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Keywords: <keyword>SUN BRIGHTON</keyword>, <keyword>KITES DAY</keyword>, <keyword>WEEKEND TEMPERATURES</keyword>, <keyword>RAIN NORTHERN</keyword>, <keyword>BEACH PACKED</keyword>, <keyword>BRITONS ENJOYING</keyword>, <keyword>SUMMER ACTIVITY</keyword>, <keyword>SKIES COMMON</keyword>, <keyword>ANGLIA INTERMITTENT</keyword>, <keyword>STOCKING BARBECUE</keyword> By . Mia De Graaf . Britons flocked to beaches across the southern coast yesterday as millions look set to bask in glorious sunshine today. Temperatures soared to 17C in Brighton and Dorset, with people starting their long weekend in deck chairs by the sea. Figures from Asda suggest the unexpected sunshine has also inspired a wave of impromptu barbecues, with sales of sausages and equipment expected to triple those in April. Sun's out: Brighton beach was packed with Britons enjoying the unexpected sunshine to start the long weekend as temperatures hit 17C across the south coast . Although frost is set to hit the south tonight - with temperatures dropping to 1C - Britons stocking up for a barbecue will be in luck tomorrow, with forecasters predicting dry and sunny weather across southern England, southern Wales and the south Midlands. In Weymouth, Dorset, the sun came out in time for the town's annual kite festival, held on the beach. But the good weather has not been enjoyed by all as heavy rain poured down across the north west. Unfortunately, the dark clouds and intermittent rain across northern England and Scotland is set to last throughout the long weekend and into Tuesday. However, the north east enjoyed a bright spell at midday today with sun shining in Harrogate and York ahead of the rainy weekend. Met Office spokesman Helen Roberts told MailOnline: 'It hasn't been great for the whole country - it's been a story of two halves. Crowds took to deckchairs to see in the Bank Holiday weekend on Brighton beach - while rain and clouds swept the country up north . Frost and temperatures of 1C are forecast to hit southern England tonight, but those planning a barbecue can bank on a dry, sunny day tomorrow . According to the Met Office, today's temperatures in Brighton were not unusual for this time of year, but it follows a windy and wet spell . 'The best of the sunshine has been . towards to south and south east, and further north there's been a lot of . cloud and outbreaks of rain. Tomorrow will be a similar picture. 'These temperatures are about . average for this time of the year. We might see 17C tomorrow but not . much higher. 'The most unusual thing is overnight minimum temperatures, which are really going to be quite low. We're looking at a touch of air frost tonight in places in the south, where there will be clear skies. That's not common for May.' Tonight, cloud and drizzle . is expected to cast over northern and western areas of the country, with . heavier bursts of rain in Scotland. Summer time: Many took to the sun wearing bikinis and sarongs for the first weekend as Britons gear themselves up for summer . Activity: The sun came out in time for the opening day of Weymouth Kite Festival, which sees people from all over come to show off creative kites . Three day forecast: Tomorrow sunny spells and warm weather is set to cover southern England, but the heavy rain up north is set to stay . Southern and eastern England looks set to remain dry,clear, and mild, despite cold temperatures in East Anglia. The intermittent rain and cloud currently sweeping across the north is set to last throughout Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Cloud . and rain will spread into northern and western parts of the country on . Bank Holiday Monday, with heavy rain in the evening. Apart from a few showers, southern and central parts of England should be largely dry with some warm sunshine breaking through. Though rain poured down in the north west, the north east enjoyed a bright spell at midday today with sun shining in Harrogate (pictured) ahead of the rainy weekend . Walkers took to Harrogate's parks as the sun came out for a short time in the town but cloud is predicted for tomorrow .	People enjoyed temperatures of 17C at Brighton beach in West Sussex and Weymouth in Dorset . Asda claims it will sell a million sausages over long weekend despite night temperatures dropping to minus 1C . But the good weather has not been enjoyed by all as the north west and Scotland have seen heavy rain .
Keywords: <keyword>JAMES WEIGHED</keyword>, <keyword>WEIGHED UNHEALTHY</keyword>, <keyword>POUNDS BIRTH</keyword>, <keyword>WEIGHT DINNER</keyword>, <keyword>SLIMMING FAMILY</keyword>, <keyword>MARGARET SAID</keyword>, <keyword>DOCTOR COULDN</keyword>, <keyword>FATHER HURTFUL</keyword>, <keyword>7ST WAKE</keyword>, <keyword>ENJOY CHRISTMAS</keyword> A couple who weighed a combined 32st were shamed into slimming by their own family - during Christmas dinner. Margaret Gibson, 37, and her husband, James, 41, from Biddulph, Staffs, started piling on the pounds after the birth of their two children just over a decade ago. But after taunts during the festive feast - and a warning from James's doctor that he couldn't undergo a procedure because he would 'die on the operating table' - the pair took action and have lost more than 7st between them. Wake up call: James, 41, and Margaret Gibson, 37, have shed a combined 7st in the last 11 months . By last Christmas Margaret tipped the scales at 12st 5lb and James weighed an unhealthy 20st. But the mother-of-two received a stark wake-up call when her father made a hurtful comment about her size. Margaret, a law firm secretary, said: 'I can't remember exactly what my father said but he made some sort of flippant comment to me about our appetite and I was really embarrassed. 'It was literally while we were having Christmas dinner and I wasn't very impressed at all, but that's when I decided it was time to start losing weight.' Since joining Weight Watchers in January, Margaret lost 2st 5lb to reach a healthier 10st and husband James shed 4st. Margaret, has dropped from a hefty size 18 to a size 12, and James's waist measurement has shrunk from 44in to 34in. James weighed an unhealthy 20st (right) until he and wife Margaret pledged to slim-down as a pair . Secretary Margaret dropped three dress sizes from a hefty size 18 since joining Weight Watchers in January . 'It was literally while we were having Christmas dinner and I wasn't very impressed at all, but that's when I decided it was time to start losing weight.' The pair piled on the pounds after buying a house, having children and enjoying a 'blow out' for a while . 'We have just changed our style of cooking. Instead of buying a jar of sauce, we make our own with the Weight Watchers recipes. We make sure to eat as a family. 'I feel much better than before. I have more energy. Our weight loss has helped the kids as well. 'Being heavier did not stop us doing things before, but we are more active now.' Self-employed hairdresser James added: 'I went to the doctor about a varicose veins operation and the consultant said 'If I operate on you, you will die on my table'. 'It was a kick up the backside. And then Margaret had the comments about her weight over dinner last year, so we decided to do something about it. 'Weight Watchers is easy to follow. We tried other diets before, but this is the one we have done well with. 'We used to eat fairly healthily, but on a weekend, we would go to McDonald's with the children and we would go to the local chip shop one night a week. 'Now, we eat less takeaway and try to make things from scratch. Our children have benefited from the meals as well. 'We go to meetings together to support each other, if one has a bad week, the other is there. 'We are finally getting back to the size we were when we got married. 'You do not realise, you don't see the weight creeping on to you. 'People ask where the "big, fat hairdresser" has gone and I am like "I am still here".' Margaret ensures the family eats together and she has swapped out store bought food for homemade dishes . The Gibsons followed the ProPoints system, which allots food a value depending on the amount of protein, carbohydrate and fat it contains. Just weeks away from December 25, the family is looking forward to enjoying slimline seasonal festivities. Margaret said: 'We can enjoy our Christmas dinner this year without having to feel too guilty.'	Couple started piling on pounds after the birth of two children . Margaret Gibson weighed 12st 5lb and husband James weighed 20st . James Gibson's barred from simple op as he 'would die', warned doctor .
Keywords: <keyword>SHARK ATTACKED</keyword>, <keyword>BOY BITTEN</keyword>, <keyword>LIFEGUARDS STOPPING</keyword>, <keyword>HELMET CAPTURED</keyword>, <keyword>SAM SMITH</keyword>, <keyword>NSW BEACHES</keyword>, <keyword>TEENAGER SEEN</keyword>, <keyword>SIGHTING MANLY</keyword>, <keyword>FOOTAGE SUNDAY</keyword>, <keyword>SURGERY CURIOUS</keyword> Video footage shows the heart stopping moment a 17 year old boy was bitten on the hand by a shark. Sam Smith's Go-Pro vision helmet captured the sudden and brief attack while he was spear fishing on the New South Wales south coast on Friday. The teenager can be seen trying to stab the shark with his spear gun as the 1.5 metre predator aggressively lashes out and bites the boy's hand before swimming out of sight. Channel Seven released the footage on Sunday as one of Sydney's most popular beaches was shut down following a shark sighting at Manly beach. The terrifying moment Sam Smith is bitten on the right hand by a shark while spear fishing was captured on his Go-Pro vision helmet . Sam attempted to stab the predator with his spear gun as the shark came at him . The 17-year-old was unsuccessful as the shark very suddenly sunk his teeth into his hand and swam away . The lucky teenager underwent surgery on his hand after the scary encounter . Sam was airlifted from Mollymook Beach, on the NSW south coast, to Sydney to undergo the surgery . The curious boy went under the water to film the shark when he experienced the horrifying encouter . Fishing off Mollymook Beach with his friend Luke Sisinni, Sam went under the water to film the 1.5metre shark when the frightening incident happened. Paramedics rushed to the scene just before midday on Friday, as hundreds of children competing in the 2015 Stramit NSW Country Surf Life Saving Championships looked on. Mr Smith was fishing when he saw the shark and tried to go down to film it, according to his friend Luke Sisinni, the Milton Ulladulla Times reported. 'He said it spun around and started coming for him, so he stabbed it with his spear to try and scare it off, but it just went ballistic and bit him,' Mr Sisinni said. '[Sam] came up screaming saying "I got bitten by a shark"'. Two ambulances arrived at the beach and the boy was treated with lacerations to his left hand, including multiple lacerations to his fingers. The boy was taken to Milton Ulladulla hospital where he is in a stable condition, and later flown to Sydney for specialist treatment. Sam was airlifted to a Sydney hospital for emergency surgery on his hand after he was mauled by a shark while spearfishing on the south coast of New South Wales . The spearfisherman was bitten by a shark, thought to be a Bronze Whaler, when he 'went down to film it' Man down: Paramedics and police attend to the injured boy near Ulladulla . The friends were fishing off Mollymook Beach on south coast of New South Wales when the attack took place . Paramedics worked quickly to address the lacerations on the boys hand and fingers . Just two days after Sam's lucky escape, Manly beach was closed after a swimmer raised the alarm after spotting an unspecified type of shark in the water at around 1.30pm. But the warning did not deter many people who proceeded to continue swimming in the sea despite being told by lifeguards . A Surf Life Saving NSW spokeswoman said inflatable rescue boats were used to chase the shark away and the beach would reopen once it was deemed safe again. 'The problem is there were already a lot of swimmers and surfers in the water who won't come out,' she said. 'We suggest that if people continue to stay in the water they're doing so at their own risk.' Beachgoers flocked to Manly despite earlier reports of a shark sighting . Meanwhile, Newcastle beach remains closed for ninth consecutive day from a sighting. The sea off Newcastle was first declared a no-go area when a five-metre great white shark was seen at Merewether Beach on January 10. A helicopter crew spent Sunday scouring the ocean for signs of the fearsome predator, nicknamed Bruce, along with a three-and-a-half metre shark that lunched on a dolphin last week. Neither have been spotted since Friday but Surf Life Saving NSW said no decision on reopening the beaches would be made until Monday. Shark attacks have also closed other NSW beaches in recent days. Lifeguards were also stopping people from going in the water at Port Kembla and Windang beaches near Wollongong on Sunday. The Surf Life Saving NSW spokeswoman said this was due to a dead seal and injured shark that had both been attacked by what was believed to be a much larger shark. Scenic: Mollymook Beach is located near Ulladulla, three hours south of Sydney . This is the scene at Mollymook Beach in Ulladulla this morning, prior to the suspected shark attack . Surf Life Saving NSW have closed Narrawellee Beach, to the north of the headline, as the search for the shark commences . A surf competition - the Stramit NSW Country Life Saving Championships - was today being held at the beach. Surf LIfe Saving NSW tweeted that lifeguards have closed Narrawellee Beach to the north of the headland. A NSW police spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia police were aware of the situation.	A 17-year-old boy suffering lacerations to his left hand and fingers . Sam Smith was spearfishing when he saw a shark 'so went down to film it' Go-Pro vision helmet captured attack on the NSW south coast on Friday . He tried to stab it with his spear but the shark 'went ballistic and bit him' Sam was airlifted from Mollymook beach to Sydney to undergo surgery . Meanwhile, Manly beach closed on Sunday due to a shark sighting . Newcastle beach remains closed for ninth consecutive day from a sighting .
Keywords: <keyword>OFFICIALS TURKISH</keyword>, <keyword>ETHNIC TURKMENS</keyword>, <keyword>BORDER TURKEY</keyword>, <keyword>TURKISH QAMISHLI</keyword>, <keyword>YAYLIDAGI DISTRICT</keyword>, <keyword>LEAVE SYRIA</keyword>, <keyword>CITIZENS MUSLIMS</keyword>, <keyword>TIP ICEBERG</keyword>, <keyword>PEOPLE SAY</keyword>, <keyword>LOCKED CONFRONTATION</keyword> Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- About 250 people raced across the Syrian border into Turkey, government officials said Saturday, a flight that reflects the fear and violence gripping the Arab nation. The people hustled to the southern Turkish Yaylidagi district in Hatay province on Friday afternoon, according to local and federal government officials. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal said the government is trying to determine more about the people and how and why they chose to leave Syria. "They just came to the border post and want to go in without passports. They were let in," Unal said. "We are trying to figure out whether this is an individual event or the tip of the iceberg." Yaylidagi Mayor Mustafa Kemal Dagistanli and another local government official, who asked not to be named, said the people are Syrian citizens and Muslims. The local official said most of the people are ethnic Turkmens, and three of them speak Turkish. Most of them are from Qamishli, in the northeastern region, and Latakia, on the western coast. The official said the people say they've been persecuted by the government of President Bashar al-Assad -- now locked in confrontation across the country with anti-government protesters. "The group is mostly young, there are women and children among them," the official said. "They are in good health condition. There are no health problems." The military, the local government and the Red Crescent are assisting them with tents and food.	Syrians citizens hightail it to Turkey . Most of them are ethnic Turkmens, an official says . Turkey wonders if this is "the tip of the iceberg"
Keywords: <keyword>CHINESE ICEBREAKER</keyword>, <keyword>ICEBOUND VESSEL</keyword>, <keyword>VOYAGE ANTARCTICA</keyword>, <keyword>SHIP XUE</keyword>, <keyword>LONG SNOW</keyword>, <keyword>AURORA WAITING</keyword>, <keyword>DRAGON GONE</keyword>, <keyword>AUSTRALIS CRACKING</keyword>, <keyword>WITHSTAND HELICOPTER</keyword>, <keyword>PASSENGERS STRANDED</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:53 EST, 3 January 2014 . \| . UPDATED: . 06:02 EST, 4 January 2014 . An Australian icebreaker carrying passengers saved from a ship pinned tight by Antarctic sea ice halted its journey home today amid fears that a Chinese ship involved in the rescue is now also icebound. The Aurora Australis had been cracking through thick ice toward open sea after a Chinese helicopter yesterday plucked the passengers from a stranded Russian research ship and carried them aboard. But today, the crew of the Xue Long (Snow Dragon), the Chinese icebreaker that had provided the helicopter, said they were worried about their own ship's ability to escape the ice. Role reversal: The Chinese ship Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, which had gone to rescue passengers stuck in an icebound research vessel, is now itself stuck in the heavy Antarctic sea ice . Complex operation: The Xue Long (Snow Dragon) Chinese icebreaker, as seen from Australia's Antarctic supply ship the . Aurora Australis, sits in an ice pack unable to make its way back to open water . The end is in sight: The first of the 52 passengers on a research ship trapped in Antarctic ice for more than a week were finally rescued by helicopter after several aborted attempts to evacuate them . The helicopter carried the passengers a dozen at a time over approximately five hours . Sea ice was preventing the barge from reaching the Chinese icebreaker, the Snow Dragon, so the passengers are instead being taken to an nice floe next to an Australian vessel which will eventually take them to Tasmania . The Aurora was told to stay in the . area in case the Snow Dragon needs help, according to the Australian . Maritime Safety Authority's Rescue Co-ordination Centre, which oversaw . the rescue. She had been . about to embark on a journey to drop off the 52 scientists and tourists . rescued from research vessel MV Akademik Shokalski at the Australian . island state of Tasmania. The . Snow Dragon, which is at the edge of the ice pack surrounding the . Akademik Shokalski, will attempt to push through the ice to open water . early tomorrow, when tidal conditions are expected to be most . favourable. The Aurora is waiting around seven miles north of the Snow Dragon, said Lisa Martin, spokesman for the marine authority. Authorities . have not said what the next step would be if the Snow Dragon became . stuck, but it is possible that the Aurora could attempt to break through . the ice to help the Chinese vessel. The . maritime authority said there was no immediate danger to anyone aboard . the Snow Dragon and that the decision to keep the Aurora on standby was . just a precaution. But it was yet another problem to hit the highly . complex rescue operation of those on board the Akademik Shokalskiy, . which got stuck in the ice on Christmas Eve. A helicopter from a nearby Chinese icebreaker flies over the first group of passengers as it comes in to land . Mission is a go! Rescuers leave a helicopter from a Chinese icebreaker after landing next to the ship . 'A huge thanks to all': Expedition leader Chris Turney points to a makeshift helipad which the crew created in the ice as he awaits the helicopter's arrival . A . spot of clear weather yesterday finally allowed the multinational . rescue operation after blinding snow, strong winds and thick sea ice . forced rescuers to turn back time and again. The . twin-rotor helicopter, based on the Snow Dragon, took seven hours to . carry the scientists and tourists in groups of 12 from the Russian ship . to the Aurora. Earlier, the passengers had linked arms and stamped out a . landing site in the snow next to the Russian ship for the helicopter. Helicopter . pilot Jia Shuliang told China's official Xinhua News Agency that he had . no way of knowing whether the ice could withstand the helicopter's . weight. The rescue came in the never-ending daylight of summer after days of failed attempts to reach the vessel. 'I . think everyone is relieved and excited to be going on to the Australian . icebreaker and then home,' expedition leader Chris Turney said by . satellite phone from the Antarctic. Sydney . resident Joanne Sim, a paying passenger, wept as she boarded the . Australian icebreaker. She said the passengers had spent their time . watching films and playing games. 'It . really has been an emotional rollercoaster,' she told a reporter from . The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper who is aboard the ship. Stuck: Passengers from the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy link arms and stamp out a helicopter landing site on the ice near the trapped ship 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia . Ship: The rescue operation for the 74 passengers, comprising scientists, tourists and crew on the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, has been plagued by one delay after another since the vessel became stuck . Still smiling: Stranded passengers shelter in a tent lashed to the ship's top deck as they sing a song they wrote, streaming live online to welcome in the new year . The . 22 crew members of the Akademik Shokalskiy stayed with the icebound . vessel, which is not in any danger and has enough supplies on board to . last for weeks. They will wait until the ice surrounding the ship breaks . up, which could take several weeks, ASMA Emergency Response Division . manager John Young said. The . cost of the rescue would be carried by the owners of the ships and . their insurers, in accordance with international conventions on sea . rescues, Mr Young said. Path to freedom: An undated image of the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, which will eventually carry the passengers to the Australian island state of Tasmania, arriving by mid-January . Trapped for more than a week: Ben Maddison and Ben Fisk from MV Akademik Shokalskiy work to place a wind indicator atop an ice feature near the trapped ship . Keeping themselves busy: Passengers from MV Akademik Shokalskiy walk around the ice in the Antarctic . Any official inquiry into how the ship got stuck would have to be conducted by Russia, he said. The . Akademik Shokalskiy, which left New Zealand on November 28, got stuck . after a blizzard pushed the sea ice around the ship, freezing it in . place about 1,700 miles south of Hobart, Tasmania. The . scientific team on board the Russian vessel had been recreating . Australian explorer Douglas Mawson's 1911 to 1913 voyage to Antarctica.	The Xue Long had provided the helicopter that helped with the rescue . But now its crew say they are worried about their ship's ability to escape . Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis on standby to help stranded ship .
Keywords: <keyword>MUGGLE QUIDDITCH</keyword>, <keyword>SNITCH BALL</keyword>, <keyword>FICTIONAL SPORT</keyword>, <keyword>SPORT MUDBLOODS</keyword>, <keyword>MAN TENNIS</keyword>, <keyword>WINGED SQUASH</keyword>, <keyword>PERFORMANCE HUFFLEPUFF</keyword>, <keyword>MILLA ARGUES</keyword>, <keyword>MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE</keyword>, <keyword>GETTING QUAFFLE</keyword> (CNN) -- Place a tennis ball into a yellow sock and tuck it into the back of your pants. Now start running. Congratulations! You are a snitch. Don't get caught, or the game ends. This is quidditch, as played by muggles. In JK Rowling's novels, the snitch is a sort-of magical, winged squash ball, pursued by "seeker" Harry Potter in a variety of high-stakes, airborne quidditch contests. Nobody on the UCLA campus has a magical, winged squash ball. A man with a tennis ball dangling from his shorts will have to do. "The snitch is the surrealist aspect of the game," concedes Sebastian Milla, former UCLA quidditch player and star of a fly-on-the-wall documentary about his sport. Mudbloods -- a title taken from the novels' derogatory term for wizards with non-magical parents -- explores the result when you take a fictional sport and make it real. In 2005, eight years after the publication of the first Potter book, Vermont's Middlebury College gave birth to "muggle quidditch," which translates Rowling's imaginary sport into our world. Nobody can fly, but a broom between the legs remains mandatory. Three circular goals are used at each end of the field, as per the books. Ten points are scored for getting the "quaffle" (a volleyball) through those hoops, and 30 for catching the snitch. Where magical "bludgers" are unavailable, they are replaced by dodgeballs thrown at rival players. Finally, and unusually, both magical and muggle quidditch are mixed-gender, full-contact sports. Becoming real . The intrigue for many viewers of Mudbloods will be seeing how this sport works, and discovering who wants to play a sport so closely associated with the world of fantasy fiction. "It's hard to be taken seriously when people think you're a bunch of geeks," MIlla is heard to say as the documentary begins. Players, some of whom have never actually read the Harry Potter books, lament the disdain of athletes from other college sports. Training sessions attract intrigued crowds wielding camera phones. Filmmaker Farzad Sangari, who raised almost $27,000 on Kickstarter to make the documentary, says: "If anybody actually watched it or played it, they would realize the amount of athleticism and mental dexterity it takes to play this sport." Therein lies the dilemma for quidditch: how to take its next step and, like a sporting Pinocchio, become a real boy. Originally conceived as a light-hearted distraction for college students, the sport is easily looked down upon for its wizarding roots. Yet quidditch has almost surprised itself by creating groups of elite, dedicated, and athletic players across the United States. Ten thousand fans turned up to the last Quidditch World Cup. Nine years since the first official game, there is now a governing body -- US Quidditch -- with five full-time staff, led by commissioner Alex Benepe. "We have 170 college club teams around the country, and most of them are official club sports who receive funding," Benepe tells CNN. "Teams are increasingly competitive. Players have to go to tryouts and have mandatory practices." At college level, the sport is stronger than ever. On top of that, the first generations of college players are graduating and taking quidditch into the wider world. Those graduates are finding each other and forming what the sport calls community teams, those clubs created beyond the bounds of college. "Community teams have grown significantly and they're starting to get very good," says Benepe. Tom Marks, another former UCLA player depicted as the team's driving force in Mudbloods, adds: "I wouldn't be surprised if, in the next half a decade, there was a separate league formed for community teams. "They're going to become these all-star teams." 'Completely unique' Yet for some people, this was supposed to be "whimsical, grass-roots quidditch," as Benepe calls it. Now, Marks is talking "all-star teams." Can a sport inspired by Harry Potter really turn into a professional athletic endeavor? "There are obviously moments where you can be nostalgic for how it started," says Benepe. "There are certain core elements you don't want to change, ever -- the fact that it's co-ed, full-contact, is completely unique and that can really change the way people look at gender. "But it's important that the league is always developing, and there's something really impressive about the idea of taking this from a book and growing it into a professional and legitimate sports entity. "Somewhere down the line, a professional league would be really cool." Each player interviewed by CNN brought up the word "legitimacy." "It's not unique to quidditch," says Milla. "There are a lot of sports that people don't really consider to be 'sport'. "There's a narrow definition of sport that has a lot of things tied to it -- are the athletes paid millions of dollars? Is it televised? Sport is legitimized in different ways. "I haven't met one person who has played quidditch and said, 'This isn't a sport.' All it takes is one or two games on that broom and you're exhausted." For some observers, the idea of a "snitch" with a ball dangling from their pants, running across campus to evade capture, stops quidditch being taken seriously. 'People and respect' By contrast, Milla argues that is precisely why quidditch deserves recognition: it has something new to offer. "The snitch is what sets quidditch apart from other sports. It makes you question what is important to you," he says, adding that games are often won or lost thanks to highly contentious decisions regarding who did, or did not, catch the snitch. "You are going to lose on [unfair] snitch catches," he continues. "So are you playing to win, or are you playing because you love this sport and your teammates and you think it's awesome? It makes you question what the entire point of doing these things is. "One of the big problems we have in sport right now is that it has become so much about the winning, and paying the people who win, that it has stopped being human in a lot of aspects. "That's why you're seeing a lot of domestic violence cases in the NFL, that's why you're seeing so much corruption in sports and sports industries. It's this whole, ugly scene. "That's what I like about quidditch -- it is about teams, people, and respect." Marks, who played alongside Milla at UCLA, hopes quidditch can hold on to its origins while maturing into a sport that's more high-performance, and less Hufflepuff. "There are two camps, two mindsets," says the 23-year-old, now an assistant editor at PC Gamer. "One is it should continue being this fun, open thing. The other is it is this aggressive sport that should be treated as such. I think it should do both. "We should continue fostering that competitive environment because there are real athletes who really want to compete in this brand-new sport. "But we also need to foster the ability for anyone to play. Not everybody has six hoops and 14 brooms in their back yard. The barrier to entry for quidditch is quite high. "My hope is it becomes a competitive league on one side, and people doing this in the park on the other. I think the sport needs both sides to survive."	'Muggle quidditch' replicates Harry Potter's magical sport in the real world . Invented in 2005, quidditch now supports 170 US college teams and five full-time staff . Documentary follows UCLA's quidditch team to the Quidditch World Cup . Quidditch players torn between developing their sport and preserving its roots .
