan News Service, remain in the hospital nearly 36 hours after the crash . Anthony Collman, was also filming, said he heard glass breaking as the car smashed into the train. 'It was just very devastating, eerie kind of feeling when that took place. I've never seen anything like that,' Collman told WDRB. 'The car did not slow down whatsoever. I did not see any brake lights whatsoever on the car.' Collman added that there should be gates at the crossing and that the lights and signal horns are not sufficient. 'There needs to be crossing gates because of the curvature of this road. There needs to be gates put at this crossing,' he said. Louisville Police and federal investigators are investigating the crash. The are where the crash happened has no gates that come down when a train is passing. There are only signal lights and noises to warn oncoming traffic . Witness Anthony Collman said that the area needs gates because the curvature of the road makes it harder to see that a train is coming . | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Train struck passing car on Saturday at about 4pm in Louisville, Kentucky .
Though warning lights and sounds were blaring, there are no barriers to make cars stop as trains pass .
Witnesses 'did not see any brake lights whatsoever' as car went through intersection and train was blaring its horn .
Chita Chuwan, 16, and Suk Man Rai, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene .
Kismat Mishra and Nabin Thapa are in critical condition at hospital . | 81061e0f2d96bf30e058ae1b9b8294e414553e4d | <s>[INST] Two people died and two others are in critical condition after a train and car collided in Louisville Kentucky, police said. The Toyota sedan was attempting to cross the train tracks on Saturday at about 4pm and apparently 'disregarded the traffic control signs in the area' before it was struck on the passenger side, according to police. There are no barriers in the area blocking the tracks for when a train passes. Chita Chuwan, 16, and Suk Man Rai, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene at 4.09pm after sustaining multiple blunt-force injuries. Scroll down for video . This is the horrifying moment a Toyota sedan carrying four people drove over train tracks in Louisville, Kentucky, just as a train was heading toward it . Just as the white Toyota crossed the tracks the train smashed into the center of the right side of the car . The car was struck and dragged about half a mile by the train. Two passengers were killed and the driver and another passenger are in critical condition . Two train enthusiasts got the collision on film as they were recording passing trains. They said they heard glass breaking at the train smashed into the car . Chuwan was in the front passenger seat and Rai was in the back seat on the right side, according to WDRB. The driver and other passenger, identified by Bhutan News Service as Kismat Mishra and Nabin Thapa, are being treated in the University of Louisville Hospital. It is unknown as to which was driving. All four passengers were reportedly students in the Jefferson County Public School district. They were all Bhutanese refugees known for participating in the area's soccer team, according to WKLY. Chita Chuwan (left), 16, and Suk Man Rai (right), 19, were pronounced dead at the scene at 4.09pm after sustaining multiple blunt force injuries . Kismat Mishra was also in the car at the time of the crash. He and Nabin Thapa were sent to University of Louiville Hospital in critical condition . 'It's a big loss. It's really a big loss for us,' Ghana Pokhrel, a community soccer coach, told WKLY. Two train enthusiasts were recording footage of the passing Norfolk Southern train carrying 400,000 tons and 100 rail cars when the crash happened. In their videos a train can be seen blowing its horn before smashing into the white car at 43 miles per hour, dragging it half a mile down the tracks. 'Crossing signals going off, they're ringing still and trains blowing the horn and right before it gets to the crossing, you see the car pull up and "boom" - this loud impact hits right in the center of the car,' Logan Bennett, who was filming, told WHAS. 'You hear screeching, glass breaking and it was the most devastating thing I've ever seen in my life.' Mishra (left) and Thapa (right), who were identified by Bhutan News Service, remain in the hospital nearly 36 hours after the crash . Anthony Collman, was also filming, said he heard glass breaking as the car smashed into the train. 'It was just very devastating, eerie kind of feeling when that took place. I've never seen anything like that,' Collman told WDRB. 'The car did not slow down whatsoever. I did not see any brake lights whatsoever on the car.' Collman added that there should be gates at the crossing and that the lights and signal horns are not sufficient. 'There needs to be crossing gates because of the curvature of this road. There needs to be gates put at this crossing,' he said. Louisville Police and federal investigators are investigating the crash. The are where the crash happened has no gates that come down when a train is passing. There are only signal lights and noises to warn oncoming traffic . Witness Anthony Collman said that the area needs gates because the curvature of the road makes it harder to see that a train is coming . [/INST] WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Train struck passing car on Saturday at about 4pm in Louisville, Kentucky .
Though warning lights and sounds were blaring, there are no barriers to make cars stop as trains pass .
Witnesses 'did not see any brake lights whatsoever' as car went through intersection and train was blaring its horn .
Chita Chuwan, 16, and Suk Man Rai, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene .
Kismat Mishra and Nabin Thapa are in critical condition at hospital . </s> |
Juventus have revived their interest in Chelsea midfielder Oscar. Scouts from the Italian league leaders were present in Paris on Thursday night specifically to watch the Brazilian against France. The 23-year-old scored in Brazil's 3-1 win and Juventus are weighing up an offer for the summer. Liverpool also have an interest but that deal would prove difficult. Oscar fires past Mamadou Sakho in the 40th minute during Brazil's 3-1 victory over France in Paris . Juventus scouts were at the Stade de France to watch Oscar in action . Oscar signed a contract extension up until 2019 last year and Chelsea would want premium price for a player they paid £25m for. Liverpool want a goalkeeper, midfielder and striker for the summer but their budget will depend on Champions League qualification. They are losing Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and will listen to offers for Rickie Lambert, Mario Balotelli and Fabio Borini. Liverpool will listen to offers for striker Mario Balotelli during the summer . | Scouts from the club watched the Brazilian in action against France .
The 23-year-old scored in Brazil's 3-1 win at the Stade de France .
Liverpool will listen to offers for Rickie Lambert, Mario Balotelli and Fabio Borini during the summer . | 34f499f938e51a2ed3ea01997628c268e5f6b312 | <s>[INST] Juventus have revived their interest in Chelsea midfielder Oscar. Scouts from the Italian league leaders were present in Paris on Thursday night specifically to watch the Brazilian against France. The 23-year-old scored in Brazil's 3-1 win and Juventus are weighing up an offer for the summer. Liverpool also have an interest but that deal would prove difficult. Oscar fires past Mamadou Sakho in the 40th minute during Brazil's 3-1 victory over France in Paris . Juventus scouts were at the Stade de France to watch Oscar in action . Oscar signed a contract extension up until 2019 last year and Chelsea would want premium price for a player they paid £25m for. Liverpool want a goalkeeper, midfielder and striker for the summer but their budget will depend on Champions League qualification. They are losing Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson and will listen to offers for Rickie Lambert, Mario Balotelli and Fabio Borini. Liverpool will listen to offers for striker Mario Balotelli during the summer . [/INST] Scouts from the club watched the Brazilian in action against France .
The 23-year-old scored in Brazil's 3-1 win at the Stade de France .
Liverpool will listen to offers for Rickie Lambert, Mario Balotelli and Fabio Borini during the summer . </s> |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has called the Chelsea supporters caught singing racist songs on camera 'a few idiots' who do not represent the club. The Dutchman, who earned a hero's reputation at Chelsea for scoring 87 goals in 177 games, insisted he never experienced any such discrimination while at Stamford Bridge. A video has emerged of Chelsea supporters chanting the N-word and making anti-Semitic slurs on a London to Manchester train last Sunday following the Capital One Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur. A group of Chelsea fans were filmed refusing to allow a black man from entering a train in Paris . Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink called the Chelsea supporters 'a few idiots' who do not represent the club . Hasselbaink earned a hero's reputation at Chelsea for scoring 87 goals in 177 games during his time there . Last month a group of Chelsea fans were filmed refusing to allow a black man from getting on a carriage on the Paris Metro before the Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain. 'We're racist, and that's the way we like it,' the group could be heard singing. Hasselbaink, the manager of Burton Albion, flying high in League Two, does not recognise these incidents as an aspect of the club he loves. 'I know lots of Chelsea supporters and I've never experienced that,' he said. 'I don't think Chelsea is about that. 'I think the boys that have done it are a few idiots. And that's it. They are not even a percentage of Chelsea fans. They do not represent Chelsea.' Hasselbaink scores for Chelsea past former Fulham goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar (left) back in 2001 . The Dutchman rounds Everton defender Joseph Yobo (left) to score in a League Cup game back in 2002 . Hasselbaink powers forward with the ball against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup third round . The striker has a long-range shot at goal during the 2002 League Cup quarter-final against Manchester United . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Videos have emerged recently of Chelsea fans singing racist songs .
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has called fans caught on camera singing racist songs 'a few idiots' who do not represent Chelsea .
Blues legend says he never experienced discrimination at Stamford Bridge .
READ: Police investigate claims fans were made 'racist chants' after Capital One Cup final .
READ: Chelsea racism victim in Paris Metro video declines invitation to Champions League last-16 tie .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news . | 9a6fb4ab58ad8eb2901dcbe2719cb76acae60e5b | <s>[INST] Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has called the Chelsea supporters caught singing racist songs on camera 'a few idiots' who do not represent the club. The Dutchman, who earned a hero's reputation at Chelsea for scoring 87 goals in 177 games, insisted he never experienced any such discrimination while at Stamford Bridge. A video has emerged of Chelsea supporters chanting the N-word and making anti-Semitic slurs on a London to Manchester train last Sunday following the Capital One Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur. A group of Chelsea fans were filmed refusing to allow a black man from entering a train in Paris . Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink called the Chelsea supporters 'a few idiots' who do not represent the club . Hasselbaink earned a hero's reputation at Chelsea for scoring 87 goals in 177 games during his time there . Last month a group of Chelsea fans were filmed refusing to allow a black man from getting on a carriage on the Paris Metro before the Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain. 'We're racist, and that's the way we like it,' the group could be heard singing. Hasselbaink, the manager of Burton Albion, flying high in League Two, does not recognise these incidents as an aspect of the club he loves. 'I know lots of Chelsea supporters and I've never experienced that,' he said. 'I don't think Chelsea is about that. 'I think the boys that have done it are a few idiots. And that's it. They are not even a percentage of Chelsea fans. They do not represent Chelsea.' Hasselbaink scores for Chelsea past former Fulham goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar (left) back in 2001 . The Dutchman rounds Everton defender Joseph Yobo (left) to score in a League Cup game back in 2002 . Hasselbaink powers forward with the ball against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup third round . The striker has a long-range shot at goal during the 2002 League Cup quarter-final against Manchester United . Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. [/INST] Videos have emerged recently of Chelsea fans singing racist songs .
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has called fans caught on camera singing racist songs 'a few idiots' who do not represent Chelsea .
Blues legend says he never experienced discrimination at Stamford Bridge .
READ: Police investigate claims fans were made 'racist chants' after Capital One Cup final .
READ: Chelsea racism victim in Paris Metro video declines invitation to Champions League last-16 tie .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Chelsea news . </s> |
Sam Rimmer, 19, sexually assaulted an 84-year-old woman at knife point and was jailed for 12 years . A teenager who sexually assaulted an 84-year-old woman at knifepoint in a brutal attack which left her with 44 separate injuries has been jailed for 12 years. Sam Rimmer, 19, climbed in through the window of the frail victim's home before launching the 'vicious' sex attack. The drunken intruder was armed with a large bread knife when he broke into her house in Greater Manchester on November 8 last year. The terrified woman became aware of a 'shadow in her room' moments before he sexually assaulted and tried to rape her, Manchester Crown Court was told. She fought back and grabbed the knife from the thug, dropping the weapon by the side of the bed. Rimmer, from Irlam, Greater Manchester, responded by punching the arthritis sufferer on the shoulder and forcing his fist into her mouth to silence her screams as he continued his horrifying attack. But as she prayed out loud he 'suddenly came to his senses', apologised and fled before confessing to a friend. Prosecutor Phil Dobson told the court how the woman's mobility was badly affected by the attack. Because she now struggles to move her right arm, the pensioner has become reliant on her family and struggles to pay for carers to help with cooking, dressing and bathing. Despite sleepless nights, she has shown a 'spirited determination and forgiving attitude' in the wake of her terrible ordeal, Mr Dobson said. In a witness impact statement, the elderly woman said she had forgiven Rimmer for the shocking attack. 'I feel comfortable in the home I have had for 55 years and I will not let anyone force me out of my own home,' she said. 'Unfortunately I don't think I will ever be able to forget this incident, due to the physical problems I have and the upset it has caused not only me, but my family. 'I really struggle to understand why he has done this to me, however I have no ill feelings towards him and forgive him for what he has done. 'I'm a strong Catholic and feel sorry for him and his family. I hope he will turn his life around.' Rimmer forced his hand into the frail woman's mouth to silence her screams as he continued his horrifying sex attack, Manchester Crown Court (pictured) heard . Hunter Gray, defending, argued that with no previous convictions, Rimmer should not be classed as a 'dangerous' offender. But judge Hilary Manley disagreed, saying that Rimmer attacked the victim with 'extreme force and viciousness'. She added: 'She tried to resist and fight you. You were a young man of 19, making yourself as fit as possible for entry into the Army. She was an 84-year-old who had to use sticks when she walked. 'She is clearly resilient and brave but these offences have had a profound impact on her life... she's not spent a night at home alone since this incident. This was a vicious and humiliating attack on a vulnerable and defenceless elderly woman, it must have been a terrifying experience for her. 'Had she not managed to disarm you it could have ended even more badly.' 'You cannot present a reason why you committed this offence - the lengthy and unnecessary violence causes the gravest concern.' Rimmer admitted attempted rape and sexual assault and was jailed for 12 years. He must spend an extra five years on licence and will not be released until the authorities are satisfied he is no longer dangerous. | Sam Rimmer sexually assaulted and tried to rape an 84-year-old woman .
Drunken teenager climbed through her window before launching his attack .
He was armed with a bread knife as he sexually assaulted elderly woman .
Rimmer forced his fist into the woman's mouth to silence her screams .
She has forgiven her attacker despite being left with life-changing injuries .
Rimmer, 19, was jailed for 12 years after admitting the 'vicious' attack . | a172b7662fc0b68cf5beb16edb0efd03505ecb09 | <s>[INST] Sam Rimmer, 19, sexually assaulted an 84-year-old woman at knife point and was jailed for 12 years . A teenager who sexually assaulted an 84-year-old woman at knifepoint in a brutal attack which left her with 44 separate injuries has been jailed for 12 years. Sam Rimmer, 19, climbed in through the window of the frail victim's home before launching the 'vicious' sex attack. The drunken intruder was armed with a large bread knife when he broke into her house in Greater Manchester on November 8 last year. The terrified woman became aware of a 'shadow in her room' moments before he sexually assaulted and tried to rape her, Manchester Crown Court was told. She fought back and grabbed the knife from the thug, dropping the weapon by the side of the bed. Rimmer, from Irlam, Greater Manchester, responded by punching the arthritis sufferer on the shoulder and forcing his fist into her mouth to silence her screams as he continued his horrifying attack. But as she prayed out loud he 'suddenly came to his senses', apologised and fled before confessing to a friend. Prosecutor Phil Dobson told the court how the woman's mobility was badly affected by the attack. Because she now struggles to move her right arm, the pensioner has become reliant on her family and struggles to pay for carers to help with cooking, dressing and bathing. Despite sleepless nights, she has shown a 'spirited determination and forgiving attitude' in the wake of her terrible ordeal, Mr Dobson said. In a witness impact statement, the elderly woman said she had forgiven Rimmer for the shocking attack. 'I feel comfortable in the home I have had for 55 years and I will not let anyone force me out of my own home,' she said. 'Unfortunately I don't think I will ever be able to forget this incident, due to the physical problems I have and the upset it has caused not only me, but my family. 'I really struggle to understand why he has done this to me, however I have no ill feelings towards him and forgive him for what he has done. 'I'm a strong Catholic and feel sorry for him and his family. I hope he will turn his life around.' Rimmer forced his hand into the frail woman's mouth to silence her screams as he continued his horrifying sex attack, Manchester Crown Court (pictured) heard . Hunter Gray, defending, argued that with no previous convictions, Rimmer should not be classed as a 'dangerous' offender. But judge Hilary Manley disagreed, saying that Rimmer attacked the victim with 'extreme force and viciousness'. She added: 'She tried to resist and fight you. You were a young man of 19, making yourself as fit as possible for entry into the Army. She was an 84-year-old who had to use sticks when she walked. 'She is clearly resilient and brave but these offences have had a profound impact on her life... she's not spent a night at home alone since this incident. This was a vicious and humiliating attack on a vulnerable and defenceless elderly woman, it must have been a terrifying experience for her. 'Had she not managed to disarm you it could have ended even more badly.' 'You cannot present a reason why you committed this offence - the lengthy and unnecessary violence causes the gravest concern.' Rimmer admitted attempted rape and sexual assault and was jailed for 12 years. He must spend an extra five years on licence and will not be released until the authorities are satisfied he is no longer dangerous. [/INST] Sam Rimmer sexually assaulted and tried to rape an 84-year-old woman .
Drunken teenager climbed through her window before launching his attack .
He was armed with a bread knife as he sexually assaulted elderly woman .
Rimmer forced his fist into the woman's mouth to silence her screams .
She has forgiven her attacker despite being left with life-changing injuries .
Rimmer, 19, was jailed for 12 years after admitting the 'vicious' attack . </s> |
Steven Gerrard will play alongside Chelsea captain John Terry and former Liverpool team-mates Xabi Alonso, Luis Suarez and Fernando Torres in a mouth-watering line-up at Anfield later this month. The Reds captain, who will also team up with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, is to feature in an all-star XI for a charity game organised by the Liverpool FC Foundation on March 29. Gerrard will also manage the side with his former Liverpool team-mate and Sportsmail columnist Jamie Carragher leading the opposition. Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher will go head-to-head in a charity match at Anfield later this month . Gerrard and Sportsmail columnist Carragher took turns in picking their first XIs for the charity clash . The legends stand by the teams they have selected for the match organised by the Liverpool FC Foundation . Brad Jones; John Arne Riise, John Terry, Stephen Warnock; Ryan Babel, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard (C), Kevin Nolan; Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Thierry Henry . Pepe Reina; Alvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher (C), Martin Kelly, Craig Noone, Raul Meireles, Jonjo Shelvey, Craig Bellamy, Luis Garcia, Didier Drogba, Dirk Kuyt . Gerrard and Carragher appeared in a relaxed mood as they faced the media at Anfield on Thursday . The game gives Liverpool fans one last opportunity to see Gerrard in action alongside the best players from the array of sides he has captained throughout his time at Anfield before he leaves for LA Galaxy at the end of the season. A number of current Liverpool first-team players will also be involved. Gerrard and Carragher took turns selecting from 22 star players with Reds stopper Brad Jones the surprise first name out of the hat. Gerrard revealed he was ‘staying loyal’ to his current team-mate. The former England captain then selected the ‘best defender' he has 'ever played with' as Terry was picked to line-up at centre-half. Fernando Torres, in action for Atletico Madrid, will play alongside Luis Suarez and Thierry Henry . Luis Suarez will return to Anfield for the first time since his £75million summer switch to Barcelona . Carragher claimed his fellow Sky Sports pundit and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is 'excited' about the match . Carragher responded by joking that the Chelsea captain, whose side were dumped out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, ‘couldn’t run’. Bayern Munich midfielder Alonso was hailed as a ‘top passer’ by Gerrard and was the 35-year-old's first pick in midfield. Suarez, the Barcelona striker deemed to be 'the man in form’ was selected to lead Gerrard’s attack. Carragher responded by picking Chelsea legend Didier Drogba to go head-to-head with club team-mate Terry. Torres was then chosen by Gerrard to team up with Suarez and Henry was also selected by the Liverpool legend to form a tantalising three-pronged attack. Xabi Alonso, now of Bayern Munich, will team up with Gerrard after he was selected by the Reds skipper . Suarez celebrates after scoring for Liverpool against Crystal Palace in the Premier League last season . Torres pictured scoring for Liverpool against Wolves. He was sold to Chelsea for £50m in January 2011 . With the teams decided, Carragher accused Gerrard of ‘going for the egos', but claimed he had picked a 'proper team'. 'It's going to be a great occasion,' said Gerrard at a press conference on Thursday. 'When I made the phone calls and told them about playing in front of a full house, they loved the idea. 'Me and Jamie should not get any credit, it's credit to everyone who wants to come and help out. I know all those who are involved. They are winners and it will be a great game. 'I am feeling good, looking forward to the future. I am staying respectful to Liverpool. I am fit and available and I want to be.' Carragher added: 'Thierry Henry was more excited than I was when we spoke about it.' Proceeds raised from the event will help fund Liverpool FC Foundation's community programmes, which benefit thousands of young people and adults throughout the city of Liverpool, and also support Alder Hey's new Hospital in the Park as well as providing support packages to Claire House, Positive Futures, Centre 56 and Cash for Kids. | Steven Gerrard selects his former Liverpool team-mates for charity game .
Gerrard will also line up alongside Thierry Henry in match on March 29 .
Sportsmail columnist Jamie Carragher will play and manage the opposition .
Carragher's first XI includes Pepe Reina, Craig Bellamy and Didier Drogba . | 49aa0f388e3be9fc7e01c045304ed119f38656b6 | <s>[INST] Steven Gerrard will play alongside Chelsea captain John Terry and former Liverpool team-mates Xabi Alonso, Luis Suarez and Fernando Torres in a mouth-watering line-up at Anfield later this month. The Reds captain, who will also team up with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, is to feature in an all-star XI for a charity game organised by the Liverpool FC Foundation on March 29. Gerrard will also manage the side with his former Liverpool team-mate and Sportsmail columnist Jamie Carragher leading the opposition. Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher will go head-to-head in a charity match at Anfield later this month . Gerrard and Sportsmail columnist Carragher took turns in picking their first XIs for the charity clash . The legends stand by the teams they have selected for the match organised by the Liverpool FC Foundation . Brad Jones; John Arne Riise, John Terry, Stephen Warnock; Ryan Babel, Xabi Alonso, Steven Gerrard (C), Kevin Nolan; Luis Suarez, Fernando Torres, Thierry Henry . Pepe Reina; Alvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher (C), Martin Kelly, Craig Noone, Raul Meireles, Jonjo Shelvey, Craig Bellamy, Luis Garcia, Didier Drogba, Dirk Kuyt . Gerrard and Carragher appeared in a relaxed mood as they faced the media at Anfield on Thursday . The game gives Liverpool fans one last opportunity to see Gerrard in action alongside the best players from the array of sides he has captained throughout his time at Anfield before he leaves for LA Galaxy at the end of the season. A number of current Liverpool first-team players will also be involved. Gerrard and Carragher took turns selecting from 22 star players with Reds stopper Brad Jones the surprise first name out of the hat. Gerrard revealed he was ‘staying loyal’ to his current team-mate. The former England captain then selected the ‘best defender' he has 'ever played with' as Terry was picked to line-up at centre-half. Fernando Torres, in action for Atletico Madrid, will play alongside Luis Suarez and Thierry Henry . Luis Suarez will return to Anfield for the first time since his £75million summer switch to Barcelona . Carragher claimed his fellow Sky Sports pundit and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry is 'excited' about the match . Carragher responded by joking that the Chelsea captain, whose side were dumped out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, ‘couldn’t run’. Bayern Munich midfielder Alonso was hailed as a ‘top passer’ by Gerrard and was the 35-year-old's first pick in midfield. Suarez, the Barcelona striker deemed to be 'the man in form’ was selected to lead Gerrard’s attack. Carragher responded by picking Chelsea legend Didier Drogba to go head-to-head with club team-mate Terry. Torres was then chosen by Gerrard to team up with Suarez and Henry was also selected by the Liverpool legend to form a tantalising three-pronged attack. Xabi Alonso, now of Bayern Munich, will team up with Gerrard after he was selected by the Reds skipper . Suarez celebrates after scoring for Liverpool against Crystal Palace in the Premier League last season . Torres pictured scoring for Liverpool against Wolves. He was sold to Chelsea for £50m in January 2011 . With the teams decided, Carragher accused Gerrard of ‘going for the egos', but claimed he had picked a 'proper team'. 'It's going to be a great occasion,' said Gerrard at a press conference on Thursday. 'When I made the phone calls and told them about playing in front of a full house, they loved the idea. 'Me and Jamie should not get any credit, it's credit to everyone who wants to come and help out. I know all those who are involved. They are winners and it will be a great game. 'I am feeling good, looking forward to the future. I am staying respectful to Liverpool. I am fit and available and I want to be.' Carragher added: 'Thierry Henry was more excited than I was when we spoke about it.' Proceeds raised from the event will help fund Liverpool FC Foundation's community programmes, which benefit thousands of young people and adults throughout the city of Liverpool, and also support Alder Hey's new Hospital in the Park as well as providing support packages to Claire House, Positive Futures, Centre 56 and Cash for Kids. [/INST] Steven Gerrard selects his former Liverpool team-mates for charity game .
Gerrard will also line up alongside Thierry Henry in match on March 29 .
Sportsmail columnist Jamie Carragher will play and manage the opposition .
Carragher's first XI includes Pepe Reina, Craig Bellamy and Didier Drogba . </s> |
Self-styled revolutionary Russell Brand believes Britain's 'corrupt' society is to blame for turning Jihadi John into a terrorist executioner. In an extraordinary ten-minute rant on YouTube, the outspoken millionaire comedian young Muslims in the UK are so disenfranchised they ‘turn to mad jihadism’. The millionaire comedian-turned-anarchist spoke out in a video blog he called: 'Could I have been Jihadi John?' He said: ‘The kernel of truth in the sprawling, bewildering, bramble of ISIS madness is society isn't working, the system isn't working, it’s totally corrupt. Scroll down for video . Controversial comedian Russell Brand posted an extraordinary ten-minute rant on YouTube saying Britian's society was to blame for turning Jihadi John into a terrorist executioner . ‘That’s the thing that resonates in the core of young people, that’s the thing that pulls them into mad jihadism.’ And he went on to muse: ‘The developing news narrative in most of its permutations doesn't address the core problems. 'If Muslims have been here in significant numbers since the fifties, why is this only happening now?’ And he heaped blame on society at large for failing to incorporate and understand the ISIS atrocities. Brand explained that while society can 'incorporate' problems like drugs, drink and homelessness, it has so far failed to understand jihadism in the same way. 'The beheadings can’t be incorporated into the main narrative of apathy, alienation, isolation,’ he said. In the outburst, Brand also accused the media of failing to address the 'core problem' behind the ISIS atrocities . Brand also explained that while society can 'incorporate' problems like drugs, drink and homelessness, it has so far failed to understand jihadism in the same way . ‘It’s merely an extreme example of something that is commonly understood. That our cultural story at the moment makes no sense. ’ In the outburst he also accused the media of failing to address the 'core problem' behind the ISIS atrocities. However, it is not the first time that Brand has spoken out about ISIS. In another Youtube rant in September, he argued that attitudes in Britain towards Muslim youth are to blame for men and women leaving the UK to join extremists abroad. Meanwhile in December, he took aim at the Australian government and Prime Minister Tony Abbot following a siege at a cafe in Sydney where two people died. Mohammed Emwazi, left, who was revealed to be ISIS executioner Jihadi John. Brand suggested that not incorporating Muslims into British society is the reason they turn to ISIS . Brand previously criticised Australian media for calling the Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, pictured, a terrorist, saying he was simply a 'mentally ill criminal' Brand criticised the way gunman Man Haron Monis was branded a terrorist by some media outlets, saying instead he was simply a mentally ill criminal. 'This man is clearly a mentally ill criminal with a long history of mental illness and criminal behaviour and lots of evidence of instability,' Brand said in a video. The comedian also blamed the media for fitting the story into their own frame, amid worldwide fears about ISIS. He added: 'It's convenient for people to enhance and increase fear around ISIS because currently there's an appetite to increase security measures domestically, to engage in foreign military activity in that region of the world for economic and corporate ends.' | The outspoken star posted an extraordinary ten-minute rant on YouTube .
