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Total 100 articles, created at 2016-06-29 06:00 1 At least 32 dead in Istanbul airport suicide attack

(5.53/6) ISTANBUL, Turkey -- At least 28 people were killed Tuesday in a triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, in the latest deadly strike to rock Turkey's 2016-06-29 06:00 5KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 2 English Conversation Questions / Debates 14,020 discussion and conversation questions for speaking practice. 701 FREE ESL lesson plans, handouts, worksheets and (1.04/6) downloads. Controversial and mainstream topics. 2016-06-29 02:22 826Bytes www.esldiscussions.com 3 ‘Law & Order’ Director Gets 10 Years Probation on Child Porn Charges (1.02/6) Television director Jace Alexander, best known for his work on “Law & Order,” was sentenced to ten years probation on child pornography charges, according to the Associated Press. A… 2016-06-28 17:19 1KB variety.com 4 EU wants 'closest links' with UK after Brexit says Cameron (1.00/6) David Cameron says the rest of the EU wants close links with the UK after Brexit but acknowledges "huge challenges" over immigration and market access. 2016-06-29 02:23 4KB www.bbc.co.uk 5 Yahoo Appoints IMS as Sales Partner in Spanish-Speaking Latin America

(1.00/6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ:YHOO) has appointed (IMS), a joint venture with and a leading... 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB investor.yahoo.net 6 Yahoo Announces Editorial Plans for 2016 Summer Games

(1.00/6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ( : YHOO) today announced its full global editorial lineup for the 2016 in... 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB investor.yahoo.net 7 EU Brexit summit: No more business as usual (1.00/6) As the EU prepares for a crisis summit after the UK voted to leave the bloc, the BBC's Laurence Peter asks where Europe goes from here. 2016-06-29 02:22 4KB www.bbc.co.uk

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(0.01/6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- today noted Starboard Value LP's announcement of its intention to nominate nine director candidates for election... 2016-06-29 02:22 3KB investor.yahoo.net 9 Yahoo Reports First Quarter 2016 Results "I'm pleased that we delivered Q1 results in line with our expectations. Our 2016 plan is off to a solid start as... (0.01/6) 2016-06-29 02:22 23KB investor.yahoo.net 10 Of the People Americans share their hopes, fears and frustrations in interviews from the campaign trail. 2016-06-29 06:00 1KB www.nytimes.com 11 EU’s Juncker says Britain doesn’t have ‘months to meditate’ BRUSSELS, Belgium — Britain does not have "months to meditate" on the next steps following the Brexit vote, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said 2016-06-29 06:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 12 US, European stocks rise, ending Brexit rout NEW YORK, United States — US and European stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, making their first gains since Britain's unexpected vote to quit the EU, while the pound rebounded as investors 2016-06-29 06:00 3KB business.inquirer.net 13 Russia, US warships in ‘dangerous’ encounter WASHINGTON, United States — Washington and Moscow on Tuesday accused each other of conducting dangerous maritime maneuvers after two warships sailed closely past each other in the Mediterranean 2016-06-29 06:00 3KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 14 Pooled editorial: President and press have common duty On the eve of the presidential inauguration, journalists from different news organizations in the country have written a pooled editorial on the “common duty in law and tradition” that binds the 2016-06-29 06:00 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 15 Incoming AFP chief vows 24/7 fight vs Abu Sayyaf There will be no rest in the operations against the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), according to the incoming military chief. “We are planning to fight the Abu Sayyaf 24/7,” incoming 2016-06-29 05:52 1KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

16 Prior restraint? Never again–Coloma “Never again should there be prior restraint on the exercise of freedom of expression or of the press.” This was Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma’s parting shots as he on Tuesday 2016-06-29 05:50 3KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 17 Death penalty bills to come alive in new Senate At least two senators will file bills on July 1 to reimpose the death penalty in keeping apparently with President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s wishes. Reviving capital punishment will be among 2016-06-29 05:47 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 18 Bongbong to file protest vs Leni Losing vice presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will file today (Wednesday) an election protest against Vice President-elect Leni Robredo in the Supreme Court which shall 2016-06-29 05:41 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 19 1.3M students join senior high; fears unfounded, DepEd claims The latest enrollment figures in the senior high school (SHS) program show that initial fears of a significant drop in the number of students continuing the additional two years of basic schooling may 2016-06-29 05:39 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 20 Impeach Duterte? Not a chance–Belmonte Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Tuesday said there was “zero” chance for impeachment moves against incoming President Rodrigo Duterte, and described talk that Vice President-elect Leni Robredo could 2016-06-29 05:37 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net 21 Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft. 2016-06-29 03:29 2KB rss.cnn.com 22 Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. 2016-06-29 03:29 4KB rss.cnn.com

23 Probing the cosmos: Is anybody out there? From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe. 2016-06-29 03:29 6KB rss.cnn.com 24 Shuttle Endeavour lands at California air base Space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday afternoon at California's Edwards Air Force Base after NASA waved off two opportunities for a Florida landing because of poor weather. 2016-06-29 03:29 3KB rss.cnn.com 25 Why we worry about flying (Opinion) Incidents like the disappearance of an EgyptAir flight are bound to increase nervousness about flying, writes Ali Abbas. But it's still extremely safe. 2016-06-29 02:59 4KB edition.cnn.com 26 The American Spectator Last week the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority when he granted exemptions from the immigration laws passed... 2016-06-29 02:22 4KB spectator.org 27 Tribe Wins Ten in a Row The Cleveland Indians became the first MLB team to win 10 in a row during the 2016 season with an 8-3 victory over the... 2016-06-29 02:22 1KB spectator.org 28 Reality Check: Have MEPs done 'proper jobs'? Nigel Farage says most MEPs have never done a 'proper job' in their lives. Is he right? 2016-06-29 02:23 5KB www.bbc.co.uk 29 Rio 2016: 'Welcome to Hell' warn police Travellers arriving in Rio given grim safety warning by police protesting about funding shortages ahead of the Olympics. 2016-06-29 02:23 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 30 Aldi adverts claiming savings were misleading, ASA rules Three Aldi adverts claiming customers could make significant savings were misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority rules. 2016-06-29 02:23 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 31 Manchester tram 'hate crime' suspects arrested Two men and a teenager are arrested on suspicion of affray after an alleged "hate incident" on a tram in Manchester. 2016-06-29 02:23 1KB www.bbc.co.uk

32 Conservative leadership: Contenders set to come forward Contenders to succeed David Cameron as prime minister will begin to declare their candidacies on Wednesday as the Tory leadership contest starts in earnest. 2016-06-29 02:23 4KB www.bbc.co.uk 33 Breaking News English Lesson English News Lessons: Free 26-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini- lesson - Tech Support - Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3... current events. 2016-06-29 02:22 1KB www.breakingnewsenglish.com 34 TUNE IN TODAY: Yahoo Hosts First-Ever Live Stream of Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting Live coverage begins at 10 a.m... 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB investor.yahoo.net 35 Introducing Fair Play on Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy Yahoo Launches Key Changes in Daily Fantasy to Help Level the Playing Field for Fans Including Entry Limits, Labeling of Veteran Players and No... 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB investor.yahoo.net 36 Finding beauty in Australian hot rods They are loud, proud and surprisingly beautiful despite the acrid smell of burnt-rubber that lingers in their wake. 2016-06-29 02:37 5KB rss.cnn.com 37 Rep. Chris Sgro talks about HB2 proposal He addresses draft of new bill. 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB www.charlotteobserver.com 38 El Chapo Might Have Just Had A Stunning Reversal Of Fortunes Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is fighting against his extradition to the U. S. and could avoid his fate for more than a year, according to injunctions his lawyers filed Monday. El 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com 39 Ohio Is Providing Foods Stamps To Dead People, Audit Finds Ohio state administrators have provided thousands of dollars in food stamp benefits to residents who are dead and presumably not in need of nutritional assistance, according to an audit Tuesday. Th 2016-06-29 01:23 3KB dailycaller.com

47 A guide to Khoisan culture and language The Khoisan are South Africa's oldest inhabitants. The BBC spent the day with one of the group to learn more about their way of life. 2016-06-29 02:17 833Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 48 Angel mosaic revealed at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity Italian restoration workers at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem have uncovered a mosaic of an angel that was previously hidden beneath plaster. 2016-06-29 02:14 879Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 49 Jean-Claude Juncker: 'If you are out, you are out' Jean-Claude Juncker has told the BBC that the UK has to face the consequences of leaving the EU. 2016-06-29 02:07 741Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 50 Girls fight eating disorders together Behind the front doors of a therapeutic facility in Poland, many young women are possessed by the voice of "Ana," as many anorexia patients call the illness. 2016-06-29 02:07 3KB rss.cnn.com 51 China's 'Cape Canaveral' lifts lid on secretive space program Just as visitors to Florida can visit Kennedy Space Center -- and if they're lucky see a rocket launch -- go to the beach and even visit Disney World, Chinese visitors to Wenchang on Hainan Island now have much the same options. 2016-06-29 01:57 5KB rss.cnn.com 52 The Abortion Ruling Is A Huge Win For PP The U. S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday in Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt wasn't just a defeat for pro-life groups in Texas, the Court's decision essentially announced a new test that made aborti 2016-06-29 01:23 5KB dailycaller.com 53 Cali's Last Nuke Plant Can't Be Replaced With Wind And Solar Environmentalists promised last week that the electricity generated by the soon to be closed Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant would be replaced with wind and solar, but plans to do so are already col 2016-06-29 01:23 3KB dailycaller.com

54 Is Blake Shelton's Latest Song About Miranda Lambert? Blake Shelton released his video for his latest hit "She's got a way with Words" Tuesday, and some are wondering if it's about his ex- wife Miranda Lambert. In an interview with People magazine, the 2016-06-29 01:23 1KB dailycaller.com 55 Tennessee Bill To Make Police Assault A 'Hate Crime" A group of six Republicans in the Tennessee legislature announced their "Blue Lives Matter" plans to offer greater legal protections to police officers during a press conference Monday. The Republ 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com 56 Witness Tells Senate Committee CAIR Engaged With Hamas WASHINGTON — A national security consultant testified Tuesday he conducted undercover research as an intern for Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), and accused the Islamic organization at 2016-06-29 01:23 3KB dailycaller.com 57 Breastfeeding brides respond to Canada wedding photo A Canadian mum has gained internet fame for taking time out of her own wedding to breastfeed her nine-month-old daughter 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 58 Soviet troop monuments in Poland to be moved to new museum Poland is to move more than 200 Soviet monuments to a new museum, but the plan is likely to anger Russia. 2016-06-29 02:22 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 59 Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update Microsoft agrees to pay a California woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update leaves her computer unusable. 2016-06-29 02:22 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 60 The story of an iconic Indian family photograph Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala relates the story of a much-feted 31-year-old picture of a family in the city of Mumbai. 2016-06-29 02:22 5KB www.bbc.co.uk 61 Ali Haider Gilani: 'I was chained for two years' Three years after he was kidnapped by militants, Ali Haider Gilani, the son of ex-Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, tells the BBC about his time in captivity. 2016-06-29 02:22 5KB www.bbc.co.uk

62 Oil clean-up pledge divides Nigerians Nigeria's government is determined to sort out the environmental damage caused by the oil industry, but will a new multi-million dollar clean-up plan work? 2016-06-29 02:22 6KB www.bbc.co.uk 63 Gay Pride Month 2016 Photos Photos of Pride Month celebrations. 2016-06-29 02:22 588Bytes abcnews.go.com 64 Close cabinet vote expected in final okay of Turkey deal Three ministers still undecided, PM holds tiebreaking vote. 2016-06-29 01:39 4KB www.jpost.com 65 Opening statements of retrial for Chester councilman's accused killer The lead prosecutor and defense attorney in the trial for Christopher Moore gave opening statements to jurors on Monday. A jury deadlocked during Moore's first trial in April, forcing a mistrial. 2016-06-29 02:22 3KB www.heraldonline.com 66 VA Ignored 30 Percent Of Texts Sent To Crisis Hotline The Department of Veterans Affairs' crisis hot line didn’t answer up to 30 percent of texts from desperate veterans, according to a new government watchdog investigation. The Government Accountab 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com 67 Mexican Cartels Are Driving Up Crime In American Cities A combination of cheap heroin flowing across American borders and wars between cartels is behind the rise in homicides in many large American cities, a think tank found in a report Monday. An Feder 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com 68 Marines, Never Deployed, Changed Clothes 4 Times During Benghazi Attack I know a lot of people are excited about the Benghazi report that came out today, but I tend to agree with my old pal Sonny Bunch: The Obama administration lied to squeak through the election, it work 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com

69 Texas Mom Kills Her Two Daughters A Texas town is in shock after a local mother called a family meeting and only to gun down her two daughters in front of their father. Police say Christy Sheats, 42, killed her daughters Madison 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com 70 Colorado Has A Free Speech Issue Two separate stories coming from Colorado highlight an apparent free speech issue within the state. Samuel Adams can't hang an American flag from his balcony for the 4th of July, while Pastor Lawson 2016-06-29 01:23 4KB dailycaller.com 71 Now The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Is Sexist, Offensive The New York Times is being denounced as "hateful" and sexist after its Tuesday crossword had the temerity to include the word "harem" as an answer. A harem refers to a group of females who all sh 2016-06-29 01:23 3KB dailycaller.com 72 Snowden Cries 'Big Brother' While Living Under Dictatorship Edward Snowden publicly criticized a recent Russian effort to expand mass surveillance and criminalize online speech, but there are reasons to doubt its authenticity. Snowden called the effort "a 2016-06-29 01:23 2KB dailycaller.com 73 David Hockney: 'Going deaf helped my vision' David Hockney, has created a new series of portraits, which will be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. 2016-06-29 01:14 683Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 74 David Kaunitz's Wanarn clinic in Gibson Desert, Australia, is world's most remote? Its low population, scarce resources, and searing sun -- temperatures often reach 50 degrees Celsius -- make it one... 2016-06-29 01:12 5KB rss.cnn.com 75 Women 'targets of Muslim hate crime' A report into Islamophobia in the UK has found that Muslim hate crime is most likely to be carried out by teenagers and that women are more likely to attacked than men. 2016-06-29 00:52 751Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 76 Weizmann study links viral infections in pregnant women to autism, schizophrenia risk The study, led by Dr. Ido Amit and Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Rehovot institute’s immunology and neurobiology departments, was published in the journal Science. 2016-06-29 00:51 5KB www.jpost.com

77 Indictment charges 3 men with bilking movie investors NEW YORK (AP) — Three men were arrested Tuesday on charges that they cheated investors who thought they were contributing over $12 million to produce major f... 2016-06-28 23:44 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 78 JAFI Board of Governors meets in Paris for first time Sharansky calls for mass aliya from France. 2016-06-29 00:40 6KB www.jpost.com 79 Blair 'misrepresented facts' over Iraq chemical weapons, claims Hans Blix Tony Blair "misrepresented the facts" when he told MPs about Iraq's chemical weapon capabilities, former UN inspector Hans Blix has claimed. The former prime... 2016-06-28 23:37 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 80 Can you spot the real masterpiece? Artists recreate Rembrandt and others perfectly using only stock pictures and Photoshop Adobe asked digital artists to re-create lost, stolen or destroyed art for its ‘Make a Masterpiece’ campaign. Ankur Patar was assigned a 1633 Rembrandt that he recreated with nearly 250 stock images in 20 days. 2016-06-28 23:37 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 81 Mothers, 4 children killed in fiery wreck near Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fiery minivan wreck in northern Los Angeles County killed two mothers and their four children early Tuesday, while the two hysterical fa... 2016-06-28 23:35 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 82 Hacked emails show Hillary Clinton campaign's surveillance of journalists as aides ordered volunteers to 'keep an eye' on reporters The hacked Gmail account of one of Hillary Clinton's volunteers shows how the campaign surveils journalists who might get too close to the candidate. 2016-06-28 23:32 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 83 Dems demand gun votes, loudly, in 2- minute House session WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats continued their disruptive demands for votes on gun control Tuesday, though this time the commotion lasted less than two mi... 2016-06-28 23:29 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 84 Roy Hodgson's archaic, basic and ancient methods failed to inspire England SAMI MOKBEL IN CHANTILLY: Before we start dissecting exactly why and where it's gone wrong for England and Roy Hodgson, we must make one important point clear. 2016-06-28 23:23 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 85 Doug Baldwin, Seattle Seahawks reach four-year extension The Seahawks are hanging on to WR Doug Baldwin through the 2020 season, after the sides hammered home a four-year extension worth $46 million, a source said. 2016-06-29 00:23 2KB espn.go.com 86 Pictured: Mother of four-week-old baby who died after suffering serious injuries as couple questioned on suspected murder are released on bail The mother of a four-week-old baby who died after suffering serious injuries at a house in St Blazey, Cornwall, has been named locally as 22-year-old Bryony Johnson. 2016-06-28 23:22 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 87 David Cameron demands borders crackdown in parting shot to EU In his final Brussels summit, David Cameron warned his EU counterparts that nothing less would be acceptable to the British public after a decisive referendum result. 2016-06-28 23:21 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 88 Prince Harry becomes newest Coldplay member as he joins band on stage in HIV charity concert Coldplay welcomed a new member to their line-up tonight - Prince Harry. 2016-06-29 00:20 4KB www.telegraph.co.uk 89 Is the best boss in the world? Founder of consultancy firm is giving her staff unlimited PAID leave... and says she 'trusts her team to make an appropriate call' Founder of Melbourne based consultancy firm Inventium has given her employees unlimited and uncapped paid leave. She believes 'it was simply an appropriate and fair thing to do' for her employees. 2016-06-28 23:18 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

90 Toyota recalling 482,000 U. S. hybrids for air bag issue WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said late on Tuesday it is recalling 482,000 U. S. hybrid Prius and Lexus CT200h cars because of a possible ... 2016-06-28 23:17 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 91 ‘American Honey’ Release Date: Shia LaBeouf Movie to Debut in Sept. A24 has set an awards-season release date of Sept. 30 for Shia LaBeouf’s road drama “American Honey.” The movie, directed by Andrea Arnold from her own script, premiered at last m… 2016-06-28 17:15 2KB variety.com 92 Prosecutor urges governor to deny parole for Manson follower LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles district attorney is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to reject parole for a follower of mass murderer Charles Manson. District Att... 2016-06-28 23:15 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 93 Unmanned sea vessel fires first torpedo Elbit’s Seagull, likely to go into service in Israel Navy, launched a torpedo at Haifa port recently 2016-06-29 00:14 2KB www.jpost.com 94 National Football League roundup June 28 (The Sports Xchange) - James (Buddy) Ryan, the father of twin brothers, Rex and Rob, and the architect of the Chicago Bears' famed "46 defense" died... 2016-06-28 23:13 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 95 The Latest: Fire still burning at site of Texas train crash AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the freight train crash in West Texas (all times local): 5:55 p.m. Fire crews are still pouring water on the flaming wre... 2016-06-28 23:11 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 96 Celtic signing Moussa Dembele is a statement of intent and says a lot about the intentions of new boss Brendan Rodgers It's a signing that tells us plenty about the intentions of Brendan Rodgers. A deal likely to convince many that everybody at Celtic is in a new and serious mood. 2016-06-28 23:11 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 97 How to only sleep six hours according to a sleep neuroscientist A sleep neuroscientist says he has found a way to train your body to only get six hours sleep a night instead of the regular seven to eight, and not feel the impact the next day. 2016-06-28 23:11 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 98 Clinton proposes debt forgiveness to young entrepreneurs DENVER (AP) — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday proposed letting entrepreneurs defer making student loan payments in order to create jobs and stimulate growth. "We... 2016-06-28 23:11 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 99 Prosecutors: Dad, son fleeing police killed Utah rail worker SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son on the run from police after tying up five women in a Utah basement abducted and killed a rail line worker, beating hi... 2016-06-28 23:08 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 100 Gunman shoots 1 at downtown Denver building; kills self DENVER (AP) — A gunman walked into a busy downtown Denver office building and shot a person multiple times before turning the gun on himself, police said Tue... 2016-06-28 23:08 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk Articles