Keywords: <keyword>GRENADE FISHING</keyword>, <keyword>GONE FISHING</keyword>, <keyword>FISHERMAN DROPPED</keyword>, <keyword>BOAT EXPLODED</keyword>, <keyword>FISH RUSSIA</keyword>, <keyword>BARRELS FLYING</keyword>, <keyword>CAPTURED MOMENTS</keyword>, <keyword>AFTERWARD VIDEO</keyword>, <keyword>BLAST MEANT</keyword>, <keyword>STUPID MEN</keyword> ‘Gone fishing’ is a phrase usually associated with a quiet afternoon out on the water, fishing rod in hand, pondering the world. But these fishermen decided to forget rod and reel, opting for much more heavy-duty bait, a hand grenade. The stupid men are lucky to be alive after their attempt at catching fish in Russia. Scroll down to watch the video . Bombs away: With his friend's signal, the fishermen holding the grenade drops it into the water hoping to catch some fish. He looks away in anticipation for the blast which is meant to happen underwater . Detonates too early: Just a moment later the grenade explodes as it hits the water . Impact: The explosion knocks the men over and sends equipment and barrels flying into the water . The hand grenade, which . one of them dropped from their inflatable boat, exploded early just as . it hit the water knocking the men over and equipment flying into the water. The . explosion did not destroy the boat but the men remain still, stunned by . the premature blast but seemed able to get up a few moments afterward. The video, filmed presumably from a nearby boat, captured the moments as their hand grenade fishing went horribly wrong. Website LiveLeak.com posted the video online on Monday and it has already been . watched more than 100,000 times and another 10,000 on YouTube. Stunned: The fisherman who dropped the grenade gets up slowly after being thrown across the boat . As the smoke clears: The fisherman goes to the aid of his friend, still dazed by the blast . A LiveLeak staffer said: 'It seems like a shot from a movie went horribly wrong.' Someone commented: 'Hillbilly handfishin' russian style!' Another said: 'I can see safety is of no concern.' A YouTube user said: 'Guess for dinner they're having salmon... Smoked.' Hand grenades are a common, but environmentally catastrophic, way of catching fish in some parts of the world. The explosives are usually detonated underwater allowing the fisherman to collect the dead fish as they float to the surface. Now watch the video .	Two fishermen in Russia are knocked over by the blast as a hand grenade they were using to catch fish explodes too early . The grenade fishing attempt was filmed and has been posted online . There has been more than 100,000 views of the video .
Keywords: <keyword>BLACKBERRY PASSPORT</keyword>, <keyword>RECTANGULAR SMARTPHONES</keyword>, <keyword>PRICE FLAGSHIP</keyword>, <keyword>DEVICE GLOBALLY</keyword>, <keyword>LATEST IPHONE</keyword>, <keyword>HANDSET COST</keyword>, <keyword>S5 INCH</keyword>, <keyword>PRICES REGIONS</keyword>, <keyword>PIXEL DENSITY</keyword>, <keyword>PICTURED CANADIAN</keyword> BlackBerry has finally unveiled the first round of price details and the release date for its Passport phone, after teasing it for months. The 4.5-inch square design launches in the US on Wednesday, and a SIM-free handset will cost $599. It is expected to roll out to more regions 'over the coming months', but prices in these regions may vary due to sales taxes and tariffs. Scroll down for video . The BlackBerry Passport (pictured centre) has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen and shows 60 characters of text, compared to 40 on a rectangular 5-inch device (Samsung's Galaxy S5 5.1-inch device is pictured right). Apple's iPhone 4S is pictured left to show scale. There is also a 13MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera . The details were revealed by the Canadian firm's chief executive John Chen during an interview on Monday, ahead of a BlackBerry event tomorrow. The specific countries that Passport will in available in hasn't been announced, but it's likely to also launch in the UK, Canada and Dubai, because the launch events are being held in these locations. He told the Wall Street Journal that the price of the flagship device should be in the region of $799, but his firm dropped the price to 'get the market interested.' The . BlackBerry Passport has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen, which is said . to offer a similar viewing space to a 5-inch phone, but ‘an even better . viewing experience’ because of the screen’s width. It has 1440x1440 pixel resolution display with a pixel density of 453PPI. Other specifications include a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage plus expandable storage via microSD card up to 64GB. There is also a 13MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera. The Black Berry Classic is also due to launch at the event. By comparison, Apple's latest iPhone 6 handset starts at $649, while the iPhone 6 Plus costs $749 - both are also available on two-year contracts, with upfront costs starting at $199. Samsung's Galaxy S5 costs around $650, and the South Korean firm is yet to release price details for its Galaxy Note Edge. The . BlackBerry Passport has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen, which is said . to offer a similar viewing space to a 5-inch phone, but ‘an even better . viewing experience’ because of the screen’s width. It will be first time BlackBerry has launched a new device, globally, since its BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013. The Passport was first revealed in June by BlackBerry boss John Chen during the company's quarterly earnings report. The project was previously known as Windermere, and Mr Chen said at the time that Passport would be officially announced at an event in London in . September. The Passport combines a large touchscreen with a physical keyboard. BlackBerry chief executive John Chen first revealed the square phone (pictured) during the Canadian company's annual general meeting in June . In June , BlackBerry announced it was offering . 240,000 Android apps to its smartphone users in a surprise deal with . Amazon. The . deal lets BlackBerry add a selection of consumer apps to its . devices, and to focus on developing enterprise and productivity . applications. For example, BlackBerry customers will be able to access popular . Android apps such as Groupon, Netflix, Pinterest, Candy Crush Saga and . Minecraft. The . apps will be available on BlackBerry 10 devices from autumn, when . the company rolls out the BlackBerry 10.3 operating system, the . statement said. Further details were unveiled by Matt Young on the Inside BlackBerry blog . in July: ‘Consider how IMAX movies begin with the screens set to a more . traditional 16:9 aspect ratio projection for conventional movie . trailers, before expanding to their true dimensions. 'The Passport is like the IMAX of productivity, and you don’t have to sacrifice screen real estate, vertically or horizontally.' Academic research has shown that the optimal number of characters on a line in a book is 66 characters. Most . rectangular smartphones show approximately 40 characters per line, . while the BlackBerry Passport is said to show 60 characters. This makes the Passport ‘the ideal device for reading e-books, viewing documents and browsing the web.’ It also solves the problem of having to switch between landscape and portrait mode when taking a photo or filming a video. ‘We’ve . been living in a rectangular world for quite some time and know it’s a . great ergonomic design that drives content, media consumption and quick . communications,’ continued Mr Young. The Passport (right) was unveiled alongside Blackberry's touchscreen phone the Z3 (left), and the Classic (centre) in a slide, earlier this year. It is unclear how comfortable the phone will be to hold, when making a call for example . ‘However, the rectangle has become a defacto approach to smartphone design, perhaps limiting innovations. ‘Just as a passport is the universal symbol of mobility and was the inspiration for the size and form factor of this device, your BlackBerry Passport becomes your ticket to open new doors of opportunity.’ It is unclear how comfortable the phone will be to hold, when making a call for example, and BlackBerry has not released any details about the price. The blog post did, however, position the device more towards businesses than consumers. For example, it stated architects and mortgage brokers could use it to look at full designs and schematics on the go. While medical staff could view X-rays and medical documents in the office with a patient . Mr Young . concluded: ‘The BlackBerry Passport will take you to new places on the . best business trip you’ve ever had. We want you to imagine the . possibilities.’ [caption] . The . move is the latest by the smartphone pioneer to streamline its focus as . it attempts to reinvent itself under new chief executive John Chen. BlackBerry phones have recently lost ground to Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy devices. Chen . wants to remain a competitor in the smartphone segment, but is focused . on making BlackBerry a dominant force in machine-to-machine . communications. The . company's QNX software already is a mainstay in the automobile . industry, powering electronic and other systems in a wide range of cars. BlackBerry . already works with hundreds of large enterprise clients including . corporations and government agencies to manage and secure mobile devices . on their internal networks. Chen . intends to build on those ties and BlackBerry's touted security . credentials to allow these enterprise clients to build and customize . in-house corporate and productivity applications for their employees.	The BlackBerry Passport has a full HD 4.5-inch square screen . It shows 60 characters, compared to 40 on a rectangular 5-inch device . The device combines a large touchscreen with a physical keyboard . It will launch in the US for $599 before being rolled out to more regions . Prices in other regions may vary due to sales taxes and tariffs . Blog post states the device is aimed at architects, writers and medical staff .
Keywords: <keyword>TODAY FEMINISM</keyword>, <keyword>IRRELEVANT ANGELA</keyword>, <keyword>EQUALITY ISN</keyword>, <keyword>SISTERHOOD AGREE</keyword>, <keyword>STUPID BITTERLY</keyword>, <keyword>DEBATE PROGRAMME</keyword>, <keyword>DOLLS SURVEY</keyword>, <keyword>MEANING ACCUSED</keyword>, <keyword>ISN PERVERSE</keyword>, <keyword>HERITAGE CONDEMNS</keyword> No feminist: Today's feminism is utterly irrelevant to Angela . When Newsnight's Emily Maitlis asked me during a debate on the programme this week whether I was a feminist, I hoped my blow-dried hair and figure-hugging dress would give her some clue as to the answer. Feeling a little mischievous, I was tempted to ask her whether I looked like one of those grumpy women in bad clothes who spend their days in a state of agitation about whether it's right to let girls play with dolls. But since I was a guest on the BBC's flagship news programme, I decided to park the sarcasm and simply say that I am not: that today's feminism is utterly irrelevant to me. I explained to Emily and my fellow panellists, Professor Mary Beard and Natascha McElhone, that feminism has betrayed its roots and deteriorated into spurious artificial engineering. Rather than campaigning to help women, feminists today are more likely to be picking fights on Twitter, or dressing up petty grievances as proof of rampant 'sexism'. And, needless to say, these devotees of 'equality' believe you can't be a feminist unless you're Left-wing. Spoiling for a fight is the default position of today's chippy feminists. They've turned nit-picking into an art form - and I told Emily as much. No sooner had I said this than I'd elicited the ire of what I call the 'hash-tag sisters' - those liberal commentators on Twitter who rushed to attack me for my unfashionable conviction that feminism has lost its meaning. I was accused of espousing views which are 'poisonous to society', and called 'sad', 'ignorant' and 'stupid'. Someone bitterly declared I must have enjoyed a 'charmed life' - a lazy generalisation by a socialist grudge-bearer who assumes my convictions have been created from a position of privilege. In fact, my parents were of modest means and couldn't afford private school, but I won a scholarship to attend one. At my all-girls' school no one sought out trite examples of discrimination. We were urged to aim high and fulfil our potential. That, after all, is what the Suffragettes did - one of whom was an alumna of my school. Petty: Rather than campaigning to help women, feminist today are more likely to be picking fights on Twitter . Some 100 years after Emily Wilding Davison threw herself under a horse in the name of equality, isn't it perverse that those who would wish to subjugate me are the firebrand feminists who pit sister against sister, denying my view credence? How ironic, I thought, as I scrolled through my Twitter feed, that those who claim to champion women want to bully me for saying I don't believe in a cause they have bastardised. As a university-educated woman who combines a fulfilling career as a journalist and broadcaster with my role as a homemaker for my husband and four children, I have better things to do than spend my days mirthlessly lamenting the lot of women, which is what most feminists seem to do. Indeed, what the sour Lefty Twitterati won't admit is that all the great battles on which feminism was founded have been won - including political representation, and equality in education, the workplace and other areas of public life. What's left is an ugly vacuum occupied by those who will only let you join the sisterhood if you agree to pander to a petty hunt for signs of oppression. Look no further than the campaign by The Women's Room, who railed against the Bank of England for the lack of women on our bank notes, citing this as evidence of discrimination. Spectacularly pointless, surely? An emancipated, financially independent woman couldn't care less whether Jane Austen is emblazoned on a tenner. I don't: I just care that I'm being paid enough of them. 'What the sour Lefty Twitterati won't admit is that all the great battles on which feminism was founded have been won' When I went out to splash some of my hard-earned cash on a beautiful new dress this week, I didn't take a blind bit of notice of the images on the notes I was spending. Yet today's misguided women's libbers scrabble around in search of reasons to validate their existence. When it was announced that the Women's Prize for Fiction would be known henceforth as the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, acknowledging sponsorship by the liqueur, one sour feminist took to the internet to proclaim that it was 'a reflection of the depressing girlification of culture [as] Baileys is a sweet, sticky drink explicitly marketed at women.' Tell that to my husband, who loves it over ice. Today's feminists appear to be living behind a smoke screen of their own construction, blind to the reality of female achievement in the 21st century, when girls outperform boys at GCSE and in further education. Around 20 per cent more girls make it to university than boys. Today's so-called sisters also refuse to accept that women are wired differently to men - that many see becoming a mother as the crowning achievement of their lives. Who can argue with the female executive who, after delivering her newborn, decides to give up the office and stay at home? I think today's glass ceiling is largely self-imposed, perhaps the result of many deciding to leave full-time employment to put family life first. The sisterhood today: Contemporary feminists would loathe the fact that Angela lets her daughter play with dolls . One survey found that women who own businesses earn nearly 17 per cent more than men in the same position. That's my definition of feminism - not some spurious insistence on female quotas and women-only shortlists. How does that square with sisters doing it for themselves? If I ever was a feminist, I can't be now - not according to those who loathe the fact I see marriage as more than a piece of paper, that I believe women have no place in a combat zone, and that I know my daughter won't be stereotyped for playing with dolls. I will be disqualified from the 'sisterhood', too, by my hope that as well as having a career, she will meet a man who will love and treasure her. The final irony is that feminism has brought out a touch of the misogynist in me, so ashamed and depressed am I by a once-laudable movement which has corrupted its heritage and condemns me for saying so. For that, I think any sensible woman will join me in feeling saddened by how irrelevant and niche modern feminism has become.	Angela Epstein argues that feminism has lost its meaning . Rather than campaign to help women, feminists today squabble on Twitter . As seen by the hash-tag sisters's response to her Newsnight interview .
Keywords: <keyword>LIL WAYNE</keyword>, <keyword>MOUNTAIN DEW</keyword>, <keyword>AFFIRMATION EMMETT</keyword>, <keyword>PEPSICO ENDING</keyword>, <keyword>ALLEGEDLY</keyword>, <keyword>1955 ARRESTED</keyword>, <keyword>KARATE CHOP</keyword>, <keyword>TILL 14</keyword>, <keyword>TOLD CNN</keyword>, <keyword>FACE UNRECOGNIZABLE</keyword> (CNN) -- PepsiCo is ending its relationship with rapper Lil Wayne over what the company calls an "offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon" -- 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was killed nearly 60 years ago. The rap superstar, featured in the song "Karate Chop" by Future, says: "Beat that p---- up like Emmett Till." Till, a 14-year-old black youth, was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. He was beaten to the extent that his face was unrecognizable when his body was discovered. He was identified by a monogrammed ring belonging to his father. Mountain Dew, a brand of PepsiCo, said Friday its relationship with the rapper would end. A Mountain Dew spokesman told CNN, "We do not plan any additional work with Lil Wayne moving forward. His offensive reference to a revered civil rights icon does not reflect the values of our brand." The spokesman declined to comment on the company's previous relationship with the artist. Sarah Cunningham, publicist for Lil Wayne's record label, Young Money, issued the following statement to CNN: "I can confirm that due to creative differences, we mutually decided to part ways. It was amicable." Till, a Chicago teenager who was visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955, was arrested at gunpoint and severely beaten. One of his eyes was gouged before he was killed by a single gunshot to the head. The teen's body was tied to a large fan before being dumped into a river. Members of the Till family could not be reached for comment Friday by CNN, but the Rev. Al Sharpton said he has set up a meeting next week between PepsiCo officials and members of the family. In a statement to CNN, Sharpton said that the situation was a "teaching moment for Lil Wayne, corporate America and the family of Emmett Till ... more than a condemnation of any one artist, it is an affirmation of Emmett Till and a call for more sensitivity about what we say and do in our culture."	Lil Wayne's lyrics include what PepsiCo calls an "offensive reference" to Emmett Till . Till, a 14-year-old black youth from Chicago, was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 . A publicist for the rapper's label says the artist and the company parted ways amicably .
Keywords: <keyword>DRIVER SMASHED</keyword>, <keyword>HURT HOMEOWNERS</keyword>, <keyword>CRASH MOTHER</keyword>, <keyword>INDIANAPOLIS HOME</keyword>, <keyword>PROPERTY TOTALED</keyword>, <keyword>CADILLAC WOMAN</keyword>, <keyword>GIRLS UNHARMED</keyword>, <keyword>ROOM DAMAGE</keyword>, <keyword>ROOF COLLAPSE</keyword>, <keyword>STAR REPORTED</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:49 EST, 2 October 2013 . \| . UPDATED: . 15:54 EST, 2 October 2013 . A driver lost control of his Cadillac this morning, hurtling across two lawns, ripping down a stop sign and careening into a family's home - before finally coming to a stop in their living room. Around $175,000 of damage was inflicted upon the home when the allegedly drunk driver smashed into the home in the Southside of Indianapolis at 3.55am on Wednesday. Miraculously no one inside the home was hurt - and the homeowners' two daughters, aged four and six, even slept through the crash. Their mother, Danielle Freeman, 26, told Fox59 it was extremely lucky the crash occurred when it did as, just hours earlier, she had hosted a Girl Scouts meeting in the living room. Damage: A car, driven by an allegedy drunk driver, lost control and crashed through the living room and dining room of an Indianapolis home at 3.55am on Wednesday. No one was hurt in the crash . Wiped out: Authorities guessed that the damage to the property totaled around $175,000 . She added that her partner, Michael Martin, was working the night shift and would have arrived home at 7am, when he enjoys to wind down by watching television in the room. 'The whole house shook,' she said. Freeman ran to the living room - fearing there was a fire as the fire alarms were sounding - and saw the car, but could not reach the two people inside because of the debris. The crash destroyed the family's living room and kitchen and caused part of the roof to collapse, Indianapolis Fire Department spokeswoman Lt. Bonnie Hensley told the Indianapolis Star. 'The family was just lucky it happened in that part of the house,' Hensley said. Oops: Police believe the driver, who was traveling with a passenger, could have been drinking . Clean up: The car was removed and thankfully the owners have homeowners insurance . Fire crews worked to remove the debris and placed temporary support beams in the house while pulling the pair out of the car. The man driving the Cadillac and a woman passenger were alert and talking and taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital for checks and to have blood drawn for alcohol tests. Police said they suspected alcohol was a factor in causing the crash, the Indy Star reported. The family had only moved into the home several months ago but thankfully they have homeowners insurance. The family is staying with neighbors until they can return to the home. The girls were unharmed and their mother said they were most concerned about their toys and their dog, who was also not hurt.	Miraculously no one was hurt in the early-morning crash in Indianapolis . The homeowner had held Girl Scouts meeting there just hours earlier . Police believe driver had been drinking and are carrying out tests .
