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Total 100 articles, created at 2016-06-06 18:07 1 It's official! 87 000 people attend ANC manifesto launch
(0.04/1) It is official! - 87 000 people went through the turnstiles at the African National Congress (ANC) Gauteng manifesto launch at FNB Stadium on Saturday‚ settling the war of words about whether the party could fill the stadium. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 2 Why is the EFF's Mbuyiseni Ndlozi the people's bae?
(0.01/1) Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is fast earning a reputation as “the people’s bae”. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 3 EFF: Using Red Ants a sign of an uncaring and abusive government
(0.01/1) The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said “it supports the resistance that the community has shown to the forced removals” in Hammanskraal. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 4 Zuma crashes Gauteng party President Jacob Zuma will tomorrow make a somewhat unwelcome appearance at the Gauteng leg of the ANC's local government (0.01/1) election manifesto launch. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 5 Suing the Saudis | The American Spectator On May 17, the Senate passed legislation that would enable private citizens to sue the government of Saudi Arabia and other (0.01/1) Saudis possibly connected... 2016-06-06 14:14 6KB spectator.org 6 The World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2016 - In Photos: The World's Highest-Paid
(0.01/1) Female Athletes 2016 The 10 top-paid female athletes earned $124 million from salary, prize money, endorsements, appearances and licensing between June 2015 and June 2016. The global group hails from eight different countries with tennis players dominating the action. 2016-06-06 17:39 874Bytes www.forbes.com 7 Reuters: U. S. - powered by FeedBurner TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida braced for flooding and strong winds as Tropical Storm Colin churned toward the state's... (0.01/1) 2016-06-06 13:35 604Bytes feeds.reuters.com
8 Of the People Americans share their hopes, fears and frustrations in interviews from the campaign trail. 2016-06-06 18:06 1KB www.nytimes.com 9 Sanco: ‘Taking selfies while torching buildings doesn’t promote patriotism’ The South African Broadcast Corporation’s (SABC) ban on broadcasting footage of the destruction of property is a “right step towards addressing the culture of violence that is threatening to erode the moral fibre of our society”. 2016-06-06 18:06 1KB www.timeslive.co.za 10 Concern after Burundi arrests journalist A Burundian journalist was arrested over the weekend and handed over to the dreaded secret service, witnesses and his colleagues said Monday, expressing fears over his well-being. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 11 Tutu laments SA’s journey from TRC to Nkandla Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu says the country’s democratically elected government had let citizens down when it came to dealing with some of the legacies of apartheid. 2016-06-06 18:06 920Bytes www.timeslive.co.za 12 KZN ANCYL secretary rebuked by party over ‘little girl’ insult to NFP leader Thanduxolo Sabelo‚ the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League secretary in KwaZulu-Natal‚ has been hauled over the coals by his own party for an unprovoked attack on deputy science and technology minister Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi‚ who is also leader of the National Freedom Party (NFP). 2016-06-06 18:06 3KB www.timeslive.co.za 13 Father says son forgives him after Japan forest ordeal The father of a seven-year-old Japanese boy found alive nearly a week after his parents left him in a dense forest as punishment said his son has forgiven him, as details emerged of the boy's ordeal. 2016-06-06 18:06 3KB www.timeslive.co.za 14 Australian Armegeddon looms for Proteas It has taken Australia to put South Africa’s performance in their tri- series match against West Indies in Providence on Friday into context. 2016-06-06 18:06 3KB www.timeslive.co.za
15 Union asks mine to offer reward for info on member’s murder The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called on a Limpopo mine to issue a reward to anyone with information that could secure an arrest following the murder of one of its members on Sunday. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 16 South Africa says 'no danger' despite US attacks warning South Africa on Monday sought to allay fears after Washington warned Americans of a possibly imminent terror attack by Islamic extremists in the country's major cities. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 17 SA firefighters get a buzz with maple syrup to fight ‘The Beast’ in Canada The 301 South African firefighters whose rousing singing caused a viral sensation on social media this week are well into the danger zone‚ less than a week after their arrival in Canada to fight a massive blaze dubbed “The Beast”. 2016-06-06 18:06 5KB www.timeslive.co.za 18 Cope: The gun settles who wins and who loses in the ANC The Congress of the People (Cope) on Friday described the African National Congress (ANC) under President Jacob Zuma as “much like a South African taxi operation: In both‚ the gun settles who wins and who loses”. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 19 R60m raised to help fund UJ’s ‘missing middle’ students In three months the University of Johannesburg (UJ) has managed to raise R60-million for the “missing middle” students - those deemed too rich for student funding and too poor to afford to pay tuition. 2016-06-06 18:06 973Bytes www.timeslive.co.za 20 'Hlaudi deserves a medal': Full six minute SABC praise song released As reported last week by TMG Entertainment, a song praising the SABC's decision to implement a 90% local music quota across its radio stations, has been released. 2016-06-06 18:06 918Bytes www.timeslive.co.za 21 Cape Town passenger tells of frightening attack during Uber ride “I called my daughter and all I heard was her screaming.” 2016-06-06 18:06 3KB www.timeslive.co.za
22 Dingaan Thobela remembers inspirational words Muhammad Ali whispered in his ear 23 years ago It was 23 years ago when Muhammad Ali took Dingaan Thobela’s hand and whispered words that the former South African multiple world champion says have remained with him to this day. 2016-06-06 18:06 1KB www.timeslive.co.za 23 Activists complain to mayor about Sea Point leader's 'racism' Three Cape Town activists said they would submit a complaint of racism to mayor Patricia de Lille on Thursday against a Sea Point ratepayers' leader. 2016-06-06 18:06 3KB www.timeslive.co.za 24 Directors worry about South Africa's economy Economic uncertainty‚ the weakening rand and a lack of skilled employees is depressing directors of South African companies. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 25 DA to make PAIA request on ‘smuggled Burundian woman’ story The Democratic Alliance (DA) will make a request under the Promotion of Access to Information Act for details on Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo…that involved the smuggling of Michelle Wege into South Africa”. 2016-06-06 18:06 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 26 Tougher laws to deal with infrastructure vandals now in effect As from Wednesday‚ criminals who steal and vandalise essential infrastructure such as electric cables and water pipes will face harsher punishment if they are found guilty by a court of law. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 27 Is Zuma's plane being downed by a lack of trained engineers and mechanics? President Jacob Zuma should not be worried about his current jet‚ Inkwaze - it’s the lack of maintenance capabilities within the South African Air Force (SAAF) that should be giving him and his Cabinet sleepless nights‚ according to an online African defence and security news publication. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 28 Mohoje to captain SA ‘A’ side to face the England Saxons in two matches Free State flank Oupa Mohoje has been named as captain of the SA ‘A’ to face the England Saxons in two matches. 2016-06-06 18:07 893Bytes www.timeslive.co.za
29 Van Damme: SABC delaying tactics over DA advert a joke The Democratic Alliance (DA) has described as “a joke” the argument put forward by lawyers for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to justify the “refusal to air our paid election adverts”. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 30 Aged and disabled South Africans can apply to vote next week Applications for special votes during the up-coming local government elections will open next week‚ the Independent Electoral Commission said on Monday. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 31 Ramaphosa: Violence in Parliament demonstrates disdain for the will of the people Disruptions in the National Assembly have “undermined” the “ability of the executive to account”‚ Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday. 2016-06-06 18:07 3KB www.timeslive.co.za 32 There's no place to hide in Sevens rugby There will not be a more tightly contested, open medal at those Games. 2016-06-06 18:07 4KB www.timeslive.co.za 33 ‘He's a fighter‚’ says mother of SA cyclist injured in race in Italy Keagan Girdlestone “has to win the biggest challenge of his life now”‚ his mother told TMG Digital on Monday as she awaited an update on the injured cyclist’s condition. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 34 DA battles with quotas Whites continue to occupy most of the top management positions at the DA-controlled Cape Town municipality and are well represented in other mid-level to senior positions. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 35 Djoker is truly king Novak Djokovic was once the sick-note Serb whose undoubted promise was at the mercy of a variety of frustrating aches, pains and assorted strains. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 36 Shakes dreaming of a bright future for Bafana Shakes Mashaba believes his Bafana squad has the potential to become one of the best national teams. 2016-06-06 18:07 1KB www.timeslive.co.za 37 ANN7 staff could lose for booing ANCYL president Thirty employees at the Gupta-owned ANN7 could lose their jobs after they booed ANC Youth League President Collen Maine. 2016-06-06 18:07 835Bytes www.timeslive.co.za 38 Slow burn on fags law Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said in 2012 he would make sure cigarettes were sold in plain packaging to offset the glamour associated with smoking and reduce cancer. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 39 ANC's Gupta probe dead in the water The validity of claims that the Gupta family controls state affairs will not be established by the ANC any time soon. 2016-06-06 18:07 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 40 'Progressed' pupils may get a chance to write matric exams over two years Struggling Grade 11 pupils pushed through to the class of 2017 might be able write their matric examination over two years. 2016-06-06 18:07 4KB www.timeslive.co.za 41 Top class! List of highest individual scores in all forms of cricket On this day in 1994, Brian Lara scored an unbeaten 501 to become the first and only batsman in history to surpass 500 runs in a first class innings. Today we look at highest scores in all formats of cricket 2016-06-06 18:07 3KB www.mid-day.com 42 32 years of Operation Blue Star: The big story about the incident Operation Blue star which started on June 3-8, 1984 completes 32 years today. On the occassion, we take a look at the incident that triggered the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and its aftermaths 2016-06-06 18:07 4KB www.mid-day.com 43 Manohar Aich: 5 quick facts about the renowned bodybuilder Former Mr Universe Manohar Aich died at the age of 104. Here are 5 quick facts about the celebrated bodybuilder 2016-06-06 18:03 1KB www.mid-day.com
44 Video: US Sailors in Japan Banned From Drinking, Navy Says The U. S. Navy has issued a drinking ban on all sailors stationed in Japan following a car accident this weekend where a U. S. sailor was suspected of drunk driving. 2016-06-06 18:00 2KB abcnews.go.com 45 No case of misuse of AFSPA in North East: Army Defending the imposition of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the North East, the Army today said there was no recent cases of misuse of the law in the region 2016-06-06 17:46 1KB www.mid-day.com 46 Retired school teacher's body recovered from drain in Kolkata Body of a 60-year-old retired teacher was today recovered from a drain in Chakraberia area in the southern part of the city this morning, police said 2016-06-06 17:40 2KB www.mid-day.com 47 'Witty' Abhinav Bindra has 'perfect' solution for Narsingh-Sushil row Check out ace shooter Abhinav Bindra's quirky perspective on the ongoing Sushil Kumar-Narsingh Yadav row over selection in the 74 kg freestyle wrestling category for the Rio Olympics 2016-06-06 17:29 2KB www.mid-day.com 48 Scattered showers and storms on the way Expect showers to roll into metro Atlanta later Monday, according to Channel 2 Action News. 2016-06-06 17:00 871Bytes www.ajc.com
49 Sponsored article: Flipkart's new No Cost EMI draws all attention to the site Recently, an official release from the most popular shopping website in India, Flipkart, informed that it would be launching its brand new No Cost EMI scheme that would help all the shoppers purchase their most favorite expensive items on the website with the use of monthly instalments... 2016-06-06 16:39 3KB www.mid- day.com 50 Video: One Dead After Two Skydivers Collide Over South Carolina The body of Bond Springer was found this morning in a wooded area near Skydive! Carolina, a popular "drop zone" for skydivers. 2016-06-06 16:27 1KB abcnews.go.com 51 SA A to stick to Springboks script - Ackermann After spending a week with the Springboks‚ South Africa A coach Johan Ackermann intends to stick as closely as possible to Allister Coetzee’s blueprint when his side takes on an England Saxons side on Friday. 2016-06-06 16:17 3KB www.timeslive.co.za 52 Kenya win as Congo fail to qualify for AFCON 2017 Kenya secured their first win in five attempts, eliminating Congo from the Africa Nations Cup football finals, to be held in Gabon in 2017 2016-06-06 16:12 2KB www.mid-day.com 53 We have the squad to win Euro 2016: France's Griezmann Exuding confidence over his side, France striker Antoine Griezmann on Monday said they will win Euro 2016 on home soil but added they also need a little luck to do so. 2016-06-06 15:58 2KB www.mid-day.com 54 Justin Gatlin hoping for 'fastest race ever' at Rio Olympics Justin Gatlin said he hoped to be a part of the fastest ever 100 metre sprint at this year's Olympics after winning an exhibition event in Rio de Janeiro 2016-06-06 15:58 2KB www.mid-day.com 55 South Korea beat Czech Republic 2-1 in Euro 2016 warm-up match South Korea defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 in a friendly football match ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament in France 2016-06-06 15:39 1KB www.mid-day.com 56 Rio 2016: Delhi High Court dismisses Sushil Kumar's plea for trials The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar, seeking trials in the 74 kg free style wrestling to enable him win a berth in the Indian squad to the Rio Olympics 2016-06-06 15:39 1KB www.mid-day.com 57 Baby Boks ready to claim revenge for big brothers in World Rugby under-20 championship The embarrassment of suffering a defeat at the hands of minnows on the world stage is something South African teams know too well‚ and a feat they do not want repeated any time soon. 2016-06-06 15:37 2KB www.timeslive.co.za
58 Mumbai: Passenger in Uber suffers head injuries due to rash driving A woman suffered head injured after a rash Uber car driver in which she was a passenger crashed head-on into a Maruti Zen while overtaking other cars on flyover 2016-06-06 15:28 3KB www.mid- day.com 59 Jat agitation continues - on subdued note The renewed Jat agitation for job reservation and other demands continued in Harayana for a second day on Monday but on a subdued note 2016-06-06 15:20 2KB www.mid-day.com 60 Court to pronounce sentence in Gulberg massacre A special sessions court is on Monday expected to pronounce the quantum of punishment to those convicted for massacring 69 people at the Gulberg Housing Society here in 2002 2016-06-06 15:19 1KB www.mid-day.com 61 'Complete jungle raj' in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged there was 2016-06-06 15:18 1KB www.mid-day.com 62 Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies 'braced' for Ireland Flyhalf Elton Jantjies has had a special brace made to protect a fractured finger in an effort to ready him for the first Test against Ireland at Newlands on Saturday. 2016-06-06 15:18 2KB www.timeslive.co.za 63 WATCH: Apl.de. Ap parades jeepney in NY The iconic Philippine jeepney beeped its way to the City that Never Sleeps on Sunday. Black Eyed Peas singer Apl.de. Ap paraded a Sarao-made jeepney in New York during the Philippine Independence 2016-06-06 15:11 1KB entertainment.inquirer.net 64 10 players who need to start thinking about moving from their PSL clubs The transfer window opens at the end of the month and there are a host of players who will be desperately targeting a move away from their current clubs for a variety of reasons. 2016-06-06 15:09 5KB www.timeslive.co.za
65 CBI gives nod to make driver approver in Sheena Bora case In a fresh development in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, the CBI on Monday told a special court that it has no objection in making key accused Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai an approver in the case 2016-06-06 15:01 2KB www.mid-day.com 66 Saudis team with US university on security degree program A university in Connecticut will help shape the instruction of some security officers in Saudi Arabia under an agreement announced Friday that the school describes as bringing American-style police training to the kingdom. 2016-06-06 14:11 3KB www.washingtontimes.com 67 Prince Harry Chats with Veterans The life and times of the British prince. 2016-06-06 14:11 641Bytes abcnews.go.com 68 Pakistani hackers masquerade as media in anti-India cyber campaign: Report Pakistani hackers posed as members of the press in an effort to compromise the computers of government officials in India, an American cybersecurity firm said Friday. 2016-06-06 14:11 4KB www.washingtontimes.com 69 Bach won’t ‘speculate’ on chances of Russians going to Rio IOC President Thomas Bach refused to be drawn on whether it could allow some Russian athletes in the Rio de Janeiro Games even if the country’s track and field team remains banned over state-sponsored doping allegations. 2016-06-06 14:11 3KB www.washingtontimes.com 70 'War zone' in Cardowan street as men hurt in attack Three men are hurt in a "targeted attack" in North Lanarkshire which sees vehicles set alight and a village street left resembling a "war zone". 2016-06-06 08:14 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 71 Asian stocks slip after weak US jobs data Stock markets in Asia fall following Friday's weaker-than-expected US jobs figures, while sterling drops amid continued uncertainty surrounding the EU referendum. 2016-06-06 08:14 2KB www.bbc.co.uk
72 Winston 'Winkie' Rea charged with murders of two Catholic workmen Leading loyalist Winston 'Winkie' Rea has been bailed after being charged with two counts of murder dating back more than 20 years. 2016-06-06 08:14 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 73 How to Make Sure There’s Another Kate Steinle | The American Spectator San Francisco resident Kathryn Steinle, 32, her father and a friend were strolling in July along Pier 14, when a bullet struck... 2016-06-06 14:14 4KB spectator.org 74 The Louvre's closure proves art cannot survive climate change The flooding in Paris is a stark warning of the danger posed by climate change to everything human civilisation has achieved – no matter how priceless 2016-06-06 14:54 4KB www.theguardian.com 75 Nine ways to beat the toilet shortage Hundreds of public toilets are closing around the UK, so we asked for your suggestions on how to overcome the problem. Here's a selection of your replies. 2016-06-06 15:21 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 76 'Longest' Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 33 years begins Muslims in the UK could be left fasting for 19 hours a day, as the holy month of Ramadan coincides with the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. 2016-06-06 15:21 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 77 The New World Order - In Photos: The Most Important Cities In The Developing World Outside of the Western world, a handful of cities are fast becoming important global business players. Some of their home countries are recognizing that power and seek to create a multi-polar world that isn't so reliant on the U. S. and Europe. These... 2016-06-06 17:39 935Bytes www.forbes.com 78 5 Workplace Irritations That Can Boost Productivity - In Photos: 5 Workplace Irritations That Can Boost Productivity Most full-time employees spend more than 2,000 hours per year in the office–so, there’s no question that irritations develop specific to the workplace. Tom Gimbel, president and chief executive of LaSalle Network, a Chicago-based staffing firm,... 2016-06-06 17:39 1KB www.forbes.com
79 Ken Griffin - In Photos: Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers 2016 2015 Earnings: $1.7 billion. Ken Griffin's hedge fund firm, Citadel, has performed very well in recent years while most other hedge funds have disappointed. Griffin's great run continued in 2015, when his main hedge funds posted returns of 14.3... 2016-06-06 17:39 1KB www.forbes.com 80 Lesnar’s UFC return only a ‘one-off opportunity,’ says WWE Brock Lesnar is set for a return in the UFC but that doesn’t mean he won’t be appearing in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The WWE released a statement following the confirmation of 2016-06-06 14:43 2KB sports.inquirer.net 81 When Saudi women marry foreigners A marriage between a Saudi woman and a Syrian man sparked a national debate in Saudi Arabia. 2016-06-06 13:36 5KB www.bbc.co.uk 82 Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers Some of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts appear to have fallen victim to hackers. 2016-06-06 13:36 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 83 No big winners in Saturday’s lottery drawings The Louisiana Lottery Corporation says nobody won the two major jackpots in the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings on Saturday night. 2016-06-06 14:18 1KB www.washingtontimes.com 84 Woman injured, dog killed at Clear Lake Park An elderly woman was taken to the hospital and her dog was killed when she drove her car into the water off the Clear Lake... 2016-06-06 15:22 988Bytes www.chron.com 85 Sheriff's deputies looking for cemetery vandals The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is looking for those who vandalized the San Gabriel Cemetery. 2016-06-06 15:22 1023Bytes www.chron.com 86 Harry Potter fans asked to 'Keep The Secrets' Author J K Rowling has urged people watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to keep what happens in the play secret. 2016-06-06 14:40 728Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 87 How moving home led to a multi-million- pound popcorn firm How Cassandra Stavrou's conviction that there was demand for a healthy snack drove her to move back home and launch her fast- growing popcorn firm. 2016-06-06 15:21 6KB www.bbc.co.uk 88 ‘For slim only’ signs on passenger vans discriminatory – LTFRB The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday said that the “for slim only” signs found in the front seat of some UV Express passenger vans are 2016-06-06 14:38 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 89 Breast cancer: Taking hormonal drugs for up to 15 years can reduce risk - study Taking hormonal drugs for up to 15 years reduces the risk of breast cancers coming back, a landmark study suggests. 2016-06-06 15:21 4KB www.bbc.co.uk 90 Camera catches lion lunging at toddler and face-planting on glass wall If you own a cat, you know that they crouch down and pounce while playing. The same thing was caught on video, but with a much larger cat, a 400-pound lion at a zoo in Chiba, Japan. A 2- year-old bo… 2016-06-06 14:33 1KB fox13now.com 91 Afghan president condemns killing of NPR reporters in south The Afghan president on Monday condemned the killing of David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and Afghan journalist Zabihullah Tamanna, who died in an insurgent ambush the day before while on assignment in southern Afghanistan. 2016-06-06 17:39 4KB www.washingtontimes.com 92 Police say man randomly slashes woman in wheelchair in NYC Police say a woman who uses a wheelchair has been slashed by an unknown assailant in New York City. 2016-06-06 13:23 1KB www.washingtontimes.com 93 Justice Edmunds: Open Government Champion KMorgan 1273 posts 2016-06-06 13:24 1KB www.thetribunepapers.com
94 Six Steps For Successful Bucketing - In Photos: Six Steps To Bucketing Your Retirement When it comes to making critical choices few financial moves compare to setting up a retirement plan that will ensure that you don't outlast your money. The so-called Bucket approach provides an easy to understand total return framework for making your money last. 2016-06-06 15:20 1KB www.forbes.com 95 Cameron likens Brexit to putting 'bomb under economy' David Cameron joins political rivals as he claims an EU exit would put "a bomb under our economy" - but Leave campaigners say it is 'desperate stuff'. 2016-06-06 15:21 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 96 Banksy paints Bridge Farm Primary Bristol wall as 'present' Street artist Banksy leaves a half-term surprise "present" on the walls of a Bristol primary school. 2016-06-06 15:21 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 97 The vision of William Marsh Rice becomes a university after his untimely death in 1900 The opening of the Rice Institute was "celebrated in the same spirit as might have been the dedication of a new Cathedral in the Middle Ages," wrote Julian Huxley, Rice's first biology professor, who traveled from Oxford for the event and took a job... 2016-06-06 14:17 7KB www.chron.com 98 Rescuing Warsaw's overgrown Jewish graves A band of Poles is slowly reclaiming graves in Warsaw's neglected Jewish cemetery from the ravages of time and nature. 2016-06-06 13:11 5KB www.bbc.co.uk 99 Grand Rapids museum classes offer scientific look at beer The Grand Rapids Public Museum is hosting a series of classes that offer a scientific look at the brewing and tasting of beer. 2016-06-06 14:18 1KB www.washingtontimes.com 100 Children at Risk ranks the best schools in the Houston area The Houston-based nonprofit group Children at Risk has released its 2016 rankings of the state's public schools. The criteria mostly involved student performance on standardized exams. Each campus received a letter grade, from A+ to F, and a rank, with No... 2016-06-06 13:12 2KB www.chron.com Articles
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1 It's official! 87 000 people attend ANC manifesto launch (0.04/1) FNB Stadium Management CEO Jacques Grobbelaar confirmed that is how many people entered the 88 800- seater stadium. The stadium’s original seating capacity of 97 736 was reduced to 88 800 after the Fifa World Cup in 2010‚ Grobbelaar said. In the run-up to the launch‚ ANC Gauteng chairman Paul Mashatile expressed confidence that the party will fill the stadium. “We are very confident that we will fill the stadium. Remember the way we fill stadiums is not so much about marketing‚ we use branch structures. Branches go on the ground and they mobilise. This is part of the work we are doing today‚” Mashatile said last Tuesday. The battle to fill the stadiums for a manifesto launch began in April when the ANC promised it would fill the 46 000-seater Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. However‚ the stadium was far from full and the overflow stadium was empty. The ANC expressed disappointment at the turnout and said it would launch an investigation to understand what happened as it had expected over 100 000 people to attend. A week later‚ the Democratic Alliance (DA) unveiled its election manifesto at the 30 000-seater Rand Stadium in Johannesburg‚ and also failed to fill it. However‚ the DA claimed afterwards the stadium was full and its spokewoman Phumzile van Damme said there was on overflow area on the pitch with 20 000 people. The Economic Freedom Foghters filled the 40 000-seater Orlando Stadium and the overflow area outside the stadium at its manifesto launch on April 30. This prompted the ANC in Gauteng to promise to fill the bigger capacity FNB Stadium.