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1 At least 32 dead in Istanbul airport suicide attack (5.53/6) ISTANBUL, Turkey — At least 28 people were killed Tuesday in a triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, in the latest deadly strike to rock Turkey’s biggest city. A private news agency put the dead at 32 and the wounded at 88. The Dogan news agency also reported that two of the dead were police officers. The attackers began spraying bullets at airport guards at the terminal entrance and a shootout erupted before they blew themselves up one by one at around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT), Turkish authorities said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged an international “joint fight” against terror after the attack, the fourth deadly bombing in Istanbul this year alone. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which prompted the suspension of all flights in and out of the the airport, Turkey’s busiest. Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said three suicide bombers had carried out the attack, killing 28 people and wounding 60 others. Security camera footage widely circulated on social media appeared to capture two of the blasts. In one clip a huge ball of flame erupts at an entrance to the terminal building, scattering terrified passengers. Another video shows a black-clad attacker running inside the building before collapsing to the ground — apparently felled by a police bullet — and blowing himself up. Witnesses described scenes of panic as the blasts hit, while images on social media showed passengers lying on the floor and luggage trolleys overturned. “It was very strong, everyone panicked and started running in all directions,” one witness told CNN Turk. Police set up a security cordon around the site, while a dozen ambulances rushed to the scene. Islamic State suspected Turkey has been hit by a string of deadly attacks in the past year, blamed on both Kurdish rebels and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group. The Turkish airport attack also follows coordinated suicide bombings at Brussels airport and a city metro station in March that left 32 people dead. Brussels airport tweeted its condolences, saying: “Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks at @istanbulairport. “We wish them, their relatives & all airport staff strength & courage.” Dogan news agency cited police sources indicating ISIS is believed to have played a role, though Turkish officials said it was too early to confirm a link. Security expert Abdullah Agar told CNN the attack bore the hallmarks of a jihadist attack. “It really bears a resemblance to their methods,” he said in reference to the Brussels bombings, which were claimed by ISIS. The US and French consulates warned people to stay away from the area, while Turkish officials said flights would be canceled until at least 8:00 am on Wednesday morning. Erdogan call After the airport carnage, Erdogan met his prime minister and military chief for talks. “If states, as all humanity, fail to join forces and wage a joint fight against terrorist organisations, all the possibilities that we dread in our minds will come true one by one,” Erdogan said afterwards in a statement. Istanbul, a major tourism hub that is home to some 15 million people, has suffered a series of attacks in recent months, including a bombing in the heart of the tourist district that killed a dozen German visitors and was blamed on IS. Two months later, three Israelis and an Iranian were killed in a bombing on the city’s main Istiklal shopping street, an attack also blamed on ISIS. A blast on the tarmac at Istanbul’s other international airport, Sabiha Gokcen, killed a cleaner and wounded another in December, damaging several planes. Located just outside Turkey’s biggest city, Ataturk airport served more than 60 million passengers in 2015, making it one of the busiest in the world. Turkey has been hit by at least five attacks blamed on IS jihadists, including a blast in Ankara in October 2015 that left over 100 dead, though the group has never formally claimed responsibility for an attack in Turkey. Turkey was long accused by its Western partners of turning a blind eye to the dangers posed by ISIS but has in recent months considerably stepped up police raids on the group’s cells in the country. Ankara has meanwhile launched a sustained offensive against the outlawed rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) following the collapse of a ceasefire last year. Hundreds of members of the Turkish security forces have been killed in PKK attacks since the truce collapsed.

BBC journalist reports from Istanbul plane bbc.co.uk Thirty-one killed, 147 wounded in Istanbul airport attack -HaberTurk citing minister dailymail.co.uk

ISIS Believed Responsible for Istanbul Airport Attack; At Least 50 Dead spectator.org

Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: At least 32 dead and dozens injured bbc.co.uk

Istanbul Airport Attack Photos abcnews.go.com Deadly attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport bbc.co.uk

The Latest: At least 31 people dead in Turkey airport attack dailymail.co.uk

31 dead and 147 wounded in suspected Isil suicide attacks in Turkey telegraph.co.uk 2016-06-29 06:00 Agence France newsinfo.inquirer.net

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3 ‘Law & Order’ Director Gets 10 Years Probation on Child Porn Charges (1.02/6) Television director Jace Alexander, best known for his work on “ Law & Order ,” was sentenced to ten years probation on child pornography charges, according to the Associated Press. Alexander was sentenced on Tuesday in New York after pleading guilty to promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child. Alexander, who had faced up to seven years in prison, must now register as a sex offender in New York. On July 24, 2015, an investigator from the Westchester County DA’s office had downloaded child pornography from an IP address in Westchester. Authorities later found that the IP address came from Alexander’s Dobbs Ferry home. Following his July 29, 2015, arrest Alexander resigned from his position as second vice president of the DGA. Brooke Kennedy (“Third Watch,” “The Good Wife”) took up the second VP position after his resignation. In turn, Matthew Penn (“Royal Pains”) filled Kennedy’s seat on the 21-member national board. 'Law & Order' director gets probation on child porn charges dailymail.co.uk 2016-06-28 17:19 Maria Cavassuto variety.com

4 EU wants 'closest links' with UK after Brexit says Cameron (1.00/6) David Cameron has said the rest of the EU wants to have the "closest possible" relationship with the UK after Brexit. After discussing the vote to leave with other EU leaders, he said trade and security co-operation would be vital whatever the shape of future links. But he said immigration was a "great concern" among UK voters and squaring this with access to the EU single market would be a "huge challenge". Germany's Angela Merkel said the EU must "respect the result" of the vote. But German politicians have insisted the UK cannot "cherry-pick" aspects of the EU. Earlier on Tuesday, Chancellor Merkel said the UK must accept free movement if it wanted to retain access to the single market. Mrs Merkel said the Brexit vote had been discussed "very intensively and deeply" at the dinner meeting with EU leaders. "We all regretted the result and made clear that the legal procedure must be that the UK invokes Article 50. "Mr Cameron said he would hand it over to the new government to do... we all agreed that before that point, there can be no formal or informal negotiations. " Mrs Merkel said Mr Cameron expressed how he had expected a different result in the referendum, but she added that "We are politicians; we can't spend a long time mourning". She also said that "Publicly... we can see no way to turn this around. It's not a time for wishful thinking, but of contemplating the reality. " She added that talks would be "on the basis that we expect the representative of the UK to say what idea he has about withdrawing from the EU". "The request to withdraw will say what sort of relationship the UK wants. But there can be no quasi-negotiations. " Mr Cameron had been explaining the outcome of Britain's referendum to the EU's other 27 leaders at a meeting of the European Council, expected to be his last after he announced his intention to stand down in the wake of the Leave vote. He told reporters the discussions had been "calm, constructive and purposeful". The PM, who has said it will be up to his successor to decide how to proceed with talks on the terms of Britain's separation from the EU, said there was "universal respect" for the UK's decision to leave despite a "tone of sadness and regret". While the EU wanted more information about the UK's negotiating plans going forward and a "clear model appearing", he said there was an acknowledgement that this would take some time and "no great clamour" for talks to begin straight away. The prime minister warned that intransigence over freedom of movement could scupper any chance of a UK-EU trade deal with whoever takes over from him, saying there was a "very great concern" over immigration "coupled with sovereignty and the ability to control these things". He said that he wished he had won the referendum, but it was right to hold it to try to settle the question of the UK's role in the EU. Mr Cameron said: "You fight for what you believe - if you win, good, If you lose, you have to accept the verdict. " Downing Street said his message to EU leaders was that if they want a close economic relationship with the UK after Brexit, they cannot "shy away" from the migration issue. A government source said: "He believes that one of the key issues in the referendum campaign, and therefore why a lot of people voted to leave, is this sense that there was no control on the scale of immigration and freedom of movement. That was one of the factors. " Earlier on Tuesday, hundreds of pro-Remain supporters gathered outside Parliament to demonstrate about the consequences of Brexit. And hundreds also turned out in Cardiff, at an event which included speeches from Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and racial equality activist Shazia Awan. Other rallies in Manchester and Oxford were abandoned amid fears about crowd sizes, and a protest in Liverpool was postponed until next week.

David Cameron: 'Britain won't turn its back on Europe' bbc.co.uk 2016-06-29 02:23 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

5 Yahoo Appoints IMS as Sales Partner in Spanish-Speaking Latin America (1.00/6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ:YHOO) has appointed (IMS), a joint venture with and a leading digital marketing and communications company, to help drive advertising sales in Spanish-speaking . drives value for advertisers in by helping them engage with consumers online through the combination of data, content and technology. Fusing valuable data insights from 165 billion daily data events, provides high-value, high-performing solutions to help advertisers target, reach and engage relevant audiences. The core offerings IMS will provide on behalf of to clients in include: "We are excited to partner with IMS based on their leadership, sales expertise, and their deep understanding of the Latin American digital media landscape," says , Yahoo's Vice President, & US Hispanic. "Latin America is an important market for and we are committed to helping advertisers leverage our ad platforms and data to effectively reach their marketing objectives. " "We are delighted to partner with , such an iconic digital player, throughout Spanish-speaking. premium content and data-driven audience solutions drive relevance for advertisers throughout the region," said , CEO, Founder and Partner for IMS. joins IMS' roster of international brand leaders such as Twitch, EA, , Foursquare, Twitter, Waze, Spotify and LinkedIn. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. By creating highly personalized experiences, helps users discover the information that matters most to them around the world -- on mobile or desktop. connects advertisers with target audiences through a streamlined advertising technology stack that combines the power of data, content, and technology. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com). (IMS), a joint venture with , is a leading digital marketing and communications company that partners with fast-moving businesses seeking to expand into and within. IMS helps brands reach new levels of engagement and grow within the region through our exclusive ecosystem of commercial partnerships, creative and content solutions, and media investment and management services. Leading brands such as Twitch, EA, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Spotify, Twitter, and Waze have partnered exclusively with IMS to strengthen their presence in. IMS is headquartered in , with offices in , , , , , Panamá, , , , and. www.imscorporate.com Yahoo to Participate at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media & Telecom Conference investor.yahoo.net 2016-06-29 02:22 investor.yahoo.net

6 Yahoo Announces Editorial Plans for 2016 Summer Games (1.00/6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ( : YHOO) today announced its full global editorial lineup for the 2016 in , including Olympic gold medalists and. Yahoo will send more than 15 experts and writers to Rio, plus another 15 video producers and crew to cover the Games from every angle. Yahoo's focus for the 2016 will be to tell compelling stories and produce instant reactions across all content platforms. "We will use our world-class reporting to seek out the unscripted moments that make the so riveting," said , Vice President,. "We're poised to offer our most comprehensive coverage ever with a relentless emphasis on mobile- first content. We look forward to Shawn (gymnastics) and Summer (swimming, host) along with Canadian Olympian ( ) providing insider commentary on Yahoo's global stage. " Yahoo's experts will create unique content for Yahoo's global audience leading into the and throughout the. Content from Yahoo's talent will include video originals such as Instant Reactions, Power Rankings, Yahoo Sports Rio 101 and the Yahoo Sports , while Yahoo's award-winning writers like , , and will create in-depth features to tell the untold stories of Olympians and how medals were won or lost. Former Canadian national team and pro soccer goalkeeper will bring expert analysis to Yahoo Canada and host "Bring Your Eh Game" podcasts throughout the games. Finally, Yahoo's and based production teams will create three daily shows in Spanish and English, as well as documentary-style video content capturing the lively and colorful environment on the ground at the Games. Yahoo Summer Games coverage can be found across platforms from its custom destination page featuring medal counts and on the app. will also translate its coverage into a variety of languages to reach its over one billion unique users worldwide. Yahoo's editorial staff will work around the clock to make sure fans across the globe won't miss any piece of the action or unique story whether they're cheering for the , , , , , etc. is a guide focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining our users. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).

Yahoo Expands Content Marketing Offerings with Yahoo Storytellers investor.yahoo.net 2016-06-29 02:22 investor.yahoo.net

7 EU Brexit summit: No more business as usual (1.00/6) EU leaders are wearily familiar with crisis summits by now - there was the Greek debt crisis, the eurozone crisis, the Ukraine crisis, the migrant crisis. But Tuesday's summit presents a crisis of a different magnitude: the UK, the EU's second-largest economy, is setting a precedent by leaving the bloc. Nothing like this has happened since the European Economic Community (EEC), forerunner of the EU, was launched in 1957, with the Treaty of Rome. Wrangling over the technicalities of the UK withdrawal, and arguing over a future EU-UK settlement, threaten to obscure the bigger picture. Where does the EU go from here? With Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel at the helm there has been a shift away from the European Commission's "community" method of doing business to the "inter-governmental" method in the EU. The eurozone crisis highlighted this. It was largely up to the governments - not the European Commission - to bail out Greece, and then Ireland, Portugal and Cyprus. Attacked by Eurosceptics - not just British ones - the Commission and other EU institutions have somehow to prove their relevance to ordinary voters. Mrs Merkel's style - and that of the Netherlands and Nordic countries - suited the UK government's approach to the EU. The emphasis was more on pragmatism, less on grand visions of integration. Yet for Germany and most other members on the continent the EU always meant more than a common market, the trade association that the UK was glad to join in 1973. Now the Brexit vote has brutally exposed the distance between the EU elite and many ordinary Europeans struggling with the impact of globalisation and the 2008 financial crash. Europe will be watching to see if there is a real change of tone at this summit, to see if the leaders are listening and sincere about reforming the EU. The risk for them is that more ground will be lost to populist, nationalist and anti-EU forces, who have massive support in France (the National Front), the Netherlands (the Freedom Party) and Italy (the Northern League and Five Star Movement), to name but a few. Brexit comes on top of the biggest crises in the EU's history - chronic unemployment linked to the debt crisis, feeble growth in southern Europe and the influx of non-EU migrants fleeing war and poverty. A Franco-German strategy paper issued after the Brexit vote says "we have to find better ways of dealing with different levels of ambition, so as to ensure that Europe delivers better on the expectations of all European citizens". That echoes European Council President Donald Tusk, who said the EU must "depart from utopian dreams and move on to practical activities, such as for instance reinforcing the EU's external borders or consistently completing the banking union". Compromises and fudges are the stuff of EU deals, but this time it is hard to see how the Eurosceptic anger of so many British voters could be appeased by Brussels. Some have speculated about a new sort of "membership lite" for the UK, granting continued preferential access to the EU single market of 500 million consumers. But French and German politicians have already urged the UK to invoke Article 50 - the withdrawal procedure - soon, hinting that they are in no mood to let the UK haggle for an a la carte deal. Free movement of workers remains a fundamental tenet of the single market - and Brexit is such a blow to the EU that the other 27 nations would find it hard to give way on that. Poland and three of its Central European neighbours in the Visegrad Group will prioritise the rights of their workers in the UK. They cherish freedom of movement, after the restrictions of communism. France has warned that leaving the EU has to have consequences, though the penalties for the UK remain to be seen. The summit is an occasion to demonstrate that the EU's hard-won rights and values cannot be repackaged on the cheap, if a member state rejects the club rules. The UK had already negotiated many opt-outs. But now it has chosen the biggest opt-out of all.

EU Brexit summit: Sad 'last supper' in Brussels bbc.co.uk 2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

8 Yahoo Statement Regarding Starboard Announcement (0.01/6) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- today noted Starboard Value LP's announcement of its intention to nominate nine director candidates for election to Yahoo's Board of Directors at the company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Board's will review Starboard's proposed director nominees and respond in due course. Additional Information and Where to Find It (the "Company"), its directors and certain executive officers are participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders in connection with the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The Company plans to file a proxy statement (the "2016 Proxy Statement") with the (the "SEC") in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting. , , , , , , , Jr., , Ph. D. and , Jr., all of whom are members of the Company's Board of Directors, and , Chief Financial Officer, are participants in the Company's solicitation. Other than , none of such participants owns in excess of 1% of the Company's common stock. may be deemed to own approximately 7.5% of the Company's common stock. Additional information regarding such participants, including their direct or indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the 2016 Proxy Statement and other relevant documents to be filed with the in connection with the Annual Meeting. Information relating to the foregoing can also be found in the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2015 Proxy Statement"), which was filed with the on. To the extent that holdings of the Company's securities have changed since the amounts printed in the 2015 Proxy Statement, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the. Promptly after filing its definitive 2016 Proxy Statement with the , the Company will mail the definitive 2016 Proxy Statement and a WHITE proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE 2016 PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders may obtain, free of charge, the Company's preliminary proxy statement, any amendments or supplements thereto and any other relevant documents filed by the Company with the in connection with the Annual Meeting at the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the Company's definitive proxy statement, any amendments or supplements thereto and any other relevant documents filed by the Company with the in connection with the Annual Meeting will also be available, free of charge, at the Company's website (http://info.yahoo.com) or by writing to Investor Relations, , , 94089. In addition, copies of these materials may be requested, free of charge, from the Company's proxy solicitor, , , 20th Floor, 10022 or (212) 750-5833. is a guide focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining our users. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).

