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Total 100 articles, created at 2016-09-16 00:01 1 Trump supports birth control without a prescription

(1.63/2) WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he believes women should be able to obtain birth control without a prescription. Speaking on an episode of "The Dr. Oz Sh... 2016-09-15 20:03 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 2 US election: Donald Trump in excellent health, says his doctor (1.32/2) Donald Trump is in "excellent physical health," but overweight, says his doctor, as Hillary Clinton returns after three days off with pneumonia. 2016-09-15 18:19 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 3 Fiat Chrysler recalling 1.9 million vehicles for air bag defect

(1.22/2) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Thursday it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air b... 2016-09-15 20:05 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 4 Clinton flashes thumbs-up as she returns to the trail – campaign live (1.08/2) Follow along for the latest updates from the trail, as Hillary Clinton returns from a three-day layoff and Trump prepares for a rally in New Hampshire 2016-09-15 21:01 10KB www.theguardian.com 5 Dundalk dare to dream after Europa League draw in Holland (1.05/2) Dundalk salvaged their night with a last-gasp headed equaliser against stellar Dutch opponents AZ Alkmaar on their Europa League debut. 2016-09-15 20:51 3KB www.independent.ie 6 Committee recommends $750 million in public money toward Las Vegas stadium for

(1.02/2) Raiders While $750 million in public money toward an NFL stadium for the Raiders in Las Vegas has been recommended, the plan still needs approval from Nevada's governor and Legislature. 2016-09-15 20:12 3KB www.espn.com 7 Tyree King shooting: Ohio officer kills robbery suspect, 13, who had BB gun (1.02/2) A police officer shot and killed Tyree King, a 13-year-old robbery suspect, after the boy pulled a BB gun from his waistband in Columbus, Ohio, police said. 2016-09-15 20:01 6KB www.cnn.com

8 United beaten by Feyenoord, Zenit stage stunning comeback

(1.02/2) By Toby Davis LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Manchester United's first appearance in the Europa League group stage ended in disappointment after Feyenoord's Ton... 2016-09-15 19:57 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 9 Cayetano says Plan B of LP to remove Duterte under way

(1.00/2) Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano accused the Liberal Party (LP) of putting “Plan B” into motion, accusing the Senate committee on justice and human rights of putting out witness Edgar Matobato to oust 2016-09-16 00:00 4KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 10 ‘Pete’s Dragon’ swoops in for the heart- tugging thrill A remake of a 1977 Disney film, “Pete’s Dragon” manages to be cute and quite engrossing, even if it’s mostly a safe retackling of the “boy and strange friend against the world” 2016-09-16 00:00 2KB entertainment.inquirer.net 11 Barbie Forteza–from teenybopper to indie and comedy roles For her performance in the indie drama, “Tuos,” an entry in this year’s Cinemalaya festival, Barbie Forteza earned positive reviews, with critics and moviegoers calling her a 2016-09-16 00:00 2KB entertainment.inquirer.net 12 After 10 years, a Mendoza film is PH Oscar bet “I’m very happy that a film of mine was finally recognized by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) after 10 years and 12 films!” This was Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s reaction 2016-09-16 00:00 3KB entertainment.inquirer.net 13 Interpol tapped vs bombing DAVAO CITY—The city government has been given access to the massive intelligence database of International Police (Interpol) under an agreement that city officials said is a first in the 2016-09-16 00:00 3KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 14 Keeping track of users a challenge in Pampanga CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—What happens to people who surrender to the police under government’s “Oplan Tokhang” after admitting using or peddling illegal drugs? Keeping track of 2016-09-16 00:00 3KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

15 Trillanes, Cayetano clash The partners in the Senate probe of then Vice President Jejomar Binay’s alleged corrupt practices in Makati have turned against each other in the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings in Davao 2016-09-16 00:00 3KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 16 Duterte son, sister deny allegations DAVAO CITY officials denied the claim of confessed assassin Edgar Matobato that Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was behind the killing of Cebu businessman Richard King and that four of the security personnel 2016-09-16 00:00 4KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 17 DOJ chief ties hearing to House drug probe “Why only now?” Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday questioned the timing of Sen. Leila de Lima’s presentation of Edgar Matobato, a former militiaman and confessed Davao 2016-09-16 00:00 4KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 18 IN THE KNOW: Edgar Matobato Edgar Matobato, 57, is a former member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit in Davao province, serving in the militia from 1982 until former government prosecutor Rodrigo Duterte 2016-09-16 00:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 19 Desktop apps making their way to Windows store One of the things the users complained about the Windows store is the severe lack of applications compared to Google Play and the Apple App Store. Well it’s about to get an influx of content as 2016-09-16 00:00 1KB technology.inquirer.net 20 Teen escapes men who tried to pull her out of car at gunpoint Spalding County police are looking for two men they say pulled a gun on a teenage girl and tried to pull her out of her car. 2016-09-15 23:23 954Bytes www.ajc.com 21 Georgia man lies about being shot by clowns, deputies say A Georgia man is in stable condition after he told authorities that he was jumped and shot by people dressed as clowns, deputies said. 2016-09-15 23:19 888Bytes www.ajc.com

22 Toxic Fuel Sold To Africa Article by WN.com Correspondent Amelevi Elaine Affo Swiss NGO Public Eye has today published a report 'Dirty Diesel' revealing how Swiss commodity trading companies are taking advantage of weak regulatory standards to market fuel to Africa that has levels of sulphur (a major contributor to air... 2016-09-15 23:19 2KB article.wn.com 23 Reid calls Trump a 'human leech who will bleed the country' Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Donald Trump a "human leech" during a speech on the floor of the Senate on Sept. 15, saying Trump swindles Americans out of their money. 2016-09-15 23:14 874Bytes www.washingtonpost.com 24 Deutsch chairman Linda Sawyer is leaving the agency after 27 years Linda Sawyer, chairman of Deutsch and former CEO, is leaving the agency after a 27-year run. 2016-09-15 23:10 1KB www.thedrum.com 25 Next generation search will drive marketing innovation: Microsoft ad sales CVP Rik van der Kool The next generation of voice-recognition search needs to be top of mind for CMOs, according to Microsoft's ad chief. 2016-09-15 23:10 1KB www.thedrum.com 26 Jon Davie to share Zone Digital’s secret to agency success at first ever Business Jam event Zone Digital’s story of unbelievable growth and expansion will conclude The Drum Network’s first Business Jam event – Maximising Agency Sales & Profit – which takes place in London later this month. 2016-09-15 23:07 2KB www.thedrum.com 27 What will marketing look like in 2020? The trends of today shaping the agency of tomorrow In anticipation of the next CS Presents event which explores the agency landscape in 2020, we asked the speakers to take a peek into a crystal ball and predict which main trend of today will have the most impact on the Agency of Tomorrow. Here is what they told us: 2016-09-15 23:06 6KB www.thedrum.com 28 Ex-Palawan gov Joel Reyes faces new graft rap over fertilizer scam On top of his murder trial in his home province, detained former Palawan governor Joel Reyes faces a new criminal case before the Sandiganbayan over the 2004 fertilizer fund scam. A 2016-09-15 22:09 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

29 DSWD: Families in remote areas need not travel to get funds Families who qualify for cash assistance from the government but live in remote areas do not have to travel to the offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to receive the 2016-09-15 22:07 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 30 The IDF’s new $38 billion shopping list in the US What will Israel do with $38 billion from the US? 2016-09-15 22:05 6KB www.jpost.com 31 Cultural prism: Very real artificial intelligence A self-aware machine may someday set its own goals and strive to achieve them, contradicting human interests, justifying drastic means, and even fighting for self-preservation. 2016-09-15 21:33 7KB www.jpost.com 32 Jerusalem Post Editorial: Jewish unity That is why it was surprising to discover that American Jews and Israelis Jews have remarkable similar opinions when it comes to matters of Jewish identity. 2016-09-15 21:32 4KB www.jpost.com 33 Is the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry about to get great again? The bitterness between the Bombers and BoSox has subsided in recent years. But with the Yankees' youth movement and Boston's budding superstars, The Rivalry might deserve capital letters again. 2016-09-15 21:30 7KB www.espn.com 34 Big Papi Bracket -- Vote for David Ortiz's greatest moment (Final Four) The favorites have looked unbeatable on their road to the Final Four. But now David Ortiz's four greatest moments collide -- and two No. 1 seeds must fall. Time to cast your votes! 2016-09-15 21:30 2KB www.espn.com 35 As I see it: ‘Autumn for Jew-bashing’ is beyond satire To eradicate antisemitism from the Labour Party would force left- wingers to do something they find simply impossible: face up honestly to the truth about themselves. 2016-09-15 21:23 6KB www.jpost.com 36 Idols SA contestant axed from show Idols SA contestant Siyakha Tshayela has been withdrawn from the reality show with immediate effect. 2016-09-15 21:22 2KB www.channel24.co.za 37 Grapevine: The optimists “The UK is not immune to the evils of antisemitism. I know that many in the Jewish community are feeling vulnerable and fearful,” said UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd. 2016-09-15 21:17 10KB www.jpost.com 38 AKQA Portland hires Josh Combs as new creative director AKQA’s Portland office has hired a new creative director to lead the charge in the Rose City. Josh Combs joins the crew in Portland to support and nurture the creative teams. 2016-09-15 21:11 1KB www.thedrum.com 39 NBC boss Steve Burke hails the Rio Olympics as a 'tremendous success' after seeing ad sales soar NBC has hailed the Rio Olympics as a “tremendous success” after seeing a 20 per cent increase in its ad sales, which yielded over $250m in profit. 2016-09-15 21:11 1KB www.thedrum.com 40 IBM appoints first-ever CMO IBM has never had a chief marketing officer, perhaps surprisingly considering the continued success the company has had through the decades. The 105-year-old tech company never had a need for the position before, but it has become increasingly important as its business becomes more consumer-facing. 2016-09-15 21:10 2KB www.thedrum.com 41 Ad of the Day: 'Could You Forget Everything You've Ever Learned?' asks advocacy group One as it highlights the issues faced by young refugees Campaigning and advocacy group One's new video which looks to highlight the issues faced by the 3.6 million refugee children denied an education has nabbed our Ad of the Day crown. 2016-09-15 21:10 3KB www.thedrum.com 42 Stop paying agencies for the wrong things As I read the ANA commissioned reports on transparency and rebates in our business, I was floored. Not floored at the findings but floored that anyone is surprised at the findings. I’m also floored that brands (and agencies) seem to be lost as to how... 2016-09-15 21:09 7KB www.thedrum.com

43 Snap Judgement: The limits of empathy The 9/11 attacks did not noticeably influence discourse abroad on the Israeli/Arab conflict, or generate any additional sense of identification with victims of terrorism here, for several reasons. 2016-09-15 21:08 8KB www.jpost.com 44 Jack Dorsey wants to simplify Twitter’s service and reset user expectations to lure more investment on to the dwindling platform Twitter’s future growth prospects will be predicated on whether it can flourish as a news sharing platform rather than an outright social network, revealed chief executive Jack Dorsey in a wide- ranging interview with WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell at Dmexco. 2016-09-15 21:07 3KB www.thedrum.com 45 Houston Cougars' freshman Ed Oliver already making presence felt In just two games, Houston freshman defensive tackle Ed Oliver has already started to live up to the hype that accompanied his recruitment. 2016-09-15 21:04 5KB www.espn.com 46 Fight on campuses, don’t condemn Israel’s prime minister American Jews can agree or disagree with Netanyahu. But for the head of the ADL to condemn Netanyahu in the journal Foreign Affairs was unprecedented and totally unacceptable. 2016-09-15 21:03 7KB www.jpost.com 47 Records and gold in Thursday's top stories From breaking records to taking selfies, kicking records, catching fish, going for gold and downing books, it's all in a day, today. 2016-09-15 21:03 1KB www.news24.com 48 New York Yankees, Billy Butler agree to contract Free-agent first baseman/designated hitter Billy Butler has agreed to a deal with the Yankees, according to reports. 2016-09-15 21:00 2KB www.espn.com 49 Yasiel Puig of Los Angeles Dodgers meets with fan who lost tooth via ball toss Yasiel Puig and a New York-based Dodgers fan whose tooth was knocked out when he threw a ball into the stands at Yankee Stadium met Wednesday and made amends. 2016-09-15 21:00 3KB www.espn.com

50 Sadiq Khan's planning incentives for more London affordable homes The Labour mayor is working on new guidance for developers that he believes will help deliver his ambitious low cost housing policies 2016-09-15 20:58 6KB www.theguardian.com 51 Mother-of-nine and nephew shot dead 'in case of mistaken identity' named The victims of a shooting in north London have been named as Anny Ekofo, a mother of nine, and her nephew Bervil Ekofo. 2016-09-15 20:57 2KB www.independent.ie 52 John McDonnell 'furious' over Labour list of Corbyn detractors Shadow chancellor says he has apologised and will meet each of the 13 Labour MPs appearing on the list 2016-09-15 20:46 5KB www.theguardian.com 53 Trump talks stamina on Dr Oz and says he'd 'like to lose weight' – video During an appearance on The Dr Oz Show, Donald Trump admitted he could lose some weight but said he felt ‘as good today as I did when I was 30’ 2016-09-15 20:28 1KB www.theguardian.com 54 Canadian gin company's campaign accused of cultural appropriation Ungava apologises to the Inuit people for offensive video showing cartoon characters paddling a canoe past igloos and a man’s voice chanting 2016-09-15 20:25 4KB www.theguardian.com 55 Brexit was a revolt against liberalism. We’ve entered a new political era The past decade has witnessed profound cultural and economic change. Welcome to the post-liberal age 2016-09-15 20:16 7KB www.theguardian.com 56 Mexico plans own wall against illegal 'hordes' Contact WND (DAILY MAIL) It seems Mexico agrees with Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants – but only on its southern border with Central America. Mexicans are calling for the border wall to keep out Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Hondurans fleeing violence in... 2016-09-15 20:11 1KB www.wnd.com

57 Facebook to help pick questions for presidential debate Contact WND (THE HILL) Facebook will help “source” questions online for the town hall-style presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the organization behind the debates announced on Wednesday night. Janet Brown, the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates... 2016-09-15 20:10 1KB www.wnd.com 58 UJ and suspended 'arsonists' at loggerheads Despite it saying it has met students' demands, the University of Johannesburg continues to be at loggerheads with some of the students it suspended following an arson attack at the institution. 2016-09-15 20:02 4KB www.news24.com 59 Durban councillor responds to homophobic tormentor An openly gay eThekwini councillor has made public details of homophobic hate mail a constituent has been sending him. 2016-09-15 20:02 2KB www.news24.com 60 Why Americans don't take sick days Hillary Clinton is not alone in attempting to work through illness - millions of Americans do it every day. 2016-09-15 23:04 6KB www.bbc.co.uk 61 Why is the US 'tampon tax' so hated? California Governor Jerry Brown vetoes a bill to end a sales tax on feminine hygiene products, a practice that has sparked worldwide debate. 2016-09-15 23:04 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 62 In pictures: Isle of Wight hosts Bestival A selection of pictures from Bestival on the Isle of Wight, which is one of the last UK music festivals of the season. 2016-09-15 23:04 653Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 63 In pictures: Ladybirds, geckos and gorillas Fifteen stunning images from the Royal Photographic Society's International Images for Science competition 2016-09-15 23:04 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 64 Abducted 6-year-old girl found alive, chained to a tree NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N. C. – Six-year-old Stefanny Lenneth Lopez-Castro, who was abducted from her home in the Royal Palms community off Carolina Beach Road Wednesday night, has been found aliv… 2016-09-15 19:59 2KB fox13now.com 65 Kate Moss lets her hair down as she attends London perfume launch in vintage leopard print blazer The Croydon born star, 42, made a typically commanding entrance at Covent Garden Piazza by opting for a vintage leopard print blazer, beneath which a plunging top exposed her cleavage 2016-09-15 19:58 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 66 Air raids kill 23 civilians in jihadist-held Syria town: monitor Twenty-three civilians including nine children were killed in air strikes on a town in eastern Syria held by the Islamic State jihadist group on Thursday, a... 2016-09-15 19:58 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 67 Retired teacher, 80, breaks both legs in birthday paragliding accident A retired teacher who decided to celebrate his 80th birthday by paragliding has broken both his legs in a crash landing. 2016-09-15 19:57 2KB www.independent.ie 68 University teacher lockout ends; contract talks continue NEW YORK (AP) — About 400 university faculty members who were locked out for 12 days over a bitterly contested contract went back to teaching on Thursday. Th... 2016-09-15 19:57 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 69 Beatles fan Liam Gallagher and girlfriend Debbie enjoy date night at premiere of Eight Days A Week documentary Liam Gallagher arrived at the world premiere of director Ron Howard's The Beatles: Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years, in London's Leicester Square, on Thursday night. 2016-09-15 19:56 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 70 Navigating Rio can be tough for those with disabilities RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Inside the Olympic Park, there are ramps, strategically placed railings, tactile paving inside venues, and more. It's evident that expe... 2016-09-15 19:56 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 71 Obama: Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change WASHINGTON (AP) — Creating the Atlantic Ocean's first marine national monument is a needed response to dangerous climate change, oceanic dead zones and unsus... 2016-09-15 19:56 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 72 Oklahoma man to return to California to face murder charges SAPULPA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused in California of the 1973 shotgun slayings of two girls has agreed to waive extradition and return to the state... 2016-09-15 19:55 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 73 Ralph Lauren, inspired by American West, stops traffic during show NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Veteran fashion designer Ralph Lauren staged his first runway-to-retail show promoting his September collection, an American We... 2016-09-15 19:55 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 74 Locals pick through the rubble of a Yemen factory destroyed in a Saudi bombing campaign which uses British weapons, as MPs argue whether to halt arms deals with the kingdom The recommendation to stop selling British weapons to Saudi Arabia came as officials in Yemen looked for the remainders of weapons after a factory was reduced to rubble in Yemen (pictured). 2016-09-15 19:54 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 75 UN pleads for Syria aid access after truce extended The United Nations urged Syria's government Thursday to allow immediate aid deliveries to hunger-stricken civilians after a fragile ceasefire was extended fo... 2016-09-15 19:53 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 76 Police may face criminal charges over black student left in vegetative state after nightclub arrest Five police officers face possible criminal charges over an incident outside a nightclub that left a black student in a vegetative state. 2016-09-15 19:52 3KB www.independent.ie 77 US consumer safety agency plans recall of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 - source Sept 15 (Reuters) - U. S. consumer safety agency plans a recall of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Note 7, according to a person familiar with the plans. ... 2016-09-15 19:52 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

78 ECB chief economist says 60 pct of its money printing ends up in Germany By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Sixty percent of the European Central Bank's 1.2 trillion euros bond purchases were settled in Germany, th... 2016-09-15 19:52 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 79 Harvard Business School Says THIS Is To Blame Strongly partisan government is to blame for a sluggish U. S. economy, concludes a study from The Harvard Business School. "The U. S. political system was once the envy of many nations. Over the las 2016-09-15 23:04 3KB dailycaller.com 80 African penguins released back into colony The National Sea Rescue Institute’s Port Elizabeth duty crew assisted SANParks with the release of 72 African penguins back into their colony on St Croix Island on Thursday morning. 2016-09-15 19:50 1KB www.timeslive.co.za 81 Exports from New Mexico increase nearly 3 percent ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (AP) — Exports from New Mexico have increased nearly 3 percent in the first half of 2016 thanks in part to the state's booming border regio... 2016-09-15 19:50 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 82 Hand, foot and mouth outbreak strikes FSU Florida State University Health Services has identified over the past week more than a dozen cases of hand, foot and mouth disease, an illness commonly seen in children. 2016-09-15 19:49 5KB rss.cnn.com 83 US envoy says Libya central bank must get oil income The US envoy to Libya has said Washington will support the resumption of oil exports from the politically divided country if revenues go to the UN-backed uni... 2016-09-15 19:48 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 84 Canada auto talks stalled on product, union says still time for deal By Susan Taylor TORONTO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The main union representing Canada's autoworkers has made no progress in getting a commitment for fresh producti... 2016-09-15 19:46 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

85 Hillsborough police chief who said victims' families version of events was 'not the truth' should get his job back says chief watchdog David Crompton, the chief constable of South Yorkshire police should be reinstated to his role according to Sir Tom Winsor, after he was suspended following the Hillsborough verdicts. 2016-09-15 19:46 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 86 Recipe: Homemade Twix bars Homemade Twix Bars From Chef Lesli Sommerdorf for Harmons Shortbread 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup unbleached all- purpose flour C… 2016-09-15 19:45 2KB fox13now.com 87 Concealed Carry In Missouri No Longer Requires A Permit Most adults can now carry concealed weapons without a permit in Missouri, after a supermajority of Republicans in the legislature passed the bill into law Wednesday. The law allows people to carry 2016-09-15 23:04 2KB dailycaller.com 88 FOREX-Dollar slips against yen on doubts over BOJ potency By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U. S. dollar reversed earlier gains against the yen on Thursday as traders doubted that the Bank of Japan (B... 2016-09-15 19:45 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 89 Pregnant Olivia Wilde decides to take New York on foot after subway riders refused to give up their seat for her The 32-year-old actress was seen taking a walk around her Brooklyn neighbourhood on Thursday. 2016-09-15 19:45 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 90 Buzzworthy! $150million human beehive of stairs will be the centerpiece of Manhattan's Hudson Yards development The plans for the centerpiece of the Hudson Yards development in New York City were revealed on Wednesday. 2016-09-15 19:44 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

91 Madonna, 58, sings explicit version of Hard Day's Night in cheeky video She like to be a little naughty on occasions and Madonna showed her cheeky side once again on Thursday night. 2016-09-15 19:44 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 92 3 Connecticut troopers sued over arrest of protester HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three Connecticut state troopers are accused in a lawsuit filed Thursday of violating the constitutional rights of a protester at a so... 2016-09-15 19:44 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 93 Scam which offers women dates with Premier League footballers like Ryan Giggs Model Francesca Sedgwick, 21, (pictured) revealed she was offered a £2,500 payment if she agreed to spend the night with one of the 'high-profile football stars' at a hotel. 2016-09-15 19:44 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 94 Feyenoord 1-0 Manchester United PLAYER RATINGS: Marcus Rashford stumbles in first start as Jose Mourinho's second stringers fail to get in gear in Rotterdam Jose Mourinho made eight changes from the starting line up that had faced Manchester City on the weekend; few of the newcomers shone in their audition for more starts in the future. 2016-09-15 19:43 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 95 Fun and functional baby products from Copper Pearl Copper Pearl was started in the summer of 2015 by two stay at home moms, Stephanie Lee and Kristin Reichert. Kristin is a redhead (a.k.a. the ‘copper’) and Stephanie is a blond (a.k.a. … 2016-09-15 19:42 1KB fox13now.com 96 HIPEC: How this treatment can improve appendix, colon, stomach, and ovarian cancer outcomes HIPEC is an acronym for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. This is a form of cancer treatment using highly concentrated, heated chemotherapy that is delivered directly to the abdominal cavi… 2016-09-15 19:42 2KB fox13now.com

97 New technology can read text through the cover of a book Developers at MIT are working on a camera that can read the pages of a book without ever opening the cover. This will help researchers study ancient texts without risking physical damage. 2016-09-15 19:41 2KB nypost.com 98 Quinnipiac Poll: Would You Say Hillary Clinton Is Honest? America: NO! Quinnipiac came out with a new poll today and confirms the obvious: American think Hillary is a liar. Not exactly surprising news but... 2016-09-15 23:03 1KB spectator.org 99 World Bank: Donations to Gaza far behind pledges JERUSALEM (AP) — The World Bank said on Thursday that less than half the money pledged by donors to rebuild the Gaza Strip after the 2014 war between Hamas a... 2016-09-15 19:40 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 100 Homecoming king gives crown to football team manager with cerebral palsy ELLER, Texas — A high school football quarterback in Texas did something during his homecoming game that trumps his on-field performance. After Max Akin was crowned homecoming king, he kneele… 2016-09-15 19:39 1KB fox13now.com Articles

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1 Trump supports birth control without a prescription (1.63/2) WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he believes women should be able to obtain birth control without a prescription. Speaking on an episode of "The Dr. Oz Show" airing Thursday, the Republican nominee suggested that, for many women, obtaining a prescription can be challenging. "I would say it should not be prescription," he told the audience, adding that many women "just aren't in a position to go get a prescription. " The GOP's 2016 platform says it opposes the FDA's "endorsement of over-the-counter sales of powerful contraceptives without a physician's recommendation. " The comment comes days after Trump unveiled a plan aimed at making childcare more affordable for women and as he works to boost his poll numbers with women. Polls show women favoring Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, though Trump does better than her with men. Trump has sometimes stumbled when it comes to reproductive health issues. During the Republican primary, he was criticized for saying that, if it the abortion were to be outlawed, women should be punished for having them. He later said that providers, not women, should be the ones who face penalties. While Trump was more liberal in his views on social issues when he was younger, he now opposes abortion rights. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists declared support for nonprescription birth control pills in 2012, but some groups oppose the measure because of the health risks associated with them. Insurance also doesn't cover over-the-counter drugs, which could make the pills far more expensive. Dawn Laguens, the Executive Vice President of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, warned that such a move would "put access to birth control out of reach for millions of women by making it more expensive. " "Women shouldn't have to choose between paying for birth control or buying groceries for the month," she added in a statement. NARAL Pro-Choice also voiced opposition, accusing Trump of fighting policies "that actually help women. " Spokeswoman Kaylie Hanson Long said in a statement that such a move "could deny women coverage of birth control altogether. " "Out of one side of his mouth, he makes a claim that he's helping women, but out of the other side, he's actively working to dismantle the greatest expansion of contraceptive coverage of our time," she said. __ Sharp reported from Portland, Maine.

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2 US election: Donald Trump in excellent health, says his doctor (1.32/2) Republican nominee Donald Trump is in "excellent physical health," according to a letter from his doctor. Mr Trump released the letter following a recent physical examination by Dr Harold N Bornstein. The 70-year-old is listed as 6ft 3in (1.9 metres) and weighing 236lb (107kg). The letter comes as his rival Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail after time off with pneumonia, appearing briefly to reporters. Boarding a plane in White Plains, New York, she spoke to journalists as she flew to North Carolina to hold a rally, her first campaign event since the weekend. Clinton 'doing great' back on the trail A history of US presidential bad health Both candidates have faced public scrutiny over transparency about the state of their health. "He takes a lipid lowering agent (rosuvastatin) and a low dose aspirin," the letter said. "He does not use tobacco products or alcohol. " His weight and height give him a body mass index of 29.5, according to US measurements , which is within the "overweight" range but close to the "obese" mark at 30.0. Mr Trump discussed his health with talk-show host Dr Mehmet Oz in a taped interview, which is set to air on Thursday. It's almost too perfect. The reality-TV-star-turned-politician sharing his medical information with the celebrity-doctor-turned-daytime-talk-show-host. Mr Trump promised he would release information from a physical exam some time this week, and on Thursday - in a press release and a taped interview with Dr Mehmet Oz - he did. Kind of. We learned Mr Trump's vital signs are normal. He takes medication to keep high cholesterol in check. He passed all his cancer screenings He (perhaps not surprisingly) has higher than normal testosterone levels. He's a bit overweight and has a penchant for junk food. He says his exercise regimen consists of golf and giving political speeches. Bornstein is the quirky man who made headlines last December when he claimed Mr Trump would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency". Bornstein later admitted he wrote that one-page, typo-ridden memo in less than five minutes. In other words, this is hardly a full disclosure of Mr Trump's medical history. It's certainly in keeping with what has been an exceedingly bizarre US presidential campaign, however. He first revealed the letter, which is dated 13 Sept, in his appearance on The Dr Oz Show. "I feel as good today as I did when I was 30," Trump said on the show, according to a clip. Dr Bornstein, a gastroenterological specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, has cared for Mr Trump since 1980, according to the letter. The note continues to detail parts of Mr Trump's medical record, including that he was only in hospital once at age 11 for an appendectomy. Although the letter provides some insight, it does not include his detailed medical history. In other developments: Mrs Clinton released a note from her doctor on Wednesday calling her "fit to serve" as president, as well as detailing the medications she is taking and her cholesterol levels. The polls indicate a tight race nationally and in the key battleground states, with 54 days to election day. How does the US election work? Why this election will make history What is it about Clinton that her fans love? 50 Trump supporters explain why they back him

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3 Fiat Chrysler recalling 1.9 million vehicles for air bag defect (1.22/2) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Thursday it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect linked to three deaths and five injuries. The recall involves deployment of air bags and seat-belt pretensioners in some crashes. It affects models sold between 2010 and 2014, including the Chrysler Sebring, 200, Dodge Caliber, Avenger, Jeep Patriot and Compass SUVs. Fiat Chrysler said the recall also includes the 2012-2013 Lancia Flavia midsize car. The recall, involving 1.4 million vehicles in the United States, is the latest in a series affecting tens of millions of air bags for a series of problems. Last week, General Motors Co said it would recall nearly 4.3 million vehicles worldwide due to a software defect that can prevent air bags from deploying, a flaw already linked to one death and three injuries. That defect is similar but not identical to the Fiat Chrysler issue. Fiat Chrysler said the problem occurred when vehicles equipped with a particular control module and specific front impact sensor wiring are involved in certain collisions. GM said in its recall that the module that controls air bag deployment has a software defect that may prevent frontal air bags from deploying in certain "rare circumstances. " Fiat Chrysler said it no longer uses the occupant restraint controllers or wire routing design. The notice did not say when it will begin recall repairs, which spokesman Eric Mayne said the automaker is "finalizing. " Automakers and the U. S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have been grappling with numerous recall issues. In February, Continental Automotive Systems said it supplied potentially defective air bag control units to 5 million vehicles built over a five-year period. It said the units may fail and air bags may not deploy in a crash or may inadvertently deploy without warning. In August, NHTSA said it was upgrading and expanding a probe of more than 8 million air bag inflators made by ARC Automotive Inc after a driver was killed in Canada when an inflator ruptured in a Hyundai Motor Co vehicle. In May, NHTSA said automakers will recall another 35 million to 40 million Takata Corp air bag inflators that could rupture and send deadly metal fragments flying. More than 100 million inflators worldwide have been deemed defective and are linked to at least 14 deaths and 100 injuries. Despite the recalls and continued government scrutiny, NHTSA has said it is clear "air bags save lives. " It estimates that frontal air bags saved 2,400 lives in 2014. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Dan Grebler)