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ANC supporters start to fill up FNB stadium for manifesto launch timeslive.co.za 2016-06-06 18:06 Ernest Mabuza www.timeslive.co.za
2 Why is the EFF's Mbuyiseni Ndlozi the people's bae? (0.01/1) The feisty fighter seems to have won the hearts of women all over the country. But why is Ndlozi the people's bae? 1. When he’s is not wearing his red party regalia‚ Ndlozi has a taste for the finest suits and watches. 2. Ndlozi developed an interest in politics at a very young age‚ making him the youngest member of his political party in Parliament at the age of 31. 3. He is also a smarty pants as a PhD candidate in political sociology from the University of the Witwatersrand. 4. It seems there is nothing the people's bae can’t do‚ as he has also turned out to be a good singer. 5. Ndlozi is a master of spin and has a way with words‚ as is often heard with the snappy chirps during debates in parliaments. 6. He has a charming smile. 7. He hails from humble beginnings and was born in the Vaal and raised in Everton. He has adoring fans all over social media. This is what some of his fans had to say on Twitter: Trang Pek @SadieWiggles said‚ "Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has what it takes to make me vote the EFF. " Sibonhiseni @Sbongiseni¬_G added that: "Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has quite a nice singing voice. The people's bae is everything. " Said Senzwa M @SenzwaM: "@MbuyiseniNdlozi you seem to have a taste of finest things from Africa. i'm sure boys see a chaps chap in you while girls see a peoples bae.” "I think I am falling in love with @MbuyiseniNdlozi. The people's bae‚" said Lerato Molele. WATCH: We underestimate Malema at our own peril, says Prof Jansen timeslive.co.za 2016-06-06 18:06 Julia Madibogo www.timeslive.co.za
3 EFF: Using Red Ants a sign of an uncaring and abusive government (0.01/1) It also called on the City of Tshwane and the Red Ants to back off and “allow the people to settle in peace”. The EFF said on Tuesday that the city’s “usage of Red Ants” is “a sign of an uncaring‚ violate and abusive government”. “In a country of high levels of destitution‚ landlessness and homelessness‚ it is unacceptable that a democratic government would employ the same tactics of forced removals as an illigitimate regime like apartheid‚” it said after an uneasy calm descended on Hammanskraal after violent eviction protests left two dead and six critically injured on Monday. “Often‚ when the poor fight back‚ resisting the violence of the state and of the very everyday deprivation and destitution‚ society blames them. If there was indeed any caring leadership in Tshwane‚ which was sensitive to people's struggles‚ it could have known and found a better way‚ a human way to resolve the problem‚” it added. The protests‚ which saw five people arrested overnight for‚ among other charges‚ murder‚ began when the City of Tshwane‚ using the infamous Red Ants company‚ demolished hundreds of shacks as they evicted hundreds of people from municipal-owned land. Red Ants Security and Evictions Services chief operations pfficer Fuzile Balintulo said the company has been told to stop evictions on Tuesday for the safety of their members‚ and denied earlier reports that the two people killed were its employees.
WATCH: We underestimate Malema at our own peril, says Prof Jansen timeslive.co.za 2016-06-06 18:07 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
4 Zuma crashes Gauteng party (0.01/1) Zuma had not been scheduled to speak at the provincial rally at Soweto's FNB Stadium after fierce opposition to his presence by some sections of the Gauteng ANC leadership. But provincial ANC deputy chairman David Makhura announced yesterday that chairman Paul Mashatile and Zuma would give the main speeches at the rally. A provincial executive committee member, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Times that Mashatile and other leaders had at first insisted that the provincial leadership lead the rally. At a recent meeting of the party's provincial general council, Zuma said that he would attend the rally even if he were not invited. The provincial leadership excluded Zuma from the Gauteng event and he was scheduled to address a rally in Mpumalanga tomorrow. Zuma's picture and name were featured on all adverts for that rally. But late last week it was decided that the Mpumalanga conference would be postponed to Sunday and that Zuma would address the rally at FNB Stadium tomorrow and Mpumalanga's one the day after. It is believed that the ANC's head of campaigns, Nomvula Mokonyane, also took issue with the Gauteng ANC's reluctance or refusal to invite Zuma to the event. With Gauteng expected to be one of the most tightly contested provinces in the August 3 elections, Makhura yesterday insisted that the provincial leadership would put up only its most trusted people as mayoral candidates. Said Makhura: "We will not put up mayoral candidates that will struggle to hit the ground running. We are confident in the extent to which we have invested in capacity. "As far as the three metros that we are leading are concerned, we do not fear losing them because they have been able to drive really progressive socio-economic change. " Makhura believed the ANC would retain the Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipalities. Provincial executive committee member Jacob Khawe told The Times that regional structures could select their top three candidates "according to their own preference" but were encouraged to consider experience, gender and age. Food vendors cashing in at ANC manifesto launch timeslive.co.za 2016-06-06 18:07 OLEBOGENG MOLATLHWA www.timeslive.co.za
5 Suing the Saudis | The American Spectator (0.01/1) On May 17, the Senate passed legislation that would enable private citizens to sue the government of Saudi Arabia and other Saudis possibly connected to al-Qaeda for damages incurred in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that took nearly three thousand lives. Predictably, the Saudis took an apocalyptic view of the bill. Before it passed the Senate, the Saudi foreign minister reportedly threatened to pull hundreds of billions of dollars of investments from the United States. One Saudi newspaper headlined it as a “satanic bill” that would “open the gates of hell.” In truth, the bill would open a window on the Saudis’ involvement in the 9/11 attacks that they, and our government, have made extraordinary efforts to conceal. President Obama has threatened to veto the measure. Famous by now are the twenty-eight pages of the 9/11 Commission’s report that reportedly describe the connections between the Saudi government (including the Saudi royals and other Saudi citizens) and bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network. The Obama administration says it’s considering releasing the pages, but it’s a good bet it won’t because of Obama’s obsequious relationship with the Saudis. What else do we know that could justify lawsuits against the Saudi government, and Saudi individuals, banks, and charities? A December 30, 2009 State Department cable labeled “Secret/No Forn” (meaning no disclosure to foreign governments) published by WikiLeaks, says that, “…Saudi Arabia remains a critical financial support base for al- Qa’ida, the Taliban, LeT, and other terrorist groups, including Hamas, which probably raise millions of dollars annually from Saudi sources…” If a nation that pretends to be our ally is still funding al-Qaeda eight years after 9/11, we have to ask are they still? Equally valuable information, and a ton of it, is contained in Alms for Jihad by J. Millard Burr and Robert Collins. It details the enormous and complex web of Islamic charities and banks, many funded by prominent Saudis, that are directly involved in funding terrorism. Almost immediately after its publication in 2006, the book’s publisher, Cambridge University Press, was sued in Britain by Saudi financier Khaled bin Mahfouz under the Brits’ inside-out libel laws. Mahfouz, according to the book, had funded al-Qaeda through charitable donations. In England, authors have to prove the truth of what they wrote rather than, as in the U. S., the person alleging libel having to prove its falsity. Cowed by the litigation, the publisher pulled the book from stores and destroyed most of those printed. I have one of the surviving copies. It contains a lot more information that would be sufficient basis for lawsuits against the Saudi government as well as Saudi individuals, charities, and banks. The Saudi government is indistinguishable from its royal family. In Alms for Jihad, chart 2.1 shows that Prince Talal bin Abd al-Aziz Saud was Secretary General of the International Islamic Relief Organization. The book describes IIRO as one of the most important Saudi charitable organizations and says, it “… used its charitable outreach to move funds not only to the Taliban and al-Qaeda but also to Jama’at al-Islamiyya and Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines.” Chart 2.2 shows charitable entities connected to or even belonging to al- Qaida. Among them are Al-Haramain, its Foundation and its “Islamic Foundation Benevolence International Foundation.” Back on Chart 2.1, Prince Sultan Abd al-Aziz is listed as “Regulator, Al Haramain Foundation.” Another part of Alms for Jihad tells us that after the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, the Saudis supposedly set up a regulatory regime to monitor charitable donations that was passed to a “Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs” (of which Prince Sultan is a member) to supervise the distribution of charitable aid. Which brings us back to the 2009 State Department cable. In another “Secret/NoForn” paragraph it says that in 2002 the Saudi government promised to set up a “Charities Committee” that would address this issue, but as of 2009 hasn’t done so. The cable goes on to say that the Saudis have neither acknowledged the scope of the problem nor promised to take decisive action against it. If that were proved, it could weigh heavily with an American jury. Beyond this, there is an enormous wealth of information in Alms for Jihad that could be graphically outlined in a civil complaint against Saudi individuals, charities, banks and the Saudi government. So there clearly is enough information — and obviously damage in the 3,000 lives lost on 9/11 — to justify a lawsuit. But for any plaintiff to get a judgment and collect damages admissible proof is required. Nothing in the 9/11 Commission report, the State Department cable or the Alms for Jihad book would be admissible in evidence without corroboration. After about thirty years of trying civil cases in federal and state court, I’m certain that getting such proof will be exceptionally hard. Federal rules providing for pre-trial discovery require parties to divulge information that might be relevant evidence or lead to the production of such evidence. But that’s no guarantee that it will be produced, especially in the case of foreign parties and a foreign government that are sure to stall and stonewall. But that’s no reason for Congress to not pass the bill, nor is Obama’s threat to veto it. Before the Senate passed the bill one of its authors, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), obtained an amendment essentially nullifying the possibility of any lawsuits being brought. The House should pass the bill quickly and insist on deleting the Schumer language in a House-Senate conference. The purpose of the bill, and of releasing the 28-page classified portion of the 9/11 Commission’s report, is to expose publicly that nations such as Saudi Arabia have — and almost certainly still are — funding terrorism. Two administrations have tolerated it. Unless the facts are exposed, there’s no chance of stopping Saudi funding of Islamic terrorism.
Math Is Hard for Sanders Supporters | The American Spectator spectator.org 2016-06-06 14:14 Jed Babbin spectator.org
6 6 The World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2016 - In Photos: The World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2016 (0.01/1) The 10 top-paid female athletes earned $124 million from salary, prize money, endorsements, appearances and licensing between June 2015 and June 2016. The global group hails from eight different countries with tennis players dominating the action.
The World's 25 Most Powerful Women - In Photos: The World's 25 Most Powerful Women 2016 forbes.com 2016-06-06 17:39 Kurt Badenhausen www.forbes.com
7 Reuters: U. S. - powered by FeedBurner (0.01/1) TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida braced for flooding and strong winds as Tropical Storm Colin churned toward the state's northern Gulf Coast on Monday, and was expected to make landfall later in the day before crossing the U. S. Southeast. Reuters: World News - powered by FeedBurner feeds.reuters.com 2016-06-06 13:35 feeds.reuters.com
8 Of the People Mayor Shirley Franklin started a program in the city of Atlanta in which every single student who graduated from a public school, she’d find a way to pay for their first year of college. And, after hearing my story, she took an interest in me. She gave me a job in her office and she helped me get into college. Summer came, and I didn’t go to work because I didn’t have a suit. I got a call saying, “You need to get to work,” and she had someone take me suit shopping. They took me and bought me like five different suits and said, “This is how you invest in your kids.” I’m the first person in my family to graduate from college. That is the kind of local politics I grew to love in Atlanta. National politics is more messy. But I have hope that is going to change. Photograph by Ryan Stone for The New York Times
2016-06-06 18:06 The New www.nytimes.com
9 Sanco: ‘Taking selfies while torching buildings doesn’t promote patriotism’ There has been a steady increase in unreasonable conduct on the part of people complaining to the Ombudsman for Long Term Insurance‚ fuelled by what ombudsman Ron McLaren describes as “anger‚ frustration and an exaggerated sense of entitlement”.
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
10 Concern after Burundi arrests journalist Egide Ndayisenga from Bonisha FM, a leading radio station, was arrested on Sunday morning in the northwestern city of Cibitoke, a witness said. "He was visiting friends," the witness said, adding that he was now in the custody of the national intelligence agency SNR, which is controlled by the presidency. The 28-year-old's colleagues in the capital Bujumbura confirmed the arrest. One expressed "serious concern that he is being held by the formidable SNS. " Burundi has been plunged into a deep crisis since President Pierre Nkurunziza announced in April 2015 that he was running for a third term. He was re-elected last July. Marked by assassinations on both sides, attacks against the police and summary executions, the violence has left more than 500 people dead and forced more than 270,000 to flee the country, according to the UN. Burundi's government has sought to silence independent journalists at home and regularly lashes out at the international media, accusing the press of being part of a "conspiracy" to overthrow it. Although officials in Cibitoke refused comment on the arrest, a police source said Ndayisenga was being questioned over possible links to opposition radio stations in Rwanda and his frequent visits to the neighbouring country. Some 100 journalists have fled Burundi since a failed coup last year and most of them are in Rwanda. Ties between the two central African neighbours are strained. Last month, AFP's Burundi correspondent Esdras Ndikumana was accused by Bujumbura of "promoting crime and violence" in his coverage and has since received threats on social media. Ndikumana was tortured in August 2015 by security forces. Watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Burundi 156th out of 180 countries in its press freedom index.
2016-06-06 18:06 AFP www.timeslive.co.za
11 Tutu laments SA’s journey from TRC to Nkandla The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called on a Limpopo mine to issue a reward to anyone with information that could secure an arrest following the murder of one of its members on Sunday.
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
12 KZN ANCYL secretary rebuked by party over ‘little girl’ insult to NFP leader The once cosy relationship between the NFP and the ANC has been on the rocks in recent months‚ and there is growing tension between the two. On Monday‚ reacting to the NFP’s criticism of the ANC’s alleged forcing out of KZN Premier Senzo Mchunu – who resigned and has since been replaced by Willies Mchunu – Sabelo referred to kaMagwaza-Msibi as “intombazane”‚ which translates as “little girl”. The reference - which painted kaMagwaza-Msibi as politically insignificant‚ and which is also considered derogatory when used by a younger man towards an older‚ married woman - raised the ire of her party’s youth league‚ which said: “These utterances are quite belittling of the president of the NFP‚ and this is way below the belt and the cheapest form of politicking which belongs in the gutter. “We will never be apologetic in defence of [kaMagwaza-Msibi] from disingenuous‚ spiteful and pathetic toddlers of his calibre and‚ therefore‚ we warn Sabelo to refrain from such nonsensical and absurd politicking‚” said NFP Youth Movement’s Sboniso Majola. But on Thursday morning‚ KZN ANC spokesman Mdumiseni Ntuli called Sabelo to order over his comment‚ prompting the latter to apologise. “First and foremost‚ it is regrettable that such a statement was uttered against a mother and leader of the NFP. The ANC has met with the ANCYL provincial secretary and reprimanded him for having made a statement that is not befitting of our members‚ and leaders in particular‚” said Ntuli. “The ANC wishes to express its sincere apology to the NFP leader and her party membership for the offence occasioned by and a result of the statement made by the ANCYL provincial secretary. The ANC continues to place a high premium on the imperatives the relationship between it and the NFP is founded upon. Under no circumstances will we ever permit that ANC leaders and its leagues will refer to the NFP and its leadership in an undignified manner‚” said Ntuli. Sabelo said: "I really apologise. If I can get the opportunity to speak to her personally‚ I will humble myself in front of her. I will bring myself as a child and a son to mama kaMagwaza-Msibi and assure her it was not meant as disrespect or as an insult to her as a mother or as leader of the NFP. It was unintentional and a slip of the tongue. I'm ashamed of what I said. I was not brought up in that manner‚ to insult as elder. I unreservedly apologise. " However‚ the NFP’s Majola said the party had not yet received the apology. “This is the first I’m hearing of it‚” he said when contacted by TMG Digital on Thursday. - TMG Digital/Durban Bureau
2016-06-06 18:06 Matthew Savides www.timeslive.co.za
13 13 Father says son forgives him after Japan forest ordeal Japan has been mesmerised by young Yamato Tanooka, who survived six nights alone after his angry parents abandoned him by the side of a mountain road on the northern island of Hokkaido on May 28. Searchers, including soldiers, spent days scouring the mountainous forest which is home to brown bears, but could find no clues to the missing boy. He was discovered Friday morning sheltering in a hut on a military drill field some 5.5 kilometres (3.4 miles) from where he had been left. Takayuki Tanooka, his 44-year-old father, has said he, his wife and daughter returned several minutes later to the spot where Yamato was forced out of the family car, but there was no sign of him. "I said to him, 'Dad made you go though such a hard time. I am sorry'," the elder Tanooka told broadcaster TBS in footage aired Monday. "And then, my son said, 'You are a good dad. I forgive you'," Tanooka added, choking up. Yamato, who was taken to hospital by helicopter immediately after being found in the hut by a soldier, will be discharged on Tuesday, a hospital official told AFP, refraining from giving further details. Local reports said he had suffered slight dehydration and minor scars on his arms and legs. His weight, originally about 22 kilogrammes (48 pounds), was down about two kilogrammes. His father said Yamato was recovering quickly, finishing each meal served, drawing in a notebook and playing cards with his family, the Mainichi Shimbun daily reported. Local police have reported the case to a child welfare centre as possible mental abuse, the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper and other reports said. Police also interviewed Yamato on Monday, Jiji Press said. The child told them he would walk around the drill field on sunny days but did not wander far. He heard the sound of helicopters and the cries of wild animals but no people, Jiji said, citing police. Immediately after being abandoned, the crying boy tried to chase his parents' car but ended up getting disoriented and going the opposite way, the Mainichi reported, citing sources close to the family. Yamato also said that because he was afraid of the forest he walked about five hours in the dark along a path until he came to the hut, the report added. Other reports said the boy saw no one until the soldier found him on Friday but he believed his family must be looking for him. Yamato's parents have been severely criticised for forcing him out of their car to teach him a lesson for throwing stones at cars and people. The elder Tanooka said he was angry because the boy had recently been scolded at school for hitting cars with a wooden stick. "So I tried to show him that I can be scary if seriously angry," he said, citing what he described as a "father's dignity". The contrite dad bowed and apologised in front of reporters on Friday after being reunited with Yamato for what he admitted were his "excessive" actions. The parents originally told police their son got lost while on a family outing to gather wild vegetables. Tanooka said they lied at first because they feared social censure and possibly being questioned by police as abusive parents.
2016-06-06 18:06 Harumi OZAWA www.timeslive.co.za
14 Australian Armegeddon looms for Proteas SA shambled to 188 all out and lost by four wickets. On Sunday‚ also in Providence‚ an unchanged West Indian team were bundled out for 116 inside 33 overs and the Aussies needed only four balls more than half their innings to win by six wickets. This is not T20‚ where accidents will happen. This is 50-over cricket on a benign pitch‚ which makes the comparison as valid as it should be disturbing for SA fans. So‚ fasten your seatbelts: SA meet Australia on Tuesday. The match will be played in Providence - a word the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines‚ in its philosophical sense‚ as “divine guidance or care”. It’s too easy to wonder out loud whether SA need something like that to get through Tuesday’s game in one piece‚ not in terms of staying afloat in the triseries as much as the bigger picture of the apparently crumbling edifice of a once strong team. But we’re reaching that stage of worry. A competitive game against the Aussies‚ whatever the result‚ will put it on hold. A hiding inflicted by Steve Smith’s team will bring it on strong. Perhaps that’s what needed‚ what with Cricket SA reportedly not willing to grant the now disbanded review panel the mere six months they are said to have asked for to get to the bottom of what has been going wrong for SA for 24 years come tournament time. AB de Villiers’ team will take all this‚ and more‚ onto the field with them on Tuesday. Much of that weight will be on the shoulders of their spinners. Twenty-two of the 30 wickets that have fallen in the two matches played in the tournament have been claimed by slow bowlers. The trend is unlikely to be bucked on Tuesday. SA’s most successful bowler on Friday‚ left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso‚ who took 3/40‚ wasn’t complaining. “It was a bit dry‚ not something that we usually get in SA‚” Phangiso said. “So it was very helpful ... and if you put our (spinners) wickets together we can also get wickets between the spinners.” Phangiso‚ leg spinner Imran Tahir and part-time off-spinner JP Duminy owned all six wickets SA took on the day/night. West Indian off-spinner Sunil Narine snapped up a half-dozen all on his own. His return of 6/27 was the best by a West Indian bowler in the 59 ODIs the teams have contested and the best by a Windies spinner in all of their 736 games in the format. “You can always learn from a guy like that‚” Phangiso said. “The way he bowled he showed the skill that he has and the kind of lengths to bowl on this kind of wicket.” No doubt Phangiso aims to emulate Narine’s performance. But for now he is focused on staying in the team: “It’s always great to play games back to back. It gives you a bit of confidence going forward. Hopefully I will just keep on playing and just keep on doing well.” That sounds bizarre considering Phangiso’s success on Friday. Until we remember that he was the only member of SA’s 2015 World Cup squad not to be given a game at that tournament. Now‚ if only we had an independent review panel to look into why that happened and what effect that kind of treatment might have on players ...
2016-06-06 18:06 Telford Vice www.timeslive.co.za
15 Union asks mine to offer reward for info on member’s murder Members of NUM and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have been clashing in Northam‚ Limpopo since Monday morning. Police spokesperson Colonel Ronel Otto said the violence is believed to be related to the murder. The 45-year-old NUM member‚ who was gunned down on Sunday afternoon‚ was an employee at Northam Platinum mine. After the shooting‚ the man's killer fled the scene on foot‚ Otto said. “We call on Northam Platinum and SAPS to expedite the arrest of whoever is responsible for this dastardly act. Northam Platinum must issue a reward to make sure that whoever is responsible is arrested as soon as possible‚" the union said in a statement. "The NUM is deeply hurt by this incident. We send our deepest condolences to his colleagues and the family during this difficult time. May his soul rest in peace.” Speaking to TMG Digital‚ NUM spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu said that NUM members were angry about their colleague's death and did not go to work on Monday. He said that NUM was aware that the situation in Northam was tense. Otto said that an Amcu member had reportedly been stabbed with an assegai as members from the two unions clashed on Monday morning on the Northam/Thabazini Road. Amcu could not confirm this killing at the time of publication. She cautioned motorists to stay clear of the area‚ saying the violence had escalated with vehicles being torched. No arrests have been made yet.