Keywords: <keyword>SPORTS CHILDREN</keyword>, <keyword>OLYMPICS SUCCESS</keyword>, <keyword>TALENT SPORTING</keyword>, <keyword>ATHLETES MONTHS</keyword>, <keyword>TEAM GB</keyword>, <keyword>LEADING FOOTBALLER</keyword>, <keyword>INSTEAD ENCOURAGING</keyword>, <keyword>ARGUES FLASH</keyword>, <keyword>LIZZY YARNOLD</keyword>, <keyword>OBESE OVERWEIGHT</keyword> By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 00:21 EST, 3 March 2014 . \| . UPDATED: . 03:59 EST, 3 March 2014 . Focusing on sporting success is a waste of time because 'very, very few children' are going to make it, an academic has said. Ellis Cashmore, a professor of culture, media and sport at Staffordshire University, says there is little proof that the Olympic Games create any kind of meaningful sporting legacy. And he believes it is high time parents realised children are more likely to make the finals of shows like The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent than become sporting heroes of any sort. Winter Olympic Team GB's winners David Murdoch, Lizzy Yarnold, Jenny Jones and Eve Muirhead pose with their medals . 'We shouldn’t be trying to channel all of our energy into this pursuit of excellence in sports when very, very few children are going to succeed at any kind of level at all,' he said. 'My answer to parents who tell me their child might become a leading footballer or athlete is that they are putting them at risk of serious injury or closer to the world of performance-enhancing drugs. 'I ask them: "Are you happy about that?" and they say: "It won’t happen to my child". 'To which I reply: "But it goes with the territory". The cheats are very often those at the top. Ellis Cashmore says there is little proof that the Olympic Games create any kind of meaningful sporting legacy . 'Do we want to churn out one-dimensional characters who leave no stone unturned in pursuit of excellence?' Prof Cashmore is also concerned that the behaviour of elite sportsmen is filtering down to grass roots. 'Schools are now trying to apply an industrial model instead of encouraging children to enjoy sport without being competitive,' he said. 'At football matches, parents treat their children like interns in a concentration camp. 'I feel like saying to them: "Your son is trying to enjoy himself, by the way!".' Prof Cashmore, who has written books about David Beckham and Mike Tyson, reveals he once fancied himself as a middle distance runner with Birchfield Harriers – until he realised he 'wasn’t very good’. He played football until he was 40, has tried ice rinks but not skiing, and believes in sport as a useful means of recreation. But he added: 'Elite sportsmen are terrifyingly narrow, often unable to talk about anything else except their sport. 'I just used to try. I was an honest trier, a toiler.' Britain’s . Winter Olympics success, he argues, is such a flash in the pan that it . will have no effect on the nation’s youth whatsover. 'You . could stop 100 people in the street and ask them to name any of the . competitors. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who could,' he said. 'The . level of awareness of the Winter Olympics is zero and nobody was in the . slightest bit interested. 'Even if you asked 1,000 people, probably . only two or three of could name anyone. Because these were not games for ordinary people. Prof Cashmore also poured scorn on Lord Coe's 'Olympic legacies' 'So why do we spend all of this money training people to do something we are not very good at? “Is there anybody out there who wants so much taxpayer’s money spent on sports that will only be enjoyed by a tiny minority of a minority?' After studying the Winter Olympics medal table – Russia got 33 (13 of them gold), Norway 26 (11), Canada 25 (10), U.S. 28 (9), Netherlands 24 (8), Germany 19 (8), Switzerland 11 (6) and Great Britain 4 (1) – Prof Cashmore added: 'How did we get to the point that one gold, one silver and two bronzes is somehow a success when we are just not very good at winter games? 'The medals table proves the Winter Olympics is for affluent countries – and where are the black athletes? 'In six months time people will have forgotten all about curling. They won’t even know what it means.'Then there was the huge cost of covering something that I, and many others, didn’t watch a single minute of. Prof Cashmore also poured scorn on Lord Coe’s ‘Olympic legacies’. 'Over the years that word has mutated from meaning rejuvenating slums, new facilities and hospitals to creating more sportsmen,' he explained. 'The only increased take-up of a sport after London 2012 has been women’s boxing, so there’s a lot of people who find all of that a bit ambivalent. 'The newspapers and television were bigging up the Winter Olympics, but I didn’t hear anyone on the street talking about them.' The National Child Measurement Programme recently showed that 33 per cent of pupils aged 10 to11 in 2012-13 were obese or overweight, and 22 per cent of children in reception classes were overweight.	Ellis Cashmore is a professor at Staffordshire University . He says there is little proof the Olympic Games create a sporting legacy . The academic said sport for school children should be fun not competitive .
Keywords: <keyword>REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE</keyword>, <keyword>BLACKS VOTES</keyword>, <keyword>ELECTION BLOWOUT</keyword>, <keyword>MAJORITY HISPANIC</keyword>, <keyword>JOIN SOUTH</keyword>, <keyword>ALLEN WEST</keyword>, <keyword>DEMAIO LIKELY</keyword>, <keyword>REALIZED CARL</keyword>, <keyword>LEFT0 OPENLY</keyword>, <keyword>INVOLVING HOUSEMATE</keyword> If right-wingers catch the wave of an election blowout on Tuesday, four GOP candidates could tilt the scales of diversity in their favor – including one openly gay man whose campaign has been forced to deny that he has exposed himself to staffers and masturbated in public places. Two Republicans aim to join South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott as the only blacks from their party in Congress. Mia Love, a Haitian-American former mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, failed in her first attempt to win a congressional seat in 2012, losing to a Democratic incumbent by just 768 votes out of more than 245 cast. This time she's fighting to win an open seat, and polls are tilted in her favor. In Texas, former CIA undercover operative Will Hurd is in a pitched battle against first-term Democrat Pete Gallego in an expansive majority-Hispanic district that winds 830 miles from San Antonio to El Paso. The last black U.S. House Republican was retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Allen West, who won in the 2010 tea party landslide but was defeated two years later. CARL'S JR?: Republican House candidate Carl DeMaio is struggling in a toss-up race because of allegations that he exposed his genitals to staffers and was caught masturbating in his office and in a public restroom . LOVE, UTAH STYLE: Front-runner Mia Love aims to bring diversity to the House GOP . HISTORY: Joseph Rainey (left) was a civil rights activist and the first African-American to serve in the U.S. House, in 1870. Clergyman Hiram Revels (right) was the first black American to be elected to the US Senate . Democrats have long-enjoyed the perception among African-Americans that they should be the default recipient of blacks' votes – largely, conservatives say, because the Great Society programs inaugurated by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson, and enlarged under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, benefit blacks through a massive government welfare system. But while today's black civil rights leaders cite a history of racism and discrimination as the primary reason to elect Democrats, they tend to downplay the fact that the original black civil rights icon, President Abraham Lincoln, was a Republican. Most of the Deep South's historically loathsome 20th Century segregationists were Democrats. Two openly gay Republicans could also join their states' congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. Richard Tisei in Massachusetts lost his 2012 race against longtime incumbent Democrat John Tierney. This time, however, Tierney was upset in the primary by a little-known Marine Corps veteran, Seth Moulton. The lack of an incumbent could tip the scales in Tisei's favor. He's a former Minority Leader in the Massachusetts State Senate who also lost a 2010 bid for lieutenant governor. Three time zones away in San Diego, California, openly gay Carl DeMaio is challenging one-term incumbent Scott Peters in a race that every major polling organization rates as a toss-up. But DeMaio would likely be leading if it weren't for a trio of sexual-misconduct accusations that are giving some voters second thoughts. His campaign has issued firm denials to all of them. ELECTION DAY: Americans are voting in every state on Tuesday, with implications that will shape the last two years of the Obama presidency and public policy that could stretch decades into the future . OUT: Republican candidate for Congress Richard Tisei hopes to up the GOP's diversity quotient, but Democratic homosexuals would still outnumber Republicans in Congress . BAY STATE MADE HISTORY: Massachusetts Rap. Gerry Studds (left0 was the first openly gay member of Congress, and Barney Frank weathered snarks and cruel jokes until 2013 as a congressman from the same state – but was once embroiled in a rent-boy scandal involving his housemate's 'side business' Will Hurd, a Texas Republican House candidate, is trying to beat a Latino in a majority-Hispanic district . On Oct. 10 CNN broke a story about a former campaign staffer who said he caught DeMaio masturbating in his office in April. 'I came over to his office, door was open. And he was masturbating,' DeMaio's former policy director Todd Bosnich said. 'I saw his hand, his penis in his hand, and he had a smile on his face. And as soon as I came over he was looking at me.' Two days ago a second campaign worker made a similar allegation in an interview with KPBS. 'I was at the urinal, and (DeMaio) came from the stall that was closest to the urinal and was kind of just standing there hovering,' former regional political director Justin Harper claimed. 'I turned around and realized that it was Carl. He had his pants up, but his fly was undone, and he had his hand over, not over, grasping his genitals.' A former San Diego City Council colleague has told CNN that he witnessed DeMaio masturbating in the city hall bathroom on two occasions. It's unclear whether the October Surprise revelations will be enough to doom DeMaio. A California Republican Party aide told MailOnline on background that 'we hope voters are smart enough to see that this is a mean-spirited effort by disgruntled former employees. If anyone made these accusations about a Democrat, they would be pilloried as homophobic and prejudiced.'	Mia Love, a conservative Haitian-American, tries a second time in a tight Utah US House race . Will Hurd, a former undercover CIA agent, is in a tight race with a one-term Texas Democrat . Two openly gay GOPers are running for Congress in Massachusetts and California . One has been dogged by allegations that he exposed himself and masturbated in front of aides – charges that his campaign denies . There are seven openly gay members of Congress – all Democrats .
Keywords: <keyword>AVOCADOS RIPE</keyword>, <keyword>AVOCADO CASHING</keyword>, <keyword>FRUIT SHOPPERS</keyword>, <keyword>FOOD PROCESSING</keyword>, <keyword>PRAWN COCKTAILS</keyword>, <keyword>PEELED VACUUM</keyword>, <keyword>POUCH CONVENIENCE</keyword>, <keyword>BUYING EGG</keyword>, <keyword>CASHING CHRISTMAS</keyword>, <keyword>HEFTY</keyword> By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 07:24 EST, 16 November 2011 . We may love our avocados ripe and creamy but, as fans know only too well, picking out a good one is very much a hit-and-miss affair. Its thick dark skin means it’s anyone’s guess if the fruit will be too hard, brown, or soft. Now a supermarket giant has come up with a solution to banish the guesswork: a ready-peeled avocado in its own see-through vacuum-packed pouch. Convenience food: Shoppers will be able to see straight away whether the fruit is good to buy . The technology – developed by Morrisons just in time for Christmas prawn cocktails – peels, de-stones and packs the fruit so shoppers can see its insides before buying. The egg-shaped Haas variety is picked in Peru and immediately peeled before being vacuum packed. From the end of the month the chain will start selling avocados for a hefty £5 as part of a cocktail kit consisting of four perfectly ripe halves and a pot of prawns. Neil Nugent, Morrisons chef and head of innovation, said: ‘The technology uses non-thermal food processing to improve the shelf-life. Shoppers can now guarantee they will only serve a perfectly ripe avocado.’ Cashing in for Christmas? Supermarket giant Morrisons is planning on putting the product on sale in the time for the festive period .	Morrisons to sell ready-peeled fruits in their own see-through pouch .
Keywords: <keyword>DID WAHLBERG</keyword>, <keyword>PLANE IRRESPONSIBLE</keyword>, <keyword>SEPTEMBER 11TH</keyword>, <keyword>11 ACTOR</keyword>, <keyword>LOGAN AIRPORT</keyword>, <keyword>ACTION HERO</keyword>, <keyword>OLD TRANSFORMERS</keyword>, <keyword>MARK LEAVING</keyword>, <keyword>MOVING LA</keyword>, <keyword>RIDICULOUS</keyword> Action hero Mark Wahlberg isn’t taking any chances. With terror threats heating up worldwide, and today being the 13th anniversary of 9/11, the actor made a last minute decision to cancel plans for him and his entourage to fly from Boston to LA on a commercial flight. On September 11th, 2001, the 43-year-old Transformers star was actually booked on the doomed American Airlines Flight 11 that left Boston’s Logan Airport and flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center killing all 92 passengers on board. Scroll down for video . Fate: Mark Wahlberg made a last-minute decision to cancel plans for him and his entourage to fly from Boston to LA on a commercial flight . Horror: 'If I was on the plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did,’ Wahlberg said at the time. ‘There would have been a lot of blood in that first class cabin . But a few days earlier he changed his plans and flew to Toronto when a friend asked him to view his film at the Toronto Film Festival, sparing his life. At the time Wahlberg was criticized for claiming that, had he been on board, things may have played out much differently. ‘If I was on the plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did,’ he said at the time. ‘There would have been a lot of blood in that first class cabin and then me saying, okay we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’ He later issued an apology. ‘To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with, and to suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as offensive; it was certainly not my attention.’ Bi-coastal: Wahlberg, his co-stars and his crew have been filming Ted 2 in Boston when the director decided to move the shoot to LA . Wahlberg, his co-stars and his crew have been filming Ted 2 in Boston and although they were scheduled to continue shooting on the East Coast for another month before moving back to LA, director Seth MacFarlane decided to move the shoot back to the West Coast in order to give it a better loo. He even coughed up a whopping $10 million out of his own pocket to make that happen. ‘Ten million isn’t really that much when you consider the original Ted made close to $300 million,’ says a source. ‘That’s why Mark is leaving the decision to move in Seth’s hands. But when he found out the studio booked passage for the actors and crew on a commercial jet on 9/11, traveling that same route – Boston to LA - he decided to rent a private jet to help insure the group’s safety. ‘Mark has never really gotten over the fact that if he hadn’t made the last minute decision to fly to Toronto, he would have been on board that doomed flight,’ says the source. ‘And he just wasn’t willing to take any chances on 9/11 of anything happening when he’s already cheated death once.’	Transformers star Mark Wahlberg was supposed to be on the flight that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11 . At the last minute he decided to fly from Boston to Toronto instead of LA . But he bragged that if he had been on the plane he would have saved the day . He later apologized to the families of the passengers for his 'offensive' remarks .
Keywords: <keyword>CHILDREN LEISURE</keyword>, <keyword>PLAY INDEPENDENTLY</keyword>, <keyword>RISK ADULTS</keyword>, <keyword>PLAY WARNS</keyword>, <keyword>STRESSED PARENTING</keyword>, <keyword>SUPERVISE SCHEDULE</keyword>, <keyword>RESOURCEFULNESS INDEPENDENCE</keyword>, <keyword>RURAL SCANDINAVIAN</keyword>, <keyword>EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT</keyword>, <keyword>DR WHITEBREAD</keyword> Children's play is at risk from adults whio 'over-supervise' and 'over-schedule' a reports says . Children's play is under threat from adults who ‘over-supervise’ and ‘over-schedule’, a report says. It says youngsters cannot develop normally and are ‘play deprived’ because of our risk-averse, regimented lifestyles. This means many lack vital skills such as resourcefulness, independence or self-regulation. The research, discussed on EU ‘play day’ at the European Parliament yesterday, is the work of Dr David Whitebread, a senior lecturer in psychology of education at Cambridge University. He consulted researchers from across Europe and found children’s leisure time is cut down by too much school work, safety fears, and lack of understanding of the impact of free play. His report, The Importance of Play, warns ‘play provision is under threat in Europe’ and adult intervention is often ‘counter-productive’. It says the UK in particular is ‘quite risk-averse’, with children ‘heavily supervised’ and forced to play indoors or in a garden or specially designed soft play area. This compares with the more rural Scandinavian countries where children play independently in natural surroundings. Just a generation ago, British children did the same, it adds. Children have ‘increasingly limited opportunities for the free play and association with their peers which were so commonly available . . . to their parents and grandparents,’ the report says. Life in big cities adds to the problem, making children ‘much more heavily scheduled’. Living in big cities means children's lives are more 'heavily scheduled' and parents are reluctant to let them out to play . Poor children in cities can suffer from . ‘stressed parenting’ and lack of access to the outdoors, while wealthier . families may be overly cautious about dangers. The report states: ‘Children brought up in relatively affluent households may be over-scheduled and over-supervised as a consequence of perceptions of urban environments as dangerous for children, and a growing culture of risk-averse parenting.’ If lack of play becomes severe it can lead to ‘abnormalities in neurological development’. Dr Whitebread writes that over-supervision is growing, with more and more parents worried about children playing outside due to traffic, crime, harassment and violence, abduction, and germs. There are also problems at school, with pressure to learn the curriculum and meet standards. Children are not being allowed the freedom to play outside in natural environments, researchers said . Combined with curbs on free play at home, this leads to a ‘worrying picture’ across Europe, with ‘a growing tendency to reduce play time in children’s lives, both at school and home, in order to increase time for “learning”’. The report recommends cities be organised ‘with children in mind’, to enable them to play in the street and walk to school. Informal outdoor activities should be encouraged at school, with longer breaks to encourage more physical activity. The European Parliament event was planned by the Toy Industries of Europe, whose members include the LEGO Group.	Adults are 'over-supervising' and 'over-scheduling' children . Cambridge lecturer says a lack of play stops normal development .
Keywords: <keyword>REFERENDUM EGYPTIANS</keyword>, <keyword>REPORTED CAIRO</keyword>, <keyword>CNN DIED</keyword>, <keyword>REACHING POLLING</keyword>, <keyword>MURDERS PROTESTERS</keyword>, <keyword>PRESENCE ISLAMIST</keyword>, <keyword>MONDAY MUKHTAR</keyword>, <keyword>CLASHES REPORTED</keyword>, <keyword>SISI CHANTED</keyword>, <keyword>53 MILLION</keyword> Cairo (CNN) -- Violence marked the beginning of a two-day referendum as Egyptians went to the polls Tuesday for the second time in 13 months to reshape their country's future. In all, 11 people died Tuesday in events relating to the referendum, Ahmed El Ansary, head of the emergency unit at the ministry of health, told CNN. Two died of natural causes, while nine deaths "are suspected to be criminal," he said. Clashes were reported in several provinces. At least four were killed in Sohag and one in Beni Seouif in clashes between supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and security. Violations reported by rights groups monitoring the vote ranged between campaigning for "yes" votes inside or near polling stations and preventing Christian voters from reaching polling stations in parts of Upper Egypt, which has a history of sectarian strife and is known for the strong presence of Islamist groups. But Hisham Mukhtar, the executive director of the Higher Education Commission, told state-run Masriya TV, "so far, there haven't been any reports of fraudulent activities and the referendum is being conducted in a very calm and fair atmosphere." On Monday, Mukhtar told Al-Ahram that the nearly 53 million eligible voters were divided among more than 30,000 committees and would be supervised by more than 13,000 judges. The violence began even before polls opened at 9 a.m., when a bomb exploded near a Cairo courthouse. No one was hurt, security officials said. Despite the explosion, Egyptians waited in long lines to cast their ballots. "This will not scare us," said Mohamed Moharram, a teacher who lives near the court. "In half an hour, I will go to my poll station and cast my ballot." Opinion: Egypt mess? Blame U.S. Marred by violence . Tuesday's deaths were but the latest twist in three years of political upheaval marked by two presidential departures and hundreds of deaths. Tuesday's referendum -- the first national vote since the ouster of the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsy -- is about changing the constitution to ban religious parties and give more power to the military. If the draft is passed, elections should follow. A deep political divide is evident between supporters of the interim military government and defenders of Morsy. Protesters near the Cairo court held aloft a poster of Egyptian army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and chanted, "People want the execution of the Muslim Brotherhood" and the "army and people are one hand." In an incident outside a Cairo school being used as a polling station, CNN witnessed three uniformed soldiers dragging a man into the school yard. The man was followed by about six people pointing fingers at him and accusing him of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. One of the soldiers slapped the man twice in the face, then struck him in his back. As the man cowered, several police officers arrived and dragged the man toward a corner, where they set upon him. As soon as CNN Correspondent Reza Sayah began to record cell phone video of the incident, several of the civilians attempted to block his view, and one of the plainclothes officers ordered him to show his identification -- his permanent press credential and his referendum credential -- and took them both. As Sayah continued to work, the soldier who had slapped the man asked to see the video -- which was nothing more than a jumble of blurred images -- then asked him to delete it. Because "it was just shaky blur," Sayah said, he complied. After about an hour, the plainclothes policeman returned his credentials. One of the soldiers told CNN that they were trying to protect the man from being beaten by police. Another journalist told CNN he had asked the man if that was true, and the man said it was not. At that point, the policeman intervened and shooed the journalist away. Constitutional changes . Egyptians voted on the last constitution in December 2012, while Morsy was still in power. But that constitution was suspended after the military deposed him in July. The latest proposal differs from the last constitution in several ways. Some say the draft constitution would mean improved human rights and freedom of expression. The new version explicitly states that women are equal to men and allows them to hold official and judicial posts, Al-Ahram said. The new articles would also give parliament the right to impeach the President in the event of a breach of the provisions of the constitution, Al-Ahram said. Other new articles would criminalize torture, discrimination and arbitrary forced displacement. Critics say the latest draft would give too much power to the military without any civilian oversight. For example, the draft gives tremendous leeway to the army to try civilians in military courts -- something many Egyptians have opposed for years. Military rule popular with Egyptians, study finds . What's behind Egypt's turmoil . Morsy's opponents said he was a tyrant trying to impose conservative values, but Morsy's supporters say that the military has now returned to the authoritarian practices of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, who was deposed in a popular uprising in 2011. Hundreds died in clashes between Egyptian security forces and Morsy supporters in the weeks that followed his ouster. Many in the Muslim Brotherhood hold el-Sisi, as the military chief, responsible for the bloodshed. In a statement issued amid the crisis, el-Sisi said, "Egypt has room for everybody, and we are keen to save every drop of Egyptian blood." He added, "The Egyptian people are free to choose whoever to govern them, while the armed forces will remain the safeguard of the will of the people and of their choice." Morsy has been in detention since July and faces charges of inciting the murders of at least three protesters outside the presidential palace in 2012. The protests were over the constitution that Morsy shepherded into effect. CNN's Reza Sayah reported from Cairo; Tom Watkins, Salma Abdelaziz, Holly Yan and Saad Abedine reported from Atlanta. Sarah Sirgany, Richard Allen Greene and Laura Smith-Spark also contributed to this report.	Eleven deaths reported on election day in Egypt, 2 attributed to natural causes . Egyptians are voting on a draft constitution that would ban religious parties . The constitution would also put more power in the hands of the military . Hundreds have died amid political turmoil in Egypt over the past three years .