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4 Clinton flashes thumbs-up as she returns to the trail – campaign live (1.08/2) Speaking in Greensboro, North Carolina, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail after a bout of pneumonia sidelined her campaign - appropriately entering and exiting the stage to the song I Feel Good, by James Brown. Among the readings shared by Trump in his medical statement was his testosterone level of 441.6. For a candidate who has called his opponents “low energy” or characterized them as “little” , while praising his own “stamina” , low testosterone could have been damaging. Even if it were just to his ego. Happily, Trump’s testosterone is fine. “A normal range is 300 - 800,” said Dr Peter Snyder, medical director of the Penn Pituitary Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He said Trump’s 441.6 level “would be considered normal for any adult male”. Dr Abraham Morgentaler, author of the book Testosterone for Life , said “450 or so is an average testosterone level in adult men”. Morgentaler agreed that Trump’s testosterone level was within normal range. “He doesn’t have unusually high testosterone nor does he have unusually low testosterone.” Ivanka Trump has responded to Cosmopolitan after the magazine ran a Q&A session with the Republican presidential nominee’s daughter in which she objected to the “negativity” of questions about Donald Trump’s past statements on pregnancy in the workplace. In the interview, the younger Trump also laughed when pressed about why her proposal for paid parental leave for new parents didn’t apply to same- sex male couples, or fathers in general. Watch live now: Another day, another person requesting in vain that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump release a copy of his tax returns, as major-party candidates have done for nearly half a century. House speaker Paul Ryan said during his weekly press briefing that Trump should release his tax returns, but would leaving the timing of such a release to the candidate himself. “Having a business guy as President is not the worst idea in the world.” The Hillary Clinton campaign has responded to Donald Trump Jr’s use of gas chamber imagery to attack Democrats ( read about that here ). Clinton’s statement says, in part: It emerges that Donald Trump Jr’s explanation to the Pittsburgh Tribune- Review that his father can’t release his tax returns “because that would detract from [his father’s] main message” was not a slip of the tongue. It was a talking point. In a separate interview, with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, Trump says that the tax returns can’t be released because “we don’t need a story with everyone questioning everything.” Trump Jr is asked why the candidate won’t release his tax returns. Here’s his reply: The interviewer also asks how Trump will make good on his promise to bring steel manufacturing back to the region. Trump Jr gives an answer about fracking. An aide cuts the interview off when the reporter asks about the use of Trump foundation money for the purchase of a six-foot tall portrait of Trump, a purchase uncovered by the Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold. What’s in the second half of this new Trump minority outreach video? We don’t know. We couldn’t get past a minute. Anyone out there able to watch this for more than a minute? Post your best time in the comments! And let us know what happens. Just one set! Donald Trump Jr explained to a Pittsburgh paper in an interview published Wednesday that Trump won’t release his returns “because he’s got a 12,000-page tax return that would create … financial auditors out of every person in the country asking questions that would detract from [his father’s] main message.” In his bid to unseat incumbent Republican senator Roy Blunt, Missouri secretary of state Jason Kander, a former army captain who served in Afghanistan, has released a video ad in which he assembles a rifle blindfolded while calling for background checks “so terrorists can’t get their hands on one of these.” “I approved this message because I’d like to see senator Blunt do this,” Kander says: She’s back. Clinton boards a plane for her rally in Greensboro, NC: Trump proposes to pay for his tax plan by cutting discretionary spending every year. While he builds a border wall with Mexico. And raises a force to deport millions of Americans. And undertakes a massive upgrade and expansion of the military. And rebuilds the national infrastructure. And.. On the day that Donald Trump told TV show host Dr Oz he feels “as good today as I did at 30”, the 70-year-old Republican presidential nominee released the most detailed assessment yet of his physical condition. The Trump campaign used the positive results to take a swipe at Hillary Clinton , lauding the billionaire’s ability to “endure – uninterrupted – the rigors of a punishing and unprecedented presidential campaign”. Clinton temporarily withdrew from the campaign trail after stumbling as she left a September 11 memorial service in New York City on Sunday. Her campaign subsequently admitted she had been given a diagnosis of pneumonia. In a taped interview with Dr Oz which was scheduled to be aired later on Thursday, Trump admitted that at 236lbs he is overweight, but said he had bolstered his physical condition by giving speeches on the campaign trail. “It’s a lot of work,” he said. “You know, when I’m speaking in front of 15, 20,000 people and I’m up there using a lot of motion, I guess in its own way it’s a pretty healthy act. “A lot of times these rooms are really hot, like saunas and I guess that’s a form of exercise.” The 70-year-old also plays golf. Ahead of Trump’s Oz interview, his campaign released a statement from Dr Harold Bornstein, the same physician who in December said in a shorter note he could “state unequivocally, [Trump] will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”. Bornstein later admitted that the note had been “rushed”, while a limo from the campaign waited outside his office. On Thursday, the Guardian reported that according to court papers, in April 2002 Bornstein agreed to pay $86,250 to the family of a patient, Janet Levin, who died allegedly after falling when she took “unhealthy amounts” of prescription drugs Bornstein had given her unnecessarily Thursday’s report, based on an examination conducted on Friday 9 September, was less hyperbolic but still glowing. “Mr Trump is in excellent physical health,” Bornstein wrote, adding that Trump’s liver and thyroid function were within the normal range and a cardiac evaluation was normal. The Republican presidential candidate does take medication to lower cholesterol. Trump’s most recent colonoscopy was conducted on 10 July 2013, Bornstein said. It revealed no polyps. On the Dr Oz Show, Trump said that when he looks in the mirror he does not see a 70-year-old man. “I would say I see a person that’s 35 years old,” Trump said. The campaign did not release any ophthalmic results. Trump told Oz he sometimes plays golf with 39-year-old New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. “I feel I’m the same age as him. It’s crazy,” Trump said. Clips released in advance of the show’s broadcast saw Oz noting that Trump would be the oldest person ever to be elected president. Trump said that 70 was not that much older than a previous Republican commander-in- chief. “Just about the same age as Ronald Reagan,” he said. “And Hillary’s a year behind me. I actually feel as good today as I did at 30.” Ronald Reagan was 69 when he was elected president, in 1979. Hillary Clinton will turn 69 on 26 October. Trump’s physical states he is is 6ft 3in and 236lbs, giving him a body mass of 29.5, which is overweight. The businessman, who is known for eating McDonalds, KFC and on at least one occasion a taco bowl, told Oz he would like to lose 15lbs. We’re digging into the details of the tax plan Trump just laid out. It’s at least the second such plan he has rolled out. Here’s a link to the latest plan. The plan has three income brackets, with tax rates of 12%, 25% and 33%. Business Insider’s Josh Barro points out that Trump’s 33% bracket kicks in for single filers at $112,500 – well below the current $190,000. Trump has wrapped his speech and he’s being interviewed now by an economic adviser. “I think many of us found your economic plan very bold and ambitious,” the conversation begins. This speech is literally sickening economists: Trump now ties sluggish American growth to China’s joining the world trade organization. No mention of the housing debt bubble and 2008 recession. It was all China entering new trade agreements. Well that sounds simple to fix. “Our politicians were not watching. It is no great secret that many of the special interests funding my opponent’s campaign are the ones profiting from these” trade deals, Trump says” That’s true, despite last year’s record growth in household income. Trump now promises “bold, new tax reform”: His latest plan – he’s switched a couple times – has three brackets: 12%, 25% and 33%. He says there will be “no income tax for low-income Americans” and his plan will “remove millions and millions of workers from the income tax rolls entirely.” That should work nicely as long as the government does not require revenue. Here now is Trump as class warrior: “We have strongly capped deductions for the wealthy.. the tax relief will be concentrated on the middle class... it’s not even close...they have built our country and we will not forget.” Reminder: Trump personally does not provide employees with family care programs he now proposes and he will not disclose tax records that could indicate whether he believes this stuff with his checkbook. Trump: Trump predicts a windfall of trillions from taxing corporate inversions, with trillions in wealth “parked overseas”:

Hillary Clinton, back on the campaign trail: ‘I'm doing great’ – video theguardian.com Clinton returns to campaign trail with Trump rising in polls dailymail.co.uk 2016-09-15 21:01 Scott Bixby www.theguardian.com

5 Dundalk dare to dream after Europa League draw in Holland (1.05/2) Dundalk salvaged their night with a last-gasp headed equaliser against stellar Dutch opponents AZ Alkmaar on their Europa League debut. Struggling with their captain Stephen O'Donnell red carded and trailing by a goal, the semi-professional Irishmen rallied in the dying minutes with Ciaran Kilduff's strike which left it 1-1 at the final whistle and set Irish tricolours waving in the Netherlands. AZ had taken the lead when classy midfielder Stijn Wuytens headed home from a long ball during the second half of the Group D clash and was injured by onrushing international squad goalkeeper Gary Rogers. And the signs looked ominous when O'Donnell was dismissed. But from early in the match Dundalk had matched the Dutch top-four outfit for speed and creativity with a skilful performance from marauding midfielder Daryl Horgan. And with 10 men they defended valiantly as Andy Boyle cleared off the line. But a pinpoint cross from the left headed home by Kilduff delighted of the travelling support and earned the visitors a vital point. The dangerous AZ forward Alireza Jahanbakhsh hit the right-hand post within two minutes of kick-off and followed it up with several dangerous runs from the right. A great run by Horgan, probably Dundalk's man of the match, from the left into the box set up David McMillan but he shot wide for his first chance of the game. McMillan was dangerous, turning in the penalty area when one on one against a sluggish looking Ron Vlaar but he could not convert. Midway through the half Hogan ran from 30 yards out into the box and shot but could not beat AZ keeper Sergio Rochet who produced a great save. The Dutch almost broke the deadlock just before half-time, Fred Friday spinning in the box to thump it into the net but it was ruled offside in a highly questionable call by Maltese referee Clayton Pisani. AZ piled on the pressure after the break and Derrick Luckassen was allowed to run unchallenged towards the back post from a free-kick - needing another last-ditch clearance from Dundalk to stop him. After an hour AZ took the lead with Wuytens challenging for a cross and clashed with Dundalk keeper Rodgers as he came for the ball, with Wuytens' touch decisive. O'Donnell then saw yellow for the second time and AZ attempted to wrap up the game, Boyle clearing off the line as they pressed. But with Dundalk on the back foot the Dutch could not kill the match off and Kilduff stepped up for a crucial equaliser.

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6 Committee recommends $750 million in public money toward Las Vegas stadium for Raiders (1.02/2) LAS VEGAS -- A plan to build an NFL stadium in Las Vegas and lure the Raiders from Oakland cleared a major hurdle Thursday when a Nevada oversight committee voted unanimously to recommend $750 million in public funding for the project. The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee recommended raising the hotel tax in the Las Vegas area to help pay for a 65,000-seat domed venue that was promoted and would be partially financed by billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Proponents still need to win over the governor, the Legislature and three-quarters of NFL owners to make the project a reality, but it's a significant milestone for a city that's never had a professional football team and has been working on the Raiders deal for months. "We are excited and thanks to the committee," Raiders owner Mark Davis said in a text message to USA TODAY Sports. Added committee chairman Steve Hill said about the project's potential: "We get an NFL team, and that is a significant step forward for Las Vegas and the community. Those teams bring the community together. We're going to have people wearing Raiders jerseys and high-fiving each other... That's not something you can put a number on. " The Adelson family plans to put $650 million toward the project, which would also be home to UNLV football, while the Raiders plan to kick in $500 million. Sands officials said they don't want to return any profits to the public because they'd be making little or no money on the stadium. They're also committing to fund infrastructure improvements and cost overruns. Opponents question whether it's appropriate to put public dollars toward a project spearheaded by one of the richest men in the world. They also wonder whether the bonds used to finance the project will put taxpayers at risk in an economic downturn or if tax revenue underperforms. Stadium proponents drove a hard bargain with the committee, which included business leaders and elected officials. The Las Vegas Sands said they'd walk away from negotiations if the public put in less than $750 million, and the company fought to protect themselves from any future taxes targeting the team. Public pressure mounted, too. Union supporters wearing Raiders gear held tailgate parties outside each of the committee's meetings, and cheerleaders in silver and black flanked the entrances to the meeting on Thursday. Electronic billboards along the interstate urged people to "hold politicians accountable" on the stadium deal and recommended the hashtag "Don't Screw This Up NV. " It was unclear when Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval might call lawmakers into special session to consider the deal, although proponents want it as soon as possible so they can pitch the deal to NFL owners ahead of their January meeting and potential team relocation vote. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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7 7 Tyree King shooting: Ohio officer kills robbery suspect, 13, who had BB gun (1.02/2) The boy, Tyree King, died at a hospital after an officer shot him several times Wednesday evening outside a house in east-central Columbus, police said. King, an eighth-grader who lived in the city, had a BB gun that "looks practically identical" to the type of handgun that Columbus police carry, police Chief Kim Jacobs said Thursday. "This is the last thing that a police officer wants to do in their career. Unfortunately... it becomes necessary at times to defend themselves," Jacobs told reporters at a news conference in Columbus. The man who shot King, Officer Bryan Mason, a nine-year veteran of the force, will be placed on leave for at least a week, pending an investigation, Jacobs said. Jacobs did not give Mason's race. Jacobs and Mayor Andrew Ginther expressed condolences to the boy's family and called for calm, saying the investigation into whether the officer's gunfire was justified will take time. Ginther called the child's death troubling and said it should be a "call to action for our entire community. " "Why is it that a 13-year-old would have nearly an exact replica of a police firearm on him in our neighborhoods -- an eighth-grader involved in very, very dangerous conduct in one of our neighborhoods? " Ginther said. "A 13-year-old is dead in the city of Columbus because of our obsession with guns," he said. Alleged robbery victim said group pulled gun on him The shooting happened after a man told police that a group had pulled a gun on him and stole an unspecified amount of money, police said. Officers eventually saw three people matching the alleged robbers' descriptions, and two of them -- including King -- ran, police said. When officers caught up to them and tried to arrest them in an alley, King pulled what appeared to be a handgun from his waistband, and Mason shot him, police said. The weapon turned out to be a BB gun with a laser sight attachment designed to help a shooter's aim, according to police. At Thursday's news conference, Jacobs held a picture of an example of the type of BB gun she said was involved. The gun "turns out not to be a firearm in the sense that it fires real bullets, but ... it looks like a firearm that can kill you. " "It's a weapon -- it was used in a robbery," Columbus police spokesman Sgt. Rich Weiner said. Weiner said investigators didn't yet know whether anything was fired from the BB gun during the incident. A person who was with King was interviewed and released pending further investigation. Others are being sought, police said. Two years after Tamir Rice's shooting The shooting reverberated on social media. Some came to the officer's defense, saying it would have been hard for him to discern quickly the difference between the BB gun and a more lethal firearm. Others lamented what they see as officers shooting without justification. Still others, including Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, drew parallels between King's death and that of Tamir Rice , a 12-year-old black boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland in November 2014. Rice was drawing a gun from his waist when Officer Timothy Loehmann, who is white, fired the fatal shots within two seconds of arriving outside a recreation center where the sixth-grader was, a prosecutor said. The boy died a day later. Loehmann, who'd been called there after a 911 caller reported seeing someone with a pistol that might have been fake, said he thought the boy appeared older and had a real gun. A grand jury in 2015 chose not to indict the two responding police officers. On Thursday, a reporter asked the Columbus police chief to respond to those who would say King's death is similar to Rice's. "I don't know how they would know that," Jacobs said. "We don't have enough facts to know anything about how this relates to any other shooting, including Tamir Rice's. " Rice's shooting was captured on a surveillance camera. Columbus investigators are trying to determine whether there were any surveillance cameras in the area of King's shooting, Jacobs said. Columbus police officers do not yet wear body cameras. The mayor said city officials intend to have officers wear body cameras by the beginning of 2017. "Tamir Rice's investigation had video to use to help them investigate. ... That is one difference already," Jacobs said. "The fact is that a young man in Cleveland and a young man in Columbus were both involved in police- involved shootings and unfortunately succumbed to their injuries. That's something that is very troubling. " Officer on administrative leave Jacobs said Mason's future with the department beyond the period of administrative leave depends on the investigation. Mason also will need to see a psychologist before being allowed to return to duty, she said. "I will not let an officer out on the street to perform their job if I do not trust them," Jacobs said. She said results of the investigation would be sent to the county prosecutor, whom she expects will convene a grand jury to determine whether charges should be filed against the officer. Mason has shot and killed someone while on duty before. In 2012, while responding to a 911 call at a Columbus home, Mason fatally shot an armed man, said Weiner, the police spokesman. The officer's actions were found to be within policy, so Mason was not disciplined, Weiner said. The police department gave Mason a Silver Cross award for bravery in 2010, Weiner said. The department says it awards Silver Crosses to officers who demonstrate acts of courage in dangerous situations. The Latest: Boy was slain by cop after $10 robbery reported dailymail.co.uk 2016-09-15 20:01 Jason Hanna www.cnn.com

8 United beaten by Feyenoord, Zenit stage stunning comeback (1.02/2) By Toby Davis LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Manchester United's first appearance in the Europa League group stage ended in disappointment after Feyenoord's Tonny Trindade applied a slide-rule finish late in the second half to secure a 1-0 win on Thursday. Europe's second-tier contest began in earnest with three times continental champions United topping the bill in Group A, but Jose Mourinho's side were undone after a poor display in which clearcut chances were at a premium. It was a different story in Israel where there were goals galore in Maccabi Tel Aviv's game against Zenit St Petersburg with the Russian club fighting back from 3-0 down to win 4-3 with all their goals coming from the 77th minute onwards. AS Roma were held to a 1-1 draw at Viktoria Plzen despite taking the lead after four minutes, while fellow Italians Sassuolo, who are making their European debut this season, enjoyed a superb 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao. For United it was a second defeat in six days after they lost to rivals Manchester City in the Premier League, and it ended Mourinho's honeymoon period after he began the season with four straight wins including a Community Shield victory. United never really looked like scoring even after striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was introduced in the second half as part of a triple substitution and they were picked off on the counter in the 79th minute. Nicolai Jorgensen looked offside when he burst clear on the right flank but he crossed low for Trindade to slide the ball past David De Gea with a precise sidefooted finish. ZENIT RALLY Zenit looked beaten when they fell 3-0 behind in the 70th minute against Maccabi but Aleksandr Kokorin headed home to begin the comeback before Eli Dasa was sent off for the Israelis in the 81st. Further Zenit goals soon after from Brazilians Mauricio and Giuliano drew the Russians level and Luka Djordjevic remarkably grabbed the winner two minutes into stoppage time. Roma, who have made a bright start in Serie A with seven points from their opening three games, took the lead against Plzen in Group E from the penalty spot when Diego Perotti calmly stroked home after Stephan El Shaarawy was felled. The lead lasted just seven minutes, however, as Martin Zeman's whipped cross found Marek Bakos to head the hosts level. Along with Konyaspor, Sassuolo are one of two sides in the group stage making their European bow and they produced a stunning result to get off to the best possible start. After a goalless first half, the Italians took the lead on the hour mark when Pol Lirola skipped past one challenge and bent the ball home. They doubled their advantage 15 minutes later when Gregoire Defrel raced clear to finish calmly. Sassuolo rounded off a stunning performance with Matteo Politano's clinical finish in the 82nd minute. (Reporting by Toby Davis; editing by Ken Ferris)

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9 Cayetano says Plan B of LP to remove Duterte under way (1.00/2) Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano accused the Liberal Party (LP) of putting “Plan B” into motion, accusing the Senate committee on justice and human rights of putting out witness Edgar Matobato to oust President Duterte. Cayetano, Mr. Duterte’s defeated vice presidential running mate, grilled Matobato “to get the truth” on the forces that compelled him to come forward and speak about a number of alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao City. The senator started his tirade by asking the witness what he wanted out of his testimony, pointing out that the President could be ousted by his statements. “If he (President Duterte) were to be removed, who will become President?” Cayetano asked. He then followed it up with the questions, “Who among the senators here are the party mates of Vice President Leni Robredo?” and “Is chairperson Leila de Lima a party mate of Leni? You don’t know they’re party mates?” De Lima, an LP member like Robredo, is the chair of the Senate committee on justice and human rights. He stopped the line of questioning when Matobato told him, “I didn’t vote in the last elections.” Credibility test Apparently irritated by De Lima’s interjections in helping out Matobato with dates, Cayetano said: “Madam chair, please do not coach the witness …. That’s why I’m testing his credibility because I’m asking about you. Your motive. The motive of your party in this hearing and that is my right because I am testing whether he is a credible witness of this part of plan B of the Liberal Party to get Malacañang.” Robredo took offense at Cayetano’s allegation that she would stand to benefit from a supposed LP-backed plot to oust Mr. Duterte. “We are offended by Senator Cayetano’s accusation that the Liberal Party is plotting to oust the President and that I will be the intended beneficiary of this plan. As I have reiterated time and again, it is not good for the country to go through another period of upheaval, where the common Filipino will suffer the most,” Robredo said in a statement. ‘Yellow’ plan She said she assured the Cabinet at their meeting on Wednesday that the LP continues “to support the reforms of this administration” and that there was no such plan to unseat the President. The Office of the Vice President said the President had left the meeting before Robredo was able to talk to him about the supposed ouster plot. In a speech on Monday, Mr. Duterte claimed that the “yellow”—referring to the political color of the Liberal Party—wanted to remove him from power. Robredo said the allegations made by Matobato, who claimed to be one of the first assassins of the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS), at the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings were serious. “We must exhaust all efforts to get to the truth with due regard for our democratic processes and the rule of law. I enjoin the public to remain vigilant and discerning as the investigation unfolds,” she said. For his part, Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano told the Inquirer that Matobato’s testimony provided “flesh” into the claims that a death squad roamed Davao City. “Matobato was telling us what he knows,” Alejano said, adding he was inclined to believe that the man was a credible witness with the way he presented his testimony at the Senate hearing. Still, Alejano said it was imperative that Matobato’s testimony be validated by finding the names of the victims of the DDS, checking police blotters for missing persons or murder reports, and even the courts for cases that may have mentioned the victims. National level Like the Vice President, Alejano stressed the importance of finding out the truth. “If this was the policy of Mr. Duterte when he was mayor of Davao City, he could bring that policy on the national level as President when dealing with drug addicts and criminals. And in fact, we are seeing that now,” Alejano said. To date, some 3,000 suspected drug pushers and users have been killed nationwide. Some were allegedly killed by vigilante groups while others died supposedly in a shootout with policemen while attempting to escape from the authorities. The deaths have alarmed world leaders like US President Barack Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and international human rights groups. Senate probe leads to tale of the tape newsinfo.inquirer.net 2016-09-16 00:00 Estrella Torres newsinfo.inquirer.net

10 ‘Pete’s Dragon’ swoops in for the heart- tugging thrill A remake of a 1977 Disney film, “Pete’s Dragon” manages to be cute and quite engrossing, even if it’s mostly a safe retackling of the “boy and strange friend against the world” trope. The friendship between a kid and a unique beast, in this particular instance, starts shortly after a tragedy: Pete (Oakes Fegley), the sole survivor of a car crash, is soon protected by an enormous, furry forest dragon whom he names Elliot, after a canine character from his favorite book. Pete and Elliot live together in the wilderness for years, playing and surviving without a care in the world, until the arrival of other people in the woods—forest ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), her boyfriend Jack (Wes Bentley), and his daughter Natalie (Oona Laurence)—signals changes in Pete’s life once again. The film smoothly juxtaposes live action scenes with digitally rendered imagery, bringing together Pete and his pet dragon cohesively. The film by David Lowery stands out visually, presenting a dragon that’s both friendly and imposing. It veers away from the more common, reptilian-looking kind, and it looks solid and impressive. Story-wise, it feels a lot like “The Good Dinosaur,” “E. T.” and “The Iron Giant,” crossed with elements from “The Jungle Book” and “Tarzan.” Be that as it may, it isn’t a bad mishmash, and focuses on the rapport that Elliot has with his human pal, as well as his effect on someone he met long ago. Grace’s dad, Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford), often tells children odd tales about the mythical monster he saw in the woods some decades back. “Pete’s Dragon” swoops in for the heart-tugging thrill—it may feel derivative, but it deftly handles its unusual human-dragon bond, while zeroing in on its human protagonists’ family-centric interactions.

2016-09-16 00:00 Oliver M entertainment.inquirer.net

11 Barbie Forteza–from teenybopper to indie and comedy roles For her performance in the indie drama, “Tuos,” an entry in this year’s Cinemalaya festival, Barbie Forteza earned positive reviews, with critics and moviegoers calling her a “revelation” and commending her capacity to hold her own against her costar, Superstar Nora Aunor. But while she’s glad about the glowing feedback, discussing it in a recent interview made her a little shy, at one point almost downplaying herself. “No, I won’t ever match Nora Aunor. Going toe-to-toe with Nanay was never my intent; it’s impossible, because she’s truly special,” she told the Inquirer. Working on “Tuos,” in which she plays a reluctant binukot-in-waiting, the 19- year-old actress had one goal: To give a performance that wouldn’t make her cringe once she sees it. “I took the project seriously,” she said. “Being in a movie with Nanay was a privilege.” Barbie entered show biz with dreams of becoming a respected dramatic actress. And she seems to be well on her way. Thus far, she has had two major acting awards: best supporting actress at Cinemalaya 2014 for “Mariquina”; and best actress at the Director’s Week section of this year’s Oporto International Film Festival in Portugal, for “Laut.” “I’m happy and proud that I’m starting to achieve something in my career. When I’m old, I can look back and say that I did more than just being pa- cute,” said Barbie, whose most recent comedy-drama series, “That’s My Amboy,” concluded in April. Barbie’s mainstream work in her home station, GMA 7, however, had been mostly of the teenybopper type. But she doesn’t mind. “I trust my network. They’ve been taking good care of me since I started,” she said, when asked if she feels that her acting talent is being underutilized. At the moment, Barbie is part of the weekly variety program, “Sunday PinaSaya,” where she—among other things—impersonates Kris Aquino. “I’ve been in love teams, I’ve done indie films. Recently, I’ve been doing more comedies for a change,” she said, adding that dabbling in the said genre would only expand her range as an actress. “I’m not a professional impersonator, but I was surprised that I somehow pulled it off,” Barbie said. “I hope I can continue to do different projects as I go along.”

2016-09-16 00:00 Allan Policarpio entertainment.inquirer.net

12 After 10 years, a Mendoza film is PH Oscar bet “I’m very happy that a film of mine was finally recognized by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) after 10 years and 12 films!” This was Brillante Ma. Mendoza’s reaction upon learning that his film, “Ma’ Rosa,” had been chosen as the country’s entry in the best foreign language film category of the 89th Academy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2017. Leo Martinez, head of FAP (the body that chooses the country’s bet in the Oscars), confirmed the news to the Inquirer. Also considered as an entry, Martinez further revealed, was Lav Diaz’s “Ang Babaeng Humayo,” which won for the country the Golden Lion award at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday. “Ma’ Rosa” is currently being shown in the Masters’ section of the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada—“its North American premiere,” Mendoza noted. “Humayo” is also being shown in the Wavelengths section of the Toronto fest. The films of Mendoza, who won best director in Cannes for “Kinatay” in 2009, have always been in the running as a possible Philippine entry in the Oscars. “Ma’ Rosa” competed in the main competition of Cannes and won best actress for Jaclyn Jose in May. Mendoza pointed out that, like his past films, “Ma’ Rosa” had inked a deal with an international distributor—Film Distribution, the same company behind Laszlo Nemes’ “Son of Saul,” which won for Hungary the best foreign language film award at the 88th Academy Awards. “Ma’ Rosa” will still have to go through a selection process, along with the entries of other countries, before it can land on Oscar’s top five nominees’ list. “Humayo” was scheduled to open next week, Sept. 23, to meet FAP’s qualification rules. However, Ronald Arguelles, Cinema One head, told the Inquirer that the commercial run of “Humayo” in the Philippines might be moved to Sept. 28. As early as the first week of September, FAP had already released a lineup of nine movies short-listed as possible Philippine entries: Joel Lamangan’s “Felix Manalo,” Jun Robles Lana’s “Anino sa Likod ng Buwan,” Erik Matti’s “Honor Thy Father,” Lav Diaz’s “Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis,” Paul Soriano’s “Dukot,” Eduardo Roy Jr.’s “Pamilya Ordinaryo,” Gil Portes’ “Ang Hapis at Himagsik ni Hermano Puli,” Roderick Cabrido’s “Tuos” and Mendoza’s “Ma’ Rosa.” According to an earlier report, the committee tasked to choose the country’s Oscar entry had its first deliberation on Sept. 14. Among the members of the special committee, headed by director Edgardo Vinarao, are filmmakers Jose Carreon and Mike Sandejas, screenwriter Ed Rocha, cinematographer Lee Meily and actors Michael de Mesa and Cherie Gil. Last year, the country’s entry in the Oscars was Jerrold Tarog’s “Heneral Luna.” In 2014, it was Diaz’s “Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan.” The Philippines has yet to bag a nomination in the Oscar best foreign language film category since joining the competition in 1953, with Manuel Conde’s “Genghis Khan.”

2016-09-16 00:00 Bayani San entertainment.inquirer.net

13 Interpol tapped vs bombing DAVAO CITY—The city government has been given access to the massive intelligence database of International Police (Interpol) under an agreement that city officials said is a first in the country. Represented by the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC), the local government has agreed to work closely with Interpol to help keep the city safe and secure. Benito de Leon, retired general and PSSCC chief, said the city government is the first local government unit to have a formal partnership with Interpol. The agreement with Interpol, said De Leon, would improve the city government’s intelligence-gathering capacity and help monitor the movement of so-called persons and groups of interests. It came a few days after 15 persons were killed and 69 others were wounded in a bombing at the city night market on Sept. 2. De Leon said city authorities are “using other means” to gather intelligence to prevent another terror attack. Based in France, Interpol is an organization of 190 countries with the key goals of keeping its members updated on security threats and effecting the arrest of international fugitives. De Leon, however, said linking up with Interpol should not be taken to mean that a foreign group is involved in the Sept. 2 bombing here. “There is no international group behind (the bombing),” De Leon said. “It is something that is isolated,” he added. In Cagayan de Oro City, police are tapping hotel workers and guards to help in preventing a terror attack on the city similar to that which hit a crowded night market in Davao City on Sept. 2. Senior Supt. Ronnie Francis Cariaga, city police chief, said hotel workers and guards would play an important role in preventing terror attacks. Cariaga told members of the Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (Cohara) at a meeting here that hotel guards could act as first responders during an imminent attack on the city. “The police and military cannot do it alone,” he said. If hotel guards notice suspicious-looking packages, they should immediately seal off the area and call police, Cariaga said. Hotel workers, Cariaga said, should also report suspicious activity by guests or clients. The reporting, however, should be done discreetly, Cariaga said. Hotels and other establishments belonging to Cohara should also install security gadgets, like closed-circuit television cameras. Guards should have a checklist of tasks, like patrolling hotel surroundings. “Businesses should implement these measures to secure not their structures, but also their guests,” Cariaga said. “They have a moral obligation to protect their guests,” he said. Hotel clients should be required to present ID cards while nonguests should be barred from entering rooms, Cariaga said. Nelia Lee, Cohara president, said her group is ready to cooperate with police. Karlos Manlupig and Jigger Jerusalem, Inquirer Mindanao

2016-09-16 00:00 Philippine Daily newsinfo.inquirer.net

14 Keeping track of users a challenge in Pampanga CITY OF SAN FERNANDO —What happens to people who surrender to the police under government’s “Oplan Tokhang” after admitting using or peddling illegal drugs? Keeping track of these people has become a major challenge for the police, said Chief Insp. Michael Jhon Riego, head of the Pampanga police operations. Because none of these people has been charged with any crime, police and village officials have to rely on them to routinely turn up and report to them. On Thursday, police and village leaders sought out 2,838 drug users and pushers who had surrendered in the province. They were among the 10,623 users and 560 pushers who had surrendered since July 1 when the government launched its war on drugs. Monitoring these people has become a tedious task for officials because none of them could be detained or confined. But all of them had signed a document indicating that they would submit to periodic house visitation by the police and members of the Barangay Anti-Drugs Abuse Council. They are also required to report to the barangay captain at least once a week, participate in physical fitness activities, undertake community service and undergo routine drug tests. They also expressed their willingness to be confined at a rehabilitation center should doctors confirm their addiction had reached a severe stage. But during an antidrug summit on Sept. 14, Riego reported that only 5,532 drug abusers and traffickers regularly participate in physical fitness activities such as sports games and Zumba dancing. He said 2,504 of them were employed and could not participate in those events while 223 others had since relocated. Eighty of them had been arrested for illegal drug peddling while six had been killed in buy-bust operations. It is not enough to make drug users give themselves up, said Dr. Joseph Gene Ponio, a psychiatrist, adding that 70-80 percent of them have depression. Most do not know how to withdraw from the addiction and their success at kicking the habit hinges on the aid of a support group, he said. Making sure the confessed abuser stays clean would soon become a village responsibility, he added. In Pangasinan province on Wednesday, Catholic churches in the Lingayen- Dagupan archdiocese posted banners with the words “Do not kill,” in their renewed call to stop the killings in the drug war. “Within only a few months, almost 3,000 have died. Not from illness, not from earthquake, not from typhoon, but from the hands of fellow men,” said Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas in his homily at Mass he led at St. John the Evangelist cathedral in Dagupan City. The Mass was held in observance of the Day of Prayer for Life and was offered for the souls of those who were killed in police encounters and vigilante activities. The Mass was followed by a candlelight procession of the Santo Entierro (Dead Christ). With a report from Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon

2016-09-16 00:00 Tonette Orejas newsinfo.inquirer.net

15 Trillanes, Cayetano clash The partners in the Senate probe of then Vice President Jejomar Binay’s alleged corrupt practices in Makati have turned against each other in the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings in Davao City when President Duterte was its mayor. Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV expressed irritation over Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s long line of questioning while the other charged him with talking trash to “keep his mind out of the game.” Sen. Leila de Lima, chair of the Senate committee on justice and human rights, declared Cayetano “out of order” and called on the sergeant at arms to restrain him. Even before his verbal tussle with Trillanes, Cayetano, Mr. Duterte’s running mate in the May elections, was already questioning De Lima’s capacity to chair the committee, saying she had to remain neutral through the proceedings. He even accused her of “lawyering” for witness Edgar Matobato. As soon as Trillanes took the seat beside Cayetano, he asked De Lima if there is an “unli-questioning” allotted for a nonmember of the committee. “I think we gave him (Cayetano) more than an hour of leeway for a nonmember. That’s a luxury and now as a member, I assert my right. Otherwise, I might be moved to declare Senator Cayetano out of order for consuming the time of the committee,” Trillanes said. When Cayetano cut in, he said, “OK with that. I am moved to declare Senator Cayetano out of order because he is a nonmember of the committee,” to which Cayetano replied, “You’re censoring me?” De Lima was compelled to declare a two-minute break to allow cooler heads to prevail. As soon as the proceedings resumed, the two senators continued their exchange, prompting Cayetano to call a point of order. “May I just sit here and listen to you without being intimidated because my seat mate here (Trillanes) here is intimidating me. I am trying to ask questions, he told me here: ‘Hindi kita papapormahin’ and then he tells me here, ‘Nabubuo ba ang pangarap mo? You are defending evil etcetera’ So Madam chair I’m trying to get to the bottom of this and kung totoo ang sinasabi.” “He will tell me those things. Trash-talk me. Perhaps as a senator, I never did that to any of my colleagues and I consider him a friend. I can move. Can you make sure he doesn’t follow me? I will listen to you. If it takes you two hours, I will follow,” Cayetano complained.