Yahoo Announces Board Changes and Agreement With Starboard investor.yahoo.net 2016-06-29 02:22 investor.yahoo.net

9 Yahoo Reports First Quarter 2016 Results (0.01/6) "I'm pleased that we delivered Q1 results in line with our expectations. Our 2016 plan is off to a solid start as we continue to focus on driving efficiency, lowering costs, and improving long-term growth," said , CEO of. "In tandem, we made substantial progress towards potential strategic alternatives for. Our board, our management team, and I are completely aligned on this top priority for shareholders. " Mavens revenue represented 33 percent of traffic-driven revenue in the first quarter of 2015, and increased to 38 percent in the first quarter of 2016. Mobile revenue represented 21 percent of traffic-driven revenue in the first quarter of 2015, and increased to 25 percent in the first quarter of 2016. Gross mobile revenue for the first quarter of 2015 and 2016 was and , respectively. "We delivered financial results at the high end or above our guidance ranges. We also achieved free cash flow of through improved working capital efficiencies, excellent cost controls, reduced capital expenditures and a large tax refund," said , CFO of. "While we remain focused on the strategic alternatives process as a top priority, our employees showed their determination and commitment to by executing on our operating plan. " will live stream a video broadcast of the Company's first quarter 2016 financial results at / today. The live stream will be broadcast from Yahoo's studio and will be available exclusively on Yahoo Finance at finance.yahoo.com. The Company will provide its business outlook for the second quarter and full year of 2016 during the presentation. Supplemental financial information can be accessed through the Company's Investor Relations website at investor.yahoo.net. The video will be archived after the event at investor.yahoo.net and will be available for 90 days following the broadcast. This press release and its attachments include the following financial measures defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the ("SEC"): gross mobile revenue; gross search revenue; revenue ex-TAC; adjusted EBITDA; non-GAAP income from operations; non-GAAP net earnings; non-GAAP net earnings per share - diluted; and free cash flow. Gross mobile revenue is GAAP mobile revenue plus the related revenue share with third parties. Gross search revenue is GAAP search revenue plus the related revenue share with third parties. Revenue ex-TAC is GAAP revenue less cost of revenue - TAC. Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net earnings and non-GAAP net earnings per share - diluted, exclude from the most comparable GAAP financial measures certain gains, losses, and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of ongoing results, and exclude stock-based compensation expense. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes taxes, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, other expense, net (which includes interest), earnings in equity interests, and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. Free cash flow is GAAP net cash provided by operating activities (adjusted to include excess tax benefits from stock-based awards), less acquisition of property and equipment, net (i.e., acquisition of property and equipment less proceeds received from disposition of property and equipment) and dividends received from equity investees. These measures may be different than non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Explanations of the Company's non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations of these financial measures to the GAAP financial measures the Company considers most comparable are included in the accompanying "Note to Supplemental Financial Data and GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations," "Supplemental Financial Data and GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations," and "GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations. " is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. By creating highly personalized experiences, helps users discover the information that matters most to them around the world -- on mobile or desktop. creates value for advertisers with a streamlined, simple advertising technology stack that leverages Yahoo's data, content, and technology to connect advertisers with their target audiences. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com). "Ads Sold" consist of display ad impressions for paying advertisers on and Affiliate sites. "Affiliates" refers to the third-party entities that have integrated Yahoo's advertising offerings into their websites or other offerings (those websites and other offerings, "Affiliate sites"). "Alibaba Group" means Alibaba Group Holding Limited. In , Alibaba Group completed its initial public offering of American Depositary Shares ("ADS"), in which was a selling shareholder. "Desktop computer" means a desktop or laptop computer, and "desktop revenue" is revenue generated from search and display ads served on desktop computers and also includes leads, listings and fees revenue and ecommerce revenue allocated to user activity on desktop computers. "Gross mobile revenue," a non-GAAP measure, is GAAP mobile revenue plus the related revenue share with third parties. "Gross search revenue," a non-GAAP measure, is GAAP search revenue plus the related revenue share with third parties. "Mavens revenue" is revenue generated from, without duplication: (i) mobile (as defined below), (ii) video ads and video ad packages, (iii) native ads, and (iv) and Polyvore ads and fees. "Mobile revenue" is revenue generated in connection with user activity on mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, regardless of whether the device is accessing a mobile-optimized service. Mobile revenue is generated primarily from search and display ads. Mobile revenue also includes leads, listings and fees revenue and ecommerce revenue allocated to user activity on mobile devices. "Native revenue" is revenue generated from native ads (search and display) on as well as third-party partner publisher sites and mobile apps. Native ads are visually rich, are positioned as a seamless part of the users' experience, and come in a variety of formats, like text, image, and video. offers native ads through Yahoo Gemini and the BrightRoll Demand-Side Platform (DSP). "Net earnings" means net income (loss) attributable to , and "net earnings per diluted share" means net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - diluted. "Non-Mavens revenue" is revenue generated from search ads and traditional (i.e., non-native, non-video, non- , non-Polyvore) display ads served on desktop computers and also includes leads, listings and fees revenue and ecommerce revenue allocated to user activity on desktop computers. "Non-traffic-driven revenue" is revenue not arising from user activity on or Affiliate sites, and includes royalty revenue, license fee revenue, amortization under the technology and intellectual property license agreement with Alibaba Group through the third quarter of 2015, and all other revenue that is not traffic-driven. "Paid Clicks" are clicks by end-users on sponsored search listings (excluding native ads) on and Affiliate sites. "Price-per-Ad" is defined as display revenue divided by our total number of Ads Sold. "Price-per-Click" is defined as Search click-driven revenue divided by our total number of Paid Clicks. "Search Agreement" refers to the Search and Advertising Services and Sales Agreement between and Microsoft Corporation, as amended. "Search click-driven revenue" is gross search revenue excluding the Microsoft RPS guarantee and search revenue from Yahoo Japan. "TAC" refers to traffic acquisition costs. TAC consists of payments to Affiliates and payments made to companies that direct consumer and business traffic to. "Yahoo," "Company," and "we" refer to and its consolidated subsidiaries. "Yahoo Properties" refers to the online properties and services that provides to users. We periodically review, refine and update our methodologies for monitoring, gathering, and counting number of Ads Sold and Paid Clicks, and for calculating Search click-driven revenue, Price-per-Ad, and Price- per-Click. Additional information about how "Ads Sold," "Paid Clicks," "Price-per-Ad," "Price-per-Click," and "Search click-driven revenue" are defined and calculated is included under the caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended , which is on file with the and available on the website at www.sec.gov. This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning expected financial performance and strategic and operational plans (including, without limitation, the quotations from management). Risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to Yahoo's ability to continue to attract and maintain mobile users and grow its mobile revenue; risks related to Yahoo's ability to continue to grow the Mavens revenue; risks related to Yahoo's ability to grow users, user engagement and pageviews; risks related to growing advertiser engagement; risk of potential reduction in spending by, or loss of, advertising customers; risks associated with the Search Agreement with Microsoft Corporation and the Services Agreement with ; risks related to Yahoo's ability to provide innovative search experiences and other products and services that differentiate its services and generate significant traffic; risks associated with Yahoo's ability to manage its operating expenses effectively and improve profitability; risks related to acceptance by users of new products and services; risks related to Yahoo's ability to compete with new or existing competitors; dependence on third parties for technology, services, content, and distribution; risks related to acquiring or developing compelling content; security breaches; interruptions or delays in the provision of Yahoo's services; adverse results in litigation; risks related to Yahoo's ability to recruit and retain key personnel; risks related to possible impairment of goodwill or other assets; risks related to Yahoo's ability to protect its intellectual property and the value of its brands; risks related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; risks related to joint ventures and the integration of acquisitions; risks related to Yahoo's regulatory environment; risks related to international operations; risks related to the calculation of our key operational metrics; and general economic conditions. With respect to Yahoo's exploration of strategic alternatives, there is no assurance any transaction will be consummated, and the process of exploring strategic alternatives will involve the dedication of significant resources and the incurrence of significant costs and expenses. All information set forth in this press release and its attachments is as of. does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update this information to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. More information about potential factors that could affect the Company's business and financial results is included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended , which is on file with the and available on the website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in those sections in Yahoo's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended , which will be filed with the in the second quarter of 2016. !, the family of marks, Flurry and Flurry Analytics, and the associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of is a registered trademark of Other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Note to Supplemental Financial Data and GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations This press release and its attachments include the non-GAAP financial measures of revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs ("revenue ex-TAC"); gross mobile revenue; gross search revenue; adjusted EBITDA; non-GAAP income from operations; non-GAAP net earnings; non-GAAP net earnings per diluted share; and free cash flow, which are reconciled to revenue (in the case of revenue ex-TAC, gross mobile revenue, and gross search revenue); net income (loss) attributable to (in the case of adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP net earnings); income (loss) from operations; net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - diluted; and net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, which we believe are the most comparable GAAP measures. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Yahoo," the "Company," or "we") uses these non-GAAP financial measures for internal managerial purposes and to facilitate period-to- period comparisons. We describe limitations specific to each non-GAAP financial measure below. Management generally compensates for limitations in the use of non-GAAP financial measures by relying on comparable GAAP financial measures and providing investors with a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure or measures. Further, management uses non-GAAP financial measures only in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect additional ways of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, revenue, net income (loss) attributable to , income (loss) from operations, net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - diluted, and net cash provided by (used in) operating activities calculated in accordance with GAAP. Revenue ex-TAC is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as GAAP revenue less TAC that has been recorded as a cost of revenue. TAC consists of payments made to Affiliates, and payments made to companies that direct consumer and business traffic to. TAC is recorded either as a reduction of revenue or as cost of revenue. We present revenue ex-TAC to provide investors a metric used by the Company for evaluation and decision-making purposes and to provide investors with comparable revenue numbers when comparing to our historical reported financial information. A limitation of revenue ex-TAC is that it is a measure we defined for internal and investor purposes that may be unique to the Company, and therefore it may not enhance the comparability of our results to those of other companies in our industry who have similar business arrangements but address the impact of TAC differently. Management compensates for these limitations by also relying on the comparable GAAP financial measures of revenue and cost of revenue—TAC. Each of gross mobile revenue and gross search revenue is a non-GAAP financial measure. Gross mobile revenue is defined as GAAP mobile revenue plus the related revenue share with third parties. Gross search revenue is defined as GAAP search revenue plus the related revenue share with third parties. We present these amounts to provide investors with additional metrics used by the Company for evaluation and decision- making purposes and as an indicator of the size of our presence in the relevant business. To this end, gross mobile revenue and gross search revenue report the total receipts generated on and Affiliate sites by the specified relevant business (i.e., mobile or search), before any TAC or other revenue share is paid to the Affiliates and before any revenue share is allocated to Microsoft or other parties. A limitation of these non-GAAP measures is that they include revenue that is recognized by one or more third parties and not by Yahoo; furthermore, they are measures we defined for internal and investor purposes that may be unique to us, and therefore may not enhance the comparability of our results to those of other companies in our industry who have similar business arrangements but address the impact of TAC and revenue sharing differently. Management compensates for these limitations by also relying on the comparable financial measure GAAP revenue. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) attributable to before taxes, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense, other expense, net (which includes interest), earnings in equity interests, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and other gains, losses, and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing results. We present adjusted EBITDA because the exclusion of certain gains, losses, and expenses facilitates comparisons of the operating performance of the Company on a period to period basis. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results reported under GAAP. These limitations include: adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments and such payments reflect a reduction in cash available to us; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the periodic costs of certain capitalized tangible and intangible assets used in generating revenues in our businesses; adjusted EBITDA does not include stock-based compensation expense related to the Company's workforce; adjusted EBITDA also excludes other expense, net (which includes interest), earnings in equity interests, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and other gains, losses, and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing results, and these items may represent a reduction or increase in cash available to us; and adjusted EBITDA is a measure that may be unique to the Company, and therefore it may not enhance the comparability of our results to other companies in our industry. Management compensates for these limitations by also relying on the comparable GAAP financial measure of net income (loss) attributable to , which includes taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation expense, other expense, net (which includes interest), earnings in equity interests, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and the other gains, losses and expenses that are excluded from adjusted EBITDA. Non-GAAP income from operations is defined as income (loss) from operations excluding certain gains, losses, and expenses that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing operating results and further adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation expense. Because of the variety of equity awards used by companies, the varying methodologies for determining stock-based compensation expense, and the subjective assumptions involved in those determinations, we believe excluding stock- based compensation expense enhances the ability of management and investors to understand the impact of stock-based compensation expense on income (loss) from operations. We consider non-GAAP income from operations to be a profitability measure which facilitates the forecasting of our operating results for future periods and allows for the comparison of our results to historical periods. A limitation of non-GAAP income from operations is that it does not include all items that impact our income from operations for the period. Management compensates for this limitation by also relying on the comparable GAAP financial measure of income (loss) from operations which includes the gains, losses, and expenses that are excluded from non-GAAP income from operations. Non-GAAP net earnings is defined as net income (loss) attributable to (which we sometimes refer to as net earnings) excluding certain gains, losses, expenses, and their related tax effects that we do not believe are indicative of our ongoing results and further adjusted to exclude stock- based compensation expense and its related tax effects. Because of the variety of equity awards used by companies, the varying methodologies for determining stock-based compensation expense, and the subjective assumptions involved in those determinations, we believe excluding stock- based compensation expense enhances the ability of management and investors to understand the impact of stock-based compensation expense on net income and net income per share. We consider non-GAAP net earnings and non-GAAP net earnings per diluted share to be profitability measures which facilitate the forecasting of our results for future periods and allow for the comparison of our results to historical periods. A limitation of non-GAAP net earnings and non-GAAP net earnings per diluted share is that they do not include all items that impact our net income and net income per diluted share for the period. Management compensates for this limitation by also relying on the comparable GAAP financial measures of net income (loss) attributable to and net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - diluted, both of which include the gains, losses, expenses and related tax effects that are excluded from non-GAAP net earnings and non-GAAP net earnings per diluted share. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (adjusted to include excess tax benefits from stock-based awards), less acquisition of property and equipment, net (i.e., acquisition of property and equipment less proceeds received from disposition of property and equipment) and dividends received from equity investees. We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure which provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by business operations, after deducting our net payments for acquisitions and dispositions of property and equipment, which cash can then be used for strategic opportunities or other business purposes including, among others, investing in the Company's business, making strategic acquisitions, strengthening the balance sheet, and repurchasing stock. A limitation of free cash flow is that it does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance for the period. Management compensates for this limitation by also relying on the net change in cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows prepared in accordance with GAAP which incorporates all cash movements during the period.

Yahoo to Live Stream Video of First Quarter 2016 Earnings on Yahoo Finance on April 19, 2016 investor.yahoo.net 2016-06-29 02:22 investor.yahoo.net

10 Of the People Mayor Shirley Franklin started a program in the city of Atlanta in which every single student who graduated from a public school, she’d find a way to pay for their first year of college. And, after hearing my story, she took an interest in me. She gave me a job in her office and she helped me get into college. Summer came, and I didn’t go to work because I didn’t have a suit. I got a call saying, “You need to get to work,” and she had someone take me suit shopping. They took me and bought me like five different suits and said, “This is how you invest in your kids.” I’m the first person in my family to graduate from college. That is the kind of local politics I grew to love in Atlanta. National politics is more messy. But I have hope that is going to change. Photograph by Ryan Stone for The New York Times

2016-06-29 06:00 The New www.nytimes.com

11 EU’s Juncker says Britain doesn’t have ‘months to meditate’ BRUSSELS, Belgium — Britain does not have “months to meditate” on the next steps following the Brexit vote, European Commission president Jean- Claude Juncker said Tuesday. “I have some understanding for the fact that (Prime Minister) David Cameron wants to have some time in order to meditate,” Juncker told a news conference after an EU summit. “We want Article 50 (of the Lisbon Treaty formally stating Britain’s intention to leave) to be triggered as soon as possible… It has to be speeded up. We don’t have months to meditate, we have to act.” Juncker added: “What I don’t understand is that those who wanted to leave (the EU) are totally unable to tell us what they want. “I thought that if you want to leave you have a plan, you have a project, you have a global picture,” he said. Juncker also said that he expected Britain to trigger Article 50 very soon after Cameron’s successor is named on September 9. “If someone from the ‘Remain’ camp will become British PM this has to be done in two weeks after his appointment,” he said. “If the next British PM is coming from the ‘Leave’ campaign it should be done the day after his appointment.” EU President Donald Tusk meanwhile said leaders appreciated that the situation needs to calm down in Britain following the Brexit vote before the next steps can be taken. “The leaders understood that some time is needed for the dust to settle,” Tusk said.

2016-06-29 06:00 Agence France newsinfo.inquirer.net

12 US, European stocks rise, ending Brexit rout NEW YORK, United States — US and European stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, making their first gains since Britain’s unexpected vote to quit the EU, while the pound rebounded as investors returned to jittery markets. Trading floors appeared to have put the initial panic of Brexit behind them, with investors snapping up bargains after two days of heavy losses. “It’s been a welcome respite for European equity markets today as investors start to absorb the impact of last week’s seismic miscalculation on the part of investors to the UK European Union referendum outcome,” said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets. “Concerns remain around UK company access to the single market, and there is an element of repricing risk going on in that regard, but for now it appears markets are starting to settle into their new equilibrium,” he added. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 surged 2.6 percent, as did the CAC 40 in Paris, while the DAX 30 in Frankfurt rose 1.9 percent. Wall Street followed European markets higher, with the S&P 500 climbing 1.8 percent. “In the short term, we got pretty oversold,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Wunderlich Securities in New York. “We retraced about one third of the move downward and we still have as many questions as we did two days ago.” The dollar retreated against both the pound and the euro after strong gains in the prior two sessions. Near 2100 GMT, the pound rose 0.8 percent to $1.3340. But Kathy Lien, analyst at BK Asset Management, called the rise in the pound a “dead cat bounce” as Britain faces fundamental questions over who is going to lead the country and how they are going to negotiate a resolution with Brussels. “There’s a lot of uncertainty left in Europe,” she said. Brexit’s uncertain path Meeting in Brussels, impatient EU leaders pressed a humiliated Prime Minister David Cameron to speed up Britain’s divorce from the EU, warning that Britain cannot expect special treatment outside the bloc. Cameron said the split should be “as constructive as possible” and that he wanted the “closest possible relationship” with Europe afterward. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Cameron could not “cherry- pick” in the exit negotiations — and there would be a price for Britain to pay. Large banks, which have endured two days of bruising losses, posted solid gains. In Britain, shares in Barclays climbed 3.4 percent and Lloyds jumped 7.4 percent. In France, BNP Paribas advanced 3.9 percent and Societe Generale gained 2.1 percent, while in Germany Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank each added around one percent. In the United States, Bank of America rose 4.3 percent and JPMorgan Chase 3.3 percent. Petroleum-linked stocks rose on higher oil prices, with BP climbing 2.1 percent, Total 3.3 percent and ExxonMobil 2.3 percent. German auto giant Volkswagen climbed 1.7 percent after agreeing to a record $15 billion settlement in the US over some of its emissions-cheating diesel cars. In Tokyo, shares of auto supplier Takata rose 2.2 percent after chief executive Shigehisa Takada told an annual shareholders meeting he would resign once the company recovers from a scandal linked to faulty air bag inflators linked to at least 13 deaths and scores of injuries globally.

2016-06-29 06:00 Agence France business.inquirer.net

13 Russia, US warships in ‘dangerous’ encounter WASHINGTON, United States — Washington and Moscow on Tuesday accused each other of conducting dangerous maritime maneuvers after two warships sailed closely past each other in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month. Russia’s defense ministry said the USS Gravely, an American destroyer, crossed the path of the Russian frigate Yaroslav Mudry on June 17, coming “dangerously close.” The US Navy committed a “gross violation of international rules on the prevention of collisions at sea,” violating a maritime agreement signed by the US and Soviet authorities in 1972, Moscow said. A US defense official later gave a completely different account, saying the Russian ship had deliberately maneuvered to approach the USS Gravely. The Russian frigate had also displayed an international sign showing her maneuverability to be restricted when she first positioned herself about two miles (three kilometers) from the Gravely, the official said. “The maneuvering demonstrates that (the Yaroslav Mudry) was not in fact restricted in her ability to maneuver, and was thus intentionally displaying a false international signal,” he added, speaking on condition of anonymity. Russia insisted its frigate was in international waters and not “conducting dangerous maneuvers” in regard to the American destroyer. US officials said the two ships passed within 315 yards (288 meters) of each other. The Russians put the distance at just “60 to 70″ meters. The Pentagon has reported a number of cases of Russian jets buzzing US planes and ships in the Baltic Sea in recent months with tensions between the two sides at their highest point since the Cold War over the crisis in Ukraine. In April, the US Navy released video footage of Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea flying very close to another destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, including a “simulated attack profile.” Russia’s defense ministry used the contested incident in the Mediterranean Sea to hit back at the United States. The Pentagon “has recently accused with great perseverance Russian pilots and marines of lacking professionalism,” it said. “But this incident shows that US (sailors) allow themselves to forget basic rules of maritime safety.” Relations between Russia and the West nosedived over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from Kiev in March 2014 and its support for a pro- Kremlin insurgency in eastern Ukraine. “These actions have the potential to unnecessarily escalate tensions between countries, and could result in a miscalculation or accident which results in serious injury or death,” the US defense official said.