Said Britain's 'corrupt' society was to blame for youngsters turning to ISIS .
Suggested society at large had failed to incorporate young Muslims .
Said people were failing to understand why people were turning to jihad .
Blamed media for failing to address 'core problem' behind ISIS atrocities .
Brand has previously spoken out about ISIS in other YouTube videos . | f1d9e049cfe8b90b87a7169fe1c08581c848815a | <s>[INST] Self-styled revolutionary Russell Brand believes Britain's 'corrupt' society is to blame for turning Jihadi John into a terrorist executioner. In an extraordinary ten-minute rant on YouTube, the outspoken millionaire comedian young Muslims in the UK are so disenfranchised they ‘turn to mad jihadism’. The millionaire comedian-turned-anarchist spoke out in a video blog he called: 'Could I have been Jihadi John?' He said: ‘The kernel of truth in the sprawling, bewildering, bramble of ISIS madness is society isn't working, the system isn't working, it’s totally corrupt. Scroll down for video . Controversial comedian Russell Brand posted an extraordinary ten-minute rant on YouTube saying Britian's society was to blame for turning Jihadi John into a terrorist executioner . ‘That’s the thing that resonates in the core of young people, that’s the thing that pulls them into mad jihadism.’ And he went on to muse: ‘The developing news narrative in most of its permutations doesn't address the core problems. 'If Muslims have been here in significant numbers since the fifties, why is this only happening now?’ And he heaped blame on society at large for failing to incorporate and understand the ISIS atrocities. Brand explained that while society can 'incorporate' problems like drugs, drink and homelessness, it has so far failed to understand jihadism in the same way. 'The beheadings can’t be incorporated into the main narrative of apathy, alienation, isolation,’ he said. In the outburst, Brand also accused the media of failing to address the 'core problem' behind the ISIS atrocities . Brand also explained that while society can 'incorporate' problems like drugs, drink and homelessness, it has so far failed to understand jihadism in the same way . ‘It’s merely an extreme example of something that is commonly understood. That our cultural story at the moment makes no sense. ’ In the outburst he also accused the media of failing to address the 'core problem' behind the ISIS atrocities. However, it is not the first time that Brand has spoken out about ISIS. In another Youtube rant in September, he argued that attitudes in Britain towards Muslim youth are to blame for men and women leaving the UK to join extremists abroad. Meanwhile in December, he took aim at the Australian government and Prime Minister Tony Abbot following a siege at a cafe in Sydney where two people died. Mohammed Emwazi, left, who was revealed to be ISIS executioner Jihadi John. Brand suggested that not incorporating Muslims into British society is the reason they turn to ISIS . Brand previously criticised Australian media for calling the Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, pictured, a terrorist, saying he was simply a 'mentally ill criminal' Brand criticised the way gunman Man Haron Monis was branded a terrorist by some media outlets, saying instead he was simply a mentally ill criminal. 'This man is clearly a mentally ill criminal with a long history of mental illness and criminal behaviour and lots of evidence of instability,' Brand said in a video. The comedian also blamed the media for fitting the story into their own frame, amid worldwide fears about ISIS. He added: 'It's convenient for people to enhance and increase fear around ISIS because currently there's an appetite to increase security measures domestically, to engage in foreign military activity in that region of the world for economic and corporate ends.' [/INST] The outspoken star posted an extraordinary ten-minute rant on YouTube .
Said Britain's 'corrupt' society was to blame for youngsters turning to ISIS .
Suggested society at large had failed to incorporate young Muslims .
Said people were failing to understand why people were turning to jihad .
Blamed media for failing to address 'core problem' behind ISIS atrocities .
Brand has previously spoken out about ISIS in other YouTube videos . </s> |
It was a mainstay on the NASCAR circuit for nearly five decades. But now, North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina - once filled with thousands of fans at a time - lies silent and deserted. The legendary track, which opened its doors to a crowd of more than 10,000 in 1947, was recently caught on camera by photojournalist Seph Lawless. The photojournalist, also an activist, captured the dilapidated arena as part of an ongoing project which focuses on 'the most abandoned' sites in America. He told Daily Mail Online: 'This arena was once filled with thousands of people now it sits eerily silent and completely abandoned. It was apocalyptic.' Scroll down for video . Empty: North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina - a mainstay on the NASCAR circuit for nearly 50 years - now lies silent and deserted . Legendary: The track, which opened its doors to a crowd of more than 10,000 in 1947, was caught on camera by photojournalist Seph Lawless . Deserted: Mr Lawless captured the dilapidated arena as part of an ongoing project which focuses on 'the most abandoned' areas of America . 'It was apocalyptic: 'This arena was once filled with thousands of people now it sits eerily silent and completely abandoned,' Mr Lawless said . Flashback: Terry Labonte (No 5) and Elton Sawyer (No 27) bring the field to the start of the First Union 400 at the speedway on April 14, 1996 . Hopes: Mr Lawless, also an activist, continued: 'Certain parts of America decline so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it' Damaged: Mr Lawless's stunning photos show faded racetrack signs, thousands of vacant seats and buildings with damaged ceilings (above) Out of use: A building at the speedway is pictured in a state of disrepair (left), while a sign showing drivers' positions is no longer lit up (right) Racetrack: The short speedway, measuring five-eights of a mile, held races in NASCAR's top three series from 1949 until its closure in 1996 . He added: 'Certain parts of America decline so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it.' The short speedway, measuring five-eights of a mile, held races in NASCAR's top three series from 1949 until its closure in 1996. That year, it was sold to ex-New Hampshire Motor Speedway owner Bob Bahre and Speedway Motorsports's CEO Bruton Smith due to its age and lack of modern facilities. Its spring date was taken over by Smith's new Texas Motor Speedway, while its fall date was given to Bahre's New Hampshire track. In 2010, North Wilkesboro Speedway briefly reopened, playing host to several Stock Car series. However, it closed again in the spring of 2011. It has sat empty since. Seph Lawless's stunning photos show faded racetrack signs, thousands of vacant seats, buildings in various states of disrepair and stained parts of track. The refreshments section of the arena lies abandoned, while red paint is ripped off the wall surrounding a sign reading, 'President's Lounge'. 'It's not every day that you come across an abandoned NASCAR race speedway,' Seph Lawless, who goes by a pseudonym, told Daily Mail Online. Aged: In 1996, the speedway was sold to ex-New Hampshire Motor Speedway owner Bob Bahre and Speedway Motorsports CEO Bruton Smith . Wrecked signage: In 2010, the track briefly reopened, playing host to several Stock Car series. However, it closed again in the spring of 2011 . No sale: The refreshments section of the arena - which once catered for thousands of spectactors from across the world - now lies abandoned . Vacant: The speedway's thousands of seats are vacant after the speedway closed in 1996 - and later, re-closed, after a brief opening in 2011 . Worn: Red paint is ripped off the wall surrounding a sign reading, 'President's Lounge', which signaled the place that executives would gather . Desolate: Mr Lawless, whose project is called Autopsy of America and covers all 50 states, is filming a reality TV show based on his work . Looking out: The US photojournalist hopes his pictures of deserted sites - such as North Wilkesboro Speedway - will raise awareness of them . Inspiring change: However, he also hopes the images will 'inspire creative solutions' to their abandoned states. Above, a shot of the speedway . Exit: 'This isn't social media. This is a social movement,' said Mr Lawless, who posts some of his images on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter . The US photojournalist, whose project is called Autopsy of America and covers all 50 states, is currently filming a reality TV show based on his work. He hopes that his pictures of deserted sites - such as North Wilkesboro Speedway - will not only raise awareness of them, but 'inspire creative solutions'. 'This isn't social media. This is a social movement,' said Seph Lawless, who posts some of his images on his Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages. He added: 'The problems my country faces won't change until we face these problems, so I thought we could start by simply looking at them.' Tackling issues: Mr Lawless said Americans need to 'face these problems', adding: 'so I thought we could start by simply looking at them' Course: This photo, captured by Mr Lawless during his trip to North Carolina, shows part of the speedway, which once attracted thousands . Disrepair: The photojournalist is not the only one who is hoping to inspire change at the speedway, which offered spectators up-close views . Authorization needed: A handwritten sign fixed to two planks of wood at North Wilkesboro Speedway reads: 'Authorized photographers only' NASCAR: A poster reading 'NASCAR Winston Cup Series' is pictured on the side of a building at the legendary racetrack in North Wilkesboro . Battle: An organization named 'Save the Speedway' , founded in 2005 by Rob Marsden, still actively fights for the reopening of the speedway . Chance of transformation? The group has thousands of followers, all of whom share the vision of 'a new life at North Wilkesboro Speedway' And Seph Lawless is not the only one who is hoping to inspire change at the speedway, which offered spectators up-close views of passing drivers. An organization named 'Save the Speedway', founded in 2005 by Rob Marsden, still actively fights for the reopening of the track. The group now has thousands of followers, all of whom share the vision of 'a new life at North Wilkesboro Speedway'. The final Sprint Cup race at the speedway was won by driver Jeff Gordon in September 1996. Weather-torn: When it opened in 2010, the track briefly played host to several Stock Car series, like the now defunct ASA Late Model Series . Sunset: It also played host to the USARacing Pro Cup Series (formerly Hooters Pro Cup) and PASS Super Late Models before closing again . Striking: This photo of North Wilkesboro Speedway, captured by Mr Lawless, shows the track in a very different state to what it used to be . Attracting fans: The photojournalist described the site as 'eerily silent'. Above, a wall at the track advertises NASCAR's Winston Cup Series . Contrast: The final Sprint Cup race at North Wilkesboro Speedway (seen today, right) was won by driver Jeff Gordon (left) in September 1996 . | North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina was a mainstay on NASCAR circuit from 1949 until September 1996 .
But now, it lies empty after being sold in 1996, briefly reopening in 2010, then closing again in the spring of 2011 .
Pictures of legendary track were captured by photojournalist Seph Lawless as part of 'Autopsy of America' project .
They show faded racetrack signs, thousands of vacant seats, buildings with damaged ceilings and stained ground .
The site 'now sits eerily silent and completely abandoned. It was apocalyptic,' Seph Lawless told Daily Mail Online . | 499c23e977449875d68601e328bf4abbafb2202d | <s>[INST] It was a mainstay on the NASCAR circuit for nearly five decades. But now, North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina - once filled with thousands of fans at a time - lies silent and deserted. The legendary track, which opened its doors to a crowd of more than 10,000 in 1947, was recently caught on camera by photojournalist Seph Lawless. The photojournalist, also an activist, captured the dilapidated arena as part of an ongoing project which focuses on 'the most abandoned' sites in America. He told Daily Mail Online: 'This arena was once filled with thousands of people now it sits eerily silent and completely abandoned. It was apocalyptic.' Scroll down for video . Empty: North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina - a mainstay on the NASCAR circuit for nearly 50 years - now lies silent and deserted . Legendary: The track, which opened its doors to a crowd of more than 10,000 in 1947, was caught on camera by photojournalist Seph Lawless . Deserted: Mr Lawless captured the dilapidated arena as part of an ongoing project which focuses on 'the most abandoned' areas of America . 'It was apocalyptic: 'This arena was once filled with thousands of people now it sits eerily silent and completely abandoned,' Mr Lawless said . Flashback: Terry Labonte (No 5) and Elton Sawyer (No 27) bring the field to the start of the First Union 400 at the speedway on April 14, 1996 . Hopes: Mr Lawless, also an activist, continued: 'Certain parts of America decline so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it' Damaged: Mr Lawless's stunning photos show faded racetrack signs, thousands of vacant seats and buildings with damaged ceilings (above) Out of use: A building at the speedway is pictured in a state of disrepair (left), while a sign showing drivers' positions is no longer lit up (right) Racetrack: The short speedway, measuring five-eights of a mile, held races in NASCAR's top three series from 1949 until its closure in 1996 . He added: 'Certain parts of America decline so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it.' The short speedway, measuring five-eights of a mile, held races in NASCAR's top three series from 1949 until its closure in 1996. That year, it was sold to ex-New Hampshire Motor Speedway owner Bob Bahre and Speedway Motorsports's CEO Bruton Smith due to its age and lack of modern facilities. Its spring date was taken over by Smith's new Texas Motor Speedway, while its fall date was given to Bahre's New Hampshire track. In 2010, North Wilkesboro Speedway briefly reopened, playing host to several Stock Car series. However, it closed again in the spring of 2011. It has sat empty since. Seph Lawless's stunning photos show faded racetrack signs, thousands of vacant seats, buildings in various states of disrepair and stained parts of track. The refreshments section of the arena lies abandoned, while red paint is ripped off the wall surrounding a sign reading, 'President's Lounge'. 'It's not every day that you come across an abandoned NASCAR race speedway,' Seph Lawless, who goes by a pseudonym, told Daily Mail Online. Aged: In 1996, the speedway was sold to ex-New Hampshire Motor Speedway owner Bob Bahre and Speedway Motorsports CEO Bruton Smith . Wrecked signage: In 2010, the track briefly reopened, playing host to several Stock Car series. However, it closed again in the spring of 2011 . No sale: The refreshments section of the arena - which once catered for thousands of spectactors from across the world - now lies abandoned . Vacant: The speedway's thousands of seats are vacant after the speedway closed in 1996 - and later, re-closed, after a brief opening in 2011 . Worn: Red paint is ripped off the wall surrounding a sign reading, 'President's Lounge', which signaled the place that executives would gather . Desolate: Mr Lawless, whose project is called Autopsy of America and covers all 50 states, is filming a reality TV show based on his work . Looking out: The US photojournalist hopes his pictures of deserted sites - such as North Wilkesboro Speedway - will raise awareness of them . Inspiring change: However, he also hopes the images will 'inspire creative solutions' to their abandoned states. Above, a shot of the speedway . Exit: 'This isn't social media. This is a social movement,' said Mr Lawless, who posts some of his images on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter . The US photojournalist, whose project is called Autopsy of America and covers all 50 states, is currently filming a reality TV show based on his work. He hopes that his pictures of deserted sites - such as North Wilkesboro Speedway - will not only raise awareness of them, but 'inspire creative solutions'. 'This isn't social media. This is a social movement,' said Seph Lawless, who posts some of his images on his Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages. He added: 'The problems my country faces won't change until we face these problems, so I thought we could start by simply looking at them.' Tackling issues: Mr Lawless said Americans need to 'face these problems', adding: 'so I thought we could start by simply looking at them' Course: This photo, captured by Mr Lawless during his trip to North Carolina, shows part of the speedway, which once attracted thousands . Disrepair: The photojournalist is not the only one who is hoping to inspire change at the speedway, which offered spectators up-close views . Authorization needed: A handwritten sign fixed to two planks of wood at North Wilkesboro Speedway reads: 'Authorized photographers only' NASCAR: A poster reading 'NASCAR Winston Cup Series' is pictured on the side of a building at the legendary racetrack in North Wilkesboro . Battle: An organization named 'Save the Speedway' , founded in 2005 by Rob Marsden, still actively fights for the reopening of the speedway . Chance of transformation? The group has thousands of followers, all of whom share the vision of 'a new life at North Wilkesboro Speedway' And Seph Lawless is not the only one who is hoping to inspire change at the speedway, which offered spectators up-close views of passing drivers. An organization named 'Save the Speedway', founded in 2005 by Rob Marsden, still actively fights for the reopening of the track. The group now has thousands of followers, all of whom share the vision of 'a new life at North Wilkesboro Speedway'. The final Sprint Cup race at the speedway was won by driver Jeff Gordon in September 1996. Weather-torn: When it opened in 2010, the track briefly played host to several Stock Car series, like the now defunct ASA Late Model Series . Sunset: It also played host to the USARacing Pro Cup Series (formerly Hooters Pro Cup) and PASS Super Late Models before closing again . Striking: This photo of North Wilkesboro Speedway, captured by Mr Lawless, shows the track in a very different state to what it used to be . Attracting fans: The photojournalist described the site as 'eerily silent'. Above, a wall at the track advertises NASCAR's Winston Cup Series . Contrast: The final Sprint Cup race at North Wilkesboro Speedway (seen today, right) was won by driver Jeff Gordon (left) in September 1996 . [/INST] North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina was a mainstay on NASCAR circuit from 1949 until September 1996 .
But now, it lies empty after being sold in 1996, briefly reopening in 2010, then closing again in the spring of 2011 .
Pictures of legendary track were captured by photojournalist Seph Lawless as part of 'Autopsy of America' project .
They show faded racetrack signs, thousands of vacant seats, buildings with damaged ceilings and stained ground .
The site 'now sits eerily silent and completely abandoned. It was apocalyptic,' Seph Lawless told Daily Mail Online . </s> |
Kidulthood actor Adam Deacon missed a court date after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act . Bafta-award winning Kidulthood actor Adam Deacon has missed a court date after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The actor and director was due to appear in court today after he was charged with affray and possession of a long-bladed sword near his home in east London, but was too unwell to attend a hearing. Police were called on the evening of January 6 to reports of a man armed with a 'machete'-style knife who was said to be threatening members of the public in Bethnal Green. Deacon, who shot to fame in the gritty film Kidulthood, did not appear at Thames Magistrates Court this morning because he was too unwell after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, the court heard. The court clerk said: 'This case was adjourned, I believe, on the 6th March and if you look at the charge sheet, the charges concern allegations from January 6 of affray and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. 'On the last occasion the defendant wasn't in court and an adjournment period was agreed because the defendant was in hospital for treatment for underlying mental health issues.' Emek Yagmur, defending Deacon, passed a letter from the hospital the actor is receiving treatment at to the court . She said: 'He is now back in their care and he has not been released because he is not well enough to attend. He has been sectioned under section two [of the mental health act]. 'We are asking for a six-week adjournment. He is clearly not very well.' The hearing, which lasted a matter of minutes, was adjourned to April 30. The actor and director was due to appear in court today after he was charged with affray and possession of a long bladed sword near his home in east London . The panel said it wanted to see medical reports when the troubled actor, 32, next appears. Deacon, who won a Bafta rising star award for directing urban comedy Anuvahood, is also due to stand trial at Hammersmith Magistrates Court on May 11, accused of harassing fellow actor Noel Clarke on social media. Deacon was arrested back in January after failing to appear in court to face the harassment charge. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Actor and director Adam Deacon did not appear at a court hearing today .
Kidulthood star was due to face a charge of affray and possessing a sword .
Deacon is unwell and was sectioned under Mental Health Act, court heard . | c2d5eb2b66060c4ac3cbe4c2971c1783336755c0 | <s>[INST] Kidulthood actor Adam Deacon missed a court date after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act . Bafta-award winning Kidulthood actor Adam Deacon has missed a court date after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The actor and director was due to appear in court today after he was charged with affray and possession of a long-bladed sword near his home in east London, but was too unwell to attend a hearing. Police were called on the evening of January 6 to reports of a man armed with a 'machete'-style knife who was said to be threatening members of the public in Bethnal Green. Deacon, who shot to fame in the gritty film Kidulthood, did not appear at Thames Magistrates Court this morning because he was too unwell after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act, the court heard. The court clerk said: 'This case was adjourned, I believe, on the 6th March and if you look at the charge sheet, the charges concern allegations from January 6 of affray and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. 'On the last occasion the defendant wasn't in court and an adjournment period was agreed because the defendant was in hospital for treatment for underlying mental health issues.' Emek Yagmur, defending Deacon, passed a letter from the hospital the actor is receiving treatment at to the court . She said: 'He is now back in their care and he has not been released because he is not well enough to attend. He has been sectioned under section two [of the mental health act]. 'We are asking for a six-week adjournment. He is clearly not very well.' The hearing, which lasted a matter of minutes, was adjourned to April 30. The actor and director was due to appear in court today after he was charged with affray and possession of a long bladed sword near his home in east London . The panel said it wanted to see medical reports when the troubled actor, 32, next appears. Deacon, who won a Bafta rising star award for directing urban comedy Anuvahood, is also due to stand trial at Hammersmith Magistrates Court on May 11, accused of harassing fellow actor Noel Clarke on social media. Deacon was arrested back in January after failing to appear in court to face the harassment charge. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. [/INST] Actor and director Adam Deacon did not appear at a court hearing today .
Kidulthood star was due to face a charge of affray and possessing a sword .
Deacon is unwell and was sectioned under Mental Health Act, court heard . </s> |
She watched from the crowd as her brother made history during the Cricket World Cup semi-finals between South Africa and New Zealand. But now, Kate Elliott will have an empty seat at her wedding day this weekend when her brother Grant Elliott take on either Australia or India at the World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday. The bride-to-be and her fiance Daniel Plews had pencilled in their big day at the Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand on March 28 almost a year ago. Bride-to-be Kate Elliott (left) and her fiance Daniel Plews (right) will have an empty seat at their wedding . Grant had not played international cricket for 14 months so he thought he could attend his sister's big day . Grant, who was born in South Africa, had not played international cricket for 14 months before he was picked to play one of the great one-day innings for his adopted country. He told his sister he didn't think he would be selected for the squad so Kate went ahead and locked in her wedding date. But on Tuesday, the 36-year-old cricketer slammed a six off the penultimate ball from the world's greatest fast bowler Dale Steyn, giving his team a four-wicket win over the Proteas at Auckland's Eden Park and taking his team into their first ever final. 'From the beginning I said if you can reach your dream that would be incredible,' Kate told NZ Herald. 'He just looked so incredibly happy. I saw it in his eyes and you just knew - he is going to do it. He is not coming to the wedding so let's just enjoy this moment.' Elliott of New Zealand swings and hit a six to win the Cricket World Cup Semi Final match against South Africa . Despite missing the opportunity to see his sister walk down the aisle, Grant has promised if his team wins the title, he will cover all costs for Kate and her fiance's honeymoon. 'We will hold him to that,' Kate told Sydney Morning Herald. 'I told him before he left, 'Go and win it now, not because of the honeymoon, but just go smash it.' The Black Caps have flown out of the country for Melbourne ahead of the final on Sunday. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Kate Elliott for comment. | International cricketer Grant Elliott will miss his sister's wedding day .
Black Caps reached first World Cup final with Elliott's penultimate ball six .
Kate Elliott and her fiance will now have an empty seat at the weekend .
While Grant will compete at the World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday .
But Grant has promised if his team wins, he will cover Kate's honeymoon . | af7a809fec9a53ac168501d5732f0bfba9508b5e | <s>[INST] She watched from the crowd as her brother made history during the Cricket World Cup semi-finals between South Africa and New Zealand. But now, Kate Elliott will have an empty seat at her wedding day this weekend when her brother Grant Elliott take on either Australia or India at the World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday. The bride-to-be and her fiance Daniel Plews had pencilled in their big day at the Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand on March 28 almost a year ago. Bride-to-be Kate Elliott (left) and her fiance Daniel Plews (right) will have an empty seat at their wedding . Grant had not played international cricket for 14 months so he thought he could attend his sister's big day . Grant, who was born in South Africa, had not played international cricket for 14 months before he was picked to play one of the great one-day innings for his adopted country. He told his sister he didn't think he would be selected for the squad so Kate went ahead and locked in her wedding date. But on Tuesday, the 36-year-old cricketer slammed a six off the penultimate ball from the world's greatest fast bowler Dale Steyn, giving his team a four-wicket win over the Proteas at Auckland's Eden Park and taking his team into their first ever final. 'From the beginning I said if you can reach your dream that would be incredible,' Kate told NZ Herald. 'He just looked so incredibly happy. I saw it in his eyes and you just knew - he is going to do it. He is not coming to the wedding so let's just enjoy this moment.' Elliott of New Zealand swings and hit a six to win the Cricket World Cup Semi Final match against South Africa . Despite missing the opportunity to see his sister walk down the aisle, Grant has promised if his team wins the title, he will cover all costs for Kate and her fiance's honeymoon. 'We will hold him to that,' Kate told Sydney Morning Herald. 'I told him before he left, 'Go and win it now, not because of the honeymoon, but just go smash it.' The Black Caps have flown out of the country for Melbourne ahead of the final on Sunday. Daily Mail Australia has contacted Kate Elliott for comment. [/INST] International cricketer Grant Elliott will miss his sister's wedding day .
Black Caps reached first World Cup final with Elliott's penultimate ball six .
Kate Elliott and her fiance will now have an empty seat at the weekend .
While Grant will compete at the World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday .
But Grant has promised if his team wins, he will cover Kate's honeymoon . </s> |
Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison wasted no time in taking advantage of a stricken referee as he used the official’s vanishing spray during the clash with Oxford United. Referee Patrick Miller tumbled to the deck during the game at the Kassam Stadium before players from both sides surrounded him to check he was alright. However, 21-year-old Harrison saw the incident as his chance to have a go with the spray himself. Team-mate Neil Austin picked up the canister after it had fallen out of the pocket of the official as he fell to the floor. Referee Patrick Miller tumbles to the deck during the game at the Kassam Stadium on Wednesday night . Worried players crowd the official to check his wellbeing following his fall to the turf . But Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison saw the funny side as he had a go with the vanishing spray . Harrison drew a line round the referee as if to show where the fall had occurred at the Kassam Stadium . Harrison's Hartlepool team-mates share a chuckle as the 21-year-old draws the line round the official . Harrison may have seen the funny side, but referee Miller was carried off on a stretcher following the incident . But it was Harrison who took advantage, drawing an outline around the referee as if to show where the foul was committed. Hartlepool are rooted to the bottom of League Two, but team spirit is certainly not an issue as he amused his fellow team-mates. A 2-0 victory was enough to earn the away side all three points on the night as well as give them a slight glimmer of hope of staying in the division. However, it was not such a happy ending for the poor official who left the pitch on a stretcher. | Referee Patrick Miller tumbled to the deck during a League Two clash .
Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison took advantage of the incident .
He borrowed the vanishing spray to draw a line round the stricken official .
Miller was carried off on a stretcher as Hartlepool beat Oxford 2-0 . | b2d210c306cd5464595b405519ff780b98204e97 | <s>[INST] Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison wasted no time in taking advantage of a stricken referee as he used the official’s vanishing spray during the clash with Oxford United. Referee Patrick Miller tumbled to the deck during the game at the Kassam Stadium before players from both sides surrounded him to check he was alright. However, 21-year-old Harrison saw the incident as his chance to have a go with the spray himself. Team-mate Neil Austin picked up the canister after it had fallen out of the pocket of the official as he fell to the floor. Referee Patrick Miller tumbles to the deck during the game at the Kassam Stadium on Wednesday night . Worried players crowd the official to check his wellbeing following his fall to the turf . But Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison saw the funny side as he had a go with the vanishing spray . Harrison drew a line round the referee as if to show where the fall had occurred at the Kassam Stadium . Harrison's Hartlepool team-mates share a chuckle as the 21-year-old draws the line round the official . Harrison may have seen the funny side, but referee Miller was carried off on a stretcher following the incident . But it was Harrison who took advantage, drawing an outline around the referee as if to show where the foul was committed. Hartlepool are rooted to the bottom of League Two, but team spirit is certainly not an issue as he amused his fellow team-mates. A 2-0 victory was enough to earn the away side all three points on the night as well as give them a slight glimmer of hope of staying in the division. However, it was not such a happy ending for the poor official who left the pitch on a stretcher. [/INST] Referee Patrick Miller tumbled to the deck during a League Two clash .