2016-09-16 00:00 Jeannette I newsinfo.inquirer.net

16 Duterte son, sister deny allegations DAVAO CITY officials denied the claim of confessed assassin Edgar Matobato that Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was behind the killing of Cebu businessman Richard King and that four of the security personnel of Duterte’s longtime political rival— former Speaker Prospero Nograles—were killed by the Davao Death Squad (DDS). President Duterte’s youngest sibling, Jocelyn, also belied Matobato’s claim that the DDS abducted and killed her dance instructor (DI) in 2013. “What [Sen. Leila] de Lima and this certain Matobato say in public are mere allegations,” said Paolo, who, Matobato claimed, ordered King’s killing after an argument over a woman. Nograles “In the absence of proof, they are mere hearsay,” the vice mayor said, “I will not dignify with an answer the accusations of a madman.” Matobato claimed that Paolo, the President’s eldest son and twice vice mayor of Davao City, appeared to be a drug user. Former Speaker Nograles also described as a flagrant lie Matobato’s allegations that four of his security personnel were executed by the death squads. “My former bodyguards were all members of the Marine Corps,” Nograles said. “Not one of them had died and as far as I know, they have all gone back to their mother units.” Nograles’ son, Rep. Karlo Nograles, also denied Matobato’s claim. “I don’t know what this guy is talking about,” he said. “From the time I was chief of staff (of my father) to the time I was elected congressman, no supporter of ours or persons under our employ was ever killed due to politics,” Karlo said. “Political differences in our city has always been strictly on the level of difference in policy and style,” he added. President’s sister Supt. Antonio Rivera, who was with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force in 2000, denied knowing Matobato. Rivera is now the Davao City police’s deputy director for administration. The President’s sister was fuming, saying she did not understand why her name was dragged into the Senate investigation, which she described as full of lies. “I am a private individual,” Jocelyn told Bombo Radyo Davao. She called Matobato a liar. “I don’t know him and he doesn’t know me.” Matobato claimed that Jocelyn’s dance instructor was abducted and killed in 2013 by the DDS at Ma-a quarry in the city. “None of my DIs had been killed. I can present all the DIs I have danced with … I am not denying that I have been dancing for 20 years now. None of them had been killed,” Jocelyn said. De Lima blamed She said the allegation that her DI was killed because he was her boyfriend was malicious. “I am not that kind of woman. If we compare [De Lima’s] reputation with mine, excuse me,” she said. Jocelyn said she was “blaming De Lima for this” because it was impossible that she did not know what the witness was going to say. “Witnesses cannot just be made to testify if you don’t know what he is going to say. So don’t tell me you did not know and you talk about human rights. Where is mine now?” she asked. Jocelyn recounted the first time she met De Lima “when she was starting out as head of (the Commission on Human Rights) and she wanted to talk to me about the extrajudicial killings.” “I am not for extrajudicial killings. That’s true. I remember De Lima saying she was not running for public office and that she was just a human rights advocate. Where is she now?” she asked. Jocelyn said it was now apparent to her that De Lima had conducted the investigation of the alleged DDS activities and the current investigation of the alleged extrajudicial killings “for political mileage.” She said she was demanding an apology and that she was mulling the filing of cases in connection with Matobato’s claim. With reports from Nico Alconaba and Allan Nawal, Inquirer Mindanao

2016-09-16 00:00 Germelina Lacorte newsinfo.inquirer.net

17 DOJ chief ties hearing to House drug probe “Why only now?” Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday questioned the timing of Sen. Leila de Lima’s presentation of Edgar Matobato, a former militiaman and confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) hit man, at the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings, and said it was meant to steal the thunder away from an upcoming House probe into the proliferation of drugs inside the national penitentiary. “Why investigate only now when there (is) a coming House hearing on why drugs proliferated in the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)? This is a futile attempt to divert the public’s attention (from) the parties responsible for drugs inside (BuCor),” Aguirre said, adding that the former justice secretary had earlier claimed she had a witness who could link Mr. Duterte to some 1,000 DDS killings when he was mayor of the city. In an interview with reporters, Aguirre said that despite De Lima’s positions as chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in 2008 and as secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2010, she had not filed a case against President Duterte for the alleged summary killings. “Senator De Lima had more than six years to file any case she deems worthy to file. The question that begs asking is why investigate only now,” Aguirre asked. “She had never come out with a witness even though Matobato was with her all along. Why? Because these are all lies and fabrications. He is what you call a ‘lying coached’ witness,” he added. In Thursday’s Senate hearing, Matobato said he sought refuge with the CHR in 2014, a month after the murder of billionaire hotelier Richard King. He said the CHR turned him away, saying it could not give him protection so he applied to be put under the DOJ’s witness protection program (WPP). The witness said he left the program after Mr. Duterte won the presidential election in May. Aguirre, however, said Matobato left the WPP when De Lima resigned her DOJ post to run for the Senate. “Desperate times call for desperate measures and somebody is really desperate,” Aguirre said, adding that the House probe would reveal De Lima’s motives against Mr. Duterte. Aguirre said he had personal knowledge of Matobato’s claims, having served as lawyer to the President and Benjamin Laud, the owner of the shooting range in Ma-a District in Davao City when then CHR Chair De Lima ordered the exhumation of the alleged victims of the DDS. “The bodies did not prove anything. As a matter of fact, there were statements that they were bodies of people who were executed during the Japanese occupation,” Aguirre said. “They could not even say if the bones were from humans or from animals. Despite that investigation, no case was filed,” he added. Aguirre said Matobato was “lying” when he said he never executed any affidavit as he could not have been allowed into the WPP without a written testimony. “So why don’t they want to release it now? For sure, what he said in the Senate (was) nowhere in his affidavit,” he said. “Where is that affidavit [he executed if he indeed was admitted to WPP]?” he asked. Mr. Duterte’s former lawyer also questioned why Matobato could not answer simple questions on who his protector was and how he was brought to the Senate for the hearing. “Something is not right. How can you believe him?” Aguirre asked. During the hearing, De Lima had asked that such information, which was confidential and could jeopardize the WPP program, be revealed during an executive session. In May, then Justice Secretary Emmanuel Caparas said he had checked on the status of the DDS investigation at the National Bureau of Investigation and found “there really (was) nothing there anymore.” De Lima in recent weeks had been the subject of several investigations by the DOJ, with Aguirre linking her to some “P88 million to as much as a billion” in bank deposits from alleged drug payoffs that were reportedly collected by her former driver and alleged lover. With a report from Tetch Torres-Tupas, Inquirer.net

2016-09-16 00:00 Gil C newsinfo.inquirer.net

18 IN THE KNOW: Edgar Matobato Edgar Matobato, 57, is a former member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit in Davao province, serving in the militia from 1982 until former government prosecutor Rodrigo Duterte became mayor of Davao City in 1988. He testified in the Senate on Thursday that Mr. Duterte recruited him into the “Lambada Boys,” a liquidation squad that he said was organized by the new mayor. Originally a group of seven, the squad soon grew in number and became known as Davao Death Squad in the early 1990s, he said. Matobato said he killed about 50 people as a member of the group. He said he also worked as Mr. Duterte’s security aide in his house and was a ghost employee at City Hall under the Civil Security Unit. Matobato said he withdrew from the group in September 2013, but he was tortured for a week until he escaped and hid in the provinces of Cebu, Samar and Leyte. Matobato surrendered to a regional office of Commission on Human Rights on Aug. 21, 2014, but when the CHR told him that it could not protect him, he and his wife went to Manila to apply for the witness protection program (WPP) of the Department of Justice on Sept. 1, 2014. After Mr. Duterte won the presidential election in May, Matobato said he left the WPP and went into hiding in various provinces in Luzon until he volunteered to testify at the Senate hearing on Thursday. Inquirer Research Source: Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings, Sept. 15, 2016

2016-09-16 00:00 INQUIRER.net newsinfo.inquirer.net

19 Desktop apps making their way to Windows store One of the things the users complained about the Windows store is the severe lack of applications compared to Google Play and the Apple App Store. Well it’s about to get an influx of content as Microsoft brings desktop apps to the Windows store. Originally launched with Windows 8 back in 2012, the Windows store only served up Microsoft’s then-new universal apps, eschewing the already existing desktop apps and other Windows tools. However, this week Microsoft will be porting Evernote, doubleTwist, PhotoScape, MAGIX Movie Edit Pro and Voya Media among others into the Windows store, reports The Verge. This is good news for many users although realistically it will take some time before developers can adjust their apps and allow them to be available on the Windows store. Developers may take advantage of the Desktop Bridge tool to convert apps and make them viable to Microsoft’s universal platform. Alfred Bayle

2016-09-16 00:00 technology.inquirer.net

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22 Toxic Fuel Sold To Africa Traders blend cheap fuel with sulphur levels many times the European limit for sale in African countries, says Public Eye Major European oil companies and commodity traders... Swiss firms have been criticised in a report for their links to the African trade in diesel with toxin levels that are illegal in Europe. Campaign group Public Eye says... An NGO has slammed Swiss commodity traders for allegedly making handsome profits from selling poor grade fuel to African countries that contains high concentrations of ... LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A new report says Swiss trading companies are blending and dumping dirty fuel in West Africa with more than 100 percent the sulfur levels allowed in ... Dirty diesel from European companies fuels pollution in Africa – in pictures Global development is supported by About this content A report by Swiss NGO Public Eye says ... LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Swiss commodity trading companies are blending and dumping dirty fuel in West Africa with sulfur levels far higher than those allowed in Europe, ... (Source: FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society ) September 15, 2016 by Rob de Jong Categories: Air Quality The FIA Foundation partners with the United Nations ... From Norway to the Bahamas, from Algeria to Australia. Ultra-low crude prices combined with cheap shipping rates are encouraging a host of exotic new oil trading routes... Metals firm Norilsk Nickel shut down one of its factories in June in an attempt to clean up the notoriously polluted city. But when a river turned red after a spillage this... (Source: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation ) PLANO, Texas - A 53-year- old Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been found guilty of child exploitation charges in the Eastern ...

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23 23 Reid calls Trump a 'human leech who will bleed the country' - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called Donald Trump a "human leech" during a speech on the floor of the Senate on Sept. 15, saying Trump swindles Americans out of their money. ()

2016-09-15 23:14 The Washington www.washingtonpost.com

24 Deutsch chairman Linda Sawyer is leaving the agency after 27 years Linda Sawyer, chairman of Deutsch and former CEO, is leaving the agency after a 27-year run. Mike Sheldon, who took over as North America CEO last year when Sawyer became chairman, will now take on the role. Sawyer joined the Interpublic Group agency, which has offices in LA and NYC, in 1989 and became North America CEO in 2005. Throughout her career, she has received a number of accolades and awards, including a Matrix Award and a spot on Ad Age’s ‘100 Most Influential Women in Advertising’ list. “Anyone who knows Linda is aware that she combines a great understanding of our industry with a dynamic management style. That’s why she’s been able to build a fantastic team at Deutsch during her long tenure at the agency,” said Michael Roth, chairman and CEO of Interpublic Group, in a statement. “She’s a fierce protector of her people and her agency, as well as a partner who clients know will always make their success her top priority. Along with everyone at Deutsch, I thank Linda for her dedication and commitment.” Post-Deutsch, Sawyer will be launching “an exciting and highly disruptive ecommerce venture,” which is set to be announced in the spring.

2016-09-15 23:10 www.thedrum.com

25 Next generation search will drive marketing innovation: Microsoft ad sales CVP Rik van der Kool The next generation of voice- recognition search needs to be top of mind for CMOs, according to Microsoft's ad chief. "Search may be the forgotten marketing discipline today but the capabilities of natural language understanding in voice recognition are going to alter the landscape," said Rik van der Kool, corporate vice president, advertising sales, Microsoft. "All communications will then become starting points for new relationships. " The Drum, in association with Integral Ad Science is interviewing industry leaders at Dmexco, Europe's biggest digital marketing show, to discover the latest thinking in online advertising and digital experiences. In the video interview, van der Kool also discusses how bots are set to shake up the marketing industry, providing powerful new ways for brands to engage with consumers. "Marketers need to think about a world where bots are a new way of engaging consumers," he said. "They need to prepare for operating in this new world. " On viewabiilty and ad fraud, issues currently dogging the online ad industry represented by this year's Dmexco, van der Kool expressed relief that the search industry was unaffected but highlighted the importance of tackling it as it "undermines the credibility of the medium as a whole. "

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26 26 Jon Davie to share Zone Digital’s secret to agency success at first ever Business Jam event Zone Digital’s story of unbelievable growth and expansion will conclude The Drum Network’s first Business Jam event – Maximising Agency Sales & Profit – which takes place in London later this month. Zone Digital’s CEO Jon Davie, who joined the business in 2005, has built his agency from 15 to over 200 people in a decade and has worked with his management team to dramatically grow the business, both in the UK and internationally. They have an office in Cologne and a development centre based in Kiev, The Ukraine. In this ‘Open Mic’ session Davie will be in conversation with The Drum Network’s managing director, Richard Draycott, and will also be taking questions from the audience about his journey. He will be covering how he has built Zone into a 200-man agency, how Zone has managed its growth journey, and how the agency recently attracted £6m worth of investment to fund its continued growth. Business Jam has been launched by The Drum Network to take its monthly live events to the next level in order to give agency owners, directors and senior managers much broader insights into the many challenges that all ambitious agencies face, ranging from generating more new business and maximising your agency’s profits to building highly effective teams and trading with clients globally. The full afternoon Business Jam events will be a lively and interactive mixture of speaker sessions, discussion panels, Q&A’s, live demonstrations, workshops and networking sessions, so that attendees can not only learn from the curated content, but spend time with like-minded agency owners to share ideas, experiences and form mutually beneficial relationships. Other speakers at the first Business Jam taking place on 21st September at Hackney House, London, include Peter Czapp of The Wow Company, Matt Davies of Agency Core, Karl Heasman of Cact.us, Lorna Nightingale of Esri UK, Chris Shadrick of AB…The Ideas Agency and Jon Davie of Zone. Members of The Drum Network are entitled to FREE tickets to attend this event. To register to attend please email Jess Davis who will add you to the guest list. Non-members can buy tickets to Business Jam to get a flavour of what The Drum Network is all about. To purchase tickets please click here.

2016-09-15 23:07 www.thedrum.com

27 What will marketing look like in 2020? The trends of today shaping the agency of tomorrow In anticipation of the next CS Presents event which explores the agency landscape in 2020, we asked the speakers to take a peek into a crystal ball and predict which main trend of today will have the most impact on the Agency of Tomorrow. Here is what they told us: Ed Warren, creative partner at Creature The impact of the rise of the internet creator and the massive audiences that they command is only just beginning to be felt by agencies, and this trend shows no sign of stopping with the top six celebrities amongst American youth being YouTubers rather than traditional Hollywood folk. But this isn’t just about celebrity, it’s about the type of content that’s being consumed, and this huge shift must force agencies from solely using scarcity model thinking (making a few, highly polished things slowly) to abundance model thinking (making many things, cheaply and quickly). If we want to keep up we’ll have to stop thinking in executions and start thinking in formats, formats that we can feed and sustain over time. But, happily, we should be well positioned to do this, after all sticky, short-form, high concept ideas have been our bread and butter for decades. Shanice Mears, planner intern at Iris Worldwide Right now, it’s a social thing. If anybody watches the Late Late Show with James Corden, he did a great sketch of the rise of social media whereby brands are asking you to follow them everywhere, with a social channel – and corresponding action (‘Tweet me’, ‘Snapchat me’) – for everything. Social media holds a lot of power right now, it has become a reliable source for news, created by the people for the people. It’s definitely having a glory moment in this vein, especially as we seem to wake up to daily news, such as what Kim Kardashian’s dress was the night before, before we hear about terrorism attacks across the world. That’s due to many things but social media has become a wave of entertainment – news, but most of all what the people want. My prediction is that the rise of social will continue, especially as there’s such a role for it to play at the moment, but eventually we will reach a saturation point and it will become standardised, whereby nobody will be interested in further innovation in social anymore ; it will be just another channel. Agencies in 2020 will have a very different approach to social media. At the moment, social media is still a divider – you’ll hear some people say they still don’t use it because they don’t get it so they avoid it. And that’s within our industry. But by 2020, everybody will know how to use social and it will become a new mandatory skill and career path. Brian Cooper, chief creative officer at Oliver Group, executive creative director at Dare Rather than railing against data, creatives should embrace it. Besides we have no choice. In the future, everything we do in agencies will be data born. As a creative I see this as an opportunity. Data is actually very empathetic. By looking at behaviour and people’s likes and wants through data, creatives will be able to better understand the audiences they speak to. Data also removes the confirmation bias of a creative director. One no longer has to fit the facts to suit an opinion. Rather we can build an idea on what the data tells us. Liz Jones, chief executive, B2B at Dentsu Aegis Network Whilst I don’t think we are returning to the full service agency model of the 80s or 90s, I believe agencies will be offering a greater myriad of services from one central point. We are moving towards a more consultative client approach where lead agencies will become the ‘red-thread’ connecting the appropriate capability for the client’s specific business and consumer eco- system. Media buying, which has been at the core of the agency offering, will be 100 per cent programmatic meaning the services that clients will need to navigate will be data and content driven, whilst harnessing future technologies and platforms. Many of which, we don’t yet know about. At Dentsu Aegis, we currently have 19 agency brands in the UK and, if we continue to grow at our current rate, this number could reach 40 by 2020. We are already adopting a different approach through our newest agency fortysix. The driving force behind the launch is the demand for a new kind of agency that solves client problems through diverse perspectives and at speed, in a way that is better suited to digitally native customers, while also providing better opportunities for young talent of the future. fortysix is staffed by digital natives from diverse backgrounds who understand what people respond to today, because they are those people. Sam Conniff, joint chief executive, co-founder and chief purpose officer at Livity In 2020 I think agencies and clients will be emerging from the 'Purpose Crash'. Similar to the journey of the dot com bubble in 2001, the purpose bubble will blow up in 2018 when no one can drag themselves to go shopping for fear of being suffocated by significant messages, as their noodles campaign for gender equality and their biscuits try to build a better world. As with the dot com crash, the strong will survive, and the underlying trend will change business forever and by 2020 we’ll be seeing who the Lastminutes, eBays and Amazons are in the new transparent age of creating and communicating products and services where brands understand audiences are their responsibility, not just their opportunity. To hear more from Ed, Shanice, Brian, Liz and Sam and what Agency 2020 means to you, grab your tickets for Creative Social’s event on 20th September here .

2016-09-15 23:06 www.thedrum.com

28 Ex-Palawan gov Joel Reyes faces new graft rap over fertilizer scam On top of his murder trial in his home province, detained former Palawan governor Joel Reyes faces a new criminal case before the Sandiganbayan over the 2004 fertilizer fund scam. A special panel from the Ombudsman’s Office of the Special Prosecutor formally charged Reyes with one count of graft for the misuse of P3.25 million supposedly meant for farm inputs. As then Palawan governor, Reyes allegedly gave undue benefit to the Masaganang Ani Para sa Magsasaka Foundation (Mamfi) when he coursed through the fake nongovernmental organization P3.25 million to purchase 3,240 bottles of liquid fertilizers in February 25, 2004 without public bidding and without the required accreditation. The Ombudsman has already charged a number of local officials for the scam, wherein funds released by the Department of Agriculture purportedly for farm inputs shortly before the May 10, 2004 presidential elections were found to have been used to purchase overpriced fertilizers. Then president now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won a fresh six-year term in 2004, although she later publicly apologized for the “Hello Garci” election cheating scandal. The Office of Special Prosecutor also charged three others alongside Reyes, including one of the state witnesses in the pork barrel scam cases, Marina Sula who then acted as Mamfi president. The others were Mamfi representative Nathaniel Tan and then regional executive director Dennis Araullo and regional technical director Rodolfo Guieb from the DA Regional Unit IV. Ortega is currently detained at the Puerto Princesa City Jail after the court denied him bail while being tried for the assassination of environmentalist and radio commentator Gerry Ortega in 2011. The court earlier granted bail at half million pesos to his brother and co- accused, former Coron mayor Mario Reyes. The brothers ran but lost in the May 9, 2016 elections as mayor and vice mayor of Coron, respectively. They fled the country in 2012 after they were indicted by the Department of Justice based on the confession of the convicted gunman who pointed to them as the masterminds. They were arrested in Phuket, Thailand in September 2015.

2016-09-15 22:09 Dona Z newsinfo.inquirer.net

29 DSWD: Families in remote areas need not travel to get funds Families who qualify for cash assistance from the government but live in remote areas do not have to travel to the offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to receive the funds. Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo on Thursday issued guidelines that allow state social workers to distribute funds outside DSWD offices to beneficiaries of its protective services program. The program covers cash- for-work schemes, educational assistance, and cash or guarantee letters for medical or burial needs. These are extended to persons or families assessed by the DSWD among the indigent, vulnerable, disadvantaged, in crisis and in the informal sector. While the financial assistance should normally be distributed within DSWD premises, Taguiwalo acknowledged that “it will not always be easy for our beneficiaries to go to the DSWD field offices” if they live in remote areas. In her Memorandum Circular Number 11, Taguiwalo laid down the mechanism to distribute the financial assistance in DSWD “off-site serbisyo” locations. “We have to make it clear that off-site release will be resorted to only when… on-site payment or release results or tends to result to inconvenience to beneficiaries or is impractical or not cost-efficient,” she explained. She said the “off-site serbisyo” locations will be determined by the regional directors or their representatives among the available public schools, barangay halls, day care centers, multi-purpose halls and covered courts. Each off-site location will correspond to specific areas in the locality. “The location will put primary consideration to the safety and well-being of the beneficiaries and DSWD service providers,” Taguiwalo stressed. The off-site fund release is in line with Taguiwalo’s Memorandum Circular 9 that sets guidelines on the implementation of the DSWD’s protective services program. During the two budget hearings this months, Taguiwalo met stiff opposition from many lawmakers who resented the new policy that made referral letters from politicians unnecessary before one can ask for assistance from the DSWD. 2016-09-15 22:07 Dona Z newsinfo.inquirer.net

30 The IDF’s new $38 billion shopping list in the US A massive sigh of relief was let out Wednesday night at the Kirya IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv. For years, the IDF has been strategizing and planning what it would do with the $38 billion the United States pledged it will provide Israel over the next decade. But until the deal was signed on Wednesday, there was always the possibility that the new aid package would be postponed until the next US president took office and then possibly even longer. Now, the IDF can move ahead with its plans. Here is part of its shopping list: Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter In June, the Israel Air Force took receipt of its first F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, in a festive ceremony in Forth Worth, Texas. This is the future plane of the air force and is expected to serve as its strategic workhorse over the next 30-to-40 years. While the planes are expected to begin arriving in Israel at the end of the year, Israel has so far only ordered 33 F-35s and is looking to up that number to at least 50. In addition, the IAF is seriously looking – partially due to some encouragement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – at the F-35B, a short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the aircraft, meaning that it does not need a full runway to take off and land. This is important, given the possibility that in a future war, Israel is expected to face missile onslaughts against its air force bases and runways but will still need combat aircraft to take off and land for bombing raids and other missions. V-22 Osprey Israel has shown interest in purchasing the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft for several years now. Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon and then IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz enjoyed test flights and were both supporters of the deal. Now that the aid package has been finalized, the IDF can dust off those plans. What makes the V-22 unique is its ability to take off and land like a helicopter, but then lower its blades, align them with the aircraft and fly at speeds and altitudes like an airplane. Surrounded by a growing anti-aircraft threat in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and beyond, the IAF sees the V-22 as a means for getting special forces in and out of enemy territory as well as for searchand- rescue operations. Its ability to land vertically enables it to drop soldiers in an exact location or to pick up a downed fighter pilot, and its ability to fly fast means it can get to safety quicker than a helicopter. The IAF is looking to purchase just half a dozen V-22s for now and the US has already agreed to accelerate delivery and possibly take aircraft off of the Marines assembly line, if an order is made. Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) and bunker busters In addition to purchasing large aircraft and other weaponry, the foreign military aid Israel receives from the US is also traditionally used to stock up on JDAMs, kits that turn bombs into “smart bombs.” In May, 2015, Israel ordered $1.8 billion worth of precision guided munitions and bombs, including bunker busters, bombs that have the ability to penetrate underground fortifications, like Hamas and Hezbollah command centers. Facing enemies like Hamas and Hezbollah which embed themselves within civilian populations, Israel is relying more-and- more on accurate weaponry like JDAMs to ensure that the IDF kills its intended targets without civilian casualties and collateral damage. The JDAM, essentially a kit that is installed on freefall bombs, turns them into precision-guided weapons that can be launched from standoff positions. At a time when Israel’s adversaries are believed to have sophisticated anti- aircraft weapons, the ability to attack targets from a distance is more important than before. Boeing KC-46 Pegasus The IAF currently operates a small fleet of Boeing KC-707 Re’em refueling tankers, used to fuel fighter jets midflight on long-range missions. The problem is that these KC-707s are old, some over 40-yearsold, and they won’t last much longer. The US Air Force selected the KC-46 tanker a number of years ago and is expected to begin receiving its first batch of 18 planes next summer. Israel closely followed the USAF’s decision and voiced its intention to purchase the plane as well to replace its aging fleet. The problem is that the plane is expensive, reaching estimates of around $180 million per aircraft. Nevertheless, the IAF will have to make a decision soon. While the Iran deal puts the possibility of an Israeli strike against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities on hold, the IDF needs to retain and cultivate the capability to conduct long-range missions. Refueling tankers are essential for to make that happen. Chinook or Stallions The IAF is also in need of new heavy-lift transport helicopters to replace its current and aging fleet of CH-53 Sea Stallions, known in Israel as the Yasour. First integrated into IAF service in 1969 after being bought from the United States, the Yasour is used regularly by the IAF’s 669 Search and Rescue team, and is known for legendary missions, such as the 1973 airlift of over 600 soldiers to the peak of Mount Hermon, which they recaptured from the Syrians. The helicopter is the IAF’s primary aircraft for transporting soldiers – it can carry 35 with all their equipment – and was used extensively during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. In 2007, the IAF began a new upgrade program for the helicopter called “Yasour 2025,” under which it installed over 20 new electronic systems including, for the first time on helicopters, one for missile defense. But in 2025, it will need new helicopters. The two options being discussed are the CH-47 Chinook and CH-53K King Stallion, which is still under development by Sikorsky, the same manufacturer as the Yasour. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-15 22:05 YAAKOV KATZ www.jpost.com

31 Cultural prism: Very real artificial intelligence Self-aware computers that turn on their human masters, such as Skynet in Terminator and HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey , are a classic science fiction theme. With great strides being made in artificial intelligence, the gap between such far-fetched scenarios and reality is closing. Fast. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. The vision of artificial general intelligence (AGI), or strong/full AI, is not only to partially simulate human intellect, but match and surpass it. This seemingly implausible threshold, also known as Singularity, may be achieved in the not-very-distant future. This is the era of machine learning. Instead of programmers defining linear algorithms and conditional if-then statements, raw data is processed in multiple iterations of recursive fine-tuning. The more exposure to inputs, the more the system “learns,” just like living creatures do. A fascinating method of machine learning is neural networks, which mimic biological nervous systems. Multiple layers of variables calculate inputs by weighted scores, and pass the result onward. The weights are constantly tweaked, driving the result closer and closer to a desired outcome. This form of function approximation has the computer teaching itself and constantly improving. Pattern recognition is a classic. If a neural network is shown enough pictures of cats, it will be able to intake parameters of a new image and ascertain with high probability whether or not it is cat. Popular perception of AI advancement is the ability of computers to beat human players in complex games. History was made in 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in chess. But in retrospect, there’s not much “intelligence” in mapping all possible combinations and choosing the best path. But in March 2016, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol at the traditional Chinese board game of Go. As it is impossible to calculate all combinations of Go, traditional brute-force methodologies were augmented by a combination of neural networks that learned how to play the game and wisely navigated the game tree. Although AlphaGo probably did not feel happy when it won, this was certainly one step closer to real AI. Machine learning is all around us. Intelligent personal assistants, speech and face recognition, autonomous cars, human genome research, intelligence gathering, search engine optimization, bioinformatics – we are already using this technology every day. Dror Ben-David, Head of Neural Networks R&D Labs (NRDL) at Matrix, opened my eyes to this field and showed me some of the visionary and revolutionary stuff they’re working on, leaving me hyped, but also concerned. With so many cool dimensions and applications, it’s hard to imagine the potential risks. But although computer intelligence is called “artificial,” the dangers are very real. A self-aware machine may someday set its own goals and strive to achieve them, contradicting human interests, justifying drastic means, and even fighting for self-preservation. When an entire brain is someday cloned (whole brain emulation), the simulated computer-brain may believe that it is real. It is a mistake to view AI as something that just happens inside computers. In the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), the world will be a network of interconnected networks – learning, collaborating and utilizing direct access to, well, everything. An extreme scenario could be a system which decides to eradicate the human race by printing and distributing a deadly virus. We hope that the good guys are developing and employing AI capabilities responsibly. But we must also assume that negative entities may be promoting destructive tools, and that no matter who develops them, they may be exploited by others, or simply “decide” to act on their own, for their own benefit. Our limited human bodies and minds may constrain our ability to predict these negative trends, but scientists and innovators have been voicing concerns. “Without setting norms which will guide positive development for mankind,” warns Ben-David, “we may descend into an uncontrolled and uninhibited race.” OpenAI, a non-profit AI research company, warns that incorrectly built or used AI may be exploited for “potentially malicious ends.” Entrepreneur Elon Musk referred to AI as “our biggest existential threat,” and warned that “with artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.” Professor Stephen Hawking said that “the development of full AI could spell the end of the human race,” and that “humans couldn’t compete and would be superseded.” These are not extremists or alarmists, but realists. Yet not all seem to share these concerns. Stanford’s One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence has concluded in a recent report that there is “no cause for concern,” and no threat to humankind is likely in the near future. Tech giants, which invest huge efforts and resources in AI and machine learning, seem to be totally at ease. Or at least they say they are. “We should not be afraid of AI,” said Mark Zuckerberg, emphasizing the “good it will do in the world.” Even when predicting that computers may surpass humans within a decade, he limited this to better sensors, and stressed that it “doesn’t mean that the computers will be thinking or be generally better.” Zuckerberg may be intentionally playing down the matter in order to suppress resistance and ensure free rein. For even before apocalyptic scenarios, there are already troubling trends. Computers process what we write, where we go and even what we say, and manipulate feeds and commercials. In a way, the Internet has greatly diverged from its original romantic concept of an open and free network. We are controlled by machines. So AI is both wonderful and scary. What can we do? On a personal level, it is recommended to read and keep up with what’s going on. I find it troubling that so many people are unaware of what AI is and how much it influences their lives. We should embrace the positive aspects of AI, but never underestimate the potentially negative. Technological innovation cannot, and should not, be banned, but steered and controlled. AI should be treated like atomic energy, with both its positive and devastating potential. We cannot allow a small group of interested parties to dominate the technology that controls our lives, even if they claim that they are doing it “to make the world a better place.” Unbiased, nonprofit, international forums should collaboratively promote responsible AI development. Governments must keep ahead of the game, regulate development and implementation, maintain legal and ethical boundaries, and ensure transparency and accountability. Despite the open-source trend, we should consider tightening the grip on core capabilities, and deny them from rogue states and entities. It is time to internalize that there is no longer such a thing as privacy. Will a super-intelligent, self-aware computer ever out think and outsmart humans? Or will superb data analysis always fall short of human conscience, emotions and intuitiveness? Perhaps superior artificial intelligence will save our planet from the destructive path humans are taking. We may thank them some day. The writer is founder of Cross- Cultural Strategies Ltd. www. CCSt.co.il Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-15 21:33 REUVEN BEN www.jpost.com