2016-06-29 06:00 Agence France newsinfo.inquirer.net

14 Pooled editorial: President and press have common duty On the eve of the presidential inauguration, journalists from different news organizations in the country have written a pooled editorial on the “common duty in law and tradition” that binds the presidency and the media. The Philippine Daily Inquirer fully agrees with the points raised by the industry’s statement of unity, and adopts it as its own editorial. The pooled editorial outlines the media industry’s understanding of the presidency as “the most important pivot of news and policy in the land” and defines the news media’s role as “custodian and gatekeeper” of some of the citizenry’s most fundamental rights. It notes “at least two disturbing ‘messages’” from President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, but ends with both well-wishes for the success of the new administration and with a commitment to “do journalism right and better.” Aside from the Inquirer, Cebu Daily News, The Standard and the Philippine Star, the list of institutions signing the pooled editorial as of 5:10 p.m. Tuesday includes the Philippine Press Institute, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, College Editors Guild of the Philippines, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Notre Dame Broadcasting Corp., Mindanao Cross, Mindanao Gold Star Daily, Sun. Star – Cagayan de Oro, Journal, Freeman, Bicol Today, Bulatlat, Philippine Collegian, Eastern Vista, Pahayagang Balikas, BANAT News, Northern Dispatch, Panguil Bay Monitor, Mindanao Monitor, Catarman Weekly Tribune, Lanao del Norte Today, Mindanao Daily News, BlogWatch, and Kodao Productions. More signatories are expected.

2016-06-29 06:00 Philippine Daily newsinfo.inquirer.net

15 Incoming AFP chief vows 24/7 fight vs Abu Sayyaf There will be no rest in the operations against the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), according to the incoming military chief. “We are planning to fight the Abu Sayyaf 24/7,” incoming Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya said on Tuesday when asked how the military under his command would deal with the Islamic extremist group that recently beheaded two Canadians and abducted seven Indonesian sailors in the Sulu Sea. Visaya, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s pick as AFP chief, made the statements in a media interview after a testimonial parade for outgoing Department of National Defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin at the AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo. Visaya said one of his priorities would be to make a trip to Jolo, Sulu, shortly after scheduled turnover ceremonies on July 1. In an interview on Monday after the military’s testimonial parade in honor of outgoing Commander in Chief President Aquino, Visaya said the military had enough personnel to wage the 24/7 campaign in known ASG areas in western Mindanao. “We have 10 regional battalions and five individual companies there. I think it’s enough.”

2016-06-29 05:52 Jaymee T newsinfo.inquirer.net

16 Prior restraint? Never again–Coloma “Never again should there be prior restraint on the exercise of freedom of expression or of the press.” This was Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma’s parting shots as he on Tuesday bade goodbye to members of the Malacañang Press Corps. As he prepares to step down and make way for the Duterte administration that already has an adversarial relationship with reporters, President Aquino’s chief spokesperson exhorted the media to stand firm on the untrammeled exercise of press freedom. “Let us continue to uphold and protect press freedom,” Coloma said in his farewell message at his last press briefing in the Palace, wrapping up a high-profile job as head of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Finally, we need to reaffirm our commitment to freedom and democracy,” stressed Coloma. We must not drop our guard nor waiver in our vigilance,” he added. Coloma himself experienced being deprived of his freedom during martial law. “In my younger days, I experienced first-hand the loss of my personal freedom as a political detainee under martial law. As a campus journalist, I witnessed a dark period in our history when citizens were deprived of freedom of expression and of the press,” he said. ‘Work together’ But at the same time, Coloma said there was no need for the government and the media to be enemies. “They can work together for the sake of the country. What is important is to understand context and perspective in reporting the news and delivering information,” he said. “While it is true that it is the duty of media to be a watchdog of the public against possible government abuse, it is equally true that media can be a critical partner of government in public communication,” he said. He noted that the media had often been critical and vocal in their opposition to actions and decisions of government. “In the crucible of day to day dynamics of the body politic, we engage each other in spirited and intense discussion. All that we asked was for you to understand context and perspective,” he said. He also spoke of the importance of the commitment to the truth for the media, which means accuracy and getting the facts right. Media boycott “For if we report what is not true, or if we report without diligently checking our facts, don’t we run the risk of losing credibility?” he added. Duterte has vowed not grant media interviews until the end of his term to avoid mistakes, after bristling at the call of an international media group to boycott the President-elect. Paris-based Reporters Without Borders called for the media boycott over Duterte’s remarks that seemingly justified the killings of media practitioners. Coloma also noted that for President Aquino, the most important change he had accomplished was bringing back “hope, trust and honor to Filipinos.” The media played a role in this effort by helping the administration communicate better with the public, he said. Under Coloma’s watch, there were marked improvements in operations of the People’s Television Network, National Printing Office (NPO) and the Asian Productivity Organization Production Unit. For instance, the NPO is now a self-sustaining agency and was able to print the ballots for the 2016 elections in a record 42 days, he pointed out.

2016-06-29 05:50 Leila B newsinfo.inquirer.net

17 Death penalty bills to come alive in new Senate At least two senators will file bills on July 1 to reimpose the death penalty in keeping apparently with President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s wishes. Reviving capital punishment will be among the first 10 measures to be filed by each of Sen. Vicente Sotto III and returning Sen. Panfilo Lacson ahead of the formal opening of the 17th Congress on July 25. All incoming members of the Senate are in the process of readying the first 10 bills each will file come July 1. Duterte recently said in Davao City that he viewed the death penalty—which was repealed during the Arroyo administration in 2006—as retribution for one’s crimes against society. “When you kill, rape someone you should pay for it,” he had said. Lacson, however, said he saw the death penalty differently. In a text message, Lacson said this was the first time he was filing a death penalty bill and it would cover “all heinous crimes” as defined in Republic Act No. 7659, or the Death Penalty Law that was repealed in 2006. Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police, said he saw capital punishment as a deterrent to crime while Duterte saw it as retribution. Lacson said his bill would specify death by lethal injection and not by hanging, as Duterte had said he preferred but which Lacson found to be “medieval.” “I believe the mere knowledge one’s death is forthcoming is the ultimate punishment,” Lacson said. The nine other bills Lacson will file include the budget reform for village empowerment act, national ID reference system act, amendments to the antimoney laundering act and bank secrecy law, and the anti-wire tapping and SIM card registration acts. Sotto said he would refile the death penalty bill he first submitted in 2014 which seeks to revive the old capital punishment law or RA 7659. His bill would also propose death by lethal injection. Sotto’s other bills have to do with addressing the drug problem, an antidrug penal institution act, the creation of a Presidential Anti-Drug Authority, creation of a dangerous drugs court, and providing for affordable drug rehabilitation treatment for PhilHealth beneficiaries.

2016-06-29 05:47 Christine O newsinfo.inquirer.net

18 Bongbong to file protest vs Leni Losing vice presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will file today (Wednesday) an election protest against Vice President-elect Leni Robredo in the Supreme Court which shall sit as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). Marcos’ lawyer, George Garcia, on Tuesday said they would present to the PET—which hears election protests in the presidential and vice presidential contests—a 3,000-page protest that was very detailed and comprehensive. Garcia said their election protest would cover about 40,000 precincts, or nearly half of the 96,000 clustered precincts nationwide. “We want the election results in some areas annulled and set aside,” he said in a phone interview. Garcia said they would also seek a judicial recount and revision of ballots. Asked if they would raise anew the question of the command script change in a transparency server of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPRCV) during the vice presidential vote count, he replied in the affirmative, adding that they would provide a very detailed account of what allegedly transpired. Marcos had charged that massive cheating and automated fraud favored Robredo following the script change, but this was explained away by poll officials and experts as a cosmetic modification to correct name spellings. Robredo came away as the winner of the vice presidential race with 14,418,817 votes, 263,473 more than her closest rival Marcos who got 14,155,344 votes.

2016-06-29 05:41 Christine O newsinfo.inquirer.net

19 19 1.3M students join senior high; fears unfounded, DepEd claims The latest enrollment figures in the senior high school (SHS) program show that initial fears of a significant drop in the number of students continuing the additional two years of basic schooling may have been unfounded, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Tuesday. So far, 1.3 million students are attending the SHS program, which adds two more years to basic schooling, in more than 10,000 schools nationwide, according to DepEd records. The number is already about 90 percent of the total number of SHS enrollees anticipated for the first year of its implementation and this is expected to rise when other state colleges and universities and private institutions offering senior high school open classes in July and August. Around 1.5 million students finished Grade 10 for school year 2015-2016. Assistant Secretary Jesus Mateo on Tuesday noted the online enrollment record of 1,300,938 students currently attending the SHS program already surpassed the usual rate of high school graduates entering college. “If you look at the historical data of 4th year students going to college prior to K-12 program, only 50 percent of those who completed [high school] eventually go to college,” Mateo added in a phone interview. Mateo said the data showed that the fears raised by groups opposed to the K-12 program were “unfounded.” “They (critics) said many students would not be able to continue their schooling but the data shows they are continuing,” he said, noting that those who completed Grade 10 or 4th year high school in 2015 or earlier were going back to study. Groups against the K-12 program argued that the SHS program was a “great burden” for students and their families. They said poor families would have to save at least 39 percent of their income or P113 a day to send their children to SHS. DepEd officials countered that the SHS program should be considered an investment, which would equip students with knowledge and skills that will better prepare them for their chosen career. Under the SHS program, a student will take 15 core subjects, seven applied and nine specialized track subjects in academics, sports, arts and technical-vocational fields.

2016-06-29 05:39 Jocelyn R newsinfo.inquirer.net

20 Impeach Duterte? Not a chance–Belmonte Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Tuesday said there was “zero” chance for impeachment moves against incoming President Rodrigo Duterte, and described talk that Vice President-elect Leni Robredo could benefit from an ouster plan as “rubbish.” “I don’t know where the word impeachment comes from but let’s face it, the chances of that is zero and nobody will even think of it,” Belmonte told reporters. He also said Duterte should be “given the chance to run the country without talk of impeachment or anything like that being uttered by anybody of whatever political party.” “We should be talking about confidence… and not raising fears here such that there is so much negativism. This is a new administration. Let’s think positive as a people, as politicians, as everything. Let’s be positive. Let’s look forward to great achievements for our people instead of talking about negative ideas like impeachment. We’ll be doing ourselves a big disservice (if we do that),” Belmonte said. Belmonte admitted he had “been part of a number of impeachments”—from that of former President now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, the late Chief Justice Renato Corona, and the aborted proceedings against then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. But Belmonte, head of the Liberal Party (LP) bloc, said he does not see any reason for Duterte to feel or think that there are moves to remove him from office. To the question of whether Robredo, the LP’s candidate, would stand to gain from a Duterte impeachment, Belmonte replied: “Yan ang malaking kalokohan. Yan ang intriga na sinasabi ng mga tao… Yan ang number one intriga sa lahat. (That’s rubbish. That’s the intrigue going around… the biggest intrigue).”

2016-06-29 05:37 Nikko Dizon newsinfo.inquirer.net

21 Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft. Mylswamy Annadurai, the project director for the lunar mission, told CNN that temperatures onboard Chandrayaan-1 had risen to 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit). The increase occurred as the craft, the moon -- which it is orbiting -- and the sun lined up, a phenomenon which Annadurai said was not unexpected and which would likely last until the end of December. "We have switched off the systems (aboard) that are not needed to be on," Annadurai said, ruling out the possibility of damage and adding that the temperature was now down to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Heat on board the Chandrayaan-1 should not exceed 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), Annadurai said -- but insisted the orbiter is designed to withstand up to 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit). The Chandrayaan-1 -- Chandrayaan means "moon craft" in Sanskrit -- was successfully launched from southern India on October 22. Watch the launch of India's first lunar mission » Its two-year mission is to take high-resolution, three-dimensional images of the moon's surface, especially the permanently shadowed polar regions. It also will search for evidence of water or ice and attempt to identify the chemical composition of certain lunar rocks, the group said. Earlier this month the Moon Impact Probe detached from Chandrayaan-1 and successfully crash-landed on the moon's surface. Officials say that the TV-size probe, which is adorned with a painting of the Indian flag, hit the moon's surface at a speed of 5,760 kilometers per hour (3,579 mph). It transmitted data to Chandrayaan-1 ahead of impact but was not intended to be retrieved after that. Chandrayaan-1 is carrying payloads from the United States, the European Union and Bulgaria. India plans to share the data from the mission with other programs, including NASA.

2016-06-29 03:29 Harmeet Shah rss.cnn.com

22 Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years WASHINGTON (CNN) -- NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. The mission had been scheduled for launch in the fall of 2009. The Mars Science Lab is a large, nuclear-powered rover designed to traverse long distances with a suite of onboard scientific instruments aboard. It is, according to NASA's Web site, part of a "long-term effort of robotic exploration" established to "study the early environmental history of Mars" and assess whether Mars has ever been -- or still is -- able to sustain life. The delay of the launch, according to NASA, is due to a number of "testing and hardware challenges that must (still) be addressed to ensure mission success. " "The progress in recent weeks has not come fast enough on solving technical challenges and pulling hardware together," said Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Changing to a 2011 launch "will allow for careful resolution of any remaining technical problems, proper and thorough testing, and avoid a mad dash to launch," argued NASA Associate Administrator Ed Weiler. The overall cost of the Mars Science Lab is now projected to be roughly $2.1 billion, according to NASA spokesman Dwayne Browne. The project originally carried a price tag of $1.6 billion. NASA's entire budget for the current fiscal year, according to Browne, is approximately $15 billion. According to NASA, the Mars rover will use new technologies and be engineered to explore greater distances over rougher terrain than previous missions to the planet. This will be done in part by employing a new surface propulsion system. "Failure is not an option on this mission," Weiler said. "The science is too important and the investment of American taxpayer dollars compels us to be absolutely certain that we have done everything possible to ensure the success of this flagship planetary mission. " Weiler asserted that, based on the agency's preliminary evaluations, additional costs tied to the delay of the Science Lab launch would not result in the cancellation of other NASA programs over the next two years. He did, however, concede that it would result in other unspecified program delays. Critics have charged that the delay and cost overruns associated with the Mars Science Lab are indicative of an agency that is plagued by a lack of accountability and inefficiency in terms of its management of both time and taxpayer dollars. "The Mars Science Laboratory is only the latest symptom of a NASA culture that has lost control of spending," wrote Alan Stern, a former NASA associate administrator, in a November 24 op-ed in the New York Times. "A cancer is overtaking our space agency: the routine acquiescence to immense cost increases in projects. " Stern charged that the agency's cost overruns are being fueled by "managers who disguise the size of cost increases that missions incur" and "members of Congress who accept steep increases to protect local jobs. " Browne replied in a written statement saying that NASA administrators are "constantly working to improve (the agency's) cost-estimating capabilities. ... We continually review our projects to understand the true risk in terms of performance, cost and schedule. " "The fact of life at NASA, where we are charged with creating first-of-a-kind missions of scientific discovery, is that estimating the costs of... science can be almost as difficult as actually doing the science," Browne said. NASA's most recent Mars project -- the mission of the Phoenix Mars Lander -- came to an end last month after the solar-powered vehicle's batteries ran down as the result of a dust storm and the onset of Martian winter. It had operated two months beyond its initial three-month mission. NASA officials had landed the vehicle on an arctic plain after satellite observations indicated there were vast quantities of frozen water in that area, most likely in the form of permafrost. They thought such a location would be a promising place to look for organic chemicals that would signal a habitable environment. Scientists were able to verify the presence of water-ice in the Martian subsurface, find small concentrations of salts that could be nutrients for life, and observe snow descending from the clouds, NASA said Thursday. 2016-06-29 03:29 Alan Silverleib rss.cnn.com

23 Probing the cosmos: Is anybody out there? (CNN) -- From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe. Her ears are 42 large and sophisticated radio telescopes, spread across several acres, that scan the cosmos for signals of extraterrestrial origin. If intelligent life forms do exist on other planets, and they try to contact us, Tarter will be among the first to know. Are we citizens of Earth alone in the universe? It's a question that has long fascinated astronomers, sci-fi authors, kids with backyard telescopes and Hollywood executives who churn out spectacles about alien encounters. Polls have found that most Americans believe that some form of life exists beyond our planet. "It's a fundamental question," said Tarter, the real-life inspiration for Jodie Foster's character in the 1997 movie "Contact. " "And it's a question that the person on the street can understand. It's not like a... super-collider or some search for neutrinos buried in the ice. It's, 'Are we alone? How might we find out? What does that tell us about ourselves and our place in the universe?' "We're trying to figure out how the universe began, how galaxies and large- scale structures formed, and where did the origins of life as we know it take place? " Tarter said. "These are all valid questions to ask of the universe. And an equally valid question is whether the same thing that happened here [on Earth] has happened elsewhere. " Watch a preview of CNN's "In Search of Aliens" series » Thanks to advancements in technology, scientists hope to get an answer sooner rather than later. Rovers have snapped photographs of the surface of Mars that show fossil-like shapes. NASA hopes to launch within a decade a Terrestrial Planet Finder, an orbiting observatory that would detect planets around nearby stars and determine whether they could support life. Such developments are catnip to scientists like Geoffrey Marcy, a professor of astronomy at the University of California-Berkeley who has discovered more extrasolar planets than anyone else. "It wasn't more than 13 years ago that we hadn't found any planets around the stars, and most people thought that we never would. So here we are not only having found planets, we are looking for habitable planets, signs of biology on those planets," Marcy told CNN. "It's an extraordinary explosion of a field of science that didn't even exist just a few years ago. " Then there's Tarter, whose quest for signs of extraterrestrial life kept her on the fringes of mainstream science for decades. While pursuing her doctorate at UC-Berkeley, Tarter came across an engineering report that floated the idea of using radio telescopes to listen for broadcasts by alien beings. It became her life's work. In 1984 Tarter founded the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) in California. Using telescopes in Australia, West Virginia and Puerto Rico, she conducted a decade-long scouring of about 750 nearby star systems for extraterrestrial radio signals. None was found, although Tarter had some false alarms. In 1998, she intercepted a mysterious signal that lasted for hours. Tarter got so excited she misread her own computer results: The signal was coming from a NASA observatory spacecraft orbiting the sun. Today, Tarter listens to the heavens with the Allen Telescope Array, a collection of 20-foot-wide telescopes some 300 miles north of San Francisco. The dish-like scopes are a joint effort of SETI and UC-Berkeley's Radio Astronomy Lab and have been funded largely by Microsoft co- founder Paul Allen, who donated more than $25 million to the project. Unlike previously existing radio telescopes, which scan the sky for limited periods of time, the Allen Telescope Array probes the universe round the clock. Each of the 42 scopes is aimed at a different area of the sky, collecting reams of data that are continually studied by computers for unusual patterns. Then the listeners must filter out noise from airplanes and satellites. "We're listening for something that we don't think can be produced by Mother Nature," Tarter said. "We're using the radio frequency, other people are using optical telescopes... and in both cases we're looking for an artificial nature to a signal. "In the case of radio, we're looking for a lot of power being squished into just one channel on the radio dial. In the optical, they're looking for very bright flashes that last a nanosecond... or less, not slow pulsing kinds of things. To date we've never found a natural source that can do that. " Signals that any extraterrestrials might be transmitting for their own use would be difficult to detect, Tarter said. Astronomers are more likely to discover a radio transmission broadcast intentionally at the Earth, she said. Astronomers at SETI, however, are not sending a signal into space in an attempt to communicate with aliens. University of California professor Marcy is skeptical about the existence of intelligent alien life and believes our galaxy's vast distances would make communication between Earth and beings on other planets almost impossible. "The nearest neighbor might be halfway across our galaxy, 50,000 light- years away. Communicating with them will take a hundred thousand years for a round-trip signal," he said. Still, Tarter remains undaunted. The Allen Telescope Array already does in 10 minutes what once took her scientists 10 days. When the project is completed, it will have 350 telescopes that, combined, can survey tens of thousands of star systems. "We can look in more places and more frequencies faster than we ever could. And that will just get better with time. We're doing something now we couldn't do when we started, we couldn't do five years ago," she said. "Think of it as a cosmic haystack. There's a needle in there somewhere. If you pull out a few straws, are you going to get disappointed because you haven't found the needle yet? No. We haven't really begun to explore. " All About Astronomy • UFOs and Alien Abductions • SETI Institute