Hartlepool defender Scott Harrison took advantage of the incident .
He borrowed the vanishing spray to draw a line round the stricken official .
Miller was carried off on a stretcher as Hartlepool beat Oxford 2-0 . </s> |
Not quite as famous as ‘one-nil to the Arsenal’ was in its day, granted. But one-nil is ‘the Spain Scoreline’. It’s the margin via which, according to the scorer Andrés Iniesta, Spain regained self-esteem and belief by winning at Old Trafford in 2007. Beating England, to those who were charged by Luis Aragonés with installing a ‘new’ form of play, put La Roja on the map again, Iniesta told me. Italy and France both followed months later — old foes, bogey teams. One-nil, one-nil. Spain on the march. Alvaro Morata capped his Spain debut with the winner against Ukraine on Friday night . One-nil, the scoreline, against the USA which saw Spain booed out of the country before Euro 2008. One-nil, the scoreline which gave them a technical knockout against Germany in the Final a couple of weeks later — narrow margin, total control. Champions. Portugal, Paraguay, Germany, Holland — four games, four goals, four clean sheets. One-nil to La Roja, world champions 2010. They had it within their repertoire to hit threes, fours, fives. But the single-goal win was a trademark. Own the ball, own the midfield, get the advantage, never look like conceding. But, Friday night in Seville at the beginning of Semana Santa (Holy Week) was something different. One-nil over Ukraine. A record 97th international match without conceding for ‘Saint’ Iker Casillas. A debut goal, after only 38 competitive minutes, for Álvaro Morata. In touch with Group C leaders Slovakia, who are the next home opponents — in Oviedo in September. The bare bones look good. The full X-ray much less so. Morata has all the hallmarks of an old style centre-forward who finishes . On another night, one of those ‘accident nights’ which hit every team every so often, Spain would have lost this one. On another night, Ruslan Rotan would have had a hat-trick. On this night, there was the sight of the Marquis del Bosque, for whom the game left ‘a bad taste in the mouth’, throwing his hands up in the air at the naivety and imprecision of the second half and roaring at his team: ‘What are you playing at lads?’ Transition. It can be a glorious, strategic, rewarding process — or an unmanaged, inglorious, frustrating decline. Quite where Spain are in that process is debatable. For seven years between 2007 and 2014, they dictated. But, just as when all dictatorships are overthrown, the subjects have had a good time stamping on the statues. Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final, Holland at the World Cup — La Roja were to be bullied, pushed around, made to chase, pressed to within an inch of their lives. The striker has struck up a 'thing' with Andrea Pirlo at Juventus . But there’s no doubt that renovation is afoot. Isco, Real Madrid’s gem of a midfielder, should have been at the World Cup, should probably have been a starter. Koke, dynamic, aggressive, intelligent — the heartbeat of an Atlético Madrid side which won the Spanish title and came within seconds of winning the Champions League — is now a fixture. Debuts have been given to Diego Costa, Juan Bernat, Paco Alcácer and David de Gea, while everyone waits for Javi Martínez and Thiago Alcántara to get fit. And stay fit. Yet Spain, Europe’s reigning champions, are fighting for their dignity and automatic qualification from this group because they could not control a 1-1 situation in Slovakia last year. They are sore and should be contemplating this midweek’s friendly against Holland with queries in their minds because they could neither augment, nor control, Friday night’s 28th-minute lead against a Ukraine side which at first came to defend and play on the break. Then, sniffing glory, piled runners forward through the Spain midfield, robbing possession and launching assaults on Casillas’ goal. It all makes the scorer much more interesting. What Spain require, even above some restored arrogance and self-confidence, even above key players avoiding injury, is for a prolific striker to emerge. Morata has also been likened to Real Madrid and France striker Benzema . In Raúl’s day, his goals patched up the fact that Spain didn’t have a world-class XI. Good, but not great. When David Villa and Fernando Torres took charge they would, regularly, add the goal or goals which gave sense, confidence, and purpose to La Roja controlling play via Xavi, David Silva, Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, Marcos Senna and Sergio Busquets. Cutting edge. Costa — if del Bosque accepts that more direct, more vertical football, quarter-backed by Cesc Fabregas, is central to the renovation — may become vital. Meantime there’s Morata — once of Real Madrid, lately of Juventus. His former Madrid mentor, Míchel, himself a mighty forward, recently said that Morata, whose debut goal on Friday was more valuable than it was beautiful, was ‘part van Basten, part Benzema’. Now that is praise. It’s meant to mean that he has the direct No 9 repertoire which accounts for his 32 goals for Spain at junior levels and his tournament top-scoring performance last time La Rojita won the European Under-21 Championship. Holland's Marco Van Basten is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time . Equally, it speaks of his awareness of space and how to profit from it. ‘Sometimes you have to really “love” football to understand strikers,’ he says. ‘To understand, or spot, their movements behind strikers, the process of “opening up a defence”. ‘Some people can’t see it. Some think that if you haven’t scored you’ve not had a good game. Right now, first-touch, fluid, strategic football is in fashion — the old style centre-forward who finishes but is static is a vanishing species. If you don’t have much more to your game, you won’t play.’ When he did get to play he chose the No 7 for his back. With Spain, just like at Manchester United, that’s a special number. It belonged to Raúl, record scorer until along came Villa — now Spain’s record scorer, and not formally retired. ‘I dream of scoring my first goal for La Roja,’ Morata said on Thursday. Then: ‘I was angry at myself for missing an earlier chance, so I didn’t really celebrate when I scored,’ he told me on Friday evening after the dream arrived. Good mindset. At Juve, he has struck up a ‘thing’ with Andrea Pirlo. ‘He never looks up when he hits you a first-time pass, but you learn. You anticipate.’ Just as he did against Ukraine to sprint onto Koke’s volley-pass. Some of Spain’s transition will be played out through the talents of this guy. Part van Basten, part Benzema. Taught by Pirlo. | Alvaro Morata scored on his Spain debut against Ukraine on Friday night .
The Juventus striker had scored 32 goals for Spain at junior levels .
Former Madrid mentor Michel said he was 'part van Basten, part Benzem' | 75a7254251af24ecba8038d7c7c449876a391d57 | <s>[INST] Not quite as famous as ‘one-nil to the Arsenal’ was in its day, granted. But one-nil is ‘the Spain Scoreline’. It’s the margin via which, according to the scorer Andrés Iniesta, Spain regained self-esteem and belief by winning at Old Trafford in 2007. Beating England, to those who were charged by Luis Aragonés with installing a ‘new’ form of play, put La Roja on the map again, Iniesta told me. Italy and France both followed months later — old foes, bogey teams. One-nil, one-nil. Spain on the march. Alvaro Morata capped his Spain debut with the winner against Ukraine on Friday night . One-nil, the scoreline, against the USA which saw Spain booed out of the country before Euro 2008. One-nil, the scoreline which gave them a technical knockout against Germany in the Final a couple of weeks later — narrow margin, total control. Champions. Portugal, Paraguay, Germany, Holland — four games, four goals, four clean sheets. One-nil to La Roja, world champions 2010. They had it within their repertoire to hit threes, fours, fives. But the single-goal win was a trademark. Own the ball, own the midfield, get the advantage, never look like conceding. But, Friday night in Seville at the beginning of Semana Santa (Holy Week) was something different. One-nil over Ukraine. A record 97th international match without conceding for ‘Saint’ Iker Casillas. A debut goal, after only 38 competitive minutes, for Álvaro Morata. In touch with Group C leaders Slovakia, who are the next home opponents — in Oviedo in September. The bare bones look good. The full X-ray much less so. Morata has all the hallmarks of an old style centre-forward who finishes . On another night, one of those ‘accident nights’ which hit every team every so often, Spain would have lost this one. On another night, Ruslan Rotan would have had a hat-trick. On this night, there was the sight of the Marquis del Bosque, for whom the game left ‘a bad taste in the mouth’, throwing his hands up in the air at the naivety and imprecision of the second half and roaring at his team: ‘What are you playing at lads?’ Transition. It can be a glorious, strategic, rewarding process — or an unmanaged, inglorious, frustrating decline. Quite where Spain are in that process is debatable. For seven years between 2007 and 2014, they dictated. But, just as when all dictatorships are overthrown, the subjects have had a good time stamping on the statues. Brazil in the Confederations Cup Final, Holland at the World Cup — La Roja were to be bullied, pushed around, made to chase, pressed to within an inch of their lives. The striker has struck up a 'thing' with Andrea Pirlo at Juventus . But there’s no doubt that renovation is afoot. Isco, Real Madrid’s gem of a midfielder, should have been at the World Cup, should probably have been a starter. Koke, dynamic, aggressive, intelligent — the heartbeat of an Atlético Madrid side which won the Spanish title and came within seconds of winning the Champions League — is now a fixture. Debuts have been given to Diego Costa, Juan Bernat, Paco Alcácer and David de Gea, while everyone waits for Javi Martínez and Thiago Alcántara to get fit. And stay fit. Yet Spain, Europe’s reigning champions, are fighting for their dignity and automatic qualification from this group because they could not control a 1-1 situation in Slovakia last year. They are sore and should be contemplating this midweek’s friendly against Holland with queries in their minds because they could neither augment, nor control, Friday night’s 28th-minute lead against a Ukraine side which at first came to defend and play on the break. Then, sniffing glory, piled runners forward through the Spain midfield, robbing possession and launching assaults on Casillas’ goal. It all makes the scorer much more interesting. What Spain require, even above some restored arrogance and self-confidence, even above key players avoiding injury, is for a prolific striker to emerge. Morata has also been likened to Real Madrid and France striker Benzema . In Raúl’s day, his goals patched up the fact that Spain didn’t have a world-class XI. Good, but not great. When David Villa and Fernando Torres took charge they would, regularly, add the goal or goals which gave sense, confidence, and purpose to La Roja controlling play via Xavi, David Silva, Iniesta, Xabi Alonso, Marcos Senna and Sergio Busquets. Cutting edge. Costa — if del Bosque accepts that more direct, more vertical football, quarter-backed by Cesc Fabregas, is central to the renovation — may become vital. Meantime there’s Morata — once of Real Madrid, lately of Juventus. His former Madrid mentor, Míchel, himself a mighty forward, recently said that Morata, whose debut goal on Friday was more valuable than it was beautiful, was ‘part van Basten, part Benzema’. Now that is praise. It’s meant to mean that he has the direct No 9 repertoire which accounts for his 32 goals for Spain at junior levels and his tournament top-scoring performance last time La Rojita won the European Under-21 Championship. Holland's Marco Van Basten is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time . Equally, it speaks of his awareness of space and how to profit from it. ‘Sometimes you have to really “love” football to understand strikers,’ he says. ‘To understand, or spot, their movements behind strikers, the process of “opening up a defence”. ‘Some people can’t see it. Some think that if you haven’t scored you’ve not had a good game. Right now, first-touch, fluid, strategic football is in fashion — the old style centre-forward who finishes but is static is a vanishing species. If you don’t have much more to your game, you won’t play.’ When he did get to play he chose the No 7 for his back. With Spain, just like at Manchester United, that’s a special number. It belonged to Raúl, record scorer until along came Villa — now Spain’s record scorer, and not formally retired. ‘I dream of scoring my first goal for La Roja,’ Morata said on Thursday. Then: ‘I was angry at myself for missing an earlier chance, so I didn’t really celebrate when I scored,’ he told me on Friday evening after the dream arrived. Good mindset. At Juve, he has struck up a ‘thing’ with Andrea Pirlo. ‘He never looks up when he hits you a first-time pass, but you learn. You anticipate.’ Just as he did against Ukraine to sprint onto Koke’s volley-pass. Some of Spain’s transition will be played out through the talents of this guy. Part van Basten, part Benzema. Taught by Pirlo. [/INST] Alvaro Morata scored on his Spain debut against Ukraine on Friday night .
The Juventus striker had scored 32 goals for Spain at junior levels .
Former Madrid mentor Michel said he was 'part van Basten, part Benzem' </s> |
A British Elvis fan was killed in a hit-and-run just a mile from the famous Heartbreak Hotel while on a trip to visit Graceland. Andrea Ahmed died on her 54th birthday moments after watching a tribute act perform in the legendary singer's home city of Memphis. The grandmother, from St Davids, west Wales, had flown to America for an 'extended trip' and had recently been to meet up with fans at the singer's former home of Graceland. Grandmother Andrea Ahmed (pictured with an Elvis impersonator) died in a hit-and-run moments after watching a tribute act perform in Memphis on her 54th birthday . An inquest heard she went to see her favourite impersonator Joe Kent in May last year, who she had seen perform 'dozens of times over the years'. He had sung a rendition of 'Happy Birthday' to Ms Ahmed, a divorced mother-of-one, and then serenaded her with her favourite song 'Yesterday, When I was Young'. Later, Ms Ahmed, who was staying at the Airport Inn in Memphis, was crossing East Brooks Road when she was knocked down and killed by a driver, who then sped off. Elvis fan Ms Ahmed died during an extended trip to visit the singer's (pictured) home city of Memphis . Mr Kent said: 'We hugged and said our good nights and I left her in the hotel parking lot. 'She evidently went back in the hotel and got on their computer in the lobby. 'Then she must have gone back outside. That's when it happened. She was killed by a hit and run driver. 'It's just so sad - I am just crushed.' Pembrokeshire coroner Mark Layton told the family that very little information, other than that Mrs Ahmed has been struck by a motor vehicle, was available. The court heard US authorities failed to trace the driver has never been traced by authorities in America and a 'lack of information' had slowed down the investigation into the details of Ms Ahmed's death. Matthew Francis, her daughter's partner, told the inquest they knew 'very little' of what happened - because there were no witnesses nor CCTV. He said: 'From what we know she had gone out there to see the home of Elvis. It was Elvis week and she was going to meet friends. 'We know that she had a booking slip for a bus to Orlando, which was due to leave not far from the time she was struck. 'We do not know if she was going back to the hotel or going for the bus.' Recording an open verdict at the inquest in Milford Haven, Mr Layton said: 'It is clear that there was no CCTV, and there were not any witnesses to the collision.' The court heard Ms Ahmed, from St Davids, west Wales, had recently met up with fellow fans at the singer's former home of Graceland (pictured) | Andrea Ahmed died on her 54th birthday moments after watching Joe Kent .
The impersonator had serenaded her with 'Yesterday, When I was Young'
Moments later, she was killed just a mile from famous Heartbreak Hotel .
But US authorities failed to trace driver due to lack of CCTV or witnesses .
The grandmother, from St Davids, Wales, had been on extended trip to US . | 52bfb18564b8cdce65f1c941fd54a0d6b52b552f | <s>[INST] A British Elvis fan was killed in a hit-and-run just a mile from the famous Heartbreak Hotel while on a trip to visit Graceland. Andrea Ahmed died on her 54th birthday moments after watching a tribute act perform in the legendary singer's home city of Memphis. The grandmother, from St Davids, west Wales, had flown to America for an 'extended trip' and had recently been to meet up with fans at the singer's former home of Graceland. Grandmother Andrea Ahmed (pictured with an Elvis impersonator) died in a hit-and-run moments after watching a tribute act perform in Memphis on her 54th birthday . An inquest heard she went to see her favourite impersonator Joe Kent in May last year, who she had seen perform 'dozens of times over the years'. He had sung a rendition of 'Happy Birthday' to Ms Ahmed, a divorced mother-of-one, and then serenaded her with her favourite song 'Yesterday, When I was Young'. Later, Ms Ahmed, who was staying at the Airport Inn in Memphis, was crossing East Brooks Road when she was knocked down and killed by a driver, who then sped off. Elvis fan Ms Ahmed died during an extended trip to visit the singer's (pictured) home city of Memphis . Mr Kent said: 'We hugged and said our good nights and I left her in the hotel parking lot. 'She evidently went back in the hotel and got on their computer in the lobby. 'Then she must have gone back outside. That's when it happened. She was killed by a hit and run driver. 'It's just so sad - I am just crushed.' Pembrokeshire coroner Mark Layton told the family that very little information, other than that Mrs Ahmed has been struck by a motor vehicle, was available. The court heard US authorities failed to trace the driver has never been traced by authorities in America and a 'lack of information' had slowed down the investigation into the details of Ms Ahmed's death. Matthew Francis, her daughter's partner, told the inquest they knew 'very little' of what happened - because there were no witnesses nor CCTV. He said: 'From what we know she had gone out there to see the home of Elvis. It was Elvis week and she was going to meet friends. 'We know that she had a booking slip for a bus to Orlando, which was due to leave not far from the time she was struck. 'We do not know if she was going back to the hotel or going for the bus.' Recording an open verdict at the inquest in Milford Haven, Mr Layton said: 'It is clear that there was no CCTV, and there were not any witnesses to the collision.' The court heard Ms Ahmed, from St Davids, west Wales, had recently met up with fellow fans at the singer's former home of Graceland (pictured) [/INST] Andrea Ahmed died on her 54th birthday moments after watching Joe Kent .
The impersonator had serenaded her with 'Yesterday, When I was Young'
Moments later, she was killed just a mile from famous Heartbreak Hotel .
But US authorities failed to trace driver due to lack of CCTV or witnesses .
The grandmother, from St Davids, Wales, had been on extended trip to US . </s> |
Claims: Tory MP Mark Simmonds has been sponsoring his local hospital radio station and claiming it back on expenses . A Tory MP quitting Westminster because £67,000-a-year is not enough to support his family has been sponsoring his local hospital radio station and claiming it back on expenses, it was revealed today. Former foreign office minister Mark Simmonds also has an advertisement board behind the goal at Boston United's football ground funded by the taxpayer. Mr Simmonds, who represents Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire until May, is leaving Parliament because expenses are not sufficient to allow his young family to live with him in London. In the 2013/14 financial year he claimed 170,841.21 in expenses, which included £10,000 for his sports advertising at Boston United and elsewhere. Within his office costs he claimed for the £100 cost of sponsoring his local hospital radio station. He also employs his wife Lizbeth as office manager on around £25,000-a-year paid for by the taxpayer. For eight years patients and staff at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, have heard that music shows on Fridays are 'kindly sponsored' by Tory Mark Simmonds. Mr Simmonds, a former Foreign Office minister, says all the expense claims were within the rules and the Boston United board was approved by watchdog Ipsa in advance of the claim. Ipsa has also rejected a complaint about sponsorship and refused to investigate because of a lack of 'sufficient evidence'. Local councillor Robin Hunter-Clarke, who is standing for UKIP in Boston and Skegness in May, told the Daily Mirror: 'To pretend he is sponsoring a hospital radio show, boasting of his generosity while in fact charging the taxpayer, is pretty low.' Local support: Mr Simmonds has paid for an ad board at Boston United's York Street stadium to allow the public to see his contact details . But the MP has said he cannot understand why his claims are controversial. He told MailOnline: 'It is a load of nonsense. All the expenses were properly claimed and approved by Ipsa. I even emailed them pictures of the advertising board before I claimed and they approved it. 'It has been a good way to advertise my contact details and a lot of people have got in contact through this'. Regular sponsor: The MP has for eight years 'kindly sponsored' the Friday music show at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston . Last August he quit because of ‘intolerable’ expenses rules but is the owner of a million-pound mansion, bought using profits from the sale of his taxpayer-funded home. The 50-year-old already owns a seven-bedroom grade-II listed house with a heated swimming pool. Mr Simmonds has claimed more than £1.7million in expenses since becoming a Tory MP in 2001. He also made more than £500,000 by selling a house on which the taxpayer paid the mortgage interest. Six months after becoming an MP, he bought a five-bedroom house in Putney, south-west London, for £650,000. From 2001 to 2009, he claimed £2,000 a month for the mortgage interest. When expenses rules were changed to ban such claims, he sold the property in January 2011 for £1,187,500 – £537,000 more than he paid. 17th century splendour: The £1.25million mansion in Mark Simmonds's constituency of Boston and Skegness, which has a luxury private pool and a tennis court . Couple:Mr Simmonds also pays the salary of his his wife Lizbeth in her role as his office manager, but he says he will leave Parliament at the election because he rarely sees his three children . The same month, he used the massive profit to help buy the 17th-century property in his constituency for £900,000. Set in 15 acres, it has formal gardens, a garage for three cars, a tennis court and a heated outdoor swimming pool. But Mr Simmonds said he will leave Parliament at the election because he rarely sees his three children, who live in his constituency. He said at the time his expenses ‘do not stretch to renting a flat near Westminster large enough for my children, so I stay in a hotel. I hate it’. When asked how a rental allowance of £27,875 a year plus £2,500 for each child was not enough, he said: ‘If MPs want to get into the business of travelling extensively from Westminster to the outer reaches of London to rent a flat then that’s up to them. ‘But that’s not the lifestyle I want and not the lifestyle I have chosen.’ | Mark Simmonds also has taxpayer-funded ad board at Boston United FC .
For eight years he has also sponsored Pilgrim Radio at local hospital .
MP claims it's been an excellent way to get contact details to constituents .
UKIP rival has said claiming advertising on expenses is 'pretty low'
MP for Boston and Skegness will not stand at the next general election .
Said income didn't cover cost of renting Westminster home for his family . | 7e6ea1edbee6456fd2b8e147caf8a122c6be5360 | <s>[INST] Claims: Tory MP Mark Simmonds has been sponsoring his local hospital radio station and claiming it back on expenses . A Tory MP quitting Westminster because £67,000-a-year is not enough to support his family has been sponsoring his local hospital radio station and claiming it back on expenses, it was revealed today. Former foreign office minister Mark Simmonds also has an advertisement board behind the goal at Boston United's football ground funded by the taxpayer. Mr Simmonds, who represents Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire until May, is leaving Parliament because expenses are not sufficient to allow his young family to live with him in London. In the 2013/14 financial year he claimed 170,841.21 in expenses, which included £10,000 for his sports advertising at Boston United and elsewhere. Within his office costs he claimed for the £100 cost of sponsoring his local hospital radio station. He also employs his wife Lizbeth as office manager on around £25,000-a-year paid for by the taxpayer. For eight years patients and staff at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, have heard that music shows on Fridays are 'kindly sponsored' by Tory Mark Simmonds. Mr Simmonds, a former Foreign Office minister, says all the expense claims were within the rules and the Boston United board was approved by watchdog Ipsa in advance of the claim. Ipsa has also rejected a complaint about sponsorship and refused to investigate because of a lack of 'sufficient evidence'. Local councillor Robin Hunter-Clarke, who is standing for UKIP in Boston and Skegness in May, told the Daily Mirror: 'To pretend he is sponsoring a hospital radio show, boasting of his generosity while in fact charging the taxpayer, is pretty low.' Local support: Mr Simmonds has paid for an ad board at Boston United's York Street stadium to allow the public to see his contact details . But the MP has said he cannot understand why his claims are controversial. He told MailOnline: 'It is a load of nonsense. All the expenses were properly claimed and approved by Ipsa. I even emailed them pictures of the advertising board before I claimed and they approved it. 'It has been a good way to advertise my contact details and a lot of people have got in contact through this'. Regular sponsor: The MP has for eight years 'kindly sponsored' the Friday music show at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston . Last August he quit because of ‘intolerable’ expenses rules but is the owner of a million-pound mansion, bought using profits from the sale of his taxpayer-funded home. The 50-year-old already owns a seven-bedroom grade-II listed house with a heated swimming pool. Mr Simmonds has claimed more than £1.7million in expenses since becoming a Tory MP in 2001. He also made more than £500,000 by selling a house on which the taxpayer paid the mortgage interest. Six months after becoming an MP, he bought a five-bedroom house in Putney, south-west London, for £650,000. From 2001 to 2009, he claimed £2,000 a month for the mortgage interest. When expenses rules were changed to ban such claims, he sold the property in January 2011 for £1,187,500 – £537,000 more than he paid. 17th century splendour: The £1.25million mansion in Mark Simmonds's constituency of Boston and Skegness, which has a luxury private pool and a tennis court . Couple:Mr Simmonds also pays the salary of his his wife Lizbeth in her role as his office manager, but he says he will leave Parliament at the election because he rarely sees his three children . The same month, he used the massive profit to help buy the 17th-century property in his constituency for £900,000. Set in 15 acres, it has formal gardens, a garage for three cars, a tennis court and a heated outdoor swimming pool. But Mr Simmonds said he will leave Parliament at the election because he rarely sees his three children, who live in his constituency. He said at the time his expenses ‘do not stretch to renting a flat near Westminster large enough for my children, so I stay in a hotel. I hate it’. When asked how a rental allowance of £27,875 a year plus £2,500 for each child was not enough, he said: ‘If MPs want to get into the business of travelling extensively from Westminster to the outer reaches of London to rent a flat then that’s up to them. ‘But that’s not the lifestyle I want and not the lifestyle I have chosen.’ [/INST] Mark Simmonds also has taxpayer-funded ad board at Boston United FC .
For eight years he has also sponsored Pilgrim Radio at local hospital .
MP claims it's been an excellent way to get contact details to constituents .
UKIP rival has said claiming advertising on expenses is 'pretty low'
MP for Boston and Skegness will not stand at the next general election .
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Newcastle United have just three fit defenders ahead of Wednesday’s visit of Manchester United. The Magpies have confirmed that left back Massadio Haidara will miss the game after picking up a knee injury during Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Aston Villa. Midfielder Ryan Taylor is set to deputise after replacing the stricken Frenchman at the weekend. Ryan Taylor looks set to start against Manchester United after Massadio Haidara sustained a knee injury . Taylor (centre) has made just four Premier League appearances since the start of the season . Haidara had to be carried off on a stretcher during Newcastle's 1-0 win against Aston Villa . Head coach John Carver is already without Steven Taylor and Paul Dummett, while Davide Santon and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa were allowed to leave the club in January. And he said: ‘We thought Haidara might be available but he's got a bit of fluid on the knee and has been for an injection, so he almost certainly won’t make it. ‘We're short of defenders and we've not got many possibilities, so Ryan comes into contention and he filled that role very well the other day. ‘But with another injury I'll have to start to try pulling rabbits out of a hat.’ When asked if he had been left short by the club’s failure to bring in January reinforcements, Carver said: ‘The squad itself is big enough, we've just been so unfortunate with these injuries. ‘You normally have three or four of these long-term injuries per season, but we've had more than that with nine already. ‘Our squad at the start of the season was in a healthy position, the only thing you can do is go into the out-of-contract market and it might be something we look at, but not yet.’ Papiss Cisse will be hoping to add to his first-half winner against Aston Villa when he faces Man United . John Carver is all smiles as he puts his players through their paces ahead of Wednesday's match . | Newcastle's Ryan Taylor looks set to replace the injured Massadio Haidara .
Haidara will miss game after picking up a knee injury against Aston Villa .