2016-06-06 18:06 Roxanne Henderson www.timeslive.co.za
16 South Africa says 'no danger' despite US attacks warning "We remain a strong and stable democratic country and there is no immediate danger," State Security Minister David Mahlobo said in a statement. The United States on Saturday said it had received information that terrorist groups were planning to carry out attacks in South Africa during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The warning said attacks may target sites frequented by US citizens, including high-end shopping areas and malls in the economic hub of Johannesburg and Cape Town, which is popular with tourists. It came against the background of the Islamic State group's "public call for its adherents to carry out terrorist attacks globally during the upcoming month of Ramadan," the US embassy in South Africa said. One of South Africa's largest shopping centres, Sandton City in Johannesburg, said it was taking the warning seriously. Along with several other malls, it is "on high alert and additional security measures have been implemented", said Nomzamo Radebe, CEO of JHI Retail which owns Sandton City. But the South African government has played down the threat. State security ministry spokesman Brian Dube told AFP that authorities have not stepped up security following the alert. "We have not come to a situation where we have to change our national threat level," Dube said. "Our information has not necessarily confirmed what has been raised by the Americans," he added. The United States regularly warns its citizens around the world to beware of terror attacks, but the weekend's note was specific about the targets and the imminence of the threat. This is the second alert it has issued for South Africa in under a year. South Africa has so far escaped the jihadist attacks seen in several other African countries. "We don't have a history of terrorism here, we have got a foreign policy that's quite neutral, we don't engage in any counter-insurgency operations either on the continent or elsewhere that would place us in at risk of retaliatory attacks," said Ryan Cummings, an analyst with Cape Town- based Signal Risk think tank.
2016-06-06 18:06 AFP www.timeslive.co.za
17 SA firefighters get a buzz with maple syrup to fight ‘The Beast’ in Canada Team leader Trevor Wilson said the firefighters’ spirits were high. They have been deployed deep into the forest‚ some about two hours from Edmonton‚ where they were originally based to acclimatise. Lynn Daina‚ Alberta Agriculture and Forestry’s information officer‚ says the Canadians are “delighted” to have the South African firefighters there to assist. “They are assisting firefighters from Canada and the US. Right now we are working from the perimeters inside‚ which is 970km‚ which is a lot of fire line that needs to be worked…They have their work cut out for them for weeks to come‚” said Daina. Wilson said on Thursday the firefighters donned gumboots and protective gear for the first time since their arrival late last Sunday. They are part of an international effort to extinguish a fire that has ravaged more than 500 000 hectares of Canadian forest. Wilson said on arrival the team were briefed on emergency plans‚ local health and safety regimes and personal protective equipment. On Wednesday‚ they flew to Fort McMurray and were “amazed…at how well organised everything is”. “Deploying to camp … Respect for FMM residents. Spirit high ready to fight the beast!” they tweeted. Alberta Wildfire Info posted on Facebook: “Firefighters from South Africa arrived safely in Fort McMurray this afternoon‚ eager to get out and start working. “These highly trained firefighters will support our Alberta wildland firefighters with their hard work.” “The Beast” broke out on May 1‚ southwest of Fort McMurray in Alberta‚ Canada. On May 3‚ it swept through the community‚ destroying approximately 2400 homes and buildings and forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Albertan history. It spread across northern Alberta and into Saskatchewan‚ consuming forests. “It’s the biggest fire we have seen. It is not a running fire like it was two weeks ago. The rains helped calm things down‚” Wilson said. He said the team would work 12-hour days. “The sun sets here at 10.30pm which makes it hard to sleep‚ but at 10pm it’s lights-out for everyone.” He said the key difference in conditions was that firefighters were working in gumboots instead of leather boots because of the soggy peat. He described the experience as "life-changing”. “We have forest and mountain fires‚ but not on the scale Canada has.” He said the Canadian diet also took some getting used to. “We are used to a low-sugar‚ low-protein‚ high-carb diet‚ but here it is high- sugar‚ high-protein‚ low-carb. And the food is very processed. We are on a sugar buzz with the maple syrup which is so addictive‚” said Wilson. The firefighters were delighted this week when their salaries were increased by $6 dollars an hour to $21‚ after concerns by Canadian authorities that they were underpaid (based on rates paid during a trip to Canada last year). Wilson said the team’s song-and-dance routine was uniquely African. “It helps with morale and nerves when we tired or hungry. We do this before and after a fire. We have about 10 songs and just follow the leader‚” he said. Linton Rensburg‚ spokesman for Working on Fire‚ said the deployment of firefighters was the biggest South African deployment ever (outside of the army) to assist a foreign country. He said the South African firefighters would do SA proud. Social media has been buzzing since the firefighters broke out in spontaneous song when they arrived in Canada. On Facebook Michael Edward Merriam wrote: A big thank you to these South African firefighters and to all the other international crews for coming to help with this fire. With a fire that is more than 3 times the size of Edmonton‚ there are going to be countless “hot spots” that need to be manually dug out and extinguished. The fire season is just beginning in Alberta and as usual‚ there will be hundreds of fires across the province this summer. Each district needs it's own crews to fight fires that occur in their areas so these imports are much needed in order to help clean up and fully extinguish this unusually large forest fire. Again‚ thank you!” “Many thanks! You have left your homes and family to help us!” wrote Lorraine O’Connor. - TMG Digital/Sunday Times
2016-06-06 18:06 Taschica Pillay www.timeslive.co.za
18 Cope: The gun settles who wins and who loses in the ANC “Leaders who get to the top of the ANC mountain‚ mafia-style‚ are as the mafia would say‚ “made men” and “made women”‚ or like Mr Zuma‚ the ultimate ‘wise guy’‚” the party’s Dennis Bloem said. This comes after concern was raised about an uptick in violence between parties‚ and especially within parties‚ ahead of the local government elections on August 3. Bloem listed a number of people who were “either ANC councillors or ANC leaders” who had lost their lives‚ and asked: “Why did they have to die so violently?” He answered his own question by quoting ANC deputy secretary- general Jessie Duarte‚ who said the violence is being prompted by “a fight about resources and power and leadership greed”. “She diagnosed it correctly. Unfortunately that is how it will continue and more young leaders will lose their lives. The fight is getting dirty and very dangerous‚” said Bloem. “It is not hard to explain why violence is becoming endemic. Mr Zuma graphically demonstrated that the pot of glittering gold lies at the top of the peak. If you get there then you have had it made. “The ANC of today wants no impediments in the exercise of power. ANC top dogs will brook no opposition and exercise no constraint because the rewards are so extensive. The motto ‘now is our time to eat’ governs how the ANC exists and how it rules.” ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe this week tackled the issue of the fight to make it on to its candidate list: “Development is so distorted in SA‚ when you are a councillor … it is one of the most decent jobs in town.” – TMG Digital
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
19 R60m raised to help fund UJ’s ‘missing middle’ students The embarrassment of suffering a defeat at the hands of minnows on the world stage is something South African teams know too well‚ and a feat they do not want repeated any time soon.
2016-06-06 18:06 S'duduzo www.timeslive.co.za
20 20 'Hlaudi deserves a medal': Full six minute SABC praise song released France and Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud has fuelled speculation that Jamie Vardy is on his way to the Gunners by saying he has heard the Leicester City striker is keen to move.
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Entertainment www.timeslive.co.za
21 Cape Town passenger tells of frightening attack during Uber ride Trish Taylor has described the moment she called her 22-year-old daughter‚ Samantha‚ only to discover that she was being yanked out of a taxi in an act of violence against the Uber taxi cab service in Cape Town. Traditional meter taxi drivers blocked the road to Cape Town International Airport on Friday‚ allegedly trying to force passengers to get into meter taxis and beating up at least one Uber driver. Samantha Taylor told TMG Digital on Monday that she not only feared for her life‚ but more so for her Uber driver‚ Emmanuel. “We were on our way to the airport and about 40 guys approached the Uber car I was in‚ shouting to the driver ‘you’re an Uber‚ you’re an Uber.’ “That’s when I told Emmanuel to hide his phone; otherwise he was going to get hurt‚” she said. “They opened the doors and basically emptied his whole car. They took Emmanuel’s licence and his bag.” According to Samantha‚ she was then pulled out of the Uber vehicle. “I had my luggage with me. I tried to stop a woman who was behind us but she didn’t want to let me in initially. Eventually she let me in and gave me a lift to the airport. When I was safe all I could think about was the driver and I hoped that he is okay. “I have driven with Emmanuel a number of times and he is amazing and I always feel safe with him‚” she said. The online transport business described the incident on Friday as isolated. But‚ last month‚ three people were hurt when shots were fired during a protest against Uber outside the Gautrain station in Sandton‚ Johannesburg. Additionally‚ in March‚ an Uber driver was shot dead in his car in Cape Town. Cape Town metered taxi owner Ayub Baker said Uber was stealing customers and the metered taxi industry had met to discuss further action. “The scary part is‚ after I had got to the airport‚ I tried to call all the police stations near to where I was‚ but none of them picked up‚” said Samantha. She then posted about the incident on Twitter‚ saying: “I was just thrown out of @Uber on the highway to the airport by the other taxis rioting that was so scary.” “A number of people on my Facebook have advised that when you take an Uber‚ sit in the front and not in the back. When you sit in the back seat‚ that’s how they identify you because the cars are unmarked‚” Trish said. “After the incident‚ I hunted for a contact number for Uber. Only four hours later their London offices had contacted me.”
2016-06-06 18:06 Deneesha Pillay www.timeslive.co.za
22 22 Dingaan Thobela remembers inspirational words Muhammad Ali whispered in his ear 23 years ago Ali visited South Africa in 1993 and after seeing how highly regarded Thobela was in these parts‚ the charismatic former heavyweight world champion told the man who answers to the nickname ‘‘The Rose of Soweto” to never turn his back on those who wanted to emulate him. ‘‘I told him (Ali) he inspired me to become a boxer and he in turn said I should always help those who also wanted to be like me‚” Thobela said. ‘‘Those words have stayed with me all these years and I live by them. I always take time to help others who dream of getting into this sport and Ali is the inspiration.” The 74 year-old Ali died in hospital in the US city of Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ on Friday after health problems complicated by a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. His fame and popularity transcended sport and Thobela said it was no accident that Ali was known as the ‘‘The Greatest”. ‘‘I do not think there will ever be another like him and that is why this man was know as ’The Greatest.’ ‘‘He is being mourned by the whole world and across all sporting codes...... that on its own speaks volumes. ‘‘The bottom line is we were blessed to have seen someone like him in our lifetime.”
2016-06-06 18:06 Mninawa Ntloko www.timeslive.co.za
23 Activists complain to mayor about Sea Point leader's 'racism' The Reclaim the City supporters will lodge the complaint against David Polovin‚ the deputy chairman of the Sea Point Fresnaye Bantry Bay Ratepayers and Residents Association. In a newspaper article on May 14‚ headlined "Hands off Tafelberg"‚ Polovin said the development of affordable housing on the Tafelberg School site in Sea Point was “[not] in the interests of the Sea Point community”. Emma Daitz‚ Thandeka Sisusa and Zackie Achmat say racism need not include the use of crude language or epithets. "Polovin’s comments exemplify a racist and anti-poor logic with deep roots in the history of this city and with contemporary and unacceptable consequences for the lives of black Capetonians‚" they say in their complaint. "Such a logic continues to structure our city from its geography through to the minutiae of daily life. "Polovin claims that affordable housing developments in Sea Point is not in the interests of Sea Pointers. However‚ black and working class Sea Point residents have‚ through their involvement with the Reclaim the City campaign‚ made it clear that they see affordable housing development as very much in their interests. "Some of their reasons include the lengthy‚ costly and dangerous commutes faced by many workers who live on the Cape Flats‚ but work in Sea Point. They also seek relief from the abuses of many Sea Point landlords. They desire dignified and secure living conditions‚ with access to public resources in Sea Point‚ a suburb built and run‚ and its children cared for‚ by black people. " The activists said Polovin is reflecting only the views of "Sea Point’s predominently white elite". "To argue against the radical transformation of the neighborhood on the grounds that it is not in the interests of white people – which is effectively what Polovin has done – is to use race as a criterion for a dehumanising form of exclusion. In other words‚ Polivin’s argument is premised on racist ideas about who does and does not have a right to Sea Point. "(This) sophisticated indirect racism has a devastating and direct impact. Polovin speaks on behalf of … a lobby group of mainly extremely wealthy White property developers. These property developers prey on the prejudice of traditionally white rates payers under the guise of 'property values' being diminished by affordable housing. " The complaint is due to be a handed to a representative of De Lille's office at the Civic Centre at noon. - TMG Digital
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
24 Directors worry about South Africa's economy The first edition of the Directors’ Sentiment Index Report‚ just released by the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA)‚ shows that directors feel more negative than positive about the local economy. Other factors affecting sentiment are the impact of broad-based black economic empowerment on business‚ the declining credit rating of the country and social and political unrest. By contrast‚ the economic health of its major trading partners in the developed world are less of a concern‚ although sentiment remains negative. Other key results from the survey include: - Directors are negative about business conditions‚ with the impact of red tape and the government on business attracting the most negative ratings. - On a positive note‚ directors are largely optimistic about the ability of good governance practices to add value to the organisation. - Unethical behaviour (bribery and corruption) are the primary governance challenges facing industry‚ closely followed by a lack of sustainable thinking and a lack of understanding of the overall benefits of governance. The report covers corporate leaders across the private‚ public and non- profit sectors. The survey was completed online by 338 members of the IoDSA’s database as well as a specified sample of 103 non-members drawn from a research company’s national panel. The respondent base was 75 percent male and 25 percent female‚ across all ages—35 percent fell into the 55-plus age group. Seventy-eight percent were executive directors‚ and 22 percent non-executives.
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
25 DA to make PAIA request on ‘smuggled Burundian woman’ story The party‚ which “remains suspicious”‚ on Thursday said it wants “the passenger list for all legs of the trip; the cost of the flight; and the exact dates upon which the above details were finalised”. “We wish to know whether or not this ‘coincidence’ was really a hastily assembled plan to defraud the South African public‚” the DA’s Kobus Marais said. Mapisa-Nqakula spokesperson Mike Ramagoma said this week that she had not gone to the DRC to fetch the woman‚ but had been in the country for work purposes. Mzilikazi Wa-Afrika‚ the journalist who wrote the Sunday Times story which revealed details of the mercy flight‚ told 702’s Redi Thlabi that the minister was actually meant to go to Addis Ababa‚ but made a detour to the DRC to fetch Wege. The DA’s Marais also attacked Mapisa-Nqakula’s justification of her action - that she was helping Wege “escape a life of abuse”. “Mapisa-Nqakula’s emphasising of the plight of Ms Wege as an excuse for illegal action is trivialising the terrible reality that many South African women face on a daily basis‚” he said. “While Ms Wege’s situation may have been dire‚ it has been reduced to a justification for the indefensible Minister’s actions. “The truth is that the minister could have used the many legal channels at her disposal to assist Ms Wege in her plight but chose to flout the law instead.” “Members of the executive cannot act as a law unto themselves‚ and misuse our very limited public resources in the process and we simply cannot stand for this abuse of power.” The Sunday Times had reported that Nqakula had flown from Waterkloof Air Force Base to the DRC to fetch Wege‚ on January 28‚ 2014. Wege had been detained by officials at Kinshasa International Airport 10 days prior‚ when she tried to board a South African Airways flight to Johannesburg. She was arrested for travelling using fraudulent documents‚ which had allegedly been organised by Mapisa-Nqakula's sister‚ Nosithembele Nontobeko Mapisa‚ who worked in the Burundi embassy at the time. - TMG Digital
2016-06-06 18:06 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
26 Tougher laws to deal with infrastructure vandals now in effect The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development says the implementation of the Criminal Matters Amendment Act of 2015 will come into effect as from Wednesday. The act was signed into law by President Jacob Zuma in December last year. The law provides for stricter measures relating to bail and sentencing in respect of essential infrastructure-related offences. In terms of the new act‚ only the courts will deal with bail applications for essential infrastructure-related crimes. It removes the discretion of police officials and prosecutors to grant bail to suspects charged with essential infrastructure-related offences. The act further provides for the possibility of up to 30 years imprisonment or a fine not exceeding R100-million in the case of a corporate body. It is envisaged that the act will boost investor confidence in the country. “The public sector and the private business cannot operate fully without communication capabilities if Telkom cables are stolen. This situation necessitates drastic legislative intervention‚” Justice Minister Michael Masutha said on Wednesday. He said that‚ as of October 2015‚ the South African economy lost to a tune of about R5.7-billion per year as result of theft and vandalism of the essential infrastructure. The announcement comes a few days after Telkom announced it was ramping up efforts to migrate customers to wireless and fibre technologies to tackle copper cable theft syndicates. Telkom said cable theft cost the company over R200-million in the 2015 financial year - R100 million in direct cable theft repair cost and an additional R107-million which was spent on security services.
2016-06-06 18:07 Ernest Mabuza www.timeslive.co.za
27 Is Zuma's plane being downed by a lack of trained engineers and mechanics? The last of the AMG/Denel support personnel have been laid off‚ resulting in serious implications for aircraft serviceability and safety - including that of the presidential Boeing Business Jet‚ Defence Web reports. The Inkwaze was found to have leaking fuel pipes when it landed in Doha‚ Qatar‚ earlier this month. This followed another technical problem with the jet recently that left the president unable to leave Burundi. Defence Web says a long-standing contract between the SAAF and Aero Manpower Group (AMG)‚ a Denel business unit‚ had provided specialist technical and support personnel who were responsible for the maintenance and airworthiness of a variety of SAAF aircraft‚ including those in the VIP squadron‚ at bases across the country. However‚ the last group of support personnel were laid off at the end of April this year. Amongst those lost to the SAAF are all seven AMG technicians who were licenced to work on the president’s plane. Defence Web said the SAAF had decided in 2011 to terminate the AMG contract because it had been declared irregular by the Auditor General. Trade union Solidarity previously warned that at least 75% of the 523 Denel employees were in the scarce and critical skills band‚ “without which efficient functioning of the SAAF will not be possible”. However‚ the SA Air Force told Defence Web that the SAAF had in a timely fashion identified the associated risks pertaining to the loss of the AMG/Denel personnel and had embarked on a skills transfer process.
2016-06-06 18:07 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
28 Mohoje to captain SA ‘A’ side to face the England Saxons in two matches It may not have been officially announced yet, but it seems the cat is out of the bag! Sonia Sedibe and Luthuli Dlamini are set to feature in a hilarious new comedy, entitled Soap on a Rope.
2016-06-06 18:07 Craig Ray www.timeslive.co.za
29 Van Damme: SABC delaying tactics over DA advert a joke It described the “SABC’s explanatory affidavit to our complaint lodged” with the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) as “renewed desperation…to use misleading and‚ quite frankly‚ contradictory excuses”. “The SABC has argued that they have to wait to confirm that we are a registered political party and have submitted our lists‚” the party’s Phumzile van Damme said. “The regulations are clear‚ as admitted by Icasa on SAfm today (Wednesday)‚ that political parties are allowed to buy airtime to flight their adverts as soon as the election date is proclaimed. “Quite bizarrely‚ their contradictory affidavit proceeded to reference this very regulation.” Van Damme also attacked the “excuse” that the SABC “needed until 4 June 2016 to ‘investigate’ the matter”. The SABC affidavit said the broadcaster’s acting chief executive officer Jimi Matthews had “requested an indulgence”‚ and it “was not unfathomable that (he) would not be in a position to provide confirmation of the DA’s demand to be allocated slots by the end of the day‚ 27 May”. Van Damme retorted: “The DA is still not clear what needed to be investigated. Again‚ the regulations are clear – and the DA complied with these – as we have done in the past. “The request for an investigation was merely a thinly veiled attempt to delay the adverts by a week‚ and therefore limit their effect on the election campaign.” She said the “is becoming increasingly apparent that the SABC is determined to do whatever it can to censor our adverts”‚ but added that the “DA will not be deterred by this undemocratic conduct and will do everything possible to ensure our adverts are aired”. – TMG Digital The SABC affidavit can be read here.
2016-06-06 18:07 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
30 Aged and disabled South Africans can apply to vote next week Registered voters who are who are unable to vote at their voting station on election day and registered voters who cannot travel to their voting station on election day due to being physically infirm or disabled can apply from June 10‚ ahead of the August 3 elections. This includes journalists who are registered for the elections and would not be able to vote in their respective stations. Registered voters may only apply for a special vote in the voting district where they are registered and the same applies for home visits. If you have access to the internet‚ you can apply online otherwise you have to apply in person at your local IEC office by completing a MEC35 form. If you are physically infirm or disabled‚ someone can hand deliver the form on your behalf at your local IEC office. Voters who want to cast a special vote at their voting station can also SMS their ID number to 32249 - this service is not available to voters applying for a home visit‚ because you have to provide your address. Voters will receive an SMS notifying them of the outcome once their application has been processed‚ but they can also check the status of their special vote application online at www.elections.org.za The closing date for special votes is 5pm on July 8. IEC spokesperson Kate Bapela said special voting at voting stations and home visits by IEC officials will take place on August 1 and 2. “You need your ID number to do the application. On the day of special voting‚ you need your green‚ barcoded ID book‚ or your smartcard ID‚ or a valid Temporary Identity Certificate‚” Bapela said. On the day of voting‚ the casting of ballots will take place at the voting stations and home visits from 08:00 to 17:00 on both days.
2016-06-06 18:07 Penwell Dlamini www.timeslive.co.za
31 Ramaphosa: Violence in Parliament demonstrates disdain for the will of the people “Particularly by efforts to prevent President Jacob Zuma from addressing the house‚” he added. In a statement on “the current situation in Parliament”‚ whose second term concluded last week‚ Ramaphosa said: “Cabinet has undertaken a review of the current environment in Parliament and its impact on government's programme of transformation.” He cited amongst the successes of the “first two parliamentary terms of the year” that Parliament has continued to “process transformative legislation‚ scrutinise the activities of departments and other state institutions and deliberate on matters of national importance”‚ and “passed a national budget that sustains government's programme to tackle poverty and promote economic growth”. But‚ added Ramaphosa: “Despite the valuable work done in this Fifth Democratic Parliament‚ recent events in Parliament are a grave cause for concern. “Proceedings have been disrupted on a number of occasions in a manner that undermines the proper functioning of Parliament. “Of particular concern‚ is the violent nature of some of these disruptions. Refusal to adhere to the rules of the assembly undermines the integrity of the institution and demonstrates disdain for the will of the people. “The efforts of a small minority of MPs to impose‚ through force and intimidation‚ their will on Parliament reflects a contempt for the principles of democracy. “While claiming to be exercising free expression they are effectively denying the free expression of others. The ability of the executive to account has been undermined‚ particularly by efforts to prevent President Jacob Zuma from addressing the house. That said‚ Ramaphosa added that “Cabinet welcomes the determination of the majority of MPs to respect the rules‚ uphold the dignity and advance the transformative work of Parliament”. This would require all parties to “work together to ensure that the rules and procedures are applied consistently‚ fairly‚ and without fear‚ favour or prejudice”. “As the executive‚ we reject in the strongest terms any attempt‚ in whatever form‚ to suppress debate or silence dissent.” In an apparent dismissal of opposition parties’ claims that ministers had evaded questions in the assembly‚ Ramaphosa said they had in fact “responded well to a substantial increase in the number of questions for written reply”. “In 2009‚ over 2000 written questions were put to Ministers‚ while by the end of 2015‚ the total number exceeded 4000. “Even with this significant increase‚ the proportion of questions answered each year has exceeded 95%.” – TMG Digital
2016-06-06 18:07 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za
32 There's no place to hide in Sevens rugby Five teams have strong hopes of winning the gold medal, and five others could beat them in any match. It will be, in my admittedly biased opinion, the highlight of the Games because the sport is so "volatile", the result so uncertain, often until the very final act of the match. I remember being concerned that Sevens' Olympic inclusion might actually undermine it. I was fortunate enough to work with Paul Treu during the maturation phase of our Sevens strategy from 2008 to 2012, and Rio 2016 was a variable we considered both a threat and an opportunity. The appeal of an Olympic medal meant that superstars from the major rugby nations might have swept in for the week of the Olympics, soaked up the spotlight, and then left again, leaving behind a version of the sport that was, by the arithmetic of casual observers, "lessened" by their transient appearance in it. Were that to happen, it would undermine the efforts made by Sevens teams in the intervening four years - it would be analogous to pulling your luxury sports car out of the garage for a weekend once every four years, then locking it away and hoping your four-door family sedan turned heads the same way. The only way to prevent this, we knew back then, was for Sevens to evolve enough that it became so specialised that the addition of even the best players from XVs would do little to the performance of teams. Sevens had to be too distinct to allow "rugby-hopping" to occur. My strong impression is that this has, in fact, happened. Or is happening. Yes, certain teams, including South Africa, have strengthened their squads with the targeted addition of international players, but anyone who thought they could throw XVs superstars onto a field of Sevens players and dominate has been exposed. The Blitzboks under Neil Powell formulated a calendar that gave them access to certain players in certain "windows" so they could adapt to the speed and technical nuances of the game. But even this process has "failed" more than it succeeded, and of the 10 or so players who came into the Blitzbok training environment, one, perhaps two, will make the final cut. Quade Cooper couldn't make the switch for Australia, and Sonny Bill Williams has been patchy for New Zealand, who have also added the Ioane brothers, and Liam Messam, but still rely heavily on their historical Sevens specialists. I'm now confident that Sevens requires a set of skills specific enough that any team that suddenly picks players, however stellar their reputation in XVs rugby, would be worse off. The transition is so difficult because Sevens is not simply a version of rugby lacking forward packs. Decision-making at rucks is at a premium because so much more space has to be covered per player. Agility and lateral mobility are more forensically examined (something that has affected Williams in particular), as are basic skills like passing to both sides and one-on-one tackling. The lack of space in XVs allows players with limitations to "hide", whereas such inadequacies are exposed in Sevens. This doesn't even consider the physical demands of Sevens - the ratio of sprints and fast running to rest is completely different, and few XVs players can handle it without a period of some adaptation. None of this is to say that Sevens is the finished article - no doubt the best XVs internationals would make exceptional Sevens players, given sufficient cross-over time. But the specialisation of Sevens is an encouraging sign, and the respect and recognition given to the Sevens specialists is growing, rightly, in proportion to the technical and tactical evolution of the sport. That this coincides with the commercial growth of Sevens, the expansion of the Series to 10 tournaments, means that Rio will be a leap forward, and the only threat now, at least to a South African observer, is that the sport evolves so quickly it leaves us behind.