2016-06-29 03:29 By Brandon rss.cnn.com

24 Shuttle Endeavour lands at California air base (CNN) -- Space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday afternoon at California's Edwards Air Force Base after NASA waved off two opportunities for a Florida landing because of poor weather. The shuttle, steered by commander Christopher Ferguson, landed at 1:25 p.m., ending a mission that lasted more than two weeks. Wind, rain and reports of thunderstorms within 30 miles of the shuttle landing facility at Florida's Kennedy Space Center prompted NASA to cancel the landing attempts there. Those had been scheduled for 1:19 p.m. and 2:54 p.m. ET. After determining Monday's weather forecast at Kennedy Space Center was equally unpromising, flight controllers decided they would try to land the shuttle and its seven astronauts at Edwards AFB, about 100 miles from Los Angeles, California, where Sunday's forecast was sunny. Flight controllers prefer landings at Kennedy Space Center because of cost and schedule. NASA has estimated it costs about $1.7 million to bring a shuttle home to Kennedy Space Center from California. Watch Endeavour's Sunday landing in California » It also takes at least a week to get the shuttle ready for the trip, but schedule is not a major factor for the Endeavour; it is not scheduled to fly again until May. Endeavour's 15-day mission to the international space station began on November 14 and included four spacewalks. During that time, the crew brought key pieces -- including exercise equipment, more sleeping berths and a urine recycling system -- for a project to double the capacity of the station from three in-house astronauts to six. The recycling system was installed to turn urine and sweat from the astronauts into drinking water. Other modules are scheduled to arrive on a February shuttle flight. The goal of expanding the station's capacity to six astronauts is expected to be reached by the summer. The crew also worked on a joint that helps generate power for the space station. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve Bowen spent hours cleaning and lubricating the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint, which is designed to allow the solar panels on the left side of the station to rotate and track the sun. The astronauts also removed and replaced several trundle bearing assemblies. The mission went according to plan, despite a minor interruption on the first spacewalk when a grease gun in Stefanyshyn-Piper tool's bag leaked, coating everything inside with a film of lubricant. While she was trying to clean it up, the bag -- with $100,000 in tools -- floated away. CNN's Kate Tobin and Miles O'Brien contributed to this report.

2016-06-29 03:29 rss.cnn.com

25 Why we worry about flying (Opinion) We still do not know what has happened to the EgyptAir flight. Indeed, at the time of writing, neither the plane nor any wreckage had been found. But that doesn't mean that the answer to the question is any different. Yes, flying is safe. In fact, it is far safer than many of the things we do every day. Of course, with the uncertainty we are faced with in this latest case -- it is unclear if it was a technical fault, weather-related or (as officials seem to believe is more likely) the result of terrorism -- it is hardly surprising that people are concerned. But for those wondering whether they might be better sticking to destinations that are within driving distance, it is worth taking a look at the numbers. Of course, statistics for driving and flying are not directly comparable. But still, the chance of dying in a car accident each year in the United States is about 10 per 100,000, or 100 per million people. The chance of dying in an airplane accident, in contrast, is less than 1 in 14 million globally. The chances of dying in in an airplane accident are actually considerably less than the odds of being killed by a co-worker (9 in 1 million). Other studies have shown that the average number of years you can expect to fly before dying in an air crash is 14,176. These numbers will clearly vary depending on how much you fly. But even if you were a member of the million-mile club, the fact remains that flying is a very safe activity. So why are so many people nervous when it comes time to fly? And why is the perception of the risk of flying so different from the statistical reality? Behavioral decision-making provides several insights into why the perceived risk of flying is higher than it really is, specifically through what is known as cognitive biases. Perhaps the most relevant biases here are anchoring and availability. Anchoring is a well-known cognitive bias that is demonstrated when people rely too heavily on a single piece of information that resides in their salient memory when making a decision. Availability bias is the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of an event where there is greater "availability," or greater "detail," in our memory. Why does this happen? Because airplane incidents are often far more catastrophic than car accidents in terms of lives lost, and so they get more media attention. We learn a lot about airplane incidents, such as the time the incident occurred, the route, the passengers, the type of airplane, and we sympathize with the families and the loved ones. This is only human. Subconsciously, these factors, while important, contribute to our availability bias. If all tragic car accidents were presented in the news with such detail, there would probably be a similar, escalated effect, and people might question whether or not they should limit -- or even stop -- driving. And there is another factor that makes people more nervous about flying than getting behind the wheel. The most common answer people provide in response to the question of why they fear flying more than driving is that they have less control when traveling in a plane. After all, you are putting your life in the hands of the pilot, and psychological studies have shown that everyone thinks they are above average drivers. (This important cognitive bias can be described as the overconfidence bias -- we all think we are above average, even if that obviously is not possible). Finally, what about terrorism -- that is another reason why flying is risky, right? Not so fast. Yes, terrorism exists. But it has existed for centuries, and travelers of any sort -- whether flying or catching their bus to work -- cannot allow themselves to be afraid of what might happen when they leave their homes. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said last year as he explained the enormous efforts the department is undertaking to confront terrorism threats: "the most important thing we can do for the strength of our nation is to preserve our values and not be afraid. Terrorism cannot succeed if we are not afraid. " By taking the time to remind ourselves of the facts, we can hopefully make that aspiration more attainable -- and in the process be a little less afraid of flying. Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion. Read CNNOpinion's Flipboard magazine.

2016-06-29 02:59 Ali E edition.cnn.com

26 The American Spectator Last week the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority when he granted exemptions from the immigration laws passed by Congress. But the Supreme Court also exceeded its own authority by granting the University of Texas an exemption from the Constitution’s requirement of “equal protection of the laws,” by voting that racial preferences for student admissions were legal. Supreme Court decisions in affirmative action cases are the longest running fraud since the 1896 decision upholding racial segregation laws in the Jim Crow South, on grounds that “separate but equal” facilities were consistent with the Constitution. Everybody knew that those facilities were separate but by no means equal. Nevertheless, this charade lasted until 1954. The Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases have now lasted since 1974 when, in the case of DeFunis v. Odegaard, the Court voted 5 to 4 that this particular case was moot, which spared the justices from having to vote on its merits. While the 1896 “separate but equal” decision lasted 58 years, the Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases have now had 42 years of evasion, sophistry, and fraud, with no end in sight. One sign of the erosion of principles over the years is that even one of the Court’s most liberal judicial activists, Justice William O. Douglas, could not stomach affirmative action in 1974, and voted to condemn it, rather than declare the issue moot. But now, in 2016, the supposedly conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy voted to uphold the University of Texas’ racial preferences. Perhaps the atmosphere inside the Washington Beltway wears down opposition to affirmative action, much as water can eventually wear down rock and create the Grand Canyon. We have heard much this year about the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of the great Justice Antonin Scalia — and rightly so. But there are two vacancies on the Supreme Court. The other vacancy is Anthony Kennedy. The human tragedy, amid all the legal evasions and frauds, is that, while many laws and policies sacrifice some people for the sake of other people, affirmative action manages to harm blacks, whites, Asians, and others, even if in different ways. Students who are kept out of a college because other students are admitted instead, under racial quotas, obviously lose opportunities they would otherwise have had. But minority students admitted to institutions whose academic standards they do not meet are all too often needlessly turned into failures, even when they have the prerequisites for success in some other institution whose normal standards they do meet. When black students who scored at the 90th percentile in math were admitted to M. I. T., where the other students scored at the 99th percentile, a significant number of black students failed to graduate there, even though they could have graduated with honors at most other academic institutions. We do not have so many students with that kind of ability that we can afford to sacrifice them on the altar to political correctness. Such negative consequences of mismatching minority students with institutions, for the sake of racial body count, have been documented in a number of studies, most notably Mismatch, a book by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr., whose subtitle is: “How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It.” When racial preferences in student admissions in the University of California system were banned, the number of black and Hispanic students in the system declined slightly, but the number actually graduating rose substantially. So did the number graduating with degrees in tough subjects like math, science, and engineering. But hard facts carry no such weight among politicians as magic words like “diversity” — a word repeated endlessly, without one speck of evidence to back up its sweeping claims of benefits. It too is part of the Supreme Court fraud, going back to a 1978 decision that seemingly banned racial quotas — unless the word “diversity” was used instead of “quotas.” Seeming to ban racial preferences, while letting them continue under another name, was clever politically. But the last thing we need in Washington are nine more politicians, wearing judicial robes.

2016-06-29 02:22 Thomas Sowell spectator.org

27 Tribe Wins Ten in a Row The Cleveland Indians became the first MLB team to win 10 in a row during the 2016 season with an 8-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. The AL Central has been MLB’s most volatile division. In April, it was the Chicago White Sox. In May, the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals regained their form. But it is the Tribe that has surged in June. In addition to their ten straight wins, they are 19-6 this month and have a five game lead over the Royals. But given how volatile the division has been it is possible that July could the Detroit Tigers’ month. But the Tribe keeps up its pitching they will be tough to overcome. Going into tonight’s action, the Indians led the AL with a 3.51 team ERA. Wouldn’t it be crazy if the Indians & Cubs met in the World Series? I predicted this match up last year. Imagine if they won. First, the Caveliers then the Indians. It would be Cleveland’s best year – ever. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The Indians have only played 75 games. We’ve got a long way to go.

2016-06-29 02:22 Aaron Goldstein spectator.org

28 Reality Check: Have MEPs done 'proper jobs'? The claim: MEPs have not done "proper jobs" that benefit the economy. Reality Check verdict: It depends on your definition of a "proper job". Of the 14 MEPs who spoke on Tuesday, 13 have spent part of their careers outside politics. Five have worked in business or trade. Of these, four have started their own business, including Nigel Farage MEP. Speaking at the European Parliament's first debate on the UK's vote to leave the EU, MEP and UKIP leader Nigel Farage told MEPs: "I know that virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives or worked in business or worked in trade or ever created a job. " It was one of many tense exchanges throughout the session, which was marked by booing and shouting. The European Parliament passed a motion urging the UK to start the exit process by triggering Article 50 immediately. But politics and heckling aside, what do we mean by a proper job? This accusation is usually directed at people who have spent the majority of their working lives in politics, whether as elected politicians, in think tanks, or as civil servants. Mr Farage is talking about people who worked in business and trade. There are 751 MEPs in the European Parliament - too many to look at it in one article - so we've looked into the previous careers of the 14 who spoke at the session today. Let's start with Marine Le Pen. She began her political career in 1998 as a regional councillor, but before that she practised as a lawyer for six years. She is trained in criminal law and also worked as the director of the Front National's legal service from 1998 to 2004. Guy Verhofstadt spent his whole career in politics. He began as a city councillor in 1976 after studying for a law degree. He served as prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He has also sat as a Member of the Chamber of Representatives and a Member of the Senate in his home country as well as on a number of company boards. Martin Schulz , president of the European parliament, is a former bookshop owner. He completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller between 1975 and 1977. In 1982 he opened a bookstore in Wuerselen which he managed for 12 years. In 1987 he was elected as the youngest ever mayor in North Rhine-Westphalia at the age of 31. In 1994 he was elected to the European Parliament (MEP) for the first time. Alyn Smith graduated from Nottingham Law School in 1996 and taught English in India for a year before qualifying as a commercial lawyer. He worked at a law firm in Edinburgh from 2000, and in 2002 began working for MSP Richard Lochhead at Holyrood as an adviser on European, justice and business policies. Diane Dodds is an MEP from Northern Ireland. Before that, she was a high school teacher who taught history and English for seven years. In 2003, she was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly and in 2005, she was elected to Belfast City Council. In 2009, she was elected to the European Parliament. Gabriele Zimmer worked as a clerk and an editor from 1977 to 1986, then as an assistant in the German SED party until 1989. She was elected to the Thuringia state parliament in Germany in 1990. She became an MEP in 2004. Philippe Lamberts worked at IBM for over two decades from 1987 to 2009. He first became involved in the Belgian Green party (Ecolo) in 1991 and he was elected as an MEP in 2009. Ryszard Antoni Legutko has worked as a lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, since 1975. He also edited an underground magazine called Arka in the city in the 1980s. He was elected as an MEP in 2009. Manfred Weber graduated in engineering in 1996. After graduation he founded a consultancy firm called DG Beratung GmbH consultants (1996- 2014) and another consultancy, the G+U GbR company, in 1998. He was a Member of the Bavarian Parliament between 2002 and 2004. Gianni Pittella held various local and national posts during his career in Italian politics, prior to moving to Brussels. He studied medicine and specialised in forensic pathology. His profile on the EU Parliament website states that he was employed doctor in medicine in the private sector, but only in 1979. Marcel De Graaff worked as an IT consultant from 1989 after studying theology. He had a brief stint teaching religion at a secondary school in Rotterdam in 2010 before becoming a member of parliament in 2011. Syed Kamall has been a visiting fellow and lecturer at Leeds University Business School. Prior to that, in 2003, he started a diversity recruitment business, and worked as a consultant at a number of firms from 1997 to 2005. In 2005, he became a member of the European Parliament. Martina Anderson spent 13 years in prison in England and Ireland when she says she was a political prisoner before her release as part of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. She then worked for the Sinn Féin party until 2007 when she was elected to the Northern Irish parliament. She became an MEP in May 2012. And what about Nigel Farage himself? He's the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). He became a commodities trader in 1982 and was listed as company secretary for Farage Limited, a commodities broker, until 2011. It is currently in liquidation. The company wasn't big enough to list how many employees it had so we don't have a precise figure for the number of jobs he created. He joined UKIP in 1993 and became leader in 2006. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999, and still holds the post. Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate

2016-06-29 02:23 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

29 Rio 2016: 'Welcome to Hell' warn police There was a nasty surprise awaiting passengers in the arrivals hall at Rio De Janeiro's Galeao International Airport on Monday. Along with the relatives carrying flowers and taxi drivers waiting with name boards there were lines of off-duty police with banners that had a far more ominous message: "Welcome to Hell". "Police and firefighters don't get paid," the banners, in English and Portuguese, went on. "Whoever comes to Rio de Janeiro will not be safe". Photos of the protest have been widely shared on social media and in the Brazilian press. The image above was posted on the photo sharing site Imgur, where it was viewed more than three million times in less than a day. Elsewhere in the city police staged other demonstrations against the late payment of salaries and a lack of basic necessities like car fuel and toilet paper. Around 300 police officers dressed in black stood on the steps of the Rio de Janeiro state assembly. One banner read "The police's priority is the people, the government's priority is the Olympics". A spokesman for the Rio police force said the situation was dire. "We are in a meltdown," he said. The message was echoed by Francisco Dornelles, the acting governor of Rio de Janeiro, who told the Brazilian newspaper O Globo that the state was still waiting on the promised $860 million payout from the federal government ahead of the start of the games. He added that without the cash injection, police patrols may be have to be halted due to the lack of funds for basics like car fuel. The police protests are one more symptom of the political and economic woes which have engulfed Brazil and which threaten to overshadow the Olympic Games which Rio is preparing to host in August. Brazil's Senate suspended the country's President Dilma Rousseff, and then began impeachment proceedings against her over accusations that she manipulated the government budget ahead of her 2014 re-election campaign. On the economic front the picture isn't much prettier. By the first quarter of 2016, government figures showed that Brazil was experiencing its worst recession in 25 years. The Gross Domestic Product of the country shrank 5.4% in comparison with the same period last year. Meanwhile unemployment between February and April of this year grew to 11.2% from 9.5%. Average monthly wages also fell to just 1,962 Brazilian reais ($552). If that wasn't enough the Olympic organising committee is dealing with the news that two more famous sportsmen - including golf world number one Jason Day - have withdrawn from the games because of fears about the Zika virus. However, the CEO of the games has said that concerns about the virus effecting the Olympics have been "blown out of the proportion. " Blog by Megha Mohan Next story Naked in the national interest Belarusians strip off at work after their president calls on the nation to "undress and sweat" for the economy. READ MORE You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending , and find us on Facebook. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending .

2016-06-29 02:23 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

30 Aldi adverts claiming savings were misleading, ASA rules Three Aldi adverts claiming customers could make significant savings were misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. A TV advert claimed a £70 Aldi shop would cost £98 at the "big four" supermarkets. Morrisons and two members of the public complained the adverts did not make it clear Aldi's own-brand products were being compared with branded products. Aldi said comparative advertising was a "well-established principle". The German discount supermarket chain said consumers were likely to interpret the comparison as intended - the branded and fresh products from Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons shown versus the Aldi products shown. It said it believed consumers would know that its competitors stocked own- brand products which met the same need and would likely be cheaper and, in any case, on-screen text read: "Other supermarkets may sell 'own brand' products at different prices. " The ruling applied to two TV adverts and a press advert. The adverts claimed a £70 Aldi shop would cost £98 at the "big four" grocers and compared a £33.04 Aldi basket with the equivalent at its competitors, which it claimed would cost £53.35. A press ad read: "When it comes to the crunch, Aldi win every time. Other supermarkets go up, down, all over the place. But Aldi have 'everyday low prices', so you know where you stand. " The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said: "We acknowledged that Aldi stated they had not intended the comparisons to represent a 'typical' weekly shop, but to be a comparison between the pictured products only. "Nonetheless, we considered that was how consumers would interpret the adverts rather than as a representation of the savings which could be made by switching from a largely branded shop to shopping in Aldi, and therefore assessed them on that basis. " Aldi's UK and Ireland chief executive Matthew Barnes said it was "extremely disappointed" with the "ambiguous and inconsistent" decision. "The use of comparative advertising is a well-established principle and is firmly in the interests of consumers and encourages competition between retailers," he said. "We will work within this new guidance from the ASA and continue to promote the significant price gap between Aldi's quality, award-winning products and their higher-priced brand equivalents. "

2016-06-29 02:23 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

31 Manchester tram 'hate crime' suspects arrested Two men and a teenager have been arrested over a suspected "hate" crime on a tram in Manchester city centre. Police were made aware of alleged racial abuse at around 07:40 BST on a tram travelling towards the city centre after a video was posted online. Two men, aged 20 and 18 and a 16-year-old boy, were detained on suspicion of affray, Greater Manchester Police said. The video shows a man on a tram at Shudehill being called "an immigrant" and told "get back to Africa". Footage indicates that the man targeted then retorted with: "How old are you? Are you 18, 19? You are extremely ignorant and not very intelligent. Do you know that? " One of the men continued to shout "get off the tram now", as he spoke. One of the group, who were holding beer bottles, then apparently approaches the man and flicks alcohol at him, as a passenger shouted: "There's a baby there - there's absolutely no need for that". As the youths got off, the victim said to himself: "Seven years in the military," as other commuters told the three, "You are an absolute disgrace. A disgrace to England". Police said the suspects were being held in custody for questioning.