Keywords: <keyword>ROBERTS JAILED</keyword>, <keyword>JOAN CARTWRIGHT</keyword>, <keyword>MURDER</keyword>, <keyword>TERRORISED MRS</keyword>, <keyword>LATEST PAROLE</keyword>, <keyword>ANIMALS FRIGHTENED</keyword>, <keyword>RUNS SANCTUARY</keyword>, <keyword>SHOCKED HARRY</keyword>, <keyword>TWOUNARMED OFFICERS</keyword>, <keyword>RELEASED SAYS</keyword> Joan Cartwright said she now fears for her life after learning the murderer is due to be released . The widow subjected to a vile hate campaign at the hands of triple killer Harry Roberts last night told how she was ‘terrified’ that he was to be released next week. Joan Cartwright, 71, said nobody had told her about the release of the career criminal – who has threatened to kill her and her husband – and she learned about it only because the story was published in the newspapers. She said the decision had left her in fear for her life, and she attacked the Parole Board for their decision, saying Roberts is a ‘sick man’ incapable of remorse. ‘I’m absolutely terrified at the thought of Harry Roberts being released,’ said Mrs Cartwright, who runs a sanctuary for around 100 animals. ‘I’m frightened he will send someone to kill me.’ She added: ‘He shouldn’t be afforded any human rights for what he’s done. What about the human rights of the police officers and people he has killed?’ Five years ago Roberts’s bid to be released from jail was rejected after it emerged he had terrorised Mrs Cartwright and her family after she complained about his behaviour while working on day release in her animal sanctuary in the East Midlands. Their evidence meant the Parole Board deemed him too dangerous to be back on the streets. Mrs Cartwright told how she and her late husband, Peter, who died of a heart attack eight years ago aged 68, had been forced to give evidence by the police and prison authorities. Despite being assured that they would be protected, documents detailing their statements were leaked to Roberts and sent to him in his prison cell. It was this blunder by the authorities that allowed him to carry out his campaign of harassment which has made their lives a misery. Under the noses of prison guards, he rang her from jail up to five times a week. And there was a series of sickening attacks on her animals. Mrs Cartwright broke down in tears as she recounted how one of her horses was hacked to death and almost decapitated in an axe attack the night before Roberts’s parole hearing in November 2005. In other assaults between 2002 and 2006, a horse lost an eye after being battered with an iron bar; a donkey died after its pelvis was shattered, probably with a baseball bat; the family’s pet cat was electrocuted; and a peacock was strangled. Mrs Cartwright was not invited to give evidence to the latest Parole Board hearing. Incredibly she learned of his impending release from a local councillor who knocked on her door on Thursday following media reports about his release. ‘I nearly collapsed,’ she said. ‘We were assured he would never come out, so I was shocked.’ Harry Roberts was jailed in 1966 after shooting dead two policemen and another person. The criminal was allowed to work at the animal sanctuary on day release from 2001 until a complaint into his behaviour was made. He is pictured (right) in 2009 . It was confirmed this week that Roberts, 78, is to be freed from prison after spending 48 years behind bars for the cold blooded murder of two policemen and another person in West London in 1966. He is expected to be released from Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire next week. The Mail has learned he is likely to use a false name and will be initially assessed at a probation hostel. Then he is expected to be transferred to a warden-controlled hostel. He will be entitled to a state pension and housing benefit. News of his impending release has been condemned by relatives of his murder victims, police leaders and senior politicians, who say he should die in prison. The murderer was sitting with two accomplices in his van near Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London preparing for an armed robbery when he opened fire on twounarmed officers. Detective Sergeant Christopher Head, 30, Detective Constable David Wombwell, 25, and Constable Geoffrey Fox, 41, were killed in the attack on August 12, 1966. The case shocked the nation, and Roberts would have hanged for it – but the death penalty had been abolished the year before. But by 2001 he was working on day release from an open prison at the animal sanctuary. The job was supposed to be a prelude to his release the following year. ‘No-one ever told us who he was, to us he was just another worker,’ Mrs Cartwright added. ‘Nobody told us about his criminal past or that he was one of the country’s most notorious murderers.’ Now, knowing he is about to be released, she says she is unable to sleep and is constantly in fear of attack. ‘My life has been ruined, I’ve had no life for the last 15 years,’ she added. Police Constable Geoffret Roger Fox (right) and Temporary Detective Constable David Bertram (left) were killed in the attack . Detective Sergeant Christopher Tippett was also murdered by Roberts in 1966 when he shot them dead . ‘I’m constantly looking over my shoulder, every night when I lock up the animals I’m wondering if they will still be there in the morning. ‘If the authorities had done their job properly then none of this would have happened.’ Mrs Cartwright was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after the attack on her horse and underwent counselling paid for by the Home Office, but she still breaks down when discussing what happened to her animals. Today her home is protected by £65,000 of state-of-the-art CCTV and security. Up until two years ago she also had police panic alarms – with a direct line to armed response units – installed in her property. Now she is hoping they will be re-installed should Roberts be freed, although she is not convinced the police will be able to protect her family. ‘He’s a sick man who has done some dreadful things. He won’t show any remorse for what he’s done – not in a million years.’	Harry Roberts worked at Joan Cartwright's animal sanctuary on day release . The criminal was serving jail sentence for killing three people in 1966 . He threatened the 71-year-old and her animals, many of which were killed . Roberts is due to be released from prison imminently at the age of 78 .
Keywords: <keyword>CHRISTMAS TRUCE</keyword>, <keyword>TRENCHES DECEMBER</keyword>, <keyword>HISTORIC CEASEFIRE</keyword>, <keyword>HUGGINS SGT</keyword>, <keyword>SHOT SNIPERS</keyword>, <keyword>HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT</keyword>, <keyword>1914 PTE</keyword>, <keyword>STORY PERCY</keyword>, <keyword>MEN BURIED</keyword>, <keyword>NEWS PAIR</keyword> The story of two British soldiers gunned down by German snipers on December 25, 1914 during the famous Christmas Day truce has been revealed for the first time since the exchange 100 years ago. While gestures of goodwill spread along the Western Front, the festivities stopped half-a-mile short of where Private Percy Huggins and Sergeant Tom Gregory were on duty in Rue De Bois, France. The historic ceasefire, which saw men from both sides exchange seasonal greetings and play games of football during the First World War, was shattered by the sound of a sniper's rifle. Private Percy Huggins, left, and Sergeant Tom Gregory, right, were both killed on Christmas Day by German snipers - the same day the famous 'Christmas truce' was declared along the Western Front . Pte Huggins, 23, from the Hertfordshire regiment's D Company, was on sentry duty at a forward listening post just 20 yards from the enemy when he was killed with a single bullet to the head. The shooting enraged his platoon Sergeant Gregory, who demanded he take his place and immediately set about scanning the frost-covered ground before taking the sniper out with a shot. Then as the experienced soldier continued scouring enemy lines he spotted another sniper - but the German marksmen had seen Sgt Gregory, 36, first and in a split-section action shot him dead. The two British men were among the 149 Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives on December 25, 1914, although many of those died of previously-inflicted wounds. Their story has remained untold, overshadowed by tales of the peaceful Christmas morning shared from both sides of the trenches which has now been retold in a Christmas advert by Sainsburys this year. But their plight has now come to light after the family of Pte Huggins released his letters from the trenches to the Herts at War project, an exhibition to mark the centenary of the outbreak of war. This is the last letter Private Percy Huggins sent to his mother Agnes from the trenches in December 1914 . It was after his family released the letters as part of the centenary that the pair's story has been widely told . The letters prompted researcher Dan Hill to look into the military records and regimental diaries, revealing the full tragic tale. He said: 'There is no doubt that a truce of sorts took place in multiple points along the line of trenches forming in France and Belgium. 'These men did shake hands and exchange gifts and wished each other a Merry Christmas. 'Less than a mile to the north of the Rue De Bois, we know the men of the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment took part in a truce and one also seems to have taken place to the south as well. 'Many men used the pause in fighting as a time to collect and bury the dead that lay about in No Man's land. Gravestones for Private Huggins (left) and Sergeant Gregory (right) which stand in Le Touret, France . Le Touret cemetery in France where Huggins an Gregory are buried, after they were shot by German snipers . This is the original grave of Private Percy Huggins in France. He was stationed just miles from where the famous Christmas truce was being held on the Western Front . This map shows the area where the two soldiers were shot by snipers (circled). They were two of the 149 Commonwealth soldiers to die on Christmas Day . 'The truce probably bypassed the Hertfordshire Regiment because they were with the Guards Brigade who were incredibly professional and were highly unlikely to have fraternised. 'The story of Percy and Tom's tragic demise on that day serves to highlight that December 25, 1914, was just another day on the Western Front for some. 'To think that Mrs Huggins, Mrs Gregory and the mother of one German soldier enjoyed their Christmas at home unaware at that time of what had befallen their sons.' Sgt Gregory, from Watford and a father-of-seven, was a veteran of the Boer War and became a postman before he re-joined the army in 1914. Pte Huggins worked in his family's upholstery business before he joined the army (he is pictured outside) Pte Huggins pictured with his mother Agnes as a baby. His mother did not hear about his death until January . His wife had just given birth to their seventh child when he was killed and she named their daughter Lille after the place where he died. Pte Huggins, from Ware in Hertfordshire, worked in his family's upholstery business before he joined the Hertfordshire Regiment, one of the first Territorial Army units to be called up to the regular army in the First World War. In November 1914 the men joined up with the illustrious Guards Brigade and sailed to France and were soon in action at the first Battle of Ypres. They then left frontline duties for a month's rest before returning to the trenches on the evening of Christmas Eve. Soon afterwards Pte Huggins wrote his last, poignant letter home to his mother, Agnes, a widow bringing up seven children by herself back in England. He thanked her for sending him a Christmas pudding which he explained he would have to eat cold but was still very much looking forward to it. A newspaper reported the shocking news that the pair had been killed on Christmas Day, also nodding towards the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914 . Private Percy Huggin's obituary in a local newspaper notes that he had gone to France in November and was killed in action near Festubert on Christmas Day after being shot through the head by a sniper . Clearly missing his family, he wrote: 'I know you all must miss me and no doubt can to some extent realise what my feelings are for I cannot express them. 'I long for the day when this terrible conflict will be ended. You consider war a terrible thing but imagination cannot reach far enough for the horrors of warfare that can be seen on the battlefield are indescribable and I pray this may be the last war that will ever be.' He explained he was proud to serve his King and country, adding: 'I can only hope by the grace of God to acquit myself honourably and be permitted to return to all the dear ones in safety. An image of the Hertfordshire Battalion, which has been colourised for the HertsAtWar exhibition . Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, taken around August 1914, upon the outbreak of war . Pte Huggins and Sgt Gregory are not pictured but these soldiers were part of their battalion during the war . 'I have already asked, dear mum, that you will spend as happy a Xmas as possible and I will do the same.' Shortly before dawn on Christmas Day, Corporal Clifford Lane, of H Company Hertfordshire regiment, recalled how the Germans hoisted their lanterns above the trenches and called out to the British as a overture for a temporary truce. The British responded by shooting at the lights, putting an end to any prospect of a Christmas Day ceasefire - one that could have spared the lives of Pte Huggins and Sgt Gregory. But as the regiment ate a Christmas breakfast of bread and jam, cheese and a piece of cold bacon, Pte Huggins and Sgt Gregory had already been killed. It is thought the families of both soldiers received news of their deaths some time in early January and the two men were buried side by side at Le Touret Military Cemetery in Bethune, France. The Christmas truce, which became famous during the First World War, was a series of unofficial ceasefires spread along the Western Front. Known as Weihnachtsfrieden in German and Trêve de Noël in French, it lasted more than just Christmas Day itself, with soldiers from both sides crossing trenches to exchange greetings. In some parts, men ventured into No Man's Land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to swap food and souvenirs they had received from home. There were also joint burial ceremonies while some men played games of football and other meetings ended with carol-singing. But the truce wasn't completely widespread with fighting continuing in some sectors and 149 soldiers from the Commonwealth were killed on Christmas Day alone. After festivities were over troops returned to fighting and in subsequent years, truces were not nearly as common - by 1916 they were no longer permitted at all.	Ceasefire stopped short of where soldiers from Hertfordshire were on duty . Private Percy Huggins and Sergeant Tom Gregory were shot on Christmas . Their story has remained untold until family released letters from trenches . They were two of the 149 Commonwealth soldiers to die on Christmas Day .
Keywords: <keyword>CORVETTE MUSEUM</keyword>, <keyword>OPENING SINKHOLES</keyword>, <keyword>CARS FELL</keyword>, <keyword>GREEN KENTUCKY</keyword>, <keyword>SAID FRAZER</keyword>, <keyword>SPOKESWOMAN KATIE</keyword>, <keyword>OWNER AGE</keyword>, <keyword>STRUCTURAL DAMAGE</keyword>, <keyword>CONTROLLED DRONES</keyword>, <keyword>BHARUCHA DIFFERENT</keyword> Sinkholes are swallowing Corvettes now. Last year it was houses in Florida, and on Wednesday nature gobbled up some of the coolest and fastest cars to come off the assembly line. Eight valuable 'vettes at Bowling Green, Kentucky's National Corvette Museum fell victim to a 40-foot-wide, 20-foot-deep sinkhole that opened up in the facility's yellow Sky Dome wing. The museum unofficially estimates it caused millions of dollars in damage. Motion detectors alerted security that something was amiss shortly after 5:30 a.m., said museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli. An employee who first walked into the room "has been in shock all day," she said. "When you go in there, it's unreal," said Frassinelli. "The hole is so big, it makes the Corvettes look like little Matchbox cars." The news triggered a collective worldwide gasp from the Corvette Nation. "I was shocked," said Frazer Bharucha, 47, a Corvette owner since age 17. "We're talking about iconic cars that have been around for years." Using remote-controlled drones, geologists and engineers from nearby Western Kentucky University have already explored the sinkhole and determined that the Sky Dome suffered no structural damage, Frassinelli said. "There's a cave down there," she said, adding that the museum is only a short drive away from Mammoth Cave National Park. The damaged portion of the museum will be closed indefinitely, but the rest of the facility will be open as usual on Thursday, she said. The painful losses have been tallied: Of the eight cars that fell, six were donated to the museum by Corvette enthusiasts, and two are owned by the car's maker, General Motors. Here's the museum's list of cars that went down the hole: . -- a 1962 "Black Corvette"-- a 1984 PPG pace car-- a 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil"-- the 1992 white "1 Millionth Corvette"-- a 1993 ruby red "40th Anniversary Corvette"-- a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette-- the 2009 white "1.5 Millionth Corvette"-- a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder . The total value of the damaged cars is substantial, said museum executive director Wendell Strode. Almost all the cars have been removed from the room. They've been setting up ramps to get the last one out," said Frassinelli. That remaining Corvette is suspended in a precarious position on a riser directly above the sinkhole. Bharucha, of the Long Island Corvette Owners Association, knows the museum well, having visited it at least six times. "There's a sense of awe and you get a lump in your throat when you walk inside." He's right. I've been there. It's hallowed ground. Under the Sky Dome's recognizable red spire and towering vaulted 100-foot high ceiling sits a round chamber that cradled rare vehicles, including Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500 pace cars. The room feels like a cathedral. And for many enthusiasts, it is kind of the Church of the Corvette. It is home to more than 70 unique Corvettes, including several prototypes and a unique 1983 model -- the only one in existence. Only 43 1983 Corvettes were manufactured before GM decided to scrap them and move on to the 1984 design. All were destroyed, except the one now housed at the museum. That car will likely go on display elsewhere in the museum, Frassinelli said, but the others from the damaged dome will be placed in storage. Let's remember the Corvette's rich tradition. This is the ultra-cool car driven by Bill Bixby in the 1970s TV series, "The Magician." It also was the cherry ride that was good enough to be piloted by the dudes with the right stuff: NASA's Apollo astronauts. "It's the all-American car," Bharucha said. "No matter where you go, people know it and love it. Sometimes they'll stare at it. Other times they'll wave." You always remember your first car, and Bharucha is no different. For him it was a 1966 yellow Corvette convertible. Guess what? He still has it. "That's my baby," he said. "That's the one car I will not sell." The sinkhole couldn't have come at a worse time, as the museum prepares to celebrate its 20th annivesary and open a 184-acre Motorsports Park in August. Some 5,000 people are already pre-registered to attend the park's grand opening. Sinkholes at the Motorsports Park aren't really a concern, Frassinelli said. Several holes were found during construction and were made harmless, she said. "We want to move forward as soon as possible", she said. "We want to start repairs and recovery." Sinkholes: Common, costly and sometimes deadly .	40-foot wide sinkhole creates "millions" in damages at National Corvette Museum . "There's a cave down there," says museum spokeswoman . Engineers say Sky Dome suffered no structural damage . The cost of the damaged cars is "substantial," a museum director says .
Keywords: <keyword>BIEBER MONKEY</keyword>, <keyword>ZOO GERMANY</keyword>, <keyword>SHELTER CONFISCATED</keyword>, <keyword>MALLY TRANSFERRED</keyword>, <keyword>GERMANY RISK</keyword>, <keyword>CLAIM BRANDLHUBER</keyword>, <keyword>CARING CAPUCHIN</keyword>, <keyword>COST VACCINATIONS</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICIALS POSTED</keyword>, <keyword>PAY CASH</keyword> German authorities have asked pop star Justin Bieber to hand over nearly $8,000 for the costs of caring for the capuchin monkey he left behind in Munich after bringing it on tour without the right paperwork. The bill covers the cost of vaccinations, accommodation and transport for the monkey, known as Mally, which is now being cared for at a zoo in northern Germany. Customs officials posted a public notice of the bill after failing to get a response from Bieber at the address he gave to customs officials, said Martin Brandlhuber, a customs spokesman at Munich's airport. In light of that, German authorities have followed the applicable laws and made the claim publicly known, he said. Bieber must pay up the next time he comes to Germany or risk being denied entry, Brandlhuber said. If he is unable to pay cash, then customs officials could confiscate other property to meet the claim, Brandlhuber said. Alternatively, Bieber could be denied entry and be required to provide a valid address. The young monkey was taken to a Munich animal shelter after it was confiscated at the end of March as Bieber arrived in Germany on a European tour. Mally was transferred to the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, near Hanover, in June after spending several weeks in quarantine. Bieber had until May 7 to present the paperwork to reclaim his pet but failed to do so, zoo spokeswoman Juliane Gunkel said last month. As a result, Mally is now the property of the German government, and the Serengeti Park is acting as the caretaker. The park was picked because it is the only zoo in Germany that has a family of capuchins for Mally to join. Bieber's representatives declined to comment at the time the animal was confiscated. Justin Bieber's monkey starts new life in German zoo .	German authorities ask Justin Bieber to pay nearly $8,000 for the care of his monkey . The monkey was seized in March after Bieber brought it on tour without the right paperwork . German customs officials have made the bill public after failing to reach Bieber . Bieber could be denied entry if he doesn't pay before he next comes to Germany -- official .
Keywords: <keyword>FRIEND MOURINHO</keyword>, <keyword>RONALDO CLASHED</keyword>, <keyword>LEAVE MADRID</keyword>, <keyword>SUPERSTAR CRISTIANO</keyword>, <keyword>CHELSEA DIFFICULT</keyword>, <keyword>BLASTED JOSE</keyword>, <keyword>PLAYERS FANS</keyword>, <keyword>BERNABEU CLAIMING</keyword>, <keyword>MANAGERS</keyword>, <keyword>ANGEL DI</keyword> Cristiano Ronaldo has blasted Jose Mourinho for creating a ‘bad atmosphere’ at Real Madrid during his troubled reign at the Bernabeu claiming ‘He’s no friend of mine’. Mourinho endured an explosive tenure at the La Liga giants for three seasons between 2010-2013 and was forced to leave Madrid last summer after a trophyless season. The Real Madrid superstar has slammed Mourinho, who is now at the helm at Chelsea, for his attitude towards the squad and fans. VIDEO Scroll down for Ronaldo's Mourinho directed celebration after scoring vs Chelsea . 'Difficult period': Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo clashed with former manager Jose Mourinho . He told the Sun: ‘There was a bad atmosphere and it was a difficult period in personal terms. ‘There were situations with other players and also with the fans.’ Mourinho clashed with the Spanish press and also had public fall-outs with keeper Iker Casillas and current Manchester United midfielder Angel di Maria, which prompted fans to jeer the ‘Special One’ in his last season at the club. Ronaldo added: ‘Of all my managers, the only one I have a friendship with is Sir Alex Ferguson. But I’m not in football to have friends. I’m here to win.’ Thanks: Despite a turbulent tenure at Madrid, some of the Bernabeu crowd were sad to see Mourinho leave . Happier times: Mourinho has now returned to the Premier League with Chelsea for a second spell at the club .	Cristiano Ronaldo slammed Jose Mourinho's attitude during his turbulent three years spell as Real Madrid manager between 2010-2013 . The former Manchester United star claims 'He's no friend of mine' Mourinho won the La Liga in 2012 but clashed with several squad members .
Keywords: <keyword>TREATING SQUINT</keyword>, <keyword>EYE TREATMENT</keyword>, <keyword>CORRECTIVE SURGERY</keyword>, <keyword>STRABISMUS EYES</keyword>, <keyword>AMBLYOPIA WEAKER</keyword>, <keyword>SIGHT LOSS</keyword>, <keyword>LADY LOUISE</keyword>, <keyword>AFFECT COSMETIC</keyword>, <keyword>UNTREATED AGE</keyword>, <keyword>ASCOT RACECOURSE</keyword> By . Dr Ellie Cannon . I was so pleased that Lady Louise Windsor, the daughter of Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, appears to have had what was a fairly dramatic squint corrected. With conditions like this, some people have a tendency to make unfair assumptions about someone’s character based purely on appearance. The family have chosen not to reveal the details of ten-year-old Lady Louise’s treatment, and whether she had surgery is not known. Before and after: Lady Louise Windsor in June 2013, left, and right, attenidng the Christmas Meeting at Ascot Racecourse in December after her correction . Although there are many options for treating a squint, an operation shouldn’t be shied away from – it’s not simply a cosmetic treatment, but one that saves sight. Can’t some people with a squint see just fine? People can learn to live with varying degrees of vision and sight loss. But this condition, if untreated, usually leads to deterioration in the capabilities of the affected eye, which is why treatment at a young age is recommended. A squint – the medical term is strabismus – is when the eyes do not align in their movements. One eye will look straight ahead, while the other turns inwards, outwards, upwards or downwards. As the eyes are focusing on different things, the brain ignores the signals from one eye to avoid ‘seeing double’. It’s this eye that becomes weak, and eventually vision in it starts to worsen. The problem is often something a child is born with, evident from birth, and it is due to weaknesses in the muscles that surround the eye. A child is more at risk of a squint if they are born prematurely, like Lady Louise, or have a family history of them. Saving grace: The squint, also known as a lazy eye, prevented Lady Louise, pictured before her operation with her mother Sophie Countess of Wessex, from seeing straight . Is surgery the only sure way of correcting it? No, it’s usually offered only once other options have proved ineffective. Glasses are one of the most common treatments for squints and are used firstly to correct any vision problem. But this can also correct the squint itself. Injections of Botox have now started to be used on the NHS for squints: this is injected into the eye muscles and allows them to realign. The younger the child, the higher the chances are of correction and preserving optimal vision. What about eye patches – are they helpful? Patching is used for children with squints but is not a treatment. It can save the child’s vision, but doesn’t affect the cosmetic appearance. When a child has a squint, one eye becomes ‘lazy’ and loses vision – we call this amblyopia. This weaker eye points in the wrong direction and so doesn’t get all the visual stimuli the other one does. An eye needs these stimuli to develop proper visual pathways to the brain. A lazy eye will therefore not have proper development and the child relies more and more on the good eye. Patching is used to cover the good eye, which forces reliance on the weaker eye, and so it can start to develop proper visual pathways. The earlier this is done the better – often from age two. If left untreated beyond the age of seven, it is usually too late to acquire full vision in the lazy eye. What does the operation involve? Eye movements are controlled by a set of muscles, and corrective surgery moves these muscles to a new position to straighten the eyes. There is no scar – just a few dissolvable stitches are left inside the eye socket. It can be sore for a few days but recovery involves using the eyes as soon as the patient feels comfortable – to read, for example – so that they get used to working again. Is surgery always successful? Squint surgery is relatively straightforward, but a second operation for further alignment of the eyes is not uncommon. Estimates show that about one in five goes on to have a second operation. Is there a cut-off point – can adults have squints corrected if they didn’t as children? The operation is possible with a good chance of an acceptable cosmetic result, but it would be too late to correct a ‘lazy’ eye for visual acuity. As a rule, the earlier someone is treated, the better the outcome. Concerns about a child’s eyes should be a raised with a GP who can refer to an orthoptist for assessment of the eye muscles.	Lady Louise Windsor, aged ten, has had an eye problem corrected . Correcting a squint - known as a lazy eye - can save a child's sight .