2016-06-06 18:07 Prof Ross www.timeslive.co.za
33 33 ‘He's a fighter‚’ says mother of SA cyclist injured in race in Italy The 19-year-old Dimension Data rider was on Sunday night reported to be in a critical condition after getting “out of theatre and in recovery” after being injured during the Coppa della Pace race in Italy. The accident – which involved a collision with a car on the route - was so serious that the race was immediately cancelled. “He's a fighter‚” Desere Girdlestone said from New Zealand on Monday morning. “He has to win the biggest challenge of his life now. “The latest is that he had surgery - was in recovery and still critical.” She said Keagan had “lost a lot of blood”. “He's fighting for his life right now. We're waiting for another update this morning.” Reports that the accident had cost Keagan his life circulated widely on social media and cycling forums. “To say we were gutted to read reports on social media about his passing is an understatement‚” said Desere. “We just had to believe that it was not true and wait for official news from his team. “Who started the rumour or thought it their place to post it is beyond my comprehension. “We are grateful for all the message of support and need all the prayers and positivity we can get for our boy.” One of those messages of support came from two-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome‚ who tweeted via @chrisfroome: “Seems there were some incorrect reports! @Keagan_vtc is in a stable but critical condition‚ thoughts are with him. Keep fighting!” Although what caused the accident is still unclear‚ Cyclingnews quoted race director Raffaele Babini as saying: “We had covered 105km of racing. It was 16.20. The boy had fallen into a downhill section and was a strong recovery to return to the group. “Apparently‚ after the first time‚ which was in the vicinity of a hill‚ a team car has slowed sharply and the guy‚ who was at full speed‚ crashed violently against the car‚ breaking through the rear window of the car‚ getting serious facial injuries. I cannot say more because they are still under investigation by the security forces.” It is Keagan’s first year on the newly formed Dimension Data continental team.
2016-06-06 18:07 Tmg Digital www.timeslive.co.za
34 DA battles with quotas This is according to the city's latest employment equity report, which also shows that coloured males make up 40% of the city's workforce, whereas women are largely under-represented. The city has met its disability target of 2% and employs 604 disabled people. But the municipality met its targets for able-bodied people, as set out in its employment equity plan, in only six of 48 staff profiles. The targets are based on Western Cape demographics pulled from the Statistics SA 2011 census. As of 2011, blacks made up 35% of the Western Cape population, coloureds 46%, Indians 1% and whites 17%. The city's mayoral committee member for corporate services and compliance, Xanthea Limberg, said that apart from promotions and new appointments, developmental training programmes would be used to meet targets "The city cannot create new positions and bloat the workforce because that would not be sustainable," she said. "Where positions are identified as a scarce skill and are critical, the city still continues to appoint candidates with the requisite skills regardless of race. Employees cannot be demoted to correct our employment equity because that would be unfair labour practice. " But this approach would make the city's 2019 deadline for meeting its targets even harder, according to labour lawyer Michael Bagraim. "If a business is not expanding and is either stagnant or shrinking, its employment equity targets become almost impossible to meet because of the history," Bagraim said. Targets include increasing the proportion of women permanently employed by the city from 34.5% to 47%, and having greater representation of blacks, coloureds and Indians in senior positions. Currently, blacks are under-represented in five of the six occupational levels in the city's staff profile, whereas whites are over-represented in the top three levels. Although the municipality's employment equity plan prescribed that employers implement affirmative action to ensure equitable representation, Limberg said the axe would not necessarily fall on departments that did not meet targets. "We don't have ultimatums for any of our line departments not meeting targets. Cooperative agreements are in place, endorsed by senior management. "
2016-06-06 18:07 FARREN COLLINS www.timeslive.co.za
35 Djoker is truly king But after securing a first French Open yesterday to become only the third man to hold all four Grand Slams at the same time, the 29-year- old world No 1 is now the sport's greatest warrior. He is now also halfway to a calendar Grand Slam, a feat only achieved by two men - Don Budge and Rod Laver - the last of which was in 1969. He also has 65 titles to his name while 2016 has seen him defeated just three times in 47 matches. "I'm honoured to be a part of the legends of our sport and to manage to win this many Grand Slam trophies," said Djokovic, who started playing tennis when he was four-years old before leaving for Germany when he was 12 to escape Nato bombs that were blasting Belgrade. The Serb's ability to thrive among the greats was never in doubt, but the size of his heart certainly was. At Wimbledon in 2007, he retired with a back injury in the third set of his semifinal against Rafael Nadal. He also quit at the 2006 and 2007 French Opens at the third round and quarterfinal stages respectively, while at the 2009 Australian Open - where he was defending champion - he pulled out of his quarterfinal with Andy Roddick citing heat exhaustion. But at the 2012 Australian Open, nobody was questioning his stamina any more when he beat Nadal in the longest Grand Slam final of all time, an almost six-hour marathon. He now holds six Australian Open titles, three at Wimbledon and two at the US Open to add to his Paris trophy. Djokovic is now just five majors behind Roger Federer's record of 17, but is the best part of six years younger than the Swiss, whose last Grand Slam came at Wimbledon in 2012. Nadal's 14 (tied with Pete Sampras) is his next target. Djokovic is also the model of consistency. The last time he failed to make at least the quarterfinals of the majors was when he slipped to a third-round loss at the 2009 French Open. "What he's achieved the last 12 months is phenomenal; winning all the Grand Slams in one year is an amazing achievement," said Andy Murray. "It sucks to lose the match, but I'm proud to have been part of today. "
2016-06-06 18:07 AFP www.timeslive.co.za
36 Shakes dreaming of a bright future for Bafana Mashaba said this after South Africa's comprehensive 4-0 demolition of Gambia in their penultimate 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Bakau, even though the result is meaningless because South Africa failed to qualify. Thamsanqa Gabuza and Keagan Dolly's braces in both halves silenced the 30000-capacity crowd at the Independence Stadium. "It was total football and it only goes to show the potential we have. Winning by such a massive margin, and away from home, shows that this team can go places," he raved. Unfortunately, Cameroon's 1- 0 win over Mauritania in Nouakchott on Friday night ended Bafana's chances of qualifying for Gabon in 2017. Cameroon have an unassailable 11 points in Group M, Mauritania seven, South Africa six and Gambia are on two points. However, Mashaba sees Saturday's win as a timely lift in confidence ahead of the 2018 World Cup group-stages draw. "Since our arrival here in Banjul, Gambia constantly warned us that they wanted to humiliate us, to finish the campaign on a high. But my boys had other ideas. "This team has massive potential and can go places if we keep it together . we can achieve lots of things - something special is really brewing," Mashaba said.
2016-06-06 18:07 Marc Strydom www.timeslive.co.za
37 ANN7 staff could lose for booing ANCYL president The transfer window opens at the end of the month and there are a host of players who will be desperately targeting a move away from their current clubs for a variety of reasons.
2016-06-06 18:07 QAANITAH HUNTER www.timeslive.co.za
38 Slow burn on fags law Four years later Motsoaledi was making the same promise on World No Tobacco Day, suggesting his department has made little progress in turning the plan into policy. Australia adopted plain packaging laws in 2012; Britain, New Zealand and France are introducing similar measures. Health Department spokesman Joe Maila said technical legislative issues had caused the delay. The department had initially thought that the measure to enforce plain packaging for cigarettes could have been passed by writing a draft regulation, allowing public comments and then having Motsoaledi sign it into law. But changing cigarette packaging required changing the Tobacco Control Act, a process that had to be undertaken by parliament, he said. The department wants to ban all cigarette smoking indoors, with changes to packaging that will show the dangers of smoking. Motsoaledi also supports a ban on alcohol advertising, saying it promotes and increases drinking. But the legislation to ban alcohol advertising, discussed by the cabinet last year has not seen the light of day. Maila referred queries on the proposed alcohol advertising ban to the Department of Social Development as it was in charge of an interministerial committee discussing the issue. Also stalled is a plan announced in 2014 to stop junk food advertising to children. The regulations, drafted in May 2014, propose a ban on advertising food high in salt, saturated fat and sugar during daytime television, and a ban on the sale of fizzy drinks in school tuck shops. Maila said the department was committed to fighting lifestyle diseases but did not want to rush legislation. "Some initiatives are taking some time to finalise but this is preferable to rushing into important decisions and then having to retract them," Maila said. He said under Motsoaledi salt in food - including bread, snacks and margarine - had been reduced, with the salt reduction law coming into effect this month. More reductions would be introduced in 2019. The department has begun a process to legislate an increase in the size of warning labels on alcohol bottles and create a sugar tax on fizzy drinks and fruit juices.
2016-06-06 18:07 KATHARINE CHILD www.timeslive.co.za
39 ANC's Gupta probe dead in the water ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe yesterday revealed that only one of the eight ANC members who complained to him about the Guptas' political influence was willing to make a written submission. As a consequence, Mantashe said, the ANC viewed the entire exercise as "fruitless". After meeting at the weekend, the party's national executive committee advised would-be complainants to refer their grievances to "institutions that deal with complaints of this nature". These include Chapter9 institutions such as the public protector. The committee said: "Following the call by the ANC for comrades to provide any information about alleged business influence on the state, a number of comrades came forward to engage with the office of the secretary-general. "It was unfortunate that only one person could make a written submission on the matter. "The allegations were serious; they cannot be treated lightly and many warrant a comprehensive investigation. " The allegations against the Guptas came to a head in March when former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor claimed in a Facebook post that the family offered her the position of public enterprises minister - if she signed off on deals that would benefit an airline in which the Guptas had an interest. She said they asked her "if I would drop the SAA flight-route to India and give it to them". Similar allegations were made by Themba Maseko, the former CEO of the Government Communication and Information System. He alleged that, in 2010, the Guptas pressured him into directing government advertising to The New Age newspaper, which they own. But Mentor and Maseko's claims were not as sensational as those of Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas, who said the Guptas had offered to make him finance minister if he toed their line. He said: "Members of the Gupta family offered me the position of minister of finance to replace [Nhlanhla] Nene. I rejected this out of hand. The basis of my rejection of their offer is that it makes a mockery of our hard-earned democracy and the trust of our people. " Speaking after the weekend NEC meeting, Mantashe said: "Overwhelmingly, the branches of the ANC confirmed the decision not to recall the president. "
2016-06-06 18:07 OLEBOGENG MOLATLHWA www.timeslive.co.za
40 'Progressed' pupils may get a chance to write matric exams over two years A proposal to allow "progressed" pupils - those who failed Grade 11 twice but were nevertheless promoted to Grade 12 - to write the first half of their examination in December and the remainder the following June appeared in the newly gazetted draft amended policy on the conduct, administration and management of the senior certificate. The public have 21 days from June 3 to comment. From next year, only struggling pupils who attend school regularly, pass four subjects or more, and complete all their assessments will be allowed to split exam papers. "We piloted it last year but there was no uniformity in terms of its application. The uptake was also very low because it was late in the year. "Those that did opt for it wrote half the exam last year and the supplementary exam this year," Basic Education spokesman Elijah Mhlanga said yesterday. For the first time last year, thousands of pupils were progressed to matric - but nearly 60% of them failed the exam. In September last year, the Council of Education Ministers said those who had not performed well in the June and September trial exams would be offered the option of focusing only on the subjects in which they were ready to write, and could deal with the remaining subjects this year. The council agreed that if the modulated exam were to go ahead, pupils would have to meet certain criteria. "We are now asking the public to tell us how they feel. We are trying to regulate this system. Without having criteria, all progressed learners will tell themselves that they can just relax and complete their matric over two years. "If you look at the criteria, they force you to do your work. You will be given the opportunity to write over two years if you are not coping," Mhlanga said. He said completing matric over two years was a concept that even some department officials found foreign and questioned at first. But the department feels it will help pupils. After pupils sit for the first part of the exam, they will enter the department's Second Chance programme and get remedial assistance ahead of writing the remainder of their papers. "They will be supported every step of the way," Mhlanga said. Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe said the policy could have benefits because thousands of pupils drop out of school in Grade 10 as a result of exam failure. But Motsepe said the real problem could be traced to the foundation phases - grades 1 to 3. "Our learners are struggling because for the first three years of schooling they remain three years behind. And that is a result of a foundation phase that has not picked up in terms of poor resources, untrained teachers and overcrowding in classes. By the time they get to Grade 10, they start struggling," he said. National Professional Teachers' Organisation of S A president Basil Manuel said he was worried about the practicality of writing matric exams over two years. "Writing matric over two years is odd. It does make sense that you need to create a means for children, as opposed to failing and never getting back to have a chance. But I am worried about the practicality. " SA Democratic Teachers' Union general secretary Mugwena Maluleke said the plan put matric results ahead of pupils' wellbeing. "The union is concerned because this modulated system will affect the learner's self-esteem because you have progressed them but after that you are saying: 'No, you can't progress'. " "Instead of giving them the support they need, you are holding them back. This is just about managing the statistics rather than helping the learner," he said. Motsepe was also worried about pupils' confidence. "The department must explain what led to this policy shift. "You don't want a situation in which these learners are taunted as being academically non-deserving and weak. "The department needs to reassure these learners and their parents that this is in the best interests of the child and in the best interests of the country. "
2016-06-06 18:07 NIVASHNI NAIR www.timeslive.co.za
41 Top class! List of highest individual scores in all forms of cricket West Indian great Brian Lara scored 501 not out off just 427 deliveries in 1994 to become the first and only batsman in history to surpass 500 runs in a first class innings. To mark the occasion, let's take a look at the highest individual scorers — in all forms of cricket. Brian Lara. Pic/ AFP Pakistani great Hanif Mohammad (499) and Don Bradman (452*) are the only other batsmen to scores in excess of 450. The Trinidadian smashed 62 boundaries and 10 sixes to leave a hapless Durham attack in disarray. Brian Lara set a world record unbeaten innings of 400* against England at Antigua. This knock eclipsed Lara's previous best of 375 against the same opponents at the same venue. His unbeaten knock took him 582 balls and 778 minutes and included 43 boundaries and four sixes. Rohit Sharma after his epic innings of 264 not out against Sri Lanka on the hallowed Eden Gardens turf in 2014. Rohit Sharma became the first man in history to score two ODI double centuries and the only one to pass the 250 barrier when he scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in 2004. The only other cricketers to score double centuries in ODIs are also Indians -- Virender Sehwag (219) and Sachin Tendulkar (200*). ( READ FULL MATCH REPORT ) IN PICTURES: Rohit Sharma's Route 264 Australian batsman Aaron Finch scored a world record 156 in the a T20 international vs. England at the Rose Bowl in 2013. The opener hit 11 boundaries and 14 sixes in his epic 63-ball knock. Interestingly, Finch remains the only Australian to have scored a T20I century. His effort saw his surpass the previous record of 123 held by Kiwi Brendon McCullum. English club side Surrey's Alistair Brown thrashed 30 boundaries and 12 sixes around the Kennington ground in a county match against Glamorgan for his record-breaking 268. He took just 160 balls and 199 minutes to break the record before being bowled by Michael Kasprowicz. India's Shikhar Dhawan is in second place with 248 for India 'A' against South Africa 'A' in 2013. ALSO READ: Twitter taken over by 'Gayle' storm Chris Gayle went berserk at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during IPL 6 scoring an unbeaten 175. West Indian explosive batsman Chris Gayle was at his destructive best during the 2013 IPL scoring 175 not out off a mere 66 balls. His record- breaking innings included 13 boundaries and 17 sixes against Pune Warriors. Brendon McCullum (158*) and Aaron Finch (156) are behind him on the list at second and third respectively. ( READ MORE ) Mumbai teenager Pranav Dhanawade smashed an unbeaten knock of 1009 in an inter-school tournament which is the highest cricket score ever. Before Pranav's mammoth innings, Prithvi Shaw of Rizvi Springfield school had held the Indian record when he scored 546 in 2013 vs St Francis D'Assisi in a Harris Shield match at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai. The world record individual score in all forms of cricket previously was in the name of AEJ Collins who had hit 628 not out for Clifton College in an 1899 schools match.
2016-06-06 18:07 By mid www.mid-day.com
42 32 years of Operation Blue Star: The big story about the incident The Indian military Operation Blue Star was ordered by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that started on June 3 till June 8, 1984. The motive of was to eliminate 'extremist' Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a leader of Sikh group and regain control over the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar where he had taken refuge there since 1980. Golden Temple. Pic/YouTube Operation Blue Star had two components to it. The first one was Operation Metal, which was confined to the Harmandir Sahib - the Golden Temple complex followed by Operation Shop which raided the Punjab countryside, in order to capture any suspects. The second component which was launched throughout Punjab was Operation Woodrose was carried out by Indian Army, using tanks, artillery, helicopters, armored vehicles and tear gas. Golden Temple. Pic/YouTube How did it start? The roots of Operation Blue Star can be traced from the Khalistan Movement which was a political Sikh movement that wanted to create an independent state for Sikh people called 'Khalistan'. The Khalistan Movement which originally started in the early 1940's and 50's, became popular under the leadership of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in 1970s and 1980s. Bhindranwale had a heavy influence on the Sikh youth in Punjab and he propagated the original values of Sikhism and urged people follow the rules of the religion. Khalistan supporters along with him, occupied the Akal Takht complex, including the Golden Temple, in Amritsar. Operation Blue star in action. Pic/YouTube Timeline of the Operation June 1 At 12:40 pm, the CRPF and BSF under Army orders started firing at 'Guru Ram Das Langar' building in which at least eight people died. June 2 Rail, road and air services in Punjab were suspended and foreigners' and NRIs' entry were also banned. The water and electricity supply was cut off. June 3 A complete curfew was observed with the army and para-military patrolling all of Punjab. Harmindar Sahib's entries and exists were completely sealed. June 4 The army started bombarding the historic Ramgarhia Bunga, the water tank, and other fortified positions. Ordnance QF 25 pounder was used to attack the Sikh militants. About 100 died in pitched battles. Gurcharan Singh Tohra, former head of SGPC was sent to negotiate with Bindrawale. He was unsuccessful. June 5 In the morning, shelling started on the building inside the Harmandir Sahib complex. The BSF and CRPF attacked Hotel Temple View and Brahm Boota Akhara and by night, both the structures were under their control. June 6 Army used tanks to destroy Akal Takhat. It suffered some damage but the structure was still standing upright. June 7 The army gained control of the Harmandir Sahib complex. June 8–10 The Army fought about four Sikhs holed up in basement of a tower. By the afternoon of 10 June, the entire operation was over. Casualties according to Indian government. Civilians: 493 dead Military: 136 killed and 220 wounded. Criticism The Operation Blue Star was criticised for its no holds barred approach. During the Operation Blue Star, the media in punjab faced a blackout and journalists were denied entry. In that period, Punjab faced a curfew and there was no transportation across the state. Indians working for foreign media were also denied entry. This led to heavy criticism towards the central government. Following the Operation Blue Star, 4000 Sikh soldiers protested pan-India, leading a rebellion against the government. Indira Gandhi lies in state 01 November 1984 at the Teen Murti House in New Delhi. Pic/AFP Indira Gandhi Assassination The Operation Blue Star became the primary reason of Indira Gandhi's death. She was murdered by her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh on October 31 1984 four months after the incident. Post Indira's assassination, anti-Sikh riots took place and continued for a few days, which killed more than 3,000 Sikhs.
2016-06-06 18:07 By mid www.mid-day.com
43 Manohar Aich: 5 quick facts about the renowned bodybuilder Manohar Aich was the first Indian to become Mr Universe in 1952, five years after the country's independence. He was called 'Pocket Hercules' because of his short height (4ft 10 in) Before become a body builder, he worked as a stunt man with a renowned magician Murali Kumar of Indian Navy taking blessing of Manohar Aich after winning the title Talwalkar Classique 2013 National body building at YB Chavan ,Matunga on 28/11/2013. Pic: Bipin Kokate He performed his last bodybuilding show in 2003 at the age of 89 He contested elections for the BJP in the early nineties but lost
2016-06-06 18:03 By midday www.mid-day.com
44 Video: US Sailors in Japan Banned From Drinking, Navy Says Transcript for US Sailors in Japan Banned From Drinking, Navy Says US navy has banned drinking as well as restricting off base activity for its personnel in Japan. The navy action comes after a sailor was arrested for drunken driving on the island of Okinawa as ABC's cooler Riviera reports it's just the latest incident causing friction. Between the US and Japan. The United States apologizing after a US navy sailor he's arrested accused of driving drunk in Okinawa. Officials saying the petty officer crashed into two vehicles off base injuring two people. Reports her blood alcohol level was more than six times the legal limit. This following big protests against US troop presence in Japan after the murder of an Okinawan woman in April. If former US marine arrested in connection with her death. Last month another marine pled guilty to rape being a woman in Okinawan hotel fortune I had not Japan's prime minister delivering a blistering condemnation President Obama just weeks ago. Saying the road ahead for the two countries is challenging. The United States. Is appalled by. Any violent crimes that may have occurred. Or been carried out by any US personnel are US contractor. Top US officials now pledging to reinforce standards of conduct. For US troops stationed overseas the US sailors arrest comes as military personnel there are banned from drinking off base and under a midnight curfew. This for thirty days out of respect for the woman killed in April. Gloria Riviera ABC news Washington. This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. 2016-06-06 18:00 ABC News abcnews.go.com
45 No case of misuse of AFSPA in North East: Army Kolkata : Defending the imposition of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the North East, the Army today said there was no recent cases of misuse of the law in the region. "In Eastern Command, during the time I have spent here, there has not been a single incident which has been reported where AFSPA has not been used for the right reason," Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General Praveen Bakshi said. He said if there was any breach of AFSPA it was dealt with firmly by the Army. "If the Army is required to handle insurgency, we require AFSPA. If we don't have AFSPA, our hands are tied and we cannot do our job. It is an enabling provision and not a draconian provision," he said. Various human rights organisations have long been demanding repeal of the AFSPA which they call a "draconian" law. In Manipur, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila has been on a fast-unto- death for 15 years demanding withdrawal of AFSPA. She is forcibly nose- fed at a government hospital in Imphal.