John Carver believes his side have been 'unfortunate' with injuries . | 8b571abb6eabef546a00a0ba0d1f47ab0d867529 | <s>[INST] Newcastle United have just three fit defenders ahead of Wednesday’s visit of Manchester United. The Magpies have confirmed that left back Massadio Haidara will miss the game after picking up a knee injury during Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Aston Villa. Midfielder Ryan Taylor is set to deputise after replacing the stricken Frenchman at the weekend. Ryan Taylor looks set to start against Manchester United after Massadio Haidara sustained a knee injury . Taylor (centre) has made just four Premier League appearances since the start of the season . Haidara had to be carried off on a stretcher during Newcastle's 1-0 win against Aston Villa . Head coach John Carver is already without Steven Taylor and Paul Dummett, while Davide Santon and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa were allowed to leave the club in January. And he said: ‘We thought Haidara might be available but he's got a bit of fluid on the knee and has been for an injection, so he almost certainly won’t make it. ‘We're short of defenders and we've not got many possibilities, so Ryan comes into contention and he filled that role very well the other day. ‘But with another injury I'll have to start to try pulling rabbits out of a hat.’ When asked if he had been left short by the club’s failure to bring in January reinforcements, Carver said: ‘The squad itself is big enough, we've just been so unfortunate with these injuries. ‘You normally have three or four of these long-term injuries per season, but we've had more than that with nine already. ‘Our squad at the start of the season was in a healthy position, the only thing you can do is go into the out-of-contract market and it might be something we look at, but not yet.’ Papiss Cisse will be hoping to add to his first-half winner against Aston Villa when he faces Man United . John Carver is all smiles as he puts his players through their paces ahead of Wednesday's match . [/INST] Newcastle's Ryan Taylor looks set to replace the injured Massadio Haidara .
Haidara will miss game after picking up a knee injury against Aston Villa .
John Carver believes his side have been 'unfortunate' with injuries . </s> |
TV presenter Laura Csortan has been ridiculed for her alleged penchant for photoshopping Instagram snaps. Despite her denials, at least the former Great Outdoors presenter can know she is in good company. Her fellow accused include the likes of Beyonce, Kim Kardashian and home grown supermodel Miranda Kerr, all of whom have come under fire for appearing to tweak their pictures. Scroll down for video . Hashtag no filter? Miranda Kerr is among a host of stars accused of using photo editing tools to appear slimmer in her Instagram pictures . Spot the difference: Miranda raised eyebrows by posting a picture in 2013 on Instagram (right) which was a slimmed-down version of the original (left), taken at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show . While many Instagram users are guilty of adding a flattering filter to their selfies, it seems the stars are taking it a step further, and using photo editing tools to appear thinner. Miranda Kerr has twice been accused of needlessly slimming down her waist in pictures posted to her Instagram account. In 2013 the supermodel attended a Michael Kors event in Japan wearing a cut-out gown, but raised eyebrows when she uploaded a picture in which her already slender waist appeared noticeably smaller. Real life vs Instagram: TV presenter Laura Csortan has been repeatedly accused of tampering with her images to make her already incredible figure appear smaller . Tell-tale signs: A number of Csortan's Instagram snaps show evidence of photoshop including a blurry background . Not quite right: This picture shows Laura's waist looking skewed and obviously slimmer than in a duplicate image posted on a friend's account . In another incident, the 31-year-old issued an apology for posting a picture which she claims she did not realise had been photoshopped. Miranda shared a picture of herself with her then fellow Victoria's Secret Angels Doutzen Kroes and . Alessandra Ambrosio backstage at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. But some of her 5.5million followers were quick to point out that her waist appeared significantly thinner than in the original photograph. When Kim Kardashian took a trip to the Versace house in March 2014 she faced criticism for the picture on the right, in which she appeared to have slimmed her waist and hips . British reality star Lauren Goodger has been accused of smoothing her waist to appear thinner, as shown in this picture posted when she attended the Clothes Show last year . After making headlines around the world and a facing an army of fans questioning why the incredibly slim and fit star would need to photoshop her body, Miranda said in a statement: 'When I re-posted the photo this week to support the girls I screen grabbed it off the internet when I was working in Japan. I had no idea it was Photoshopped.' For her part, Laura Csortan has flat-out denied slimming down her body in her Instagram pictures, despite obvious signs of tweaking such as blurring and skewed lines appearing in the snaps. She has previously told Daily Mail Australia she uses filters, Instagram settings and occasionally a blemish remover app. Beyonce is no stranger to controversy, she has previously been accused of slimming down her pictures and in this snap, taken whilst she was holidaying in the South of France, it looked like her waist was slimmer . These two photos were taken just two days apart whilst Geordie Shore personality Charlotte Crosby holidayed in Perth in February, in the picture on the left she looks rounder than she does in her Instagram snap . Lauren appears to be a fan of heavy filtering, as shown in the softened selfie on the right . 'Apart from using the filters on Instagram, I have never altered any of my pictures,' she has said. British reality stars such as Charlotte Crosby and Lauren Goodger have previously posted pictures to the social networking site where they look considerably smaller than in paparazzi pictures of them taken on the same day. Of course, stars like Beyonce and Kim Kardashian are no strangers to being accused of altering their photographs. When singer Beyonce posted photographs of her summer holiday to Instagram last year she was accused of slimming down both her waist and legs. And when Kim took a trip to the Versace house last year the picture she posted to the social networking site made her look thinner than those taken of her by the photographers waiting outside. They say the camera never lies, but some seem to be telling a few fibs. Here are some more stars that might have been given a helping hand... In these pictures of Britney Spears, which were taken on the same day in November, she looks considerably slimmed down in the picture on the right which was posted to her Instagram . Holly Hagan has lost a lot of weight over the last year, however, she looked like her waist was slimmer in this picture posted to Instagram (right) around the same time that she attended the NTAs (left) Jennifer Lopez has beautiful skin already but it looks as though she used a filer to make it completely flawless in this picture taken as she promoted The Box Next Door in January . | Miranda, Laura, Kim K and Britney appear thinner in Instagram snaps .
Some of them have been accused of editing their photographs .
Beyonce has previously been accused of slimming down her body . | f82d74a8c5d07e484b95eff89462191b85bbb1c8 | <s>[INST] TV presenter Laura Csortan has been ridiculed for her alleged penchant for photoshopping Instagram snaps. Despite her denials, at least the former Great Outdoors presenter can know she is in good company. Her fellow accused include the likes of Beyonce, Kim Kardashian and home grown supermodel Miranda Kerr, all of whom have come under fire for appearing to tweak their pictures. Scroll down for video . Hashtag no filter? Miranda Kerr is among a host of stars accused of using photo editing tools to appear slimmer in her Instagram pictures . Spot the difference: Miranda raised eyebrows by posting a picture in 2013 on Instagram (right) which was a slimmed-down version of the original (left), taken at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show . While many Instagram users are guilty of adding a flattering filter to their selfies, it seems the stars are taking it a step further, and using photo editing tools to appear thinner. Miranda Kerr has twice been accused of needlessly slimming down her waist in pictures posted to her Instagram account. In 2013 the supermodel attended a Michael Kors event in Japan wearing a cut-out gown, but raised eyebrows when she uploaded a picture in which her already slender waist appeared noticeably smaller. Real life vs Instagram: TV presenter Laura Csortan has been repeatedly accused of tampering with her images to make her already incredible figure appear smaller . Tell-tale signs: A number of Csortan's Instagram snaps show evidence of photoshop including a blurry background . Not quite right: This picture shows Laura's waist looking skewed and obviously slimmer than in a duplicate image posted on a friend's account . In another incident, the 31-year-old issued an apology for posting a picture which she claims she did not realise had been photoshopped. Miranda shared a picture of herself with her then fellow Victoria's Secret Angels Doutzen Kroes and . Alessandra Ambrosio backstage at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. But some of her 5.5million followers were quick to point out that her waist appeared significantly thinner than in the original photograph. When Kim Kardashian took a trip to the Versace house in March 2014 she faced criticism for the picture on the right, in which she appeared to have slimmed her waist and hips . British reality star Lauren Goodger has been accused of smoothing her waist to appear thinner, as shown in this picture posted when she attended the Clothes Show last year . After making headlines around the world and a facing an army of fans questioning why the incredibly slim and fit star would need to photoshop her body, Miranda said in a statement: 'When I re-posted the photo this week to support the girls I screen grabbed it off the internet when I was working in Japan. I had no idea it was Photoshopped.' For her part, Laura Csortan has flat-out denied slimming down her body in her Instagram pictures, despite obvious signs of tweaking such as blurring and skewed lines appearing in the snaps. She has previously told Daily Mail Australia she uses filters, Instagram settings and occasionally a blemish remover app. Beyonce is no stranger to controversy, she has previously been accused of slimming down her pictures and in this snap, taken whilst she was holidaying in the South of France, it looked like her waist was slimmer . These two photos were taken just two days apart whilst Geordie Shore personality Charlotte Crosby holidayed in Perth in February, in the picture on the left she looks rounder than she does in her Instagram snap . Lauren appears to be a fan of heavy filtering, as shown in the softened selfie on the right . 'Apart from using the filters on Instagram, I have never altered any of my pictures,' she has said. British reality stars such as Charlotte Crosby and Lauren Goodger have previously posted pictures to the social networking site where they look considerably smaller than in paparazzi pictures of them taken on the same day. Of course, stars like Beyonce and Kim Kardashian are no strangers to being accused of altering their photographs. When singer Beyonce posted photographs of her summer holiday to Instagram last year she was accused of slimming down both her waist and legs. And when Kim took a trip to the Versace house last year the picture she posted to the social networking site made her look thinner than those taken of her by the photographers waiting outside. They say the camera never lies, but some seem to be telling a few fibs. Here are some more stars that might have been given a helping hand... In these pictures of Britney Spears, which were taken on the same day in November, she looks considerably slimmed down in the picture on the right which was posted to her Instagram . Holly Hagan has lost a lot of weight over the last year, however, she looked like her waist was slimmer in this picture posted to Instagram (right) around the same time that she attended the NTAs (left) Jennifer Lopez has beautiful skin already but it looks as though she used a filer to make it completely flawless in this picture taken as she promoted The Box Next Door in January . [/INST] Miranda, Laura, Kim K and Britney appear thinner in Instagram snaps .
Some of them have been accused of editing their photographs .
Beyonce has previously been accused of slimming down her body . </s> |
The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola. Ernest Koroma has ordered the entire population into lock down from 6am on March 27 until 6pm on March 29. It comes as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - which have been the centres of the outbreak which has killed more than 10,000 people - have set a goal of cutting off the disease's spread by April 16. The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola . The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone, one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis . Koroma said: 'All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days,' he announced, expanding a previous order for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country nationwide. 'I have made my personal commitment to do whatever it takes to get to zero Ebola infections and I call on every Sierra Leonean in every community to pull together,' he added. Liberia had previously reported that it had reached an end to the epidemic in the country but a new case appeared in its capital Monrovia on Friday. The infected woman is the wife of a man already cured of the disease, it has been reported. One of the deadliest viruses known to man, Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the recently deceased or an infected person showing symptoms, such as fever or vomiting. Health workers from Sierra Leone's Red Cross Society Burial Team carry an ebola victim from a house in Freetown . The World Health Organization said Ebola can still be transmitted in sperm 82 days after a patient carrying the virus is cured. The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone, one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis. 'The economic development of our country and the lives of our people continue to be threatened by the ongoing presence of Ebola in Sierra Leone,' President Koroma said. 'The future of our country and the aspirations of our children are at stake.' | Ernest Koroma has ordered entire population into lock down for 72 hours .
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have goal of cutting off disease by April 1 .
The worst-ever outbreak of virus has claimed 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone . | d02d285caf106f1f480a34244dc145685cb7a8e6 | <s>[INST] The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola. Ernest Koroma has ordered the entire population into lock down from 6am on March 27 until 6pm on March 29. It comes as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - which have been the centres of the outbreak which has killed more than 10,000 people - have set a goal of cutting off the disease's spread by April 16. The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola . The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone, one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis . Koroma said: 'All Sierra Leoneans must stay at home for three days,' he announced, expanding a previous order for a lockdown in the capital Freetown and northern areas of the country nationwide. 'I have made my personal commitment to do whatever it takes to get to zero Ebola infections and I call on every Sierra Leonean in every community to pull together,' he added. Liberia had previously reported that it had reached an end to the epidemic in the country but a new case appeared in its capital Monrovia on Friday. The infected woman is the wife of a man already cured of the disease, it has been reported. One of the deadliest viruses known to man, Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the recently deceased or an infected person showing symptoms, such as fever or vomiting. Health workers from Sierra Leone's Red Cross Society Burial Team carry an ebola victim from a house in Freetown . The World Health Organization said Ebola can still be transmitted in sperm 82 days after a patient carrying the virus is cured. The worst-ever outbreak of the virus has claimed almost 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone, one of three impoverished west African nations that have seen their economies and healthcare systems wrecked by the crisis. 'The economic development of our country and the lives of our people continue to be threatened by the ongoing presence of Ebola in Sierra Leone,' President Koroma said. 'The future of our country and the aspirations of our children are at stake.' [/INST] Ernest Koroma has ordered entire population into lock down for 72 hours .
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have goal of cutting off disease by April 1 .
The worst-ever outbreak of virus has claimed 3,700 lives in Sierra Leone . </s> |
These days the Cheltenham Festival is a marathon not a sprint but Willie Mullins appears to have an outstanding chance of establishing a big lead in the trainers’ title with four stellar chances on Tuesday. Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favourite DOUVAN (Cheltenham, 1.30) is the first of the Mullins battalion to leave the blocks before the baton is passed to powerhouses UN DE SCEAUX (Cheltenham, 2.05) in the Arkle Chase and the exciting FAUGHEEN (Cheltenham, 3.20), who boasts an outstanding chance in the Stan James Champion Hurdle. Many feel Annie Power will complete the victory parade with her coronation in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle, but she will be priced prohibitively to do so and her task may not be as straightforward as it seems after a year’s absence. Douvan is the first of Willie Mullins battalion to race at Cheltenham on Tuesday . Of the quartet, Faugheen arguably faces the most competition with last year’s winner Jezki and The New One, an unlucky third following an interrupted passage, in opposition along with National Hunt legend Hurricane Fly. However, Faugheen’s potential is as yet untapped, whereas the level his rivals have reached is known — albeit a lofty standard. The selection destroyed the opposition in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton with the form receiving a boost when third-home Blue Heron, beaten 17 lengths by Faugheen, hammered Irving at Wincanton in Grade Two company. That performance poured scorn on the theory Faugheen has beaten nothing in his unbeaten eight-race hurdling career, although it is worth noting he also boasts a 22-length mauling of Josses Hill in a Punchestown bumper and a 12-length demolition of the talented Valseur Lido on his record. Fuagheen, pictured on Monday, faces tough competition from last year's winner Jezki and The New One . In short, the son of Germany could prove to be a class apart, especially if The New One continues to drift right at his hurdles, a habit which threatens his hopes of becoming a champion. Jezki is solid and comes to himself at this time of year on spring ground, but his limitations have been somewhat exposed by Hurricane Fly in Ireland this winter and he remains vulnerable to an emerging talent like Faugheen. Hurricane Fly has been done few favours by the drying ground, but the third of Mullins’ representatives, Arctic Fire, could sneak into the places. Tuesday’s nap vote goes the way of CAUSE OF CAUSES (Cheltenham, nap, 4.40), who appears to have undergone an interesting preparation for the National Hunt Chase and was a fine second in a handicap at the meeting 12 months ago when an error at the last fence denied him victory. | Willie Mullins looks to have chance of establishing lead in trainers' title .
Douvan is the first of Mullins' horses to ride at Cheltenham at 1.30 .
Faugheen faces tough test against last year’s winner Jezki .
Follow all the Cheltenham Festival 2015 action as it happens here .
CLICK HERE for all the latest from Cheltenham Festival . | 126be4c62168774d45fcf210b93500b57fdf4a42 | <s>[INST] These days the Cheltenham Festival is a marathon not a sprint but Willie Mullins appears to have an outstanding chance of establishing a big lead in the trainers’ title with four stellar chances on Tuesday. Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favourite DOUVAN (Cheltenham, 1.30) is the first of the Mullins battalion to leave the blocks before the baton is passed to powerhouses UN DE SCEAUX (Cheltenham, 2.05) in the Arkle Chase and the exciting FAUGHEEN (Cheltenham, 3.20), who boasts an outstanding chance in the Stan James Champion Hurdle. Many feel Annie Power will complete the victory parade with her coronation in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle, but she will be priced prohibitively to do so and her task may not be as straightforward as it seems after a year’s absence. Douvan is the first of Willie Mullins battalion to race at Cheltenham on Tuesday . Of the quartet, Faugheen arguably faces the most competition with last year’s winner Jezki and The New One, an unlucky third following an interrupted passage, in opposition along with National Hunt legend Hurricane Fly. However, Faugheen’s potential is as yet untapped, whereas the level his rivals have reached is known — albeit a lofty standard. The selection destroyed the opposition in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton with the form receiving a boost when third-home Blue Heron, beaten 17 lengths by Faugheen, hammered Irving at Wincanton in Grade Two company. That performance poured scorn on the theory Faugheen has beaten nothing in his unbeaten eight-race hurdling career, although it is worth noting he also boasts a 22-length mauling of Josses Hill in a Punchestown bumper and a 12-length demolition of the talented Valseur Lido on his record. Fuagheen, pictured on Monday, faces tough competition from last year's winner Jezki and The New One . In short, the son of Germany could prove to be a class apart, especially if The New One continues to drift right at his hurdles, a habit which threatens his hopes of becoming a champion. Jezki is solid and comes to himself at this time of year on spring ground, but his limitations have been somewhat exposed by Hurricane Fly in Ireland this winter and he remains vulnerable to an emerging talent like Faugheen. Hurricane Fly has been done few favours by the drying ground, but the third of Mullins’ representatives, Arctic Fire, could sneak into the places. Tuesday’s nap vote goes the way of CAUSE OF CAUSES (Cheltenham, nap, 4.40), who appears to have undergone an interesting preparation for the National Hunt Chase and was a fine second in a handicap at the meeting 12 months ago when an error at the last fence denied him victory. [/INST] Willie Mullins looks to have chance of establishing lead in trainers' title .
Douvan is the first of Mullins' horses to ride at Cheltenham at 1.30 .
Faugheen faces tough test against last year’s winner Jezki .
Follow all the Cheltenham Festival 2015 action as it happens here .
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Air China flight attendants have been accused of being ‘sloppy and careless’ after a plane was photographed in flight with its door not properly locked. The photo of the Boeing 737-800 was snapped this month at Beijing Capital International Airport and went viral after it was uploaded onto Chinese social media networks. It showed the door’s lock out of position while the plane was in the air at China’s busiest airport, drawing criticism from air safety experts. This photo showing a plane door's lock out of position went viral on Chinese social media networks . Air safety expert Guang Yu told local media: ‘It is probably not dangerous because there are various safety measures in place but it shows an extremely sloppy and careless attitude on behalf of the cabin crew.’ Chinese state media agency Xinhua quoted an Air China spokesman as saying that the airline conducted a thorough investigation, including interviews with the plane’s crew and other staff, after the photo surfaced online. It said the investigation found that the lock was in the ‘normal’ position when the flight took off. A Boeing specialist quoted by Chinese state media said that human error or a mechanical problem with the lock could result in an external lock being out of position. Air China said an investigation found that the lock was in the proper position when the flight departed . The expert added that a mechanical problem would not affect flight safety because of another locking system operated from within the cabin. The report also said that it appeared to be a case of mechanical failure. The photo sparked debate on Chinese social media website Weibo, and was shared after several incidents involving Chinese passengers opening plane doors before take-off or after landing. Last week a 42-year-old Chinese man was detained for 10 days after he opened an emergency exit shortly before a Urumqi Airlines plane was due to take off. The man told authorities that he thought the door handle was a handrail that he could grab onto for support, ‘like the handrail on a bus’. A Urumqi Airlines flight was delayed last week after a passenger opened the emergency exit . He was removed by police and detained for causing a disruption for others on board the plane, which was travelling from Urumqi to Zhengzhou. That incident was at least the fifth time since December a passenger has opened an emergency exit on a plane in China. Last month, an unidentified man was detained for 10 days after opening a plane emergency exit as passengers were boarding at Nanjing airport, the South China Morning Post reported. He told airline staff ‘The door is not important’ when they asked him why he opened the door, the newspaper reported. In January, angry passengers opened emergency exit doors on a China Eastern flight in Chengdu . In January, angry passengers opened emergency exit doors in protest of a weather-related delay as their China Eastern flight taxied to a runway in Chengdu. It led to a longer delay for everyone on board. A month earlier, a man was arrested after he opened the emergency exit ‘to get off quicker’ after a China Eastern flight landed in Hainan. By unlocking an opening the emergency exit, he deployed the emergency slide. Also in December, a rookie traveller yanked open a door on a Xiamen Air flight from Hangzhou to Chengdu to ‘get some fresh air’ shortly before it was supposed to take-off. | Air China said it conducted an investigation after the photo surfaced .
It said that the lock was in the 'normal' position during take-off .
Photo sparked debate on Chinese social media after recent incidents .
Passengers have opened emergency exits on at least five occasions . | f7aa72e81efa933445b0b0a4c5bebd9bd3dead05 | <s>[INST] Air China flight attendants have been accused of being ‘sloppy and careless’ after a plane was photographed in flight with its door not properly locked. The photo of the Boeing 737-800 was snapped this month at Beijing Capital International Airport and went viral after it was uploaded onto Chinese social media networks. It showed the door’s lock out of position while the plane was in the air at China’s busiest airport, drawing criticism from air safety experts. This photo showing a plane door's lock out of position went viral on Chinese social media networks . Air safety expert Guang Yu told local media: ‘It is probably not dangerous because there are various safety measures in place but it shows an extremely sloppy and careless attitude on behalf of the cabin crew.’ Chinese state media agency Xinhua quoted an Air China spokesman as saying that the airline conducted a thorough investigation, including interviews with the plane’s crew and other staff, after the photo surfaced online. It said the investigation found that the lock was in the ‘normal’ position when the flight took off. A Boeing specialist quoted by Chinese state media said that human error or a mechanical problem with the lock could result in an external lock being out of position. Air China said an investigation found that the lock was in the proper position when the flight departed . The expert added that a mechanical problem would not affect flight safety because of another locking system operated from within the cabin. The report also said that it appeared to be a case of mechanical failure. The photo sparked debate on Chinese social media website Weibo, and was shared after several incidents involving Chinese passengers opening plane doors before take-off or after landing. Last week a 42-year-old Chinese man was detained for 10 days after he opened an emergency exit shortly before a Urumqi Airlines plane was due to take off. The man told authorities that he thought the door handle was a handrail that he could grab onto for support, ‘like the handrail on a bus’. A Urumqi Airlines flight was delayed last week after a passenger opened the emergency exit . He was removed by police and detained for causing a disruption for others on board the plane, which was travelling from Urumqi to Zhengzhou. That incident was at least the fifth time since December a passenger has opened an emergency exit on a plane in China. Last month, an unidentified man was detained for 10 days after opening a plane emergency exit as passengers were boarding at Nanjing airport, the South China Morning Post reported. He told airline staff ‘The door is not important’ when they asked him why he opened the door, the newspaper reported. In January, angry passengers opened emergency exit doors on a China Eastern flight in Chengdu . In January, angry passengers opened emergency exit doors in protest of a weather-related delay as their China Eastern flight taxied to a runway in Chengdu. It led to a longer delay for everyone on board. A month earlier, a man was arrested after he opened the emergency exit ‘to get off quicker’ after a China Eastern flight landed in Hainan. By unlocking an opening the emergency exit, he deployed the emergency slide. Also in December, a rookie traveller yanked open a door on a Xiamen Air flight from Hangzhou to Chengdu to ‘get some fresh air’ shortly before it was supposed to take-off. [/INST] Air China said it conducted an investigation after the photo surfaced .
It said that the lock was in the 'normal' position during take-off .
Photo sparked debate on Chinese social media after recent incidents .
Passengers have opened emergency exits on at least five occasions . </s> |
Three Chinese separatists who were involved in an a knife attack that killed 31 people at a train station last year have been executed. The three men, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were all put to death for their role in the attack at Kuming railway station, which also saw more than 140 people wounded. The Supreme People's Court confirmed that the executions had taken place after the men were convicted of 'leading a terrorist organisation and intentional homicide' in September. A police investigator inspects the scene at Kunming railway station in the aftermath of a mass knife attack, which killed 31 people. Three men have now been executed for their role in the attack . The attack also left 141 people injured and Chinese state run media dubbed the incident as 'China's 9/11' China uses both lethal injection and firing squad for executions, but the method used this time was not specified. The attack in Kunming, in the south western province of Yunnan, was dubbed as 'China's 9/11' by state-run media. Dressed in black and wielding long knives and machetes, several assailants stormed the station on March 1, 2014 seemingly hacking at anyone in sight. Distressing photos circulating online showed bodies, pools of blood and abandoned luggage scattered across the terminal floor in the wake of what authorities termed an 'organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack'. A female attacker, Patigul Tohti, was pregnant at the time of her arrest and was sentenced to life in prison. Chinese policemen patrol the area outside the station after the attack. Beijing blamed the attack on 'separatists' from the resource-rich far western Xinjiang region . Police shot four other assailants dead at the time of incident. Beijing blamed the attack on 'separatists' from the resource-rich far western Xinjiang region, where at least 200 people have died in attacks and clashes between locals and security forces over the last year. The remote autonomous region, which borders Central Asia, is home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority. But campaign groups have accused China of preventing the men from having a fair trial. Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress said: 'China is using the death penalty for political means in order to avoid the root cause of the problem.' The scene outside the railway station after the attack. Dressed in black and wielding long knives and machetes, several assailants stormed the station on March 1, 2014 seemingly hacking at anyone in sight . 'The defendants did not get a dignified trial and China used this event to incite discrimination against Uighurs.' However, China has vowed to step up punishment of 'violent terrorists', and is drafting its first-ever anti-terrorism law. Chinese courts convicted 712 people on terrorism-related charges last year, an increase of more than 13 per cent, according to chief justice Zhou Qiang. The country executes more people than the rest of the world combined, according to rights organisations, and put an estimated 2,400 people to death in 2013. | Iskander Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were executed .
Comes after their role in a knife attack at Kunming railway station last year .
The incident saw masked men kill 31 people with knives and machetes .
The attack which injured 141 people was dubbed as 'China's 9/11'
Men were convicted of intentional homicide and being in a terrorist group .
But campaigners have said they may not have been granted a fair trial . | db632f55607c8abbafcd3de85b8724c3f6b7527a | <s>[INST] Three Chinese separatists who were involved in an a knife attack that killed 31 people at a train station last year have been executed. The three men, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were all put to death for their role in the attack at Kuming railway station, which also saw more than 140 people wounded. The Supreme People's Court confirmed that the executions had taken place after the men were convicted of 'leading a terrorist organisation and intentional homicide' in September. A police investigator inspects the scene at Kunming railway station in the aftermath of a mass knife attack, which killed 31 people. Three men have now been executed for their role in the attack . The attack also left 141 people injured and Chinese state run media dubbed the incident as 'China's 9/11' China uses both lethal injection and firing squad for executions, but the method used this time was not specified. The attack in Kunming, in the south western province of Yunnan, was dubbed as 'China's 9/11' by state-run media. Dressed in black and wielding long knives and machetes, several assailants stormed the station on March 1, 2014 seemingly hacking at anyone in sight. Distressing photos circulating online showed bodies, pools of blood and abandoned luggage scattered across the terminal floor in the wake of what authorities termed an 'organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack'. A female attacker, Patigul Tohti, was pregnant at the time of her arrest and was sentenced to life in prison. Chinese policemen patrol the area outside the station after the attack. Beijing blamed the attack on 'separatists' from the resource-rich far western Xinjiang region . Police shot four other assailants dead at the time of incident. Beijing blamed the attack on 'separatists' from the resource-rich far western Xinjiang region, where at least 200 people have died in attacks and clashes between locals and security forces over the last year. The remote autonomous region, which borders Central Asia, is home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority. But campaign groups have accused China of preventing the men from having a fair trial. Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress said: 'China is using the death penalty for political means in order to avoid the root cause of the problem.' The scene outside the railway station after the attack. Dressed in black and wielding long knives and machetes, several assailants stormed the station on March 1, 2014 seemingly hacking at anyone in sight . 'The defendants did not get a dignified trial and China used this event to incite discrimination against Uighurs.' However, China has vowed to step up punishment of 'violent terrorists', and is drafting its first-ever anti-terrorism law. Chinese courts convicted 712 people on terrorism-related charges last year, an increase of more than 13 per cent, according to chief justice Zhou Qiang. The country executes more people than the rest of the world combined, according to rights organisations, and put an estimated 2,400 people to death in 2013. [/INST] Iskander Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were executed .