Keywords: <keyword>SCHAEFER CRIMES</keyword>, <keyword>PENITENTIARY SANTIAGO</keyword>, <keyword>AUGUSTO PINOCHET</keyword>, <keyword>FLED GERMANY</keyword>, <keyword>NOTORIOUS COMMUNE</keyword>, <keyword>COMMUNE CHILE</keyword>, <keyword>COLONIA DIGNIDAD</keyword>, <keyword>CALLED VILLA</keyword>, <keyword>FOUNDED CULT</keyword>, <keyword>HUMAN RIGHTS</keyword> (CNN) -- Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi who fled Germany in 1961 and founded a cult-like commune in Chile, died Saturday in a prison hospital. He was 88. Schaefer was serving a 20-year sentence at the national penitentiary in Santiago for sexually abusing children at the notorious commune known as Colonia Dignidad (The Dignity Colony). The commune in southern Chile, also called Villa Baviera, was created as a place to safeguard Germanic traditions. Under Schaefer's rule, contact with outsiders was largely forbidden. Some of Schaefer's crimes date to the 1970s and 1980s, during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who had visited the commune. Former members of the colony have admitted that human rights violations and sexual abuse of children occurred there, saying in a 2006 letter published in a leading Chilean newspaper that they were led by Schaefer's influence. Schaefer had been in prison since 2006 when he was extradited to Chile from Argentina, where he had been living in hiding. Schaefer died Saturday morning of cardiopulmonary arrest, the penitentiary said. CNN Chile's Christian Pino contributed to this report.	Former Nazi officer Paul Schaefer dies in Chile of cardiopulmonary arrest . Schaefer died in prison hospital, where he was serving a 20-year sentence . Schaefer was convicted of sexually abusing children Colonia Dignidad commune . Some of Schaefer's crimes date to the 1970s and '80s during Pinochet era .
Keywords: <keyword>SELFIES TWITTER</keyword>, <keyword>TWERK HASHTAG</keyword>, <keyword>NAMED WORD</keyword>, <keyword>MILEY</keyword>, <keyword>CAMERON POSED</keyword>, <keyword>DANCE FAMOUS</keyword>, <keyword>TRENDING TOPICS</keyword>, <keyword>DESCRIBING FAST</keyword>, <keyword>OVERUSED 2013</keyword>, <keyword>MANDELA MEMORIAL</keyword> 'Selfie' may have been named Oxford . Dictionary’s word of 2013, but its popularity just earned it another . accolade - being voted the most annoying and overused term of the past . 12 months. It topped the list of words Lake Superior State University want to be banished in 2014. Other words that made the cut include 'twerk', 'hashtag', 'Twittersphere' and 'Obamacare.' Scroll down for video . Iconic: One of the most famous selfies from 2013 was taken of U.S. President Barack Obama (right) and British Prime Minister David Cameron by Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (centre) at Nelson Mandela's memorial, pictured . 1. Selfie - taking a photo of yourself . 2.Twerk/twerking - a dance move made famous by Miley Cyrus . 3. Hashtag - used for trending topics on Facebook and Twitter . 4. Twittersphere - another word for Twitter . 5. Mr. Mom - the name of the 1983 film starring Michael Keaton . 6. T-Bone - the layout of a car accident . 7. '...on steroids' - to describe something fast or strong . 8. 'Ageddon and 'Pocalypse - shortened versions of Armageddon and Apocalypse . 9. Intellectually/Morally Bankrupt - words used by politicians . 10. Obamacare - the U.S. health reform . 11. Adversity - to describe struggling sports teams . 12. Fan base - another word for fans . The annual list of annoying words is based on nominations made on the official Banished Words Facebook page. Each nomination was submitted with a brief explanation of why the word is annoying or should be banned. According . to his nomination for the word ‘selfie’, Facebook fan Bruce, from . Ontario wrote: 'Named 'Word of the Year' by Oxford Dictionary? Give me a . break! Ugh, get rid of it.' While . David Lake from Wisconsin wrote: ‘It's a lame word. It's all about me, . me, me. Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you.’ The term was made popular in 2013 when celebrities, in particular, began posting 'selfies' on Twitter and Instagram. Even . U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron . posed for a selfie with Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt . at Nelson Mandela's memorial earlier this month. The word 'twerk' became popular following Miley Cyrus' performance with Robin Thicke at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. Actor Hugh Jackman (left) posts a picture of himself after he is treated for skin cancer and Joey Essex (right) saying in these social network pictures 'Safe though' and 'SELFIE with my mate Ed' One of the most famous selfies of the past 12 months was the Pope posing with teenagers at the Vatican. The picture went viral on social media and was widely speculated as being the first ever 'Papal selfie' The word 'twerk' became popular following Miley Cyrus' performance with Robin Thicke at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, pictured . In . nominating 'twerk' and 'twerking', Lisa from New York explained: 'I . twitch when I hear twerk, for to twerk proves one is a jerk - or is at . least twitching like a jerk. Twerking has brought us to a new low in our . lexicon.' 'Hashtag' and 'Twittersphere' have been growing in popularity for years and are used most commonly on, and about, Twitter. Facebook fan Jen, from Michigan wrote in her nomination for 'hashtag': 'It's #obnoxious #ridiculous #annoying and I wish it would disappear.' Among the other words that made the list was Mr. Mom, following the 30-year anniversary of the 1983 . Michael Keaton movie of the same name. The overuse of the words ‘intellectually’ and ‘morally bankrupt’ by politicians was the reason why these words made the list. While the most annoying words in sports were listed as 'adversity' and 'fan base.' As . Facebook user Kyle, from White Lake in Michigan wrote on his . nomination: 'Facing adversity is working 50 hours a week and still . struggling to feed your kids. Facing third and fifteen without your best . receiver with tens of millions in the bank, is not.' While the biggest criticism for fan base was that it uses two words, when just one – the word ‘fans’ – will do. Obamacare dominated the headlines earlier this year when the U.S. suffered a federal shutdown over the health reform plans. Another popular word that the poll claimed was overused in the press was T-Bone, a word used to describe a layout of a car accident. The term '...on steroids' was slammed for being overused when describing something as being fast or strong. While 'Ageddon and Pocalypse' - as shortened versions of Armageddon and Apocalypse - were also overused in 2013 according to the poll.	'Selfie', 'twerk' and 'Twittersphere' among the most annoying words of 2013 . The words make up Lake Superior University's 2014 Banished Words list . List is based on nominations made on the Banished Words Facebook page . 'Obamacare', 'hashtag' and 'adversity' also made the list .
Keywords: <keyword>OUYA PARTNERED</keyword>, <keyword>NEW CONSOLES</keyword>, <keyword>GAMES UHRMAN</keyword>, <keyword>000 KICKSTARTER</keyword>, <keyword>GAME PURCHASES</keyword>, <keyword>DEVELOPERS OFFER</keyword>, <keyword>YEAR E3</keyword>, <keyword>PRONOUNCED OOO</keyword>, <keyword>RUBIK CUBE</keyword>, <keyword>ANDROID OPERATING</keyword> Julie Uhrman needed $950,000 from Kickstarter in less than a month to make her dream of an affordable, free-to-play gaming console a reality. She got it in eight hours -- and nearly $8 million more after that. "It was the opposite of 'Field of Dreams,' " said Uhrman, a gaming-industry veteran and former vice president at IGN. "It was, if you come, we will build this." And so was born Ouya, a $99 console that's shaped like and is just a hair bigger than a Rubik's Cube. It runs on Google's Android operating system and requires developers to offer a version of their games for free. Kickstarter backers will be getting their Ouyas later this month and they'll go on sale to everyone else in June. Speaking here at the South by Southwest Interactive festival, Uhrman said she got the idea for Ouya (pronounced OOO-yuh) in response to a video-game industry that to her had grown stale. No new consoles were announced at last year's E3 gaming conference by the big three console makers (Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony). In recent years, almost all the most hyped and popular games have been sequels. And the rise of mobile gaming has been limited, turning video gaming into a solitary exercise rather than the social one she remembered growing up. "The TV is the best screen for playing games," Uhrman said in an interview-style keynote with editor Joshua Topolsky of tech blog The Verge. "I remember growing up, playing with my sister ... I feel like we've lost that. I want to bring back the world of TV gaming." For gamers, the strength of a console often boils down to the games they can play on it. To that end, Uhrman said 7,000 developers have signed up for Ouya accounts, from big publishers who create multi-million-selling titles like "Halo" down to the smaller independents. The only requirement, she says, is that the game must be free or offer a free trial before the player has to buy it. How the game will make money -- whether it's through ads, in-game purchases or sales after a free trial -- is up to the developer. "You shouldn't have to pay so much money to try out a new game," she said. "We believe that every single game you should try before you buy." During the hour-long interview, Topolsky pushed Uhrman on whether the Ouya, which will have 1GB of RAM and run on an Nvidia Tegra 3 chip, will be powerful enough to run the kind of immersive, expansive shooters that have made big gaming releases as lucrative as blockbuster movies. Her answer came in two parts. "Yes," she said. "And why would we? "Those experiences are great on those devices. You wouldn't want to play those games anywhere else. But we are going to have exclusive games. ... We're going to have inventive, creative, exciting content that no one else has. At $99, it's not an either-or decision." Uhrman said some top developers will be reworking popular titles for the Ouya. Others, some of whom have never made games before using Android, are crafting new titles, she said. "We're going to have our version of those games, but it's going to be different," she said. "We will have a first-person shooter ... game that you are going to want to play for hours on end." Ouya also has partnered with game-streaming site OnLive, meaning that some graphic-intensive games could be playable on the device via the cloud. Throughout its development, Ouya has been open to its public, inviting them to help make suggestions. When backers pointed out on Reddit that the color-coded buttons on the console's controller were no good for color-blind players, Ouya replaced them, making the four buttons correspond with the O, U, Y and A in its name. An Ethernet port was added when some backers outside the United States said they had no access to Wi-Fi, and a USB port was added for the "hardest of the hardcore" players who will want to store more games than the console can handle. Increasingly, gaming consoles are becoming all-in-one entertainment hubs for the living room, and Ouya will try to compete in that arena as well. The company already has partnerships with Flickster and Vevo and is in talks with major players like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Google. "We're pretty confident we're going to have (that content) at launch or close to launch," Uhrman said. Between now and then, she'll be focusing on two goals. "We want you to love it," she said. "And we want it to work."	Ouya is a $99 gaming console that will require all games be offered for free . The console, which runs on Google's Android system, raised $8.6 million on Kickstarter . Founder Julie Uhrman says she wants gaming on TV to be social, fun again . Kickstarter backers get Ouyas late this month; it's on sale to everyone in June .
Keywords: <keyword>TWITTER CIA</keyword>, <keyword>FBI JOINED</keyword>, <keyword>SHADOWY SPY</keyword>, <keyword>SECURITY MISSION</keyword>, <keyword>INSIGHTS SHARE</keyword>, <keyword>BRENNAN STATEMENT</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICIALLY FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>SPOOKS FINALLY</keyword>, <keyword>INFORMATION LAUNCHING</keyword>, <keyword>SENSE HUMOR</keyword> (CNN) -- They're late to the party, but the spooks have finally joined Twitter. And -- who knew? -- they have a sense of humor. At 1:49 pm ET on Friday, the Central Intelligence Agency sent its first-ever Twitter message, from a verified account with the simple handle of @CIA. With characteristic secrecy, it said: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet." The Internet immediately erupted with delight. Within two hours the message had been retweeted more than 85,000 times, the CIA had gained more than 105,000 followers, and the jokes were flowing faster than Claire Danes' tears on "Homeland." "@CIA how does it feel to be followed for once?" replied one Twitter user. Social media outreach does seem like an odd fit for a shadowy spy agency whose work is mostly classified. But the CIA, which also joined Facebook on Friday, is trying to brighten its public face. "By expanding to these platforms, CIA will be able to more directly engage with the public and provide information on CIA's mission, history, and other developments," said CIA Director John Brennan in a statement. "We have important insights to share, and we want to make sure that unclassified information about the Agency is more accessible to the American public that we serve, consistent with our national security mission." The agency also promised to post "the latest news, statements, and career information" from the CIA, along with artifacts from the CIA's museum, updates from its World Factbook and unclassified intelligence information. By launching officially on Facebook and Twitter, the CIA is expanding its limited online presence beyond its public website, Flickr and YouTube accounts. Compared to some rival government agencies, though, it's got some catching up to do. The National Security Agency joined Twitter in 2009, the FBI joined in 2008 and those early adopters at the State Department joined in 2007.	The Central Intelligence Agency finally joins Twitter, Facebook . Its first Twitter message: "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet" Within two hours the message had been retweeted more than 85,000 times .
Keywords: <keyword>EXPOSURE ADHD</keyword>, <keyword>POLLUTION PREGNANCY</keyword>, <keyword>POLLUTANTS POLYCYCLIC</keyword>, <keyword>LEVELS PRENATAL</keyword>, <keyword>PAH MOLECULES</keyword>, <keyword>CHILD BEHAVIOR</keyword>, <keyword>SCREENING TESTS</keyword>, <keyword>PREVIOUS STUDIES</keyword>, <keyword>IMPULSIVE SUBTYPE</keyword>, <keyword>URINE AGES</keyword> Scientists at Columbia University found children exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy are five times more likely to have ADHD . Children exposed to high levels of pollution in the womb are at greater risk of suffering attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a new study has found. Scientists at Columbia University studied 233 non-smoking pregnant women living in New York. They found children exposed to high levels of air pollution during pregnancy were five times more likely to have ADHD by the time they were nine years old. The nine-year study looked at levels of common pollutants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Researchers measured the levels of PAH in maternal and umbilical cord blood shortly after delivery. And they repeated tests when each of the children were three and five, measuring levels of PAH in their urine. Thirty-three children who had high levels of exposure to PAHs, as measured at birth. Of those, 13 were diagnosed with ADHD hyperactive-impulsive subtype, seven the inattentive subtype, and 13 had both. Professor Frederica Perera, first author of the study, said: 'Those children born to moms who were exposed to high levels of PAH during pregnancy had five times the odds of having an increased number of symptoms.' PAHs are created when products like coal, oil, gas and rubbish are burned but not completely. They don't burn easily, and as a result remain in the environment for long periods of time. Most are used to conduct research though some are used to make dyes, plastics and pesticides. One of the most common ways they enter the body is through breathing in contaminated air. To establish children's exposure to PAHs in the womb, the scientists measured levels of fragments of the mothers' DNA bonded to PAH molecules, also known as DNA adducts, in umbilical cord blood. Previous studies carried out by Professor Perera and her team identified links between higher levels of prenatal PAH exposure and developmental delays in children by the age of three. They also noted lower IQ scores at five, and increased risk a child will suffer anxiety, depression and attention problems at six and seven. The new study, published in the journal PLoS One, looked at the children's ADHD symptoms using the Child Behavior Checklist and the Conners' Parent Rating Scale - two screening tests used to diagnose the condition. They studied 233 non-smoking pregnant women living in New York, measuring levels of a common pollutant in umbilical cord blood and then levels in the children's urine at ages three and five . Professor Perera said this is the first time a link has been established between prenatal PAH exposure and ADHD symptoms. She told LiveScience: 'If replicated, then these findings could lead to new ways or stronger ways, better ways, to prevent ADHD. 'By nature, environmental exposures are preventable, this we consider one possible contributor to ADHD and one that's preventable, and the findings should be followed up so that necessary preventive strategies could be taken.' She said pregnant women concerned about the effect of pollution levels on their unborn babies, can eat plenty of fresh produce which helps offset the effects of pollutants.	Scientists at Columbia University found children exposed to high levels of pollution were five times more likely to have ADHD by the age of nine . Nine-year study looked at levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) They measured levels of PAH in umbilical cord blood, then in children's urine at the ages of three and five .
Keywords: <keyword>MAKE QUILTS</keyword>, <keyword>FEELING FABRIC</keyword>, <keyword>LAYERING STORY</keyword>, <keyword>MAGICAL CREATIVE</keyword>, <keyword>TRY CRAFTING</keyword>, <keyword>MUSEUM ART</keyword>, <keyword>STORY OPRAH</keyword>, <keyword>PATTERNS NOTES</keyword>, <keyword>SBF PRAYING</keyword>, <keyword>FAMILY SITTING</keyword> (Oprah.com) -- The Quilter: Kyra Hicks . Twenty years ago, a friend and I were visiting the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati and saw an exhibit of African-American quilts. I'll never forget one particular piece by the artist Faith Ringgold -- a family sitting at a Thanksgiving table, with their thoughts sewn into the fabric. I just knew right away: I wanted to tell stories with cotton. It's exciting to start on a quilt. I tape paper to my wall and sketch patterns and notes. Going to the fabric store for the right colors or prints feels as important as the actual sewing. And then I clear out a huge empty space in my family room, and I get busy. I don't know how to draw, so it amazes me that this magical, creative part of me comes out. Here's an example: A few years ago, when I was yearning for a date on a Friday night, I asked myself, "How can I capture this feeling in fabric?" So I made a quilt that reads "SBF praying for a SBM to share my quilt." The image is of a black woman, and if you look really closely, the background pattern is filled with couples. I love layering the story like that. I probably couldn't make a living quilting, and I'm glad of that. My 9-to-5 job as a product manager means I don't have to make quilts to sell. There's a freedom to being pure to the art, to not being motivated to pay the mortgage with it. My quilts are motivated only by my need to tell my story. Oprah.com: The 4-Step Plan to Get Your Life on Track . The Coach: Jennifer Smith . As a kid, I was a horse nut, a real barn rat. I would spend every Saturday at the stables, grooming horses, mucking stalls -- anything for extra rides. But when I went to college, my obsession fizzled out. I got a job in book publishing and started spending my days in front of a computer, stuck in my head. I like what I do, but as time passed, I just began to crave something wildly different. Then, three years ago, I came across a video about horses helping children with disabilities. I felt like it was speaking directly to me. On my first day as a volunteer, I was paired with a 9-year-old girl who had severe developmental and physical disabilities. My job was to walk alongside her for support. When she got in the saddle of a big brown swayback, her face lit up. She couldn't stop laughing! I saw other kids in wheelchairs -- kids who spend all day looking up at people -- sitting in the saddle and grinning like they were on top of the world. It felt magical. There's no office equivalent, no matter how much you enjoy your day job. I've since become a certified riding instructor. For six months a year, I'm at the stable on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's something I don't technically have time for -- I've missed weekends away with friends, and I schedule "summer" vacations for March because the program starts in April -- but you make time for things that matter. Oprah.com: 26 Ways to Tell Your Story and Share It with the World . The Cheese-Maker: Elena Santogade . My family is from Wisconsin, so I've always liked cheese, but my interest didn't get intense until a few years ago. I felt antsy at my desk job, so I started a club: Each week a coworker would bring in a few cheeses to share. For my turn, I visited a cheesemonger in a specialty shop. We shared a piece of Appenzeller -- sort of like a GruyÃ¨re -- and I could taste hay and onion. He said, "Oh, the cow must've gotten into an onion patch." I was standing in this busy, fancy shop in New York City and tasting a connection to a cow in Switzerland -- it blew my mind. Oprah.com: 6 Words That Can Change How You Look at Your Life . I started talking to other cheesemongers. They can be a grumpy group, but I'd visit again and again and ask for offbeat offerings. The more I learned, the more I wanted to try crafting simple ingredients into amazing flavors. Making cheese turned out to feel like a big brain stretch. You focus on basic things, like watching milk change, and your mind gets quiet. My apartment is tiny, but it has become something of a workshop. A kitchen hook drains soft cheeses into the sink. Two small fridges age my wheels of Cheddar and Manchego. I make cheese every week, and I've been teaching mozzarella classes as well, so huge pots and bowls are perched on shelves. Anyone who walks in can tell who I am: I'm a cheesemaker. Oprah.com: 4 Ways to Be Happier on the Job . The Pianist: Ria Dawn Carlo . The first time I saw a piano, I was in first grade. My teacher played "When the Saints Go Marching In," and that was it: I wanted to play. When the others ran to recess, I would practice scales. My parents didn't go to church, but I went with my art teacher, to play piano there. I begged for lessons and finally began at age 9. At 11, I told my teachers that I wanted to be a concert pianist. They said the odds were slim, and that I'd have to win the Tchaikovsky Competition -- a one-in-a-million shot. That was pretty discouraging, and as time passed, I grew away from music and instead pursued mathematics. For years I worked as an astrophysicist and had time for little else. But three years ago, when I switched jobs, I found myself thinking of the piano. At age 34, I decided to begin again. As soon as I sat at the keys, I felt as if I'd entered a room made just for me. In the beginning, I used an electric keyboard and pretended I was on a grand piano. Buying a used Yamaha last year was a real commitment. It makes such a booming sound, my husband and I moved to a bigger apartment so I can play for an hour or two every day. Since I started practicing on my concert grand, I've won an international competition and performed at a fund-raiser at Carnegie Hall. Onstage, I could feel myself filling with light. These are the best moments of my life. Oprah.com: 25 of the Smartest Pieces of Advice from Women Who Started Their Own Businesses . Subscribe to O, The Oprah Magazine for up to 75% off the newsstand price. That's like getting 18 issues FREE. Subscribe now! TM & © 2011 Harpo Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.	Kyra Hicks discovered at a quilt exhibit that she wanted to tell stories with cotton . Jennifer Smith turned her love of horses into working with children who have disabilities . Elena Santogade turns simple ingredients into amazing flavors of cheese .
Keywords: <keyword>NEWBORN DELIVERED</keyword>, <keyword>KRAFT BORN</keyword>, <keyword>OFFICER NELSON</keyword>, <keyword>REASSURED JODY</keyword>, <keyword>OUNCE PARENTS</keyword>, <keyword>COPIER LABOR</keyword>, <keyword>NBC NEWS</keyword>, <keyword>HEARNS ARRIVED</keyword>, <keyword>PLANNED KACE</keyword>, <keyword>CIRCUMSTANCES CALLED</keyword> A New Jersey police officer who helped a pregnant woman deliver her baby had the honor of having the child named after him. Cranford Police Officer Nelson Hearns went to assist 31-year-old Jody Copier who was in labor, five weeks from her due date. By the time he arrived she had passed out on the living room floor with the baby seconds away from being born. Scroll down for video... Hero: Officer Nelson Hearns helped a pregnant woman deliver her baby and had the honor of having the child named after him . Welcome to the world: Kace Nelson Kraft was born at 9:11 a.m on Sunday morming, weighing in at 4 pounds 1 ounce, in his parents living room! Ready to pop: 31-year-old Jody Copier was in labor by the time officer Nelson Hearns arrived on the scene . Quick delivery: The officer positioned and reassured Copier, and even grabbed a pillow and several towels to make sure she was comfortable. Within seconds, the baby was delivered . 'I was so early, I didn't think I was going to deliver a baby,' she told NBC News at the hospital. Officer Hearns, who has more than 11 years experience, saw that the baby's feet were coming first in a breech birth and the officer jumped right into action. He positioned and reassured Jody even grabbing a pillow and towels to make sure she was comfortable. Working with the baby's father, Scott Kraft, the newborn was delivered within seconds. Help at hand: Emergency medical technicians arrived within moments of the birth and transported the family to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston . Jody Copier: I don't know what we would have done if Officer Hearns didn't get there so quick . Husband Scott Kraft and wife Jody: Kraft says he can't thank the officer enough . 'He sat right on the floor, and we started crying,' said Jody's husband, Scott Kraft. 'He had his eyes open, he was blinking.' 'I would never have expected to bring my little boy into my living room,' he said. 'For being here so early, and breeched birth, I just can't believe how strong and perfect this kid is.' Officer Hearns said he relied on his experience to recognize that the baby was in position for a breech birth, a rare and potentially dangerous delivery. 'Within 45 seconds he pulled the baby out,' Scott said. 'While I pushed, he pulled. It was nuts,' he told NJ.com. An ambulance arrived soon afterwards and took the family to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. He weighed 4 pounds 1 ounce. The boy, weighing 4 pounds 1 ounce, was named Kase Nelson Kraft, the middle name in honor of the officer who delivered him . Officer Hearns was excited to assist with the birth and happy that Kace will share his name . The family originally planned to give Kace the middle name William but decided the circumstances called for something special — the baby’s middle name is Nelson, in honor of the police officer who helped bring him into the world. 'He deserves it, without a doubt,' said Scott. Jody added, 'I don't know what we would have done if [Hearns] didn't get there so quick.' Cranford Police Chief James Wozniak had plenty of well wishes for the family and praise for his officer. 'This is a great job all around, and I’m thrilled that the result is a happy, healthy baby boy. This is the kind of thing my officers train for,' he noted. 'It is still rewarding to see the actions of a Cranford police officer having a positive impact on someone’s life. I’m incredibly proud of Officer Hearns and everyone else who was present.' The baby and mother are doing well, Kraft said. She is due home later today, and little Kace is out of an incubator and off intravenous fluids. Cranford Police Chief James Wozniak had plenty of well wishes for the family and praise for his officer. 'This is a great job all around, and I¿m thrilled that the result is a happy, healthy baby boy.' Though doctors originally said Kace could be in the hospital for months, they now plan to send the baby home in 10 days. Husband Scott says he can't thank the officer enough. 'He brought my new best friend into this world, and he is gonna be with me forever,' he said. 'It’s an honor and a blessing to be part of something special in their lives,' Officer Hearns said.	Officer Nelson Hearns was called to assit woman who was about to give birth in her living room . He pulled the baby out 'within 45 seconds' Baby has been names Kase Nelson Kraft, after the officer who showed up just in time .