2016-06-29 02:23 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

32 Conservative leadership: Contenders set to come forward Contenders to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader and prime minister are set to come forward on Wednesday. Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb will be the first to declare, promising "One Nation" Conservatism. Education Secretary Nicky Morgan will argue the Tories must have a vision for young people and ethnic minorities. Media reports claim Boris Johnson has won the support of 100 Tory MPs, while Home Secretary Theresa May is also expected to seek the leadership. Nominations for the contest, triggered by David Cameron's decision to stand down after the vote to leave the EU, open on Wednesday, with candidates then having 24 hours to come forward. All the prospective contenders are gauging support within the parliamentary party, which will whittle down the candidates to two in a series of ballots before Conservative party members decide between them. The final result is expected on 9 September. The BBC's political correspondent Carole Walker said the key issue in the campaign would be who could unify the party after the bruising EU referendum and set out a credible plan for a Brexit after Mr Cameron said he would leave the fraught and complex negotiations to his successor. Mr Crabb is expected to stress his "One Nation" credentials and his desire to work with leaders in Wales and Scotland as he teams up with Business Secretary Sajid Javid on what has been described as a "dream ticket". "We will enact the British people's wishes on the EU," he wrote in an article in the Daily Telegraph setting out his agenda. "The verdict was clear; there is no going back. A second referendum is out of the question. What the country needs now is a clear direction, not further instability. " In an article for the same newspaper Ms Morgan said the negotiations must take into account the interests of the 48% of the population who voted to remain in the EU as much as the 52% who wanted to leave. In a pitch to younger voters in the centre ground who she says have been left "disillusioned" by Brexit, the MP - who is taking soundings on a potential bid - said the Conservatives must engage with "21st Century Britain as it is not a nostalgic vision of how we might wish it to be". "It is young people who are must vulnerable to the economic shocks that will follow the vote to leave," she wrote. "Add to that the fact that the vast majority of young people, who have grown up in an increasingly connected world, voted to remain and we have a recipe for mass disillusionment among the young. The Conservative Party must make absolutely clear that it is committed to fairness across the generations with a clear platform aimed at young people on issues such as education, housing and jobs. " She also called for the party to make the positive case for immigration and to widen its appeal, warning it could no longer afford to "write off huge swathes of the north of England to the Labour Party". Mr Johnson is regarded by many as the favourite at this stage, having been a leading figure in the victorious Leave campaign and being popular among Conservative activists who will make the final choice. Having already won the backing of Justice Secretary Michael Gove, Mr Johnson is expected to announce he has got the endorsement of Environment Secretary Liz Truss, a prominent Remain campaigner. The Sun suggested he had won the backing of 100 MPs already. Mr Johnson is expected to be advised by Lynton Crosby, the Australian strategist behind the Tories' last general election campaign. Also considering standing is John Baron - a backbench Eurosceptic who led the initial drive to hold an EU referendum. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom are also weighing up leadership bids. 2016-06-29 02:23 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

33 Breaking News English Lesson Fraudsters are using a new method to trick people into parting with their money. They are pretending to be technical support teams of people's ISP (Internet Service Provider). The new scam is very realistic and can trick even experienced Internet users. The fraudsters are targeting the IP (Internet Protocol) of computers – this is a particular computer's online ID number. Once they have the IP, the victim gets a pop-up window with a message that says the ISP has "detected malware" on the computer. The victim is then advised to call a phone number for help. The Internet security company Malwarebytes said: "The scammers are trying to get people to call them. People are literally paying to be scammed. " Malwarebytes said most of the scams so far have been detected in the USA and UK, but they will spread worldwide. Jerome Segura, a malware expert at Malwarebytes, told the BBC: "It caught me by surprise and I almost thought that it was real. It was a page from my ISP telling me my computer was infected. It was only when I looked in closer detail that I saw it was a scam. " The fraudsters are infecting online adverts. Once an infected ad appears on your screen, the virus works out your IP number. You do not even need to click on the ad for the virus to do this. Malwarebytes' advice is to call the tech support number you received when you signed up for the Internet, and to not trust numbers in pop-up windows.

2016-06-29 02:22 www.breakingnewsenglish.com

34 TUNE IN TODAY: Yahoo Hosts First-Ever Live Stream of Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting Live coverage begins at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday (4/30) Interviews with: , Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; , Series Creator, "Breaking Bad" & "Better Call Saul"; , Chair, CEO and Chief Designer, Kathy Ireland Worldwide; , Sr. Partner, , and many more --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tune in as (Nasdaq:YHOO) hosts the first-ever live stream of Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting today, , kicking-off with live coverage and analysis from Yahoo Finance Editor-in- Chief , on-the-ground at CenturyLink Center Omaha. Audiences will be able to watch live on Yahoo Finance - across desktop, tablet and mobile - as Chairman and CEO and his right-hand man share their unscripted views on the company, the markets, the economy, and whatever other topic that may come up. Watch the live stream here: http://yhoo.it/BRKLive Throughout the Preshow and Halftime Report we'll also feature a number of live and pre-taped interviews with the Yahoo Finance editorial team, including: , Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; , BNSF CEO; , CEO; , CEO; , CEO; , CEO; songwriter, and long-time Buffett friend ; author and international speaker ; legendary business journalist ; Sr. Partner, , ; BRK-B shareholder and series creator of "Breaking Bad" & "Better Call Saul" ; Chair, CEO and Chief Designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide, ; and many others. The shareholders meeting live stream will be available in both English and Mandarin, and will be delivered in 1080p HD quality. Embeddable VOD replay will be available on Yahoo Finance for 30 days following the meeting. For more information, and to register for regular updates on the Berkshire on Yahoo Finance, go to: http://yhoo.it/BRKLive Follow the conversation on Twitter with @YahooFinance #BRKLiveStream

2016-06-29 02:22 investor.yahoo.net

35 Introducing Fair Play on Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy Yahoo Launches Key Changes in Daily Fantasy to Help Level the Playing Field for Fans Including Entry Limits, Labeling of Veteran Players and No Scripting --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced important changes to its Sports Daily Fantasy product to make contests more transparent and fun for all users. Changes include limiting entries to a max of 10 entries per user per contest (and in no event can a single user's entries make up more than 1% of total entries in a contest), clearly identifying Veteran players with a badge, and prohibiting the use of any type of scripting tool to upload or edit entries. "We first launched Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy back in because it was an exciting addition to our product suite and because our users were clamoring for it," said , Head of Product for and Finance. "Yahoo Fantasy Sports has tens of millions of registered fans and we are making these changes today as the result of months of user experience and customer requests. values an environment that is transparent and trustworthy. We also want to provide the best Fantasy games for true sports fans. does both. " As daily fantasy continues to evolve, the labeling of a small percentage of "Veteran" players with a distinct badge is a key change that will make it easier for all players to know who they are playing against on Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy. Veterans will be defined as users who have entered more than 1,000 contests within a single year, or who have entered more than 250 contests and prevailed in greater than 65% of them within a single year, or who have won a single prize of or greater more than three times within a single year. As a thank you to those users who have been so dedicated to Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy, will be inviting Veterans to a special, free, invitation-only contest. has been a leader in fantasy sports for over 17 years. The changes made today will continue the tradition of fun and social user experiences that fans have come to expect from. is a guide focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining our users. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).

2016-06-29 02:22 investor.yahoo.net

36 Finding beauty in Australian hot rods Australia's hot rod cars -- custom-designed vehicles built for land speed racing, burnouts or drag racing, among other motor sports -- are as colorful and varied as the people that create them. And photographer Simon Davidson has spent the past fourteen years capturing that beauty, and the unique culture and people that surrounds it, in spectacular detail. "Cars are so powerful to us as humans and I find that a really interesting part of car culture," he says. "I just found something here in Australia that no one else had looked at. And it's a culture that wasn't celebrated I don't think. " RELATED: Why we love car porn Street car inspired Davidson, a car-loving Australian who spent many years in the U. S., originally honed his photographic skills on years of fashion and music shoots in Los Angeles. When he returned home, he says he was looking for something that would help him build his own artistic style outside of his corporate work. "One thing I did learn from all the top photographers that I was working with and who I admired out in the field was that they had these strong bodies of work and personal work that told a little story about themselves," says Davidson. PHOTO ESSAY: Classic cars make epic trip across China Although a sharp contrast to the carefully manicured world of fashion, a trip to watch off-street drag racing one night with a friend proved the spark he needed and left him intrigued by the beauty of the cars and the "really blind passion' of the people who build and race them. "I looked around at the cars and loved them but it was the people that got me," he says. "I'd never seen so many weird and wonderful people. " That chance drag-race lead to a long career photographing cars, both in Australia and the U. S., for commercial and editorial commissions, but Davidson says it's his personal work capturing Australia's car culture that has allowed him to grow and define his body of work as a photographer. RELATED: How to design an affordable supercar "I go searching for the snippets of peacefulness in these photographs and I try and rip everything else away and show you something that is quiet and serene," he says. A shared passion Many Australians are wildly passionate about cars, with the culture fueled by the nation's vast open spaces -- Australia's national Highway One that skirts the entire coastline is approximately 14,500 km long -- and once-healthy domestic car manufacturing industry. RELATED: How to design an affordable supercar It's also sparsely populated compared to many other nations and, as Davidson explains it, most Australians have fond -- or sometimes fraught -- memories of at least one very long, scenic road trip cocooned in a car with family or friends. People's fierce allegiance to either Ford or Holden -- two of the country's founding car manufacturing brands -- is also a quirky national bond that runs as deep in many Australians as their passion for the football team they support. "Having the space in this country, having our own manufacturing, having access to fossil fuels that helped define what car culture is but it's always shaping and changing and that's what I've found interesting," says Davidson. Davidson says that as he became more involved with photographing car culture, he came to understand that it's a world where cars are more about design and grace than a utilitarian need and that they become a shared purpose that bring people together. READ: The Queen's favorite ride? "It's that love of vehicles and it's a great big family -- I'm the media, they are car builders or car designers or promoters or racers or spectators or merchandise, we all fit into that great world somewhere together and without each other we don't have a go at it," he says. Beauty in the bizarre While people feature prominently in his work, Davidson manages to find grace in the hard and sometimes threatening world of hot rods, and many of his photos highlight the intricate construction of the cars, which ranges from the subtle to the totally outlandish. He says the careful attention to the design of the cars and the often intricate paint work that adorns the vehicles -- be it murals, delicate pin-striping or the in-your-face candy-colored paint jobs -- are a work of art on their own. "When something is designed really well, there's a sense of harmony and balance. It's like a perfect song or the right tone, and it's the same with the lines on a car," says Davidson. It's this sense of balance between the metal and smoke of the cars and the light and the dark of the people that makes Davidson's work so eye- catching, although he thinks its another element altogether. "I look for the images that make my heart sing and that's how you find who you are as an artist," he says. "The only way I can photograph anything good is to photograph what I love. " Scroll through the photo gallery above for a look at Davidson's work, and Australia's unique love of cars.

2016-06-29 02:37 Georgia McCafferty rss.cnn.com

37 Rep. Chris Sgro talks about HB2 proposal Pat McCoy, the executive director of Action NC, says why he is against an upcoming proposal to cap the income tax at 5.5 percent. North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper met with Charlotte teachers Monday. Charlottean Nancy Crown was featured in the Observer last week for a website "BridgethePoliticalDivide.com” she and her sisters built asking politicians to cooperate and compromise to make America better. On Saturday, Crown died unexpectedly. Here's the video that she produced for the site, on the advice of Erskine Bowles, former White House chief of staff. FILE VIDEO: 14 people, including some teachers, were arrested when they blocked a street near the Capitol in Raleigh on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. They were protesting Gov. Pat McCrory's education policies and other topics. Compare their words: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both spoke publicly about the Orlando massacre today. NC Attorney General Roy Cooper attacked Gov. Pat McCrory over HB2, Medicaid and taxes Saturday at the state Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner. Cooper is running against McCrory. At energetic election night rally in Santa Monica, Democratic presidential challenger Bernie Sanders vowed to fight on past the California primary on June 7, 2016. Representative won Democratic primary for 12th Congressional District. Supporters gathered to hear her at Unknown Brewing in Charlotte. U. S. Rep. Robert Pittenger win close Republican primary for his 9th District seat. Cyndi Lauper, who was in Raleigh to perform a concert Saturday, gives her thoughts on House Bill 2.

2016-06-29 02:22 www.charlotteobserver.com

38 El Chapo Might Have Just Had A Stunning Reversal Of Fortunes Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is fighting against his extradition to the U. S. and could avoid his fate for more than a year, according to injunctions his lawyers filed Monday. El Chapo’s counselors argued that in Texas, there is “insufficient evidence” to try him and that in California, the crimes he is accused of are past the statute of limitations. The cartel kingpin is facing a laundry list of major federal charges that would likely land him behind bars for life. U. S. authorities have agreed to take the death penalty off the table to ensure the Mexican government extradites him. The Mexican Supreme Court may end up deciding El Chapo’s fate if his lawyers’ injunctions are deemed illegitimate and the extradition must be litigated further. The extradition process of El Chapo officially began in May when two Mexican federal courts along with the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the behest of the Mexican government, decided to approve the U. S. requests. El Chapo was re-captured by Mexican authorities in January after having been on the run since July 2015 after a gutsy jailbreak. The cartel founder escaped Altiplano Prison in July when he fled through an underground, almost mile long tunnel. While on the run, El Chapo conducted an extensive interview with actor and activist Sean Penn for Rolling Stone. El Chapo is wanted in multiple U. S. jurisdictions including the Eastern District of New York which is reportedly an information hub in building a case against the Mexican drug lord. The Brooklyn federal courthouse which El Chapo may be tried in is connected to a prison via underground tunnel through which high-profile prisoners are taken to court. Justice Department officials are building a case which will involve the testimony of many former rivals and employees of El Chapo. El Chapo’s chief lawyer, José Refugio Rodríguez, is hoping that he can postpone his client’s extradition by up to three years at most. Follow JP on Twitter 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 Foreign Affairs dailycaller.com

39 Ohio Is Providing Foods Stamps To Dead People, Audit Finds Ohio state administrators have provided thousands of dollars in food stamp benefits to residents who are dead and presumably not in need of nutritional assistance, according to an audit Tuesday. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) is the main agency tasked with operating the $2.5 billion state food stamp program. Ohio Auditor Dave Yost conducted a review of the program and found benefits have gone to people who have literally ceased to be. The state has provided $24,406 in benefits to 36 state residents who have been dead for over a year. “There needs to be tighter controls over these dollars,” Yost said in a statement. “The death benefit comparison needs to be made quarterly to safeguard our money.” The audit also found high instance of fraud, recipients with multiple accounts, unusually high transactions and unusual account imbalances. ODJFS Spokesman Jon Keeling countered the report by noting the dead recipients amount to a small percentage of everyone the program serves in the state. “The questionable costs found by this audit constitute just 0.0012% of the total cost of the program,” Keeling stated. “It’s even less than the cost of the audit itself. Our agency takes its responsibilities very seriously and we fully and faithfully implement our programs under the rules set in place by the federal government.” Yost did phrase the state for taking steps to help fix the problems within its food stamp program. The state launched a new program, for instance, which is designed to spot errors within the system early. It is currently operating in 10 counties with plans to expand operations throughout the year. “We’ve taken strong steps to fight fraud and abuse, and we’ll continue using innovative solutions to protect taxpayer dollars,” Keeling stated. “One of our newest efforts made our state one of the first to utilize an advanced anti- fraud suite called the Xerox Intelligent Analytics Portal.” The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the main federal agency tasked with overseeing the national food stamp program. It works with state agencies to make sure benefits are properly distributed to qualified individuals and families. The USDA estimates the program has increased from 17 million participants in 2000 to nearly 47 million in 2014. “Eleven other states have conducted similarly comprehensive audits, and their findings were similar,” Yost added. “This indicates structural weaknesses in the federal program,” The improved economy has helped decrease the number of participants in recent years. The Congressional Budget Office found , since participation hit its peak in December, 2012, the number of people receiving benefits has declined by more than 1.5 million. States have also begun implementing work requirements which were waived in response to the last recession. Follow Connor on Twitter 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

40 Adult Refugees Enrolled In High School, Harassing GIrls Emails between school officials at one Canadian high school reveal the school has been struggling to integrate into the school adult Syrian refugees, who reportedly are bullying and threatening students and teachers, as well as making advances on young teenage girls. One email from the head of the school’s international students department expressed concern that the Brussels attack would have a “trickle down” effect on the refugee students. After receiving a tip about Fredericton High School in New Brunswick, Canada — a region that has been aggressively resettling thousands of Syrian refugees — Canadian news organization TheRebel submitted a freedom of information request to the school, asking for any information regarding problems the school might be having with the integration of Syrian immigrants. TheRebel received more than 2,700 documents from the school in response to their request. Because of the sheer number of emails, the organization is breaking the story up into several reports this week on their show “The Hunt” with reporter Faith Goldy. One email, Goldy reported on Monday, said that 19 and 20-year-old Syrian migrants were aggressively confronting teachers, “particularly when it comes to the girls in the class, and also bullying the others in the class.” One school employee reported “issues surrounding gender/age divisions that seems important to our Syrian population – especially these older boys when it comes to their younger sisters.” Another email reported that students were offended that the refugees were using sexually explicit language in front of their female classmates. Monday’s report also included one teacher expressing concern about the refugees’ repeated bullying of a Jewish student. Tuesday’s report included an email from the head of Fredericton’s international student department to several school employees (including the school principal) on the day of the Brussel terror attacks, warning that “today’s events in Europe may have a trickle down effect in our wing for students of a certain culture. There is a lot of energy or excitement with the students that we should be mindful of.” Another email stated that one refugee identified rocket-propelled grenades (RPG’s) as one of his hobbies. A survey of the refugees revealed that just under 20 percent approved of marital rape and forced abortions. The tip that led originally TheRebel to investigate contained a Facebook post from a Fredericton parent saying that refugees as old as 22 “with full beards and better built than the hockey team” are enrolled in the school, where they try “hitting on the 14-15 year old girls of that year, but are being brushed off.” The parent added that the Syrians “have started on the girls in the year below who they are having success with. It’s really ugly, the Canadian boys are very frustrated but are too scared to speak up (they know how dangerous the ‘you’re a racist’ label will be for the rest of their lives).” The Daily Caller previously reported on how a Canadian newspaper censored its own story on the abuse of elementary students at the hands of Syrian refugees. TheRebel later interviewed members of the school’s community to confirm the abuse. The emails and other documents reported by TheRebel so far are available online . Follow Peter Hasson on Twitter @PeterJHasson

2016-06-29 01:23 Reporter Associate dailycaller.com

41 Pat Summitt's 'Sum It Up' Is Very Popular Now She's Dead Pat Summitt, considered to be the greatest women’s basketball coach of all time, died on Tuesday morning at the age of 64. The sad news prompted a lot of reflection in the sports community on Summitt’s career. It also prompted a lot of people to buy Summitt’s book. In 2013, Pat Summitt released “ Sum It Up ” (subtitled “A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective”). By all accounts this is a phenomenal memoir, after all it has a nearly unheard-of 4.9 out of 5 star customer rating on Amazon (an aggregate score from 687 reviews). Apparently it was also nominated for a “Goodreads Choice Award,” whatever that is. Good thing this is a good book, because a lot of people are now buying it. Despite being years old, “Sum It Up” holds the top position on the Amazon Bestsellers list in Sports Coaching. And that’s just the paperback. “Sum It Up” also occupies spot #2 (Kindle edition), #4 (audiobook), #14 (hardcover) and #18 (another paperback). ‘Sum It Up’ is a very popular book at the moment (Photo via Amazon) “Sum It Up” — $13.62 Paperback/$11.99 Kindle/$31.99 Hardcover In addition to talking about her coaching career, “ Sum It Up ” tackles her battle with Alzheimer’s and dementia. But wait, there’s more. In her lifetime, Summitt wrote two other books: “ Reach for the Summitt ” and “ Raise the Roof.” “Raise the Roof” now occupies the #1 and #3 Bestseller spots on the Women in Sports list. All three of Summitt’s books were co-written with sportswriter Sally Jenkins .