2016-06-06 17:46 By PTI www.mid-day.com
46 Retired school teacher's body recovered from drain in Kolkata Kolkata : Body of a 60-year-old retired teacher was recovered from a drain in Chakraberia area in the southern part of the city Monday morning, police said. The body found lying upside down in the drain was that of Sunanda Ganguly, who used to stay alone in the ground floor of an old two-storied building on Bakultala Road within Bhowanipore Police Station limits. There was no injury marks on the woman's body but police said the way the body was lying upside down in the drain was "quite unnatural". "Primary signs suggest it to be a case of murder. There are clear signs of struggle inside the room," Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police of the Special Task Force (STF) Vishal Garg, who visited the murder site said. Sunanda used to occupy the ground floor room for the last 50 years. Locals alleged that Ganguly was murdered by some promoters of the area who were eyeing the old building for a long time. Residents of the area also alleged that the promoters had allegedly kidnapped the old woman a couple of years back. "The promoters were also trying to prove her as insane. They were after her for a long time because she was reluctant to vacate the room of the building which was sold to them by the owner. She was threatened by the promoters and complaints were lodged at Bhowanipore Police Station regarding this though no action was initiated," a local resident said. Talking about the alleged role of the promoter, Garg said, "We are looking into all the possibilities. I have heard that there are some cases lodged in the same matter. We are waiting for the post mortem report. " Sniffer dogs, sleuths from the Kolkata Police homicide department have started investigation into the matter.
2016-06-06 17:40 By PTI www.mid-day.com
47 'Witty' Abhinav Bindra has 'perfect' solution for Narsingh-Sushil row Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar's Rio dreams effectively ended on Monday after he lost a legal battle in the Delhi High Court which dismissed his plea for selection trial in the 74 kg free style wrestling to enable him to win a berth in the Indian squad to the Olympic games. Ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, who is India's goodwill ambassador for the Rio Olympics, took to Twitter to comment about the issue. And displayed his wit. Abhinav Bindra Bindra, who is the first Indian to clinch an individual Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Games in 2008, posted, "Sushil Kumar is a legend. He should go to Rio - to support Narsingh from the sidelines. Will only enhance his stature. " Not only is the post full of droll wit, but insightful and offers a suggestion that if Sushil follows will truly make him one of the greatest wrestlers of India. While dismissing Sushil's claim, the High Court observed that the trial may "jeopardise" the chances of selected candidate Narsingh Pancham Yadav and the country would be the "loser". Justice Manmohan while acknowledging Sushil's feats in the international arena and termed him a "legendary wrestler" in 66 kg weight category but did not allow him to have a chance to compete for the Olympic berth in the 74 kg category. Sushil Kumar won a bronze in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver in the 2012 London Olympics in the 66 kg division. But the category was abolished by the International Wrestling Federation in 2014. Narsingh Yadav and Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar This prompted him to move up to the 74 kg weight category, which brought him into competition with Narsingh Yadav, who was the top Indian wrestler in this class till then. Sushil Kumar missed the qualification for Rio Olympics due to injury, and Narsingh Yadav secured the berth to represent the country. After repeatedly requesting the Wrestling Federation of India to hold trials anew, Sushil Kumar moved the court.
2016-06-06 17:29 By mid www.mid-day.com
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49 49 Sponsored article: Flipkart's new No Cost EMI draws all attention to the site Recently, an official release from the most popular shopping website in India, Flipkart, informed that it would be launching its brand new No Cost EMI scheme that would help all the shoppers purchase their most favorite expensive items on the website with the use of monthly instalments at no extra costs or charges. Flipkart is of the belief that such an innovative finance scheme will allow shoppers to come to the website more often and buy from them often as well, especially with special discounts offered by promotional discount codes and coupons from websites like CouponzGuru and various others. This new finance scheme allows shoppers to buy expensive and high priced products and pay the amount in equal instalments of 3, 6, 9 and 12 months based on their capability. Flipkart assures that no extra processing fees will be charged for any item whatsoever. This offer is applicable to new as well as old customers. Other than this, there are a few other things that the website would be providing in this new finance scheme. Let’s find out what more Flipkart has to offer to its loyal buyers. This entirely new finance scheme is a result of Flipkart’s affiliation with Bajaj Finserv, one of India’s prime finance companies. This means that shoppers will get the EMI scheme from Bajaj, not from Flipkart, which is a good thing, because Bajaj is a finance company, and Flipkart is a simple shopping website. That being said, there are a few questions that are coming up in people’s mind about this scheme. Let us look at 4 of these questions and see if we can answer them. Purchase without credit card? Any person without a credit card can make an EMI purchase on Flipkart under this new scheme. The shopper simply needs to have a proper Bajab Finserv EMI card and needs to select the right option during final checkout. Your EMI card is your personal loan application, so do not confuse it with a credit or debit card. Zero additional costs? Flipkart or Bajan Finserv will charge no extra costs like EMI charges, down payments, instalment charges, etc. on any product whatsoever. The buyer only needs to pay the monthly installment, which includes part of the principal amount plus interest incurred. The interest on EMI cannot be forfeit, because it is levied as per RBI guidelines. Free Bajaj Finserv card? Sadly, the Bajaj Finserv card is not available free of cost. A shopper needs to register with Bajaj for a onetime fee of Rs. 349, along with an annual membership renewal charge of Rs. 99. The buyer will have to contact the Bajaj executives and express their wish of getting an EMI card, and the rest will be done for them. Once you get the card, shopping will become extremely easy. Available for all products? Flipkart’s No Cost EMI scheme can be availed for all purchases above 2000 rupees, done only on the Flipkart smartphone application. The offer will not be available for users using the desktop website of the company
2016-06-06 16:39 By mid www.mid-day.com
50 Video: One Dead After Two Skydivers Collide Over South Carolina Transcript for One Dead After Two Skydivers Collide Over South Carolina The body of a skydiver described as a free spirit by his family has been recovered after tragic accident in South Carolina. Authorities say mom springer died after falling 141000 feet over the weekend. Following a midair collision with another diver. It happened during a skydiving festival the 32 year old was an experienced skydiver. With more than 400. Jobs. This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
2016-06-06 16:27 ABC News abcnews.go.com
51 SA A to stick to Springboks script - Ackermann Ackermann’s team takes on the visiting English side in a two-match series that gets underway in Bloemfontein at 7.10pm. Last week Ackermann‚ a former Bok lock with 13 test caps‚ rubbed shoulders and shared ideas with Coetzee’s coaching staff and squad before gathering his charges from the SA A side. On their first training day on Sunday‚ the Lions’ Super Rugby coach ran the rule over over his players as he began preparations for Friday night’s clash at the Free State Stadium. “The feeder for the Bok team will be this SA A team‚” Ackermann said. The towering “gentle giant” – as he is described by his coaching assistant Chumani Booi – returned from the Boks training camp in Stellenbosch highly motivated. “It is always an honour to be involved with the Springboks‚ even of it is just at an observation level like I was involved last week. There is a lot I learnt that we will try to implement in the SA A side‚” Ackermann said. While being positive about what can be expected from Coetzee’s side who take on Ireland in a three-test series‚ what he gained from his time with the Springboks Ackermann is confident he will be able to pass it down to the SA A side. “It was a great week‚” he said. “I was very excited by what I saw. The team looks in their best shape; there is a very high skills-level. It was an amazing experience to see them at work.” The coach is expecting his side – which is a good blend of youth and experience‚ with no less than six players having donned the green and gold of the Boks – to be further boosted by the inclusion of players from the Bok camp. “We only have five days in total together before the match and we also still expect Allister to maybe send down some guys who will not play against Ireland to get some game time‚” said Ackermann. “We want to be able to assist the senior Bok team as much as we can. “We have some exciting players – great talent. We have a few with Bok experience and youngsters like Malcolm Marx‚ Courtnall Skosan‚ Francois Venter whom much is expected from in future. We have a good mix.” The coach is happy with what he has seen from his charges so far. “We have set some good basic plans in place‚” he said. Not only will Friday’s clash be an opportunity for the Boks’ fringe players to catch the eye of the Bok management‚ but equally so for the visiting Saxons who will want to impress for a look in for the England senior team which will be in Australia for a three-test series against the Wallabies. “With England facing Australia‚ this will also give an opportunity to the guys who are next in line for the English team to prove themselves and put their hands up‚” said Ackermann. “They have had a few more days together than we have had‚ they have even had some practise games. They will be a well-gelled side by the time we face them. “This will be a great test for both sides to play against the next best players in the two countries.”
2016-06-06 16:17 Chumani Bambani www.timeslive.co.za
52 Kenya win as Congo fail to qualify for AFCON 2017 Nairobi: Kenya secured their first win in five attempts, eliminating Congo from the Africa Nations Cup football finals, to be held in Gabon in 2017. Congo Brazaville's Dockyt Mervcil (R) vies for the ball with Kenya's Eric Ouma during the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 qualifying football match between Kenya and Congo at the Moi International Sports center Kasarani. Pic/AFP Eric Johanna struck a second-half winner as Harambee Stars rallied from behind to beat visiting Congo 2-1 in a thrilling Africa Cup of Nations qualifier here on Sunday, reports Xinhua. The visitors took the lead through a controversial Prince Oniangue penalty in the 20th minute before Ayub Timbe levelled the scores with a volley four minutes later to ensure the two sides head for the breather at 1-1. With the home crowd anxious for a win, captain Victor Wanyama picked the ball in midfield before releasing Johanna with a clever through pass. Johanna outsprinted his marker and looped the ball past Congo goalkeeper Christopher Mafoumbi to give coach Stanley Okumbi his maiden win. The win all but assured Guinea Bissau, considered minnows before the qualifiers started, sail through to the Africa Cup of Nations as the group leaders after their 3-2 win over Zambia on Saturday. For Congo, previously needing at least a draw to keep alive hopes of winning Group E, the defeat in Nairobi erased any hopes they held and left the West African though to the finals in Gabon in 2017. Guinea Bissau, who beat Zambia 3-2 on Saturday with a goal six minutes into stoppage time, have an unassailable four point lead with one round left. The team from the tiny former Portuguese colony in West Africa were considered no-hopers by pundits when qualifying kicked off last June. But solitary-goal home and away victories over Kenya three months ago lifted them to the top of the table after Congo and Zambia drew twice. It is was the first win for Kenyan coach Stanley Okumbi since he replaced Bobby Williamson in February. "I am not the one who have won, it's a win for the team and all Kenyans. I believe everybody is happy. I didn't get enough time to train team in previous matches, but the build up to Congo match was fantastic. We need more friendlies to get better results," said Okumbi during a post match conference.
2016-06-06 16:12 By IANS www.mid-day.com
53 We have the squad to win Euro 2016: France's Griezmann Paris: Exuding confidence over his side, France striker Antoine Griezmann on Monday said they will win Euro 2016 on home soil but added they also need a little luck to do so. The Atletico Madrid forward is one of the key men for Didier Deschamps' side this summer and he is quite confident of what his team-mates can achieve. Antoine Griezmann. Pic/ AFP "We have great players that play in great teams, so I think we have the squad to win it," Griezmann was quoted as saying by goal.com. "But we will have to be strong, we'll have to win our three first games and then, we will see what can happen. " "There's a good atmosphere and it's a great group. There are lots of jokes in the dressing room and we like each other's company. And you can see it on the pitch. We really go 100 per cent for each other and we always try to help our team-mates," he added. Describing his colleagues, the 25-year-old said "We have young guys and we also have the experienced guys. There's Patrice Evra, Huge Lloris.. players like that who talk a lot to the dressing room, and then we have Kingsley Coman, Anthony Martial and Paul Pogba who are a little bit… let's say crazy. But it's good for France. " Though Griezmann is confident of his side pulling it off, he said countries like Germany, Spain and Italy are a huge threat. "There's Germany, there's Spain. I'm sure Italy will be in the last four. And then, we will have to have some luck on the difficult moments," he said. The former Real Sociedad marksman also highlighted the similarities between his club coach Diego Simeone and Deschamps saying they both know how to boost a player’s confidence at any given point of time. "Everybody has their own style," he said. "That's no problem for me. I like both. Simeone gives everything on the bench and Deschamps is quieter. But both of them speak directly to your face if they want to say something to you and both know how to boost confidence at any given time," he added.
2016-06-06 15:58 By IANS www.mid-day.com
54 Justin Gatlin hoping for 'fastest race ever' at Rio Olympics Rio de Janeiro: Justin Gatlin said he hoped to be a part of the fastest ever 100 metre sprint at this year's Olympics after winning an exhibition event in Rio de Janeiro. Justin Gatlin. Pic/AFP The 2004 Olympic champion cruised to victory in the Mano a Mano challenge here on Sunday, clocking 10.23 seconds on a temporary floating track at the Quinta da Boa Vista lake in Rio's west, reports Xinhua. Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson was second in 10.29 seconds and Brazil's Vitor Hugo dos Santos third in 10.42 seconds. Despite heavy rain, a large crowd turned out to watch the US sprinter as he fine-tuned his preparations for a much-anticipated showdown with six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt at the Rio 2016 Games in August. "We have the utmost respect for each other when it comes to competition and I just want to go out with a bang," Gatlin said after the race. "I want it to be one of the most exciting races in track and field history. I want fans around the world to stand still for nine seconds and watch the fastest race ever. " "The track today was really good, despite the rain. The event was incredible. I was impressed by the big crowd given the weather. I've never run on water before. " Gatlin said he was not deterred by concerns about violence and pollution in Rio. "The fact that me and other foreigners are here shows that Brazil is safe and a great place to come to," he said. "You only get to live the Olympic dream once every four years and you never know if you're going to have another opportunity. That's why it's important to make the dream last as long as possible. " Despite having turned 34 in February, Gatlin is adamant that he is better now than when he won the 100m gold medal at the Athens 2004 Games. "At the Olympics there are many distractions, like the glamour of the event and the excitement that surrounds it, especially in a place like Brazil. Experience helps you to stay focused. "
2016-06-06 15:58 By IANS www.mid-day.com
55 South Korea beat Czech Republic 2-1 in Euro 2016 warm-up match Prague: South Korea defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 in a friendly football match ahead of the Euro 2016 tournament in France. South Korea's Yoon Bit-Garam netted the opening goal in the 26th minute with a free kick and Suk Hyun-Jun doubled the Asian country's lead in the 40th minute here on Sunday, reports Efe. The Czechs only goal came from a Marek Suchy shot in the 75th minute that was deflected by South Korean defender Kwak Tae-Hwi into the net. The Czechs play in Group D of Euro 2016 with defending champion Spain, Turkey and Croatia.
2016-06-06 15:39 By IANS www.mid-day.com
56 Rio 2016: Delhi High Court dismisses Sushil Kumar's plea for trials New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by Olympic medal winner Sushil Kumar, seeking trials in the 74 kg free style wrestling to enable him win a berth in the Indian squad to the Rio Olympics. Sushil Kumar. Pic/ AFP Sushil Kumar won a bronze in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver in the 2012 London Olympics in the 66 kg division. But the category was abolished by the International Wrestling Federation in 2014. This prompted him to move up to the 74 kg weight category, which brought him into competition with Narsingh Yadav, who was the top Indian wrestler in this class till then. Sushil Kumar missed the qualification for Rio Olympics due to injury, and Narsingh Yadav secured the berth to represent the country. After repeatedly requesting the Wrestling Federation of India to hold trials anew, Sushil Kumar moved the court.
2016-06-06 15:39 By IANS www.mid-day.com
57 Baby Boks ready to claim revenge for big brothers in World Rugby under-20 championship In a repeat of last year’s Rugby World Cup in England‚ which ended in humiliation for the Springboks as they were beaten 32-34‚ the Junior Springboks will be up against their Japanese counterparts in their opening match of the World Rugby under-20 championship at the Academy Stadium in Manchester on Tuesday. Taking no chances and cautious of undermining the Japan under-20 side‚ Junior Boks coach Dawie Theron named a strong side on Monday to face the Asian side that is participating in their third Championship. In their two previous appearances – in 2008 and 2009 – the Japanese junior team finished a disappointing 15th on both occasions. The SA side claimed the bronze medal last year. “We selected a strong team to lay the foundation for our campaign against a highly-motivated Japan side‚” Theron‚ the SA under-20 side’s coach said on Monday. “These players all proved their worth in the warm-up matches as individuals and as combinations‚ and we are excited by what they can do if they play to their potential. “The players have settled in well since we arrived in Manchester and I have been pleased with the quality of our training sessions and the players’ attitude‚ and hopefully they will transfer that onto the field on Tuesday.” It will be a massive test for the leadership of the side’s captain Jeremy Ward. The centre is familiar with winning and is highly lauded for his leadership skills after surprising many by leading an Eastern Province Kings under-19 side to the Currie Cup under-19 title last season. Ward will have some experience alongside him in the midfield as he partners up with JT Jackson‚ who was part of last year’s Junior Boks side. Expect a similar onslaught to the one the senior Boks received from the low-tackling‚ nippy Japanese with a never-say-die attitude. The Junior Boks’ expects their opponents in the opening match to run at them. “We expect Japan to be motivated‚ competitive and they will try to run at us‚” said Theron. “They will also put a lot of effort into the set-pieces‚ so we are anticipating a tough challenge all around.” The match kicks off at 4.15pm SA time.
2016-06-06 15:37 Chumani Bambani www.timeslive.co.za
58 Mumbai: Passenger in Uber suffers head injuries due to rash driving On June 3, Amit Mehta and his colleague Christine D'souza booked an Uber from Andheri to Mahalaxmi, knowing little that this ride will turn out to be one of their worst nightmares. The damaged Uber car after the accident. Pic/Amit Mehta At around 2 pm, the duo boarded an Uber cab that they had booked on the app, driven by Gangaram Santosh Ugale, to go from Sakinaka to Jacob Circle at Mahalaxmi. "The driver was chewing a lot of tobacco/gutkha, whatever it is that you get in those small packets," said Amit Mehta. "He was driving rashly and wasn't wearing his seatbelt either, and when I asked him why, he said it irritated his chest. At the last flyover before Phoenix Mall, as the car was on the outer lane on the flyover, the driver swerved right in order to overtake the vehicle in front of us, and by doing so, crashed head-on into a Maruti Zen, since there is no divider on the flyover that separated the traffic on both sides. " The seat of the car which got soaked in blood. Pic/ Amit Mehta As parties in both cars recovered from the impact and shock of the accident, Amit, while trying to pick Christine up, saw that a part of her scalp form the right side of her head had peeled off. "I had to hold her scalp against her head all way from when I pulled her out of the cab, to Wochkardt Hospital," said Amit, recalling the horror that is etched fresh in his memory as he spoke. Christine is currently still in the hospital, and out of danger according to Amit’s social media post on FB—a medium that he turned to to bring light to the incident. The victim Christine D'souza surrounded by friends. Pic/ Amit Mehta However, what’s even more surprising was Uber's response after the incident. "I got a call from someone on the social media team,instead of someone from the emergency response team, that too after 27 hours after I had sent an email to Uber about the incident," said Amit. "That was shocking. How can the emergency response team of a company like Uber, which is being paid a salary tor respond in times of emergencies, escalate such a critical situation to their social media team? " Amit received a reply from Uber's corporate communication team on his Facebook post on Sunday. "I am so sorry for what has happened, I cannot even imagine what you must be going through. But, I'm glad we spoke and we're here to help you out in any and every way possible. I wish Christine nothing but the best of health,” said Neeti Nayak, Corporate Communications, Uber. "Since we're unable to respond to your status update, from the Uber India page, due to Facebook policy restrictions, the team has emailed you with all the information you've asked for and given below is a gist of the same. We're here to support you through the entire process. Let us know if you need help with anything else. "
2016-06-06 15:28 By Gaurav www.mid-day.com
59 Jat agitation continues - on subdued note Chandigarh: The renewed Jat agitation for job reservation and other demands continued in Harayana for a second day on Monday but on a subdued note. Despite a blistering heat wave, protests were staged at a dozen places in some districts, dominantly in Rohtak and Hisar. Fifty-five companies of paramilitary forces and hundreds of Haryana Police personnel kept a close watch on the Jat protestors. Home Secretary Ram Niwas said the agitation was peaceful. In some districts, no sit-in protest was staged. At some places, those on dharna submitted memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner and ended the protest. The police and administration are keeping a close watch on miscreants trying to use the social media to spread rumours. Internet services have been suspended in some districts. The Haryana Police booked several people for violation of prohibitory orders on assembly of five or more people and on charges of spreading rumours through social media. The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently stayed a notification of the state government granting reservation to Jats and five other communities. The Haryana assembly had passed a legislation giving them quotas. At least nine of the 21 districts in Haryana were on high alert on Sunday as a section of the Jat community renewed its agitation for reservation. The districts on high alert include Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Jind, Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Panipat and Kaithal. The Jat community has served a 15-day ultimatum to the Haryana government for implementation of reservation. The call for the renewed agitation has been given by the All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS). Reports said the agitators started their agitation in rural areas instead of towns this time. Haryana saw the worst violence in its five decades of existence in February during the Jat agitation for reservation. As many as 30 persons were killed, 320 others injured and property worth crores was destroyed during the agitation. The state remained paralysed for nearly 10 days.
2016-06-06 15:20 By IANS www.mid-day.com
60 Court to pronounce sentence in Gulberg massacre Ahmedabad: A special sessions court is on Monday expected to pronounce the quantum of punishment to those convicted for massacring 69 people at the Gulberg Housing Society here in 2002. Among those killed in the brutality was former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. In his verdict 14 years after the massacre, Special Sessions Court Judge P. B. Desai on Thursday convicted 24 people, including Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Atul Vaidya but rejected the charge of conspiracy. The killings took place on February 28, 2002. Of the 24, the court adjudged 11 guilty of murder and 13 guilty of lesser crime. Vaidya has been convicted for lesser crime under Section 436, among others, for attacking and burning shops and houses. The court declared 36 of the 66 accused as not guilty for want of evidence and ordered their acquittal. Those set free included Bharatiya Janata Party corporator Bipin Patel and police Inspector K. G. Erda.
2016-06-06 15:19 By IANS www.mid-day.com
61 'Complete jungle raj' in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged there was "complete jungle raj" in Delhi and blamed Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung for it. "Complete jungle raj in Delhi. LG/Modiji failed miserably. What have they done to control deteriorating law and order? " the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader asked in a tweet. His comments came a day after a 50-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged 19 and nine, were found murdered at their house in Delhi's Brahmapuri area. Separately, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an 11-year-old boy in Mangolpuri area. Delhi Police reports to the central government in the capital, not to the city government headed by Kejriwal.