Keywords: <keyword>OBAMA CLOONEY</keyword>, <keyword>ASSANGE MEET</keyword>, <keyword>GEORGE DATING</keyword>, <keyword>MOVIE MONUMENTS</keyword>, <keyword>BARRISTER WHITE</keyword>, <keyword>NSA LEAKER</keyword>, <keyword>REPRESENTS WIKILEAKS</keyword>, <keyword>ALAMUDDIN REPRESENTS</keyword>, <keyword>SEEN SITTING</keyword>, <keyword>ADDED GEORGE</keyword> George Clooney has taken striking British barrister Amal Alamuddin – who represents WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - to meet President Obama at the White House, MailOnline can reveal. In a move that will provoke yet more questions over his close friendship with the human rights lawyer, Oscar winner George, 52, took Miss Alamuddin to the private screening of his latest movie Monuments Men last week, in a group that included his parents Nick and Nina Clooney. The stunning brunette is currently representing Assange - who has made no secret of his anger at President Obama's White House - in his extradition proceedings with Sweden. Cosy: George Clooney stands next to British barrister Amal Alamuddin at the Willard Hotel's exclusive Round Robin and Scotch Bar in Washington D.C. after they both attended a private screening of his latest movie, Monuments Men, with President Obama at the White House on Tuesday, February 18. His friend and co-producer Grant Heslov is seen sitting down . Meet my friends: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin have a late-night drink with, from left, Matt Damon, his wife Luciana (sitting down), actor Bill Murray, and producer Grant Heslov . Friends in high places: George Clooney speaks at the private White House screening of his new film, Monuments Men on Tuesday, February 18, with President Barack Obama watching on . The Oscar winner and the lawyer were . said to be looking extremely close at the event, and although it's not . known whether Miss Alamuddin met President Obama, Clooney is pictured . standing by the Commander-in-Chief. Just hours after the small screening on . Tuesday, February 18, Clooney and Miss Alamuddin were pictured . standing intimately together at the Round Robin and Scotch Bar at the . Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. in a group that included Clooney’s pal and . co-star Matt Damon and his wife Luciana, and fellow actor and co-star Bill Murray. An onlooker at the bar told MailOnline: 'They looked very much together, George had his arm around her and she appeared to be a girlfriend. 'They were in a small group of about 10 people, it's really a small venue and there were maybe only about 30 people in the bar, and they were sitting at a table off to the side. Bizarrely, the group can all be seen wearing mardi-gras style necklaces in the snapshot. Striking: British barrister Amal Amaluddin speaks three languages and was last year voted London's 'hottest barrister' Miss Alamuddin was not on the official White House guest list that was issued last week. However, in pictures seen by MailOnline, Miss Alamuddin - who donned a slinky black dress for the night - beams as she sips on champagne while having her hair done ahead of the screening, with Luciana Damon and Lysa Heslev looking on. The presence of Julian Assange's lawyer . in the White House, even on a movie star's arm for a private screening, . is bound to have put the White House on tenterhooks. Last June, Assange attacked President Obama and the White House in an open letter over its treatment of fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden. When asked about Miss Alamuddin's presence at the screening, the White House press office had no official comment. However, . two White House sources told MailOnline that Miss Alamuddin came to the . event with Clooney, according to their colleagues who were present. One said she and Clooney were the . talk of the junior staff on the next day since they had been seen . cozying up to each other as they arrived, walking behind the star's . parents, Nick and Nina Clooney. The film follows an allied group, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, tasked with finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by Hitler during World War II. And the official guest list from the White House shows just what an intimate screening it was. Invited were Clooney, his parents NIck and Nina, Bill Murray, Matt Damon, Grant Heslov, Robert Edsel, writer of the book The Monuments Men and Harry Ettlinger, a surviving member of the original Monuments Men group. Bill Burns, Deputy Secretary of State, was on the list as was Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary of State and David Wade, State Department Chief of Staff. They were joined by Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Evan Ryan, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Bill McHugh, Secretary of the Army. Sara Bloomfield, Director the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, was invited as was Rabbi Jack Moline, Agudas Achim Congregation, Susan Hildreth, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States . Friendly: Oscar winner George Clooney was first seen with British barrister Amal Alamuddin as they left dinner at Berners Tavern in London in October 2013. He later denied a romance with the striking lawyer . Cosy dinner: George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin smile as they're caught leaving the Berners Tavern. The actor took the raven-haired barrister to the White House last week . No romance, really? George Clooney denied dating Amal Alamuddin after the couple were pictured together at dinner in London in October. His spokesman said: 'He wants Amal to be able to prosecute cases without being hassled because she had one dinner with George and four others'. Miss Alamuddin, who works from . London's Doughty Street Chambers, specialises in international law, . human rights, extradition and criminal law. She speaks three languages - . French, Arabic and English - and was voted No. 1 on London's Hottest . Barrister list of 2013. She . has been appointed to a number of UN commissions including as adviser . to Special Envoy Kofi Annan on Syria and her high profile human rights . cases have included representing former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She . is currently representing Assange in his extradition proceedings with . Sweden. The Australian hacker and rogue online publisher is currently wanted for questioning in Sweden in a sexual assault case. When . the UK’s Supreme Court turned down his appeal of an order to enforce . the European arrest warrant against him, Assange fled to the Ecuadorian . embassy in London. Ecuador granted him political asylum in June 2012. If . he should leave the embassy, the British government will likely send . him to Sweden. From there, Assange fears, he could be extradited later . to the United States to face even more fearsome charges. His . U.S. criminal case stems from his 2010 decision to publish a collection . of American diplomatic cables – the largest cache of classified . documents ever made public at once – on the WIkileaks website. Assange . received the material from Bradley Manning, an American soldier who was . later convicted of violating the federal Espionage Act. A judge . sentenced Manning last year to 35 years in Fort Leavenworth military . prison, although he could be paroled in just eight years. Representing: Human rights barrister Amal Alamuddin (on the right) leaves London's High Court with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange following a court hearing on July 13, 2011 . The . day after his sentencing, the disgraced Army private announced that he . had changed his name to Chelsea, and that he wanted to live as a woman. From . his sanctuary in the Ecuadorian Embassy, Assange wrote an open letter . last June on the occasion of his first anniversary in hiding, slamming . the Obama White House for its treatment of the fugitive NSA leaker . Edward Snowden. 'The word "traitor" has been thrown around a lot in recent days,' Assange wrote. 'But who is really the traitor here?' 'Who . was it who promised a generation "hope" and "change," only to betray . those promises with dismal misery and stagnation? … Who is it that . promised to preside over The Most Transparent Administration in history, . only to crush whistleblower after whistleblower with the bootheel of . espionage charges?’ Oscar winner Clooney and Miss Alamuddin were first pictured together after enjoying dinner at the Berners . Tavern in London last October and then seen sharing a cab as they left . the restaurant. However, . just days later, Clooney was at pains to stress he was still single . after splitting with long-time love Stacy Keibler last summer. After . being linked with actress Katie Holmes and Croatian model Monika Jakisic as well as Miss Alamuddin, . Clooney told People magazine in October: ‘Three different stories in three weeks. I . should be an athlete. But, no of course, it's all made up.’ At work: Amal Alamuddin and high-profile human rights activist, Geoffrey Robertson QC, with Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of formerly imprisoned Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in London on November 5, 2012 . Enemies of the state: Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden (left) and Bradley Manning (right) an American soldier who was later convicted of violating the federal Espionage Act. According to Clooney's spokesman, Stan Rosenfield, the actor finally felt moved to put a stop to the gossip. ‘George . wants this Monika crap to stop. He wants Katie to get a break, and he . wants Amal to be able to prosecute cases without being hassled because . she had one dinner with George and four others … I even asked George if . these [rumors] were true and he said he never comments on his private . life, but in the interest of stopping the harassment of all three of . these women, he felt he should.' A source close to the actor . added: "George is not dating, nor has he dated Monika in several years, . nor is he dating Katie Holmes – he simply hugged her at a premiere – nor . is he the new boyfriend of Amal, who he is working with on a . [surveillance] satellite program over Syria.’	Oscar winner has publicly denied dating Amal Alamuddin - and said they're working together on a 'satellite program over Syria' But the couple looked close at private White House event last week . The pair were seen together at posh D.C. hotel following the event which Clooney's parents Nick and Nina also attended . Miss Alamuddin has been representing Julian Assange over his sexual assault extradition proceedings . She was voted No.1 on London's 'Hottest Barrister' list last year . The White House will make no comment on Miss Alamuddin's attendance .
Keywords: <keyword>CHILDREN FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>CONVERSATIONS FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>FINDINGS FACEBOOK</keyword>, <keyword>FRIENDING PARENTS</keyword>, <keyword>PERSONAL INTERACTIONS</keyword>, <keyword>TEENS LATE</keyword>, <keyword>ONLINE FINDINGS</keyword>, <keyword>EXACTLY NEWS</keyword>, <keyword>MIRROR CALLED</keyword>, <keyword>MILESTONES LIFE</keyword> (CNN) -- As they move from their early teens to their late teens, kids no longer want to be pals with Mom and Dad. Teenage boys are much less likely than girls to initiate conversations with their parents. And moms baby their sons. Not exactly news flashes, you say? But we're not talking about real life here, exactly. We're talking about Facebook. The world's largest social network released new data Thursday about how parents and their children interact online. But the findings, from Facebook's data science team, also illustrate how personal interactions on Facebook can mirror those in the so-called real world. Read more: Why Facebook will have trouble killing the text message . "With the holidays approaching, and families gathering all over the world, we wanted to understand how parents and children on Facebook communicate," says the post, which crunches friend requests, conversations and other Facebook data from the past two months. "We are happy to see that our data surfaces the affection, care, and closeness of family ties." Young people and social media: Docs examine pitfalls . Here are the highlights of what Facebook found: . Who friends whom: More than 65% of friendships between 13-year-olds and their parents are initiated by the child. But the older the teenager gets, the less likely he or she is to be the one sending the friend request. By the time kids are in their early to mid-20s, their parents are initiating friend requests with them 60% of the time. As kids grow into their 30s and 40s, however, they begin friending their parents more often again. "This overall trend follows the rough arc of children seeking distance from their parents as they prepare to leave the nest, and then gradually gravitating back as they accomplish their own milestones in life," says the blog post. The secret online life of my sixth grader . Who talks to whom: Moms and dads initiate parent-child conversations more often than their teenage kids. For daughters, this imbalance evens out by the time they hit 30 and are messaging their parents as often as they receive messages in return. Sons, however, however, take twice as long -- until age 60 -- to come around. What they say: The data team studied hundreds of thousands of public Facebook messages between parents and children to identify the words and phrases that appeared most often. Based on the results, Mom and Dad are very proud of their kids. Among the most common phrases from parents: "I'm so proud, "all my heart," "well done," "proud of you" and "call me." Moms and dads use language much differently when messaging with sons, though. Mothers preferred endearments like "my handsome son" and "my little boy," while dads used profanity and words like "buddy" and "dude." Read more: Microsoft opens its own social network .	New data show how parents and their children interact on Facebook . More than 65% of friendships between 13-year-olds and parents are initiated by child . Moms prefer endearments like "my handsome son"; dads use profanity and words like "dude"
Keywords: <keyword>PREGNANT MOTHER</keyword>, <keyword>HEATHER CHOATE</keyword>, <keyword>BREAST CANCER</keyword>, <keyword>CHOATE CHEMOTHERAPY</keyword>, <keyword>BIRTH HEALTHY</keyword>, <keyword>WAY TREAT</keyword>, <keyword>BORGES WAY</keyword>, <keyword>CHILD URGED</keyword>, <keyword>CELESTE JANUARY</keyword>, <keyword>TOLD CBS</keyword> A mother fighting cancer has given birth to a healthy baby girl. Heather Choate of Bayfield, Colorado learned she had breast cancer while 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child, and was urged to terminate her pregnancy for her own health. Choate however said she would rather die than get rid of her baby, and on January 6 gave birth to a daughter, Kiery Celeste. Scroll down for video . Heather Choate (above) learned she had breast cancer while 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child . Choate was urged to terminate the pregnancy and seek treatment but refused, and gave birth to Kiery Celeste (above) on January 6 . Then the family got some even better news this week, when Choate learned that she was cancer free. 'I just got tears really in my eyes because that means we’ve done it — we have a baby here and things are looking good,' Choate told CBS Denver. The 29-year-old gives most of the credit to Dr. Virginia Borges, who found a way to treat the mother while she was pregnant. Choate gives credit to Dr. Virginia Borges (above), who found a way to treat the mother while she was pregnant . The mother says she will get through the rest of her recovery with the help of her family (above) and her faith . Dr. Borges, who specializes in breast cancer in young woman, found a way to give Choate chemotherapy and perform surgery while not hurting her unborn child. And while there is still more chemotherapy and radiation in Choate's future, she is certain she can get through it with her 'family and faith.' Choate's husband Ben says he feels 'relief and joy' that he not only has a new baby, but that his wife is on the path to recovery.	Heather Choate found out she had breast cancer while 10 weeks pregnant with her sixth child . The 29-year-old from Bayfield, Colorado was advised to terminate the pregnancy and seek treatment, but said she would rather die . She found a doctor who gave her some chemotherapy and surgery, and gave birth to a healthy baby girl on January 6 . Earlier this week, she also learned that she is now cancer free .
Keywords: <keyword>TUWAITHA IRAQ</keyword>, <keyword>AIRSTRIKE IRAQ</keyword>, <keyword>REACTOR BOMBED</keyword>, <keyword>IRAQI SCIENTISTS</keyword>, <keyword>DISMANTLE LABORATORIES</keyword>, <keyword>ISRAEL CONCERNS</keyword>, <keyword>1991 LOOTED</keyword>, <keyword>ENSURING SAFE</keyword>, <keyword>WORKERS VISITORS</keyword>, <keyword>ACCELERATED PROGRAM</keyword> Tuwaitha, Iraq (CNN) -- The shell of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's efforts to produce a nuclear bomb is being slowly dismantled along the banks of the Tigris River, but its radioactive legacy lingers on. The Tuwaitha research complex, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southeast of Baghdad, was bombed by Israel in its 1981 airstrike on Iraq's Tammuz 1 research reactor. It was bombed again during the Persian Gulf War of 1991, and it was looted extensively after the 2003 U.S. invasion that ousted Hussein. Now, engineers and technicians are working to dismantle the laboratories and equipment at the site, but the extensive contamination left behind complicates their work. "It is difficult because of the destruction," said Anwar Ahmed, the project manager at Tuwaitha. "This facility was bombed in 1991. Now, finally the decision was made to decommission all the destroyed facilities." Workers and visitors have to wear protective suits and masks around the facility, where about 20 people are at work so far. Iraq's ministry of Science and Technology said it is training more specialists to decommission the facility, but acknowledged the cleanup could take decades. "We have 18 facilities in Tuwaitha," said Fuad al Musawi, Iraq's deputy science and technology minister. "We have another 10 facilities around the country. So you can imagine how long it will take." Iraq's nuclear ambitions date back to the 1960s, when it obtained a Soviet-built research reactor. It built another, French-designed reactor in the 1970s. Israel's concerns about the program led to the 1981 raid, in which Israeli pilots flew across then-hostile Jordan and a corner of Saudi Arabia to strike the facility. Despite the damage inflicted by that attack, Iraq began attempting to produce enriched uranium -- a step toward producing a nuclear weapon -- during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, the U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group reported in 2004. It accelerated that program after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait left it facing an international military coalition that ultimately drove out the Iraqi forces. The bombardment that accompanied the 1991 war inflicted extensive damage to the Tuwaitha plants. The U.N. sanctions and inspections imposed after 1991 forced Hussein's government to abandon its nuclear program, the ISG concluded. After the 2003 invasion, which was launched after the United States incorrectly accused Iraq of having restarted its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs, nearby Iraqis inflicted further damage by looting the unguarded facility. Villagers nearby complained of symptoms that local doctors attributed to radiation sickness, particularly from using containers taken from the plant to store drinking water. The Iraq Survey Group found basements full of radioactive water in some of the buildings, and the U.S. military later spent $70 million ensuring the safe transportation of 550 metric tons of non-weapons grade uranium oxide -- known as "yellowcake" -- to Canada. Some Iraqi scientists still hope to start a civilian nuclear energy program in the future. But for now, Iraq is still grappling with the shadow of its past.	Complex at the center of Saddam Hussein's nuclear efforts slowly being dismantled . Cleanup could take decades: Tuwaitha complex has 18 facilities . Dismantling at Tuwaitha made more difficult because of bombing, looting . Iraq began attempting to produce enriched uranium during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s .
Keywords: <keyword>TSUNAMI WARNING</keyword>, <keyword>DISASTER REDUCTION</keyword>, <keyword>RUBBLE SURGED</keyword>, <keyword>INDIA EVACUATION</keyword>, <keyword>CRASHED INDONESIA</keyword>, <keyword>SPREADING AWARENESS</keyword>, <keyword>SIRENS DRONE</keyword>, <keyword>DETECTION MYANMAR</keyword>, <keyword>CHALLENGE TECHNOLOGY</keyword>, <keyword>RINALDI RAN</keyword> (CNN) -- Yudi Rinaldi had his four-year-old son, Ryan, join him in a scene that simulated the real destruction he had narrowly escaped in Aceh, Indonesia. In 2004, a monstrous black wave of rubble surged towards Rinaldi as he ran for his life. In October, the trauma of that day was relived as he took part in a drill to test the area's new tsunami early warning system. Five years ago, Rinaldi had no shelter to run to as giant waves crashed onto Indonesia's west coast, but things have changed since the tsunami left some 245,000 dead or missing in 14 countries across the Indian Ocean region. Early warning sirens drone, and there are shelters that can hold hundreds of people. Twenty nations took part in the October tsunami drill. The Indian Ocean region now has new deep-water buoys -- or tsunami sensors, sirens, tide gauges and a web of communications systems to help forewarn a future catastrophe. But experts said the new instruments and drills are not enough. Educating communities about how to react to signs of a threat like a tsunami -- with or without an official warning -- is what they see as a key challenge. "Technology will improve ... the question is how we go to the last mile," said Costas Synolakis, a professor of civil engineering at the University of South California. Did you survive the tsunami? Did you lose a loved one? Share your thoughts on the 5th anniversary on CNN iReport . Situated in a high-risk zone, Indonesia now has developed the capability to warn of the potential for a tsunami from an undersea earthquake within five minutes of its occurrence. By next year, the country aims to take its warning system to the next level by calculating the height and the arrival of a tsunami, said the director of Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami center, Fauzi, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. In 2007, India put into place an early warning system that officials say is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and connected with international networks. More than 34,000 people in India died or went missing in the 2004 disaster, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Krishna Vatsa, the UNDP's disaster-reduction adviser in South Asia, said the warning system would help reduce the number of deaths from a similar situation in the future. Yet, the country needs to upgrade networks to reach all communities, she said. "We still have a long way to go," Vatsa said. "It's all about how you reach the remotest villages along the coast." The rarity of tsunamis, which she described as a once-in-a-50-year event, makes the task of spreading awareness about them more difficult. "You may have a very sophisticated system but the real test is how that ultimately leads to timely evacuation and actionable information," Vatsa said. Nonetheless, she praised India's evacuation exercises during last year's massive flooding in its Bihar state. Sanny Jegillos, program coordinator for the UNDP's regional center in Bangkok, rates the Indian Ocean early tsunami warning systems as superior to those of the Pacific in terms of earthquake monitoring and detection. Myanmar, Bangladesh and some east African nations, however, have lagged behind India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in their investments in public education, Jegillos said. But in terms of the number of tidal buoys, the Pacific system was far ahead, he said. Stanley Goosby, a chief scientist with the Pacific Disaster Center in Hawaii, said Indian Ocean countries have made significant progress in tsunami preparedness. But while systems have improved, he, like others, stressed the importance of educating individuals. "You have to have an end-to-end system," Goosby said. "Get it in school curriculum."	Five years ago: Limited tsunami infrastructure . Today: Tsunami sensors, tide gauges, shelters, drills . Experts: Key is educating people about what to do . In terms of number of tidal buoys, Pacific system is far ahead of Indian Ocean .
Keywords: <keyword>HURRICANE PALOMA</keyword>, <keyword>HURRICANE CONDITIONS</keyword>, <keyword>ISLANDS STORM</keyword>, <keyword>TROPICAL DEPRESSION</keyword>, <keyword>SUSTAINED WINDS</keyword>, <keyword>EFFECT CAYMAN</keyword>, <keyword>THURSDAY CARIBBEAN</keyword>, <keyword>WARNING MEANING</keyword>, <keyword>EXPECTED DROP</keyword>, <keyword>INCHES POSSIBLE</keyword> (CNN) -- A tropical storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Thursday in the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Paloma was centered about 165 miles south of Grand Cayman Island Thursday evening. Hurricane Paloma, packing winds of nearly 75 mph (121 kph), was centered about 165 miles (266 kilometers) south of Grand Cayman Island at 7 p.m. ET, the hurricane center said. A hurricane warning -- meaning hurricane conditions are expected within the next 24 hours -- remains in effect for the Cayman Islands. The storm was moving north at nearly 12 mph (19 kph), and it is expected to strengthen and turn gradually northeast late Friday and Saturday. The hurricane center said people in Cuba and Jamaica should monitor Paloma's progress. The storm is expected to drop 4 to 8 inches of rain over the Caymans with isolated totals of as much as 12 inches possible. The storm was a tropical depression off Nicaragua on Wednesday. It became a tropical storm Thursday morning. Category 1 hurricanes have sustained winds of 74-95 mph.	NEW: Hurricane Paloma expected to strengthen, forecasters say . NEW: Warning issued for Cayman Islands . NEW: People in Cuba, Jamaica should monitor storm's progress, forecasters say .