Comes after their role in a knife attack at Kunming railway station last year .
The incident saw masked men kill 31 people with knives and machetes .
The attack which injured 141 people was dubbed as 'China's 9/11'
Men were convicted of intentional homicide and being in a terrorist group .
But campaigners have said they may not have been granted a fair trial . </s> |
(The Hollywood Reporter)Melissa Benoist is suited up and ready to fly in CBS' "Supergirl." Producer Warner Bros. Television has released the first-look photos of the "Glee" and "Whiplash" breakout in the official costume as DC Comics character Supergirl. See more: The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 . The costume was designed by three-time Oscar-winner Colleen Atwood, who also served in the same capacity for WBTV/The CW's DC takes 'Arrow" and "The Flash." "In designing Supergirl, I wanted to embrace the past but more importantly, thrust her into the street-style action hero of today," said Atwood, who earned Oscars for "Into the Woods," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "Sweeney Todd." Production on the pilot started this week in Los Angeles. Read more: TV Pilots 2015: The Complete Guide . The drama centers on Kara Zor-El (Benoist), Superman's cousin, who was born on the planet Krypton and escaped amid its destruction years ago. After arriving on Earth, Kara was taken in by a foster family, the Danverses, who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers (which she shares with her famous cousin). "Brothers & Sisters" and "Ally McBeal" alum Calista Flockhart co-stars as DC Comics character Cat Grant, "True Blood's" Mehcad Brooks is set as Jimmy Olsen; "Homeland's" David Harewood is DC Comics character Hank Henshaw; and "Grey's Anatomy's" Chyler Leigh plays Alexandra "Alex" Danvers, the confident foster sister of Kara. Laura Benanti will recur, while former Supergirl Helen Slater and former Superman Dean Cain will guest-star in the pilot. "Arrow" and "Flash's" Greg Berlanti and his "No Ordinary Family" cohort Ali Adler ("The New Normal") as well as "Arrow" and "Flash" EP Andrew Kreisberg will pen the script and executive produce the drama via Berlanti Productions' Warner Bros. Television-based banner. Berlanti Productions' topper Sarah Schechter also is on board to executive produce. ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter. All rights reserved. | Photo of Melissa Benoist as Supergirl released .
New show about character currently in production for CBS . | fdb5b78087d569751eade988212b77bfb2cb71c1 | <s>[INST] (The Hollywood Reporter)Melissa Benoist is suited up and ready to fly in CBS' "Supergirl." Producer Warner Bros. Television has released the first-look photos of the "Glee" and "Whiplash" breakout in the official costume as DC Comics character Supergirl. See more: The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 . The costume was designed by three-time Oscar-winner Colleen Atwood, who also served in the same capacity for WBTV/The CW's DC takes 'Arrow" and "The Flash." "In designing Supergirl, I wanted to embrace the past but more importantly, thrust her into the street-style action hero of today," said Atwood, who earned Oscars for "Into the Woods," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "Sweeney Todd." Production on the pilot started this week in Los Angeles. Read more: TV Pilots 2015: The Complete Guide . The drama centers on Kara Zor-El (Benoist), Superman's cousin, who was born on the planet Krypton and escaped amid its destruction years ago. After arriving on Earth, Kara was taken in by a foster family, the Danverses, who taught her to be careful with her extraordinary powers (which she shares with her famous cousin). "Brothers & Sisters" and "Ally McBeal" alum Calista Flockhart co-stars as DC Comics character Cat Grant, "True Blood's" Mehcad Brooks is set as Jimmy Olsen; "Homeland's" David Harewood is DC Comics character Hank Henshaw; and "Grey's Anatomy's" Chyler Leigh plays Alexandra "Alex" Danvers, the confident foster sister of Kara. Laura Benanti will recur, while former Supergirl Helen Slater and former Superman Dean Cain will guest-star in the pilot. "Arrow" and "Flash's" Greg Berlanti and his "No Ordinary Family" cohort Ali Adler ("The New Normal") as well as "Arrow" and "Flash" EP Andrew Kreisberg will pen the script and executive produce the drama via Berlanti Productions' Warner Bros. Television-based banner. Berlanti Productions' topper Sarah Schechter also is on board to executive produce. ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter. All rights reserved. [/INST] Photo of Melissa Benoist as Supergirl released .
New show about character currently in production for CBS . </s> |
Spring came falling down Monday on winter-weary residents in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa with more than a foot of new snow in some areas. The National Weather Service measured 15 inches of snow in Fennimore, Wisconsin, and 13 inches in neighboring Crawford County. Decorah, Iowa, was dealing with 11.5 inches of snow, while ten inches fell in Rochester, Minnesota. A sprinkling of snow disrupted rush hour traffic in Chicago. Scroll down for video . Spring hasn't sprung: A plow truck goes down a Mankato, Minnesota, street and clears about six inches of snow . Snowy beard: Snow fell at the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp in Wisconsin (left) and in Minnesota (right) as well . Family affair: Daniel Garcia and his two sons shovel the snow in front of a residence in Kenosha, Wisconsin . Schools in southwestern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota canceled classes as snowplows hit the highways and streets and the locals fired up their snow blowers or brought out their shovels for another round. The accumulating snow stands in contrast to a week ago, when temperatures hit the 70s in some spots. Flowers on Main in Zumbrota, Minnesota, received a shipment of spring flowers Monday despite having 12.3 inches of new snow on the ground. Employee Jan Ryan said. 'We just got in all of our Easter lilies and hydrangeas. 'It just doesn't feel right,' said with a chuckle. ''We kind of feel like we're in a ghost town today. 'It halts people walking around town. It just halts operations.' Don't put away that winter coat: A pedestrian covers up from the wind and cold in Chicago on Monday . Still need the snow tires: A brave biker makes his way along Minnehaha Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota . Snow day: School buses were covered by snow on Monday in Niles, Illinois, as about five inches fell in the area . Customer traffic was also minimal at the Hungry House restaurant in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where 13 inches of snow fell since Sunday. Manager Sam Etemi said he didn't take much stock in the forecast, which predicted a mountain of new snow, until he woke up Monday morning. He said: 'I certainly wasn't a believer until I stepped outside. I was just amazed and shocked. 'Mother Nature has its ways.' Many roads are still closed and schools in the Prairie du Chien School District were closed Monday. Winter wind: A woman braces herself against the cold as she makes her way through downtown Chicago . Hold on tight: A woman walks with an umbrella during the snowstorm in Niles as the weather swirls around her . Not a great shopping day: Pedestrians and shoppers battle the elements and walk the streets in Chicago . The Illinois governor's motorcade was among the vehicles involved in scores of accidents Monday as the early spring storm caused near white-out conditions and slippery roads in northern Illinois. Reports of crashes and spinouts started coming in after 5.30am, a State Police spokesman said. Some caused minor injuries, including to a state trooper traveling in Rauner's motorcade. Police said one of the vehicles driven by a member of the State Police unit that protects the governor lost control on Interstate 55 near the Chicago suburb of Countryside around 8.15am and struck the rear tandem axle of a truck trailer. The driver was treated and released from a hospital. More than 250 flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport and more than 20 were canceled at Midway International Airport. Flights that were getting out were experiencing significant delays. The mess should be short-lived. Meteorologists said Tuesday's high temperatures were expected to be in the mid-40s, and that the Wednesday high could hit 63 degrees. Buried: John Polkinghorn begins to clear off over 15 inches of snow from his truck after a snowstorm overnight . Too bad there's still class: A student walks across the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus Monday . Winter fun for some: Century High School students in Rochester, Minnesota were able to look on the white side . The snowstorm in northern Iowa has dampened Mason City's efforts to get a jump-start on spring cleaning. City officials had rescheduled the town's first yard waste collection day of the year for Monday because of a recent bout of pleasant weather. But the storm that dumped about two inches of heavy snow in Mason City by early Monday left officials questioning their decision to switch their original April 6 start date. Despite the weather, City Administrator Brent Trout told the Mason City Globe Gazette that the city did expect some yard waste to be picked up. Can't ride through this: A man walks his bicycle through a snow-covered street in Des Plaines, Illinois . More coming? The forecast calls for a wintry mix to be present in some parts of the Midwest on Tuesday . Maybe the last time: A man shovels late season snow in Mason City, Iowa, after getting hit with more on Monday . | Parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa got more than foot of snow .
Schools were closed and snow also disrupted rush hour traffic in Chicago .
A week ago temperatures hit the 70s in some areas of the Midwest .
Tuesday's forecast calls for a wintry mix in portions of the Midwest .
High temperatures on Tuesday are expected to be in the mid-40s . | a68aacba2eda26b401a5e22464deb3fcd32b2547 | <s>[INST] Spring came falling down Monday on winter-weary residents in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa with more than a foot of new snow in some areas. The National Weather Service measured 15 inches of snow in Fennimore, Wisconsin, and 13 inches in neighboring Crawford County. Decorah, Iowa, was dealing with 11.5 inches of snow, while ten inches fell in Rochester, Minnesota. A sprinkling of snow disrupted rush hour traffic in Chicago. Scroll down for video . Spring hasn't sprung: A plow truck goes down a Mankato, Minnesota, street and clears about six inches of snow . Snowy beard: Snow fell at the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp in Wisconsin (left) and in Minnesota (right) as well . Family affair: Daniel Garcia and his two sons shovel the snow in front of a residence in Kenosha, Wisconsin . Schools in southwestern Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota canceled classes as snowplows hit the highways and streets and the locals fired up their snow blowers or brought out their shovels for another round. The accumulating snow stands in contrast to a week ago, when temperatures hit the 70s in some spots. Flowers on Main in Zumbrota, Minnesota, received a shipment of spring flowers Monday despite having 12.3 inches of new snow on the ground. Employee Jan Ryan said. 'We just got in all of our Easter lilies and hydrangeas. 'It just doesn't feel right,' said with a chuckle. ''We kind of feel like we're in a ghost town today. 'It halts people walking around town. It just halts operations.' Don't put away that winter coat: A pedestrian covers up from the wind and cold in Chicago on Monday . Still need the snow tires: A brave biker makes his way along Minnehaha Parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota . Snow day: School buses were covered by snow on Monday in Niles, Illinois, as about five inches fell in the area . Customer traffic was also minimal at the Hungry House restaurant in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where 13 inches of snow fell since Sunday. Manager Sam Etemi said he didn't take much stock in the forecast, which predicted a mountain of new snow, until he woke up Monday morning. He said: 'I certainly wasn't a believer until I stepped outside. I was just amazed and shocked. 'Mother Nature has its ways.' Many roads are still closed and schools in the Prairie du Chien School District were closed Monday. Winter wind: A woman braces herself against the cold as she makes her way through downtown Chicago . Hold on tight: A woman walks with an umbrella during the snowstorm in Niles as the weather swirls around her . Not a great shopping day: Pedestrians and shoppers battle the elements and walk the streets in Chicago . The Illinois governor's motorcade was among the vehicles involved in scores of accidents Monday as the early spring storm caused near white-out conditions and slippery roads in northern Illinois. Reports of crashes and spinouts started coming in after 5.30am, a State Police spokesman said. Some caused minor injuries, including to a state trooper traveling in Rauner's motorcade. Police said one of the vehicles driven by a member of the State Police unit that protects the governor lost control on Interstate 55 near the Chicago suburb of Countryside around 8.15am and struck the rear tandem axle of a truck trailer. The driver was treated and released from a hospital. More than 250 flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport and more than 20 were canceled at Midway International Airport. Flights that were getting out were experiencing significant delays. The mess should be short-lived. Meteorologists said Tuesday's high temperatures were expected to be in the mid-40s, and that the Wednesday high could hit 63 degrees. Buried: John Polkinghorn begins to clear off over 15 inches of snow from his truck after a snowstorm overnight . Too bad there's still class: A student walks across the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus Monday . Winter fun for some: Century High School students in Rochester, Minnesota were able to look on the white side . The snowstorm in northern Iowa has dampened Mason City's efforts to get a jump-start on spring cleaning. City officials had rescheduled the town's first yard waste collection day of the year for Monday because of a recent bout of pleasant weather. But the storm that dumped about two inches of heavy snow in Mason City by early Monday left officials questioning their decision to switch their original April 6 start date. Despite the weather, City Administrator Brent Trout told the Mason City Globe Gazette that the city did expect some yard waste to be picked up. Can't ride through this: A man walks his bicycle through a snow-covered street in Des Plaines, Illinois . More coming? The forecast calls for a wintry mix to be present in some parts of the Midwest on Tuesday . Maybe the last time: A man shovels late season snow in Mason City, Iowa, after getting hit with more on Monday . [/INST] Parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa got more than foot of snow .
Schools were closed and snow also disrupted rush hour traffic in Chicago .
A week ago temperatures hit the 70s in some areas of the Midwest .
Tuesday's forecast calls for a wintry mix in portions of the Midwest .
High temperatures on Tuesday are expected to be in the mid-40s . </s> |
Aidy Boothroyd has selected his England under 20 squad for the forthcoming friendlies with Mexico and the United States. His 22-man group features a number of names who have impressed in the Sky Bet Championship this season, as well as some promising youngsters at Barclays Premier League clubs. The Young Lions play Mexico at The Hive, home of Barnet, on March 25 (7.45pm) before heading down to Devon to take on the USA at Plymouth's Home Park on March 29 (3pm). Chuba Akpom celebrates scoring during England U20's international with Holland back in October . Chelsea's Lewis Baker, currently on loan at Swindon, has also been selected . Among those picked by Boothroyd are Arsenal's Chuba Akpom and Chelsea duo Lewis Baker, currently on loan at MK Dons, and John Swift, playing for Swindon at present. The leading lights selected from Championship clubs include Derby's Kwame Thomas, Nottingham Forest's Ben Osborn and Alex Mowatt of Leeds United. Brentford defender Moses Odubajo and Derby midfielder Jamie Hanson are called up for the first time. 'It has been four months since we were last together and after an excellent start to a new team’s campaign we are now finding our players dotted around the Football League and Premier League, which will only add to their experience when they play for England,' said Boothroyd. Derby forward Kwame Thomas has also been selected for the matches with Mexico and the United States . Nottingham Forest's Ben Osborn (right) is also named in the 22-man squad for the double-header . Alex Mowatt of Leeds United, here tackled by Fulham's Scott Parker, is also named in the squad . 'We are now looking forward to building on that momentum with the double-header against USA and Mexico. 'Our opponents this March have been carefully selected as we continue to provide the players with a full and varied development programme. 'Both USA and Mexico will be competing in the FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand, and both fixtures promise to be challenging encounters for us. Each challenge will require maximum concentration and discipline from every player. Another invaluable lesson for them in their future careers.' Tickets for both games are still on sale now, priced at £3 for adults and £1.50. Call 0208 381 3800 for tickets at the Hive, and 0845 872 3335 for the game in Plymouth. Goalkeepers: Christian Walton (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) Defenders: Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Moses Odubajo (Brentford), Dominic Ball (Cambridge United - loan from Spurs), Baily Cargill (AFC Bournemouth), Kortney Hause (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jordan Turnbull (Swindon Town - loan from Southampton), Harry Toffollo (Swindon Town - loan from Norwich City) Midfielders: Harrison Reed (Southampton), Jack Barmby (Leicester City), Jack Stephens (Swindon Town - loan from Southampton), Jamie Hanson (Derby County), Lewis Baker (MK Dons - loan from Chelsea), Matty Grimes (Swansea City), Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest), Alex Mowatt (Leeds United), John Swift (Swindon Town - loan from Chelsea) Forwards: Callum Robinson (Preston North End - loan from Aston Villa), Chuba Akpom (Arsenal), Kwame Thomas (Derby County), Chris Long (Brentford - loan from Everton) | Aidy Boothroyd's side take on Mexico at The Hive, Barnet on March 25 .
They then play USA at Home Park in Plymouth on March 29 .
22-man squad contains a number of Championship first-team players . | dfa2801a91b48818a4180428ec3b1fcf95e7cc7b | <s>[INST] Aidy Boothroyd has selected his England under 20 squad for the forthcoming friendlies with Mexico and the United States. His 22-man group features a number of names who have impressed in the Sky Bet Championship this season, as well as some promising youngsters at Barclays Premier League clubs. The Young Lions play Mexico at The Hive, home of Barnet, on March 25 (7.45pm) before heading down to Devon to take on the USA at Plymouth's Home Park on March 29 (3pm). Chuba Akpom celebrates scoring during England U20's international with Holland back in October . Chelsea's Lewis Baker, currently on loan at Swindon, has also been selected . Among those picked by Boothroyd are Arsenal's Chuba Akpom and Chelsea duo Lewis Baker, currently on loan at MK Dons, and John Swift, playing for Swindon at present. The leading lights selected from Championship clubs include Derby's Kwame Thomas, Nottingham Forest's Ben Osborn and Alex Mowatt of Leeds United. Brentford defender Moses Odubajo and Derby midfielder Jamie Hanson are called up for the first time. 'It has been four months since we were last together and after an excellent start to a new team’s campaign we are now finding our players dotted around the Football League and Premier League, which will only add to their experience when they play for England,' said Boothroyd. Derby forward Kwame Thomas has also been selected for the matches with Mexico and the United States . Nottingham Forest's Ben Osborn (right) is also named in the 22-man squad for the double-header . Alex Mowatt of Leeds United, here tackled by Fulham's Scott Parker, is also named in the squad . 'We are now looking forward to building on that momentum with the double-header against USA and Mexico. 'Our opponents this March have been carefully selected as we continue to provide the players with a full and varied development programme. 'Both USA and Mexico will be competing in the FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand, and both fixtures promise to be challenging encounters for us. Each challenge will require maximum concentration and discipline from every player. Another invaluable lesson for them in their future careers.' Tickets for both games are still on sale now, priced at £3 for adults and £1.50. Call 0208 381 3800 for tickets at the Hive, and 0845 872 3335 for the game in Plymouth. Goalkeepers: Christian Walton (Brighton & Hove Albion), Jordan Pickford (Sunderland) Defenders: Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Moses Odubajo (Brentford), Dominic Ball (Cambridge United - loan from Spurs), Baily Cargill (AFC Bournemouth), Kortney Hause (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jordan Turnbull (Swindon Town - loan from Southampton), Harry Toffollo (Swindon Town - loan from Norwich City) Midfielders: Harrison Reed (Southampton), Jack Barmby (Leicester City), Jack Stephens (Swindon Town - loan from Southampton), Jamie Hanson (Derby County), Lewis Baker (MK Dons - loan from Chelsea), Matty Grimes (Swansea City), Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest), Alex Mowatt (Leeds United), John Swift (Swindon Town - loan from Chelsea) Forwards: Callum Robinson (Preston North End - loan from Aston Villa), Chuba Akpom (Arsenal), Kwame Thomas (Derby County), Chris Long (Brentford - loan from Everton) [/INST] Aidy Boothroyd's side take on Mexico at The Hive, Barnet on March 25 .
They then play USA at Home Park in Plymouth on March 29 .
22-man squad contains a number of Championship first-team players . </s> |
It’s not quite a feat to match Harry Houdini, but it’s not for want of trying. A man arrested outside a bar in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW (South By Southwest) festival was filmed making a brazen bid for freedom – after being handcuffed and made to lie on the floor. Undeterred by the fact that he was unable to use his hands and lying next to several police officers, the man struggles to his feet while they are tackling two people nearby and sprints off through a watching crowd. The footage begins with the man, dressed in red shorts and a grey T-shirt, lying handcuffed outside a pub called the Blind Tiger Pub on Sixth Street. A man arrested outside a bar in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW (South By Southwest) festival was filmed making a brazen bid for freedom – after being handcuffed and made to lie on the floor . A few yards away four police officers, two with Tasers drawn, are busy trying to detain two men. The man in the red shorts spots an opportunity to make a bid for freedom and after a couple of stumbles, manages to get to his feet with his hands tied behind his back and a black bag looped around his arms. As he runs out of shot a police officer spots that he’s bolted and makes to give chase. The footage begins with the man stumbling to his feet while nearby officers tackle two other people . Even when the handcuffed man in red shorts has struggled to his knees, the police officers remain oblivious . The escapee suspect was later charged with evading arrest, according to Opposingviews.com . Police attended the scene amid reports of a fight. The festival saw Miley Cyrus take to the stage on Thursday. She made a surprise appearance at music producer and rapper Mike Will Made-It’s performance at Fader Fort. | A handcuffed man at the SXSW festival was filmed sprinting for freedom .
He did his Houdini impression while arresting officers were distracted .
The man was filmed struggling to his feet outside an Austin bar and bolting . | 5d2f688d56613b9be225546dc1f4c888fc7cfa9f | <s>[INST] It’s not quite a feat to match Harry Houdini, but it’s not for want of trying. A man arrested outside a bar in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW (South By Southwest) festival was filmed making a brazen bid for freedom – after being handcuffed and made to lie on the floor. Undeterred by the fact that he was unable to use his hands and lying next to several police officers, the man struggles to his feet while they are tackling two people nearby and sprints off through a watching crowd. The footage begins with the man, dressed in red shorts and a grey T-shirt, lying handcuffed outside a pub called the Blind Tiger Pub on Sixth Street. A man arrested outside a bar in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW (South By Southwest) festival was filmed making a brazen bid for freedom – after being handcuffed and made to lie on the floor . A few yards away four police officers, two with Tasers drawn, are busy trying to detain two men. The man in the red shorts spots an opportunity to make a bid for freedom and after a couple of stumbles, manages to get to his feet with his hands tied behind his back and a black bag looped around his arms. As he runs out of shot a police officer spots that he’s bolted and makes to give chase. The footage begins with the man stumbling to his feet while nearby officers tackle two other people . Even when the handcuffed man in red shorts has struggled to his knees, the police officers remain oblivious . The escapee suspect was later charged with evading arrest, according to Opposingviews.com . Police attended the scene amid reports of a fight. The festival saw Miley Cyrus take to the stage on Thursday. She made a surprise appearance at music producer and rapper Mike Will Made-It’s performance at Fader Fort. [/INST] A handcuffed man at the SXSW festival was filmed sprinting for freedom .
He did his Houdini impression while arresting officers were distracted .
The man was filmed struggling to his feet outside an Austin bar and bolting . </s> |
It was a surreal start to the day for a bleary-eyed night shift worker, after he got a lot more than he bargained from his morning cereal. Jarred Smith, 22, woke up at about 3pm last Tuesday and headed into the kitchen at his home in Davidson in Sydney's northern beaches. He took some food out of the fridge and walked over to the kitchen counter when he saw something strange and scaly sticking out of a Corn Flakes box. Scroll down for video . Jarred Smith, from Sydney's northern beaches, got a lot more than he bargained for inside a Corn Flakes box . Jarred said he stared at the box for about 15 seconds before he realised that contained a diamond python snake. 'I thought mum had bought some strange door stopper at first but then I saw the tail end of what looked like a snake and thought "no way its a snake",' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'Then I peeked in the top of the cereal box and its head popped out,' he said. 'I dropped my food and ran out of the kitchen and screamed out to my dad downstairs "dad, there's a snake in the kitchen!".' His father also took a while to comprehend the situation thinking his son meant there was a snake on TV. 'When dad walked in it maneuvered even further into the box that's when I took the video.' Jarred then called the NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) and explained to the lady on the other end of the phone where the slithery reptile was hiding. 'She burst out laughing and said "are you serious?", he said. The diamond python retreated into the box when Jarred's dad came to see the unexpected surprise . The snake handler turned up minutes later and was surprised to see the size of the python, which he estimated at about one and a half metres long. 'He asked if we minded if put the snake back in our garden which we didn't,'Jarred said. 'The snake wouldn't fall out of the box so he had to rip it and the whole snake dropped out.' 'He was more surprised when he saw it properly because he said it actually looked about two metres long.' Diamond pythons are known for being quite timid and the snake handler told Jarred that the species is harmless and only attacked when aggravated. Although Jarred has never seen a snake before - let alone up so close and personal - he was impressed with how attractive the reptile was. 'He's a good looking snake so if he comes back it's fine - I just didn't expect to find it in my cereal.' The snake handler had to rip open the cereal box to release the snake which was two metres long . Although Jarred has never seen a snake before - let alone up so close and personal - he described the diamond python as 'good looking' | Jarred Smith, 22 had started to prepare his breakfast when he noticed something unusual about his Corn Flakes cereal box .
After a few seconds of disbelief, the night shift worker realised that there was a snake in the box .
He called NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service for advice on how to remove the slithery reptile .
Says the good looking reptile is welcome to return to his house . | 994a4618a15584bfaedc8ddb2789ca73e15abf74 | <s>[INST] It was a surreal start to the day for a bleary-eyed night shift worker, after he got a lot more than he bargained from his morning cereal. Jarred Smith, 22, woke up at about 3pm last Tuesday and headed into the kitchen at his home in Davidson in Sydney's northern beaches. He took some food out of the fridge and walked over to the kitchen counter when he saw something strange and scaly sticking out of a Corn Flakes box. Scroll down for video . Jarred Smith, from Sydney's northern beaches, got a lot more than he bargained for inside a Corn Flakes box . Jarred said he stared at the box for about 15 seconds before he realised that contained a diamond python snake. 'I thought mum had bought some strange door stopper at first but then I saw the tail end of what looked like a snake and thought "no way its a snake",' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'Then I peeked in the top of the cereal box and its head popped out,' he said. 'I dropped my food and ran out of the kitchen and screamed out to my dad downstairs "dad, there's a snake in the kitchen!".' His father also took a while to comprehend the situation thinking his son meant there was a snake on TV. 'When dad walked in it maneuvered even further into the box that's when I took the video.' Jarred then called the NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) and explained to the lady on the other end of the phone where the slithery reptile was hiding. 'She burst out laughing and said "are you serious?", he said. The diamond python retreated into the box when Jarred's dad came to see the unexpected surprise . The snake handler turned up minutes later and was surprised to see the size of the python, which he estimated at about one and a half metres long. 'He asked if we minded if put the snake back in our garden which we didn't,'Jarred said. 'The snake wouldn't fall out of the box so he had to rip it and the whole snake dropped out.' 'He was more surprised when he saw it properly because he said it actually looked about two metres long.' Diamond pythons are known for being quite timid and the snake handler told Jarred that the species is harmless and only attacked when aggravated. Although Jarred has never seen a snake before - let alone up so close and personal - he was impressed with how attractive the reptile was. 'He's a good looking snake so if he comes back it's fine - I just didn't expect to find it in my cereal.' The snake handler had to rip open the cereal box to release the snake which was two metres long . Although Jarred has never seen a snake before - let alone up so close and personal - he described the diamond python as 'good looking' [/INST] Jarred Smith, 22 had started to prepare his breakfast when he noticed something unusual about his Corn Flakes cereal box .