32 Jerusalem Post Editorial: Jewish unity It is only natural that American Jews and their Israeli counterparts do not see eye to eye on matters concerning Jewish identity. After all, the two largest Jewish communities in the world have very different legacies. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. While American Jews developed more flexible forms of Jewish expression that enabled them to integrate into a dominant non-Jewish culture without losing their identity, the Jews of Israel have a majority-culture mentality that is intimately tied to patriotic acts such as IDF service and settling the land. For the Jews of America, Jewishness is both a bulwark against assimilation and an expression of Americanism. For the Jews of Israel, it is taken for granted as an element of national identity that, when relevant, is represented by the Orthodox establishment. That is why it was surprising to discover that American Jews and Israelis Jews have remarkable similar opinions when it comes to matters of Jewish identity. A series of polls commissioned by The Jerusalem Post in partnership with the American Jewish Committee reveal that a majority of Jews in both Israel and America want to see a more inclusive approach when it comes to matters of Jewish identity. The polls reveal that 74% of American Jews and 62% of Israeli Jews believe that the State of Israel should officially recognize the various pluralistic Jewish denominations – namely Reform and Conservative – and allow them to conduct marriage ceremonies and conversions in Israel. Seventy percent of American Jews and 61% of Israeli Jews said that they support establishing a pluralistic section in the Western Wall plaza to be used for egalitarian prayer services. Forty-eight percent of American Jews said they believed that recognition of Orthodox Judaism as the official policy of the State of Israel weakens relations between Israel and the American Jewish community. Fifty-four percent of Israeli Jews said they were opposed to allowing Orthodoxy control over matters of religion in Israel. What explains the consensus on the issue of inclusion? It seems both American and Israeli Jews understand that there is nothing quite like Jewish peoplehood. While other nationalities were formed over time as a result of a group of people living in a specific geographic area, the Jewish people was created well before it settled in the Land of Israel and continued to exist well after it was exiled from its land. Nor is Jewish peoplehood based on religion. A Jewish atheist is no oxymoron. In fact, some of history’s most famous Jews were completely irreligious. But this fact made them no less Jewish. Language does not determine peoplehood either. While it would be difficult to imagine a Frenchman who speaks no French, Jews are no less Jewish for lacking Hebrew – or Yiddish or Ladino. American and Israeli Jews understand that the bonds that tie them together go beyond religious adherence or a connection to a strip of land or the ability to converse in a common language. Israeli Jews and American Jews also understand the strategic importance of unity. American Jews were integral to helping Israel negotiate the $38 billion Memorandum of Understand on security assistance. A majority of both American and Israeli Jews understand that they are a huge extended family with a common history and a shared fate. A Jewish state must, therefore, be as inclusive and accommodating as possible. No Jew should feel excluded. From pluralistic prayers at the Kotel to defining “Who is a Jew?” broadly to recognizing non-Orthodox forms of Jewish expression, the State of Israel’s leaders have a commitment to making every Jew in the world feel that if or when the time comes, this place can be home. Think others should know about this? Please share | |

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33 Is the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry about to get great again? Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter have retired. So too, for now, has Alex Rodriguez. And in a few weeks, David Ortiz will begin his life after baseball. Somehow, though, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry will go on. Over the past few years, the age-old grudge match has cooled. And with the teams coming together for a four-game series beginning Thursday night at Fenway Park, Yankees beat writer Andrew Marchand and Red Sox beat writer Scott Lauber discuss when the rivalry might be great again. Editor's Picks Oh, baby! Gary Sanchez owes August for the ages to hard work, maturity -- and his daughter, Sarah Gary Sanchez's explosion onto the major league scene last month might have felt like it happened in a snap. But for the Yankees' rookie catcher, it was a tedious climb. Inside Mookie Betts' most clutch moments Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts is Boston's most indispensable player -- and a legitimate MVP candidate. Here are the stories behind his most clutch games for the Sox. 1 Related Gary Sanchez's explosion onto the major league scene last month might have felt like it happened in a snap. But for the Yankees' rookie catcher, it was a tedious climb. Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts is Boston's most indispensable player -- and a legitimate MVP candidate. Here are the stories behind his most clutch games for the Sox. Marchand: The rivalry may be returning to its glory much earlier than anticipated. The first real ingredient that revs up Yankees-Red Sox is both teams being really, really good. This year, they are pretty good. The Red Sox look to be better. But Boston has so many young players and, with their financials, could have a pretty awesome run on the horizon. With the Yankees becoming sellers on the deadline, their farm system is suddenly among the best in baseball. Plus, they are saving up all their nickels and dimes and will likely be big spenders in the next two or three years. It could get very cool in a hurry. Lauber: Want to know why the rivalry has, in the words of one Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (remember him?), "lost a little bit of its luster? " Try this: The Yanks and Sox haven't made the playoffs in the same year since 2009 and haven't won a postseason game in the same season since 2007. So, yeah, we're a long way from Aaron (Bleeping) Boone and Jason Varitek 's mitt in A-Rod's mug. Will Gary Sanchez ever feel such animosity for Yoan Moncada , and vice versa? Dueling for a division title or two would certainly help them get there. And to your point, Andrew, both teams are finally moving in the right direction, with younger, more homegrown cores. It might take another few years, but the rivalry is ripe for a renaissance. Marchand: I think it could be quicker. They are both on the verge of becoming, to borrow a Brian Cashman line, "uber teams. " You are right, that is what makes the rivalry run. There also needs to be big personalities. With A-Rod, Jeter and Mo gone, the Yankees don't have those legendary players. If a Bryce Harper is added to the collection in 2019, that will add spice. But I think Yankees and Red Sox fans are watching Moncada vs. Sanchez, etc. to see who can build a team more organically. Lauber: Yeah, Big Papi's impending retirement doesn't exactly help in the big-personality department either. That said, the Steinbrenners' deep pockets have always been a tried-and-true way to stoke the rivalry. And if the Yankees buy Harper (Why stop there? Manny Machado , anyone?) after the 2018 season, it will go a long way toward stirring the pot again. Here's the thing, though: The rivalry has always been heated among fans, but when it was at its frenzied peak during the 2003 and '04 postseasons, players on both sides seemed to genuinely dislike each other, too. With so many new, fresh faces on the teams, I'm not sure you're going to see those feelings take root until David Price comes up-and-in on Sanchez in a big game, a la Pedro Martinez with Jeter and Jorge Posada. Marchand: No, you can't force the rivalry. We in the media (present parties excluded, of course) have sometimes ginned it up when it's not really there. I would presume the bosses think it sells, but the fans know when it is real and when it is not. The players do, too. When you go in the clubhouse, most guys will give you the boilerplate answers that might be trite but work well enough in a story. However, when it is the real deal, you get the "Who's your daddy? " chants or all the A-Rod episodes. That's what separates it. Still, the fans and media egging it on does create tension that eventually can explode on the field. It does take time. I do think a rebirth is upon us, but baseball is a funny game, making it difficult to predict when and how the heat will be added. Lauber: Oh, I don't think either of us are advocating that the honchos quit putting Yankees-Red Sox on Sunday Night Baseball three times a year. (As if anything could really stop that from happening!) As Red Sox manager John Farrell said during A-Rod's awkward final week at Fenway, the rivalry doesn't stop just because the faces change -- whether it's Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, or Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk, or Don Mattingly and Wade Boggs, or Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez, or Karim Garcia and, well, you get the idea. And before the next generation takes over, Big Papi might have a few parting shots in the next couple weeks. Marchand: I agree, but I feel the next chapter is approaching a lot more quickly than it was before the trade deadline. The Red Sox looked like they were going in the right direction, but now the Yankees do too, on several levels. It should make it very fun in the next few years -- and, yes, this week. Lauber: Indeed, let's hope a few of those fresh faces (I'm looking at you, Sanchez, and you, AL MVP candidate Mookie Betts ) step up and do something dramatic this week. The rivalry can certainly use a boost.

2016-09-15 21:30 Scott Lauber www.espn.com

34 Big Papi Bracket -- Vote for David Ortiz's greatest moment (Final Four) How will you best remember Big Papi? Editor's Picks Big Papi's ballpark tour: Tracking David Ortiz's farewell season We'll be tracking Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz's final major league journey all season long. Check back here for highlights, recaps and photos from his last stop at each stadium. As David Ortiz 's final regular season hits its home stretch, we're asking fans to select the Boston Red Sox slugger's signature achievement. A week ago, we began the Big Papi Bracket with an opening round of 32 moments. Last Thursday, we revealed the Sweet 16. Monday, we moved on to the Elite Eight. Today, it's the Final Four. And on Monday, the championship round. All you have to do is vote. No. 1 seed: Oct. 17, 2004 -- With the Red Sox down 3-0 in the American League Championship Series, Ortiz hits a 12th-inning, two-run, walk-off home run against Paul Quantrill to beat the New York Yankees and spark Boston's historic series comeback. No. 1 seed: Oct. 13, 2013 -- Ortiz sends Torii Hunter tumbling over the right- field wall at Fenway Park -- and turns a celebrating Boston cop, Steve Horgan, into a celebrity -- with a grand slam that turns the tide in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers . No. 1 seed: April 20, 2013 -- The only No. 1 seed not in October, but it's a serious contender for the crown nonetheless. Otherwise known as The Speech , Ortiz addresses the Fenway faithful, the city of Boston and the entire country in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. "All right, Boston," Big Papi says. "This jersey that we wear today, it doesn't say 'Red Sox.' It says 'Boston.' We want to thank you, Mayor [Thomas] Menino, Governor [Deval] Patrick, the whole police department for the great job that they did this past week. This is our f---ing city. And nobody's going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong. " No. 1 seed: Oct. 18, 2004 -- Down 3-1 in the ALCS (after his walk-off home run in Game 4), Ortiz smacks a two-out, winning single in the 14th inning off Yankees reliever Esteban Loaiza to bring Boston within a game of tying the series.

2016-09-15 21:30 Matt Marrone www.espn.com

35 As I see it: ‘Autumn for Jew-bashing’ is beyond satire Remember Springtime for Hitler , the musical from hell in the immortal Mel Brooks movie The Producers? Well, British political activists are now promising us “Autumn for Jew-bashing.” In response to the Labour Party’s crisis over its anti-Jewish attitudes, a group called the Jewish Labour Movement is reportedly organizing a “rally against antisemitism” at the party’s annual conference next month. However, while Springtime for Hitler was comedy, Labour’s proposed spectacle is beyond satire. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. For the chorus line includes the Labour MP Naz Shah, the shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and the author of the party’s report on antisemitism Shami (now Baroness) Chakrabarti. Shah shared a graphic on her Twitter account which suggested all Israelis should be relocated to America. She has since grovellingly apologized and asked the Jewish community to educate her. McDonnell, who says party members with antisemitic views should be banned for life, shared a platform this week with Jackie Walker who claimed Jews were the “chief financiers of the sugar and slave trade.” He also once tabled a motion in Parliament claiming that “Israel tries to suppress criticism with false accusations of antisemitism.” As for Chakrabarti, dismay that her whitewash report signally failed to acknowledge the breadth and depth of Labour’s anti-Jewish attitudes turned into outrage and contempt when Corbyn rewarded her for her anodyne platitudes with a peerage and a likely shadow cabinet role. All that’s needed now is for Ken Livingstone to perform the goose-step with his finger resting on his top lip while repeating yet again his line that Hitler was a Zionist supporter and Labour’s “rally against antisemitism” will have brought the house down. The Jewish Labour Movement is trying to save the party from being tarred with the brush of Jew-baiting. This can’t be tolerated because, as everyone knows, Labour is anti-racist or it is nothing. So these attitudes have to be spun as some kind of aberration. Alas, they are not. Labour’s hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn, who calls Hezbollah and Hamas his “friends” and can’t bring himself to pronounce Israel’s name, is blamed for legitimizing extremist attitudes toward Israel which have released the virus of antisemitism. Nevertheless, these attitudes have long been typical not just of the Corbynistas but of progressive opinion both inside and outside the Labour Party. Anti-Zionism and hatred of Israel are the default position on the Left. As the extremism researcher Dave Rich says in his new book, The Left’s Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Anti-Semitism , for progressive people Israel has become “the epitome of Western domination, racism and colonialism, and the Palestinians have come to represent all victims of Western power and militarism.” Jew-hatred through the ages has unique characteristics: deranged lies and blood libels, double standards, obsessional malice, the imputation of a cosmic conspiracy of evil. Israel-hatred has exactly the same unique characteristics. Legitimate criticism it most certainly is not. Yet those on the soft Left deny any link between their Israel-bashing and antisemitism, which they blame entirely on Corbyn, the hard Left and the extreme Right. Rich’s book contains much that blows these self-serving progressive disavowals out of the water. He rightly identifies the New Left as the driving force behind liberal antisemitism, painting everything associated with the West as bad and everything to do with the developing world as good or justified. He also points out that it was not some Trotskyite grouping that turned the Left into an anti-Israel lynch mob but Britain’s Young Liberals who first libeled Israel with the utterly false claim of “apartheid.” Moreover this charge, which originated from the PLO in 1964 and thus predated the Six Day War, was used by the Young Liberals to condemn as illegitimate not the settlers but the existence of Israel itself. Not everyone who bashes Israel in this way is an antisemite. It is possible to be against antisemitism but nevertheless subscribe out of sheer ignorance to a picture of Israel based entirely on lies. There is, nevertheless, a distinction between the teller and the tale. Those who demonize Israel, both Jew and non-Jew, are expressing an irrational hostility to the Jewish people or the concept of Jewish peoplehood, all of which is a form of anti-Jewish discourse. No one ever calls mainstream progressive opinion to account for these vicious attitudes. No one ever calls out left-wing “anti-racists” for supporting a Palestinian agenda which rests on Jew-hating libels and caricatures straight out of the Nazi playbook. What was the response when the former Labour foreign secretary, Jack Straw, reportedly told a meeting in 2013 that “unlimited” funds available to US Jewish organizations were the greatest obstacle to peace between Israel and the Arabs? Silence. To eradicate antisemitism from the Labour Party would force left-wingers to do something they find simply impossible: face up honestly to the truth about themselves. They ignore the antisemitism in left-wing thinking because to admit it would knock the political ground from under their feet. This is because they believe that leftism is virtue incarnate and antisemitism only ever occurs on the Right. It is impossible for them to admit they support an anti-Jewish agenda, even in ignorance, because if the doctrine of their own moral perfection is smashed the whole progressive agenda goes smash too. It’s safest, therefore, to pin antisemitism on the extremes: the far Right and the hard Left. When Labour’s “moderates” attack Corbyn, however, they are in fact holding up a mirror to themselves. Melanie Phillips is a columnist for The Times (UK). Think others should know about this? Please share | | 2016-09-15 21:23 MELANIE PHILLIPS www.jpost.com

36 Idols SA contestant axed from show Cape Town – Idols SA contestant Siyakha Tshayela has been withdrawn from the M-Net reality show on its Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) channel on DStv with immediate effect. Tshayela (23) a full-time musician from Vosloorus in the East Rand was included in the group of Top 16 Idols contestants as one of the 8 women vying to win the current 12th season. Watch her performance here: The singer informed Idols producers that she had discussions with an independent record label before she entered Idols. While she maintains that she did not sign a contract with the record company they insist that they made a record deal and signed a contract with her. Upon entering the competition Idols contestants are told in no uncertain terms that they're not allowed to have any prior recording contracts with any recording companies. "Siyakha Tshayela has been withdrawn from the 2016 season of Idols with effect from 15 September as a result of a dispute between herself and an independent recording company," says Idols. "Participants are required to sign an exclusive recording deal with the Idols appointed recording label when they enter the series. " "On 1 August Siyakha Tshayela informed us that she had entered into discussions with an independent recording company before entering Idols, but she maintained there was no contract in place. The recording company insists there is. " Idols says there's been "no resolution" to the behind-the-scenes dispute. "Due to conditions stipulated by the Idols format rights holder we are unable to continue with a contestant that is currently involved in a legal dispute of this nature”, says Idols. 2016-09-15 21:22 Thinus Ferreira www.channel24.co.za

37 Grapevine: The optimists On the evening of the day in which 93-year-old former president and prime minister Shimon Peres suffered his stroke, another 93-year-old, Uri Avnery, was being feted at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. The almost ageless Avnery – who still walks straight without a cane, has a full head of white hair with matching white beard, and is the founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement and guru of left-wing activists – bounded up the steps to the stage when it was his turn to speak, after having heard a number of people speak about him. Avnery, who is slightly more than a month younger than Peres, was the co-owner and editor of the weekly magazine HaOlam Hazeh (This World), half of which was devoted to exposing political corruption with first-rate, in-depth investigative reporting, and the other to gossip about socialites and celebrities. Some people read it front to back and some people read it from back to front, said Avnery, but most of its readers read it in its entirety. It was a never a moneymaker, because there was a political boycott on advertising in it, and it was therefore an expensive publication for any reader to buy. As a result, it was passed from hand to hand. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. There was a threefold reason for the event honoring Avnery. The first was the celebration of his birthday on September 10. The second was to express appreciation for his having donated his extensive archive to the National Library, and the third was to publicize and sell his autobiography titled Optimist. Optimism, which Avnery claims to have inherited from his father and his grandfather, is something that Avnery and Peres have in common. Each, to quote the Bard of Avon, has suffered the slings of outrageous fortune, and yet has never given way to despair. Both earned a reputation as workaholics with sharp, creative minds and both spent most of their lives as controversial figures in the eye of the storm. Moderator for the evening was veteran journalist Dan Margalit, who started his career with HaOlam Hazeh and is currently a senior writer for Israel Hayom , whose owner Sheldon Adelson might have been displeased to hear some of the innuendos made by Margalit about a particular political figure. Among the speakers were National Library chairman David Blumberg, historian Dr. Yossi Amitai, one of the founders of the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and a longtime political associate of Avnery, multifaceted media personality Yitzhak Livni, Sarit Yishai-Levi, an eighth-generation Jerusalemite, journalist, author, and stage and screen actress, and former Likud MK and education minister Gideon Sa’ar. To anyone who may have wondered what such a staunch right-winger was doing at a tribute event for Avnery, it transpires that when Sa’ar was a university student of political science before he studied law, he worked as a journalist for HaOlam Hazeh , where Avnery taught him the economy of words and how to state facts clearly and concisely. Amitai credited Avnery with having been the first to come up with a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – something that was subsequently confirmed by Avnery himself. Blumberg recalled that when HaOlam Hazeh was still in existence, it was put out on the library shelves together with other magazines and newspapers, and had the largest readership of all – including haredi visitors to the library. Livni was still a teenager when he started a lifelong friendship with Avnery. When he was only 15, he used to devise crossword puzzles, and he and Avnery would put their heads together to make the puzzles more interesting. Yishai-Levi recalled that she had shown up at the offices of HaOlam Hazeh and told Avnery that she wanted to write, to which his response had been, “So write!” He gave her an assignment on which she worked laboriously, and he then reduced her report to 150 words. Both Margalit and Yishai-Levi spoke of how reporters were also taught to do layout, and of how Avnery made it a rule not to publish a story without a photo. “He revolutionized journalism in Israel,” said Margalit. In July 1982, during Operation Peace for Galilee, Yishai-Levi accompanied Avnery and photographer Anat Saragusti to Beirut, where they had a landmark meeting with PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Initially, Yishai- Levi was not privy to the plans for the meeting, but she saw Avnery and Saragusti constantly going off by themselves and had the mistaken impression that there was a romance brewing between them. In fact, they were making arrangements with Arafat’s contact people, and didn’t let her in on the secret until everything was finalized. Avnery then gave her the option of going with them or staying put. It was a very difficult decision for her because she was the single mother of a small girl, but it was too exciting an opportunity to miss. Contrary to expectations, Arafat turned out to be quite charming during the meeting. Avnery explained that Saragusti was the photographer and that Yishai-Levi was the reporter who would interview him. The interview went off quite well, and at the end of it, Arafat asked whether there was anything else he could do for them. Yishai- Levi, summoning all her Israeli chutzpah, asked to meet with Aharon Ahiaz, an Israeli pilot in PLO captivity. Avnery and Arafat’s people looked at her in shock, but Arafat agreed. His people said no, but Arafat overruled them. They were allowed to interview and photograph Ahiaz and even take a letter from him to his family in Israel. Avnery said that he had been severely wounded in the War of Independence, and while recuperating in the hospital he had plenty of time to think and reached the conclusion that there would never be peace until the Palestinians had a state of their own – something for which he had been working ever since. Avnery’s book has some very revealing passages that surprised even Margalit, who thought that he knew Avnery well. When he asked him why, the childless Avnery replied that everyone who writes an autobiography is somewhat of a megalomaniac who wants to leave a legacy of some sort. When he dies and is cremated, he said, it will all be over. He doesn’t believe in a next world. The book is his legacy. The political parties he founded failed. But one idea that he planted has remained – the two-state solution, the history of which he outlines in his autobiography. ■ ISRAEL AND Britain’s Jewish community have a good friend in Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who this week spoke for the first time to a Jewish community organization and pledged that the current government will never waiver in its fight against antisemitism. Rudd was speaking at the annual British Emunah gala dinner at London’s Guildhall. “In the past few years, Europe’s Jewish community has been the target of horrific attacks in Paris, Copenhagen, Brussels and Toulouse. These outrages horrified us all, but racist and religious hate crimes are also taking place within our shores. “The UK is not immune to the evils of antisemitism. I know that many in the Jewish community are feeling vulnerable and fearful,” said Rudd, who reassured her 350-strong audience that “this government will never waiver in its determination to fight antisemitism.” One of the reasons that she was able to give this assurance was because “our Prime Minister Theresa May is a long-standing supporter of the Jewish community. As she said last year, ‘without its Jewish community, Britain would not be Britain.’ As home secretary for six years, our new prime minister has perhaps a better grasp of the challenge antisemitism poses to the Jewish community. She has stood resolutely beside the community. Just last year, she secured £13.4 million in government funding for security measures at Jewish schools, synagogues and communal sites,” said Rudd. The home secretary, quoting Community Security Trust, reports said that antisemitic incidents in the UK rose by 11% in this first six months of 2016. “The scale of antisemitic hate crime is unacceptable,” she declared. Rudd also had high praise for the work of British Emunah and its president, Hilary Pearlman, who she said exemplify the very essence of the Jewish community in terms of education, commitment, philanthropy and making sure that no child is left behind. She endorsed the theme of this year’s dinner, which was “Believing in Israel’s Children,” and noted Emunah’s “extraordinary record of supporting disadvantaged and at-risk children in Israel. Rudd recalled her first visit to Israel in 2012 with Conservative Friends of Israel. At that time she learned a great deal about the threats Israel faces on a daily basis, and said that this deepened her understanding. The visit was also uplifting in that participants learned about the newly established UK-Israel Tech Hub and the close collaboration between the two countries across many sectors. Her group tested what Rudd called “Israel’s rigorous democracy” at an insightful cross-party meeting with Israeli MKs. The group also spent a day in Ramallah to talk with Palestinian politicians and businessmen. After that they went to Sderot and visited the local police station, where a collection of rocket shrapnel is kept. Rudd said she still recalled the chilling experience of looking at the remains of rockets that had been fired into the town. Rudd was no less reassuring of Britain’s support of Israel than of its fight against antisemitism. “Let me be clear: The UK will stand steadfastly alongside Israel,” she pledged. “When Israel is under attack, we will support its right to self- defense. We will work with Israel and the Palestinians to help bring about the lasting and peaceful two-state solution that all peoples of the region desire and deserve, and we will continue to strengthen our bilateral relationship with trade, cultural and scientific exchanges and security cooperation.” ■ GUEST OF honor this week at a reception hosted by UJA- Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York at UJA’s headquarters was Dani Dayan, who recently took up his appointment as consul-general in New York. The event was presided over by UJA-Federation CEO Eric S. Goldstein and JCRC NY executive vice president and CEO Michael S. Miller. “Israelis are the only people in the world who come to Manhattan to relax,” commented Dayan, who assured his hosts that he’d come to work and not to relax. [email protected] Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-15 21:17 GREER FAY www.jpost.com

38 AKQA Portland hires Josh Combs as new creative director AKQA’s Portland office has hired a new creative director to lead the charge in the Rose City. Josh Combs joins the crew in Portland to support and nurture the creative teams. Combs comes to Portland from Minnesota, where he was creative director at Fallon. He held the same position at JWT in New York and Paris before that. He has over a decade’s experience implementing digitally-focused products and services for top brands. His creative work has been recognized over the years by Cannes Lions, The One Show, and Communication Arts, among others. Combs will report to Group Creative Director Ginny Golden in Portland. “AKQA’s Portland office has seen some significant business growth in the last five years. Josh is a proven creative leader that will help us continue this momentum, delivering more world-class work for our growing client list. His passion for telling big brand stories in modern innovative ways is what makes him a perfect fit for AKQA,” said Golden. “I’m excited to join the growing creative team here in Portland. AKQA isn’t just looking to make another ad for the world to gloss over; it’s about much more than that. They’re creating a place where ideas, powered by innovation, can move brands forward. And I am looking forward to diving right in,” said Combs on his new role.

2016-09-15 21:11 www.thedrum.com

39 NBC boss Steve Burke hails the Rio Olympics as a 'tremendous success' after seeing ad sales soar NBC has hailed the Rio Olympics as a “tremendous success” after seeing a 20 per cent increase in its ad sales, which yielded over $250m in profit. Steve Burke, NBC Universal’s chief executive, revealed the figures at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference where he said the Rio Games generated a 20 per cent increase in ad sale volume compared London 2012. The profit made from Rio is more than double the $120m it made at London four years ago and, as Burke noted, was a stark contrast to the NBC- produced Olympics of yesteryear which could cost the network as much as $200m over the course of the 17 day event. NBC’s asking price for a 30-second ad during primetime the Olympics was reportedly set at around $1m and according to Burke advertisers “can't wait to come back in Korea and Japan for the next two Olympics. " Comcast- parent company for NBC-is expected to revealed more detailed information about NBC’s Olympics results on 25 October when it will report its third quarter earnings.

2016-09-15 21:11 www.thedrum.com

40 IBM appoints first-ever CMO IBM has never had a chief marketing officer, perhaps surprisingly considering the continued success the company has had through the decades. The 105-year- old tech company never had a need for the position before, but it has become increasingly important as its business becomes more consumer-facing. To fill the century-old void, IBM has hired Michelle Peluso as its first-ever chief marketing officer. Peluso comes to IBM from Technology Crossover Ventures, where she was a venture partner. Before that she was the former CEO of sale site Gilt, and was a top executive at Citigroup previous to that position. She was also CEO of Travelocity and co-founder of startup travel company Site59. Peluso will report to Jon Iwata, senior vice president, marketing and communications at IBM, who was responsible for creating the position and who will continue to oversee IBM’s overall strategy and brand, according to a story by Forbes. “IBM marketing has transformed significantly to be at the forefront of the rapidly changing marketing profession and to support IBM’s own transformation. Michelle Peluso is the ideal leader to accelerate and build on this effort,” said Iwata in a statement. The move to hire a CMO came because of a need to “accelerate our marketing transformation,” which includes investing in digital skills, using data to deeply understand clients and building better consumer experiences, according to a company statement. Her hiring marks a new move by IBM, which has been seen more on the advertising front with the prominence of supercomputer Watson , now a star of the AI marketing world, and through the acquisition of several digital marketing agencies and design firms over the last few years. Digital marketing is now more central to IBM’s business model, not just through Watson, but also in its move to offer design and analytics services to clients through the IBM Interactive Experience, known as IBM iX). Peluso will be able to further the company’s marketing efforts, adding an extra layer of marketing savvy to a company that is already on a marketing uptrend.

2016-09-15 21:10 www.thedrum.com

41 Ad of the Day: 'Could You Forget Everything You've Ever Learned?' asks advocacy group One as it highlights the issues faced by young refugees Campaigning and advocacy group One's new video which looks to highlight the issues faced by the 3.6 million refugee children denied an education has nabbed our Ad of the Day crown. Created by Don't Panic, the video shows people from all walks of life, including doctors, students, parole officers and teachers, hypnotised into temporary illiteracy, and then asked to perform basic tasks such as reciting the alphabet, telling the time or writing their name. The eye-opening social experiment asks viewers 'Could You Forget Everything You've Ever Learned?' and shows how even a temporary loss of literacy can turn someone's world upside down. For those involved in the film, everyday tasks become impossible to execute – and even dangerous – for example, a doctor is seen unable to read a medicine bottle. The campaign is part of a wider initiative from the organisation which is asking people to sign a petition to put the education of refugee children at the heart of the discussion at the UN's forthcoming Summit for Refugees, as well as president Obama's Leaders' Summit which is taking place next week. If the petition is successful it will set in motion a plan to provide one million refugee children with an education by the end of the school year. “No one can reach their full potential without an education. We wanted to make that point in the most visceral way possible," said Roxane Philson, chief marketing officer at One. "The volunteers got a small glimpse of how different their lives would be if they couldn’t read or write. But for the millions of refugee children who won’t get an education it’s not just a scary few moments – it’s a lifetime of missed opportunities. This can and must change. " Joe Wade, managing director at Don’t Panic, which has produced several other charity-focused attention-grabbing spots , said the film "manages to capture an array of emotions faced when people are robbed of the ability to function in everyday life. " "From anger, distress and shock as people are completely terrified by their inability to do tasks they regard as essential in their everyday lives," he added. You can watch the film in full by clicking on the picture below. To keep up to date with the latest advertising, design and creative work from around the globe visit our Creative Works homepage .

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42 Stop paying agencies for the wrong things As I read the ANA commissioned reports on transparency and rebates in our business, I was floored. Not floored at the findings but floored that anyone is surprised at the findings. I’m also floored that brands (and agencies) seem to be lost as to how to solve the problem. To me, the causes and the solutions are pretty straight-forward. Let me lay it out for you: First, brands are under budget pressures every year. They are expected to deliver increasingly better results for decreasing less money year over year. That means a brands’ partners are under similar budget and performance pressures. Second, and this shouldn’t be a shocker. Agencies are businesses too. Whether part of a holding company, closely held or partnership, agencies are in business to make not just revenue but profit. They also have similar revenue goals every year that are derived through a combination of organic/existing client growth and new business revenue sources. Third, traditional clients hire traditional agencies to be the efficient manager of their budgets. Did you get stuck on that last one? I hope so. Let me say it again, traditional clients hire traditional agencies to be the efficient managers of their budgets. Now, I know what you’re thinking. If you’re a marketer within a brand, you’re reading this and saying, “Heck no. My agency is my business partner. They do what’s right for my business.” If you’re on the agency side, you’re saying something similar. Sorry, but I completely disagree. Don’t believe me? When you last negotiated your contracts what did you spend most of your time negotiating? Labor rates? Overhead? The agency’s profit margin? What about the commission rate on media spend? Did you spend a lot of time negotiating on that? Of course you did. That’s how the vast majority of client- agency contracts are negotiated today. How much time did you spend negotiating compensation based upon the achievement of a measurable outcome, like sales or stock price or any of the litany of KPI’s upon which true business growth, success and profitability are measured. My guess is that the answer is either “none” or “it’s too difficult to figure out, so we defaulted to what we know and that’s negotiating rates”. So, if you’re negotiating with your marketing partner on anything but business results, then you’re hiring that partner to be an efficient manager of your budget over every other thing they might bring a brand. Under the scenario now in place between clients and agencies, the system is essentially designed for agencies to seek profits outside of what is in the clients’ best interests. That’s often because there is no other route to revenue and profits. Less often, brands beat up marketing partners to the point where there the marketing partner has to keep the topline revenue to stay in business but the relationship is actually no longer profitable. Pretty grim, huh? It’s a bleak outlook but, there is a way out and it’s actually not that complicated. What if agencies were compensated based upon a brand’s business outcome, like sales? Every agency says their work is crucial to a brand’s success. Well, put your money where your mouth is. And, brands, why do you care how much money your agency partner is making if you see the business results that you want/need? When we implement a relationship like the one above, agencies are truly business partners with clients. They will do what is in the best interests of their clients because your respective goals are 100% aligned. If the agency negotiates a “rebate”, they’re actually only hurting themselves by taking potential sales-driving dollars out of the market. Additionally, agencies are now incentivized to solve things like viewability and fraud because every dollar that is lost to a bot or to an ad unit that is not viewable by a live consumer actually hurts them financially. We’ve been operating this way, at IMM, for ten years. We call it performance marketing and it creates a culture that is truly unique. For example, we started working on solving bot-fraud three years ago because the wasted dollars in market were not driving the sales that we are paid on. We’ve invested heavily in an IBM PureData System for Analytics because every efficiency we gain is more sales we drive for our clients. More sales, equal more revenue and profit for IMM. So, how can you shift from a compensation model based upon negotiated rates to one based upon achieving business-driving results? Well, our most successful relationships have historically been with clients who have a great handle on the economics of their business. They know the lifetime value of their customer, they know how much they can spend acquiring customers, and they have a good handle on the value of their retention strategies and budgets. In addition to that, they are willing to have an open conversation with us about those economic realities as well as their business goals. Then, we’re able to take that information and build marketing plans that fit within those economics so that everyone is successful. The client is able to operate within an economic model that actually delivers business results and the agency is able to provide those services profitably. Does it work every time? Of course not. Interestingly, that’s where some real magic happens because we’re able to show a brand exactly where the economics break-down, even if it’s just our ability to operate profitably. Then we either agree to move on as friends or we can sometimes change things so that the economics do work. If a brand is upset with us for telling them that we are unable to operate profitably, then that is not a relationship we’re interested in having. The bottom-line is that everyone gets what they need and the things that are most important are transparent. Is it difficult? Yes, it’s difficult but it’s not impossible. If a brand is unable to produce the kinds of economic visibility to make this type of engagement possible, then perhaps the brand leadership should be examining who they have running the business. How do you know what’s working and what your budgets are actually delivering today? If an agency is unwilling to tie their compensation to their performance, perhaps the agency is not that good or is selling the client what that client will buy, not what will actually move the needle. Finally, when I say “tie compensation to performance”, I don’t mean some type of kicker on top of a retainer. I’m talking about tying half or more of compensation to performance. For many of our engagements at IMM, 100% of our compensation is tied to driving a sale and that includes media where we buy media on our dollar without sequential liability with our brand partner. I hope agencies leaders are cringing when they read this. I also hope that brands are leaning in. Our industry is on the precipice. Brand bean-counters and agency entitlement got us here. We need to get back to basics. To do that brands and agencies need to think and act like business partners. Performance-based compensation between brands and agencies is one path and a great place to start. Sean Baker is president of Boulder-based digital marketing agency IMM.