2016-06-06 15:18 By IANS www.mid-day.com
62 Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies 'braced' for Ireland Jantjies won't take contact in training until Thursday as Springbok coach Allister Coetzee gambles on the Lions pivots’ fitness for the important first Test. In all likelihood Jantjies will only be named on the bench with Pat Lambie likely to start‚ but if the former fails to come through Thursday’s session‚ young Garth April will be forced into action at late notice. But team doctor Conrad von Hagan was optimistic that Jantjies would be ready. “Elton won’t be doing contact but he will be part of the skills training and we will make a call on him later in the week‚” Von Hagan said. “He still has a fracture but there is a screw in the bone and he is no pain at all. But the plan is to give him as much time as possible and not to take any contact until Thursday. “We want to eliminate any chance of some freak accident of someone falling on his hand. “We have made him a custom-made brace‚ in line with regulations. He will train with it as well. It's just protects the finger with a soft inside lining. It’s similar to a splint made from a moulded plastic. “He is in no pain‚ which is the main guideline for us. We look to see if he can catch and pass without any discomfort. Those are the indicators for us that everything is okay.” Von Hagan also confirmed that lock Pieter-Steph du Toit (hamstring)‚ prop Trevor Nyakane (shoulder) and centre Lionel Mapoe (back spasm) were all back in training on Monday. Centre Jan Serfontein has been ruled out for four months with a Scaphoid (wrist) injury. Du Toit could be a surprise inclusion in the team a week after management thought he might be out of the series due to a small hamstring tear. But like Jantjies‚ Du Toit and Mapoe will be managed at training and a final call on their availability will only be made later in the week. “If we give them the medical clearance it’s up to the coaches to make a call on whether they should play‚” Von Hagan said. “We will monitor them through the week.”
2016-06-06 15:18 Craig Ray www.timeslive.co.za
63 WATCH: Apl.de. Ap parades jeepney in NY The iconic Philippine jeepney beeped its way to the City that Never Sleeps on Sunday. Black Eyed Peas singer Apl.de. Ap paraded a Sarao-made jeepney in New York during the Philippine Independence Day celebrations, made on the first Sunday of June, days before the Philippines commemorates the event on the 12th. The Fil-Am rapper posted on social media sites Facebook and Instagram a “sneak peek” of his blue-and-yellow “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” jeepney . Apl.de. Ap, whose real name as Alan Pineda Lindo, was one of the notable performers who graced the annual event at the Madison Square. He also posted snaps and videos of the patriotic spirit on social media. Gianna Francesca Catolico
2016-06-06 15:11 INQUIRER.net entertainment.inquirer.net
64 10 players who need to start thinking about moving from their PSL clubs For some it is a lack of game-time‚ for others a chance to fulfill their potential on a bigger stage. TMG Digital Sport looks at 10 players who may be hoping for some movement before the new season. Phumelele ‘Ace’ Bhengu (SuperSport United) Bhengu plundered 22 goals in the National First Division for Thanda Royal Zulu the season before last that prompted a move to SuperSport United. But just four substitute appearances‚ the last in August‚ has been a dismal return this past season and it is clear he is not in the plans of coach Stuart Baxter. There is talk of interest from Bloemfontein Celtic. Justice Chabalala (Free State Stars) Both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates have been sniffing around the young defender but have had their interests rebuffed by Free State Stars. Chabalala knows that if he is to progress in his career and catch the eye of Bafana Bafana‚ then a step up to a bigger club is needed. Rheece Evans (Mamelodi Sundowns) ‘Rheece who?’ might be the question‚ given that it has been such a long time since the fullback last played regularly in the PSL. That was with Maritzburg United before a move to Mamelodi Sundowns two seasons ago now. He made two substitute appearances in his first campaign at Chloorkop and none in his second. Clearly Pitso Mosimane sees him as surplus to requirements‚ but at the age of 25 he should be hitting his prime. Jody February (Ajax Cape Town) February is a goalkeeper of fine potential and will likely be a part of South Africa’s Olympic Games squad. He is behind both Brandon Peterson and Anssi Jaakkola in the pecking order at Ajax‚ though‚ and for him to develop he needs to play more. Jaakkola may well move back to Europe in the transfer window‚ as is his wish‚ but February should not be happy with sitting on the bench next season‚ and maybe even the next decade‚ given that Peterson is only 21 himself. Samuel Julies (Mamelodi Sundowns) Julies is a talented 22-year-old midfielder who seems to have been around for a long time‚ given how young he was when he made his bow in 2012. But he has failed to advance at Chloorkop despite a number of successful loan spells elsewhere and it is hard to see how he will crack a place in their star-studded line-up midfield. He would be a regular starter at many other PSL teams. Charlton Mashumba (Jomo Cosmos) Mashumba may not have had his best season but he is too good for the NFD and the time is now for Jomo Sono to cash in on what is his prized asset. The Zimbabwean forward will get the chance to show his potential for Zimbabwe in the COSAFA Castle Cup to be played in Namibia later this month. Tebogo Moerane (BidVest Wits) Moerane is a regular in the national Under-23 side and Olympics-bound‚ but did not play at all in the PSL for Wits last season. That will have been a major disappointment for the 21-year-old‚ who made six appearances as a teenager when he came onto the scene in the 2013/14 season. Is he moving backwards at Wits? Evans Rusike (Maritzburg United) Should Rusike stay at Maritzburg next season‚ it is unlikely that he will be involved in another relegation battle. But he also showed in the closing months of the campaign that his pace and eye for goal means he can compete at a higher level than what the KwaZulu-Natal club can offer. At 25‚ he will become less attractive to other clubs the longer he leaves it. His nine goals in a struggling side last season have meant there is no shortage of suitors. Wayne Sandilands (Mamelodi Sundowns) Sandilands made four appearances for Sundowns last season but in a squad that also contains seasoned internationals Dennis Onyango and Kennedy Mweene‚ it has been a struggle. Yet Sandilands himself may be a regular member of the Bafana Bafana squad if he played elsewhere and there would be no shortage of interested parties in the PSL if he were to leave Sundowns. Siyanda Xulu (Kaizer Chiefs) This may be stating the obvious after he was put on the transfer list by Chiefs but while Steve Komphela remains in charge at Naturena‚ there appears to be no future there for Xulu. Now 24‚ he risks spending the next season in the reserves if he can’t find a move and for a player of his profile that would be career-limiting‚ even if he is on a handsome salary at Chiefs. The other option is to wait it out and see if Komphela is still in charge of Chiefs come January. - TMG Digital
2016-06-06 15:09 Nick Said www.timeslive.co.za
65 CBI gives nod to make driver approver in Sheena Bora case In a fresh development in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, the CBI on Monday told a special court in Mumbai that it has no objection in making key accused Indrani Mukerjea's former driver Shyamvar Rai an approver in the case. Rai had expressed his readiness to 'disclose all truths' regarding the crime. "We have filed our reply and have said that we don't have any objection in making Rai an approver provided that he reveals all the truth in connection with the case," said a CBI official. Rai, one of the accused in the case, had last month told the court that he wanted to turn an approver. Special CBI prosecutor Kavita Patil, on May 17, had sought more time to file its reply on the desire expressed by Rai, following which special Judge H S Majahan adjourned the case till June 6. Expressing his desire to turn approver, Rai had said he wanted to "disclose all truths" as he had taken part in Sheena's killing by strangulation and was present at the time of the murder in 2012. Recording his statement before a special CBI court then, Rai said he was under 'no pressure, threat or coercion' to reveal the facts in the case and was 'repentant' about his act. The turn in the case came after Rai wrote a two-page letter to the court last month seeking pardon in the case while stating that he wants to tell all. Rai was the first to be arrested in the case in August 2015, taking the lid off the murder, after he was picked up in connection with an arms case. Rai last year had recorded his confessional statement before the magistrate under the provisions of section 164, which unlike the police statement, is admissible in the trial. Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and Rai had allegedly strangled Sheena (24), Indrani's daughter from an earlier relationship, inside a car in April 2012. Sheena's body was found in a forest in Raigad. The crime, which came to light in August last year, is allegedly linked to certain financial dealings. The trio were arrested in August last year while Indrani's husband and former media baron Peter Mukerjea was arrested in November. According to CBI, Peter was part of the murder conspiracy. While Peter and Khanna are lodged in Arthur Road prison, Indrani (43) is in Byculla womens' jail in Mumbai.
2016-06-06 15:01 By PTI www.mid-day.com
66 Saudis team with US university on security degree program A university in Connecticut will help shape the instruction of some security officers in Saudi Arabia under an agreement announced Friday that the school describes as bringing American-style police training to the kingdom. Under the agreement, signed this week at a Riyadh ceremony, faculty from the University of New Haven’s Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences will advise the King Fahd Security College on the creation of a new security studies program. Other American universities have worked with Saudi institutions, but officials at UNH say they believe they are the first to collaborate in the area of criminal justice. The agreement was signed with the Saudi Interior Ministry under a Technical Cooperation Agreement between the two governments that promotes the transfer of security-related knowledge and skills from the U. S. to Saudi Arabia. “We’re very pleased to be developing with the ministry an American-style program,” said Daniel May, the UNH provost. May said the idea for the collaboration grew out of work the college has done in the Middle East and around the world to advance modern policing, led by the famed forensic scientist Henry Lee. The school’s relationship with the Saudis dates back decades and about 400 Saudi students are currently enrolled at the University of New Haven, more than from any other foreign country. It took eight years for the agreement to be reached as the two sides worked through cultural differences, the time difference and concern about human rights issues, May said. The latest U. S. State Department report on human rights practices for Saudi Arabia noted concerns including citizens’ lack of ability to choose their government, pervasive gender discrimination and reports that some members of the security forces and other officials committed abuses with impunity. Experts from the Lee College will help the college in Riyadh to develop curriculum for a four-year bachelor’s degree program with specializations available in criminal justice, homeland security and intelligence studies. Instruction will be in English and under U. S. guidelines for academic freedom, May said. A UNH team will be on site in Riyadh to launch the program, which is expected to enroll about 150 new students each fall. May said he could not share details of the financial terms. UNH President Steven Kaplan, who signed the agreement in Riyadh, said it will put the school’s expertise at the service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s security professionals. “This agreement deepens longstanding bilateral educational cooperation between the U. S. and KSA, and we are honored to support the further development of security expertise upon which so many in the region and beyond depend,” he said. UNH, a private institution founded in 1920 and based in West Haven, Connecticut, enrolls nearly 1,800 graduate students and more than 5,000 undergraduates.
2016-06-06 14:11 - www.washingtontimes.com
67 Prince Harry Chats with Veterans Prince Harry chats with veterans John Dennett (C) and Frank Diffell in the Map Room as they attend a reception for Normandy Veterans at Southwick House on June 2, 2016 in Portsmouth, England.
2016-06-06 14:11 ABC News abcnews.go.com
68 Pakistani hackers masquerade as media in anti-India cyber campaign: Report Pakistani hackers posed as members of the press in an effort to compromise the computers of government officials in India , an American cybersecurity firm said Friday. After creating a fake news website, suspected Pakistani hackers emailed various Indian officials in mid-May with messages containing a malicious Microsoft Word document that had been crafted to exploit a 4-year-old vulnerability affecting Windows computers, researchers at FireEye wrote on the security firm’s blog this week. The emails were sent so that they would appear to come from the “News Desk” at the Times of India, and recipients were advised to download an attachment to read a report purportedly concerning the 7th Pay Commission, a financial advisory group intermittently established by the Indian government . “These Commissions periodically review the pay structure for Indian government and military personnel, a topic that would be of interest to government employees,” wrote Yin Hong Chang and Sudeep Singh of FireEye. Instead of containing legitimate information, however, the malformed attachments were designed in a manner that put anyone who opened the file at risk of being hacked. By exploiting a Microsoft vulnerability that was first publicized in 2012, the malicious Word file aimed to create a backdoor on the infected computers that could be used later on by hackers to remotely and surreptitiously run commands on the compromised machines. FireEye said that an analysis of the malware revealed that communications to those potentially infected computers were routed through a previously known Internet address associated with a Pakistan-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group, and that those hackers have been targeting south Asian political and military targets for several years. Cyber campaigns in which specific individuals are targeted with custom, often innocuous-seeming emails are referred to as “spear-phishing.” The U. S Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Emergency Response Team, or ICS-CERT, said in April that nearly 100 attacks against the critical manufacturing sector in 2015 involved the tactic. “Being relatively easy to execute and demonstrably effective, spear- phishing continues to be a common method of initial access against critical infrastructure targets,” ICS-CERT said at the time. Indeed, the U. S. government used a similar tactic in 2007 to narrow in on an individual accused of sending bomb threats to a Washington state high school. Court documents related to the case later revealed that an FBI agent forwarded a link to the suspect’s MySpace account, which appeared to link to an Associated Press article published by the Seattle Times website, but actually contained malware that was loaded onto the recipient’s computer and subsequently allowed authorities to identify the individual’s location. “We are outraged that the FBI, with the apparent assistance of the U. S. Attorney’s Office, misappropriated the name of The Seattle Times to secretly install spyware on the computer of a crime suspect. … Not only does that cross a line, it erases it,” Seattle Times editor Kathy Best said when details about the operation were revealed in 2014. A representative with FireEye told The Washington Times on Friday that a confidentiality agreement prevented the company from saying which government agencies in India were targeted, as well as how many officials received the email and if any of them were compromised as a result of the campaign. In a blog post, however, its researchers said they were hardly surprised by the tactics relied upon in launching last month’s assault. “As with previous spear-phishing attacks seen conducted by this group, topics related to Indian Government and Military Affairs are still being used as the lure theme in these attacks and we observed that this group is still actively expanding their toolkit,” the researchers wrote. “It comes as no surprise that cyber attacks against the Indian government continue, given the historically tense relations in the region.”
2016-06-06 14:11 (Associated www.washingtontimes.com
69 Bach won’t ‘speculate’ on chances of Russians going to Rio LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - IOC President Thomas Bach refused to be drawn on whether it could allow some Russian athletes in the Rio de Janeiro Games even if the country’s track and field team remains banned over state- sponsored doping allegations. The International Olympic Committee has scheduled a summit of sports leaders on June 21 to harmonize policy on eligibility for the games. The meeting will come four days after the IAAF decides whether to maintain or lift its suspension of Russia’s track and field athletes from global competition. “I cannot speculate,” Bach said on Friday. “This meeting on the 21st will be to protect the clean athletes and ensure a level playing field for all the athletes participating in Rio de Janeiro. “We know whatever decision we will take there may be one or the other who will not like it,” Bach added. “But we have to take our responsibility to protect the clean athletes, and we are ready to take this responsibility.” The IAAF suspended Russia’s athletics federation in November after a World Anti-Doping Commission panel alleged state-backed doping, corruption, and cover-ups in its program. Calls to keep the Russians out of Rio have grown following further allegations, including claims by the former director of Moscow’s drug- testing lab that he doped Russian athletes and helped to switch tainted samples for clean ones at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. WADA has launched an independent probe into those allegations, which were published in the New York Times. Several Olympic officials have said it would be wrong to ban all the Russians, contending that clean athletes who have done nothing wrong would be unfairly punished. Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has said she would go to a human rights court if she is barred from the games. Asked whether he hoped the Russians would be in Rio, Bach said: “I’m not living in the world of hopes.” Bach said the IOC must act quickly because qualifying for the Olympics is coming to a close, and nominations for the games are due by July 12. “We cannot just sit and wait,” he said. “We will take our responsibility.” Meanwhile, the IOC continues to retest stored doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. So far, 55 positive tests have been recorded from Beijing and London, including 22 from Russian athletes. The tests are targeted on athletes who could be competing in Rio.
2016-06-06 14:11 International Olympic www.washingtontimes.com
70 'War zone' in Cardowan street as men hurt in attack Three men have been hurt in a "targeted attack" in North Lanarkshire which saw vehicles set alight and a village street left resembling a "war zone". The incident in Frankfield Road, in the Cardowan area of Stepps, just north of Glasgow, began at 13:30 on Sunday. Witnesses spoke of tyres blowing up, burnt-out vans and a blood-covered man. Police said the incident was most likely to be "rival gangs fighting". The three injured men are in a stable condition in hospital. Det Supt Stephen Grant said: "Officers are continuing inquiries after three men were left injured in what we understand is a targeted attack in the Cardowan area. These three men are in a stable condition. "This was a brazen incident on Frankfield Road, involving a number of vehicles being set alight. "A substantial police response followed the initial reports. " Neighbours told BBC Scotland reporter John McManus that the disturbance, in the town which lies on the outskirts of Glasgow, started at about 13:30. Photographs posted by local residents on Facebook showed thick black smoke and two burnt-out vans being hosed down by firefighters. Another posted: "Just dropping the kids off in Cardowan and Frankfield Rd has been closed, it's like a war zone two vans on fire. " Another resident, Frank Kerr, 59, said: "I saw a boy sitting in a paramedic's van. He was covered in blood, but I didn't see what happened to him. "It's very rare for this neck of the woods. There was a fire at the end of the street, and I heard tyres blowing up. "There were police, fire brigade, ambulances, tow trucks, you name it, everything was here. " One eyewitness said he saw flames "as high as a house", before the emergency services arrived. Police have sought to reassure residents saying a "significant" number of officers remained in the area as door-to-door inquiries were carried out.
2016-06-06 08:14 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
71 Asian stocks slip after weak US jobs data Stock markets in Asia fell as investors reacted to Friday's weaker-than-expected US jobs figures. The unemployment figures led to speculation the Federal Reserve may not increase interest rates by July. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.2% in early trading, before recovering some ground to close 62.20 points, or 0.4%, lower at 16,580.03. The weak US jobs figures sent the value of the dollar lower against major currencies, including the yen. A stronger yen is seen as bad news for Japanese exporters. The dollar was trading at about 107 yen, compared with about 109 yen before US jobs figures were released on Friday. The figures showed that US employers added just 38,000 jobs last month, the fewest since September 2010. Margaret Yang from CMC Markets in Singapore called the data "a big miss". "The disappointing jobs data has removed some uncertainties surrounding the June rate hike, and thus will help to stabilize global liquidity and exchange rate expectations despite some corrections in the near term," she said. "In the short term, however, it will also bring in new concerns over the growth prospects for the US economy. " In China, the Shanghai Composite closed down 4.58 points at 2,934.10, although in Hong Kong the Hang Seng reversed early losses to end the day up 82.98 points at 21,030.22. Australia S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 41.53 points, or 0.8%, at 5,360.42. South Korea and New Zealand's stock markets were closed for public holidays. On the currency markets, the pound fell after weekend polls suggested growing support for the Leave campaign in the referendum on EU membership. Two polls put the Leave camp ahead of the Remain campaign. The pound fell as much as 1.1% against the dollar and by about 0.7% against the euro. Shares of Japan's biggest brewer Asahi fell by more than 2% on media reports it is exploring a bid for some of SABMiller's eastern European assets. However, Asahi has denied the reports, saying it is focused on integrating its February purchase of beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev. In Singapore, shares of commodity trader Noble Group tumbled by nearly 10% on concerns over its finances and a major management upheaval. The firm has been hard hit by the rout in global commodity prices and recently saw its credit rating downgraded to junk by Moody's Investors Services. On Friday, Noble stock shed 14% to hit its lowest level since 2003 after the company announced senior executives including its chief executive and chairman step down.
2016-06-06 08:14 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
72 Winston 'Winkie' Rea charged with murders of two Catholic workmen Belfast loyalist Winston 'Winkie' Rea has been charged with two counts of murder dating back more than 20 years. The 65-year-old appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday. He was given bail after being charged with the murders of John Devine in 1989 and John O'Hara in 1991. He faces a total of 12 charges including membership of the Red Hand Commando. He denies all of the charges against him. He is also accused of the attempted murders of Malachy McAllister in Belfast on 2 October 1988, and of an unknown man in the Falls Road area sometime between 1 January 1971 and 23 February 1973, as well as weapons offences. Mr Rea, of Springwell Crescent in Groomsport, County Down, uses a wheelchair and is in ill-health. John Devine, 37, was shot dead in west Belfast on 23 July 1989. He was sitting in his living room in his home on Fallswater Street with his 13-year-old son when three men forced their way in and shot him. John O'Hara, 41, was murdered on Dunluce Avenue in south Belfast on 17 April 1991. He was working as a taxi driver and had gone to pick up a passenger at 22:15 BST, when he was approached by two masked men who fired several shots at the car, fatally injuring him. Officers from the Legacy Investigation Branch (LIB) of the PSNI arrested Mr Rea on Tuesday. Last September the LIB announced that it would re-examine the murders after they gained access to tapes containing interviews Mr Rea gave to the Boston College 'Belfast Project'.
2016-06-06 08:14 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
73 How to Make Sure There’s Another Kate Steinle | The American Spectator San Francisco resident Kathryn Steinle, 32, her father and a friend were strolling in July along Pier 14, when a bullet struck Steinle in the chest. Two hours later, Steinle died. For Jim Steinle and Liz Sullivan, the shooting presented every parent’s nightmare. For the city of San Francisco, the shooting devolved into bad press. It became clear that the apparent shooter, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a seven-time convicted felon and undocumented immigrant who had been deported to Mexico five times, was free because of San Francisco’s sanctuary city policies. Steinle and Sullivan have filed a lawsuit against San Francisco, former Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, the federal government, and Lopez-Sanchez, who maintains the shooting was an accident. “This tragedy was a by-product of the abuse of authority,” the suit asserts, by the sheriff and City Hall — as well as the “failure” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to do their job — and the Bureau of Land Management because a BLM agent left his gun unsecured in his car and it was stolen and used to shoot Steinle. Steinle’s “death was both foreseeable and preventable had the law enforcement agencies, officials and/or officers involved simply followed the laws, regulations and/or procedures which they swore to uphold.” The whole mess began, I should note, after federal authorities transferred Lopez-Sanchez to San Francisco because of a 20-year-old warrant for his arrest on marijuana charges. That transfer never should have happened, and Steinle would be alive today if there had been no marijuana warrant lingering. It is nearly impossible for a prosecutor to win such a moldy drug case. After the district attorney dropped the case, the Sheriff’s Department freed Sanchez in keeping with a 2013 ordinance that prohibits local enforcement from honoring ICE detainer requests unless an undocumented immigrant has been convicted of a violent felony in the past seven years. (The new sheriff, Vicki Hennessy, says she is working closely with the district attorney to prevent inmate transfers on charges that are bound to be dropped.) The scene, however, was set: Mirkarimi had doubled down on the dangerous Due Process for All Ordinance when he issued a March 2015 memo that prohibited his staff from communicating with ICE. Steinle family attorney Frank Pitre blames the memo, not the 2013 ordinance, for freeing Lopez-Sanchez. An earlier statute, Pitre maintains, stipulates that the sanctuary city ordinance does not prohibit local law enforcement from communicating with immigration officials when an undocumented immigrant is booked on felony charges. The Steinle lawyer is downplaying the 2013 ordinance that tells local law enforcement to protect any undocumented immigrant with multiple felony convictions if they are not for violent crimes. That’s happening just as the Board of Supervisors is poised to pass legislation to allow the sheriff to communicate with ICE. The qualifiers: if a defendant has been convicted of a violent felony in the past seven years, a serious felony in the past five years or three serious or violent felonies in the past 10 years. There’s more: A judge also must find probable cause that there will be a conviction on the current charge. Otherwise, no contact. I asked Hennessy whether Pitre is right when he says she has the discretion to talk with ICE. “The city attorney has informed me that I can do it, but I’ve agreed to agree with the spirit and intent of the sanctuary city law.” And: “We retained the ability to take action on the most serious cases.” But that’s not true. Under the proposed ordinance, someone like Lopez- Sanchez, who was convicted on seven nonviolent felony counts, would be shielded from an ICE detainer request. Of political necessity, Hennessy is agreeing to tie her hands. She believes that her heightened scrutiny of warrants would keep another Lopez-Sanchez out. OK, but what about the next undocumented immigrant who is a career criminal but doesn’t have a decades-old marijuana charge and is in jail facing new charges? If he doesn’t want to be deported, the safest place for that guy is a San Francisco jail.