After a few seconds of disbelief, the night shift worker realised that there was a snake in the box .
He called NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service for advice on how to remove the slithery reptile .
Says the good looking reptile is welcome to return to his house . </s> |
Westminster’s Public Administration Committee said the country’s top mandarin, Sir Jeremy Heywood (pictured), had been ‘wrong in law’ during a row over two of Theresa May’s Special Advisers . Sir Jeremy Heywood was given a humiliating rebuke by MPs yesterday for clearing taxpayer-funded advisers to take part in political campaigning. Westminster’s Public Administration Committee said the country’s top mandarin had been ‘wrong in law’ during a row over two of Theresa May’s Special Advisers. It is another blow to the reputation of the Cabinet Secretary – who is known as Sir Cover Up for trying to block the publication of letters related to the Iraq War. Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson, two of the Home Secretary’s closest aides, refused an order from Tory HQ to take part in telephone canvassing during last year’s Rochester by-election. The pair said it was a breach of the special adviser's code, which says that - as public servants - they should not conduct canvassing in by-election campaigns and are required to resign their posts if they wish to do so. Number Ten and Tory HQ disagreed – suspending both men from the list of candidates at the forthcoming General Election as a punishment. To justify the decision, Number Ten relied upon advice from Sir Jeremy, who wields enormous power inside Government. He controversially ruled it was acceptable for special advisers to take part in ‘backroom support’ activities in their private time and telephone canvassing fell into this category. But that interpretation has now been flatly rejected by the public administration committee. The committee said: ‘Any direction to a Special Adviser to conduct telephone canvassing was misguided, and that advice that such a direction or such canvassing was permitted under their Code and contract of employment was wrong in law. ‘We recommend that Special Advisers should never again be confronted with directions or informal pressure that puts them in breach of the Code and of their contracts of employment.’ The Speaker’s Counsel, Michael Carpenter, told MPs he had been ‘unpersuaded’ by Sir Jeremy’s arguments. Mr Carpenter said that, far from being a backroom activity, telephone canvassing involved taking part in a political debate with members of the public. Mr Timothy and Mr Parkinson are now expected to apply to be re-instated to the candidates list after the election. Sources said they appeared to have a ‘slam dunk case’ to get their suspension lifted. Labour deputy chairman Jon Ashworth said: ‘The Parliamentary Authorities have delivered a damning assessment of the Number 10 operation, and we now need to know which Ministers were complicit in issuing this ‘misguided’ advice. Sir Jeremy controversially ruled it was acceptable for special advisers to take part in ‘backroom support’ activities in their private time and telephone canvassing fell into this category. Pictured: Theresa May . ‘Given the proximity of the election campaign, we need a formal government response today which outlines how Number 10 will ensure no rules will be broken over the role played by Special Advisers.’ At the time, the decision to remove the advisers from the candidates list was widely seen as the latest episode in a long-running feud between Downing Street and the Home Office. Tensions have repeatedly flared amid fevered speculation over Mrs May’s own leadership ambitions. Polls have shown she is the activists’ favourite to succeed the Prime Minister. Another of the Home Secretary’s advisers, Fiona Cunningham, was forced to quit last summer after clashing with Michael Gove over extremism in schools. Last week, Sir Jeremy came under fire over new rules which ban the country’s 430,000 civil servants from talking to journalists without ministerial approval. He approved the order at the request of Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude. Yesterday, the Mail told how the move was opposed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, who said: ‘Sunlight is the best disinfectant.’ | Sir Jeremy Heywood given humiliating rebuke by MPs in row over advisers .
Given dressing down for clearing advisers to help in political campaigning .
He ruled it was acceptable for Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson to do ‘backroom support’ activities in private time and telephone canvassing . | 9c506cfa045248841ac399584a9a1ba418ea620a | <s>[INST] Westminster’s Public Administration Committee said the country’s top mandarin, Sir Jeremy Heywood (pictured), had been ‘wrong in law’ during a row over two of Theresa May’s Special Advisers . Sir Jeremy Heywood was given a humiliating rebuke by MPs yesterday for clearing taxpayer-funded advisers to take part in political campaigning. Westminster’s Public Administration Committee said the country’s top mandarin had been ‘wrong in law’ during a row over two of Theresa May’s Special Advisers. It is another blow to the reputation of the Cabinet Secretary – who is known as Sir Cover Up for trying to block the publication of letters related to the Iraq War. Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson, two of the Home Secretary’s closest aides, refused an order from Tory HQ to take part in telephone canvassing during last year’s Rochester by-election. The pair said it was a breach of the special adviser's code, which says that - as public servants - they should not conduct canvassing in by-election campaigns and are required to resign their posts if they wish to do so. Number Ten and Tory HQ disagreed – suspending both men from the list of candidates at the forthcoming General Election as a punishment. To justify the decision, Number Ten relied upon advice from Sir Jeremy, who wields enormous power inside Government. He controversially ruled it was acceptable for special advisers to take part in ‘backroom support’ activities in their private time and telephone canvassing fell into this category. But that interpretation has now been flatly rejected by the public administration committee. The committee said: ‘Any direction to a Special Adviser to conduct telephone canvassing was misguided, and that advice that such a direction or such canvassing was permitted under their Code and contract of employment was wrong in law. ‘We recommend that Special Advisers should never again be confronted with directions or informal pressure that puts them in breach of the Code and of their contracts of employment.’ The Speaker’s Counsel, Michael Carpenter, told MPs he had been ‘unpersuaded’ by Sir Jeremy’s arguments. Mr Carpenter said that, far from being a backroom activity, telephone canvassing involved taking part in a political debate with members of the public. Mr Timothy and Mr Parkinson are now expected to apply to be re-instated to the candidates list after the election. Sources said they appeared to have a ‘slam dunk case’ to get their suspension lifted. Labour deputy chairman Jon Ashworth said: ‘The Parliamentary Authorities have delivered a damning assessment of the Number 10 operation, and we now need to know which Ministers were complicit in issuing this ‘misguided’ advice. Sir Jeremy controversially ruled it was acceptable for special advisers to take part in ‘backroom support’ activities in their private time and telephone canvassing fell into this category. Pictured: Theresa May . ‘Given the proximity of the election campaign, we need a formal government response today which outlines how Number 10 will ensure no rules will be broken over the role played by Special Advisers.’ At the time, the decision to remove the advisers from the candidates list was widely seen as the latest episode in a long-running feud between Downing Street and the Home Office. Tensions have repeatedly flared amid fevered speculation over Mrs May’s own leadership ambitions. Polls have shown she is the activists’ favourite to succeed the Prime Minister. Another of the Home Secretary’s advisers, Fiona Cunningham, was forced to quit last summer after clashing with Michael Gove over extremism in schools. Last week, Sir Jeremy came under fire over new rules which ban the country’s 430,000 civil servants from talking to journalists without ministerial approval. He approved the order at the request of Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude. Yesterday, the Mail told how the move was opposed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, who said: ‘Sunlight is the best disinfectant.’ [/INST] Sir Jeremy Heywood given humiliating rebuke by MPs in row over advisers .
Given dressing down for clearing advisers to help in political campaigning .
He ruled it was acceptable for Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson to do ‘backroom support’ activities in private time and telephone canvassing . </s> |
A land, air and sea search was launched by police on Friday after a young surfer reported pulling up the body of a man while in the ocean. The 16-year-old was surfing at Palm Beach at the Gold Coast in Queensland with friends at about 6.30am when he was thrown off his board and found himself tugging up a person's body as he surfaced. 'A 16-year-old boy was surfing with friends, he caught a wave and as he's come up and he's touched something which felt like hair,' A spokesperson for Queensland police told Daily Mail Australia. The 16-year-old surfer told police he had fallen off his board and upon resurfacing, felt something in the water that felt like hair. Upon tugging up the object out of the water, he said he realised it was a man's body . 'He then grabbed at the item and when he pulled up the item he saw the face of someone at which point he panicked, let go of the body and returned to shore. 'He later returned to the water with a friend to try and find the body but they couldn't locate it and contacted police around 8.30 this morning.' Gold Coast Water Police Senior Sergeant Gavin Peachey told the Brisbane Times: 'That's what he [the surfer] believes - there's nothing to confirm that at the moment.' Police immediately launched a search of the area using boats, jet skis and a helicopter; however they have received no reports of a missing person in the area. Abandoned items of clothing were found on the beach, including a Maktec by Makita hat and a white Volcan t-shirt, however they have since been claimed by a member of the public and have been deemed unrelated to the incident. Police responded by launching an land, air and sea search at Palm Beach (pictured) at the Gold Coast in Queensland on Friday, where investigations are still continuing . While the land and air search is continuing into Friday night, the water search has now been suspended. 'Police will reassess tomorrow morning if they will continue the search, they'll probably wait to see if they get reports of anyone missing. So far there are no reports to suggest someone is missing,' the spokesperson said. A statement from Queensland police urged 'anyone who may know of any person who may not have returned home from a morning swim in the Palm Beach area to please make contact with police'. The body was described as being a man in his 20's with dark hair. Anyone with information which could assist with the matter should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au. | A 16-year-old surfer reported pulling the body out of the water at 6.30am .
He dropped it in panic and returned to the shore of Palm Beach in QLD .
Police launched a land, air and sea search, but have had no reports of a missing person . | a9aef9489b14700c2d10f2733e0dcd20bf153a5d | <s>[INST] A land, air and sea search was launched by police on Friday after a young surfer reported pulling up the body of a man while in the ocean. The 16-year-old was surfing at Palm Beach at the Gold Coast in Queensland with friends at about 6.30am when he was thrown off his board and found himself tugging up a person's body as he surfaced. 'A 16-year-old boy was surfing with friends, he caught a wave and as he's come up and he's touched something which felt like hair,' A spokesperson for Queensland police told Daily Mail Australia. The 16-year-old surfer told police he had fallen off his board and upon resurfacing, felt something in the water that felt like hair. Upon tugging up the object out of the water, he said he realised it was a man's body . 'He then grabbed at the item and when he pulled up the item he saw the face of someone at which point he panicked, let go of the body and returned to shore. 'He later returned to the water with a friend to try and find the body but they couldn't locate it and contacted police around 8.30 this morning.' Gold Coast Water Police Senior Sergeant Gavin Peachey told the Brisbane Times: 'That's what he [the surfer] believes - there's nothing to confirm that at the moment.' Police immediately launched a search of the area using boats, jet skis and a helicopter; however they have received no reports of a missing person in the area. Abandoned items of clothing were found on the beach, including a Maktec by Makita hat and a white Volcan t-shirt, however they have since been claimed by a member of the public and have been deemed unrelated to the incident. Police responded by launching an land, air and sea search at Palm Beach (pictured) at the Gold Coast in Queensland on Friday, where investigations are still continuing . While the land and air search is continuing into Friday night, the water search has now been suspended. 'Police will reassess tomorrow morning if they will continue the search, they'll probably wait to see if they get reports of anyone missing. So far there are no reports to suggest someone is missing,' the spokesperson said. A statement from Queensland police urged 'anyone who may know of any person who may not have returned home from a morning swim in the Palm Beach area to please make contact with police'. The body was described as being a man in his 20's with dark hair. Anyone with information which could assist with the matter should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au. [/INST] A 16-year-old surfer reported pulling the body out of the water at 6.30am .
He dropped it in panic and returned to the shore of Palm Beach in QLD .
Police launched a land, air and sea search, but have had no reports of a missing person . </s> |
A job applicant has scored a burgeoning fan base after coming up with a zany way to demonstrate his skills and experience. Doing away with a paper CV, 24-year-old Elski Felson of Los Angeles, California, decided to apply for a Community Support Specialist role at Snapchat via the social media app. In just over three minutes, the tech enthusiast created a video resume, underscoring how he's a 'multi-tasking rockstar', 'graph enthusiast' and an 'experienced researcher' with 'phenomenal presentation skills'. Throughout the clip - uploaded to YouTube on February 26 - he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcase his abilities. To show he's a 'strong writer' he sits with a barbell on his hand scrawling a note. Unfortunately, the heavy load causes the pencil to snap. In another scene Felson expertly guesses the weight of an onion to display his strong judgement. The grocery store assistant is seen praising his aptitude. When it comes to presentation skills, Felson steps away from Powerpoint and into the kitchen. Novel idea: Doing away with a paper CV, Elski Felson of Los Angeles, California, decided to apply for a Community Support Specialist role at Snapchat via the social media app . Humorous approach: In just over three minutes, the tech enthusiast created a video story, underscoring how he's a 'graph enthusiast' and an 'experienced researcher' with 'phenomenal presentation skills' Source of entertainment: Throughout the clip he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcase his abilities - To show he's a 'strong writer' he sits with a barbell on his hand scrawling a note (right) 'I don’t know what you’ve seen or where you’ve been, but I know me, personally, I’ve never seen Laffy Taffy look that phenomenal in all my life,' he says as he captures a plate of candy arranged into a color wheel. Lastly, the Snapchat job specification asks for someone who is an 'expert in sending ugly selfies to friends.' Felson happily fulfills the prerequisite by striking a pose at the camera with his nose pushed up in an unattractive manner. He finishes by claiming that 'he's the man for the job' and just one class away from finishing his MBA. On a roll: In another scene Felson expertly guesses the weight of an onion to display his strong judgement (left) and then he picks a movie after solving the problem with peers (right) Popular pick: Felson uploaded his Snapchat video CV on February 26 and to date it has been watched more than 300,000 times . Unattractive: Felson works out his monthly budget (left) with vodka Red Bulls taking up a large share of his cash, he later pulls an 'ugly selfie' as per the job requirement (right) His contact details are seen listed on the right hand side of the screen. To date, Felson's video CV has been watched more than 300,000 times. Many viewers have applauded his novel idea. The job hunter told Daily Mail Online that he's yet to hear back from Snapchat but he's keeping his fingers crossed. Dozens of tech start-ups have been in touch in the meantime. Felson graduated from Ithaca College in New York in 2013 and searched for finance jobs in Pittsburgh before moving to California. He said that he got the idea of applying to Snapchat after walking past their office in Venice. His dream role would be one that has a creative aspect. But after his stint in front of the camera, Felson is also considering delving into the world of entertainment. 'I love interacting with people so, if I were offered some type of job on camera, I would definitely entertain it,' the hopeful graduate concluded. Source of inspiration: Felson made his comical Snapchat video by tackling each one of the job requirements one by one - he is yet to hear back from the company . | Doing away with a paper CV, 24-year-old Elski Felson of Los Angeles, California, decided to apply for a role at Snapchat via the social media app .
In just over three minutes, the tech enthusiast created a video resume .
He underscores how he's a 'multi-tasking rockstar', 'graph enthusiast' and an 'experienced researcher' with 'phenomenal presentation skills'
Throughout the clip he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcase his abilities .
Felson uploaded his video CV on February 26 .
The tech enthusiast told Daily Mail Online that he's yet to hear back from Snapchat but he's keeping his fingers crossed . | 3b5e54416eec294d93ec35bf2bf52f572a6e1716 | <s>[INST] A job applicant has scored a burgeoning fan base after coming up with a zany way to demonstrate his skills and experience. Doing away with a paper CV, 24-year-old Elski Felson of Los Angeles, California, decided to apply for a Community Support Specialist role at Snapchat via the social media app. In just over three minutes, the tech enthusiast created a video resume, underscoring how he's a 'multi-tasking rockstar', 'graph enthusiast' and an 'experienced researcher' with 'phenomenal presentation skills'. Throughout the clip - uploaded to YouTube on February 26 - he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcase his abilities. To show he's a 'strong writer' he sits with a barbell on his hand scrawling a note. Unfortunately, the heavy load causes the pencil to snap. In another scene Felson expertly guesses the weight of an onion to display his strong judgement. The grocery store assistant is seen praising his aptitude. When it comes to presentation skills, Felson steps away from Powerpoint and into the kitchen. Novel idea: Doing away with a paper CV, Elski Felson of Los Angeles, California, decided to apply for a Community Support Specialist role at Snapchat via the social media app . Humorous approach: In just over three minutes, the tech enthusiast created a video story, underscoring how he's a 'graph enthusiast' and an 'experienced researcher' with 'phenomenal presentation skills' Source of entertainment: Throughout the clip he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcase his abilities - To show he's a 'strong writer' he sits with a barbell on his hand scrawling a note (right) 'I don’t know what you’ve seen or where you’ve been, but I know me, personally, I’ve never seen Laffy Taffy look that phenomenal in all my life,' he says as he captures a plate of candy arranged into a color wheel. Lastly, the Snapchat job specification asks for someone who is an 'expert in sending ugly selfies to friends.' Felson happily fulfills the prerequisite by striking a pose at the camera with his nose pushed up in an unattractive manner. He finishes by claiming that 'he's the man for the job' and just one class away from finishing his MBA. On a roll: In another scene Felson expertly guesses the weight of an onion to display his strong judgement (left) and then he picks a movie after solving the problem with peers (right) Popular pick: Felson uploaded his Snapchat video CV on February 26 and to date it has been watched more than 300,000 times . Unattractive: Felson works out his monthly budget (left) with vodka Red Bulls taking up a large share of his cash, he later pulls an 'ugly selfie' as per the job requirement (right) His contact details are seen listed on the right hand side of the screen. To date, Felson's video CV has been watched more than 300,000 times. Many viewers have applauded his novel idea. The job hunter told Daily Mail Online that he's yet to hear back from Snapchat but he's keeping his fingers crossed. Dozens of tech start-ups have been in touch in the meantime. Felson graduated from Ithaca College in New York in 2013 and searched for finance jobs in Pittsburgh before moving to California. He said that he got the idea of applying to Snapchat after walking past their office in Venice. His dream role would be one that has a creative aspect. But after his stint in front of the camera, Felson is also considering delving into the world of entertainment. 'I love interacting with people so, if I were offered some type of job on camera, I would definitely entertain it,' the hopeful graduate concluded. Source of inspiration: Felson made his comical Snapchat video by tackling each one of the job requirements one by one - he is yet to hear back from the company . [/INST] Doing away with a paper CV, 24-year-old Elski Felson of Los Angeles, California, decided to apply for a role at Snapchat via the social media app .
In just over three minutes, the tech enthusiast created a video resume .
He underscores how he's a 'multi-tasking rockstar', 'graph enthusiast' and an 'experienced researcher' with 'phenomenal presentation skills'
Throughout the clip he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to showcase his abilities .
Felson uploaded his video CV on February 26 .
The tech enthusiast told Daily Mail Online that he's yet to hear back from Snapchat but he's keeping his fingers crossed . </s> |
International observers trying to monitor the ceasefire in the Ukraine are being led on an impossible game of 'hide and seek' that could shatter the peace deal. Both pro-Russian rebels and government troops have been accused of concealing weapons from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) which could threaten the treaty. Under the agreement heavy artillery should have been pulled back from the front line, but just last week the opposing forces were seen to be breaking the deal. International observers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) look at an armoured vehicle of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) The inspection by the international observers took place in 100km easts of Donetsk . Yesterday eye-witnesses saw two rebel controlled tanks pushing forward and days earlier Ukraine troops were seen transporting a tank and a large calibre gun close to the battlefront. In a bid to monitor the fragile ceasefire the OSCE has asked to know how many weapons each side has and where they are being stored. Armed with cameras and clipboards the international observers have been driving around eastern Ukraine looking for rocket launchers and artillery. 'Some information has been provided from both sides, but we still need substantial information,' said Michael Bociurkiw, the OSCE mission spokesman. It is unclear to what extent the OSCE teams are able to decide on their own where to inspect. The monitors are also regularly complaining that they are not being allowed to travel through Ukraine freely. Sometimes they are made to wait at checkpoints, forcing delays, while in more extreme cases they are blocked entirely from reaching their destination. Mr Bociurkiw said even a short wait violates the verification process. 'Any delays are unacceptable in our books,' he said. This week a group of inspectors travelled from Donetsk to Novoamvrosiivske, a village near the Russian border, to visit a cement factory in the rebel controlled territory. Here they scrutinized dozens of tanks, rocket launchers and howitzers taking photographs and making notes. As they made there way back fresh tracks could be seen indictating that a convoy of heavy machinery had passed through while the inspectors were engaged elsewhere. In a bid to monitor the fragile ceasefire the OSCE has asked to know how many weapons each side has and where they are being store . Journalists in the Ukraine who followed the tracks found two tanks in a multi-vehicle convoy that included truck-pulled cannons and troop carriers full of rebel fighters. Two days earlier a Ukraine solider had boasted that a cease-fire busting cannon was being taken towards the front line. Ukrainian military officials have at times conceded that they are refraining from a complete withdrawal of heavy weapons, citing what they say is rebel reluctance to do the same. 'We will not withdraw all our weapons, as we have no confirmation that the same is being done by the enemy,' military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters earlier this month. 'It would be wrong and criminal to leave our troops without any cover.' Armed with cameras and clipboards that international observers have been driving around eastern Ukraine looking for rocket launchers and artillery . And Ukrainian authorities say artillery fire continues in sporadic clashes along the front line. Donetsk region police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said a resident of Avdiivka was killed yesterday after a shell struck a home in the town. In addition, neither side is willing to agree that tanks fall under the weapons to be withdrawn, although the cease-fire clearly envisions their removal. The conflict in the Ukraine has already left more than 6,000 dead in a year . | Pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine troops accused of concealing weapons .
Organization for Security and Europe trying to monitor both warring sides .
Both have to remove heavy weapons from the front line as part of deal .
Eye-witnesses told how the opposing forces were breaking agreement . | 23c4db68d1566918d3c2f6d89cef0002f014024c | <s>[INST] International observers trying to monitor the ceasefire in the Ukraine are being led on an impossible game of 'hide and seek' that could shatter the peace deal. Both pro-Russian rebels and government troops have been accused of concealing weapons from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) which could threaten the treaty. Under the agreement heavy artillery should have been pulled back from the front line, but just last week the opposing forces were seen to be breaking the deal. International observers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) look at an armoured vehicle of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) The inspection by the international observers took place in 100km easts of Donetsk . Yesterday eye-witnesses saw two rebel controlled tanks pushing forward and days earlier Ukraine troops were seen transporting a tank and a large calibre gun close to the battlefront. In a bid to monitor the fragile ceasefire the OSCE has asked to know how many weapons each side has and where they are being stored. Armed with cameras and clipboards the international observers have been driving around eastern Ukraine looking for rocket launchers and artillery. 'Some information has been provided from both sides, but we still need substantial information,' said Michael Bociurkiw, the OSCE mission spokesman. It is unclear to what extent the OSCE teams are able to decide on their own where to inspect. The monitors are also regularly complaining that they are not being allowed to travel through Ukraine freely. Sometimes they are made to wait at checkpoints, forcing delays, while in more extreme cases they are blocked entirely from reaching their destination. Mr Bociurkiw said even a short wait violates the verification process. 'Any delays are unacceptable in our books,' he said. This week a group of inspectors travelled from Donetsk to Novoamvrosiivske, a village near the Russian border, to visit a cement factory in the rebel controlled territory. Here they scrutinized dozens of tanks, rocket launchers and howitzers taking photographs and making notes. As they made there way back fresh tracks could be seen indictating that a convoy of heavy machinery had passed through while the inspectors were engaged elsewhere. In a bid to monitor the fragile ceasefire the OSCE has asked to know how many weapons each side has and where they are being store . Journalists in the Ukraine who followed the tracks found two tanks in a multi-vehicle convoy that included truck-pulled cannons and troop carriers full of rebel fighters. Two days earlier a Ukraine solider had boasted that a cease-fire busting cannon was being taken towards the front line. Ukrainian military officials have at times conceded that they are refraining from a complete withdrawal of heavy weapons, citing what they say is rebel reluctance to do the same. 'We will not withdraw all our weapons, as we have no confirmation that the same is being done by the enemy,' military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters earlier this month. 'It would be wrong and criminal to leave our troops without any cover.' Armed with cameras and clipboards that international observers have been driving around eastern Ukraine looking for rocket launchers and artillery . And Ukrainian authorities say artillery fire continues in sporadic clashes along the front line. Donetsk region police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said a resident of Avdiivka was killed yesterday after a shell struck a home in the town. In addition, neither side is willing to agree that tanks fall under the weapons to be withdrawn, although the cease-fire clearly envisions their removal. The conflict in the Ukraine has already left more than 6,000 dead in a year . [/INST] Pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine troops accused of concealing weapons .
Organization for Security and Europe trying to monitor both warring sides .
Both have to remove heavy weapons from the front line as part of deal .
Eye-witnesses told how the opposing forces were breaking agreement . </s> |
Southampton stopped Chelsea from going eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after Dusan Tadic cancelled out Diego Costa's opener at Stamford Bridge. Costa opened the scoring on 11 minutes when he headed past Fraser Forster, but when Nemanja Matic brought down Sadio Mane shortly after, the Saints were gifted a way back into the game. Tadic didn't need asking twice as he slotted the ball past Thibaut Courtois, and the scores remained at 1-1. Find out how each player fared at Stamford Bridge with Sportsmail's Neil Ashton. CHELSEA (4-2-3-1) Thibaut Courtois - Excellent save from Mane in 13th minute, low to his right. Saved brilliantly from Mane again 30 minutes in. 8 . Thibaut Courtois made an excellent save from Sadio Mane early on, and was solid throughout the game . Branislav Ivanovic - Provided the quality cross for Costa to head home. Unlucky not to have won penalty. 6 . Gary Cahill - All over the shop. What happened to the Gary Cahill from the Capital One Cup final? Still at Wembley celebrating. 5.5 . John Terry - Chaotic in defence, along with the rest of Chelsea’s back four. 5.5 . John Terry (pictured), alongside his centre-back partner Gary Cahill, were chaotic throughout in defence . Cesar Azpilicueta - Looks like a man in need of a breather. That may well come at Hull on Sunday. 5.5 . Nemanja Matic - Gave away penalty for Saints to equalise, no complaints. Booked. Should have been sent off for foul on Mane in 46th minute. 5 . Cesc Fabregas - Looks tired and lacking ideas or inspiration. 5 . Willian - Got going at the start of the second half with some nice touches around the box. 6 . Cesc Fabregas looked like he needs a rest; he was lacking any ideas or inspiration during the game . Oscar - Quiet and subdued, what has happened to him? Substituted. 5 . Eden Hazard - Sweet touches, just needed the end product. Always a joy to watch. Deserved a goal for this performance. 8 . Diego Costa - Started and finished the move for Chelsea’s opener. Welcome back, Diego. 7 . Eden Hazard is always a joy to watch and this was no different - he deserved a goal to top off his performance . SUBSTITUTES . Ramires (Matic 53): Had to happen, before Matic was sent off. 6 . Loic Remy (Oscar 82): Inevitable substitution. 6 . Juan Cuadrado (Willian 83): Desperate last throw of the dice by Mourinho to find a winner. 6 . Jose Mourinho's side were knocked out of the Champions League this week, and could not beat Southampton . Subs not used: Petr Cech, Filipe Luis, Kurt Zouma, Didier Drogba . Booked: Matic, Ivanovic, Cahill . MANAGER - Jose Mourinho: Expected a reaction from his team after Champions League elimination. Didn’t get one. 6 . SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1) Fraser Forster - No chance with Chelsea’s opener, safe as houses after that. 7 . Nathaniel Clyne - Steady at the back, one of the most accomplished right backs in the Premier League now. 7 . Toby Alderweireld - One of the finds of the season. Saints cannot let him go. 7.5 . Toby Alderweireld (left) has been one of the finds of the season, and Southampton cannot let him leave . Jose Fonte - Another commanding performance. All got very lively at the end, came through it unscathed. 7 . Ryan Bertrand - Some juicy crosses from the left against his old side, especially in the first half. 7 . Victor Wanyama - Tough guy in the centre, loved his battle with Matic. Eventually booked. 6.5 . Morgan Schneiderlin - Big chance to score flew wide, looked desperate to hit the winner. 7 . Southampton players Morgan Schneiderlin, Victor Wanyama and Jose Fonte celebrate at the final whistle . Steven Davis - The accessory in midfield but still played his part in an excellent team performance. 7 . Dusan Tadic - Sweet cut back for Mane, went on to score penalty after 19 minutes. Courtois saved chances brilliantly in 13th and 30th minute. 7 . Shane Long - Tireless performance, good call to leave Pelle out of the starting line up. 7 . Dusan Tadic (right) wheels away in celebration after scoring Southampton's equaliser on Sunday . Sadio Mane - Won the penalty. Terrorised Chelsea’s defence with his quick footwork. All three Chelsea bookings came from fouls on him. Game of his life. 8.5 . SUBSTITUTES . Filip Djuricic (Tadic 71): Little threat down the left. 6 . James Ward-Prowse (David 71): Stuck to defensive duties. 6 . Graziano Pelle (Long 83): Thrown on . Sadio Mane (right) had the game of his life for Southampton, terrorising Chelsea's defence throughout . Subs not used: Kelvin Davis, Maya Yoshida, Florian Gardos, Pelle, Targett. Booked: Mane, Wanyama Djuricic. MANAGER - Ronald Koeman: Brilliant response from team when the went 1-0 down. Composed, inventive, bristling performance. 7.5 . Ronald Koeman's team responded brilliantly after going a goal down, and were level just eight minutes later . REFEREE: Mike Dean. Pretty much spot on with most decisions. Difficult for him to spot Ivanovic being tripped. 8 . Attendance: 41,614 . Man of the match: SAIDO MANE . | Diego Costa opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 11th minute .