2016-09-15 21:09 www.thedrum.com

43 Snap Judgement: The limits of empathy On 9/11 I was working in the old Jerusalem Post office, watching the events in New York unfold live on television. As a jet slammed into the second tower of the World Trade Center, erasing any doubts that this was a terrorist attack, a colleague standing beside me muttered: “Well, now America is finally going to know how we feel.” That comment didn’t sit right with me on a couple of levels, including the tone of resentment at a time when nothing more than shock, sympathy and sorrow were called for. Still, I could understand where the remark was coming from; Israel was in the midst of its own unprecedented wave of terrorism, and much of the world’s concern seemed far more focused on how the Palestinians were affected by the Israeli countermeasures to stop it, rather than on the victims of the initial acts of violence. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. Beyond that, I felt this prognostication would prove wrong, and this subsequently proved to be the case. The 9/11 attacks did not noticeably influence discourse abroad on the Israeli/Arab conflict, or generate any additional sense of identification with victims of terrorism here, for several reasons. To start with, a sharp line of distinction was drawn between Palestinian terrorism against Israel, and al-Qaida’s crusade against the US and the West – this despite the scenes of celebration seen on 9/11 in east Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. One big reason was surely that the face of Palestinian militancy belonged at that time to Yasser Arafat, who was still seen internationally as a banner-carrier of the revolutionary Third World anti-colonial resistance spawned in the 1960s, a secular political ideology that seemed a philosophical world away from the inchoate radical Islamic rage that fueled the 9/11 attackers. Another factor was that the sheer scale of the incident, so beyond any previous terrorist attack in the West and even in Israel, made it seem like an unprecedented, one-off fluke, a “Black Swan” event unrelated to broader trends, and an unlikely harbinger of things to come. That latter notion, of course, turned out to be the biggest false assumption about 9/11. It is only in the last few years that we have moved into a world where acts of radical Islamic terrorism have become an unavoidable feature of the global landscape, with Islamic State inspiring a continuous stream of violence beyond anything al-Qaida achieved in the years following 9/11. And, I would argue, it is this wave of more recent attacks that finally achieved what my colleague thought would occur 15 years ago – much of the world, including the US, does have a better idea of what it’s like to live in a society continually under the threat of terrorism. A strain of terrorism, not incidentally, that is no longer perceived by many abroad as unrelated to those who seek to kill Israelis and Jews. Arafat is gone, and the banner of violent Palestinian resistance is now carried by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and “lone wolf” attackers inspired by the same Islamic State social media that motivate attacks in the US and Europe. Of course this doesn’t mean that the international community has suddenly adopted wholesale the Israeli narrative of the conflict with its Arab neighbors, or diminished support for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza that is shared by at least half of Israel’s own public. But you only have to examine how the international community reacted to Israel’s most recent military operation against Hamas in 2014, or to the wave of Palestinian solo attacks that kicked off about year ago, to see a notable shift in how much of the world views Israel’s response to Palestinian violence. Yes, certain Israeli measures against the Palestinians, including collective punishments such as home demolitions and incidents of collateral fatalities from Israeli fire, still draws routine international condemnation; but these have practically become a sort of pro forma diplomatic virtual theater, with little actual significance. ONE PERSON who has surely detected this attitude change is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One way he has sought to utilize it is through the several trips he has made over the past year to European countries – including Italy, Germany and the Netherlands – now more likely to prove receptive to the idea of Israel as a full front-line partner in the battle against Islamic terrorism. Before leaving for the Netherlands, Netanyahu said his goal was to create a “new understanding” in Europe of Israel’s central role in “preventing the spread of radical Islamic terrorism,” a mission that perhaps for the first time won’t fall entirely on deaf eyes abroad. However, there are limits to the empathy Israel can hope for from the international community, no matter how much the global terrorism landscape has changed in recent years – and the prime minister surely pushed beyond those boundaries in his latest English-language video message accusing the Palestinians of demanding “ethnic cleansing” by demanding the removal of all Jewish settlements from a potential Palestinian state in the West Bank. Netanyahu’s goal here was clear, in wanting to use against the Palestinians some of the some over-heated rhetoric they routinely hurl against Israel, including the spurious “ethnic cleansing” charge. Unfortunately, simply judged as a tactical public diplomacy ploy, this attempt was doomed to fail as a defense of Israel’s settlements policy. It’s not just all the logical fallacies involved here: Is the prime minister suggesting it would be acceptable in a final-status deal to have those Israelis residing over the Green Line live under Palestinian sovereignty? Is his call for the right of Jews living anywhere they want between the Mediterranean and Jordan not opening the door for a similar concession to all Palestinian refugees, a.k.a. the right of return? Is he fine with making no distinction between Israelis living in east Jerusalem and the settlement blocs, and those in unauthorized, isolated settler outposts specifically erected to thwart any chance of Palestinian statehood? The even bigger problem here is that anyone abroad who follows the Israeli/Palestinian conflict close enough to understand why the whole “ethnic cleansing” issue is relevant to this debate, is not going to be swayed by any attempt to justify this government’s settlement policy. The prime minister, who knows a thing or two about public diplomacy, seemed to forget here the most basic political messaging rules: Know who your audience is, and K. I. S. S., i.e. Keep it simple, stupid. Netanyahu is right in believing that he can now win some hearts and minds abroad by selling Israel as a front-line Western state in the war against radical Islamic terrorism; he’s wrong in believing the same atmosphere will support a turn-around in the international community’s position on settlements, no matter how hard he tries to sell it. Still, it must have seemed very clever to some people in the Prime Minister’s Office to throw back the “ethnic cleansing” smear at the Palestinians. I’ll leave the final word on that to David St. Hubbins, the dim- witted heavy-metal rocker in the classic movie mock-umentary This is Spinal Tap: When informed why his group’s latest album cover is “sexist” and not “sexy,” he memorably responds: “It’s such a fine line between, uh, stupid and clever.” Fine line, indeed. Calev Ben-David is the political/diplomatic correspondent of IBA News, Israel Television’s English News broadcast. Comments welcome via Facebook/Twitter. Think others should know about this? Please share | | 2016-09-15 21:08 CALEV BEN www.jpost.com

44 Jack Dorsey wants to simplify Twitter’s service and reset user expectations to lure more investment on to the dwindling platform Twitter’s future growth prospects will be predicated on whether it can flourish as a news sharing platform rather than an outright social network, revealed chief executive Jack Dorsey in a wide-ranging interview with WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell at Dmexco. The co-founder of the micro-blogging site pointed to “inflection points in our usage” to back his claim, which chimes with Twitter “constantly looking to reinvent what we have”. It’s an attitude some media observers have cited as the reason for Twitter’s identity crisis in recent years which has seen several changes come and go such as the Twitter #Music service under the reign of Dorsey’s predecessor Dick Costolo. Now Dorsey is focusing on Twitter’s ability to “break news faster than any other service”. He said Twitter’s merit over other platforms was a “focus on news” where other entrants like Snapchat, dubbed the "third player" by Sorrell, are focused on social and entertainment. “We are somewhere in the middle,” Dorsey said. “A lot of people come to Twitter expecting to find what they would with a social network... you are not going to find the same things that you would on a social network. That really sets us apart. This is not a new concept; we carry the world conversation and anyone can participate. “Our real challenge is making sure we are continuing to give people a reason to download the app and personalise their own news stream, their experience and get in on the conversation.” Quashing any suggestion that the innate immediacy of the platform compromises the accuracy of the news it hosts, Dorsey said: “I think it gets to accuracy much faster, if you have the ability to immediately correct and be on the record to what is actually true. You can go from speculation to fact very quickly. We have the ability to help get a bunch of opinions really quickly and find that balance; that is the role of a journalist, newspaper and our editorial.” Aside from simplifying Twitter around news, Dorsey’s priorities lie in live- streaming, which he believes is a “perfect complement to our usage”, and in making conversations “easier and more expressive”. This newfound focus on live sports, which saw it acquire the rights to stream Thursday night NFL games for a rumoured $10m, is part of its attempts to encourage users to sign up and participate. On a more sober note, Sorrell pressed Dorsey on Twitter’s approach to censorship following Facebook’s controversial censorsing of an image from the Vietnam War. Here, Dorsey admitted that while Twitter’s policy of anti- censorship has “worked well for us for the most part”, it needs to take a stronger stance “to make sure we are minimising abuse”. “We have seen recently a flare-up in targeted abuse and harassment. It is something we always knew was important but we didn’t put enough engineering and product and design behind, we did not address this comprehensively,” he said.

2016-09-15 21:07 www.thedrum.com

45 Houston Cougars' freshman Ed Oliver already making presence felt HOUSTON -- More than a year before Ed Oliver invaded Oklahoma's backfield, the person who knows him better than anyone on the University of Houston campus -- his older brother, Cougars' offensive tackle Marcus Oliver -- was asked for a scouting report. At the time, the younger Oliver was a five-star recruit who was committed to Houston, and many months remained until he could sign a national letter of intent, let alone hit the field for the Cougars. The elder Oliver didn't hesitate to describe his sibling as "a freak. " "I'm not saying that because he's my brother," Marcus Oliver said 14 months before Ed Oliver helped Houston upset Oklahoma 33-23. "But if you ask anybody that he went up against, they'll tell you that. The only way you're going to stop him is if he stops himself. You can get in front of him, you can do all that, but he's going to figure out a way to disrupt your play. " The Sooners found out firsthand. Ed Oliver, the Cougars' true freshman defensive tackle, has already emerged as one of the country's top freshmen. Though it has only been two games, Oliver -- the No. 4 overall prospect in the 2016 ESPN 300 -- is already living up to the hype that accompanied his recruitment. "Oh man, his upside is off the charts," Houston coach Tom Herman said after the Cougars beat Oklahoma. Oliver started and led the veteran Houston defensive line with seven tackles as well as a game-high two sacks. In the Cougars' Week 2 win over Lamar, Oliver recorded 2.5 tackles for loss in only "16 or 17 snaps," of action, Herman said. Heading into No. 6 Houston's visit to Cincinnati (2-0) tonight (7:30 ET, ESPN), he leads the American Athletic Conference in tackles for loss (4.5). "From the first day we put pads on, you could see his explosiveness," Houston defensive coordinator Todd Orlando said. "The thing that he's really good at is searching up the ball.... I've seen talented young guys but I haven't seen a talented guy that could track the football [that well as a freshman] and that makes him so much of a playmaker. " For some highly ranked recruits, the adjustment to the college game can be difficult. After years of coaches building up their egos in the recruiting process, training camp can be a rude awakening. Not so for Oliver. "Sometimes, you're a highly rated kid coming out of high school, you're going into a place and think you're entitled to some things," Orlando said. "He never did that. " Defensive line coach Oscar Giles said Houston's veteran defensive linemen, particularly seniors Cameron Malveaux , B. J. Singleton and sophomore Jerard Carter , made it a point to be welcoming to Oliver once he arrived. "Those guys grabbed him and said 'Listen, you're part of our brotherhood,' and the culture in our room has accepted him and he has accepted the culture," Giles said. Giles describes Oliver as a humble, quick-learning perfectionist who aims to not make the same mistake twice. The guys who have to face him in practice describe him in simpler terms. "He's a beast," senior right guard Mac Long said. Asked to name Oliver's best physical trait, sophomore center Will Noble -- a freshman All-American in 2015 -- said "Do I have to pick just one? " "I would say his explosiveness," Noble said. "He jumps off the ball. That's probably his best trait, but he's also super-fast and super-strong. " Oliver isn't the biggest defensive tackle, standing roughly 6-foot-1 and 280 pounds. What he lacks in height he uses to his advantage, Noble says, by getting leverage under opposing offensive linemen. Herman estimates that Oliver has 8 percent body fat. What separates him from others, Herman says, is how he plays. "I tell people all the time he has two speeds: 'off' and 'full,' Herman said. "And he's not 'off' every often. " That motor was contagious enough that it raised the level of play for some of Oliver's older defensive line teammates during training camp, Herman said. Oliver, the highest-ranked recruit Houston has ever signed and the first five- star prospect to sign with a school outside the Power 5 conference in the modern recruiting era, bucked a trend by choosing the Cougars over blue- blood programs like Alabama or Oklahoma. Now he's making an instant impact on a team that hopes to become the first program outside the Power 5 to crash the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops knew what he was up against. He was the first head coach to offer Oliver a scholarship when Oliver was about to begin his sophomore year at Westfield High School in North Houston. "I don't know if it is so much because of the stars, but there's some guys that just stick out like when we looked at Adrian Peterson," Stoops said. "It's like, ‘Yeah. That's what you need.' Some of them are so obvious that we felt that way even about Samaje [Perine]. Regardless of what ranking it may be, you know this is a guy that's going to make a difference. " And it's clear that Oliver is that type of player for the Cougars. "Yeah," Stoops said. "Excellent player. "

2016-09-15 21:04 Sam Khan www.espn.com

46 Fight on campuses, don’t condemn Israel’s prime minister Irrespective of one’s personal opinion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks on Palestinian “ethnic cleansing” of Jews from any future Palestinian state, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt’s scornful public condemnation is simply beyond the pale. On numerous occasions over the past few months, I have expressed incredulity and subsequently anger at Greenblatt’s statements for determinedly tilting the ADL policy away from its primary mandate of combating antisemitism and steering it toward partisan social action issues. Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. The latest example of this was his Kumbaya remarks to a J Street audience when he effectively endorsed moral equivalence between Israelis and Palestinians, complained of our failure to recognize the legitimacy of the Palestinian narrative, questioned Israel’s democratic structure, engaged in partisan electoral politics and condemned the Republican platform as “anti-Zionist for omitting a two-state structure, and insisted that boycott, diversion and sanctions (BDS) groups – which he admittedly condemns – are “animated by a desire for justice.” Greenblatt also continues to align the ADL with the Black Lives Matter organization, which he criticizes for accusing Israel of “ethnic cleansing,” “genocide” and for calling on black institutions to support BDS. Yet he refused to disassociate from them and continues to promote Black Lives Matter in ADL’s educational and family discussion guides in schools and elsewhere. He considers that this organization, despite its antisemitism, is promoting “critical civil rights issues that merit attention” and only “a small minority of the leaders” are responsible for the antisemitic campaigns. Now Greenblatt, formerly employed by the Obama administration, does not seem to appreciate that his current organization – which has a charity budget in excess of $50 million – has a primary role to resist the growing tide of anti-Israelism and antisemitism that is sweeping the United States, especially on campuses. Instead, in what is utterly unprecedented from a purportedly mainstream American Jewish organization, he has publicly excoriated the position adopted by the democratically elected head of the Israeli government. Netanyahu’s video was, as expected, criticized within Israel by the traditional left wing, but endorsed by the vast majority of Israelis. Netanyahu simply stated facts. The Palestinians have made it eminently clear again and again that a Palestinian state would be Judenrein. One only has to review the ethnic cleansing policy adopted by the Jordanians in 1948 when Jews were expelled from east Jerusalem and the Etzion Bloc. Despite slick PR Palestinian spokesmen denying this is not the case to naïve Western audiences, there is no question in the mind of anyone who understands the situation that Jews would not be tolerated in any Palestinian hegemony – and Mahmoud Abbas has publicly said it repeatedly. The Palestinian Authority officially supports this approach and I can only express regret that, presumably out of sensitivities to liberal Americans who refuse to confront this reality, it took so long for Netanyahu to shine the spotlight on this despicable abomination. After all, this highlights the outrageous fact that the Palestinians seek to delegitimize Jews from all our biblical homeland. Other than Muslim countries, there is no place in the world today where Jews are prohibited from living. Netanyahu is paving the way for Israel’s response to a predictable United Nations assault on its policies later in the year. The reference to Israel’s Arab citizens makes the valid point that, despite the inevitable upheavals during the 1948 war when the nascent Jewish state was invaded by combined Arab armies, at no stage has Israel engaged in systematic ethnic cleansing of its Arab inhabitants. Not surprisingly, the US State Department responded that “using this type of terminology is inappropriate and unhelpful” and reiterated that settlement construction is an obstacle to peace. In so doing, they failed to address the legitimate question raised by Netanyahu as to whether they accept that a Palestinian state should be Judenrein. American Jews can agree or disagree with Netanyahu. But for the head of the ADL, a major mainstream Jewish organization, to condemn Netanyahu in the journal Foreign Affairs , and accuse him of choosing “to raise an inappropriate straw man regarding Palestinian policy toward Israeli settlements” was unprecedented and totally unacceptable. He stated further that “like the term ‘genocide,’ the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ should be restricted to actually describing the atrocity it suggests – rather than distorted to suit political ends.” Despite all the evidence to the contrary, he emphatically repudiated Netanyahu’s charge that the Palestinians seek ethnic cleansing. Under such circumstances one would have expected that every mainstream Jewish organization would dissociate itself from Greenblatt’s statement, noting that it is not the role of an organization whose primary objective is combating antisemitism to engage in public condemnations of views expressed by the democratically elected leader of Israel. But aside from the Zionist Organization of America, a curtain of silence has again enveloped the major Jewish organizations. It would seem that in the post-Abe Foxman era, the ADL board has knowingly empowered an individual whose outlook is not only liberal but effectively represents an echo chamber of left-wing Democratic politics. In fact, despite Greenblatt’s protestations of love for Israel and reiteration that the US Israel nexus is strong, especially after finalization of the defense agreement, the ADL’s approach to Israel is similar to that of J Street, having no hesitation in telling Israelis that it knows better than they do what is good for them. This is a worrisome situation. American Jews should inform the ADL board that by enabling their CEO to make such partisan statements they are causing enormous harm to Israel during this critical period, when retaining US public opinion is of crucial prominence. If the ADL fails to act, American Jews should question whether they should continue supporting what was until recently a venerable mainstream Jewish organization, which has now been hijacked by a CEO whose outlook is more in common with J Street and less concerned with combating antisemitism and supporting the embattled Jewish state. The writer’s website can be viewed at www.wordfromjerusalem.com. He may be contacted at [email protected] . Think others should know about this? Please share | |

2016-09-15 21:03 ISI LEIBLER www.jpost.com

47 Records and gold in Thursday's top stories Interesting and slightly different stories today Tshwane has made its tender process more transparent. Brian Habana is about to kick his way into the history books. Kim Kardashian has managed to take 1 500 selfies a day and another day and... Leonardo di Caprio goes fishing. UCT students down books. TeamSA gets gold, twice in one day. Tshwane opens tender process to the public The city of Tshwane has opened its tender processes to the public in a bid to make them more transparent, mayor Solly Msimanga said on Thursday. Read it here . Habana set to rewrite record books Springbok wing Bryan Habana will rewrite the record books when he takes to the field against the All Blacks in Christchurch. Get the story here. Kim Kardashian West took 6 000 selfies in four days Surprise, surprise. Kim Kardashian West took 6 000 selfies on her holiday in Mexico. The 35-year-old was never without her phone (obviously) during her four-day holiday in the resort of Punta Mita last month. As a result of this Kim took a staggering 1 500 snaps of herself every day. 2016-09-15 21:03 www.news24.com

48 New York Yankees, Billy Butler agree to contract The New York Yankees and Billy Butler have reached agreement on a contract, according to multiple reports. Editor's Picks Ripe for renaissance: Is the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry about to get great again? The bitterness between the Bombers and BoSox has subsided in recent years. But with the Yankees' youth movement and Boston's budding superstars, The Rivalry might deserve capital letters again. Will the Yankees will earn a wild-card berth? Andrew Marchand discusses the Yankees' chances of playing a do-or-die playoff game in October. Yankees lose OF Judge for rest of regular season OF Aaron Judge will miss the rest of the regular season, but the Yankees wouldn't rule out a return if they make the playoffs. 2 Related The bitterness between the Bombers and BoSox has subsided in recent years. But with the Yankees' youth movement and Boston's budding superstars, The Rivalry might deserve capital letters again. Andrew Marchand discusses the Yankees' chances of playing a do-or-die playoff game in October. OF Aaron Judge will miss the rest of the regular season, but the Yankees wouldn't rule out a return if they make the playoffs. News of the deal came on the same day that New York announced outfielder Aaron Judge will miss the rest of the regular season with a Grade 2 right oblique strain. Butler, a free-agent first baseman/designated hitter, was released by the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, nearly a month after he got into a clubhouse altercation with teammate Danny Valencia . The 30-year-old Butler, playing in his 10th year, had a reduced role this season -- his second with the A's. Butler was hitting .276 with four homers and 31 RBIs in 85 games with Oakland. Today's Knuckleball first reported news of the contract on Wednesday. 2016-09-15 21:00 Darren Rovell www.espn.com

49 Yasiel Puig of Los Angeles Dodgers meets with fan who lost tooth via ball toss Yasiel Puig has met with the Los Angeles Dodgers fan whose front tooth was knocked out when the outfielder tossed a ball into the stands at Yankee Stadium as a souvenir. Alyssa Gerharter also came away with a busted lip from Puig's throw, which followed the final out of a Dodgers win Monday night in the opener of a three-game set in the Bronx. Puig made amends with Gerharter and tweeted a photo of the meeting Wednesday. Had to make sure my friend was ok after she was hit with a ball #PuigMyTooth pic.twitter.com/D2PLptUX39 — Yasiel Puig (@YasielPuig) September 15, 2016 Gerharter described part of the sequence of events in a statement to the New York Daily News . "I saw it coming at me and I remember thinking, 'I don't have a glove to catch this ball' ... and I think I put my hands up in front of my face," Gerharter told the newspaper. "I saw it was coming at me and registered that it was coming at me, and I felt it hit me. "It wasn't so much painful as it was shock," she added. "So I felt it hit me and I could feel immediately with my tongue there's a hole. And I looked down at my hand and saw there's a tooth in my hand. " Editor's Picks Dominant Clayton Kershaw has Dodgers seeing clear skies ahead Clayton Kershaw rebounded nicely from his start in Miami by waiting out two rain delays and limiting the Yankees to one hit over five innings. Gerharter was taken to a hospital after being ushered to a first-aid room inside the stadium, according to the Daily News report. "Everybody was going after it. And I guess we all missed," said Gerharter, who said she was in attendance with a group of 30 or 40 New York-based Dodgers fans. "It was so fast that I don't think it's anybody's fault for not catching it. " She also shared the experience via Twitter. Just got home from the ER... But at least we won the game? @YasielPuig @Dodgers pic.twitter.com/RxwR4HiC12 — Alyssa Gerharter (@alyxxg) September 13, 2016 okay @Dodgers i'm coming for you today. try not to throw anything at me this time #puignotyourfriend — Alyssa Gerharter (@alyxxg) September 14, 2016 Hey @Dodgers I'm back pic.twitter.com/MXWhUKvquH — Alyssa Gerharter (@alyxxg) September 14, 2016 "can you catch this one?? " @YasielPuig #puigmyfriend #puigmytooth pic.twitter.com/cCmlgddKkD — Alyssa Gerharter (@alyxxg) September 15, 2016 "In our whole group there was only one person who had a glove," Gerharter told the Daily News. "So everybody was trying to catch it with their bare hands. I caught it with my face. "

2016-09-15 21:00 Darren Rovell www.espn.com

50 Sadiq Khan's planning incentives for more London affordable homes Bit by bit, Sadiq Khan’s formula for changing London’s housing landscape is coming into view. A little more was sketched in on Wednesday. Answering questions from Labour AM Tom Copley about his long- term goal of making 50% of all new homes in London “genuinely affordable”, Khan, as is now his habit, warned that “we won’t fix the housing crisis overnight” but went on: “I’m going to raise the level of affordable housing by using my planning powers alongside investing the funding available and the release of public land. In terms of planning, my team are currently developing supplementary planning guidance – SPG – to increase the numbers of affordable homes delivered through the planning system.” We’ve already seen him exercise those planning powers. Last month, Khan approved plans for the first large housing development on the vast Old Oak and Park Royal site in west London after the number of “affordable” homes was bumped up from 200 to 242 – from 33% of the total of 605 to 40%, with the possibility of raising that to 50% if sufficient profits are produced in the future. More recently, to the east, he approved the masterplan for the huge Barking Riverside regeneration after the “affordable” proportion of the possible 10,000 new homes there was upped from 28% to 35%. Provision for a possible subsequent hike to 50% is built in there too. Those were substantial tweaks to big bits of London housing arithmetic that had been lined up for a big tick from Boris Johnson. But it’s the draft SPG, expected in October, that will formally set the tone of the new mayoral administration on housing delivery. Khan explained that it has to be written “within the context of the policies in the current London Plan”, the legally- binding master policy blueprint for the development of the capital’s land. He intends to change the Plan , but acknowledged he’ll be bound by the present version “for the foreseeable future”, which could mean three years - that’s how long it took Johnson to produce a replacement for Ken Livingstone’s. Khan said that this constraint means “I cannot set a target for affordable housing”. This might come as a surprise - there have been reports that a 35% affordable “benchmark” for all new private housing schemes could be included in the SPG. But a target and a benchmark are not the same. Khan said that in drafting the SPG he was “exploring an innovative new approach, whereby if applicants voluntarily meet an agreed level of affordable housing, they could benefit from a faster and more certain planning process”. He stressed that “this level has not been finalized or announced”, though 35% seems unlikely to be far wide of the mark. But the operative word in all of this seems to be “voluntarily”. SPGs do not (and cannot) introduce new planning policies, but they serve to elaborate on or sharpen existing ones. The current London Plan policy on affordable housing requires only the “maximum reasonable” to be supplied as part of each individual private development. Khan is hoping to incentivise developers to maximise what they deem “reasonable” by effectively telling them that if they are prepared to meet the affordable level he sets down in the SPG, he will help to speed them on their way. Copley asked if this therefore meant that developers who didn’t accept the “affordable” housing levels he had in mind would find their assessments of a scheme’s financial viability coming under close scrutiny from him. Khan’s response? “Not an unfair summary of where we’re going”. A team of viability boffins is being recruited for such tasks. City Hall later elaborated: “Developers may opt to meet new minimum affordable housing thresholds to fast-track their applications”. So for “benchmark” read “thresholds” (the plural may or may not be significant. I’m told there’s still a bit of a fine-tuning to be done). The other angle on all this is that Khan’s affordable levels/thresholds are being designed to bring more clarity, speed and consistency to the planning application process. Recent controversies over viability assessments - in Earls Court and Southwark , for example - have shown how well-resourced developers can overpower boroughs in negotiations over the amount of affordable housing they supply as part of the deal. Yet developers say that they too could do without the grief viability wrangles entail. So there’s a trade-off to be proffered brewing here: in return for higher affordable yields Khan will provide a more straightforward planning environment and preferential treatment for the obliging. There is a long way to go before that 50% goal starts to be met. For example, Khan confirmed to Copley that doing so is going to mean hitting more than 50% affordable on publicly-owned land, such as TfL’s - no small task. But be glad. What we’re seeing the start of in Khan’s City Hall is a more rigorous approach to property market regulation, which is what planning policy is for. His Tory critics warn that it can only make things worse, but Khan hopes he’s got the key players onside. Their responses to the SPG will be enlightening.

2016-09-15 20:58 Dave Hill www.theguardian.com

51 Mother-of-nine and nephew shot dead 'in case of mistaken identity' named The victims of a shooting in north London have been named as Anny Ekofo, a mother of nine, and her nephew Bervil Ekofo. The pair were shot dead in Ms Ekofo’s home in Elmshurst Crescent, East Finchley, at around 6.25am on Thursday. Five men burst into the flat and shot Ms Ekofo, 52, before shooting her 21-year- old nephew, relatives said. Ms Ekofo’s husband and several of her children were also in the property at the time. Mr Ekofo’s sister said her brother was shot while he was asleep in a case of mistaken identity. Speaking to the Evening Standard, she said: “He was in bed. Anny answered the door to the gang, they shot her and then shot Bervil while he was asleep on the couch. There had been someone staying at the house who was on the run from someone but had moved on. “They were targeting him but got my brother instead. It was a case of mistaken identity. My brother was never in any trouble he was just staying at his auntie’s house. It was wrong place wrong time.” The shooting has sparked a man hunt for the gunman who remains on the run. No arrests have yet been made. Residents were woken by at least three ambulances and five police cars arriving at the incident, with emergency services cordoning off the road. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said a man and a woman with gunshot wounds were pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, adding: “Enquiries into the circumstances continue.” Scotland Yard has recorded 1,958 gun crime incidents in London in the past year - a 2 per cent annual rise - including 79 in the borough of Barnet, which includes East Finchley.