2016-06-06 14:14 Debra J spectator.org
74 The Louvre's closure proves art cannot survive climate change One of the oldest human illusions is that culture is a conquest of, or an escape from, nature. It is an illusion we need to abandon fast. We might nurture some desperate dream that, as the benign post-ice age climate that has made civilisation possible is destroyed by our own folly and greed, our own creations will survive. That in some no longer distant future the Mona Lisa and the Arnolfini portrait , the works of Shakespeare and the scores of Beethoven’s operas will still be safe in museums and archives and great libraries. In short, that civilisation’s treasures will survive the flood. Some hope. As the river Seine has risen in Paris in recent days, no less a museum than the Louvre has had to close its doors (along with the Musee d’Orsay) so that staff can save its artistic masterpieces from floodwater. This is not just a bizarre consequence of a bit of bad weather. It is a stark warning that civilisation can only survive in harmony with nature. If we destroy our planet, we destroy not just our current way of life but the human heritage itself – the high points of civilisation will be forgotten, drowned, ruined, effaced. It is scarily symbolic to see the Louvre menaced by flooding, as the world’s weather becomes ever less predictable and the signs of climate change impossible to ignore. No other museum so grandly preserves the finest achievements of our species. The Louvre was self-consciously created as a treasure house of world history. After it was founded in 1793 during the French revolution, initially to display paintings seized from French royal palaces (including the Mona Lisa), its horizons rapidly expanded under Napoleon. Scientists, artists and archaeologists accompanied Napoleon on his invasion of Egypt, which resulted in the mammoth collaborative study Description of Egypt and cosmopolitan new treasures for the Louvre. Napoleon claimed that “all men of genius are French” and looted masterpieces for the Louvre wherever his armies went. Twenty-first century visitors to this encyclopedic museum still feel the power and glory of its Napoleonic ambitions as we wander its four vast wings (one of which is named after Napoleon’s chief artistic adviser, Denon ) beholding masterpiece after masterpiece. Michelangelo? The Louvre has two of his greatest statues, the Rebellious Slave and the Dying Slave. Jan van Eyck? It has his glowing miniaturist marvel The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin. Ancient Greece? It’s got the Victory of Samothrace and, oh yes, the Venus de Milo. Is that all a bit too European? The Louvre also owns one of the most beautiful of all Mesopotamian sculptures, the delicate and moving statue of Ebih-Il. If any museum sums up the best of human creativity through millennia, it is the Louvre. Now that it has been forced to close its doors, to take emergency measures against another of those weather events in which only the most foolhardy or corrupt refuse to see human-induced climate change, we can glimpse how our destructive side will wreck our best hopes if we don’t change. Some environmentalists, of course, would say the fate of nature matters more than the fate of civilisation: that we humans have proved a pretty nasty little species. That is wrong. The great art that fills the Louvre proves it is wrong. The most apocalyptic masterpiece in the Louvre is Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa. As they cling to a raft on a savage sea, the last survivors of catastrophe have apparently been driven to cannibalism. Civilisation has died. Bare survival is all they have. Is that enough?
2016-06-06 14:54 Jonathan Jones www.theguardian.com
75 Nine ways to beat the toilet shortage Hundreds of public toilets are closing around the UK, so we asked for your suggestions on how to overcome the problem. A freedom-of-information request by the BBC revealed that at least 1,782 public toilets have closed in the past decade, with some councils now offering none . When the need to go becomes overwhelming, what can you do? Here are tips from nine readers to help you in your hour of need. I carry a wide-necked bottle in my car and one in a rucksack if I go away from the car. Discreet use passes unnoticed. Eric, Worcestershire There's not many shops that will allow even a small child to use their facilities. Many times I've had to leave in the middle of a shop and help my child to wee around the corner. It's very frustrating and a little embarrassing, but when a child needs to go, they must go. It's not just shopping that is made difficult. Kim, South Wales I remember this bring discussed when Charles and Diana married and when thousands of people were on the streets of London - something along the lines of needing to shout "pain, pain, pain" and then it was ok to do it (discreetly, I suspect) in the street. Roger, Sussex I always have a last pee before leaving home. If I am out for a long time then I pop into a pub. Nobody knows you are not a customer, especially if there are people drinking outside. Public toilets have been around for thousands of years - the emperor Vespasian was the first to charge for this service, stating it is not only urine, it is gold. Len, Worcestershire We're fortunate to have quite a few public toilets open in the daytime hours. However, after 5pm and on the beach with my dogs I have been known to face eastwards and wee in the sea. Nobody can see that I wee when Holland-wards I'm pointing, except perhaps a far out trawler full of fish ready to meet their chips. Will, East Yorkshire I use a two-pint empty milk container which I carefully cut the top off. This is kept in the boot of my car, along with a small hand towel to provide a cover to prevent any embarrassment. I then stand behind my car and pretend to look for something in the boot. When finished the pee can be emptied down a drain or used to encourage grass growth. I have used this method for many years and even give my friends a gift of a bottle as a "wee present". Brian, Cheshire I have two children. My youngest has ASD (autism spectrum disorder) so when he needs to go, it is at that point. But when I am out I try to take them to shops that do have toilets so I can make sure that they are both able to go while we are out. Helen, Cambridgeshire I worked as a meter reader for 10 years and found betting shops and pubs very helpful. I never asked customers. Gordon, Fife We holidayed in Andalusia last year. There were no public toilets - but every bar and restaurant was legally obliged to provide toilets free of charge to customers and non-customers - and they were pristine. Problem solved. Although there was no expectation to buy anything, we did feel inclined to. It's the 21st Century - time to introduce the same in the UK. If every outlet provides this, no single outlet will be inundated with non-customers using their facilities. Trevor, County Down Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.
2016-06-06 15:21 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
76 'Longest' Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 33 years begins Muslims in the UK are facing the "longest" Ramadan in 33 years, as the holy month coincides with the summer solstice, meaning long days of fasting. Many Muslims will not eat or drink water during daylight, which this year can last about 19 hours in the UK. Fasting ends at sunset with a meal, known as the Iftar. Ramadan is determined by the lunar cycle and will run from 6 June to about 5 July, but the timing shifts each year in relation to the Western calendar. Earlier this year, exam boards said key GCSE and A-level examinations were timetabled this summer to take into account the holy month . The first week: These times are from the London Central Mosque Trust Ltd, check your local mosque for times in other areas. The Muslim Council of Britain has warned those who are fasting to be careful during long and hot daylight hours. It says that as dehydration is a serious risk during hot weather, it is important to drink plenty of water between Iftar (sunset meal) and Suhoor (pre-dawn meal). London's first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, tweeted that fasting "won't be easy" and said he will miss coffee the most. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and a time when Muslims will fast during the hours of daylight. It lasts for 29 or 30 days. Muslims believe the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during this month. As one of the five pillars of Islam, fasting is obligatory for all healthy Muslims - a test of patience and endurance whilst refraining from eating and drinking, and sexual activity. It is common to have one meal, known as the Suhoor, just before dawn and another, known as the Iftar, directly after sunset. The end of Ramadan is marked by 'Eid-ul-Fitr', the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast. Are you observing Ramadan? How are you and your family planning to manage the fast? If you have an experience you would like to share, then contact us in the following ways: Email us at [email protected] Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways: Upload your pictures / video here Tweet: @BBC_HaveYourSay Send an SMS or MMS to 61124 or +44 7624 800 100 Contact us on WhatsApp number +44 (0)7525 900971 Text us on 61124 or +44 7624 800 100 if you are outside the UK
2016-06-06 15:21 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
77 The New World Order - In Photos: The Most Important Cities In The Developing World Outside of the Western world, a handful of cities are fast becoming important global business players. Some of their home countries are recognizing that power and seek to create a multi-polar world that isn't so reliant on the U. S. and Europe. These are the power cities outside of the core economies of the west.
2016-06-06 17:39 Kenneth Rapoza www.forbes.com
78 5 Workplace Irritations That Can Boost Productivity - In Photos: 5 Workplace Irritations That Can Boost Productivity Most full-time employees spend more than 2,000 hours per year in the office–so, there’s no question that irritations develop specific to the workplace. Tom Gimbel, president and chief executive of LaSalle Network , a Chicago-based staffing firm, says some workplace irritations are actually productive–not destructive– and lend to innovative efforts. “These irritants provoke different facets of your brain, subsequently igniting a flame far quicker than if they weren’t present," he explains.
2016-06-06 17:39 Steve Olenski www.forbes.com
79 Ken Griffin - In Photos: Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers 2016 2015 Earnings: $1.7 billion. Ken Griffin's hedge fund firm, Citadel, has performed very well in recent years while most other hedge funds have disappointed. Griffin's great run continued in 2015, when his main hedge funds posted returns of 14.3% net of fees. Citadel's Global Equities hedge fund returned 17.2% net of fees and its Tactical Trading fund posted a 16% net return. But Citadel was dealing with some losses at the start of 2016. Griffin recently moved to buy a $200 million condo complex in a Manhattan tower that is under construction. He also bought two paintings for $500 million. Griffin, who began trading in the 1980s in his Harvard dorm room, founded Citadel in 1990 with approximately $4 million. The firm now manages some $25 billion in assets. Griffin filed for divorce in 2014 from his wife of 11 years, Anne Dias Griffin, a Goldman Sachs alum who is also a money manager. The contentious divorce proceedings in Illinois state court ended with a settlement in 2015. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom
2016-06-06 17:39 Antoine Gara www.forbes.com
80 80 Lesnar’s UFC return only a ‘one-off opportunity,’ says WWE Brock Lesnar is set for a return in the UFC but that doesn’t mean he won’t be appearing in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The WWE released a statement following the confirmation of the Minneapolis native’s return to the Octagon, noting that his UFC comeback will be a one night only instance. “Brock Lesnar remains under contract to WWE. However, he has been granted a one-off opportunity to compete at UFC 200,” the statement read. It also stated that following his match at UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas, Lesnar will make his return to the squared circle at SummerSlam on August 21 in Brooklyn. The 38-year-old heavyweight’s inclusion in the blockbuster fight card came months after the postponement of the original main event which was initially a rematch of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and lightweight Nate Diaz. Instead, Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones will headline the card in a title unification match for the UFC light heavyweight championship. Meisha Tate also defends her UFC women’s bantamweight title against Amanda Nunes, while Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar finally go at it in a featherweight duel. Lesnar’s opponent is yet to be named, but this marks his first UFC fight since losing to Alistair Overeem in December 2011 at UFC 141. In earlier interviews, Lesnar has floated the idea of a possible mixed martial arts comeback. He stated in a podcast with Stone Cold Steve Austin last October that he feels he still has an unfinished business in the UFC. “It wasn’t a bluff,” he said. “I felt robbed by diverticulitis. I felt robbed by being sick. I was feeling good and it took me a couple years to start feeling good. I’m at home, I’m working out. My life is great, everything’s in tune. My contract’s coming to an end with WWE. Hey, it’s been a great time, but something’s missing.” “I was up front and totally honest with the company and told them I’m really thinking of pursuing getting back in the Octagon.” Lesnar is a former UFC heavyweight champion, beating Randy Couture for the belt back in November 2008. He carries a 5-3 professional MMA record before returning to the WWE in 2012.
2016-06-06 14:43 Randolph B sports.inquirer.net
81 When Saudi women marry foreigners "This is how racism falls". These are the words of a Saudi man who attended the wedding of his relative, a Saudi bride who married a non-Saudi groom. Perhaps the man did not know that the very short clip he posted on Twitter - supposedly showing part of the wedding celebrations - would spark a nationwide social media debate covering the kingdom's social politics, racism and women's rights. The clip - whose provenance we could not verify - shows men dancing in a circle, with a traditional Syrian chant heard in the background, apparently marking the union of the Saudi woman and her Syrian beau, supposedly in the Saudi city of Medina. More than 50,000 people have used the hashtag "a woman from the Harb tribe marrying a Syrian man in Medina". The tribe to which the bride belongs, as well as the nationality of the groom were the major points of contention in the virtual debate. Some comments on social media were jubilant at the thought of an inter- country marriage: "What happened tonight in Medina is a good example of the Quran verse 'Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of God is (he who is) the most righteous of you,'" was one message . Others discussed the consequences of marrying 'foreigners'. "It is her right to marry whom she chooses, but she can't come later and shout that her husband and children are foreigners and demand that the nationality is given to them. Think well before you take such a decision," wrote one tweeter. We know very few details about the couple in question, although the video seems to indicate that they had the blessing of those in attendance. Many congratulated the couple, expressing their support for the marriage as a means of combating racism and promoting equality between Saudi men and women: "The most important thing is that he is a Muslim. Say 'no' to racism. The law should be equal to both man and woman…" Others pointed to a discrepancy in attitudes towards the different sexes: "It is fine for a Saudi man to get married to a foreign woman, while the opposite case is forbidden. You wouldn't make a fuss if a Saudi man was the one marrying a foreigner" There are examples of interracial relationships in the Koran. And one tweeter gave examples from the time of Prophet Mohammad to show that intermarriage was accepted. "Bilal bin-Rabah al-Habashi [a companion of the Prophet, who came from the country that is now known as Ethiopia] married Hala, from the Quraysh tribe [one of the most respected Arab tribes which controlled Mecca]. Islam took away these ignorant and racist traditions and you are resurrecting them," wrote a Saudi architecture student. Many Saudis were angry that the hashtag was even created to discuss such a personal event. However, many others brought to the fore notions of the superiority of some groups over others. Here are a few of the comments we saw. "Marriage is a whole life; so it is a big mistake for a Saudi girl to marry a foreigner, a 'Syrian' specifically. " "I wish that she becomes the last Saudi woman who marries a foreigner. " Another Twitter user wrote : "This is not racism. If you have an authentic and noble steed, would you throw her onto a mule? [No], you would maintain her lineage. " Saudi laws do not prohibit men and women from marrying outside their nationality, but those who choose to do so have to adhere to certain regulations. Similarly, the process of seeking official approval is often lengthy and drawn out. Dr Hatoon al-Fasi, a Saudi academic, told BBC Trending that one of her female relatives married a non-Saudi and the process took around 18 months as the groom went through "a long check list. " She also added that if the couple have children they will not have Saudi citizenship. Dr Al-Fasi said: "Only sons have the right to apply for the Saudi citizenship when they turn 18". However, the children of Saudi women and foreign fathers get similar treatment to Saudi children in education and other sectors in the country, she added. However every year thousands of Saudi women marry non-Saudis from both Arab and non-Arab origins. Dr Al-Fasi added that tribal divides within the country were an "increasing phenomena in the Saudi kingdom". She said that although the Justice Ministry dropped "incompatibility in lineage" as a legitimate reason for divorce, judges are still divorcing Saudi women from their non-Saudi husbands, in absentia, on these grounds. Due to a system of guardianship of women in Saudi Arabia, relatives, including uncles, are able to get a woman divorced on the grounds that they have have married "outside their lineage". Last April, a woman claimed in a video that she was forcibly divorced from her Saudi husband on that basis. Although the Saudi authorities later denied this , saying that incompatibility in lineage is not enough reason to grant a divorce. Blog by: Alma Hassoun and Lamia Estatie, BBC Monitoring's Middle East team Next story: The curious case of the Turkish President's degree Turkey's President Erdogan faces calls to prove that his university degree is genuine. READ MORE You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending , and find us on Facebook. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending .
2016-06-06 13:36 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
82 Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers He might run the world's biggest social networking site, but not even Mark Zuckerberg is immune to being hacked. The Facebook founder's accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday. A hacker group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed responsibility. The group bragged about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Mr Zuckerberg to contact them. "Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm us. " Engadget posted a screengrab of the alleged hack of the Facebook chief executive's Twitter account: The Twitter account has since had the offending tweets deleted. Mr Zuckerberg has not sent a tweet from the account since 2012. Developer Ben Hall tweeted a screenshot of Mr Zuckerberg's "hacked" Pinterest page. The BBC understands that Facebook's security systems prevented Mr Zuckerberg's Instagram account from being accessed. The photo-sharing service is owned by Facebook. Some reports suggested that the 2012 hack of LinkedIn may have been responsible for the breach. Last month it was reported that 117 million LinkedIn username and password combinations stolen four years ago were being sold on the dark web for 5 bitcoins - worth about $2,300 (£1,595). The passwords were encoded, but in a form that appears to have been relatively easy to unravel. The account, on which he has posted just 30 images, has more than 600,000 followers.
2016-06-06 13:36 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
83 No big winners in Saturday’s lottery drawings BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Lottery Corporation says nobody won the two major jackpots in the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings on Saturday night. Louisiana Lotto players matching all six numbers drawn would have won or shared a $350,000 prize, which will rise to an estimated $375,000 for Wednesday. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $110 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $123 million for Wednesday. The Easy 5 drawing rises to an estimated $100,000 after none of the tickets matched all five numbers drawn for Saturday’s $90,000 jackpot. Winning numbers drawn Saturday were: -Powerball: 16-20-22-43-64, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 2 (sixteen, twenty, twenty-two, forty-three, sixty-four; Powerball: seventeen; Power Play: two) -Lotto: 11-15-21-24-28-29 (eleven, fifteen, twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-eight, twenty-nine) -Easy 5: 17-20-22-32-34 (seventeen, twenty, twenty-two, thirty-two, thirty-four)
2016-06-06 14:18 - www.washingtontimes.com
84 Woman injured, dog killed at Clear Lake Park An elderly woman was taken to the hospital and her dog was killed when she drove her car into the water off the Clear Lake Park boat ramp. A Pasadena Volunteer Firefighter was the first responder at the scene, attempting to break the back window of the car. CPR was started on the woman, who was transported to St. John's Hospital. Her dog did not survive. Authorities don't know what caused her to drive off the boat ramp, but noted that her car was only partially submerged. Her identity and condition were not released.
2016-06-06 15:22 Houston Chronicle www.chron.com
85 85 Sheriff's deputies looking for cemetery vandals The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office is looking for those who vandalized the San Gabriel Cemetery. The cemetery's manager told deputies that vandals entered the cemetery, at 9201 U. S. 90A, between 9 p.m. on May 25 and 9 a.m. May 26 and damaged multiple plots. Markers were reportedly either stolen or moved to an adjacent field, and several family members' crosses were moved or damaged. Anyone with information about the vandals can contact Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS, or the Sheriff's Office at 281-341-4704. Descriptions of the vandals are unknown at this time.
2016-06-06 15:22 Will Axford www.chron.com
86 Harry Potter fans asked to 'Keep The Secrets' Author J K Rowling has produced a video on Twitter urging people watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to keep what happens in the play secret. Preview performances of the two-part stage show begin in London on 7 June ahead of the official opening on 30 July. Video courtesy @jk_rowling
2016-06-06 14:40 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
87 How moving home led to a multi-million-pound popcorn firm Quitting a high-flying graduate job in an ad agency to move back in with your mother, and work in a pub, doesn't seem like an obvious recipe for success. But it's exactly what Cassandra Stavrou, the co-founder of "posh popcorn" brand Propercorn, did, and so far it's proved a surprisingly good move. The British brand has emerged as one of the fastest-growing snacks in the UK, stocked everywhere from cafes to supermarkets, and also sold overseas in 10 countries including Germany and Sweden. And 32-year-old Cassandra herself recently scooped the New Generation Award at the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman awards. Though Propercorn has yet to make a profit, it now employs around 40 staff, had takings of £10m last year, and forecasts sales of between £15m to £17m this year. The London-based company has certainly come a long way since Cassandra, then working in advertising, noticed that her colleagues were always hit by a mid-afternoon slump. "Everyone wanted a snack but all that was on offer was a rice cake, which is bland and boring, or a chocolate bar that's unhealthy," she says. "I noticed an opportunity for a snack that was tasty and good for you, and I felt popcorn would be a good vehicle to do that. " She believes serendipity played a role too. "My father passed away when I was 16, and the last present he bought me was a popcorn machine. I still had it in the box and felt that was a nice extra bit of conviction I needed. " In 2009, aged 26, Cassandra quit her job and moved back in with her mum in London, helped by a deep-rooted entrepreneurial spirit. "I always knew I wanted to run my own business from a young age," she says. By working in pubs in the evenings and at weekends, as well as undertaking painting commissions, she managed to scrape together a £10,000 start-up fund. However, she was surprised by how long it took to launch the brand. "What I thought I could achieve in six months took a lot longer," she admits. Cassandra's determination to make sure her popcorn was healthy but still tasty was the issue. It meant she had to come up with a way to get the flavouring to stick to the corn without covering it in oil. In the end, she came up with the idea of spraying the corn with a car spray gun to cover it in a really fine mist of rapeseed oil, and then "tumbling" the corn in a cement mixer with the flavouring to give it an even coverage. But it took almost a year to find a UK manufacturer able to make it in the way she wanted. It was around this stage of the business that Ryan Kohn, a friend of her ex- boyfriend, came on board as co-founder. Ryan was, at the time, running his own property development firm. Cassandra says: "I'd had some advice from Richard Reeve from Innocent [the co-founder of the UK drinks company], who said you don't have to do it on your own, it's good to be accountable to someone. " Cassandra's mother pumped £30,000 into the business, and they launched Propercorn with four flavours including Sweet & Salty and Sour Cream & Chive in October 2011. Within six months two private individuals - "friends of friends" is how Ryan and Cassandra describe them - invested a total of £120,000 in the company, resulting in them, together with Cassandra's mother, owning just under 20% of Propercorn, with the co-founders retaining the rest. Propercorn's first customer was the cafe at Google's London office. "Our philosophy is to leave no stone unturned," laughs Ryan. "I had a mutual friend who worked at Google and he put us in touch with the chef. " Out of the 48 snacks at the Google cafe Propercorn was the most popular, says Ryan. "That was the first stat we had, and we went to Leon, Chop'd, Benugo and told them. It caught their attention. " The business partners were certainly hard to miss when they were running late for their first appointment with the buyers at London department store Selfridges. As Cassandra had recently broken her leg she couldn't move very fast, so Ryan flung her over his shoulder. "Ryan literally had me over his shoulder, my crutch in one hand and the presentation in the other. It was a complete farce. But I think even turning up in a complete state was part of the charm. " They won Selfridges over, and other accounts have swiftly followed, helping the brand now shift three million bags a month. Their success has come in tandem with an explosion in popcorn's popularity, with UK sales increasing from £50m in 2010 to £129m in 2015, according to Mintel. Propercorn is just one of a proliferation of of newer brands including Metcalfe's, Tyrrells and Poshcorn, to emerge in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Amy Price, senior food and drink analyst at research group Mintel, says: "These have been keen to tap into the health credentials of popcorn through signposting calorie content on the front of pack, but have also looked to flavour innovation and packaging design as ways to stand out and target a more upmarket consumer. " To try to distance itself from its rivals, Propercorn is pressing pause on entering new markets, and plans instead to focus on expanding existing sales. To help achieve that, the duo are currently in talks with investors to source additional funds, although with Ryan admitting they're both "control freaks", they still plan to lead the business. There's also a new product on the horizon for September. The founders are tight-lipped but say it will involve corn. "We're not deviating [from what we are], we are a popcorn brand and the aspiration is to be the number one global popcorn brand," says Cassandra. "This product is just another extension of that mission. " With all money reinvested in the business - including renting new premises, advertising and hiring ex-Innocent commercial director Ben Greensmith last year - Ryan says they do expect to make a pre-tax profit this year, of over £1m. "We do have a long-term vision for the business," says Ryan. "We're hell- bent on making Propercorn the number one global snack brand, and we're reinvesting in a big way [to achieve that]. "
2016-06-06 15:21 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
88 ‘For slim only’ signs on passenger vans discriminatory – LTFRB The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday said that the “for slim only” signs found in the front seat of some UV Express passenger vans are discriminatory. According to a Radyo Inquirer report, LTFRB board member Atty. Ariel Inton reminded drivers of public utility vehicles that they cannot discriminate against their passengers based on their age, sex or physical appearance. Inton issued the reminder after receiving complaints from commuters assailing the “for slim only” rule. Aside from discriminating against passengers due to their physical appearance, Inton said that some drivers even bar male passengers from taking the front seat. He said that the said “rule” being imposed by some drivers is a violation of the Joint Administrative Order No. 2014-001 signed by the LTFRB and the Land Transportation Office. Under the joint administrative order, a driver’s “refusal to render service to the public or convey passenger to destination” is a traffic violation. For the first offense, the driver or operator is fined P5,000. For the second offense, the driver or operator is fined P10,000.00 and the passenger van is impounded for 30 days. For the third and subsequent offenses, a fine of P15,000 will be imposed and the certificate of public convenience may be cancelled. AJH with reports from Ricky Brozas, Radyo Inquirer/RAM/rga
2016-06-06 14:38 newsinfo.inquirer.net
89 Breast cancer: Taking hormonal drugs for up to 15 years can reduce risk - study Taking hormonal drugs for up to 15 years reduces the risk of breast cancers coming back, a landmark study suggests. The trial, involving 1,918 patients, which had top billing at the world's largest cancer conference, showed the risk was cut by a third. Experts described it as a "big deal" that will change treatment for millions of women. But they warned there were risks, including osteoporosis. Globally, 1.7 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer around the world each year. Around 80% of the tumours are fuelled by the female sex hormone, oestrogen. Such cancers have a low but persistent risk of returning that lasts for years. It is why women already take drugs such as tamoxifen, to prevent oestrogen getting into breast cells, or aromatase inhibitors, which stop the body making oestrogen, for years after the lump is removed. The trial, carried out on post-menopausal women, doubled aromatase inhibitor treatment from five to 10 years. The data, presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), showed that cancer recurrence was cut by 34%. But many women on the trial had already taken other hormonal drugs before starting on aromatase inhibitors and benefited from 15 years of treatment. Prof Paul Goss, one of the researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, said: "[The study] will have an enormous impact, a reduction in recurrences is a very important finding. "Aromatase inhibitors are now readily available around the world and therefore our results will further improve the outcome of women with breast cancer globally. " At the end of the study, 95% of women were still cancer-free if they had taken the extra medication, compared with 91% without. The study did not show an improvement in survival rates, as patients had not been followed for long enough, but scientists expect this to come as "night follows day". The results, which have also been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have been widely praised as significant. Dr Nick Turner, a breast cancer specialist from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, told the BBC News website: "It is a big deal, it's going to be a change of treatment for a lot women. "Extended letrozole [an aromatase inhibitor] in years 10-15 has benefit in preventing a new breast cancer diagnosis. "But this won't be for everyone, many will be low risk and can probably safely stop at five years [of aromatase inhibitors], but then we're talking about a substantial number of women keeping going from five to 10 years [of aromatase inhibitors]. " There were side effects to treatment including loss of libido, hot flushes and vaginal dryness. The treatment also increased the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures. Experts said it should be a decision between doctor and patient whether to continue. Dr Harold Burstein, from ASCO and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, said: "I think you can say fairly that for millions of women around the world these data will support longer durations of anti-oestrogen therapy. " But he said the balance of risks and benefits meant the drugs would likely be targeted at those whose tumours were most likely to come back. He said: "In general, I would imagine that women who had riskier cancers will look to these data and think they are compelling for continuing on longer durations of treatment out to 10 or 15 years. "But we're certainly not at the point of saying women should be on these drugs for the rest of their lives. " In the UK, more than 40,000 women are diagnosed with an oestrogen- positive breast cancer each year. Up to three years of tamoxifen, followed by five years of aromatase inhibitors is a common practice. Dame Valerie Beral, professor of epidemiology at the University of Oxford, told the BBC: "Women who have had hormone sensitive breast cancer can still continue to have recurrences of the disease five, 10, and even 15 years after the cancer was first diagnosed. "The new trial adds further evidence to support the view that women with hormone sensitive breast cancer should continue to take hormone blocking drugs for at least 10 years, or as long as is feasible. " Baroness Delyth Morgan, the chief executive at the charity Breast Cancer Now, said: "This is a really important study that could one day have a major impact on how we use anti-hormone breast cancer treatments. " Prof Arnie Purushotham, from Cancer Research UK, said it was an "important" finding but called for more long-term studies. Follow James on Twitter .