The lead didn't last as Nemanja Matic brought down Sadio Mane in the box .
Dusan Tadic levelled from the spot, and the score remained 1-1 .
Mane had the game of his life, while Eden Hazard was also excellent .
Chelsea's defensive pairing of John Tery and Gary Cahill were poor . | 01103572b37771b7bdc69d7a86e3cc574bc6a35e | <s>[INST] Southampton stopped Chelsea from going eight points clear at the top of the Premier League after Dusan Tadic cancelled out Diego Costa's opener at Stamford Bridge. Costa opened the scoring on 11 minutes when he headed past Fraser Forster, but when Nemanja Matic brought down Sadio Mane shortly after, the Saints were gifted a way back into the game. Tadic didn't need asking twice as he slotted the ball past Thibaut Courtois, and the scores remained at 1-1. Find out how each player fared at Stamford Bridge with Sportsmail's Neil Ashton. CHELSEA (4-2-3-1) Thibaut Courtois - Excellent save from Mane in 13th minute, low to his right. Saved brilliantly from Mane again 30 minutes in. 8 . Thibaut Courtois made an excellent save from Sadio Mane early on, and was solid throughout the game . Branislav Ivanovic - Provided the quality cross for Costa to head home. Unlucky not to have won penalty. 6 . Gary Cahill - All over the shop. What happened to the Gary Cahill from the Capital One Cup final? Still at Wembley celebrating. 5.5 . John Terry - Chaotic in defence, along with the rest of Chelsea’s back four. 5.5 . John Terry (pictured), alongside his centre-back partner Gary Cahill, were chaotic throughout in defence . Cesar Azpilicueta - Looks like a man in need of a breather. That may well come at Hull on Sunday. 5.5 . Nemanja Matic - Gave away penalty for Saints to equalise, no complaints. Booked. Should have been sent off for foul on Mane in 46th minute. 5 . Cesc Fabregas - Looks tired and lacking ideas or inspiration. 5 . Willian - Got going at the start of the second half with some nice touches around the box. 6 . Cesc Fabregas looked like he needs a rest; he was lacking any ideas or inspiration during the game . Oscar - Quiet and subdued, what has happened to him? Substituted. 5 . Eden Hazard - Sweet touches, just needed the end product. Always a joy to watch. Deserved a goal for this performance. 8 . Diego Costa - Started and finished the move for Chelsea’s opener. Welcome back, Diego. 7 . Eden Hazard is always a joy to watch and this was no different - he deserved a goal to top off his performance . SUBSTITUTES . Ramires (Matic 53): Had to happen, before Matic was sent off. 6 . Loic Remy (Oscar 82): Inevitable substitution. 6 . Juan Cuadrado (Willian 83): Desperate last throw of the dice by Mourinho to find a winner. 6 . Jose Mourinho's side were knocked out of the Champions League this week, and could not beat Southampton . Subs not used: Petr Cech, Filipe Luis, Kurt Zouma, Didier Drogba . Booked: Matic, Ivanovic, Cahill . MANAGER - Jose Mourinho: Expected a reaction from his team after Champions League elimination. Didn’t get one. 6 . SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1) Fraser Forster - No chance with Chelsea’s opener, safe as houses after that. 7 . Nathaniel Clyne - Steady at the back, one of the most accomplished right backs in the Premier League now. 7 . Toby Alderweireld - One of the finds of the season. Saints cannot let him go. 7.5 . Toby Alderweireld (left) has been one of the finds of the season, and Southampton cannot let him leave . Jose Fonte - Another commanding performance. All got very lively at the end, came through it unscathed. 7 . Ryan Bertrand - Some juicy crosses from the left against his old side, especially in the first half. 7 . Victor Wanyama - Tough guy in the centre, loved his battle with Matic. Eventually booked. 6.5 . Morgan Schneiderlin - Big chance to score flew wide, looked desperate to hit the winner. 7 . Southampton players Morgan Schneiderlin, Victor Wanyama and Jose Fonte celebrate at the final whistle . Steven Davis - The accessory in midfield but still played his part in an excellent team performance. 7 . Dusan Tadic - Sweet cut back for Mane, went on to score penalty after 19 minutes. Courtois saved chances brilliantly in 13th and 30th minute. 7 . Shane Long - Tireless performance, good call to leave Pelle out of the starting line up. 7 . Dusan Tadic (right) wheels away in celebration after scoring Southampton's equaliser on Sunday . Sadio Mane - Won the penalty. Terrorised Chelsea’s defence with his quick footwork. All three Chelsea bookings came from fouls on him. Game of his life. 8.5 . SUBSTITUTES . Filip Djuricic (Tadic 71): Little threat down the left. 6 . James Ward-Prowse (David 71): Stuck to defensive duties. 6 . Graziano Pelle (Long 83): Thrown on . Sadio Mane (right) had the game of his life for Southampton, terrorising Chelsea's defence throughout . Subs not used: Kelvin Davis, Maya Yoshida, Florian Gardos, Pelle, Targett. Booked: Mane, Wanyama Djuricic. MANAGER - Ronald Koeman: Brilliant response from team when the went 1-0 down. Composed, inventive, bristling performance. 7.5 . Ronald Koeman's team responded brilliantly after going a goal down, and were level just eight minutes later . REFEREE: Mike Dean. Pretty much spot on with most decisions. Difficult for him to spot Ivanovic being tripped. 8 . Attendance: 41,614 . Man of the match: SAIDO MANE . [/INST] Diego Costa opened the scoring for Chelsea in the 11th minute .
The lead didn't last as Nemanja Matic brought down Sadio Mane in the box .
Dusan Tadic levelled from the spot, and the score remained 1-1 .
Mane had the game of his life, while Eden Hazard was also excellent .
Chelsea's defensive pairing of John Tery and Gary Cahill were poor . </s> |
Omoa, Honduras (CNN)Alexis González walks slowly and with some hesitation, using the outside wall of his house for balance. "I'm getting used to the prosthesis," the 16-year-old says. He tries to smile, but an expression of sadness quickly returns to his face. When he was 15, González made a decision that would forever change his life -- to leave Omoa, an impoverished village in Honduras -- with dreams of getting to the United States. At the end of the trek -- about 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) across Mexico and Guatemala -- he saw hope, school, a job and the chance to send money home. "Sometimes we don't even have food to eat and I also wanted to get a higher education," González says. His mother was singlehandedly raising nine children, working odd jobs in restaurants and the nearby fields. They lived in a single room, an adobe house with dirt floors built on a steep and muddy hill. Chickens being raised for food roamed around the structure. González says his father left the family when he was little boy. When Gonzalez left in January 2014, he didn't ask his mother for permission. He only left a letter telling her about his plans. "I wouldn't have let him go," his mother Mercedes Meléndez says. "When he left I went looking for him everywhere." She even went to Corinto on the Honduras-Guatemala border to ask authorities if they had seen him, she says. González says he traveled by land through Honduras and Guatemala with a teenage cousin. They took the bus and also walked and hitch-hiked in some places. Once in Mexico, they got on the cargo train migrants call "The Beast." Migrants get a risky, but free ride clinging to the outside of the train. Violent gangs sometimes board the train to rape, rob and kill migrants. Those without money to pay off the gangsters are thrown off, sometimes to their deaths in deep ravines or sharp rocks. González says he never faced any gangs. Things seem to be going well for him and his cousin for a while. They had been traveling for a few days on the train and were excited at nearing the U.S.-Mexico border and crossing into the land of their dreams. But they were also tired. They ate what they could, but were unable to sleep for more than an hour at a time. They were hanging onto the grate above the train car's couplers. "We used our own sweaters to tie ourselves to the train so we wouldn't fall off," González says. But tragedy was just around the corner. Somehow, he doesn't know how, he fell off the train while sleeping. He woke up bleeding profusely. "The train had severed my right leg and part of my left heel," he says. He was eventually rescued by the Mexican Red Cross and taken to a hospital where he recovered for a month. He stayed at a shelter for wounded migrants for another two months. There he was fitted with a prosthesis free of charge. It's not difficult to find stories of minors in Central America who have lost limbs, been kidnapped or died while trying to travel through Mexico with the dream of migrating to the United States. Juan Armando Enamorado, a 22-year-old who lives in the coastal town of Tela, Honduras, says he almost lost his life at 17 when he jumped off the train, fleeing from gangs. "They got on the train to steal money from people. When I heard they were coming, I jumped off the train traveling at more than 30 mph," he says. Enamorado says he was barely able to make it to the nearest town after walking for four days without food and very little water. Children are fleeing endemic poverty and drug violence in Central America. Last year, U.S. immigration authorities in the United States detained nearly 18,000 minors from Honduras as they were trying to cross the border without documents. Altogether, more than 67,000 minors, mainly from Central America, were detained, according to U.S. government figures. To understand why children are fleeing in droves, CNN traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The second largest city in the country. It has the highest reported murder rate in the world. Violence is fueled by turf wars between two powerful gangs that control entire neighborhoods. The Honduran government is trying to change this harsh reality by deploying security forces to hotspots. Vilma Maldonado says her son was forced to leave because of death threats from gangs when he was only 15 years old. He left La Lima, just outside San Pedro Sula, four years ago at the age of 19. The last time she heard from him he was in Monterrey, Mexico, hoping to cross into the United States. "Sometimes I think he's dead," Maldonado says crying. "But then I seek refuge in God and try to think the opposite and ask God to take these ideas out of my mind because if I'm trusting God you have to have faith that my son is still alive." For Monsignor Rómulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, the migration of Central American children to the United States is a regional disgrace. "It's something terrible, sad and shameful for us Hondurans that nearly 18,000 of our children have desperately left because of hunger and violence. It's a slap on our faces and there are people that don't care about these 18,000 children. "Can you imagine the trip for a child who's 4, 6, 10, 12 years old all the way to the United States? Many girls have been fondled and raped by the smugglers," Monsignor Emiliani says. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández says his country has fallen victim to powerful criminal organizations fueled by drug dollars and weapons coming from the north and drugs from the south, but insists his government is working hard to stem the tide. "We have our own responsibility. We accept that and we're doing our work. We are pushing this forward with all that we have. Other countries are responsible for this war that we're living," President Hernández says. Back in Omoa, Mercedes Meléndez, the mother of Alexis González, says she's deeply worried about her son. "He has told me that he's depressed. He has recently been better, but he used to say he wanted to die. I was getting very worried because he said that he wanted to kill himself," Meléndez says. The teenager says he now draws and writes to forget. He shows us a drawing of a family of four holding hands. He uses pastel colors and soft features in the drawing and inscribed words like "happy," "love," and "I love you" throughout. He may never be able to go to college or help his family the way he wanted. But asked if he regrets his decision to leave, he says he doesn't: the rewards were so high, it was worth the incredible risk. And for countless others like him -- from across Central America -- the same is true. And they will keep trying. | Honduran teen tells how he lost his leg trying to get to the U.S.
He fell from the outside of a train rumbling through Mexico .
It's a trip also attempted by tens of thousands of other desperate children . | ec9187a5ca94e7f5686f2b085133d42f5801a4f0 | <s>[INST] Omoa, Honduras (CNN)Alexis González walks slowly and with some hesitation, using the outside wall of his house for balance. "I'm getting used to the prosthesis," the 16-year-old says. He tries to smile, but an expression of sadness quickly returns to his face. When he was 15, González made a decision that would forever change his life -- to leave Omoa, an impoverished village in Honduras -- with dreams of getting to the United States. At the end of the trek -- about 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) across Mexico and Guatemala -- he saw hope, school, a job and the chance to send money home. "Sometimes we don't even have food to eat and I also wanted to get a higher education," González says. His mother was singlehandedly raising nine children, working odd jobs in restaurants and the nearby fields. They lived in a single room, an adobe house with dirt floors built on a steep and muddy hill. Chickens being raised for food roamed around the structure. González says his father left the family when he was little boy. When Gonzalez left in January 2014, he didn't ask his mother for permission. He only left a letter telling her about his plans. "I wouldn't have let him go," his mother Mercedes Meléndez says. "When he left I went looking for him everywhere." She even went to Corinto on the Honduras-Guatemala border to ask authorities if they had seen him, she says. González says he traveled by land through Honduras and Guatemala with a teenage cousin. They took the bus and also walked and hitch-hiked in some places. Once in Mexico, they got on the cargo train migrants call "The Beast." Migrants get a risky, but free ride clinging to the outside of the train. Violent gangs sometimes board the train to rape, rob and kill migrants. Those without money to pay off the gangsters are thrown off, sometimes to their deaths in deep ravines or sharp rocks. González says he never faced any gangs. Things seem to be going well for him and his cousin for a while. They had been traveling for a few days on the train and were excited at nearing the U.S.-Mexico border and crossing into the land of their dreams. But they were also tired. They ate what they could, but were unable to sleep for more than an hour at a time. They were hanging onto the grate above the train car's couplers. "We used our own sweaters to tie ourselves to the train so we wouldn't fall off," González says. But tragedy was just around the corner. Somehow, he doesn't know how, he fell off the train while sleeping. He woke up bleeding profusely. "The train had severed my right leg and part of my left heel," he says. He was eventually rescued by the Mexican Red Cross and taken to a hospital where he recovered for a month. He stayed at a shelter for wounded migrants for another two months. There he was fitted with a prosthesis free of charge. It's not difficult to find stories of minors in Central America who have lost limbs, been kidnapped or died while trying to travel through Mexico with the dream of migrating to the United States. Juan Armando Enamorado, a 22-year-old who lives in the coastal town of Tela, Honduras, says he almost lost his life at 17 when he jumped off the train, fleeing from gangs. "They got on the train to steal money from people. When I heard they were coming, I jumped off the train traveling at more than 30 mph," he says. Enamorado says he was barely able to make it to the nearest town after walking for four days without food and very little water. Children are fleeing endemic poverty and drug violence in Central America. Last year, U.S. immigration authorities in the United States detained nearly 18,000 minors from Honduras as they were trying to cross the border without documents. Altogether, more than 67,000 minors, mainly from Central America, were detained, according to U.S. government figures. To understand why children are fleeing in droves, CNN traveled to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The second largest city in the country. It has the highest reported murder rate in the world. Violence is fueled by turf wars between two powerful gangs that control entire neighborhoods. The Honduran government is trying to change this harsh reality by deploying security forces to hotspots. Vilma Maldonado says her son was forced to leave because of death threats from gangs when he was only 15 years old. He left La Lima, just outside San Pedro Sula, four years ago at the age of 19. The last time she heard from him he was in Monterrey, Mexico, hoping to cross into the United States. "Sometimes I think he's dead," Maldonado says crying. "But then I seek refuge in God and try to think the opposite and ask God to take these ideas out of my mind because if I'm trusting God you have to have faith that my son is still alive." For Monsignor Rómulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula, the migration of Central American children to the United States is a regional disgrace. "It's something terrible, sad and shameful for us Hondurans that nearly 18,000 of our children have desperately left because of hunger and violence. It's a slap on our faces and there are people that don't care about these 18,000 children. "Can you imagine the trip for a child who's 4, 6, 10, 12 years old all the way to the United States? Many girls have been fondled and raped by the smugglers," Monsignor Emiliani says. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández says his country has fallen victim to powerful criminal organizations fueled by drug dollars and weapons coming from the north and drugs from the south, but insists his government is working hard to stem the tide. "We have our own responsibility. We accept that and we're doing our work. We are pushing this forward with all that we have. Other countries are responsible for this war that we're living," President Hernández says. Back in Omoa, Mercedes Meléndez, the mother of Alexis González, says she's deeply worried about her son. "He has told me that he's depressed. He has recently been better, but he used to say he wanted to die. I was getting very worried because he said that he wanted to kill himself," Meléndez says. The teenager says he now draws and writes to forget. He shows us a drawing of a family of four holding hands. He uses pastel colors and soft features in the drawing and inscribed words like "happy," "love," and "I love you" throughout. He may never be able to go to college or help his family the way he wanted. But asked if he regrets his decision to leave, he says he doesn't: the rewards were so high, it was worth the incredible risk. And for countless others like him -- from across Central America -- the same is true. And they will keep trying. [/INST] Honduran teen tells how he lost his leg trying to get to the U.S.
He fell from the outside of a train rumbling through Mexico .
It's a trip also attempted by tens of thousands of other desperate children . </s> |
A man has driven his neighbours out of their homes after spraying them with weed killer and causing them distress by playing loud music for two days straight. Alistair Hey, a 57-year-old man who lives in a plush Queenstown neighbourhood in New Zealand, was sentenced to 70 hours of community work last week in the Invercargill District Court for assaulting his neighbour Tim Clark with weed killer last month. The whole thing was caught on CCTV cameras and Hey was ordered to pay Clark $1500 in damages. Scroll down for video . A man has driven his neighbours out of their homes after spraying them with weed killer and causing them distress by playing loud music for two days straight . The neighbours came to a head on September 14, when Clark's wife became distressed due to the continuous loud music coming from Hey's house, which had been playing for two days straight. 'I called the council number and they sent an Armourguard guy to listen at seven or eight in the morning,' Clark told Stuff.co.nz. 'He noted that it was on and it was annoying and objectionable but Alistair wasn't there. He wasn't even in the house. Alistair Hey, a 57-year-old man who lives in a plush Queenstown neighbourhood in New Zealand, was sentenced to 70 hours of community work last week for assaulting Tim Clark . 'About 5pm in the afternoon I saw his garage door was open. I walked out and he was at the top of the access road with the spray bottle.' Clark said he approached Hey and politely asked him to turn down the music. However, after asking him for a third time, Hey turned on Clark and sprayed him straight in the face with weed killer. Clark said he approached Hey and politely asked him to turn down the music.However, after asking him for a third time, Hey turned on Clark and sprayed him straight in the face with weed killer . Clark has revealed that he is planning on moving away from the area . The men then lunged for each other but Clark's son managed to break the fight up. Since the incident, Clark has revealed that he is planning on moving away from the area. Hey was also convicted in January for assaulting his 71-year-old neighbour Geoffrey Hamilton. Hamilton moved to Australia after the incident and another neighbour, Frank Schreiber, relocated to Ireland. | A man has been caught on camera spraying his neighbour with weed killer .
57-year-old Alistair Hey has driven his neighbours out of their homes .
He played music for two days straight and sprayed Tim Clark in the fame .
Hey has to pay Clark $1500 and complete 70 hours community service . | f1ecef96da3dee46f1410055a6105124cc53ac5c | <s>[INST] A man has driven his neighbours out of their homes after spraying them with weed killer and causing them distress by playing loud music for two days straight. Alistair Hey, a 57-year-old man who lives in a plush Queenstown neighbourhood in New Zealand, was sentenced to 70 hours of community work last week in the Invercargill District Court for assaulting his neighbour Tim Clark with weed killer last month. The whole thing was caught on CCTV cameras and Hey was ordered to pay Clark $1500 in damages. Scroll down for video . A man has driven his neighbours out of their homes after spraying them with weed killer and causing them distress by playing loud music for two days straight . The neighbours came to a head on September 14, when Clark's wife became distressed due to the continuous loud music coming from Hey's house, which had been playing for two days straight. 'I called the council number and they sent an Armourguard guy to listen at seven or eight in the morning,' Clark told Stuff.co.nz. 'He noted that it was on and it was annoying and objectionable but Alistair wasn't there. He wasn't even in the house. Alistair Hey, a 57-year-old man who lives in a plush Queenstown neighbourhood in New Zealand, was sentenced to 70 hours of community work last week for assaulting Tim Clark . 'About 5pm in the afternoon I saw his garage door was open. I walked out and he was at the top of the access road with the spray bottle.' Clark said he approached Hey and politely asked him to turn down the music. However, after asking him for a third time, Hey turned on Clark and sprayed him straight in the face with weed killer. Clark said he approached Hey and politely asked him to turn down the music.However, after asking him for a third time, Hey turned on Clark and sprayed him straight in the face with weed killer . Clark has revealed that he is planning on moving away from the area . The men then lunged for each other but Clark's son managed to break the fight up. Since the incident, Clark has revealed that he is planning on moving away from the area. Hey was also convicted in January for assaulting his 71-year-old neighbour Geoffrey Hamilton. Hamilton moved to Australia after the incident and another neighbour, Frank Schreiber, relocated to Ireland. [/INST] A man has been caught on camera spraying his neighbour with weed killer .
57-year-old Alistair Hey has driven his neighbours out of their homes .
He played music for two days straight and sprayed Tim Clark in the fame .
Hey has to pay Clark $1500 and complete 70 hours community service . </s> |
Blame modern life, but it turns out that sitting down all day puts you at more risk of having a heart attack or stroke. However, before you put your trainers on to make up for a day at your desk, experts warn going to the gym won’t help either. A study has found that for every hour each day an adult spends sitting down during their life, the likelihood of developing heart disease goes up by 14 per cent. A study has found that for every hour each day an adult spends sitting down during their life, the likelihood of developing heart disease goes up by 14 per cent (file picture) And they said a session at the gym won’t repair the damage because any increase in fitness from an hour’s exercise is undone by several hours of sitting. The study, presented at the American College of Cardiology in San Diego, California, adds to evidence of the damage caused by our sedentary lifestyles. Government research warned last year that inactivity was as deadly as smoking and responsible for a sixth of deaths in Britain. Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin in the US looked at levels of activity of 2,031 adults whose average age was 50. They compared the number of hours spent sitting down each day with levels of deposits in blood vessels that signal for heart disease. Sitting down all day puts you at more risk of having a heart attack or stroke, a study has found (file picture) The adults spent two to 12 hours a day sitting at the office and then in front of the TV. Researchers found that for every hour spent sitting, the levels of artery deposits increased by 14 per cent. Adults who went for regular runs, gym sessions or aerobics classes were no less at risk. Lead researcher Dr Jacquelyn Kulinski, an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, urged adults with office jobs to stand up or go for a walk every hour, adding: ‘Reducing the amount of time you sit by even an hour or two a day could have a significant and positive impact on your future cardiovascular health.’ Despite the research suggesting the benefits of exercise could be quickly undone, she said it was important to aim for at least 30 minutes a day. ‘It’s clear that exercise is important to reduce your cardiovascular risk and improve your fitness level.’ ‘The lesson here is that it’s really important to try to move as much as possible in your daily life, for example, take a walk during lunch, pace while talking on the phone, take the stairs instead of the elevator and use a pedometer to track your daily steps. ‘And if you do have a very sedentary job, don’t go home at night and sit in front of the TV for hours on end.’ The news comes as it was revealed that antidepressants could protect against heart attacks and strokes. A US study of 5,000 patients found they were 50 per cent less likely to die or develop heart disease. Scientists believe their improved mood has a major effect on their health. June Davison, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: ‘We know that sitting down for long periods can have a negative effect on our heart health. ‘If you have a sedentary job it’s important to keep active during the day. You can try and get active by walking to see a colleague rather than sending an email, or taking the stairs rather than the lift.’ | Fitness boost from an hour's exercise undone by several hours of sitting .
Study adds evidence of the damage caused by our sedentary lifestyles .
Experts looked at activity levels of 2,031 adults whose average age was 50 .
Research carried out by scientists at Medical College of Wisconsin in US . | 5c415fc34d2b2dc6b629ea26ea86e3e3cd9bd7dd | <s>[INST] Blame modern life, but it turns out that sitting down all day puts you at more risk of having a heart attack or stroke. However, before you put your trainers on to make up for a day at your desk, experts warn going to the gym won’t help either. A study has found that for every hour each day an adult spends sitting down during their life, the likelihood of developing heart disease goes up by 14 per cent. A study has found that for every hour each day an adult spends sitting down during their life, the likelihood of developing heart disease goes up by 14 per cent (file picture) And they said a session at the gym won’t repair the damage because any increase in fitness from an hour’s exercise is undone by several hours of sitting. The study, presented at the American College of Cardiology in San Diego, California, adds to evidence of the damage caused by our sedentary lifestyles. Government research warned last year that inactivity was as deadly as smoking and responsible for a sixth of deaths in Britain. Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin in the US looked at levels of activity of 2,031 adults whose average age was 50. They compared the number of hours spent sitting down each day with levels of deposits in blood vessels that signal for heart disease. Sitting down all day puts you at more risk of having a heart attack or stroke, a study has found (file picture) The adults spent two to 12 hours a day sitting at the office and then in front of the TV. Researchers found that for every hour spent sitting, the levels of artery deposits increased by 14 per cent. Adults who went for regular runs, gym sessions or aerobics classes were no less at risk. Lead researcher Dr Jacquelyn Kulinski, an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, urged adults with office jobs to stand up or go for a walk every hour, adding: ‘Reducing the amount of time you sit by even an hour or two a day could have a significant and positive impact on your future cardiovascular health.’ Despite the research suggesting the benefits of exercise could be quickly undone, she said it was important to aim for at least 30 minutes a day. ‘It’s clear that exercise is important to reduce your cardiovascular risk and improve your fitness level.’ ‘The lesson here is that it’s really important to try to move as much as possible in your daily life, for example, take a walk during lunch, pace while talking on the phone, take the stairs instead of the elevator and use a pedometer to track your daily steps. ‘And if you do have a very sedentary job, don’t go home at night and sit in front of the TV for hours on end.’ The news comes as it was revealed that antidepressants could protect against heart attacks and strokes. A US study of 5,000 patients found they were 50 per cent less likely to die or develop heart disease. Scientists believe their improved mood has a major effect on their health. June Davison, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: ‘We know that sitting down for long periods can have a negative effect on our heart health. ‘If you have a sedentary job it’s important to keep active during the day. You can try and get active by walking to see a colleague rather than sending an email, or taking the stairs rather than the lift.’ [/INST] Fitness boost from an hour's exercise undone by several hours of sitting .