2016-09-15 20:57 Harry Cockburn www.independent.ie

52 John McDonnell 'furious' over Labour list of Corbyn detractors John McDonnell said yesterday that he was “furious” about a briefing note from Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign team that listed Labour MPs who had supposedly abused their party leader, saying he had apologised and would meet the MPs in question. The shadow chancellor, speaking at an event alongside Corbyn, made the comments after one of the MPs, Ben Bradshaw , said he had made a formal complaint to party officials about the note. Bradshaw wrote to Corbyn, Iain McNicol, the party’s general secretary, and Rosie Winterton, the chief whip, to ask that the allegation about him be substantiated. The list was mistakenly released to journalists by a member of team behind Corbyn’s campaign to be re-elected as Labour leader. It triggered anger among MPs, but Corbyn appeared to stand by the briefing when asked about it during a Sky News hustings on Wednesday, saying the remarks were all on public record. Answering questions in central London yesterday, following a speech by Corbyn about the economy, McDonnell said he would meet all the MPs “on any issues or concerns”. He did, however, appear to say that those named had made negative statements about the Labour leader. “We’ve apologised; it was just inappropriate,” McDonnell said. “One of our researchers saw a bit of incoming flak and did a list of all the statements that had been made by MPs, some of which were not particularly kind, put it that way. “It was a briefing note, and it shouldn’t have gone out, and we apologise for that. It certainly wasn’t a list in any way to attack anyone. It was just a factual report. The thing about last night, it just set us back. I was furious about it, to be frank, furious. Just at a time when we were, I think, really rebuilding relationships, very, very well. I hope it hasn’t set us back and I will certainly be having conversations with all those named.” The row over the list came with just over a week to go before the result will be announced of Labour’s hard-fought leadership battle. Corbyn was said to have been “apoplectic” about the release of the list of MPs, which came after he was widely seen has having scored a rare victory in prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday. At yesterday’s speech, he made a less direct reference to the issue, saying only that he condemned all abuse: “I, as you know, never abuse anybody, tempting as it sometimes is, and I don’t respond to unkind remarks.” He stressed his desire to reconcile with unhappy Labour MPs. “I’m very keen on providing olive branches, and indeed a number of olive branches have already been offered,” he said, adding as an aside that he was growing an actual olive tree on the balcony of his office. Bradshaw said the briefing made an “extremely serious allegation, which Jeremy’s office did not have the courtesy of putting to me first. It is not the behaviour one would expect from a leader of the Labour party”. The MP for Exeter wrote to Corbyn to say he would be “extremely grateful if you could outline to me exactly what form this abuse is supposed to have taken”. Some of those named are annoyed that Tom Watson, the deputy leader, received an apology from a Corbyn aide for being included among the detractors when the others did not. In the list, obtained by the Press Association, Owen Smith , the challenger for the Labour leadership, was accused of being the “real disunity candidate” and it alleged he had failed to tackle abuse meted out by his own supporters. It highlighted the behaviour of a number of other Labour MPs, including Jess Phillips for telling Corbyn’s ally Diane Abbott to “fuck off”, John Woodcock for dismissing the party leader as a “fucking disaster”, Tristram Hunt for describing Labour as “in the shit” and Watson for calling the grassroots Corbyn campaign Momentum a “rabble”. Hunt told the Guardian: “It seems a pretty unremarkable statement to say that after losing two general elections, the Labour party is in dire trouble, and if this is what the leader’s team are resorting to, it doesn’t bode well for the future”. Watson made clear he accepted the apology, and insisted he had never abused Corbyn. “I was a bit surprised by it,” he told House magazine. I’ve never personally abused Jeremy in public. He added: “John McDonnell has given an apology this afternoon, he’s said he was furious that it went out as a release - that’s good enough for me. As far as I’m concerned the matter’s over.”

2016-09-15 20:46 Peter Walker www.theguardian.com

53 Trump talks stamina on Dr Oz and says he'd 'like to lose weight' – video During an appearance on The Dr Oz Show, Donald Trump admitted he could lose some weight but said he felt ‘as good today as I did when I was 30’. On the show, which aired on Thursday, Dr Mehmet Oz concluded that Trump, who weighs 236 pounds, was a little overweight for his height. Trump’s campaign also released the results of his physical that said he had normal cholesterol and blood pressure 2016-09-15 20:28 Source: www.theguardian.com

54 Canadian gin company's campaign accused of cultural appropriation A Canadian gin company has apologised for offending Inuit people after advertising campaigns and branding involving cartoon Inuit characters and young women wearing parka costumes sparked complaints about cultural appropriation. Ungava, founded in Quebec in 2010, makes a gin infused with botanicals harvested from Canada’s north, and was recently sold to a Toronto-based company for C$12m. A marketing video from 2013, titled “Discovering the Inuit”, showed cartoon Inuit characters paddling a First Nations canoe past igloos and polar bears while a man’s voice mimics the style of Inuit throat singers and chants “Ungava”. Earlier this month, the video came to the attention of Ossie Michelin, an Inuk freelance journalist, who was rankled by the use of Inuit imagery, and some glaring inaccuracies. “If you know the slightest thing about Inuit it’s that we use kayaks,” he said. “And throat singing is a woman’s thing.” The video has since been removed from the company’s YouTube page. Michelin joined a growing chorus of voices online taking aim at the company’s use of Inuit culture to sell its product. “It’s like the marketing department for this company was like, you know what, we need a shorthand to say north and cold and nature and we can’t be bothered to come up with our own recognisable symbols, so we’re just going to rip off somebody else,” he said. There have also been complaints that attempts to market the drink in bars by employing women in parka costumes equated to sexualising Inuit to sell alcohol. Writing on Twitter , throat-singer Tanya Tagaq said the company was “mocking us and profiting off of us”. Franco Buscemi, who lives in Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s Nunavut territory, criticised the company’s “Inuit Survival Guide” , saying: “Here’s a tip … Don’t use Inuit as mascots to sell your product.” In a statement, Ungava founder and president Charles Crawford, said: “We are truly sorry that we’ve offended the Inuit community, as this was never our intent, nor does it align with our corporate values and beliefs. We are deeply sorry and we will do better.” The aim, he said, had been to pay tribute to northern tip of Quebec where the gin is made. “Ungava is proud of our ties to the Canadian Arctic, and our brand identity is intended to celebrate the individuality of the region.” He added that in the future the company will seek to gather feedback on its use of Inuit symbols. Some of the problem lies in the seemingly one-way relationship between the company and Nunavik, the Quebec Inuit territory where the botanicals, from cloudberries to juniper, are harvested, said Stephen Puskas, an Inuk visual artist based in Montreal. “How do Nunavimmiut [Nunavik residents] benefit from the plants harvested on their land and their identity and language used to sell this alcohol?” Puskas recently asked on Facebook . Puskas pointed to a 2013 interview in which Crawford said that each year the company hires the same two people in the region to handpick its botanicals. The interview noted Crawford wasn’t sure of the two men’s names. When approached by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for comment, Crawford said it was the first criticism he had heard of the company’s use of Inuit imagery. He called Puskas’s comments a “one-off”. Days later, the company offered its full apology, which Michelin described as a nice first step, though he questioned whether it would lead to any concrete change. “I think it would be so amazing if companies actually came to indigenous communities and established real and meaningful partnerships and used that as part of their branding.” Until that happens, he remained sceptical. “This kind of stuff just keeps happening again and again,” he said. “We get portrayed as these mythical creatures of the north as opposed to real human beings that have a real culture and would like to have some sort of say in how we are portrayed.”

2016-09-15 20:25 Ashifa Kassam www.theguardian.com

55 Brexit was a revolt against liberalism. We’ve entered a new political era S ix weeks ago, the British government unexpectedly turned down the dimmer switch on the Hinkley Point nuclear power station project. Today it insouciantly turned the switch right back up again. The deal – colossal in terms of its £18bn cost, UK energy needs and relations with sovereign investors like China – is still exactly the same in most of its essentials as it was in July. Yet while it now turns out that there will be no U-turn over Hinkley, the delay has involved something a bit more substantial than a governmental summer screen break. In today’s announcement, the business secretary, Greg Clark, highlighted that the go- ahead for Hinkley was subject to two conditions. One is that the UK government keeps a golden share in Hinkley and similar projects; the other is that ownership of key national assets will be subject to a national security test. These conditions should be seen as more than mere window dressing. True, similar conditions are the norm in many other major economies. True also, the British government possesses some powers of this kind already. Most people are likely to see them as utterly sensible. What is different, however, is the new political saliency given to such thinking, which accords to government an ineradicable place to act in the national interest. This suggests something bigger and deeper is changing in our politics. The insistence that government needs the power to exercise judicious control over the ownership of an industry in the national interest may seem sensible and moderate to most people. Yet it also seems revolutionary and radical. It is a break from a recent past in which global market forces have routinely been treated as the only secure basis for ownership decisions. Much the same goes for a requirement that a national security consideration be given to large infrastructure projects. This too sounds like common sense. Yet it needed saying. The UK’s appetite for inward investment is now so large that even national security is being increasingly relegated to the margins. The re-examination of Hinkley is actually less important in terms of the substance of the deal than for these wider signals. It is one sign among many that the economic liberalism of the political right, which has been in such ascendancy since the 1980s, no longer eclipses all other considerations, including the human cost. Clark didn’t bury George Osborne’s wish to be open for business – what a vacuous phrase it is – even in sensitive sectors this week. But he drew a line under it and, in a limited way, began to push back. Not before time, many will say. Not yet enough, lots will add. Both observations are right. But we should nevertheless see this moment in our history for what it is. At the end of the 20th century, the triumph of capitalism and democracy seemed at one stage so complete that an era of global economic liberalism appeared to beckon. Today the folly of that delusion has been made obvious by the financial crisis and its political consequences. But it is not just the economic liberalism of the 80s that has hit rough water. So too has the socio-cultural liberalism of the 60s, with its belief in universal rights and the meaninglessness of difference. That form of liberalism has not been able to withstand the challenge of militant Islamism, with its denial of any universality except its own dogmas. The impact on liberal politics and liberal nation states continues to be immense, visible in Britain in everything from Brexit to the rise in state investigatory powers. Liberalism is a Hydra-headed and extremely resilient creature. There are also few words in the political dictionary that mean so many different things in different contexts. Most of us consider ourselves liberals in some respects but not in others. Adherents of 60s social liberalism are not necessarily adherents of 80s economic liberalism, or vice versa. Nor is either liberalism quite as absolutist as is sometimes claimed. Most people are somewhere on a spectrum of views, whether on social issues or economics. We should not pronounce the death of liberalism prematurely. Just because it is full of contradictions and cannot solve the problems of the age, it does not follow that liberalism is ignoble or that it is doomed to collapse – still less that there is some self-evidently superior alternative. Most people, at least in Britain, still seem prepared to support the liberal democratic order and many of the important liberal social and economic ideas on which it rests. Nevertheless, it is becoming increasingly useful to see ours not as a liberal age but as a post-liberal one. There has been a rumbling discussion about post-liberalism for some years, triggered not least by concerns about the weakening impact of migration on national social democracies. But it is striking that this week saw the publication of a book by John Milbank and Adrian Pabst , which takes post-liberalism as an established reality and as the starting point for the examination of a new kind of politics based on a vision of social and personal virtue and what the authors dub conservative socialism. In Britain, the arrival of Theresa May in Downing Street in the wake of the Brexit vote is the most striking example of this shift. May is not an economic liberal like Margaret Thatcher or a social liberal like David Cameron. In fact, liberalism of any kind seems almost a marginal consideration in her thinking and her policy making. These are still early days, but May’s speeches, both before and after becoming prime minister, are unified by post-liberal thinking. All of this poses a particular problem to the one party in British politics that proudly defines itself as liberal. The Liberal Democrats have more immediate hand-to-mouth concerns as they gather for their conference in Brighton than whether liberalism is in terminal eclipse. Nevertheless, in government between 2010 and 2015, the Lib Dems were the victims both of the crisis of economic liberalism, in the shape of austerity, and the crisis of social liberalism, in the rise of anti-migrant feeling articulated by Ukip. Liberals need to get real as well as feel sorry for themselves. As Milbank and Pabst stress, liberalism is certainly not inherently bad, but it does have defects and inherent problems. Brexit is in part a revolt against a set of characteristics of modern liberalism. We have a new political agenda that no political party can afford to ignore. Whether we consider ourselves liberal or not, we increasingly inhabit post-liberal times.

2016-09-15 20:16 Martin Kettle www.theguardian.com

56 Mexico plans own wall against illegal 'hordes' Contact WND (DAILY MAIL) It seems Mexico agrees with Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants – but only on its southern border with Central America. Mexicans are calling for the border wall to keep out Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Hondurans fleeing violence in their own countries. They complain ‘hordes’ of immigrants pass through on their way to the United States -who are then simply deported back to Mexico rather than their home countries by the US.

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57 57 Facebook to help pick questions for presidential debate Contact WND (THE HILL) Facebook will help “source” questions online for the town hall-style presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the organization behind the debates announced on Wednesday night. Janet Brown, the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, said that anyone will be able to submit a question. There are no guarantees, however, that those questions will make it on air. The moderators of the debate, ABC’s Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Anderson Cooper, will be under no obligation to use them, Brown said. Still, never before has the commission given moderators a formal option to gather questions from the public via the internet for a general presidential election debate, according to Brown.

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58 UJ and suspended 'arsonists' at loggerheads Johannesburg - Despite it saying it has met students' demands, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) continues to be at loggerheads with some of the students it suspended following an arson attack at the institution. On May 16 an arson attack saw the university's Sanlam Auditorium go up in flames, destroying more than 1 000 seats, as well as computer labs housing equipment used to conduct career assessment and guidance for students and prospective students. The damage was estimated at R100m. The university suspended 17 students for their alleged involvement, blocking their access to the campus pending the outcome of disciplinary hearings. The university said that it has since amended its decision following an application by five of the students to the Johannesburg High Court seeking urgent relief permitting them free and unimpeded access to the University and all of its campuses, accommodations and facilities. The judge eventually ruled that the students be granted the relief sought. According to UJ spokesperson, Herman Esterhuizen, some confusion arose after this. Guilt cannot be assumed "To clarify, by granting relief, it appears the judge... understood that the relief being sought was access to the university. While in fact the relief being sought by the five suspended students was a postponement of the University's disciplinary hearings. " In light of this confusion, the University has applied to appeal the decision. The effect of such a notice of appeal is to suspend the operation of any court order until the outcome of the appeal. He said the university has decided to propose a solution to the students based on the fact that it cannot be assumed that all of the suspended students are guilty. "It is not the intention of the university to prejudice innocent persons and similarly it is not the intention of the university to place innocent students at the risk of violence and harm," the university said. The university said it had proposed the following to students: 1. UJ agrees to postpone the disciplinary hearings to a date after the examination process for this academic year is completed; 2. UJ agrees to provide the involved students that were in university accommodation on campus their choice (subject to availability) of accommodation off campus provided by the university's accredited service providers. 3. UJ will meet with each student registered for the second semester together with their academic representative to find ways in which to accommodate and facilitate the accused's academic progress while they are suspended from access to the campus, such as for example: 3.1 providing the suspended students with copies of all lecture notes applicable to their respective classes; 3.2 providing the suspended students with recordings of all lectures applicable to their respective classes; 3.3 providing the suspended students with access to all necessary research material. 'They are lying' It said it will ensure the affected students are not prejudiced in their ability to continue with their academic year and that it meets its obligations toward its other students and staff. "Furthermore, this resolves the confusion in the court order and essentially grants the students precisely what they requested in their amended request for relief from the court. " However, one of the suspended students, deputy SRC president Justina Komana, said that this information had not been conveyed to students. "They are lying. We spent the whole day in court and are back tomorrow again. The university would never make those proposals," she said. She said the university's proposals are the very same proposals that the students gave the university, but that the university had rejected them. "They refused us access yesterday even when the judgment was for immediate effect to be allowed on campus. Those benefits they say they gave us are a lie because they rejected them. They were our requests in the beginning of this process. All efforts to speak to them were rejected by the deputy vice chancellor. "

2016-09-15 20:02 www.news24.com

59 Durban councillor responds to homophobic tormentor Durban - An openly gay eThekwini councillor has made public details of homophobic hate mail a constituent has been sending him. The individual had been emailing him since May, the Democratic Alliance’s Martin Meyer posted on his Facebook page. “I especially liked the one where you told me that you pray for my parents that they will be forgiven for their failures as parents. I never responded to you, except when you asked for my boss' email, as I do not usually justify people's hate with a response,” he wrote. LGBTI rights were in the spotlight this week when Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba announced on Tuesday that gay-bashing US pastor Steven Anderson and his entourage have not been granted visas to enter SA for their “soul-winning” crusade. Meyer wrote that his sexuality was public knowledge and he had never hidden it from voters. He had spoken about it in some of the churches in his area, and fielded questions about it from residents. “With all of this, the people of Ward 27 kindly re-elected me with 77.1% of the votes (an increase from 2011). To put it into numbers 13 272 residents of this ward did not share your hate. You might be further interested to know that 140 people in this ward voted for the ACDP (0.81%). I am sure they are grateful for your vote. “It is thus clear that you are in the minority. But fear not - The Democratic Alliance will continue to fight for the rights of minorities, as they fight for the rights of all South Africans. I thus give you my word, I will continue to represent you in council, and I will be available to assist if you if ever you need my help,” he said. “I respect your freedom of religion. I respect that you have certain views based on your interpretation of your religion. As I have a Master's degree in Theology, I would love to engage with you on those views. But you must also respect my views, my private life, and you must respect the wishes of 13 272 of your fellow Ward 27 residents.”

2016-09-15 20:02 www.news24.com

60 Why Americans don't take sick days Hillary Clinton will not be the only American who has gone to work this week with an illness that should have kept her at home. By showing up for a 9/11 commemoration ceremony on Sunday, despite being diagnosed with pneumonia, the Democratic presidential hopeful was doing what millions of Americans do every day - ignoring her symptoms and attempting to "power through" a day's work. "No one's allowed to be sick. Sickness is weakness," says LeaAnne DeRigne, associate professor of social work at Florida Atlantic University. "The attitude is 'I'm irreplaceable - if I don't show up, my job won't get done.' Some of it is also concern about how you are going to be viewed as an employee - whether you can be counted on or not. Whether by having too many sick days, too many absences, you are not seen as reliable. " She adds: "At the very core of being American is the idea of being a hard worker. " Not that most Americans have a choice in the matter. America is one of the few developed industrial nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave by law. Eligible workers are allowed to take up to 12 weeks off for illnesses or a new baby without fear of losing their job - under the Family and Medical Leave Act, signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1993 - and many companies will allow their staff a few days' sick leave as part of their employee benefits package. But for millions of low-paid workers, the rule is simple - if you don't show up for work you lose a day's pay. Sick leave and pay are most generous in the Netherlands, where workers can be absent for up to two years, while receiving 70% of their salary, according to a report in February for employment agency Glassdoor. The least generous sick leave in the EU is in the UK, where workers are paid a flat rate of about £88 a week for 28 weeks. EU countries also guarantee 20 paid vacation days a year, plus public holidays. Some EU countries go further. Sweden, France and Denmark all offer 25 days' paid leave a year as minimum - the highest entitlement. Spain is the best place for public holidays with 14. There is no statutory minimum for paid holiday in the US, although the average is about 10 days in practice, plus public holidays. Polls suggest unused vacation is at an all-time high. The UK government is facing calls from trade unions and the Labour opposition to protect paid leave and workers' rights when the country negotiates its exit from the EU. America's national vacation problem Nearly a quarter of US adults have been fired or threatened with the sack for taking time off to recover from illness or to care for a sick loved one, according to Family Values at Work, which campaigns for paid leave. This climate is particularly tough for women, who are still the main caregivers for young children and elderly relatives, says Leanne DeRigne, whose research suggests some families could be spending more on medical bills because they are delaying treatment rather than taking time off. It can also have serious repercussions for public health. In February, Mexican fast-food chain Chipotle partly blamed a 2015 outbreak of the norovirus vomiting bug on employees who had come to work sick at branches in Boston and Simi Valley, California. The company, which employs 50,000 people across the US, now requires employees to stay home from work on paid sick leave for five days after their symptoms have disappeared. But even when they are entitled to sick leave, many Americans don't take it. More than a quarter of workers surveyed in 2014 by public health agency NSF said they always go to work when they are ill. The hard-driving, long hours culture of the American workplace is no place to risk being seen as a slacker. "Any real business venture, besides government employment, when you say you have a 'nine-to-five' it's more like you have an 'eight-to-seven', at least in DC, and especially in New York City," says Nicholas Scheeberger, a 30- year-old technology sales executive, from Washington DC. "It's like an unspoken understanding. Your boss isn't going to tell you you need to stay and work extra, but if you are the guy that gets in at nine and goes home at five every day, you are probably not going to last. " Scheeberger says he had no problem with the lack of paid leave when he worked as a bartender - casual employment suits those marking time between "real jobs", who make most of their income from tips. Now that he has an office job, he has two weeks' vacation and "seven to 10 sick days" - but there is pressure not to use the entitlement. "Don't get me wrong - there are plenty of people who call in when they are hungover. But it's more - even if you are sick and there is something of importance, you absolutely need to be at work. " If there is a big client meeting or seminar, he adds, "unless you are on your deathbed, chances are you are going to work". Polls suggest the American public are strongly in favour of paid sick leave - but progress towards it has been slow. Some states, such as California and New York, have passed their own laws. As a result, an estimated 11.3 million American workers now have the right to some form of paid leave. Hillary Clinton has vowed to introduce 12 weeks' paid family leave and sick leave if she wins the presidential election. Donald Trump has yet to comment on the issue, although he has backed paid maternity leave. The Obama administration's attempts to introduce paid leave ran into stiff opposition on Capitol Hill. Republicans argued it would hurt small businesses and lead to job losses - and scoffed at the idea that America could learn lessons from supposedly less hard-working European nations.

2016-09-15 23:04 By Brian www.bbc.co.uk

61 Why is the US 'tampon tax' so hated? California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill to end a sales tax on feminine hygiene products, a levy that has sparked worldwide debate. The so-called tampon tax is a sales tax on feminine hygiene products which are used to absorb menstrual blood. Necessities such as food and medicine are exempt from the tax, but some states do not include tampons and pads. Advocates have decried the tax as an unfair burden on women since tampons are not considered a luxury. The Democratic governor cited fiscal concerns over his decision to block the bipartisan bill. Tampon tax paid around the world "Each of these bills creates a new tax break or expands an existing tax break," Mr Brown said in a statement. The governor also vetoed several similar bills, including one to end tax on nappies, arguing the measures would reduce state revenue by $300m (£227m) in the coming year. Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, who authored the bill, lambasted the veto, vowing to "keep pushing until we get it done". There is no "tampon tax" which specifically is pointed at feminine products, but many US states do not exempt the product from the regular state sales tax. The average statewide sales tax is 6.25%, but in some cases, can run as high as 10.25% like in Chicago, due to city and county surcharges. The tampon tax debate has gained momentum as a global movement in part due to a social media push to end the stigma surrounding menstruation through hashtag campaigns such as #HappyToBleed and #FreeTheTampons. In 2015, a London woman went viral after she ran the marathon without using feminine hygiene products to draw attention to the issue. 'Tampon tax': How much do women pay for periods? The same year, Republican Donald Trump stirred controversy after he referred to Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly as having had "blood coming out of her wherever," prompting the hashtag #PeriodsAreNotAnInsult. President Barack Obama also underscored the issue when he said he had "no idea" why tampons were taxed as a luxury item in some states earlier this year. Just 13 of the 50 US states have no tax on feminine hygiene products. In 2016 alone, 15 states introduced legislation or proposed debate to eliminate the tampon tax. Last month a Florida woman filed a class-action lawsuit against several state agencies and major retailers with the aim of repealing Florida's sales tax on tampons and reimbursing consumers with millions of dollars. American consumers spent $3.1bn (£2.3bn) on tampons and other feminine hygiene products last year, according to market research firm Euromonitor . The average woman menstruates from the ages of 12 to 50 and tampons in the US cost roughly $7 (£5.30) for a box of 36. New York officials estimate that by exempting feminine hygiene products from its sales tax, consumers save about $10m (£7.5m) a year in purchasing tampons, pads and other similar products. Meanwhile, the California tax brings in upwards of $20m (£15m) annually, according to Ms Garcia. Last July, Canada eliminated its national goods and services tax on menstrual products while several countries have cut the tax. Online petitions prompted countries such as Britain, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to end the practice while French lawmakers voted to reduce its tax on sanitary products from 20% to 5.5% following protests last year. Australia also launched a campaign to end a 10% Goods and Services (GST) tax, but the country's states and territories decided to keep the tax on feminine products in 2015.

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62 In pictures: Isle of Wight hosts Bestival Thousands of music lovers have headed to Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight for Bestival. Here's our selection of some of the sights from the four- day festival, which runs until Sunday.

2016-09-15 23:04 www.bbc.co.uk

63 In pictures: Ladybirds, geckos and gorillas The winners have been announced in this year's Royal Photographic Society's International Images for Science competition. The contest was open to both amateur and professional photographers, who could submit entries in three age- specific categories: 17 and under, 18–25 and 26 and over. This shot of a ladybird covered in raindrops was entered by Mostafa Ghroz. The competition called for submissions covering all aspects of science from medicine and zoology to engineering and astronomy. This shot of a camping stove heat plume by Phred Petersen won the gold award in the 26 and over category. The judges selected 100 images from more than 2,500 entries. Anup Deodhar was awarded the silver medal in the 26 and over section for this photo of a fan-throated lizard in Maharashtra, India. The bronze award in the same category went to Alex Class for this long- exposure image of a bridge at night. Teresa Zgoda triumphed in the in the 18-25 age group with this gold medal- winning shot of an Obelia hydroid. This year 450 entries came from the 17 and under age group. Jessica Chatburn was awarded the gold medal for this shot of sea nettle jellyfish (Chrysaora fuscescens). The competition judges had one criterion – that the images needed to be visually appealing but also have a science story to tell. Pedro Jarque, a photographer from Lima, Peru, submitted this gorilla family portrait. Other amazing entries included this shot of water droplets caught on a spider's web, magnifying the flora behind it. The picture, titled Miniature World, was made by Hiep Nguyen. A nine-month-old male Kurzhaar dog with hyperplastic persistent pupillary membrane (HPPM) was the subject of Pier Luigi Dodi's entry. Ian Cook entered this image of a New Caledonian crested gecko moistening its eye. Geckos live in warm regions the world over. With about 1,450 known species, they account for 25% of all known lizard species. A freezing bubble created by mixing soap with invisible ink was photographed by Don Komarechka. Richard Beech's entry captured colourful paint bouncing to the vibrations of music on top of a sound speaker. "Last year my garden flooded, as it does every year, and I noticed an ant colony moving nest sites, " says photographer Matt Doogue. "I was lucky enough to capture these ants transferring larvae. " Sawfly larvae devour a leaf in Anthony Cooper's entry. The Milky Way is pictured above the clouds in the Himalayas in Nepal by Yevhen Samuchenko. The 2016 International Images for Science exhibition runs until 17 October at The Crystal, Royal Victoria Docks, London, before touring the UK.

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64 Abducted 6-year-old girl found alive, chained to a tree NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N. C. – Six-year-old Stefanny Lenneth Lopez-Castro, who was abducted from her home in the Royal Palms community off Carolina Beach Road Wednesday night, has been found alive. Officials said that Lopez- Castro was found Thursday morning about two miles from where she was taken and is doing well. Douglas Edwards, 46, of Wilmington is in custody. Edwards, who was picked up in New Hanover County Thursday morning, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping. While authorities would not release any more public information on Edwards outside of a courtroom, he is listed on the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry. According to public records, Edwards was convicted in 1996 of first-degree sexual offense and indecent liberties with a minor. The victim was 6 years old at the time. Sheriff McMahon said Edwards was under surveillance all night and officials took him into custody Thursday morning; he didn’t say where. McMahon says the community stepped forward to help with leads. “I have a granddaughter at that age,” McMahon said, getting emotional at the news conference. “It’s personal when this is in our community and this stuff doesn’t normally happen, so this is very personal and it should be to everybody.” A friend of the family said Lopez-Castro was taken to the hospital for treatment. A spokesperson for New Hanover Regional Medical Center sent the following statement from Castro’s family: The family asked for privacy while they rejoice in Castro’s return. Earlier Thursday morning, authorities were searching for the missing girl along River Rd. A witness involved in the rescue said the girl was found chained to a tree in a wooded area. The man said he was flagged down on River Rd. while driving to work. Authorities asked if he had any bolt cutters; he did not. The witness gave authorities a battery-operated saw and they went into the woods to cut the girl free. The man said he walked back and saw Lopez-Castro lying on her back. He said she did not say a word and seemed very calm.

2016-09-15 19:59 Ashton Edwards fox13now.com

65 Kate Moss lets her hair down as she attends London perfume launch in vintage leopard print blazer There were cheers all round as supermodel Kate Moss helped close friend Charlotte Tilbury celebrate the launch of her debut fragrance on Thursday evening. The Croydon born star, 42, made a typically commanding entrance at Covent Garden Piazza by opting for a vintage leopard print blazer, beneath which a plunging black top exposed her cleavage. Carefully buttoned and snug at the waist, the wide lapelled blazer served to accentuate her famously slender physique. Scroll down for video So too did the model’s simple black leggings, an understated addition to an otherwise busy ensemble, and they ensured her slim legs were on display as she made her way inside the central London venue. Kate completed her evening wear with a pair of gold strappy heels, while chandelier earrings and a simple gold neck chain proved to be tasteful accessories. The party loving supermodel appeared to be in her element as she rubbed shoulders with guests including Made In Chelsea star Mark-Francis Vandelli and Emma McQuiston, Viscountess of Weymouth at the launch of Charlotte's debut perfume, Scent of a Dream. Kate acts as the face of forthcoming fragrance in a tastefully shot promotional campaign from Norwegian fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø. Reflecting on the shoot, the celebrated model told Vogue that her professional chemistry with make-up artist and designer Charlotte was instant. 'Charlotte and I have always had this instant, naughty chemistry - we danced side by side together during the shoot,' she said. 'Charlotte has this electric passion and energy for life - she's a bit magical. It felt totally natural to do her first fragrance campaign together.' The make up artist was equally complimentary about Kate, admitting she was the perfect choice. 'She encompasses everything that is ethereal and powerful about this perfume,' she said. 'I have known Kate for 25 years now, and have had so many incredible experiences with her… she gets me, and she gets the scent. 'She instinctively knew how to convey on camera the way that this scent is a portal for love, light, power, positivity and sex. She is the ultimate modern day icon.' Thursday's event included a special performance from Candi Staton, and Kate appeared to be in high spirits as she watched the veteran songstress perform. Making her way to the front, the model was clearly in the mood to dance while Cand dusted off an array of hits from her back catalogue.

2016-09-15 19:58 Jason Chester www.dailymail.co.uk

66 Air raids kill 23 civilians in jihadist-held Syria town: monitor Twenty-three civilians including nine children were killed in air strikes on a town in eastern Syria held by the Islamic State jihadist group on Thursday, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it did not know whether Syrian regime or Russian warplanes carried out the strikes on Al- Mayadin in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. A US-Russian brokered truce in force since Monday does not include areas where IS is present.