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

42 Watch A Suicide Bomber Blow Himself Up In Istanbul [VIDEO] Stunning CCTV footage from inside Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport appears to show a suicide bomber blowing himself up after being shot down by police. The video, which began circulating on Twitter and elsewhere shortly after the attack, shows people running away from a man who appears to be running through the airport with a gun. Suddenly, the man drops to the ground, apparently after being shot, and drops his gun, which slides beyond his reach. The man writhes about on the ground, and jerks his arm up at one point (perhaps pulling something). A few seconds later, he explodes in a fearsome blast. (RELATED: Video Shows Explosion In Instanbul) Please be advised that the content below is graphic, with the end of the video showing what appears to be body parts from the bomber. WATCH: #AtaturkAirport | VIDEO: suicide bomber shot, disabled, looses weapon, moments later detonates himself pic.twitter.com/kbeRnx1elS v @Conflicts — Mikey Kay (@MikeyKayNYC) June 28, 2016 At least 28 people are dead and over 60 wounded in the attack. It’s not clear if anybody other than the bomber was harmed in the blast caught on video. The perpetrators of the Istanbul assault are currently unknown. Send tips to [email protected] . 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

43 GOP Slams Obama Administration's Proposed inversion Rule Top tax-writing Republicans in the House slammed proposed Department of Treasury regulations aimed at curbing corporate inversions Tuesday, saying the change would hinder investment and economic growth in the United States. In a letter – spearheaded by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady and Tax Policy and Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany and signed by every GOP member on the panel – addressed to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, the lawmakers alleged the agency’s broad changes to the section of the tax code would increase uncertainty for American businesses, even in their “non-tax motivated business activity.” Treasury’s proposed rule, unveiled in April , would “prevent a foreign company (including a recent inverter) that acquires multiple American companies in stock-based transactions from using the resulting increase in size to avoid the current inversion thresholds for a subsequent U. S. acquisition.” It would also make it more difficult for corporations to lighten tax burdens through internal loans through deductible interest payments. Republicans called for an economic analysis to be conducted so they could see the full weight of the impact the changes would make in addition for an extension to the public comment period on the rule. The GOP lawmakers also pushed for the agency to reconsider its retroactive effective date of the debt-equity re-characterization rules. “To be clear, Congress did not intend section 385 to serve the purpose for which it is presently being used in policing inversion or earnings stripping activities, and we respectfully remind the Treasury that they have co-opted section 385 to use for purposes other than what Congress intended,” they wrote. “We stand ready to work with the Treasury, observing the appropriate channel of amending the IRC specifically through the legislative process, in any way that will improve the competitiveness of the United States as a place to conduct and locate business operations.” The Republican tax task force unveiled a proposal last week that would lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent and shift the U. S. into a territorial system, which they say will attract businesses instead of placing red tape in an attempt to stop them form fleeing. Follow Juliegrace Brufke on Twitter 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

44 Americans' Difference In Opinions On Race Are In Black And White When it comes to American adults, the differences in opinions of racial equality leave little to no gray area between whites and blacks, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Monday. The survey revealed that only 8 percent of blacks think the country has made the changes necessary for racial equality and another 43 percent think that the country will not make those necessary changes. These numbers contrast starkly with the 38 percent of whites who think the country has made the changes to give blacks equal rights. Eighty-eight percent of blacks say the country needs to continue to make changes in order to reach equality. Only 53 percent of whites shared that sentiment. Fifty percent of whites say that when dealing with the police blacks are treated less fairly than whites, compared to 84 percent of blacks, according to the report. On the political spectrum, the perception divides go much deeper. Forty-one percent of whites say too much attention is paid to race and racial issues in the United States and 63 percent of white Republicans believe that President Barack Obama made race relations worse in the country. But, about half of African-Americans believe Obama has made progress towards ameliorating race relations. The poll also showed that many blacks and whites don’t agree on the reasons why blacks may have a harder time getting ahead than whites. Two-thirds or more of blacks say that racial discrimination, lower quality of schools and lack of jobs attribute to the difficulty of getting ahead. While half of whites say that in addition to lower quality of schools, family instability and lack of good role models are the reasons why blacks aren’t getting ahead. Overall the data shows that across the board, 71 percent of blacks say they have experienced discrimination and one-in-ten say they experience discrimination on a daily basis. When it comes to perception day to day living and quality of life, there are also differences between the races. Four-in-ten blacks say race has made it difficult for them to succeed in life and only 34 percent of blacks are satisfied with the quality of life in their communities. But 75 percent of white Republicans believe that race has made no difference in their success in life and almost half of all whites are happy with the quality of life in their communities.

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

45 Gun Test: Daniel Defense DD5V1 By Will Dabbs, MD, GUNS Magazine Photos By Takashi Soto Around the turn of the latest century, Marty Daniels started a small company to produce the sorts of tactical rifle accessories he wanted but could not find. What began in a tiny corner of another business has since grown tremendously. Daniel Defense produces the forearm rail systems currently used by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). They are also the sole supplier for rail systems for the L85 bullpup Infantry rifle used by the British Ministry of Defense (MOD). Daniel Defense is one of five companies on the planet equipped to make cold hammer forged rifle barrels. With the addition of a second hammer forge machine in 2014, Daniel Defense can now produce 14,000 barrels per month. Daniel Defense was recognized by Inc. 500/5000 Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. That’s not bad for a tiny outfit birthed in the corner of a workshop. Daniel Defense gained a bit of notoriety a few years back when they attempted to buy advertising space during the Super Bowl. Apparently the NFL’s reputation as an organization of manly men was somewhat overstated, as they refused to run an ad for a gun company. I am reticent to use the term “spineless pansies” myself, but I would not object if others did. I needed a tricked-out black rifle because there is no better tool with which to defend my castle. I had to have a powerful handgun to keep the family safe on the road. Then came the precision rifles, pocket guns, competition pistols, NFA pieces and collectible iron. But what if you really could only have one? It’s not like the government could take them away without fomenting a second civil war, but what if there was an economic downturn in the family? What if you had to thin the herd to pay for diapers or rent? If the exigencies of life demanded that you cull down to a single gun, what might be the one perfect all-around utility firearm? – Origin Of The Species Way back in 1956 Eugene Stoner’s Space Age wondergun was chambered in 7.62x51mm from the very beginning. The original AR10 was plastic and aluminum and so far ahead of its time it put many conventional folks off. However, the jungle war in Vietnam coupled with a comparable helping of skillful marketing and raw unfiltered luck conspired to scale the gun down to 5.56mm, selling a zillion copies. The subsequent M16 is the longest serving military rifle in American history. Now that ranges in Afghanistan and Iraq frequently reach out beyond what the 5.56mm is capable of servicing, the big-bore AR10 is making a comeback. Up until recently, Daniel Defense focused solely on 5.56mm AR’s. Nowadays, however, they are applying their legendary penchant for quality to a full-sized.30-caliber AR rifle called the DD5V1. The result is pretty darn cool. The DD5V1 is fitted with a Blue Force Gear sling, the rifle case is an Eagle Industries OD Green, the flashlight a Streamlight ProTac HL3 and the folding knife a Strider Model SNG. – The buttstock offers a textured overlay for your cheek and an oversized triggerguard for use with gloves. Brownells’ new 7.62 magazines ride in the flared mag well. The Gun If you are savvy enough to be reading this article, you know how an AR runs. I’ll spare you the details. Everything about the DD5V1 is just slightly scaled up over a comparable 5.56mm AR15. The receivers are billet cut and will still be rendering superb service for your great-grandchildren. The KeyMod forearm rail is topped with numbered Picatinny slots; the upper receiver is railed for optics. The charging handle sports a cool spring- loaded ball bearing detent to keep it closed, along with oversized ears so there are no latches with which to contend. The collapsible stock sports multiple positions for accommodating body armor or variously statured shooters. The pistol grip is ergonomic, proprietary and nearly square to the bore axis for proper manipulation with the elbow tucked. The fire selector is bilateral as are the bolt and magazine releases, and the flash suppressor / muzzlebrake is a Daniel Defense original design called the Superior Suppression Device. The trigger is a superb Geissele SSA 2-Stage with a predictable 2.5-pound take-up as well as a crisp 2-pound break for a total pull weight of 4.5 pounds. All up, the rifle weighs 8.3 pounds empty. The integral machined triggerguard is oversized to accommodate gloves, and the magazine well is flared for quick use with SR-25-type magazines. Its bolt carrier group is designed with an enlarged cam pin and enhanced extractor geometry. There are two redundant ejectors for utterly flawless reliability. The 16-inch cold hammer-forged barrel mounts to the receiver via the most intriguing proprietary mounting system. Four heavy Allen-head bolts connect the handguard linearly to the upper receiver such that it eschews a conventional barrel nut. A mid-length gas system is hidden underneath the handguard and the barrel is fully free-floated. The end result is sleek, rigid, lightweight and lethal. – Accessorizing A modern black rifle looks naked without some proper glass. Burris has produced high-grade riflescopes for as long as I can recall. The XTR II is a 2-10x42mm variable power precision riflescope built around a 34mm tube. This particular model comes with an illuminated first focal plane MOA reticle, ultra-high performance glass and index-matched multi-coated lenses. The scope’s click adjustments are tuned to its reticle, and it sports true zero-stop adjustment knobs. The wide-bodied tube sucks in light better than a black hole. For easy access, the focus knob is oriented on the left side without looking away from the scope, and the optic comes with nice flip-up scope caps. The Burris P. E. P. R. mount allows up to 2 inches of forward positioning for optimal eye relief and is available for both smooth and rail-topped versions. It is designed to optimize field-of-view atop AR rifles. The Burris XTR II on a P. E. P. R. is a robust, combat-ready optic. Brownells sent us their newest magazines; they offer everything you might need to feed your shooting addiction. The Key Mod fore-end runs nearly to the muzzle and has a rail section for its entire length. The flash suppressor / muzzlebrake is an original Daniel Defense design called the Superior Suppression Device. The proprietary 4-bolt attachment of the Key Mod fore-end is secure and allows the fore-end to be free-floated. The scope is mounted in the Burris P. E. P. R. 34mm mount allows great flexibility in positioning the scope. Synergy Mix all this together and you get a remarkably versatile working firearm. The DD5V1 carbine is almost as short, handy and lightweight as its 5.56mm brethren, yet remains markedly more powerful. Unlike its.22-caliber counterpart, the DD5V1 is proof against most any North American game animals as well. With appropriate ammunition, the 5.56mm round can be devastating, but it doesn’t have quite the downrange horsepower to drop a whitetail deer reliably. By contrast, the 7.62x51mm /.308 is arguably the most reliable deer cartridge around. For survival or hunting applications, the Daniel Defense DD5V1 is perfect. For defensive uses around the home, that .30-caliber bullet means not having to say you’re sorry in any language. This supple rifle maneuvers indoors and inside a vehicle almost as well as its small-caliber counterpart. The heavy.30-caliber ball round renders splendid penetration if the threat is in a vehicle or behind light barrier material. Excessive penetration is always a consideration where there might be friendlies on the other side of a wall but, to be honest, I wouldn’t trust wallboard to protect my children if the weapon was a pellet gun. Hardware particulars are never a substitute for situational awareness and an appreciation for what is behind your target. The combination of the top-end Burris tactical riflescope really does optimize the capabilities of this fine firearm. The wide adjustment range of the reticle and light-grabbing glass allows the sight to be effective in bright sunlight as well as dim twilight. So long as I did my part, I could drop my rounds in place out as far as my range allowed. With the magnification screwed down to 2X and the reticle illuminated, the Burris XTR II made for a decent both-eyes-open close-combat optic as well. The bolt and carrier have an oversized cam pin, enhanced extractor geometry and dual ejectors. The charging handle dispenses with a conventional latch and uses a simpler ball detent to stay closed. Practical Tactical You can drag any piece of high-speed iron out to the range, burn a few rounds and wax poetic regarding its salient attributes. However, when I was a soldier, our weapons were literally our constant companions. I live on a rural farm nowadays and like to tote a gun around between shooting sessions to see how it would work if I really lived with it. The DD5V1 is bulkier than a 5.56mm AR but not by too much. On a proper sling, the DD5V1 can hang across your back or underneath your arm with little more trouble than its smaller brother. Ammo is heavier, but I honestly can’t fathom any possible Real World scenario requiring more than three magazines at a sitting. We live in the greatest, securest country the world has ever seen and most of us will not be humping Hindu Kush with our weapons. With one magazine in the rifle and two on my vest, I would feel ready for literally any unpleasant thing my little world might have to offer. Muzzle blast and recoil are indeed spunkier than your smaller AR, and the price you pay for packing serious downrange thump. I could double tap targets up close and transition to long-range engagements in less time than it takes to describe, thanks to the utility of the Burris scope and spot-on Daniel Defense ergonomics. A properly tricked-out DD5V1 is light and handy enough to run indoors while remaining tack-driving accurate out to the limits of the cartridge. The Brownells magazines ran well, but they did fail to lock the bolt open on the last round fired fairly frequently. In Will’s test, a variety of ammo was fired at 100 meters. All these brands (above) shot extremely well, with the HSM as the solid standout in the DD5V1. Photo: Sarah Dabbs. This tiny little 5-shot cloverleaf at 100 meters was delivered by the DD5V1 using HSM Match ammo (below) and may be the best group Will has ever fired through a.30-caliber rifle. Photo: Sarah Dabbs – Why This Rifle? The.30-caliber 7.62x51mm round is a workhorse and everything about this rifle is state-of-the-art. When launched through the Daniel Defense DD5V1, the heavy.308 will reliably do the deed at any range, from contact out to 1,000 meters in the hands of a seasoned shooter. This rig will put venison on your table, drop the zombies with aplomb and dissuade inquisitive grizzlies that might have the poor judgment to invade your space. It will also shut down any bipedal predator, whether he is in a vehicle or on foot, out in the open or behind light cover. The new DD5V1 takes everything righteous and wholesome about 5.56mm rifles and supercharges it with enough horsepower to really reach out and touch something. If life went sideways and you really could only have one, the new Daniel Defense DD5V1 offers a little bit of everything for any range. DD5V1 Action: Direct gas impingement, semi-auto Caliber: 7.62x51mm/.308 Winchester Capacity: 20 Barrel Length: 16 inches Overall Length: 33-3/8 inches (collapsed), 37 inches extended Weight: 8.3 pounds Magazine: Magpul PMAG 20-round box Price: $2,899 XTR II 2-10x42mm Magnification: 2X, 10X Objective Diameter: 42mm Eye Relief: 4.25 inches (2X) to 3.5 inches (10X), Internal Adj. Range: 90 MOA elevation, 55 MOA windage at 100 yards Click Value: 1/4 MOA Tube Diameter: 34mm Weight: 22.7 ounces Overall Length: 13.5 inches Reticles: SCR MOA Price: $1,139 .308 Factory Ammo Performance Notes: Caldwell Ballistic Precision Chronograph set 10 feet from muzzle. Accuracy is the product of best 4 of 5 shots at 100 meters fired prone off a bipod. FMJBT: Full Metal Jacket Boattail; HPBT: Hollowpoint Boattail. Thanks to GUNS Magazine for this post. Click here to visit GUNSMagazine.com . Click here to check out subscription options and get GUNS delivered to your door .

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

46 Study: Beijing sinking by up to 4 inches a year An international study led by Beijing-based researchers has discovered that the city is dropping by as much as 11 centimeters (4 inches) in some districts per year. The thirsty city has depleted its groundwater, which the study identified as the cause of the sinking. READ MORE: Inside China's largest ghost town Using satellite imagery and GPS data, the team analyzed topographical trends from 2003 to 2010 and found that the city, which has a population of over 20 million, was sinking at an alarming rate. Its central districts are among the worst affected, the study says. The main subsidence bowls are distributed over the Chaoyang, Changping, Shunyi and Tongzhou districts. Chaoyang, in the eastern suburbs, is the worst affected, with subsidence of 11 cm per year. Beijing is ranked as the fifth most water-stressed city in the world, the study notes, and as China continues to urbanize, the stress on subterranean aquifers is only set to worsen. Living a nightmare in China's city of sinkholes In Beijing, groundwater is the main water source -- two thirds -- for everything from industrial and agricultural use to household consumption. China media outlet Sina estimates that the capital requires 3.5 billion liters of water per year. As the water, which has accumulated over thousands of years, is extracted in increasingly greater volumes, the now-dried up soil compacts. The rapid sinking could affect buildings and public works projects, including the city's rail network. China has long had problems managing its voracious consumption of water. Five years ago , historic droughts in southern China caused billions of dollars in losses to agriculture and left millions of people and animals short of drinking water. Massive infrastructure projects to divert water, particularly in the north of China, have been undertaken to relieve shortages in some of the country's most stricken regions. The study was published this month and supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

2016-06-29 02:26 Euan McKirdy rss.cnn.com

47 A guide to Khoisan culture and language The Khoisan are South Africa's oldest inhabitants but across the region they have often found themselves marginalised and dispossessed. But in South Africa's Northern Cape province a small group of San, or Bushmen as they are sometimes called, are trying to keep their history, traditions and languages alive. The BBC's Christian Parkinson spent the day with one of the group to learn more about their way of life.