2016-06-06 15:21 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
90 Camera catches lion lunging at toddler and face-planting on glass wall If you own a cat, you know that they crouch down and pounce while playing. The same thing was caught on v ideo , but with a much larger cat, a 400-pound lion at a zoo in Chiba, Japan. A 2-year-old boy had a very close encounter when the lion lunged after the boy turned his back. The good news is that a glass wall was separating the two when the lion pounced. The glass wall is only about a month old, allowing lions to see their human visitors more than ever before. Zookeepers say the lion acts similarly each time he sees a small child and simply wants to play with them. Do you think the lion was just playing? Either way, it’s a good thing that glass wall is thick!
2016-06-06 14:33 Ashton Edwards fox13now.com
91 Afghan president condemns killing of NPR reporters in south KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan president on Monday condemned the killing of David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and Afghan journalist Zabihullah Tamanna, who died in an insurgent ambush the day before while on assignment in southern Afghanistan. Gilkey and Tamanna were traveling with an Afghan army unit near Marjah in Helmand province on Sunday afternoon when the convoy came under fire and their vehicle was struck, the network’s spokeswoman, Isabel Lara, said in a statement. Two other NPR journalists, Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva, were traveling with them and were not hurt. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani called the attack cowardly and “completely against all the principles and values of Islam and humanity, and against all international laws.” In a statement from the presidential palace, Ghani was quoted as saying that the Taliban do not distinguish between the military, civilians and journalists, and that they killed Gilkey and Tamanna as the two were reporting on the war. He offered condolences to the families of the two journalists. Later Monday, Ghani travelled to Helmand to assess the security situation in the rich opium-poppy field region, which gives the world most of its heroin, controlled by the Taliban. The U. S. Embassy in Kabul and U. S. Army Gen. John. W. Nicholson, commander of the U. S.-NATO resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, also offered condolences. “David and Zabihullah, in particular, spent years in Afghanistan tirelessly endeavoring to tell the story of the Afghan people,” Nicholson said in a statement. “We have the utmost respect for their work as well as those others that endure the hardships that come with reporting from conflict zones.” U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the killing of Gilkey and Tamanna “a grim reminder of the danger that continues to face the Afghan people, the dedication of Afghan national defense and security forces to securing their country, and of the courage of intrepid journalists - and their interpreters - who are trying to convey that important story to the rest of the world.” The deputy spokesman for the 215 Army Corp in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, Maj. Abdul Qader, told The Associated Press that the vehicle Gilkey and Tamanna were traveling in came under sustained Taliban attack not far from the main army base in Marjah. He said their Humvee was “only 300 to 400 meters (yards) from the army base when suddenly they came under attack.” The Humvee was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, he said. A total of five people were in the Humvee at the time - Gilkey, Tamanna, a heavy machine gun operator who was on the roof of the vehicle, as well as an Afghan army soldier and driver. Along with Gilkey and Tamanna, the driver and the machine gunner were also killed, Qader said. The attack lasted 30 to 40 minutes, he said, during which time army helicopters were called in to provide air support. “The bodies were taken to the army base immediately after the attack, and then transported by helicopter to the corps command,” he said. Later Gilkey and Tamanna’s bodies were taken to Camp Bastion, the main army base in Helmand, formerly under the command of U. S. Marines. Gilkey had covered conflict and war in Iraq and Afghanistan since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Washington and New York and was committed to helping the public see the wars and the people caught up in them, NPR’s senior vice president of news and editorial director, Michael Oreskes, said in a statement. “As a man and as a photojournalist, David brought out the humanity of all those around him. He let us see the world and each other through his eyes,” Oreskes said. Tamanna, 37, was a freelance journalist who often worked as a translator for NPR, Lara, the spokeswoman, said in an email. Known as Zabi, he had many years of experience working as a reporter, cameraman and photographer for local and international news organizations in Afghanistan. Story Continues →
2016-06-06 17:39 This undated www.washingtontimes.com
92 Police say man randomly slashes woman in wheelchair in NYC NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a woman who uses a wheelchair has been slashed by an unknown assailant in New York City. Authorities say the suspect cut the 42-year-old woman’s face early Sunday in front of a strip mall in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of East Harlem before fleeing the scene. Police say the attack appears to have been random. Officials don’t yet know what type of weapon was used in the attack. The woman was taken to Lincoln Hospital for treatment. Police have released surveillance footage showing a male suspect between 18 and 25 years old. They’re asking for the public’s help in finding and identifying him. 2016-06-06 13:23 - www.washingtontimes.com
93 Justice Edmunds: Open Government Champion Justice Robert (Bob) Edmunds By John Bussian- Incumbent North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Bob Edmunds has assembled an impressive record in his 2 terms on the state’s highest court in Raleigh, especially when it comes to government transparency. Early in his first term, Justice Edmunds was in the majority and active in oral arguments before the Supreme Court — in a favorable way — in a first-of-its-kind case [Carter Hubbard Publishing Co v. Carolina Medical Center] to consider a lower court order preventing the public from knowing what a public hospital paid to buy a physician’s practice. The Supreme Court ruled in that case that the public has a right to know how its resources are being used by government and ordered disclosure of the purchase price. And in 2010, Justice Edmunds joined a unanimous North Carolina Supreme Court — evidenced again by his engagement in the oral argument — in handing down what is arguably the most important pronouncement on the North Carolina Public Records Law in the last 25 years. In that case, SEANC v. State Treasurer Richard Moore, the Supreme Court said, “As a general rule, the legislature intended the public to have liberal access to public records.” The State Treasurer was ordered to release the records. By contrast, Justice Edmunds’ opponents have no track record demonstrating a clear understanding of North Carolina’s open government laws.
2016-06-06 13:24 www.thetribunepapers.com
94 Six Steps For Successful Bucketing - In Photos: Six Steps To Bucketing Your Retirement When it comes to making critical choices few financial moves compare to setting up a retirement plan that will ensure that you don't outlast your money. The so- called Bucket approach provides an easy to understand total return framework for making your money last.
2016-06-06 15:20 John Wasik www.forbes.com
95 Cameron likens Brexit to putting 'bomb under economy' David Cameron joined up with political rivals as he claimed an EU exit would put "a bomb under our economy". Alongside Labour's Harriet Harman, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron and the Greens' Natalie Bennett, he accused the Leave campaign of being "reckless" over the economic case for quitting the EU. His comments come as senior Tories trade blows over the 23 June poll. Vote Leave said it had "set out a series of pledges about how life will be better if we take back control". It said the pro-Remain politicians' speeches were "desperate stuff from an increasingly desperate campaign". Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - who is also backing a vote to stay in the EU - has refused to share a platform with Mr Cameron, so former deputy leader Ms Harman joined the other party leaders at the event in London. She said she was "fearful" that workers' rights would not be protected if the UK votes to leave, and said the government, not the EU, should be blamed for pressures on the NHS and housing supply. Ms Bennett cited environmental protections she said were the result of EU action and Mr Farron said the "pretty unlikely show of cross-party unity" showed the strength of feeling against "made-up" spending pledges being made by the rival side. In his speech, the PM repeated his warning of a "decade of uncertainty" if Britain leaves the EU and accused the Leave side of "sticking pins on a map" over how a future trade arrangement would work. He said the rival campaign, being spearheaded by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, was "playing with people's jobs" and trying to "dodge questions", accusing them of playing an "economic con trick on the British people". At a Vote Leave campaign event, Mr Johnson said the benefits of being in the EU single market had been "wildly overstated" saying: "The vision for taking this country forward is about taking back control. " He said the UK could gain from free trade deals with China and the United States but that the UK could not do this as an EU member because such deals were controlled by the European Commission. "It is a delusion to think we can somehow gain greater prosperity by bartering away our freedom and our democracy," he said, challenging the Remain side to spell out how they would tackle pressure on the NHS and housing caused by rising immigration.
2016-06-06 15:21 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
96 Banksy paints Bridge Farm Primary Bristol wall as 'present' Street artist Banksy has left a half-term surprise "present" on the walls of a Bristol primary school. The elusive artist composed the mural at Bridge Farm Primary after it recently named a school house after him. It was discovered as teachers returned from the half-term break along with a letter saying "it's always easier to get forgiveness than permission". A spokesman for Banksy confirmed to BBC News that the artwork is genuine. Head teacher Geoff Mason intends to preserve the mural and has "no plans to sell it". He said the surprise addition to the school's surroundings is "inspirational and aspirational" for his pupils. BBC iWonder: How did Banksy become the world's most famous vandal?
2016-06-06 15:21 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
97 The vision of William Marsh Rice becomes a university after his untimely death in 1900 In the fall of 1912, scholars from across the globe gathered just outside of Houston where a palatial building had risen on the prairie. The opening of the Rice Institute was "celebrated in the same spirit as might have been the dedication of a new Cathedral in the Middle Ages," wrote Julian Huxley , Rice's first biology professor, who traveled from Oxford for the event and took a job there a year later. Scholars traveled from as far as Japan for the ceremony, several Nobel prize winners among them. The New York Times called it "an array of learning such as has seldom been assembled in the United States," according to "University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute," a book by Rice historian John Boles. In 1912, Houston had just about 85,000 residents. Were it not for Rice, most of these foreign visitors would likely have never heard of the city. But the opening celebration offered an early glimpse at what Houston would become: An international city with the power to lure people from across the world. Rice was built on a dream of an ambitious young university president on a world tour. One-third of its founding board were European. Its first faculty featured professors from across the globe. "I think that framing of the ambitions of Rice - that global context for our ambition as a university - that was something that over the following century we didn't always live up to, but was always there in Rice's conscience," Rice President David Leebron said. But that was far from what the man for whom the school is named originally envisioned. William Marsh Rice , an import-export merchant from Massachusetts who made a fortune in Texas and gave the money to found the school, did not include the word "university" in the school's charter. The school would be for "the white inhabitants of the City of Houston, and State of Texas. " Rice, who lived in New York City late in life, but traveled back to Houston for business matters, had been persuaded by colleagues here that he should use some of his money to start a college. He was fascinated with the Cooper Union , a trade school for working men and women in New York, and set out to start something like it in Houston. In 1891, Rice signed a deed with six trustees who agreed to hold a $200,000 note, the income from which would be used to make Rice's vision a reality - but only after his death. Nine years later, Rice was found dead in his Madison Avenue apartment. The millionaire had been chloroformed to death by his valet in a plot hatched by a New York lawyer to steal Rice's money. The valet confessed and the attorney spent a decade in prison. Rice's death left the six trustees in Houston with about $4.6 million - what amounted to the seventh-largest college endowment in the nation at the time. None of them was college educated, so they began writing and visiting colleges across the country. The narrow focus of the charter began to widen some. One of the trustees was from Switzerland, another was from England. "As a group they were decidedly un-provincial in their thinking about what should be done," Boles wrote in his book "A University So Conceived. " Their search for a leader for the new school came at a time when American higher education was on the upswing. Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago and Stanford were all founded in the decade before. Harvard was totally updating its curriculum. And in 1902 Woodrow Wilson was named president at Princeton, which he quickly worked to reinvigorate. The trustees wrote to Wilson, who suggested they hire Edgar Odell Lovett, a young, ambitious mathematician teaching astronomy there. Lovett had two doctorates - one from the University of Virginia and another from the University of Leipzig in Germany. He knew higher education in America and abroad. The trustees offered him the top job and he accepted in January 1908. At the time, higher education had yet to really take root in Texas. The total income for all 15 colleges in the state was 40 percent less than that of Princeton's alone, according to Boles' book. Lovett had big ideas. He wanted a school that would hold up "to university standing of the highest grade," Boles wrote. The trustees sent Lovett on a world tour. He traveled for nine months, literally across the globe, gathering ideas for the new institute - while also taking an early stab at recruiting faculty and launching a public relations campaign that would culminate in the huge 1912 opening ceremony. With a plan in hand, much further reaching than Rice's original charter, Lovett and the trustees set out to build the university. Lovett wanted the campus to inspire those who saw it. "He was almost hallucinating. This is not even in Houston, this piece of property. There are no paved roads," said Melissa Kean , Rice's centennial historian. Lovett visited many architects, but chose Ralph Adams Cram , who was a bit turned off by the bare prairie upon which he would build the school. With the Mediterranean in mind, Cram sought to bring "all the color we could command" to the barren land plot. And now Lovett had to show it off. "He (Lovett) realizes … that he has to capture people's imagination," Kean said. "He sets about capturing people's imagination - all over the world. " Lovett sent 2-foot-long calf-skin invitations to scholars across the globe, many of whom he'd met in his travels. More than 1,000 scholars - "a galaxy of outstanding savants," according to Huxley - descended upon Rice in October 1912 for a multiday opening ceremony of celebratory dinners, presentations and panel discussions. There Lovett laid out his vision for this small school - at the time just a handful of buildings, including a dormitory and a commons, a building for classrooms and administrative offices. The Rice Institute would emphasize research as much as teaching, he said. "Lovett was announcing to the world, here was a new university that just had incredible ambition," Boles said. "People were just kind of boggled. When they went home, you could tell from their letters they had never seen such a thing. " Several of the scholars, including Huxley, were so impressed that they came back to take teaching jobs at the new Rice Institute, renamed Rice University in 1960. An "uninstructed Englishman, or even an arrogant New Yorker" might have expected the Houston school to be small, locally minded and "ultrapractical," Huxley wrote, according to Boles' book. But Rice was "a real university... the reverse of parochial in all its ideas," Huxley concluded.
2016-06-06 14:17 By Benjamin www.chron.com
98 Rescuing Warsaw's overgrown Jewish graves Nature has taken over some of Poland's Jewish cemeteries. But a group of volunteers is trying to ensure those buried in them aren't forgotten. Alicja Mroczkowska, one of the organisers, hands out gardening gloves. We've a choice of rakes and shears for implements. Alicja says the less energetic ones among us can do the railings. She decants black rustproof paint into small pots. Our little band of a dozen volunteers heads off into Warsaw's main Jewish cemetery, past the statue of Janusz Korczak - the orphanage director who died at Treblinka after he refused to be parted from the children in his care. Okopowa Cemetery lies behind a high red-brick wall, right in the centre of the Polish capital. But it is a million miles in space and time from the city's slick glass towers and ticking pedestrian crossings. Birds dart between tall acacias and maple trees. Nature has got the upper hand on once-imposing 19th Century sepulchres. In some places, sandstone headstones look like they're drowning in waves of pale green creepers. Time, here, is measured by the speed at which ivy grows. The cemetery is vast. So far, enough of it has been cleared for 82,000 names to be entered into a database. But up to 200,000 bodies may have been buried here in the past couple of centuries. One of the volunteers, Karol Sawicki, hacks and rips at weeds that have plaited themselves over a concrete tomb. ''Look at this!'' he says eventually, revealing a marble plaque. ''1942. Sasza Glazman. He died in the ghetto, 32. My age, roughly. I wonder what his story was. We'll never know.'' There are 1,400 Jewish burial places in Poland. Under restitution laws, these are gradually being returned to the Jewish community. But according to the country's Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich, there are only 40,000 Jews living in Poland today. There is no money to maintain the graveyards. Hence our little army of plucky volunteers with packed lunches, a wheelie bin and a wheelbarrow. A white sweat line is edging its way higher and higher up Karol's black cap. We stop for a break. I ask him if he's Jewish. ''I have no idea,'' he says. "I have my suspicions, like thousands of Poles. My granddad was an orphan. He had three birth certificates with three dates from different villages in Ukraine.'' Karol is a manager for a children's retail clothing chain. I ask if he takes part in the cemetery clean-ups because of a faint Jewish voice inside himself? ''Maybe. Probably,'' he says. These are matters that, until recently, were not easily discussed in Poland. The post-war Communist years didn't mark an end to anti-Semitism. The present nationalist government applies so-called "memory politics". It's a policy that frames Poland's history around two things - the heroism of Catholics who saved Jews and the wartime deaths of three million non- Jewish Poles. Such a weighty agenda does not leave space for some of the by-products of genocide - collaboration, greed, betrayal - and that which Karol calls ''the kinds of things that go on in all families''. Monika Siwczyk is painting the crumbling art nouveau railings ringing a grand grave on the principal pathway. ''I love Jewish culture,'' says the 43- year-old professional translator. ''It's missing from Poland today.'' Monika, who is blonde and blue-eyed, has been researching her family's history. She points at her tanned forearm. ''Look at my olive skin. I have found a picture of the sisters of my great, great grandfather. We think they were Jewish. I look so much like them.'' A tram bell rings in the distance. It's a sound I might have heard a hundred years ago, when a third of Warsaw's population was Jewish. A group of tourists walk by. They're speaking Hebrew - young Israelis on a school trip. ''I've chatted to some of them,'' says Karol. ''They are visiting Poland to learn about the Holocaust. It's part of their curriculum.'' Karol would like to see the state of Israel contribute to the survival of Okopowa. ''We can only do so much. Even a ruin needs maintaining. But Israel won't help. Israel wants people to go and live there. It considers Poland to be a closed book - history, finished,'' he says. The volunteers at central Warsaw's Jewish cemetery are fighting a losing battle against the creeping of time and of ivy. But Karol and Monika aren't discouraged. It's their history, too. In just a few hours, Karol has cleared a section of six graves. He's meticulously raked the ground around them. For a short while, until the weeds grow back, the sun can brighten the blackened concrete tombs of six strangers who died in the ghetto. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.
2016-06-06 13:11 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk
99 Grand Rapids museum classes offer scientific look at beer GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The Grand Rapids Public Museum is hosting a series of classes that offer a scientific look at the brewing and tasting of beer. The museum has partnered with Brewery Vivant on the “Beer Explorers” classes, which are inspired by the “Earth Explorers” exhibit that’s at the museum. The classes are being held in conjunction with the museum’s Science Tuesdays programs. Classes will be held June 21, July 19 and Aug. 16. They’re titled “Science of Beer,” ”Science of Flavor” and “Yeast Science/Wild Fermentations,” respectively. Each class includes general admission to the museum - as well as three beer samples. The “Earth Explorers” exhibit is designed to bring adventures of National Geographic to life. The exhibit is on display through Sept. 4. ___ Online: http://www.grpm.org
2016-06-06 14:18 - www.washingtontimes.com
100 Children at Risk ranks the best schools in the Houston area The Houston-based nonprofit group Children at Risk has released its 2016 rankings of the state's public schools. The criteria mostly involved student performance on standardized exams. Each campus received a letter grade, from A+ to F, and a rank, with No. 1 representing the top rating. Elementary, middle and high schools were ranked separately. Search the interactive database below to see the rankings for the eight- county Houston region or see the top 10 elementary, middle and high schools in the gallery above. The regional list includes 857 elementary schools, 303 middle schools and 171 high schools. The state rankings are based on 4,188 elementary schools, 1,670 middle schools and 1,159 high schools. Type in a specific school's name, or search by county, school district or ZIP code. Or, search by letter grade to see all the best or worst performers. For each school, view student demographic information, plus the percentage of students scoring at the advanced level in reading and math on the 2015 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. You can get more exclusive information on the state of Houston schools and analysis of how they are changing and finding success on HoustonChronicle.com . Also listed for high schools: a graduation rate calculated by Children at Risk; the percentage of students taking the SAT or ACT college-entrance exams and their average scores; and the percentage of students taking Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate exams and the passing rate (a score of at least 3 on AP's 5-point scale). Schools with combined grade levels appear on multiple lists (e.g. a campus serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade is ranked as both an elementary school and a middle school). Schools were not ranked if they were missing data or served fewer than 190 students. Read more about the methodology from Children at Risk.
2016-06-06 13:12 By Ericka www.chron.com
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