Keywords: <keyword>AHMADINEJAD MAN</keyword>, <keyword>CAR IRANIAN</keyword>, <keyword>PRESIDENT VIDEO</keyword>, <keyword>PEOPLE WAVING</keyword>, <keyword>SURROUNDED CAR</keyword>, <keyword>ABBAS POSTED</keyword>, <keyword>WEBSITE FIREBRAND</keyword>, <keyword>YELLING HUNGRY</keyword>, <keyword>PETALS PHOTO</keyword>, <keyword>VISIT HORMOZGAN</keyword> (CNN) -- A group of people surrounded the car of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one man yelling that he is hungry, as a woman climbed up onto it and sat on the vehicle's roof to speak to the president. The video of the incident, as Ahmadinejad was being driven in a convertible through the southern coastal city of Bandar-Abbas, was posted Saturday on YouTube and has racked up more than 100,000 views. Several people in the crowd seem to be supporters of the president wanting to shake his hand. On his official website, the firebrand president posted photos of other parts of his visit to Hormozgan province, with throngs of smiling people waving flags and reaching out to shake his hand as his entourage throws flower petals. One photo shows a bandage on the president's right hand. In the video, the car travels through a street amid other traffic, surrounded by guards, as it comes to a stop and a group surrounds it. A man begins yelling over and over, "Ahamdinejad, I'm hungry!" The guards and crowd then chant, "Peace be upon the Prophet Mohammed, the leader's helper has come." Guards also scream at the crowd, "Get back!" A woman in a hijab approaches the car. It's not clear what she's saying. She climbs onto the hood and starts to crawl over the windshield. A man grabs her leg and drags her back down. But she pulls away from him, waving her hand, sits down on the bit of roof that covers the driver's section of the car and begins to speak to Ahamdinejad. The president, who is standing up throughout the video, speaks with her and says something to the people behind him in the car. The woman then goes to the back of the car, and the vehicle continues down the road. The description with the YouTube video says it was taken by a local. It was posted online by someone who lists little identifying information. Australia is listed as the YouTube user's country. The description says Ahmadinejad ignored the man who was shouting about being hungry. CNN's Ash Gallagher and Shirzad Bozorgmehr contributed to this report.	A YouTube video of the incident has received more than 100,000 views . A man was yelling to Iran's president, "I'm hungry!" It's unclear what the woman on the car said . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's official website shows throngs of cheering supporters .
Keywords: <keyword>MANHATTAN PENTHOUSE</keyword>, <keyword>MILLION RENOVATION</keyword>, <keyword>PAD MARKET</keyword>, <keyword>BIRKENSTOCK SOLD</keyword>, <keyword>FOOTBEDS HEADQUARTERED</keyword>, <keyword>BASED INTERIOR</keyword>, <keyword>DOORS HAWAIIAN</keyword>, <keyword>424 SQUARE</keyword>, <keyword>SETAI WELLNESS</keyword>, <keyword>EPONYMOUS SANDAL</keyword> By . Joel Christie . Alex Birkenstock, heir to the eponymous sandal company fortune, has listed his Manhattan penthouse for more than double what he paid three years ago. Birkenstock picked up the 3,424-square-foot, 30th-floor pad at 40 Broad Street in 2011 for $5.86 million, then engaged in a $5 million renovation spearheaded by Miami-based interior designer Steve Harivel, the force behind nearby Soho House. Lined with exposed brick, 1920s Art Deco doors from a Hawaiian theater and hardwood floors from the Portuguese embassy in Paris, the pad is now on the market for $12.99 million. Platinum Properties' Daniel Hedaya and Khashy Eyn have the listing, according to The Real Deal. Luxury: The two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is perched above The Setai wellness center in Manhattan's Flatiron District. It has been listed for $12,995,000 . Shielded behind an LLC, Birkenstock bought the 30th-floor, 3,424-square foot apartment in 2011 for $5,867,156 . Alex Birkenstock spent $5 million renovating the site, calling upon Miami-based interior designer Steve Harivel, who was behind the Soho House hotels . The master bedroom was modeled on the 15th-century church in Palma, Italy . The bathroom features reclaimed 1930's floral patterned hand-cut blue stone tiles from Belgium . In 2012, Birkenstock sold a triplex penthouse in Miami Beach for $25 million, a record price for the area at the time. The latest listing is a two-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment situated above the wellness center The Setai in the Flatiron District. Following the mass-renovation, the place is full of exposed brick and furniture sourced from all over the world. According to the listing, the sauna bathroom, one of three bathrooms within the penthouse, features reclaimed 1930's floral patterned hand-cut blue stone tiles from Belgium, and a grand stone tub which was cut from a single stone that was imported from Mexico. Lined with exposed brick, 1920s Art Deco doors from a Hawaiian theater and hardwood floors from the Portuguese embassy in Paris, the pad is now on the market for $12.99 million . The apartment has a distinct 'bachelor pad' style, as here with the pool table centerpiece . The ceiling is made of reclaimed tin from institutional buildings. The sauna bathroom, one of three bathrooms within the penthouse, features reclaimed 1930's floral patterned hand-cut blue stone tiles from Belgium . 'The room evokes the 15th-century church in Palma, Italy, on which it was modeled,' the listing reads. '[There's] a highly curated array of fixtures and furnishings including Napoleon III chairs, tufted sofas in mohair, vintage French leather club chairs, haberdashery from a custom shirt and tie store in Boston, industrial factory lights and tables, 1920's street lights from Brussels and various mid-century modern items. 'The ceiling is made of reclaimed tin from institutional buildings. Adjacent to the kitchen are two floor-to-ceiling Gagganeau wine refrigerators that are located in close proximity to a custom 16-foot metal bar.' Birkenstock, a German brand of sandals and other shoes notable for their contoured cork and rubber footbeds, are headquartered in Germany .	Two bedroom apartment in Manhattan's Flatiron District bought in 2011 for $5.66 million by Alex Birkenstock . Birkenstock, heir to the sandal empire, invested $5 million in renovations . Bachelor pad now listed for $12.99 million . It features a sauna bathroom and the master bedroom has been modeled off a 15th century Italian church .
Keywords: <keyword>SIGNING NAPOLI</keyword>, <keyword>FERNANDEZ PLAYED</keyword>, <keyword>OFFER ARGENTINA</keyword>, <keyword>DEFENDER FEDERICO</keyword>, <keyword>EXPERIENCE SWANSEA</keyword>, <keyword>QPR WILLING</keyword>, <keyword>GUZMAN DUTCH</keyword>, <keyword>CUP SQUAD</keyword>, <keyword>8M</keyword>, <keyword>QUOTA INTERNATIONALS</keyword> By . Simon Jones . Swansea are increasingly confident of signing Napoli defender Federico Fernandez in time for the start of the premier league season. Napoli have accepted their £8m offer for the Argentina defender and the player is happy with the terms all that remains to be sorted is a work permit. Fernandez was part of Argentina's World Cup squad but has not played the quota of internationals required due to injury. Experience: Federico Fernandez would bring quality and experience to the Swansea defence . Target: Napoli defender Fernandez played four times in Brazil for Argentina as they reached the final . Meanwhile, Napoli are threatening QPR's move for midfielder Jonathan de Guzman. The Dutch international was on loan at swansea from Villarreal last season and QPR are willing to offer £7m. However, Napoli have now shown an interest and could prove more attractive than the Loftus Road club.	Swans have agreed a £8m fee with Napoli for the Argentine defender . Fernandez is happy with personal terms and is waiting on work permit . Former Swan Jonathan de Guzman wanted by Napoli and QPR .
Keywords: <keyword>MUSLIMS PROTESTING</keyword>, <keyword>DESECRATION QURAN</keyword>, <keyword>PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN</keyword>, <keyword>ATTACK CHRISTIANS</keyword>, <keyword>RELIGION PENALTY</keyword>, <keyword>VIOLENCE GOJRA</keyword>, <keyword>HOUSES BURNED</keyword>, <keyword>CNN PARAMILITARY</keyword>, <keyword>SEVEN PEOPLE</keyword>, <keyword>INVESTIGATION DETERMINED</keyword> ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- About 200 people have been arrested in a flare-up of anti-Christian violence in Gojra that left seven dead, a government minister said Monday. Christians in Karachi, Pakistan, on Monday protest the slayings of seven Christians in weekend violence. Rana Sana Ullah, Punjab's provincial law minister, told CNN that the paramilitary Rangers force was helping police and maintaining law and order. Seven people were killed and 20 injured Saturday when Muslim demonstrators set fire to houses in a Christian enclave and fighting broke out, authorities said. Police said the Muslims were protesting an alleged desecration of pages in the Quran, the Muslim sacred text, at a Christian wedding. At a news conference in Islamabad carried on local TV, Shehbaz Bhatti, federal minister for minorities, said an investigation determined there was no desecration of the Quran in village 95 Gill near Gojra City, and the allegations were baseless. He also said the government will rebuild all the burned houses. Bhatti told CNN that four women, two men and a child, all Christians, were either shot to death or killed when their houses were burned. About 50 houses were burned down, and more than 100 were looted by the protesters, Bhatti said. The incident occurred in Gojra City, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Lahore. Kamran Michael, Punjab provincial minister for human rights and minority affairs, who is a Christian, told CNN after meeting with Pakistan's Christian leaders in Gojra that a consensus had been reached to observe three days of mourning, from Monday to Wednesday, for the attack on the Christians. On those three days, all schools, colleges, missions and educational institutions run by Christians will remain closed. Christian schools in Karachi, which were due to open for the new term Monday, remained closed. However, schools in most other areas of Pakistan are still on summer vacation. Michael also criticized Pakistan's "law of offenses relating to religion," which has a penalty of life imprisonment for desecration of the Quran and even death for defiling the name of the prophet Mohammed. He called the law unjust and misused, and he strongly condemned it, demanding that it be amended because of its misuse against minorities. Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report.	7 killed, 20 hurt Saturday when Muslim protesters set fire to houses in Christian area . They were protesting alleged desecration of Quran at a Christian wedding . Federal official says investigation determined there was no desecration of Quran . About 50 houses were burned down, more than 100 looted in violence .
Keywords: <keyword>MILLION SYRIANS</keyword>, <keyword>YORK CNN</keyword>, <keyword>GOVERNORATES</keyword>, <keyword>INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY</keyword>, <keyword>NATIONAL STAFFERS</keyword>, <keyword>PROVIDES SERVICES</keyword>, <keyword>RAISE FUNDS</keyword>, <keyword>FOOD INSECURE</keyword>, <keyword>BULLETS DON</keyword>, <keyword>RECALLED PROGRAM</keyword> New York (CNN) -- The World Food Programme is ramping up its Syria operations in anticipation of greater demand from inside and outside the country, but lack of access is proving problematic, the U.N. group's executive director told reporters Tuesday. "Most of my time has been spent with donors as well as the representatives from the neighboring countries regarding our operation in Syria," Ertharin Cousin said at the Social Good Summit, which coincides with the meeting of world leaders here at the U.N. General Assembly . The program, which provides services to 3 million Syrians inside the country and 1.2 million outside, is making plans to boost those numbers next month to 4 million inside the country and 1.5 million to 1.7 million outside, she said. The program has 80 international staffers and 300 national staffers supporting the region. Though some of them are working from Amman, Jordan, others are spread across all 14 governorates of Syria, she said. But the group has had access "issues of access" to some areas "for some time," she said. Cousin did not say whether those issues were caused by the government or rebel forces. "What I've said is that bullets don't tell you what side they come from," she said. "There's enough complicity to go around we need all parties to provide us with access." WFP is not involved in politics, she said. "We deal with the consequences of failed politics." Because of their apolitical stance, WFP representatives are able to talk to all sides in the civil war, "and that's what we do," she said. But the outlook is grim if access is not gained soon. Cousin predicted that images of children suffering from severe malnutrition will emerge from the country this winter for a third year in a row. "Those pictures will get worse and we, as the international community, should not wait until we have famine-like conditions before we bring attention to the fact that we don't have access to too many of these areas." She credited aggressive planning with helping authorities avert a famine last year in Niger. The challenges can go beyond meeting nutritional needs, she said, citing one Syrian man's anger over the bread offered to him in a refugee camp in Jordan where she was visiting recently. "He said, 'This is not Syrian bread; it is Jordanian bread, and they have their own recipe for bread,' " she recalled. The program worked with Jordanian bakers to rejigger the recipe. "When we have the opportunity and the ability to meet not only nutritional needs but cultural needs, we try to comply," she said, adding that that was not always possible. Last year, WFP fed nearly 99 million people in 88 countries, she said. It is 100% voluntarily funded, and each year it must raise the funds it expects to use by asking for them. Last year's total was just over $4 billion. But its resources are finite. Some 10 million people in Yemen are "food insecure," meaning they live in hunger or in fear of starvation, she said. And Haiti has reduced the size of its school feeding program, despite ongoing need, "because we're underresourced," Cousin said. Over the long term, more challenges await. She said WFP is working with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization to prepare for the effects of climate change by getting more drought-tolerant seeds to farmers. Veteran correspondent kidnapped in Syria . Al Qaeda-linked group in Syria denounces pro-democracy rebels .	Executive director for U.N. program says access in Syria is a serious worry . The program has 80 international staffers and 300 national staffers supporting the region . Ertharin Cousin praises aggressive planning, which averted disaster in Niger .
Keywords: <keyword>BATTERY FUEL</keyword>, <keyword>ECOMOVE ELECTRIC</keyword>, <keyword>POWERS CAR</keyword>, <keyword>600KM CHARGE</keyword>, <keyword>SUBSTANTIALLY CARBON</keyword>, <keyword>INNOVATIVE CHASSIS</keyword>, <keyword>BIO METHANOL</keyword>, <keyword>CONCEPT MECC</keyword>, <keyword>DISTANCE QBEAK</keyword>, <keyword>CELLS HAMPERED</keyword> Green, they may be. But electric cars have struggled to overcome one of the main shortfalls that put buyers off - an inferior range to their petrol-powered rivals. That may be about to change after a new electric car was unveiled that promises to go 500 miles (800km) before the battery needs recharging. This would be far more than one of the current leaders in the field, the battery/ gasoline Chevrolet Volt, which can do around 375 miles (600km) on one charge-up. Going the distance: The QBEAK electric car which promises to go 500 miles before the battery needs recharging . On the horizon: A battery/fuel cell demonstration model of the QBEAK is expected to arrive sometime in 2013 . The Modular Energy Carrier concept (MECc), created by three Danish companies, uses bio-methanol to bolster its battery life. Mogens . Lokke, CEO of ECOmove, designers of the innovative 'QBEAK' car said . bio-methanol was far better than diesel or gasoline because it produces . substantially less carbon dioxide. 'In . combination with the way we built the car, which is really lightweight . (425 kilograms), we can get the 500-mile range,' he told CNN. A . bio-methanol/ water is converted by the fuel cell to create . electricity, while waste heat from the process powers the car's heating . and cooling system. One right royal potential owner: Prince Charles has a look inside one of ECOmove's electric concept cars during a visit to Denmark earlier this year . Keen interest: Prince Charles and Camilla were both given the low-down on the new designs when they visited Vitus Bering Innovation Park in May . It also benefits from a innovative chassis design which has really pushed the technology forward. 'Instead . of putting in a fixed battery, we have built in (six) modules that can . be fitted inside the chassis. We can use battery power in the modules or . any other kind of energy source,' Lokke said. The award-winning QBEAK also uses patented in-wheel electric motors to deliver a top speed of 75mph (120kph). The car caught the attention of royalty earlier this year when Prince Charles and Camilla paid a visit to Denmark. Driver: A novel chassis design means it will contain six electric modules rather then a single fixed battery . Imminent: The QBEAK project hopes to launch a battery-powered model with a range of 186 miles this year . They both climbed into the QBEAK car when they arrived at Vitus Bering Innovation Park in May. Mr Løkke, introduced the e-car and its many features, while the royal couple listened attentively. Prince Charles promised to follow ECOmove in the future and said that he finds the QEAK-concept very interesting. 'This . is indeed a fantastic opportunity for us to spread the message about . ECOmove and our e-car QBEAK to a wider audience', he said. According . to Mads Friis Jensen from Serenergy, the designers of the fuel cell, . bio-methanol is a cheap and abundant fuel with a short carbon chain. Challenging petrol: The award-winning QBEAK also uses patented in-wheel electric motors to deliver a top speed of 75mph (120kph) Green machine: The car's fuel cell converts a bio-ethanol/ water mix into electricity to power the battery . Compared to gasoline, bio-methanol production can cut CO2 emissions by more than 70 per cent . The U.S. Department for Energy (DOE) says direct methanol fuel cells are not hampered by the storage problems that affect other green fuels like hydrogen because as a liquid it's easier to transport and supply through current infrastructure. The QBEAK project hopes to launch a battery-powered model with a range of 186 miles (300 kilometers) later this year. The battery/fuel cell version is expected to arrive sometime in 2013.	QBEAK concept vehicle uses bio-methanol to boost its battery life . Novel chassis contains six modules instead of one fixed battery . Innovative in-wheel electric motors can deliver top speed of 75mph .
Keywords: <keyword>ALCOHOL OUTDOOR</keyword>, <keyword>AUSTRALIANS REGULATION</keyword>, <keyword>STAND DRINK</keyword>, <keyword>BREWERY REGENCY</keyword>, <keyword>ALLOW GUESTS</keyword>, <keyword>AREAS SOUTH</keyword>, <keyword>APPLY LICENSE</keyword>, <keyword>COOPER ASKED</keyword>, <keyword>LOCAL MAYOR</keyword>, <keyword>PEOPLE FENCED</keyword> Glenn Cooper was asked to apply for a special license to allow his guests to stand up and drink free alcohol at his own brewery for his retirement party. Mr Cooper, who is an executive chairman at Coopers Brewery in Regency Park of South Australia, said following the bureaucratic madness, it has made it difficult for businesses. His company had already received approval but he was required to apply for another license to be able to host people in ‘a fenced off area where people can stand up’ and drink alcohol outside. It's reported that in South Australia, people are 'not allowed to stand up and drink alcohol in outdoor areas' 'This is because in South Australia you are not allowed to stand up and drink alcohol in outdoor areas,' Mr Cooper told Adelaide Now. ‘In Melbourne and Sydney, they have sectioned off areas where you can have a drink. ‘We’re the only state in Australia where that happens. It causes a lot of frustration for people.' Mr Cooper also added that his children had travelled interstate and when they returned home, they said 'boy we’re a bit of a nanny state because of these rules'. A chairman was asked to apply for a special license to allow his guests to stand up and drink free beer at his own retirement party . The regulation follows after treasurer Joe Hockey addressed his frustration in parliament on Wednesday over a red tape experience he encountered at a pizza restaurant with his family. 'I went to put the two tables together and the owner of the pizza shop came out and said 'I'm sorry Mr Hockey, you're not allowed to do that, the council regulation prevents you putting the two tables together', he told an audience in Canberra. 'There were eight of us, so I went inside to get another chair and they said, 'Sorry Mr Hockey, they've said you can only have seven chairs [outside], not eight'.' 'That’s when I exploded. I actually tracked down the local mayor and I think the whole suburb heard the conversation. 'When excessive red tape lowers productivity it ultimately lowers growth and the standard of living for all Australians.' The regulation follows after treasurer Joe Hockey addressed his frustration in parliament on Wednesday over a red tape experience he encountered at a pizza restaurant with his family . The federal government held its' second 'red tape repeal day' on Wednesday. The government has a plan to cut $1 billion in red tape every year, with two parliamentary repeal days each year to cut unnecessary and costly legislation and regulation. 'The 2014 Spring Repeal Day will repeal nearly 1,000 pieces and more than 7,200 pages of legislation and regulation,' the Government website said. 'This is in addition to the 2014 Autumn Repeal Day, which repealed over 10,000 pieces and 50,000 pages of legislation and regulation. This brings the total net deregulatory savings to date to over $2.1 billion.' This year, Australia ranked 124 out of 148 countries for ‘burden of government regulation’, according to the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index.	A chairman was asked to apply for a special license to allow his guests to stand up and drink free beer at his own retirement party . It's reported that in South Australia, people are 'not allowed to stand up and drink alcohol in outdoor areas' The regulation follows after treasurer Joe Hockey addressed his frustration over a red tape experience he encountered at a pizza restaurant . Federal government held its' second 'red tape repeal day' on Wednesday . The government has a plan to cut unnecessary and costly legislation and regulation .
Keywords: <keyword>NICK CLEGG</keyword>, <keyword>WANNABE ACTOR</keyword>, <keyword>PLAYED PRINCE</keyword>, <keyword>TORY MP</keyword>, <keyword>JOHNNY DEPP</keyword>, <keyword>PANTO SLEEPING</keyword>, <keyword>FILMS LIB</keyword>, <keyword>SPANISH ACTRESS</keyword>, <keyword>CRUZ SEEN</keyword>, <keyword>NETHER EDGE</keyword> By . Tom Mctague, Mail online Deputy Political Editor . A film portraying Nick Clegg’s role in the creation of the first Coalition government since the Second World War has been announced – sparking ridicule in Westminster. The one-off Channel 4 programme – quickly dubbed ‘Nick Clegg the movie’ – will be set in the days following the 2010 election when backroom deals helped shut Labour out of power for the first time since 1997. The revelation sparked speculation in Westminster over which Hollywood actor would play Mr Clegg - a former university Thespian himself – and his glamorous Spanish wife Miriam. Scroll down for video . Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg - pictured at the Merlin Theatre, Nether Edge, in 2006 - took a leading role in the panto Sleeping Beauty, playing the Prince. He is seen with Rivka Smith who plays Sleeping Beauty . A Lib Dem source close to the Deputy Prime Minister suggested there was already one superstar in the running. The source said: ‘That would explain why Johnny Depp has been calling.’ The Spanish actress Penelope Cruz was also suggested as a leading contender to play Miriam. But Mr Clegg may fancy a go playing himself in the movie. He once played the prince in an amateur pantomime of Sleeping Beauty at university. Mr Clegg has previously boasted about his days as a wannabe actor. He said: 'Acting was a great love of mine and I never would have caught the idea of drama unless I'd been encouraged to do so in school.' Speaking to the acting magazine The Stage he added: 'When I was younger, I had the privilege of performing alongside others who have since gone on to lead very successful acting careers.' Mr Clegg also appeared in a Westminster School play with Helena Bonham Carter. A series of online spoofs were mocked up showing the Deputy Prime Minister in a series of famous films . The Lib Dem leader's role forming the Coalition was mocked as the 'Greatest Story Ever Told' in one spoof film poster. Behind Mr Clegg the Spanish Hollywood star Penelope Cruz can be seen playing Miriam . Playwright James Graham, whose National Theatre play This House was set in the dying days of James Callaghan's Labour government, said Mr Clegg was pivotal in a ‘historic’ moment in British politics. He said: ‘In May 2010, British politics was faced with a dilemma it hadn't had to face in peacetime for over 75 years. ‘The public were asked “Who should govern?” and they came back with the answer “We don't know”. ‘Those historic, dramatic few days put personalities at the heart of politics - and the choices made, I believe, changed the face of British politics forever. ‘What we try to capture in this drama is the tension, the high stakes, and the frequent farcical and absurd nature of what happens when a power is wrangled, negotiated and fought over like children trading cards in the playground.’ The 90-minute film, with the working title ‘Coalition’, is the latest in a string of political dramas on the channel including the Bafta-winning Mo about Mo Mowlam and The Deal, which starred Michael Sheen and David Morrissey as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The Lib Dems tonight asked on Twitter who should be chosen to play the Deputy Prime Minister. One mock up image on Twitter suggested Benedict Cumberbatch would be a good choice . Online spoof Twitter account 'General Boles' - a parody of the Tory MP Nick Boles - suggested the final scene of the Nick Clegg Movie would see him at the wheel of the Titanic . The channel is also making a 10-part spy drama - called Opposite Number - about agents fighting a secret war in the closed world of North Korea. Its writer, Matt Charman, said: ‘North Korea is one of the last truly impenetrable nations on the planet, and one of the most dangerous for the West. ‘I wanted to write a drama that could blow the lid off our understanding of who we think the North Korean people are and what their government truly wants.’	Film will portray Mr Clegg's role in the creation of the Coalition in 2010 . News sparked ridicule and speculation over which actor will play Lib Dem . Deputy Prime Minister played the prince in Sleeping Beauty panto in 2006 . Also starred alongside Helena Bonham Carter in Westminster School play .