Study adds evidence of the damage caused by our sedentary lifestyles .
Experts looked at activity levels of 2,031 adults whose average age was 50 .
Research carried out by scientists at Medical College of Wisconsin in US . </s> |
(CNN)An armored truck carrying several million dollars worth of gold was robbed while it was stranded on Interstate 95 in Wilson County, North Carolina. According to the Wilson County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to an armed robbery of more than $4 million in gold, just before 7 p.m. ET Sunday. The armored truck was paused after experiencing mechanical issues during a trip from Miami to Massachusetts. The two guards, employed by Transvalue Inc., were forced to the ground and robbed at gunpoint by three men driving a white van. The guards' hands were then bound behind their backs before they were instructed to walk into a nearby wooded area, the sheriff's office said. "Transvalue Inc. deeply regrets the events that transpired yesterday evening," Chief Executive Officer Jay Rodriguez said in a statement to CNN. "We are pleased that our crew was not harmed. At this time we are working with the authorities to try and resolve this matter." The FBI has also been notified, according to Public Affairs Special Agent Shelley Lynch. The FBI is "coordinating with our law enforcement partners to determine whether a federal crime has been committed". Meanwhile Transvalue is offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the arrests of the suspects responsible, according to Rodriguez. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Wilson County Sheriff's Office at 252-237-2188. | Bandits made off with more than $4 million in gold during the Sunday night heist .
The truck was stuck on an interstate during a trip up north to Massachusetts . | 5673cf401716e351135b98a6c4b1fe5664cafe52 | <s>[INST] (CNN)An armored truck carrying several million dollars worth of gold was robbed while it was stranded on Interstate 95 in Wilson County, North Carolina. According to the Wilson County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to an armed robbery of more than $4 million in gold, just before 7 p.m. ET Sunday. The armored truck was paused after experiencing mechanical issues during a trip from Miami to Massachusetts. The two guards, employed by Transvalue Inc., were forced to the ground and robbed at gunpoint by three men driving a white van. The guards' hands were then bound behind their backs before they were instructed to walk into a nearby wooded area, the sheriff's office said. "Transvalue Inc. deeply regrets the events that transpired yesterday evening," Chief Executive Officer Jay Rodriguez said in a statement to CNN. "We are pleased that our crew was not harmed. At this time we are working with the authorities to try and resolve this matter." The FBI has also been notified, according to Public Affairs Special Agent Shelley Lynch. The FBI is "coordinating with our law enforcement partners to determine whether a federal crime has been committed". Meanwhile Transvalue is offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the arrests of the suspects responsible, according to Rodriguez. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Wilson County Sheriff's Office at 252-237-2188. [/INST] Bandits made off with more than $4 million in gold during the Sunday night heist .
The truck was stuck on an interstate during a trip up north to Massachusetts . </s> |
For fans of McDonald's breakfast menu who have dreamed of the day it was served outside of morning hours, the time has come... but only as a test run in San Diego. Select locations will serve all-day breakfast with the partial menu featuring some of the chain's breakfast sandwiches and hash browns. The exact sandwiches have not been revealed. Scroll down for video . McDonald's will begin testing an all-day breakfast menu in April at select locations in San Diego . The test will begin in April as the move comes in response to customers saying they wanted breakfast items outside of morning hours, according to the company. Depending on how successful the test is, the chain could expand the all-day breakfast menu to other markets, according to Business Insider. Last month, the fast-food chain began looking at how it could make breakfast available later in the day, said Jeff Stratton, head of McDonald's USA. Offering both the breakfast menu past 10.30am alongside the lunch menu had been considered logistically impossible, given the tight kitchen spaces of the restaurants. McDonald's even tweeted about the topic in February, saying it does not serve breakfast all day because its grills 'just aren't big enough for breakfast and lunch.' On their website in response to why they do not serve breakfast all day the company wrote: 'Here’s the thing: it comes down to the sheer size of kitchen grills. 'They simply don’t have the room for all of our menu options at one time — especially considering we use our grill to prepare many items on our breakfast menu.' The push to make breakfast available outside normal hours partly reflects how McDonald's is working to keep pace with shifting habits. In particular, executives have noted that customers increasingly want foods personalized to their tastes and schedules. Breakfast also accounts for about 25percent of sales at McDonald's, and is the strongest part of the day for the chain, according to the Chicago Tribune. If the test is successful, McDonald's could expand the all-day breakfast menu to other markets . 'We look forward to learning from this test, and it's premature to speculate on any outcomes,' wrote spokeswoman Terri Hickey in an email, according to CNBC. 'We're excited to serve our customers in this area some of McDonald's great-tasting breakfast sandwiches, hash browns and other favorites all day long.' McDonald's said on Monday that it was too early to speculate on any outcomes from the test. Janney Capital Markets had released an analyst note earlier and said that their industry sources had told them McDonald's planned to test all-day breakfast in the U.S. The analyst note was released before McDonald's confirmed the report. 'Having those breakfast items available to sell all day would also serve as a reminder to customers (and the media. and Wall Street.) that McDonald's does indeed have craveable food to sell,' Janney analyst Mark Kalinowski wrote. | Fast-food chain will begin test in April at select locations in San Diego .
The partial menu will feature some breakfast sandwiches and hash browns .
Move comes as customers said they wanted breakfast served past 10.30am .
If test is successful, all-day breakfast menu could expand to other markets . | d765267ec455520c99132270403e882f1cea1648 | <s>[INST] For fans of McDonald's breakfast menu who have dreamed of the day it was served outside of morning hours, the time has come... but only as a test run in San Diego. Select locations will serve all-day breakfast with the partial menu featuring some of the chain's breakfast sandwiches and hash browns. The exact sandwiches have not been revealed. Scroll down for video . McDonald's will begin testing an all-day breakfast menu in April at select locations in San Diego . The test will begin in April as the move comes in response to customers saying they wanted breakfast items outside of morning hours, according to the company. Depending on how successful the test is, the chain could expand the all-day breakfast menu to other markets, according to Business Insider. Last month, the fast-food chain began looking at how it could make breakfast available later in the day, said Jeff Stratton, head of McDonald's USA. Offering both the breakfast menu past 10.30am alongside the lunch menu had been considered logistically impossible, given the tight kitchen spaces of the restaurants. McDonald's even tweeted about the topic in February, saying it does not serve breakfast all day because its grills 'just aren't big enough for breakfast and lunch.' On their website in response to why they do not serve breakfast all day the company wrote: 'Here’s the thing: it comes down to the sheer size of kitchen grills. 'They simply don’t have the room for all of our menu options at one time — especially considering we use our grill to prepare many items on our breakfast menu.' The push to make breakfast available outside normal hours partly reflects how McDonald's is working to keep pace with shifting habits. In particular, executives have noted that customers increasingly want foods personalized to their tastes and schedules. Breakfast also accounts for about 25percent of sales at McDonald's, and is the strongest part of the day for the chain, according to the Chicago Tribune. If the test is successful, McDonald's could expand the all-day breakfast menu to other markets . 'We look forward to learning from this test, and it's premature to speculate on any outcomes,' wrote spokeswoman Terri Hickey in an email, according to CNBC. 'We're excited to serve our customers in this area some of McDonald's great-tasting breakfast sandwiches, hash browns and other favorites all day long.' McDonald's said on Monday that it was too early to speculate on any outcomes from the test. Janney Capital Markets had released an analyst note earlier and said that their industry sources had told them McDonald's planned to test all-day breakfast in the U.S. The analyst note was released before McDonald's confirmed the report. 'Having those breakfast items available to sell all day would also serve as a reminder to customers (and the media. and Wall Street.) that McDonald's does indeed have craveable food to sell,' Janney analyst Mark Kalinowski wrote. [/INST] Fast-food chain will begin test in April at select locations in San Diego .
The partial menu will feature some breakfast sandwiches and hash browns .
Move comes as customers said they wanted breakfast served past 10.30am .
If test is successful, all-day breakfast menu could expand to other markets . </s> |
It could be days before Australian Tahnia Cook hears from her husband, Cameron, who was caught up in a devastating cyclone, which has wiped out villages in Vanuatu. At least eight people have been confirmed dead after Cyclone Pam hit the 80-island-strong archipelago, with winds of up to 270km/h and causing heavy flooding, landslides, and mass destruction of buildings. Relief workers are already making their way to Vanuatu, with fears the body count will rise, as Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop announced a $5 million aid package for the ravaged country, the ABC reported. Scroll down for video . Australian Tahnia Cook has not heard from her husband, Cameron, since Friday and holds fears for his safety . People have started clearing up debris and dealing with the damage to their homes in Seaside, near the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila . Vanuatu's president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone . Vanuatu declared a state of emergency on March 15 and a curfew was enforced after reports of 'low -level looting' It has been confirmed at least eight people are dead following Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu . Communications and power for more than 260,000 people is still down, and access to a lot of areas has been cut off. This leaves many Australians concerned for the safety of their family members - including Tahnia Cook who has not heard from her husband, Cameron, since Friday. Ms Cook told Daily Mail Australia they had moved to Vanuatu for 'a change of lifestyle' and help run a local resort in North Efate. She said it had been a terrible few days for her as she awaits news of her husband. 'It's looking to be a couple of days [before I hear from him],' Ms Cook said. 'Nobody has gone to the other side of the island because... [the Department of Foreign Affairs] haven't had a chance to venture out of [Port] Vila to get to surrounding villages.' Ms Cook, who had been travelling between Australia and Vanuatu for a while now, said she also held concerns for locals and resort staff who she considered family now. Ms Cook (left) said it would be days before she would hear from her husband (right) as communications were down . The couple moved to the archipelago last year for 'a change of lifestyle', Ms Cook said . Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has announced a $5 million aid package for the devastated country . The funds will be distributed through non-government organisations, such as Red Cross Australia . The cyclone is expected to track to the northeast of New Zealand during the next two days . Ms Cook said she had not slept because she was worried about her husband and friends she considered family . The Australian told Weekend Today the last time she had spoken to her husband he had preparing for the storm. She said she was trying to stay positive as Cameron was prepared for the worst at their new home, North Efate. 'It's painful, it's tiring. I haven't slept, I'm hanging on and hope to hear something soon,' Ms Cook said. 'He was well-prepared, he was putting up timber on windows. He was putting heavy items up on tin roofs. He was packing away all objects that could pick up in the strong wind. 'He obviously preparing for his own safety in terms of food, water supply - for himself and the local villagers.' Heavy damage in Vanuatu means some areas are safe to be accessed at the moment . But it is feared the body count will rise with aid workers already heading to the devastated archipelago . Winds of up to 270km/h hit the collection of 80 islands - north-east of Australia . World Vision Australia communications officer Chloe Morrison spent more than seven hours listening to the storm unfold . Cyclone Pam - which had hurricane force winds, huge ocean swells and flash flooding - is on its way to New Zealand . Ms Cook said she would have been there with him if she had not travelled to Brisbane for medical reasons. 'Now I'm worried that's where it's been most impacted on that side of the island and I'm not too sure where he is or what he is doing right now,' she said. 'I'm really trying to stay positive and hope for the best but the reality is the photos and images I've seen from Port Vila so far, knowing that North Efate was in the direct line of the eye of the cyclone and it would have impacted a lot worse than Vila is not great news.' Ms Cook said she was expecting to go back home and see complete devastation as the photos she had seen of buildings and structures damaged by Cyclone Pam were a lot stronger than the ones in North Efate. Ms Cook said she would have been there with her husband if she had not travelled to Brisbane for medical reasons . Waves and scattered debris along the coast of Vanuatu's capital Port Vila caused by Cyclone Pam . 'We're helping to run a small family resort, which will be absolutely annihilated,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'We were starting to get on track and all that's completely washed away now. We had a herb garden, new furniture, a restaurant and bungalows. 'I don't even know if I'll have a house to come back to. We might have to come back to Australia.' Ms Cook also appealed to Australians for aid to help locals with their recovery efforts. 'Keep coming to Vanuatu, [locals are] really going to need money to keep coming through,' she said. 'After the funding stops, it's just a tourism trade. It's going to be really hard for us - we'll pull through but I’m more concerned about the locals.' Ms Cook said she had already started fundraising for North Efate area. With $600 under her belt so far, she was hoping to get to $10,000. The aftermath of Cyclone Pam left debris scattered over a building in Port Vila, Vanuatu . Winds from the extremely powerful cyclone blew through the Pacific's Vanuatu archipelago . A woman and boy carry a pig through flood waters on the Polynesian island of Tuvalu . World Vision Australia communications officer Chloe Morrison documented her experience through the cyclone on the not-for-profit's blog. 'For more than seven hours I have been listening to wind roaring like an angry ocean as it tried to pick the house off the ground,' she wrote. 'I have heard our cyclone shutters bash aggressively against the windows. I have heard what sounds like someone’s roof land on ours. I heard rain bash the roof like someone playing the drums.' Ms Morrison later told AAP: 'There are reports from our other colleagues of entire villages being literally blown away overnight.' Following the Category 5 disaster, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said the $5 million aid package would be decimated through non-government organisations, Red Cross Australia and the United Nations. 'We will also be deploying humanitarian suppliers to provide support for up to 5,000 people in the form of water, sanitation and shelter,' she told the ABC. 'We will be sending military transport planes, and deployment personnel, medical, humanitarian, consular, natural disaster experts and of course supplies.' Earlier on Saturday, Ms Bishop said there were probably 3,000 Australians in Vanuatu at any one time, but the government had not received any reports regarding Australian citizens. The minister urged those who are concerned about their friends and families in Vanuatu should contact 1300 555 135. Pictured is a man on the island of Kiribati. The tropical cyclone brough destructive winds, torrential rain and phenomenal seas to Vanuatu on Saturday . Flood waters surround a house on Friday on the island of Kiribati, just hours before Cyclone Pam made landfall on Vanuatu . Cyclone Pam bears down on Vanuatu in this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite . It came after Vanuatu's lands minister Ralph Regenvanu announced a 'state of emergency' for the Shefa province, where Port Vila is located. A curfew would also be introduced as there had been reported of 'low-level looting', according to the ABC. The storm crossed the main Vanuatu island where more than 65,000 people live and a group of islands further south, which are home to 33,000 people. Some locals on the southern island of Erromango reportedly took shelter in caves as the severe conditions intensified. 'It's a traditional coping strategy,' Red Cross worker Aurelia Balpe said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he had met the president of Vanuatu on Saturday morning and conveyed 'our deepest condolences' as well as solidarity with the people of the archipelago. New Zealand has pledged an initial $1 million to help cyclone-stricken Pacific nations and an RNZAF P3 Orion is in the air assessing the damage. Australian Red Cross has made an appeal on Twitter, saying that Cyclone Pam caused 'unbelievable destruction'. A map showing the path of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in the past two days . Gales are expected to affect most of the island spreading 380km from the cyclone's centre . Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters on Saturday morning Australia has a crisis response team ready to go and assist the Pacific Islands . 'Humanitarian needs will be enormous. Many people have lost their homes. Shelter, food and water urgent priorities,' Australian Red Cross tweeted. 'Tens of thousands of people seeking safety in safe buildings and caves across Vanuatu.' The president of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, who was attending a World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Japan, told participants: “I do not really know what impact the cyclone has had on Vanuatu.” 'I am speaking to you today with a heart that is so heavy,' he said. 'I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and the people to give a helping hand in this disaster.' The storm is expected to track to the north-east of New Zealand during the next two days. Resident of Port Vila are left to pick up the pieces after Cyclone Pam caused widespread destruction . While an estimated 3,000 Australians are in Vanuatu, Ms Bishop said there were no reports of concerns about their welfare . | Australian Tahnia Cook is waiting to hear from her husband, Cameron .
He was in Vanuatu at the time and has not been heard from since Friday .
The pair moved to Efate on the archipelago last year for a lifestyle change .
Ms Cook was in Brisbane for medical reasons when Cyclone Pam hit .
At least eight people have been confirmed as dead after the disaster .
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop announced a $5 million aid package .
It comes after a state of emergency was declared in Port Vila's province . | f06d5276dcda49a01815526b0f1d948deeb29dec | <s>[INST] It could be days before Australian Tahnia Cook hears from her husband, Cameron, who was caught up in a devastating cyclone, which has wiped out villages in Vanuatu. At least eight people have been confirmed dead after Cyclone Pam hit the 80-island-strong archipelago, with winds of up to 270km/h and causing heavy flooding, landslides, and mass destruction of buildings. Relief workers are already making their way to Vanuatu, with fears the body count will rise, as Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop announced a $5 million aid package for the ravaged country, the ABC reported. Scroll down for video . Australian Tahnia Cook has not heard from her husband, Cameron, since Friday and holds fears for his safety . People have started clearing up debris and dealing with the damage to their homes in Seaside, near the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila . Vanuatu's president made an emotional appeal for international assistance after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone . Vanuatu declared a state of emergency on March 15 and a curfew was enforced after reports of 'low -level looting' It has been confirmed at least eight people are dead following Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu . Communications and power for more than 260,000 people is still down, and access to a lot of areas has been cut off. This leaves many Australians concerned for the safety of their family members - including Tahnia Cook who has not heard from her husband, Cameron, since Friday. Ms Cook told Daily Mail Australia they had moved to Vanuatu for 'a change of lifestyle' and help run a local resort in North Efate. She said it had been a terrible few days for her as she awaits news of her husband. 'It's looking to be a couple of days [before I hear from him],' Ms Cook said. 'Nobody has gone to the other side of the island because... [the Department of Foreign Affairs] haven't had a chance to venture out of [Port] Vila to get to surrounding villages.' Ms Cook, who had been travelling between Australia and Vanuatu for a while now, said she also held concerns for locals and resort staff who she considered family now. Ms Cook (left) said it would be days before she would hear from her husband (right) as communications were down . The couple moved to the archipelago last year for 'a change of lifestyle', Ms Cook said . Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has announced a $5 million aid package for the devastated country . The funds will be distributed through non-government organisations, such as Red Cross Australia . The cyclone is expected to track to the northeast of New Zealand during the next two days . Ms Cook said she had not slept because she was worried about her husband and friends she considered family . The Australian told Weekend Today the last time she had spoken to her husband he had preparing for the storm. She said she was trying to stay positive as Cameron was prepared for the worst at their new home, North Efate. 'It's painful, it's tiring. I haven't slept, I'm hanging on and hope to hear something soon,' Ms Cook said. 'He was well-prepared, he was putting up timber on windows. He was putting heavy items up on tin roofs. He was packing away all objects that could pick up in the strong wind. 'He obviously preparing for his own safety in terms of food, water supply - for himself and the local villagers.' Heavy damage in Vanuatu means some areas are safe to be accessed at the moment . But it is feared the body count will rise with aid workers already heading to the devastated archipelago . Winds of up to 270km/h hit the collection of 80 islands - north-east of Australia . World Vision Australia communications officer Chloe Morrison spent more than seven hours listening to the storm unfold . Cyclone Pam - which had hurricane force winds, huge ocean swells and flash flooding - is on its way to New Zealand . Ms Cook said she would have been there with him if she had not travelled to Brisbane for medical reasons. 'Now I'm worried that's where it's been most impacted on that side of the island and I'm not too sure where he is or what he is doing right now,' she said. 'I'm really trying to stay positive and hope for the best but the reality is the photos and images I've seen from Port Vila so far, knowing that North Efate was in the direct line of the eye of the cyclone and it would have impacted a lot worse than Vila is not great news.' Ms Cook said she was expecting to go back home and see complete devastation as the photos she had seen of buildings and structures damaged by Cyclone Pam were a lot stronger than the ones in North Efate. Ms Cook said she would have been there with her husband if she had not travelled to Brisbane for medical reasons . Waves and scattered debris along the coast of Vanuatu's capital Port Vila caused by Cyclone Pam . 'We're helping to run a small family resort, which will be absolutely annihilated,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'We were starting to get on track and all that's completely washed away now. We had a herb garden, new furniture, a restaurant and bungalows. 'I don't even know if I'll have a house to come back to. We might have to come back to Australia.' Ms Cook also appealed to Australians for aid to help locals with their recovery efforts. 'Keep coming to Vanuatu, [locals are] really going to need money to keep coming through,' she said. 'After the funding stops, it's just a tourism trade. It's going to be really hard for us - we'll pull through but I’m more concerned about the locals.' Ms Cook said she had already started fundraising for North Efate area. With $600 under her belt so far, she was hoping to get to $10,000. The aftermath of Cyclone Pam left debris scattered over a building in Port Vila, Vanuatu . Winds from the extremely powerful cyclone blew through the Pacific's Vanuatu archipelago . A woman and boy carry a pig through flood waters on the Polynesian island of Tuvalu . World Vision Australia communications officer Chloe Morrison documented her experience through the cyclone on the not-for-profit's blog. 'For more than seven hours I have been listening to wind roaring like an angry ocean as it tried to pick the house off the ground,' she wrote. 'I have heard our cyclone shutters bash aggressively against the windows. I have heard what sounds like someone’s roof land on ours. I heard rain bash the roof like someone playing the drums.' Ms Morrison later told AAP: 'There are reports from our other colleagues of entire villages being literally blown away overnight.' Following the Category 5 disaster, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said the $5 million aid package would be decimated through non-government organisations, Red Cross Australia and the United Nations. 'We will also be deploying humanitarian suppliers to provide support for up to 5,000 people in the form of water, sanitation and shelter,' she told the ABC. 'We will be sending military transport planes, and deployment personnel, medical, humanitarian, consular, natural disaster experts and of course supplies.' Earlier on Saturday, Ms Bishop said there were probably 3,000 Australians in Vanuatu at any one time, but the government had not received any reports regarding Australian citizens. The minister urged those who are concerned about their friends and families in Vanuatu should contact 1300 555 135. Pictured is a man on the island of Kiribati. The tropical cyclone brough destructive winds, torrential rain and phenomenal seas to Vanuatu on Saturday . Flood waters surround a house on Friday on the island of Kiribati, just hours before Cyclone Pam made landfall on Vanuatu . Cyclone Pam bears down on Vanuatu in this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite . It came after Vanuatu's lands minister Ralph Regenvanu announced a 'state of emergency' for the Shefa province, where Port Vila is located. A curfew would also be introduced as there had been reported of 'low-level looting', according to the ABC. The storm crossed the main Vanuatu island where more than 65,000 people live and a group of islands further south, which are home to 33,000 people. Some locals on the southern island of Erromango reportedly took shelter in caves as the severe conditions intensified. 'It's a traditional coping strategy,' Red Cross worker Aurelia Balpe said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he had met the president of Vanuatu on Saturday morning and conveyed 'our deepest condolences' as well as solidarity with the people of the archipelago. New Zealand has pledged an initial $1 million to help cyclone-stricken Pacific nations and an RNZAF P3 Orion is in the air assessing the damage. Australian Red Cross has made an appeal on Twitter, saying that Cyclone Pam caused 'unbelievable destruction'. A map showing the path of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu in the past two days . Gales are expected to affect most of the island spreading 380km from the cyclone's centre . Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told reporters on Saturday morning Australia has a crisis response team ready to go and assist the Pacific Islands . 'Humanitarian needs will be enormous. Many people have lost their homes. Shelter, food and water urgent priorities,' Australian Red Cross tweeted. 'Tens of thousands of people seeking safety in safe buildings and caves across Vanuatu.' The president of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, who was attending a World Conference on Disaster Risk and Reduction in Japan, told participants: “I do not really know what impact the cyclone has had on Vanuatu.” 'I am speaking to you today with a heart that is so heavy,' he said. 'I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and the people to give a helping hand in this disaster.' The storm is expected to track to the north-east of New Zealand during the next two days. Resident of Port Vila are left to pick up the pieces after Cyclone Pam caused widespread destruction . While an estimated 3,000 Australians are in Vanuatu, Ms Bishop said there were no reports of concerns about their welfare . [/INST] Australian Tahnia Cook is waiting to hear from her husband, Cameron .
He was in Vanuatu at the time and has not been heard from since Friday .
The pair moved to Efate on the archipelago last year for a lifestyle change .
Ms Cook was in Brisbane for medical reasons when Cyclone Pam hit .
At least eight people have been confirmed as dead after the disaster .
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop announced a $5 million aid package .
It comes after a state of emergency was declared in Port Vila's province . </s> |
Police previously released this CCTV footage of a man they wished to speak to in connection with the assaults . A man has been arrested over a string of assaults on elderly victims who were slapped after they sneezed in public. Five women and one man, aged from 65 to 82, complained to police that they had been slapped while sneezing in Carlisle city centre in the past month. Earlier this week police released CCTV footage of a man wanted in connection to the assaults after the elderly shoppers were left feeling 'confused and upset' after being hit. A spokesman for Cumbria Police said: 'Police in Carlisle have arrested a man in connection with assaults that occurred in the city centre on elderly members of the public who had sneezed. The spokesman said the 49-year-old was 'currently helping officers with their enquiries'. Police were informed about the first attack by witnesses and later released CCTV footage of a man thought to be in his mid-to-late 50s wearing a plush, tweed jacket. A week ago, shoppers in Carlisle said they were concerned by the eccentric's behaviour. Nicola Dawson, 48, a dental receptionist, said: 'I have come here shopping on my day off and actually have a cold. 'If anyone smacked me for sneezing I would smack them back. 'If anyone saw someone do something like that I would be surprised if they did not do something as you wouldn't stand for it if you witnessed it.' Trainee shop assistant Gemma Prosser, 19, added: 'We heard as it happened in the town centre and at first we just thought it was a bit weird. 'When you think about it, it is really awful because anyone can sneeze at any time and it's not your fault.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. | Cumbria Police have arrested 49-year-old man in connection with assaults .
String of elderly shoppers were slapped by a man after sneezing in public .
Five women and one man were assaulted in Carlisle over the past month .
Police previously released CCTV footage of a man wearing a tweed jacket . | 5e6a5bad556b7f10b2e72647a737f01b79075fb3 | <s>[INST] Police previously released this CCTV footage of a man they wished to speak to in connection with the assaults . A man has been arrested over a string of assaults on elderly victims who were slapped after they sneezed in public. Five women and one man, aged from 65 to 82, complained to police that they had been slapped while sneezing in Carlisle city centre in the past month. Earlier this week police released CCTV footage of a man wanted in connection to the assaults after the elderly shoppers were left feeling 'confused and upset' after being hit. A spokesman for Cumbria Police said: 'Police in Carlisle have arrested a man in connection with assaults that occurred in the city centre on elderly members of the public who had sneezed. The spokesman said the 49-year-old was 'currently helping officers with their enquiries'. Police were informed about the first attack by witnesses and later released CCTV footage of a man thought to be in his mid-to-late 50s wearing a plush, tweed jacket. A week ago, shoppers in Carlisle said they were concerned by the eccentric's behaviour. Nicola Dawson, 48, a dental receptionist, said: 'I have come here shopping on my day off and actually have a cold. 'If anyone smacked me for sneezing I would smack them back. 'If anyone saw someone do something like that I would be surprised if they did not do something as you wouldn't stand for it if you witnessed it.' Trainee shop assistant Gemma Prosser, 19, added: 'We heard as it happened in the town centre and at first we just thought it was a bit weird. 'When you think about it, it is really awful because anyone can sneeze at any time and it's not your fault.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article. [/INST] Cumbria Police have arrested 49-year-old man in connection with assaults .
String of elderly shoppers were slapped by a man after sneezing in public .
Five women and one man were assaulted in Carlisle over the past month .
Police previously released CCTV footage of a man wearing a tweed jacket . </s> |
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