2016-09-15 19:58 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

67 67 Retired teacher, 80, breaks both legs in birthday paragliding accident A retired teacher who decided to celebrate his 80th birthday by paragliding has broken both his legs in a crash landing. Mike Pont, who has suffered from recurring skin cancer and previously lost an eye in a road accident, attempted the ‘Geriatrics Jump’ to raise money for Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare. But after suffering the accident, having leaped more than 165 metres off the South Downs, the pensioner said he was “really pleased” he managed to complete the challenge. Mr Pont, from Little Horsted, East Sussex, decided to take on the fundraiser to confront his fear of heights. He has previously had both knees replaces and also a replacement hip. Before attempting the feat, he wrote on his online fundraising page: “I have taken a break from my partial sanity to complete a paragliding jump. "As you may know I turned 80 a few months ago and not content with permanently marking myself with my first tattoo, I thought I'd risk life and limb by paragliding off from the Sussex Downs. Let's see if my knee and hip replacements can take it. " He made the leap dressed as a Spitfire pilot as a tribute to a war-time pilot he had witnessed being killed after bailing out of his aircraft at Dallington, near Heathfield. After the crash landing, Mr Pont was rushed to the Royal Sussex Hospital County Hospital, in Brighton, and is now at home. Nigel Mason, Raystede's chief executive, said: "He's such a remarkable man and was so determined to do the jump, we hope he recovers soon. "We spoke to Mike's wife and she told us that he is really pleased he managed to do the jump still, but it is such a shame he's suffering so much now. "

2016-09-15 19:57 Adam Boult www.independent.ie

68 University teacher lockout ends; contract talks continue NEW YORK (AP) — About 400 university faculty members who were locked out for 12 days over a bitterly contested contract went back to teaching on Thursday. The lockout action by Long Island University in Brooklyn that suddenly left professors without health insurance or access to email also deprived about 8,000 students of their teachers. The professors were replaced by substitutes, many of whom students said were unqualified to teach particular subjects. The Long Island University Faculty Federation union reached an agreement late Wednesday with the private university to extend the contract to May 31, 2017, allowing bargaining to continue. On Thursday, students and teachers scrambled to get back to normal. Faculty members agreed to refrain from striking during negotiations and accepted a proposal to engage a mediator. The university's chief operating officer, Gale Haynes, said the union's commitment not to strike during this academic year "provides us enough runway to reach a reasonable and fair agreement, while providing our students the ability to continue their studies uninterrupted. " Full professors and adjuncts were locked out of the university's Brooklyn campus a few days before classes were to start on Sept. 7. The faculty contract expired Aug. 31. The university had said professors rejected a proposed contract that would have cut salaries and hours for new adjunct professors, who represent about half the teaching staff, while offering existing faculty average raises of more than 13 percent over five years. Classes started last week with the replacement teachers. Some ended quickly after attendance was taken or a syllabus was handed out, students said. And science laboratories were canceled because those in charge must have safety licenses. The faculty federation, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, has filed a charge of unfair labor practice against the university alleging bad-faith bargaining. The university also has a Long Island campus, which was unaffected by the labor troubles. Another sticking point in negotiations was that tenured professors at the Brooklyn campus are paid less than those at its Long Island campus, LIU Post. LIU spokeswoman Jennifer Solomon said the differences in salaries between the Brooklyn and Long Island faculty are a result of salary structures requested by the union in previous contracts. 2016-09-15 19:57 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

69 Beatles fan Liam Gallagher and girlfriend Debbie enjoy date night at premiere of Eight Days A Week documentary He is an enormous Beatles fan, even naming his son Lennon after the late singer John. So it was no surprise to see Liam Gallagher arriving at the world premiere of director Ron Howard's The Beatles: Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years, in London's Leicester Square, on Thursday night. Sporting a shaggy haircut which looked like it hailed straight from the 1960s, the 43-year-old singer arrived with girlfriend Debbie Gwyther who sported leather trousers and a velvet jacket. The former Oasis frontman looked typically casual in a dark blue hoodie, trousers and purple shoes. The documentary screening, which tells the story of the band's touring years, features behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and unheard music. The Mancunian joined Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Madonna at the event. Ever since Oasis first broke on to the scene with their hit album Definitely Maybe topping the charts in 1994, Liam, and his older brother Noel have made no secret of their love of the 1960s band. 'John Lennon means everything to me,' Liam previously told the NME. 'I wouldn't say he's a better songwriter than McCartney, I'd say they're both different but great. But I like Lennon's stuff more because it's a bit more beautiful, and it's more mad. 'As a songwriter, I don't think anyone's touched Lennon and I don't know if they ever will.' Older brother Noel has been equally effusive, citing The Beatles as a major influence on his life and work. 'The first guitar that I ever bought when I actually had some money was an Epiphone, it's what they used to play,' he once told NME. 'They mean a great deal to me musically. They're just the greatest thing in music that ever was.' Meanwhile, Liam recently revealed he was headed for a dark time before he met Debbie. In a recent interview with Q Magazine , Liam explained that the years following the break-up of Oasis and the disintegration of his last band Beady Eye had been tumultuous. Labelling the last few years as 'emotional', 'eye-opening' and 'mind-bending', the Mancunian rock star said he had met his girlfriend just in time. 'Debbie saved me. No bulls**t,' Liam revealed. 'Debbie swooped me up as I was falling, she just said, "Stop being a d***head. "' And it seems the brunette beauty helped Liam out of his downward spiral by introducing him to a world outside of Primrose Hill and Hampstead. He explained: 'She got me out of the house, introduced me to all kinds of people outside my world, got me doing new things. 'I’ve lived in London a long time, but I only really knew Hampstead. She took me to new places. I’ve been to Dalston, man.' Liam has been dating Debbie since his split with Nicole Appleton back in 2013.

2016-09-15 19:56 Ellie Genower www.dailymail.co.uk

70 Navigating Rio can be tough for those with disabilities RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Inside the Olympic Park, there are ramps, strategically placed railings, tactile paving inside venues, and more. It's evident that experts designed the grounds for the Summer Games and Paralympics to be accessible to people with disabilities. But outside the venues is a different story. For those with disabilities, navigating Rio de Janeiro can range from inconvenient to daunting, something Brett Gravatt can attest to. Gravatt is a student at Penn State who uses a wheelchair and is part of a journalism class visiting Brazil to help supplement coverage of the Paralympics for The Associated Press. Though the students are staying in a business hotel close to the main grounds, the morning commute for Gravatt through a recently developed neighborhood involves navigating his way down a dirt path, through weeds, rocks and tree roots. His classmates walk along a sidewalk that is not smoothly paved, but made of flat stones, each several inches high, with a big space between them. "Separate but equal," Gravatt jokes, as he makes way to the rapid transit station, which has a handicapped entrance and space on the bus for a wheelchair. It's just a taste of what life in Rio — a place with glaring contrasts between haves and have nots — is like, advocates for the disabled community say. While some improvements have been made to the sprawling city of more than 6 million to improve access for all its citizens in the run up to the Olympics and Paralympics, including a new commuter rail line, even organizers agree the situation is far from perfect. "I mean, officially, all of the venues here are accessible and they are more accessible than anywhere else in the city," said Mario Andrada, spokesman for the Rio organizing committee. "But if you have an accessibility expert he or she will find a lot of black holes. " It doesn't take much to make life harder. On a recent night at the track and field stadium, for example, someone parked an official Rio 2016 car so close to the access ramp that no one in a wheelchair could use it -- instead leaving a curb at least 3 inches high to negotiate. And even in Centro, Rio's upscale downtown neighborhood, the mosaic-style sidewalk does not lend itself to anyone in a wheelchair or who has trouble getting over uneven surfaces. On paper, the rights of the disabled are well-established in this nation of more than 200 million people. "In Brazil, we have great laws but they're not enforced" said Teresa Costa d'Amaral, founder of the Brazilian Institute for the Rights of the Disabled Person, a group that files civil suits to help protect the rights of disabled citizens. "It's not the laws that are the problem it's our government. " The issue is far worse for the city's poor, she said. "If you live in a favela you often have to stay home unless you have friends or family to carry you in and out," Costa D'Amaral said, a narrative 38-year-old Carmen Lucia Mansur knows well. Mansur was born with a congenital birth defect affecting her legs and limiting her mobility. Mansur has four children, and her 18-year-old son, Yuri, was born with the same birth defect. Both Mansur and Yuri have undergone multiple surgeries, fully covered by the Brazilian government, to improve their condition. Mansur's abilities have improved dramatically, whereas Yuri's have not. The young man must rely on crutches to walk. As a result of many medical absences Yuri has been held back in school. At age 18, he began high school this year. He was initially set to attend a local school with his neighborhood friends, but discovered that the school only had stairs and was not accessible. So he had to attend a different high school, Frederico Fellini, because it was equipped with ramps. But that caused another problem: Although the school itself is more accessible, getting there is difficult. Mansur met with the principal to request transportation for her son because of his disability: That was denied. The principal says the school doesn't provide transportation to anyone. Yuri attempted to take the public bus to school on his own, but found that, once he made his way to the distant stop, if he was alone the driver would not stop. "I worked for three years, then I had to choose between work and my kid who has a disability and I opt for my kid. Now I'm unemployed, and on a daily basis it's difficult to get him on a bus," Mansur said. Yuri said the greatest difficulty is when he gets off his bus and begins his journey home. He described making his way up 41 stairs. "I go up five or six steps, and then I take a break, and go," he said. Costa d'Amaral is skeptical there will be long-lasting change made in the city as a result of the games. "I always said it was 'errado,' wrong, to ask to do the Paralympic Games in a city that does not respect disabled people," she said. But Andrada says the city has come a long way in the past seven years, since the games were awarded to Rio. "The capacity of Rio public transportation for wheelchair people was eight (at the time)," he said. "We had two vans that could carry eight people - just the Dutch delegation has more than 160 people in a wheelchair. " Andrada conceded that "we (the city) are behind" but says he believes "the games will help changing the mindset, but it will take at least a solid generation before Rio can be considered totally accessible. " Mansur's son Yuri noted that, at a time when Brazil's government is in turmoil, it's hard to tell whether the Paralympics will have a lasting impact. But they did in the short term. "I've seen some improvements in the city in terms of ramps, the pavement on the streets. In my neighborhood, I've seen these improvements," he said. "For me, if the games weren't here things would have stayed the same. " ___ Shannon Ryan and Brett Gravatt are journalism students at Penn State University. Penn State and Georgia are partnering with The Associated Press to supplement coverage of the 2016 Paralympics.

2016-09-15 19:56 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

71 Obama: Oceans key to protecting planet from climate change WASHINGTON (AP) — Creating the Atlantic Ocean's first marine national monument is a needed response to dangerous climate change, oceanic dead zones and unsustainable fishing practices, President Barack Obama said Thursday. The new Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument consists of nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the New England coast. It's the 27th time that Obama has created or enlarged a national monument. "If we're going to leave our children with oceans like the ones that were left to us, then we're going to have to act and we're going to have to act boldly," Obama said at a State Department conference. More than 20 countries represented at the meeting were also announcing the creation of their own marine protected areas. Monument designations come with restrictions on certain activities. The White House said the designation will lead to a ban on commercial fishing, mining and drilling, though a seven-year exception will occur for the lobster and red crab industries. Others, such as whiting and squid harvesters, have 60 days to transition out. Recreational fishing will be allowed within the monument. Supporters of the new monument say protecting large swaths of ocean from human stresses can sustain important species and reduce the toll of climate change. Fishermen worry it will become harder for them to earn a living as a result of Obama's move. "This is deplorable," said Grant Moore, president of the Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association, in describing the designation. White House officials said the administration listened to industry's concerns, and noted the monument is smaller than originally proposed and contains a transition period for companies. Obama said helping oceans become more resilient to climate change will help fishermen. Jon Williams, president of the Atlantic Red Crab Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts, said his company will survive, but the changes designed to address some of the industry's concerns don't sway him about the merits of the monument. "We've been fishing out there for 35 years," Williams said. "It's a big blow to us. " Obama said the world was asking too much of its oceans. He said the investments the U. S. and other nations were taking with new marine protected areas were vital for their economy and national security, but "also vital to our spirit. " He noted that he had spent his own childhood looking out over the ocean shores and being humbled by the endless expanse. "I know that in a contest between us and the oceans, eventually the oceans will win one way or the other," he said. "So it's up to us to adapt, not the other way around. " In all, the Atlantic Ocean monument will include three underwater canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon and four underwater mountains. It is home to such protected species as the sperm, fin and sei whales, and Kemp's ridley turtles. Expeditions also have found species of coral found nowhere else on earth. Environmental groups pushed the effort to designate the new monument and sought to make the case it was as important to be good stewards of the ocean as it was the land and air. They described the monument, located about 130 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, as one of the least fished areas in the U. S. Atlantic, which is part of why it was chosen. Their efforts proved persuasive with a president who is also looking to establish his own legacy as a protector of the environment. Obama noted that he has protected more land and water through monument designations than any president in history. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Rob Bishop, the Republican chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, said Obama "will certainly leave his legacy — on the backs of fishermen and our entire domestic seafood supply. " But Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said the monument "will protect countless species and habitats from irreversible damage, advance key research, and support critical jobs that depend on healthy oceans. " ___ Associated Press writers Jennifer McDermott in Providence, Rhode Island, and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report. ___ On Twitter, reach Kevin Freking at https://twitter.com/APkfreking

2016-09-15 19:56 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

72 72 Oklahoma man to return to California to face murder charges SAPULPA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused in California of the 1973 shotgun slayings of two girls has agreed to waive extradition and return to the state to face murder charges. Creek County District Attorney Max Cook said Thursday that 65-year-old Larry Don Patterson waived extradition during a hearing before a judge in the Oklahoma county, which is just southwest of Tulsa. Patterson was being held without bond in the Creek County Jail, but Cook says he believes California officials will return Patterson to the state "fairly quickly. " A law enforcement task force arrested Patterson on Tuesday in the rural town of Oakhurst, Oklahoma. Patterson's cousin, 65-year-old William Lloyd Harbour, was arrested in California. Both men face murder charges in the deaths of 12-year-old Valerie Janice Lane and 13-year-old Doris Karen Derryberry.

2016-09-15 19:55 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

73 Ralph Lauren, inspired by American West, stops traffic during show NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Veteran fashion designer Ralph Lauren staged his first runway-to-retail show promoting his September collection, an American West-influenced affair that turned heads and stopped traffic on Madison Avenue during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday night. The runway was built between two of Lauren's flagship stores, spanning an entire city block. "This location is sort of my part of the city that says 'Ralph Lauren' on all quarters of the corner," Lauren said in a video that was made available to the media. "So it's very exciting to be back here, I have two beautiful stores of fashion. I have a children's store, and it's a great part of New York. " Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour, actresses Julianne Moore and Jessica Alba and model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sat near the glass runway in the front row. The collection, Lauren said in a statement, was inspired by the "rugged beauty and romance of the American West," and made use of different shades of earth tones and black and white. Many of Lauren's models strutted down the runway wearing leather choker necklaces and cowboy hats. "It's fun. I think it's energy that I like, a lot of fun things and a lot of beautiful, I think it's beautiful clothes," Lauren said. "And at the same time, it's got an energy that is universal. " Flowy, feminine dresses and sharp-cut pants were paired with classically Western elements including embroidery, Southwestern blanket and beacon patterns, distressed leather and fringed suede. The collection was immediately made available to consumers through Lauren's online and offline stores and retail partners. (Reporting by Elly Park in New York; Writing by Melissa Fares; Editing by Matthew Lewis)

2016-09-15 19:55 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

74 Locals pick through the rubble of a Yemen factory destroyed in a Saudi bombing campaign which uses British weapons, as MPs argue whether to halt arms deals with the kingdom Sales of UK weapons which could be used in Saudi Arabia's bombing campaign in Yemen should stop after allegations of human rights breaches, a parliamentary report has said. The recommendation, in a Commons report, comes as Yemenis picked through the debris after Saudi air strikes - which have previously used British arms - reduced a water pipe factory to rubble. The report alleges 'clear violations' of international human rights law, including one occasion when two missiles struck a wedding party, killing 47 civilians - among them 21 women and 15 children - and injuring 58 more. An independent inquiry should now be set up to investigate whether British vendors should have known that weapons would likely be used for human rights breaches by the Saudis, the report says. Until then, the sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia - which has been heavily criticised for their brutal treatment of Shia rebels known as the Houthis - should be halted, the House of Commons Business and International Development Committees said. But MPs are deeply split over the issue, with a conflicting government report released at the same time insisting that exports should only be blocked if UK courts rule that the weapons sales are unlawful. The decision to publish the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report at the same time shows the depth of controversy over claims that UK-made armaments are being used in indiscriminate bombing raids by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. International medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has accused the coalition of war crimes for an air strike on its hospital which killed at least 11 last month. An internal investigation launched by Saudi Arabia has been slammed as inadequate by campaigners, including the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), which is taking legal action to seek the suspension of arms export licences to the country. The FAC's Conservative chairman Crispin Blunt is understood to have drawn up the rival document after objecting to proposals to issue the call for immediate suspension under the banner of the House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) - a panel which brings together the cross-party committees for Business, Foreign Affairs, Defence and International Development. Reports suggested that Mr Blunt walked out of a private meeting of the CAEC to prevent a vote being taken on the draft report, which he regarded as one-sided. Meanwhile, the Defence Committee has given no indication of whether it intends to publish its own report. Conservative MP Chris White, who chaired the CAEC inquiry into the exports and is a member of the Business Committee, said: 'The UK led the way in establishing international humanitarian law to govern the sale of arms. The conflict in Yemen has raised serious concerns that we are not showing equal determination in ensuring that these are respected. 'During this inquiry we have heard evidence from respected sources that weapons made in the UK have been used in contravention of International Humanitarian Law. The Government can no longer wait and see and must now take urgent action, halting the sale of arms to the Saudi-led coalition until we can be sure that there is no risk of violation. 'We call on the Government to continue the UK's long-standing commitment to IHL and lead the international community in establishing a strong, independent inquiry. The circumstances surrounding incidents in Yemen, such as allegations of the use of cluster bombs, must be firmly established and send a clear message to all combatants in Yemen that human rights must be respected. 'The current system for overseeing the sale of arms must be improved. At present we do not have sufficient transparency to hold licensing decisions to account or the confidence that the benchmarks ensuring human rights law is respected are high enough. This must be addressed immediately.' Labour MP Stephen Twigg, chair of the International Development Committee, added: 'We remain unconvinced that Saudi Arabia is best placed to investigate reports of breaches of humanitarian law - progress so far has been too slow. 'It is important to remember that both sides to the conflict are potentially involved in breaches of humanitarian law and without credible investigations, neither side is being held accountable for their actions.' Arms trade law made clear that export licences should not be granted 'where there is a clear risk that they might be used in a serious violation of IHL', said Mr Twigg. He added: 'It is hard to understand how a reliable licence assessment process would not have concluded that there is a clear risk of misuse of at least some arms exports to Saudi Arabia.' The FAC report backed an independent UN-led investigation into allegations of human rights violations, but said that the courts are the most appropriate body to decide whether the Government has broken the law by permitting continued sales. 'Saudi Arabia is a key partner of the United Kingdom in addressing our shared challenges in the Middle East,' said Mr Blunt. 'I am yet to hear any persuasive argument for how we better secure our many strategic objectives in the region without a strong relationship with Saudi Arabia. 'This includes bringing about a political solution to the current conflict in Yemen, that was so deplorably precipitated by the armed Houthi rebellion in 2014. 'However, the massive British interest in continued UK- Saudi relations cannot override our wider legal and moral obligations. 'It is crucial that the UK does everything in its power to ensure full compliance with international humanitarian law by the Saudi-led coalition.' Mr Blunt said there was 'a clear need for a wider discussion' on the suitability of the laws governing arms exports.

2016-09-15 19:54 James Dunn www.dailymail.co.uk

75 UN pleads for Syria aid access after truce extended The United Nations urged Syria's government Thursday to allow immediate aid deliveries to hunger-stricken civilians after a fragile ceasefire was extended for 48 hours by Russia and the United States. In a sign of renewed tensions between the two powers, who back opposing sides in the conflict, key regime ally Moscow accused Washington of failing to meet its obligations under the truce. The UN said 20 trucks loaded with aid had crossed into a buffer zone between Turkey and Syria, voicing hope the supplies could be delivered to besieged rebel-held districts of Aleppo city on Friday. "They've been waiting and sleeping at the border now for 48 hours. So they could go on a minute's notice," said Jan Egeland, head of the UN humanitarian taskforce for Syria. The ceasefire deal calls for the demilitarisation of the key Castello Road into the city, and Russia said on Thursday afternoon that Syrian armed forces were "fulfilling their obligations and have started a gradual withdrawal" from the route. - 'The clock is ticking' - Washington said late Wednesday that US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov had spoken and agreed to prolong the ceasefire which began on Monday. But hours later Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov slammed the US for what he called "rhetorical fog" intended "to hide the fact that it is not fulfilling its part of the obligations". "As of the third day (of the truce), only the Syrian army is observing the regime of silence. At the same time, the 'moderate opposition' led by the US is increasing the amount of attacks on residential districts," Konashenkov said. The truce, agreed after marathon US-Russia talks in Geneva last week, is part of the latest bid to end a five-year conflict that has killed more than 300,000 people. It aims to halt fighting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebel factions, but does not include jihadists like the Islamic State group (IS). The UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said Thursday that the truce was holding "by and large". But promised authorisation from Damascus for large-scale humanitarian convoys had not yet been received. "This is something that is required to happen immediately," de Mistura told reporters in Geneva. East Aleppo, where around 250,000 civilians are besieged by government forces, is a major concern for humanitarian organisations. The ceasefire extension "provides us a critical window of opportunity to assist the people in need in east Aleppo," said David Swanson, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "That being said, the clock is ticking and time is of the essence. " Forty trucks carrying food for 80,000 people were at the Syrian-Turkish border waiting for the green light to go to Aleppo about 70 kilometres (44 miles) away, said Swanson. - 'We're going to starve' - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, had said earlier on Thursday that government and rebel fighters were still on the Castello Road and the army was unwilling to pull back until the opposition forces did so. Eastern Aleppo is in desperate need of humanitarian aid after weeks of heavy fighting, and a government siege that has lasted most of the past two months, with no aid entering since early July. Markets in east Aleppo have little to sell besides locally grown aubergines, parsley and other herbs. "We were dying from shelling before, and now we're going to starve to death," said Abu Ibrahim, 53. The deal calls for the truce to be renewed every 48 hours, and for Washington and Moscow to begin unprecedented joint targeting of jihadists like IS and former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front if it lasts a week. There remains deep scepticism about whether the truce will hold. The opposition has yet to officially sign on, and hours before the ceasefire began Assad said he was committed to recovering all of Syria. France on Thursday called for Washington to disclose details of the truce deal to its allies bombing jihadists in the war-torn country. If the deal does hold, it could open the door to new peace talks to resolve the conflict, with Russia saying the UN envoy could invite government and opposition representatives to new talks "at the very beginning of October".

2016-09-15 19:53 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

76 Police may face criminal charges over black student left in vegetative state after nightclub arrest Five police officers face possible criminal charges over an incident outside a nightclub that left a black student in a vegetative state. Julian Cole, 23, an athlete and sports science student, suffered brain damage and a spinal injury known to medics as a “hangman’s fracture” during the incident near Elements nightclub in Bedford on 6 May 2013. He is now paralysed and living in a care home because he needs 24-hour nursing care. After claiming an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigation had “ground to a halt”, Mr Cole’s family began campaigning to “get to the truth”, saying they had been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement which started in response to allegations of excessive force by racist police in the US. The IPCC has now referred five Bedfordshire Police officers who attended the nightclub incident to the Crown Prosecution Service. Revealing that the officers may also face internal police disciplinary proceedings, an IPCC spokesman said:“ As well as a referral to the CPS over possible criminal charges, the IPCC report finds that in the investigator’s opinion there may be case to answer for: “gross misconduct in the case of all five officers for the manner they carried out their duties and responsibilities; “gross misconduct in the case of four of the officers for honesty and integrity; and misconduct in the case of one officer for use of force.” The IPCC stressed: “A referral to the CPS is made when the IPCC investigation indicates that a criminal offence may have been committed. It does not mean that criminal charges will necessarily follow. The CPS will decide whether charges should be brought, based on the test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.” The watchdog added that it would be for the Bedfordshire force and the IPCC Commissioner to decide whether to start internal police disciplinary proceedings against the five officers. IPCC Deputy Chair Sarah Green said: “This has been a complex and lengthy investigation involving examination of over 900 documents, interviews with witnesses, a number of medical expert opinions, CCTV trawls and forensic analysis. “We are now satisfied we have gathered all the available evidence to enable the Crown Prosecution Service to determine whether or not charges should follow. We have kept Mr Cole’s family and Bedfordshire police updated on our progress.” The Cole Family Truth Campaign says that the incident occurred after Mr Cole and his friends were asked to leave the nightclub. The family say Mr Cole returned alone to the club, seemingly intent on asking the venue to refund his entrance money. Previous news reports have stated that Mr Cole, who is 5ft 5in tall, was unarmed. He was initially arrested on suspicion of a public order offence. The case, however, was dropped because of his condition. Earlier newspaper reports have suggested that the officers have denied wrongdoing. Mr Cole’s mother Claudia Cole, told the BBC the announcement was “welcome” but had taken too long. “It has been the hardest three years waiting for the IPCC investigation to conclude,” she said. “Julian is still alive, but it cannot be said that he is really living.”

2016-09-15 19:52 Adam Lusher www.independent.ie

77 US consumer safety agency plans recall of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 - source Sept 15 (Reuters) - U. S. consumer safety agency plans a recall of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Note 7, according to a person familiar with the plans. The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Friday that owners of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should stop using the devices and turn them off because of the threat of a battery fire. The CPSC said last week it was working with Samsung to announce an official recall of the devices as soon as possible. (Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Don Sebastian)

2016-09-15 19:52 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

78 78 ECB chief economist says 60 pct of its money printing ends up in Germany By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Sixty percent of the European Central Bank's 1.2 trillion euros bond purchases were settled in Germany, the ECB's chief economist said on Thursday, exacerbating an influx of money into the euro zone's strongest economy from the rest of the bloc. German banks are sitting on a growing pile of excess cash, which, due to the ECB's negative rate on deposits, is squeezing their profits. At the same time, some lenders in weaker countries still rely on central bank liquidity.. Aggressive ECB bond-buying could go some way in explaining why these imbalances are getting worse. The bank has so far bought 1.2 trillion euros ($1.35 trillion) worth of bonds out of a current target of 1.74 trillion, in an effort to stimulate the euro zone economy and ward off deflation. ECB chief economist Peter Praet said around 60 percent of the bonds were sold to the ECB by counterparties in Germany, against just 5 percent in Spain. He added this was due to the fact that 80 percent of the ECB's purchases were from non-euro zone sellers, which in large part are connected to the euro zone payment system, Target 2, via Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank. "The Eurosystem buys securities from a range of counterparties, including many that are located outside of the euro area and which largely participate in Target 2 via the Bundesbank, leading to additional inflows of central bank money into Germany as a direct result of the asset purchase programme," Praet said at an event in Brussels. Praet said this explained growing imbalances in the Target 2 system, where Germany's claims towards the rest of the euro zone increased by around 200 billion euros since end-2014 while Spain's liabilities increased by around 125 billion euros. This stands in contrast to the 2010-12 sovereign debt crisis, when Target imbalances increased due to money leaving troubled countries to seek safety in Germany, Praet said. "The current increases should be interpreted differently from those earlier episodes: they are largely a direct result of the asset purchase programme and do not signal renewed stress in financial markets. " ($1 = 0.8898 euros) (Reporting by Francesco Canepa; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

2016-09-15 19:52 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

79 Harvard Business School Says THIS Is To Blame Strongly partisan government is to blame for a sluggish U. S. economy, concludes a study from The Harvard Business School. “The U. S. political system was once the envy of many nations. Over the last two decades, however, it has become our greatest liability. Americans no longer trust their political leaders, and political polarization has increased dramatically. Americans are increasingly frustrated with the U. S. political system,” The Harvard Business School asserts in a study entitled, “Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided,” published Thursday. The study asserts that the key to understanding how to fix the nation’s economy is to maintain competitiveness: U. S. competitiveness has been eroding since well before the Great Recession. America’s economic challenges are structural, not cyclical. The weak recovery reflects the erosion of competitiveness, as well as the inability to take the steps necessary to address growing U. S. weaknesses. In other words, the U. S. government hasn’t ensured that the American economy is competitive with the rest of the world. The majority of the study’s recommendations focus on maintaining a strong tax policy. The agenda should be simplicity and efficiency, it concludes. The high corporate tax rate and a tax on international income create burdens on the U. S. economy that shouldn’t be in place, according to the study’s authors. Additionally, personal income taxes should also be reformed to include a mandatory minimum tax amount on any income over $1 million a year. Harvard Business School also reports that the carbon tax is essential to restoring the nation’s economy. Not everyone surveyed in the study agreed with the authors, an unusual phenomenon the authors attributed to “partisan dialog” that “confused” the public. “Among the general public, many believe that the political system is obstructing economic progress. However, many Americans are unsure, which we attribute to the divisive and partisan dialog on the economy which has confused the public on many issues.” The study does note that a large portion of Americans favor term limits for House and Senate politicians, and that voters are largely unsure of what those limits should be. The struggling U. S. economy continued its slow increase in 2016, and the latest jobs numbers in August reported the entire nation only added 151,000 jobs. Follow Phillip On Twitter Have a Tip? Let us Know Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].

2016-09-15 23:04 dailycaller.com

80 African penguins released back into colony At least 2.6 billion people, over a third of the global population, live in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific where Zika could gain a new foothold, researchers warned, with 1.2 billion at risk in India alone.

2016-09-15 19:50 TMG Digital www.timeslive.co.za

81 Exports from New Mexico increase nearly 3 percent ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (AP) — Exports from New Mexico have increased nearly 3 percent in the first half of 2016 thanks in part to the state's booming border region around Santa Teresa, according to the state Economic Development Department. New numbers released this week showed that New Mexico saw around $1.96 billion in exports from January to June this year. That's an increase from $1.9 billion during the same period last year. The agency said exports to Mexico rose 17.5 percent and exports to China ballooned by about 500 percent. Economic Development Secretary Jon Barela said the growth is the result of a plan that began years ago. "Six years ago, New Hampshire did more trade with Mexico than we did," Barela said. "We knew we had to change that. " Since taking office, Gov. Susana Martinez has met with officials from Mexico on a number of occasions to promote trade. She also has visited the booming industrial border area of Santa Teresa where many international businesses have snatched up inexpensive warehouse space. Jerry Pacheco, president and CEO of the Border Industrial Association, the nonprofit group that functions as a governing body for Santa Teresa, said he wasn't surprised by the export numbers because the state's border ports have continued to see increased traffic. "The bulk of the (export) growth has been from Santa Teresa so we are excited about this," Pacheco said. "I think by the end of the year, southern New Mexico will pass central New Mexico as the largest exporter. " Pacheco said popular exports include steel, plastics, packaging materials and wiring. He credited Martinez for the export growth and for helping Santa Teresa build its infrastructure. However, New Mexico Democrats are blaming Martinez for New Mexico's stagnant economy and pointing to a half-billion-dollar budget shortfall that has stemmed from the downturn in oil and natural gas sectors and week tax revenues. "Gov. Martinez has ruined New Mexico's economy, and now we're facing a serious threat to our credit standing," said Juan Sanchez III, vice chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico. "Gov. Martinez needs to come up with a plan to fix our budget instead of waiting around and calling for cuts across the board without prioritizing New Mexico families. " The governor has repeatedly said she will not consider any proposals that call for raising taxes and negatively affecting New Mexico families. Martinez and lawmakers still have plans to hold a special session later this month, but an exact date has not been determined. ___ Follow Russell Contreras on Twitter at http://twitter.com/russcontreras. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/russell-contreras .

2016-09-15 19:50 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

82 Hand, foot and mouth outbreak strikes FSU "We've seen less than 16 cases on-site," Director of University Health Services Lesley Sacher said, adding that she was aware of more students who either called without coming in or were seen by a health care provider elsewhere in the community. The outbreak began as "a trickle" on Monday, Sacher said, noting that the infection is more common in day care centers than on college campuses. However, cases occur with regularity on college campuses, according to the American College Health Association. "Anybody who has had a child has generally seen their child come home with blisters in their mouth," she said. Along with painful mouth sores, hand, foot and mouth disease causes fever and a skin rash on both the hands and the feet. Hand, foot and mouth is "due to a virus that lives in the intestines, and it is very contagious," said William Schaffner, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University. He noted that late summer and early fall are when enteroviruses -- those related to the intestines -- seem to spread readily. That said, Dr. Christopher Houts of Powell Pediatric Care in Ohio said he's seen more cases this year than anytime in his 21 years as a pediatrician. While patients usually begin to come in during the summer, this year, they've arrived at his community practice early, beginning in the spring. "You are contagious before you are ill and during the illness, but undoubtedly people have the virus in their intestinal tract who never get ill," Schaffner said. He explained that there are also people who become infected but don't have symptoms, though they can spread the illness. "The week before, we had the hurricane," Sacher said, "so we're thinking days without electricity, hot, humid conditions make germs very happy. " How it's treated Hand, foot and mouth disease can be confused with hoof-and-mouth disease, which affects cattle, sheep and swine. "Humans do not get the animal disease, and animals do not get the human disease," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes. "Treatment is comfort measures [pain relief] and hydration," said Dr. Jennifer Shu, an Atlanta pediatrician who sees the disease often in her practice. "Luckily, most people recover within a week without problems besides some discomfort/pain in the mouth," she said, adding that the disease is "most contagious before the rash appears, so it can be difficult to avoid catching it. " There are many strains of hand, foot and mouth, and some strains cause distinct illnesses, according to Dr. Mark Pasternack of MassGeneral Hospital for Children. Outbreaks can easily occur in confined places, so "home, day care, college, the military would all be plausible situations," Pasternack said. It can be most severe in newborns, Pasternack said. Complications are rare, but if the virus spreads from the intestines to the central nervous system, a patient can get viral meningitis or viral encephalitis, with confusion and seizures and coma. If the spinal cord is affected, there could be motor weakness and difficulty walking, he said. At Florida State, patients have seen just the usual symptoms. Cleaning up after an outbreak After Monday's trickle, FSU Health Services -- a large medical care facility, with 72,000 patient visits last year -- started seeing more cases the next day. At that point, Sacher notified others at the university and called an emergency management meeting. "Not because it was an emergency," she said. "We wanted to do a full sanitation effort. " Some of the sickened students were fraternity members, so the university took the precaution of canceling a few events, including Rush Week activities on Tuesday night. Scheduled activities resumed the following evening. Sacher instructed "people to be vigilant about cleaning bathrooms, kitchens, any shared spaces, common areas both in the residence halls and in the fraternities and sororities. " Workers wiped down classrooms and went through every exam room, giving them a second cleaning with bleach-based products. Meanwhile, Sacher soldiers on, continuing with measures to communicate, educate and prevent: "We're thinking there might be one more spike, because there's an incubation period of three to five days, so we're going to be very cautious, very watchful. "This isn't my first time at the rodeo, my dear," Sacher said. "This year we had Zika, a hurricane and now this. "

2016-09-15 19:49 Susan Scutti rss.cnn.com

83 US envoy says Libya central bank must get oil income The US envoy to Libya has said Washington will support the resumption of oil exports from the politically divided country if revenues go to the UN- backed unity government. "The key is that oil won't be diverted to anyone else other than the... recognised government of Libya," Jonathan Winer told AFP on Wednesday, referring to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). Winer was speaking from Washington after forces loyal to a rival authority in eastern Libya seized four key ports in the country's so-called "oil crescent" this week and handed them over to the National Oil Company. On Thursday, the NOC announced an "immediate" resumption of oil exports from two of those ports. "Oil needs to be produced throughout the country to generate the revenues necessary to pay for salaries for the Libyan people to have the government be able to function and to be able to" provide services, Winer said. The oil "has to be exported according to lawful contracts with the proceeds going into the central bank of Libya whose main offices are in Tripoli," he added. "If the oil is going in the government's revenues and the government supports that, there is no action for the international community to take," he said. But "if oil were to be diverted towards any particular group, new bank accounts to be set up, oil being sent to parties who have not had contracts for the oil already... the US will seek to enforce UN Security Council resolutions," Winer said. If the GNA asked for international support to prevent oil from being exported, he said, the international community was "likely to provide that support". Libya has been in turmoil, with rival administrations and militias fighting for control of the oil- rich country since the 2011 revolt that ousted longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi. The unity government has been working in Tripoli since March, but has struggled to assert its control over the country, which with an estimated 48 billion barrels holds Africa's largest oil reserves. US warplanes are supporting pro-GNA forces in a battle to expel the last Islamic State group jihadists from the coastal city of Sirte, previously their North African stronghold, west of the oil crescent. The jihadists seized Sirte in June last year. "The US does not want Libyans fighting with other Libyans," said Winer. "We want Libyans to unite to fight the security threats. " "We think it's the right thing for the Libyans to talk rather than to fight with one another," the US envoy added.