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This dataset is an enhanced version of the CNN/DailyMail summarization dataset. Articles have been preprocessed and keywords are prepended at the top of each article to provide additional context for fine-tuning summarization models.

Dataset Details

Dataset Description

The dataset includes news articles with keywords prepended at the top, formatted with special tokens for compatibility with transformer-based models. Keywords were extracted using KeyBERT to emphasize key topics from the articles. Each article is paired with its corresponding summary (highlights). Dataset Sources Original Dataset

The original dataset is the CNN/DailyMail summarization dataset, which contains:

Articles: News articles from CNN and DailyMail.
Highlights: Human-written summaries of the articles.

Preprocessing Applied

Keyword Extraction:

Extracted keywords using KeyBERT.
Keywords were formatted with <keyword> special tokens and prepended at the top of each article.

Dataset Structure

The dataset contains two columns:

article: Preprocessed articles with keywords prepended at the top.
highlights: Preprocessed summaries (highlights).

Example:

Article:

Keywords: GLOBAL ECONOMY, INFLATION, SUPPLY CHAIN

The global economy is facing unprecedented challenges due to inflation and supply chain disruptions.

Highlights:

Global economy faces challenges from inflation and supply chain issues.

Intended Use

This dataset was created to provide an enhanced summarization dataset for experiments in keyword-based summarization. Prepending keywords at the top of the text acts as a primer, potentially improving model performance by focusing attention on key topics early.

Possible Use Cases:

Fine-tuning summarization models such as DistilBART or BART.
Evaluating the impact of prepended contextual keywords on summarization accuracy.

Limitations

Contextual Bias:
    Prepending keywords may introduce a bias where the model overly focuses on the prepended keywords rather than the article's main content.

Keyword Extraction Quality:
    Automatically extracted keywords might not always reflect the true focus of the article.

Citation

If using this dataset, please cite the original CNN/DailyMail summarization dataset and mention the preprocessing and keyword extraction enhancements.

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