2016-09-15 19:48 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

84 Canada auto talks stalled on product, union says still time for deal By Susan Taylor TORONTO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The main union representing Canada's autoworkers has made no progress in getting a commitment for fresh production from General Motors Co, but the union president said on Thursday there is still time in contract talks to hammer out a deal. Unifor, which represents more than 20,000 autoworkers, will not extend a strike deadline set for midnight Sept. 19, said National President Jerry Dias, adding that deals can come together quickly when "there's the stomach to do so. " The union's top priority is securing production of new vehicle models in Canada from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , Ford Motor and GM. GM was chosen as the union's strike target for the talks, with its deal setting a pattern for the other manufacturers. "We still have a fair bit of time," Dias said in an interview. "If we haven't had any discussions yet about product on Monday, then we know that we're in the ditch and we'll be behaving as if we're getting ready to strike. So we're going to need some messaging before that. " Unofficial changes to the federal government's auto funding program, which an industry source told Reuters will offer grants instead of taxable loans, have not yet come up in talks, Dias said. "We haven't gotten into those types of discussions yet with GM, about product. We raise it every day, but we haven't gotten anywhere," Dias said, adding that he had already met with the company three times today. "But at some time, we're going to solidify the footprint here in Canada and then there's no question the switch to a grant system is going to help significantly. " GM Canada would not comment on Unifor's view that talks have not progressed on products. Greg Moffatt, chairman of Unifor's master bargaining committee, said he was "a little disappointed" by the lack of progress. At GM's Oshawa plant, one assembly line is scheduled to shut down in 2017 and another builds vehicles that sources have told Reuters will likely move. (http://reut.rs/2bRfZzc) "We've been telling them for two and a half years that we needed to get product in our facilities," he said. "What they don't understand about that message is beyond me. " (Reporting by Susan Taylor; Editing by David Gregorio)

2016-09-15 19:46 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

85 Hillsborough police chief who said victims' families version of events was 'not the truth' should get his job back says chief watchdog The chief constable of South Yorkshire police should get his job back after he was suspended following the Hillsborough inquest, according to the Chief Inspector of Constabulary. David Crompton was suspended from his role in April this year as his force was accused of 'retelling discredited lies' at the inquests which found 96 fans were unlawfully killed at the stadium in Sheffield in 1989. In a startling report seen by Channel 4 news, Sir Tom Winsor concludes that the Police and Crime Commissioner acted unreasonably by suspending David Crompton from his job as Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police. The Chief Inspector described the decision to suspend David Crompton as 'conspicuously unfair, disproportionate and so unreasonable that I cannot understand how the PCC [Police & Crime Commissioner] has reached this view'. Mr Crompton was suspended the day after the Hillsborough inquest verdict, which ruled that police contributed to or caused the deaths of 96 football fans. As part of the dismissal proceedings, Sir Winsor is legally obliged to give his views. Crompton was also criticised after he sent an email four days before a previous report into Hillsborough claiming the families 'version of events has become "the truth even though it isn't".' South Yorkshire Police has repeatedly apologised for officers' failures, and accepted that fans were in no way to blame. But during the inquests, the police legal team angered families by raising questions about the behaviour of fans. The day after the inquest verdict Mr Crompton issued a statement insisting he had never tried to defend the failures of his force – simply to put them 'into context'. The PCC Dr Alan Billings, a Labour politician and former Anglican priest, used his powers to suspend the chief constable. In a letter to the Chief Inspector and seen by Channel 4 News, he wrote: 'I considered the Chief Constable's statement to be a monumental error of judgement' (which) '… could only heighten suspicion that what the critics were saying was right all along. That SYP [South Yorkshire Police] was a police force that would not fully accept the verdicts, but had to go on justifying itself.' The Chief Inspector disagreed, saying no one who had fairly read David Crompton's statement 'could rationally have concluded that CC Crompton was refusing to accept the verdict of the jury or rescinding the full apology already made. He plainly was not.' He added that the criticisms of the Chief Constable were 'conspicuously unfair'. Lou Brookes, whose brother Andrew Brookes died at Hillsborough told Channel 4 News: 'It was unfair to blame the survivors and the 96 victims of Hillsborough for their own deaths - that's what was unfair. And I'll tell you what else is unfair - the hell this force has put us families through and still continues to put us families through is absolutely disgraceful, absolutely appalling.' Councillors in South Yorkshire will decide Mr Crompton's fate tomorrow. Dr Billings declined to comment before the Police and Crime Panel has made its recommendation. 2016-09-15 19:46 Rebecca Taylor www.dailymail.co.uk

86 Recipe: Homemade Twix bars Homemade Twix Bars From Chef Lesli Sommerdorf for Harmons Shortbread 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour Caramel 1/4 cup sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk Chocolate 12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped Coarse sea salt for sprinkling, optional Instructions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line an 8- by 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper. To make the shortbread, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter and sugar and cream until blended and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, and mix until combined. Slowly add the flour until just barely incorporated. Lightly flour the fingers and press the dough into the prepared pan. Bake until the shortbread is golden brown, 30-40 minutes. Let cool. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat, melt the sugar and butter. Once melted, add the sweetened condensed milk. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and, stirring constantly, cook until the mixture thickens and turns light brown, about 5 minutes. Pour over the shortbread and let cool completely. Lift the shortbread out of the pan and place on a cutting board. Using a long, sharp knife, slice the caramel-topped shortbread into long, thin slices. Place the slices on a cooling rack with a rimmed baking sheet underneath. Over a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Slowly pour it over the slices of caramel-topped shortbread, using an offset spatula, if needed, to spread evenly across the top and sides. Sprinkle with sea salt, if using, and let the chocolate harden.

2016-09-15 19:45 Brooke Graham fox13now.com

87 Concealed Carry In Missouri No Longer Requires A Permit Most adults can now carry concealed weapons without a permit in Missouri, after a supermajority of Republicans in the legislature passed the bill into law Wednesday. The law allows people to carry concealed weapons anywhere it is lawful to carry weapons openly, and will take effect Jan. 1, reports Fox News. Supporters of the bill have dubbed it “constitutional carry.” Ten other states already have similar laws on the books. Missouri’s new law also includes a “stand-your-ground” measure, stipulating that citizens have a right not to retreat from danger anywhere they are lawfully present. It’s the first state to pass such a measure since 2011, although dozens of others have passed similar “stand-your-ground” laws. Democrats in the legislature hotly contested the bill, saying it could put minorities at greater risk of being shot. “The targets in our area are black boys, not pheasants,” Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal said, who represents fatally-shot Michael Brown’s hometown of Ferguson. Republicans, however, said the bill protects the rights of law-abiding citizens. “The basis of this whole bill is that it allows law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and their families,” said bill sponsor Sen. Brian Munzlinger, according to Fox News. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed the bill, but Republicans have a supermajority in the legislature. The Senate voted Wednesday to override the veto. Follow Rachel on Twitter Send tips to rachel@ dailycallernewsfoundation.org . Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact [email protected].

2016-09-15 23:04 dailycaller.com

88 FOREX-Dollar slips against yen on doubts over BOJ potency By Sam Forgione NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U. S. dollar reversed earlier gains against the yen on Thursday as traders doubted that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would be able to weaken the yen with more policy stimulus, while profit-taking and gains in commodity currencies also weighed on the greenback. The dollar rose against the yen in morning U. S. trading on expectations the BOJ could ramp up its monetary stimulus after reports in recent days that the central bank could turn more accommodative. Doubts over the BOJ's ability to weaken the yen through maneuvers such as steepening the bond yield curve, however, quickly overshadowed those expectations. Traders are also awaiting a Federal Reserve policy meeting on Sept. 20-21, the same dates as the BOJ meeting. "There are legitimate doubts about the extent to which the BOJ can influence the value of the yen, even with additional policy easing," said Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange in Washington. The BOJ shocked markets in January by cutting rates below zero for the first time in an attempt to weaken the yen, but the yen reaction was only temporary, and it has since gained more than 15 percent against the dollar. The dollar was last down 0.22 percent against the yen at 102.18 yen after hitting a session high in morning trading of 102.74 yen. Analysts also said profit-taking from the dollar's minor gains in morning trading in order to neutralize positions ahead of the Fed's policy meeting was weighing on the dollar, while gains in commodity currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars on the back of gains in oil prices were suppressing the greenback. The Australian dollar was last up 0.66 percent against the greenback at $0.7515, while the New Zealand dollar was up 0.44 percent at $0.7313. "We're obviously setting up next week for the FOMC and the BOJ, and I think there's probably a lot of squaring up of positions," said Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management in New York. Traders see just a 12 percent chance the Fed would hike rates next week, down from 15 percent on Wednesday, according to CME Group's FedWatch program. The euro was last down just 0.05 percent against the dollar at $1.1243. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last down 0.04 percent at 95.287. (Reporting by Sam Forgione; Editing by Dan Grebler and Chris Reese)

2016-09-15 19:45 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

89 Pregnant Olivia Wilde decides to take New York on foot after subway riders refused to give up their seat for her Just a day after threatening to go into labor to make rude train commuters see the error of their ways, this star opted to walk out her frustrations. Olivia Wilde was seen taking a walk around her Brooklyn neighbourhood on Thursday. The 32-year- old pregnant star looked relaxed as she strolled around in the sunshine, no doubt feeling far less stressed than she had the day before as she was left standing on the subway. The House star had vented her frustrations on Twitter when, despite being obviously very pregnant, no one on the train gave up their seat. For her stroll on Thursday, the actress showed off her eight-months-gone bump in a long grey maxi dress. The flowing frock both accommodated her pregnant belly but also allowed her to show off some leg thanks to some above-the-knee splits. While the sun was out autumn weather is knocking at New York's door, so Olivia wore a blue Vans bomber jacket. The mom-to-be wore the look with some re-imagined gladiator sandals which fastened around her ankles. The star - who carried a canvas tote - wore her brown locks tied back in a bun and added a pair of tortoiseshell sunglasses. Her walk in the sunshine was no doubt a much nicer way to get from A to B then her subway ride on Wednesday. Olivia took to Twitter with some stinging sarcasm to shame her fellow riders. 'NBD, able-bodied (subway emoji) riders who won't give your seat to a GIANT preggo,' she tweeted indignantly. 'I'll just stand riiiiight next to your head and pray I go into labor,' she continued. Fans seemed to understand the star's plight, with some offering tips, while others simply wanted to vent about the famously callous New York City subway riders. 'I'm a big fan of sustained eye contact and repeatedly jostling them with my belly,' suggested @pregnantwhiner. @rshifty was a little more aggressive with her suggestion, tweeting 'Pee on them. When they glare, say "Sorry, pregnant". Maybe THEN they'll get the hint??' However not everyone was so supportive, and Olivia couldn't resist responding to a Twitter user who shared: '1. I didn't tell u to get pregnant 2. Get an Uber (you can afford it) 3. I paid the same amt as you for the subway ride.' The star replied: '1. Eat a bag of d***s. 2. That is all.' That encouraged fellow New Yorker and dad John Legend to chime in saying, 'Deplorable'. The baby, when it arrives in a few months, will be Olivia's second child with fiance Jason Sudeikis. The couple share a three-year-old son Otis.

2016-09-15 19:45 Chelsea White www.dailymail.co.uk

90 Buzzworthy! $150million human beehive of stairs will be the centerpiece of Manhattan's Hudson Yards development Plans for Manhattan's latest public arts project were revealed on Wednesday, and the specs are certain to have New Yorkers buzzing for quite some time. Related Companies, the organization building the Hudson Yards area of Midtown West, unveiled plans for a 15-story open-air art installation that will be located in the center of the complex's five-acre plaza and garden. British designer Thomas Heatherwick, 46, came up with the $150million-dollar idea, which looks like a beehive and is made up of a series of interlocking staircases. Scroll down for video The 600-ton installation is named the 'Vessel' and is currently being constructed in parts in Monfalcone, Italy. Those parts will then be shipped to the U. S. with the goal of completing construction in August 2018. In a press release about the project, Heatherwick's London-based company, Heatherwick Studios, wrote: 'Rather than just be something to look at, Heatherwick Studio‘s design undertook the challenge of creating a landmark every inch of which could be climbed and explored. Vessel will lift the public up, offering new ways to look at New York, Hudson Yards and each other. 'Its 154 interconnecting flights of stairs, 2,400 steps and 80 landings will create a mile’s worth of pathway rising up above the public plaza. It will stand 150 feet tall, with a diameter of 50 feet at its base, widening to 150 feet at its top. Currently in fabrication in Italy, it is constructed of a structural painted steel frame with its underside surfaces covered by a polished copper-coloured steel skin.' Since Hudson Yards is a private development, Related Companies' chairman Stephen M. Ross was the only one who approved the project. He told the New York Times that he solicited plans from five different designers at first, but didn't get a plan that met his demands. In 2013, he reached out to Heatherwick Studios on a friend's suggestion, and six weeks later he had a plan he liked. Ross sees the project as a way to draw New Yorkers and tourists to Hudson Yards, which is located in a somewhat out of the way location on the far west side of Midtown. 'The most important place in New York is Rockefeller Center during Christmas time,' Ross told the Times. 'I wanted to have a 12-month Christmas tree.' Heatherwick sees his project as a sort of exclamation point on the High Line, the public park built on an abandoned stretch of elevated railroad tracks. The nearly one-and-a-half mile park stretches from Chelsea Market all the way up to Hudson Yards. Heatherwick says the High Line even partly inspired his project because both allow people to get above street level and see the city from a different perspective. He cited Indian stepwells and children's jungle gyms as inspirations for the design. The original estimate for the project was $75million, but that number was doubled to $150million when they ran into problems with the steel. Heatherwick was the man behind the design for the 2012 London Olympics torch, and he is also behind a project to create a garden-topped bridge of the Thames River and the new Google campus. Heatherwick Studios has also been commissioned to create two residential buildings for Ross, in Hudson Yards and in Chelsea.

2016-09-15 19:44 Ashley Collman www.dailymail.co.uk

91 Madonna, 58, sings explicit version of Hard Day's Night in cheeky video She like to be a little naughty on occasions and Madonna showed her cheeky side once again on Thursday night. Heading to The Beatles: Eight Days A Week premiere in London's Leicester Square, the 58-year-old was clearly in high spirits as she sat in her car with her girl pals. They performed a saucy version of Beatles' hit Hard Day's Night together, with big smiles on their faces, before uploading it to Instagram. Scroll down for video They sang: 'It's been a hard day's night/And we've been sleeping like some hogs/But when I come home to you... 'We're gonna have a good s****/And make you feel alright.' Madonna was clearly excited to see Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at the event, the performers of the song Lady Madonna. She was pictured arriving at the star-studded event a little later in the evening, wearing a funky varsity dress. The relaxed number had splits going up the legs but she dressed it up in true Madonna style with a pair of killer platform heels. Her blonde tresses fell in messy waves from a middle parting, her darker roots just about visible. Typically glamorous, she covered her lips with a berry shade and decorated her green eyes with dark eyeliner. Walking with confidence, Madonna posed with her hands tucked in her pockets and finished her look with large hooped earrings and an assortment of bling around her neck. Other stars who attended on the night were Liam Gallagher, Yoko Ono, Tallia Storm, Michael Keaton and director Ron Howard. The documentary screening, which tells the story of the band's touring years featuring behind- the-scenes footage, interviews and unheard music, brought out a plethora of A-list talent including Madonna, Michael Keaton, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin and Liam Gallagher to name but a few.

2016-09-15 19:44 Rebecca Davison www.dailymail.co.uk

92 3 Connecticut troopers sued over arrest of protester HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Three Connecticut state troopers are accused in a lawsuit filed Thursday of violating the constitutional rights of a protester at a sobriety checkpoint by seizing his pistol and camera and then arresting him on bogus criminal charges. The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut filed the lawsuit in federal court on behalf of protester Michael Picard. Named in the lawsuit, which does not say how much money in damages is being sought, are troopers John Barone, Patrick Torneo and John Jacobi. Trooper Kelly Grant, a state police spokeswoman, said an internal affairs investigation is active and referred other questions to the state attorney general's office, which declined to comment. The three troopers didn't immediately return messages Thursday. Picard has become known to state and local police in the Hartford area for protesting drunken driving checkpoints, which he says are constitutional search and seizure violations and a waste of public money, the lawsuit says. At a checkpoint in West Hartford on Sept. 11, 2015, Barone confiscated Picard's legally carried pistol, pistol permit and camera on the pretext of public complaints, the lawsuit says. The troopers then got together and fabricated charges, not knowing they were still being recorded by Picard's camera after they seized it, according to the ACLU. The troopers are heard but not seen on the recording calling a Hartford police officer to see if he or she had any "grudges" against Picard, initiating an investigation of him in a police database and discussing a previous protest Picard organized at the state Capitol, the lawsuit says. After finding that Picard had a valid pistol permit, Barone tells the other troopers they have to "cover" themselves and either Torneo or Jacobi said "let's give him something," the lawsuit says. The troopers then wrote Picard infraction tickets for illegal use of a highway by a pedestrian and creating a public disturbance — charges later dismissed in court. "Police should be focused on public safety, not punishing protesters and those who film public employees working on a public street," said Dan Barrett, legal director of the ACLU of Connecticut. "As the video shows, these police officers were more concerned with thwarting Mr. Picard's free speech and covering their tracks than upholding the law. "

2016-09-15 19:44 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

93 Scam which offers women dates with Premier League footballers like Ryan Giggs Vile scammers are trying to trick young women into prostitution by offering them fake dates with top footballers such as Ryan Giggs. Dozens of women across Greater Manchester have been targeted on Twitter and sent creepy messages promising the date would be 'for pleasure, not business'. Model Francesca Sedgwick, 21, revealed she was offered a £2,500 payment if she agreed to spend the night with one of the 'high-profile football stars' at a hotel. The women were approached using two Twitter profiles, one with the username @joanne-gravil who claimed to be Giggs' personal assistant and @kearns-danielle, who posed as a Manchester United player relations officer. The scammers initially contacted the women to ask if they were interested in attending a fake charity event in Manchester. They claimed the ball is taking place at the five-star Lowry Hotel in Salford next month - but the hotel confirmed there is no such event taking place. The social media users then made false claims of being able to set up dates with former United star Ryan Giggs and current defender Daley Blind. Both players have absolutely no links whatsoever with the two Twitter profiles or the claims made. A spokesman for Giggs said the scam was 'absolute nonsense'. A screen-grab of one of the conversations between one of the scammers and a target reveals the tactics used to lure women. The scammer, going by the name Joanne Gravil, asked one woman to attend the fictitious event and added: 'My client wants you to go with him'. When the woman asked who her client was, she replied: 'Ryan Giggs. Would you be free for dinner sometime with Ryan? 'This is for pleasure, not business.' Francesca, 21, told the M. E. N. she was approached by Danielle Kearns on Twitter. 'She immediately DM'd me to say one of her clients would like me to attend the ball,' she said. 'I said 'who is it' and initially she said it was a footballer. I said I'd not met him before so I wasn't sure how he knew me.' She said she was 'excited' at first, but when she delved a little deeper she realised the woman had been messaging people since 2013. Francesca decided to 'play along' with the scam and she was told she would get paid £2,500 to stay overnight at a hotel with one of the players. 'They eventually said that the players would pay for an overnight stay at the hotel and if we stayed over with the particular football players we'd get paid £2,500,' she said. The M. E. N. contacted both women for a comment, but their profiles have now been deleted. The profile pictures used by the women appear to also have been fakes. A spokesman for The Lowry Hotel commented: 'We were never made aware of this event. 'The Lowry Hotel has absolutely no affiliation with it whatsoever and we have no record of a booking ever having existed.' Manchester United also confirmed that the women had nothing to do with the club.

2016-09-15 19:44 Jenny Awford www.dailymail.co.uk

94 Feyenoord 1-0 Manchester United PLAYER RATINGS: Marcus Rashford stumbles in first start as Jose Mourinho's second stringers fail to get in gear in Rotterdam Manchester United stumbled out of the blocks in the Europa League on Thursday night, losing 1-0 in Rotterdam to Feyenoord. Jose Mourinho made eight changes from the starting line up that had faced Manchester City on the weekend; few of the newcomers shone. Sportsmail takes a closer look at which of the Red Devils had and off night...and which had a really off night. MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1) DAVID DE GEA - 6 Left with very little to do for most of the night, and let down badly by his defence on Feyenoord's goal, a brilliantly-worked (if offside) counter attack. MATTEO DARMIAN - 5 Outpaced by the opposition on a few occasions and unable to make much case for himself as a viable alternative to Antonio Valencia. ERIC BAILLY - 6 Looked solid starting alongside mooted first-choice central defence partner Chris Smalling for the first time. Survived a first-half injury scare when he picked up a dead leg after being struck in the thigh making a clearance. CHRIS SMALLING - 5.5 Composed if a little slow in his first start since returning to full fitness. Should be in line to hold onto his place in Jose's plans. MARCUS ROJO - 4 Clearly short of match practice, and caught out enough times to give Feyenoord a gameplan: 'have a go at that lad'. United's poorest on the night. ANDER HERRERA - 5.5 Brought into the side along with Schneiderlin in a double-pivot to provide Pogba with additional cover going forward. Looked vulnerable on Feyenoord's goal. MORGAN SCHNEIDERLIN - 5 Read the game well in the middle of the park with some key first-half interceptions, but didn't offer much push in his duties as a deep-lying play-maker. JUAN MATA - 5.5 Failed to provide width in a quiet performance, and was well worth his substitution just past the hour mark. PAUL POGBA - 5 A game in which critics of Pogba's tactical nous will gain ammunition. Provided plenty of momentary drama but little result from his runs forward; undisciplined when defending in midfield. ANTHONY MARTIAL - 5 Very nearly put United in front in the first half but pushed his shot just wide. Conjured few other highlights in a subdued performance. MARCUS RASHFORD - 6 Hesitant at times in his first start under Mourinho, but not helped by his team-mates who left him isolated. A string of heavy touches kept him from getting in gear early. SUBSTITUTES ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC (for Rashford 63) - 6 Made his physical presence known immediately, opening up aerial options. ASHLEY YOUNG (for Mata 63) - 5 Fluffed a good chance with five minutes remaining. MEMPHIS DEPAY (for Martial 63) - 5 Made a key covering tackle when United were throwing the kitchen sink forward. MANAGER: JOSE MOURINHO - 5 Placed too much faith in the bit players who started the match to get a job done. Showed decisiveness in his triple substitution, but it didn't bring the result he was looking for. FEYENOORD (4-1-4-1): Jones 7, Van der Heijden 6.5, Kongolo 7, Botteghin 6.5, Karsdorp 6.5, Trindade 7, El Ahmadi 8, Kuyt 6.5, Berghuis 6 (Basacikoglu 68, 6), Jorgensen 6, Toornstra 6.5 Referee: Manzano (ESP) - 7 Kept a capable hold on the game; the missed offside call was his assistant's.

2016-09-15 19:43 Chris Wheeler www.dailymail.co.uk

95 Fun and functional baby products from Copper Pearl Copper Pearl was started in the summer of 2015 by two stay at home moms, Stephanie Lee and Kristin Reichert. Kristin is a redhead (a.k.a. the 'copper') and Stephanie is a blond (a.k.a. the 'pearl'). Both couples always had the dream of starting their own business, and when they realized the lack of trendy and modern baby bibs on the market they seized the opportunity to create Copper Pearl. Copper Pearl was originally created with the idea and hope to create a line of premium, trendy, and unique baby accessories and clothing. Each product that is sold goes through a rigorous design process to ensure that the designs chosen are both highly functional and fashionable. Stephanie has always had a knack for entrepreneurship; she started several neighborhood businesses as a child and always dreamed of starting her own "grown-up" business one day. Kristin has a degree in clothing construction and has always had a goal to start her own clothing line or fashion business. Kristin and Stephanie are passionate about the design of each product and hope to bring you one-of-a-kind baby products that you love to use! Current products: • Bibs • Multi-use covers (great for car seats, high chairs, and nursing!) • Blankets • Washcloths • Crib sheets • Diaper changing pad covers copperpearl.com The PLACE viewers get 20% off all orders through Sunday! Enter THEPLACE at checkout to receive your discount.

2016-09-15 19:42 Brooke Graham fox13now.com

96 HIPEC: How this treatment can improve appendix, colon, stomach, and ovarian cancer outcomes HIPEC is an acronym for hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. This is a form of cancer treatment using highly concentrated, heated chemotherapy that is delivered directly to the abdominal cavity in closer proximity to the cancer cells during surgery. Unlike systemic chemotherapy, which circulates the chemotherapy drugs throughout the body intravenously or orally, HIPEC delivers heated chemotherapy in much higher doses to maximize absorption of the drugs and target hidden cancer cells in the abdomen. How HIPEC works HIPEC is combined with cytoreduction surgery, which is a tumor-removing surgery. After the tumors have been removed, the surgeon places catheters in the abdomen and temporarily closes the incision sites around the tubes. The abdomen is then filled with a concentrated chemotherapy solution and the heated fluid is circulated within the abdomen. Every surface in the abdominal cavity is covered, and then the solution is drained. The idea behind this type of procedure is to eradicate hidden cancer cells in the abdomen and prevent the development of new tumors. HIPEC for appendix, colon, stomach, and ovarian cancers For patients with appendix, colon, stomach, or ovarian cancer, HIPEC can offer a more aggressive approach to treating the disease, especially in individuals with advanced-stage or recurrent cancer. Possible advantages of HIPEC Jordan Valley Cancer Center Open House Event When: Saturday, September 24, 2016 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Location: 3580 West 9000 South West Jordan, UT 84088 2016-09-15 19:42 Sponsored Content fox13now.com

97 New technology can read text through the cover of a book New technology can read text through the cover of a book Developers at MIT are working on a camera that can read the pages of a book without ever opening the cover. This will help researchers study ancient texts without risking physical damage. These terrifyingly smart birds taught themselves to use tools A group of crows native to Hawaii have recently figured out how to use tools. They weren't taught how to use them, they just figured it out on their own. Gigantic moon balloon causes havoc on these city streets As Typhoon Meranti approached China, the heavy winds caused untold amounts of damage. In one town that was celebrating a mid-autumn moon festival, a gigantic moon balloon got torn loose and bounced around the streets. Watching this home water birth will bring on the waterworks A midwife in California recorded the final moments of a mother giving birth in a small pool of warm water in her home. The video, which was filmed after 4½ hours of labor, captures the intimacy of this still-controversial form of delivery. Boy won't let cerebral palsy stop his patriotism during the national anthem Logan is a 9-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy, but he's not letting that hold him back. When the national anthem came on TV, he stood up by himself for the first time, showing just how patriotic he truly is. These children playing in Syria are a reminder of what is at stake For the children in Aleppo, Syria, bombs are a regular occurrence, but getting a chance to play out in the open is rare. This video shows these kids getting a chance to play freely during a ceasefire that was brokered by the US and Russia. This shocking video shows the moment when three Phoenix area police officers allegedly were attacked by a crazed driver. The officers reported the madman drove his car into them and then attempted to attack them physically before finally being subdued. This emotional reunion of two orphans will bring tears to your eyes While living in an orphanage, 4-year-old Hannah became inseparable from one of the other orphans. So when she was adopted, her new family found a way to get her friend adopted by a family that lives close by, ensuring that these two best friends can stick together. These monster waves are mesmerizing ... from a safe distance As Super Typhoon Meranti approaches the mainland, coastlines in Taiwan are experiencing extreme storm surges. The resulting gigantic waves are a shocking reminder of how powerful nature can be.

2016-09-15 19:41 nypost.com

98 Quinnipiac Poll: Would You Say Hillary Clinton Is Honest? America: NO! Quinnipiac came out with a new poll today and confirms the obvious: American think Hillary is a liar. Not exactly surprising news but the poll numbers are not kind to the former first lady. Go look at the whole poll. The internals are interesting. The key question regarding whether the candidate cares about America has Trump lagging. This was the indicator that Romney lost on, too. It may be why we’re seeing the Paid Maternity Leave gambit. Trump needs to show women, especially, that he cares about them. 42. Would you say that Hillary Clinton cares about average Americans, or not? LIKELY VOTERS…………………………………… WHITE…… COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No 43. Would you say that Donald Trump cares about average Americans, or not? LIKELY VOTERS…………………………………… WHITE…… COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Other than this indicator, though, Trump does fairly well. For a political neophyte, he’s defying all the expectations. This has got to be deeply dismaying to the Clinton camp. One more thing: Democrats don’t care that their candidates are criminals. It’s a feature, not a bug–so I don’t see Hillary losing any Dem support over her untruthfulness. Independents, though, might just feel disgusted enough to vote for a wildcard.

2016-09-15 23:03 Melissa Clouthier spectator.org

99 World Bank: Donations to Gaza far behind pledges JERUSALEM (AP) — The World Bank said on Thursday that less than half the money pledged by donors to rebuild the Gaza Strip after the 2014 war between Hamas and Israel has been disbursed. The shortfall is among several reasons the Palestinian economy is stagnating, with unemployment at 42 percent in Gaza and at 18 percent in the West Bank. The World Bank said Israeli restrictions are also limiting Palestinian economic competitiveness and driving away private investments. The bank recommends that Israel allow more building in the West Bank and loosen its blockade of Gaza. It also called on the Palestinian Authority to cut spending, especially by reducing pension payments. The report will be delivered to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, a forum of donors to the Palestinian Authority, in New York next week. Late Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian died from wounds sustained from Israeli fire earlier in the day in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron. There were no further details. The Israeli military had no immediate comment.

2016-09-15 19:40 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

100 Homecoming king gives crown to football team manager with cerebral palsy ELLER, Texas -- A high school football quarterback in Texas did something during his homecoming game that trumps his on-field performance. After Max Akin was crowned homecoming king, he kneeled down and gave his crown to fellow nominee K. L. Norwood, who has cerebral palsy. "I didn't know when I would have the right time to do it," Akin told WFAA. "But I saw K. L., came over and gave him a hug, and I knew that he wanted that crown more than anything. " "My favorite quarterback right here," said K. L. Norwood, who is the Keller Fossil Ridge football team manager. "I think it should've gone to the person who positively uplifts the school and everybody around him," Akin said, "and that person is K. L., for sure. " The honorable gesture by Max quickly went viral thanks to Twitter. "I thought it was the best hearing them chant K. L.'s name right after halftime, and I know he liked that, too," Akin said. "Everybody was going wild for him. Everybody loves K. L. at this school. " Fossil Ridge has won its first three games to start the season, but no matter how the season ends K. L. will always remember it.

2016-09-15 19:39 Ashton Edwards fox13now.com

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