2016-06-29 02:17 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

48 Angel mosaic revealed at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity Italian restoration workers at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem have been showing off a stunning mosaic of an angel that was previously hidden beneath plaster. Tensions between different Christian denominations have long delayed urgently-needed repairs at the church. But the Palestinian Authority brokered a deal between them enabling restoration work to start three years ago.

2016-06-29 02:14 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

49 Jean-Claude Juncker: 'If you are out, you are out' Jean-Claude Juncker has told the BBC that the UK has to face the consequences of leaving the EU. The European Commission President told Ros Atkins: "If you are out, you are out". Mr Juncker also said he didn't understand why Nigel Farage had attended Tuesday's European Parliament debate session, after he campaigned to leave. 2016-06-29 02:07 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

50 Girls fight eating disorders together Behind the front doors of this therapeutic facility in the village of Malawa, many young women are possessed by the voice of "Ana," as many anorexia patients call the illness. The facility, called Drzewo Zycia or Tree of Life, is a temporary home for a group of young women battling eating disorders. "It was like a summer camp, and the weather was 90 degrees and sunny," said photographer Marie Hald , who shot a series of photos inside the facility. "But instead of a camp, everyone was really suffering and the mood was often heavy. " Having found the facility through a Polish fixer, Hald was welcomed with open arms by both the leader of the house and the girls. The experience is captured in Hald's project, "The Girls from Malawa," which documents the young patients' road to recovery. Each day consists of six scheduled meals and individual and group therapy. "Everyone was so kind," Hald said, "and after half a day, I actually started living like the rest of the girls, eating every meal with them and doing what they were doing. " After each large meal, everyone is required to sit at the table for an hour in order to digest and to prevent anyone from secretly exercising or throwing up. During the day, the girls are required to stay on the ground floor. After 8 p.m., once everyone has had an evening bath, they are then allowed to go upstairs to their bedrooms to sleep. Despite never struggling with an eating disorder herself, Hald saw herself in the girls she got to know in the village. Like her, many of the girls were honor students who had good friends and were friendly and outgoing. Hald grew up before social-media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, and without apps that had the ability to edit a life and body into looking perfect with one simple click. Hald wondered, "How would I have survived that? " While Hald is aware that these fake standards are impossible to achieve, many of the young women have tunnel vision to become what they deem to be "perfect. " "I actually had no idea that they Photoshopped the models in magazines -- or that people from Hollywood often had had plastic surgery," Ania, a 16- year-old patient at the facility, said to Hald. Through her photos, Hald aspires to provoke the world and spark a debate. "Some of my colleagues have looked at (the photos) and said, 'Wow, she's beautiful, she looks like a model,' " Hald explained. "And then you start to think of what our perception of beauty really is? " The girls were also excited about the project. Together, their hope is to help others by bringing awareness to the issue of disordered eating, which affects approximately 70 million men and women worldwide, according to the World Eating Disorders Action Day Steering Committee. Hald notes that eating disorders are a big societal problem and that it's not only about being thin, but rather a quest for perfection in every aspect of life. Every day, these young women listen to encouraging nurses and therapists, with the hopes of one day leaving the voice of "Ana" behind them.

2016-06-29 02:07 Janissa Delzo rss.cnn.com

51 China's 'Cape Canaveral' lifts lid on secretive space program Hainan, sometimes known as China's Hawaii, is the location of China's newest space launch site at Wencheng, in the northeast corner of the island. Wenchang city planners and tourist officials are developing the area around the launch site with hotels to accommodate tourists to the beaches, the launch site, and even a space- related theme park. The development of this launch site began in 2009, and will host its maiden flight of a new Chinese launcher, t he Long March 7, as early as Saturday. INTERACTIVE: China: The next space superpower? Remote locations Other Chinese launch sites were developed during the Cold War and specifically located in sometimes remote, inland locations: Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert, Xichang near Chengdu, and Taiyuan near Beijing. That has meant rocket stages had to be transported by rail, thus imposing size limitations based on the curvature of rail lines and the width of train tunnels. RELATED: Hate your job? NASA wants you to work on Mars Transport of rocket stages and payloads to Hainan can be done by sea. Additionally, the Hainan site is closer to the equator, to better accommodate satellite launches to geostationary orbit, and allows rocket debris to fall into water instead of back to land. Removing the size limitations on Chinese spacecraft is important because a new, modernized family of Chinese launchers are much wider than older ones, necessary to obtain the lift necessary for interplanetary flights and a large, 20-ton space station intended as the culmination of a three-part human spaceflight plan put in place in 1993. The upcoming maiden flight of the medium-lift Long March 7 will carry a test version of a new, next-generation, human-rated spacecraft and several small satellites to orbit. This is one of several planned precursor missions leading to the development of the 20-ton station, including Tiangong-2, a small, human- tended space laboratory to be launched in September 2016 . That launch will then be followed by China's first astronaut mission since 2013 , with the two-person crew scheduled to visit Tiangong-2 for 30 days, making it China's longest duration mission yet. However, human spaceflight missions will still be launched from Jiuquan. Space station The large space station should be in orbit sometime between 2020 and 2023. When the large space station will be in orbit is largely dependent on successful testing and launch of the Long March 5 heavy lift vehicle, capable of lifting up to 25 metric tons to low Earth orbit and 14 tons to geostationary transfer orbit. That vehicle more than doubles China's current lift capacity, and development has already suffered numerous delays. The new launcher family uses a different, kerosene based, more environmentally friendly fuel mixture. But it's been the larger width of the launchers that has especially posed challenges for Chinese manufacturers. Eventually, the Long March 7 will be used for space station resupply missions. Public viewing platforms Also notable about the upcoming launch is that for the first time, spectators will be allowed at public viewing areas that can accommodate 25,000 people. The Chinese space program has been carefully controlled, and in some aspects, opaque. But China has gained considerable regional and international prestige from its space efforts, prestige that can translate into geostrategic influence. That only happens though when people -- the public and the media -- know what is going on. Gradually, as they have felt more confident about success, Chinese officials have lifted the veil of secrecy on efforts associated with the Shenzhou human spaceflight program and the Chang'e robotic lunar exploration program. In fact, Chinese officials have already invited astronauts from other countries to visit their space station once in orbit, with potential European visitors already said to be learning Chinese. China has been excluded from the currently orbiting International Space Station (ISS) due to U. S. political objections and legislative restrictions. Thus, the Chinese invitation gives China the edge in perceived international inclusiveness and cooperative space spirit. The downside of a seaside launch site is that weather is unpredictable, potentially causing launch delays. Wenchang tourist officials have said if weather creates unfavorable conditions, such as abnormal seas or slippery roads, the viewing stations will be closed. Meanwhile, they are working on building more hotels. All hotel rooms in the area -- which is said able to accommodate 80,000 tourists -- are already booked.

2016-06-29 01:57 Joan Johnson rss.cnn.com

52 The Abortion Ruling Is A Huge Win For PP The U. S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt wasn’t just a defeat for pro-life groups in Texas, the Court’s decision essentially announced a new test that made abortion regulation much harder across the country. The Supreme Court vacated a Texas law that placed two restrictions on abortion clinics in the state. The bill required all abortion clinics to host medical capabilities equivalent to an outpatient surgical center, and that any doctor performing an abortion have admitting privileges at a hospital not more than 30 miles away from the abortion facility. In a 5-3 decision written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Court found the law unconstitutional. (RELATED: SCOTUS Axes Texas Abortion Law) The law was judged against criterion laid out by the Court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey which, while affirming the central holding of Roe v. Wade was still good law, authorized states to levy restrictions on abortion providing they do no manifest an “undue burden” on women seeking access to reproductive health care. Since then, states around the country have established a wide spectrum of abortion regulations, designed to test the exact meaning of “undue burden” in federal courts. Those efforts may have backfired, as the Court announced a more expansive reading of the undue burden test, which will likely make passing abortion restrictions much more difficult. The undue burden test is fairly straightforward in that it asks a simple question that can solicit only two responses – is a burden undue or not? However this case raised more questions for the Court to consider. Pro-choice groups challenging the law argued that the two restrictions placed on abortion clinics did not provide a real benefit to women because abortion is, when performed by professionals in a medically sound environment, by and large a safe procedure. Therefore, their purpose can only be to unduly burden women because the state cannot point to tangible benefits the restrictions accomplish. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, a lower court which upheld the law, ruled that the court is not required to consider the existence (or nonexistence) of medical benefits and that evaluating the utility of said benefits is the proper function of a legislature and not a court. (RELATED: Supreme Court Rejects Three Pro Life Petitions After Abortion Ruling) The Supreme Court disagreed, finding that the courts are obligated to assess the benefits abortion restrictions confer, and are under no obligation to defer to a legislature on the question of a benefit’s usefulness. “The Court of Appeals’ approach simply does not match the standard that this Court laid out in Casey, which asks courts to consider whether any burden imposed on abortion access is ‘undue,'” the Court said. “The statement that legislatures, and not courts, must resolve questions of medical uncertainty is also inconsistent with this Court’s case law,” it added. Furthermore, the test established in Casey required that a state also demonstrate that an abortion regulation is connected to a compelling state interest. The Fifth Circuit found that the Texas restrictions were reasonably related to a compelling state interest. These “magic words” – reasonably related – are called the rational basis test, the default standard of review used when a court judges constitutional questions. The Supreme Court said the Fifth Circuit also erred in this regard, finding that when a court evaluates an abortion restriction, it must use a more rigorous test. “And the second part of the test is wrong to equate the judicial review applicable to the regulation of a constitutionally protected personal liberty with the less strict review applicable where, for example, economic legislation is at issue,” Breyer wrote. Taken together, Monday’s reading of the undue burden test from Casey – formerly a straightforward yes or no proposition – now requires states to demonstrate that abortion restrictions yield benefits for women, that the value of said benefits must pass judicial muster, and that abortion restrictions must be measured against a more stringent standard of judicial review. In dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged how stringent the new prongs are. “These precepts are nowhere to be found in Casey or its successors, and transform the undue-burden test to something much more akin to strict scrutiny,” he wrote. That’s hardly the result pro-life groups were hoping for. The ruling’s implications beyond Texas were immediately evident. The Court denied review on Tuesday in two abortion cases from Mississippi and Wisconsin which, like the Texas law, required doctors preforming abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Other state restrictions on abortion may soon be in jeopardy. Follow Kevin on Twitter Send tips to [email protected] . 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

53 Cali's Last Nuke Plant Can't Be Replaced With Wind And Solar Environmentalists promised last week that the electricity generated by the soon to be closed Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant would be replaced with wind and solar, but plans to do so are already collapsing. Media reports acknowledged Tuesday that shutting down the reactor would actually boost greenhouse gas emissions, even if it was replaced entirely with wind and solar power. Studies have shown that replacing nuclear with wind and solar power would double CO2 emissions by making the electrical grid unreliable. This unreliability would need to be compensated for by building new conventional power plants, which would create more CO2 emissions. Green groups including Friends of the Earth and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) made a deal with a California power company last week to shutdown the Diablo Canyo plant starting in 2024. When the state of California closed the two-reactor San Onofre nuclear plant in 2012, CO2 rose by 9 million metric tons, which is equivalent to putting another 2 million cars onto the road. The average nuclear reactor prevents 3.1 million tons of CO2 emissions annually and accounts for 63 percent of non-CO2 emitting power sources. Nuclear power is far cheaper than wind or solar power, making it “the most cost-effective zero-emission technology,” according to The Economist. Not all environmentalists agreed with the decision to shut down the plant and some even fought to keep Diablo Canyon’s two reactors online , as they produced 1,100 megawatts of electricity without generating any carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Despite these environmental benefits and falling CO2 emissions, environmental groups continue to heavily lobby against nuclear power. Green groups like The Sierra Club still believe nuclear energy leads to “energy over-use and unnecessary economic growth. ” America currently operates 99 nuclear reactors across 61 commercially operated nuclear power plants, according to the Energy Information Administration. The average nuclear plant employs between 400 and 700 highly-skilled workers, has a payroll of about $40 million and contributes $470 million to the local economy, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute. The Diablo Canyon reactors employs 1,400 people. Follow Andrew on Twitter Send tips to andrew@ 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 Energy Environmental dailycaller.com

54 Is Blake Shelton's Latest Song About Miranda Lambert? Blake Shelton released his video for his latest hit “She’s got a way with Words” Tuesday, and some are wondering if it’s about his ex- wife Miranda Lambert. In an interview with People magazine, the 40-year-old country singer talked about the song about a lost relationship and said he might have used some “sarcasm” with this one. (RELATED: Blake Shelton Says Gwen Stefani Saved His Life) WATCH: “There’s just a hint of sarcasm in this one,” Shelton joked. “I have high hopes for this one.” Here’s some of the lyrics . “When you put two and two together You figure out love’s got four letters I should have known that when I met her But she had to spell it out for me She put the her in hurt She put the why in try She put the S. O. B. In sober She put the hang in hangover (hangover) She put the ex in sex She put the low in blow She put a big F. U. In my future Little words like “I” and “do” Lying, cheating, screwed Yeah all the words I thought I knew They got a brand new meaning now” Shelton and Miranda Lambert shocked everyone last year when they announced they were separating after four years of marriage.

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

55 Tennessee Bill To Make Police Assault A 'Hate Crime" A group of six Republicans in the Tennessee legislature announced their “Blue Lives Matter” plans to offer greater legal protections to police officers during a press conference Monday. The Republicans introduced three bills during the conference, which would make changes including labeling assault or harm of an officer a more serious crime, reports The Tennessean. The movement, called “Blue Lives Matter,” seeks to protect law enforcement officers. The legislative session will consider the bills in January 2107. Sen. Todd Gardenhire and House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick sponsored a bill that would make it a Class E felony to assault an officer, instead of a Class A misdemeanor , which carries a jail sentence up to 11 months and 29 days and or a fine up to $2,500. An assault of an officer would instead carry a fine up to $5,000, while an aggravated assault would have a fine up to $15,000. Sponsors Sen. Mark Green and Rep. Mark White created a bill that would make it a hate crime to kill or try to kill a person who is a law enforcement officer or a person believed to be one. The “hate crime” would be a Class A felony. Sen. Mike Bell, and Rep. Andy Holt introduced their bill that would make it a crime to publish the home address of a law enforcement officer. “Our men and women in blue are laying their lives on the line every day for us. It’s time we as a state recognize that fact by adding greater protections in the law for those who sacrifice their safety to protect us.” Senator Mike Bell said in a statement. A similar legislation that would enact harsher sentences on crimes against law enforcement officers failed 3 years ago, reports the Tennessean. Field Training Officer Kyle Moses of the Chattanooga Police Department praised the bill, telling News Channel 9 that the bill “was a long time coming.” Follow Amber on Twitter Send tips to [email protected] . 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

56 Witness Tells Senate Committee CAIR Engaged With Hamas WASHINGTON — A national security consultant testified Tuesday he conducted undercover research as an intern for Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), and accused the Islamic organization at a Senate Oversight Judiciary Committee hearing of corruption and other crimes. Chris Gaubatz, the undercover consultant, told the committee, “During my time conducting undercover research as an intern for Hamas, both at CAIR MD/VA in Herndon, VA, and CAIR National in Washington DC, I preserved documents that revealed Hamas doing business as CAIR: conspired to cover-up fraud committed by one of their immigration attorneys; discussed coordinating with Bin Laden and his associates; placed staffers and interns inside congressional offices -conspired to influence congress, specifically judiciary, intelligence, and homeland security committees; impacted congressional districts, tasking each Hamas Chapter office with influencing at least two legislators.” Gaubatz also claimed he ordered books from the Saudi embassy “on the virtue of jihad and martyrdom” and worked “with a Muslim law enforcement officer to influence a major terrorism investigation by accessing a classified federal police database and tipping off the suspect” Other witnesses warned the committee Tuesday that Muslim Brotherhood influence found its way through the federal government and law enforcement. Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser stated in his testimony, “The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) are two of those Muslim Brotherhood legacy groups in America.” He explained, “They have typically generically renounced the use of terror and violence, but they have never taken a public position against the ideology of Political Islam (Islamism) and have as a matter of policy sought to obstruct any emphasis on the role of ‘radical Islam’ and Islamism in radicalization. They both have also been some of the primary antagonists to efforts by law enforcement to understand and mitigate the real stages of radicalization of Muslims in America.” Jasser noted that CAIR and other similar groups “spearheaded a successful effort to purge the NYPD of their seminal counterterrorism documents endorsed by our American Islamic Leadership Coalition.” Former Customs & Border Protection Officer Philip Haney talked about how the administration purged records of terrorism investigations from the agency database. He stated in his testimony, “The threat of Islamic terrorism does not just come from a network of armed organizations such as Hamas and ISIS, who are operating ‘over there’ in the Middle East. In fact, branches of the same global network have been established here in America, and they are operating in plain sight (at least to those of us who have been charged with the duty of protecting our country from threats, both foreign and domestic).” He went on to say, “The threat we face today – that continues growing, despite the Willful Blindness of those who insist on pretending otherwise – are not the tactical methods of violent extremism, terrorism, or even operative verbs such as Jihad, but rather, the historical and universally recognized Islamic strategic goal of implementing Shariah law everywhere in the world, so that no other form of government (including the U. S. Constitution) is able to oppose its influence over the lives of those who must either submit to its authority, become second-class citizens, or perish.” Follow Kerry on Twitter

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

57 Breastfeeding brides respond to Canada wedding photo At weddings, sometimes the most unexpected moments turn out to be the most memorable. For a Canadian mum, that moment was taking time out of her own wedding to breastfeed her nine-month- old daughter. Christina Torino-Benton, 30, said her daughter Gemma began crying during the ceremony after a hot, stressful morning without a nap. The Montreal native said she quickly took her daughter and began breastfeeding her as the priest continued to talk - a moment the bride's photographer Lana Nimmons was able to capture on camera. "It didn't cross my mind not to nurse her while it was happening," Mrs Torino-Benton told the BBC. "It was the only thing to do, really. " Mrs Torino-Benton decided to share the moment with her daughter on a breastfeeding group's Facebook page, where the photo has generated more than 7.9k likes. The photo was captioned, "Talk about feeding anytime & anywhere. That moment when you're getting married and your baby gets hungry ;) feeling SO proud of myself! Fighting that good fight! " The image prompted dozens of mums to share their own photos of breastfeeding in bridal gowns, and a line of pictures went down the Facebook page among the stream of comments. "Ten minutes before I walked down the aisle! " one Facebook user wrote, posting an image of her breastfeeding. "We were on the way to him weaning so this was the last time we nursed and it's been just over a week now. I will always treasure this picture. " The bride said she welcomed the outpouring of support, but was surprised by some of the "hurtful" comments left in response to the photo. Some people, she said, dismissed her for breastfeeding at church. "To those people, I say, there is nothing more natural than feeding your infant with what God gave me", she told the BBC. Reporting by Courtney Subramanian

2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

58 Soviet troop monuments in Poland to be moved to new museum More than 200 monuments marking the Soviet army's liberation of Poland at the end of World War Two are to be moved to an open-air museum. They were erected to glorify the Red Army's vital role in ousting the Nazis. But many Poles say it also ushered in four decades of Soviet-inspired communism, and want the monuments to be displayed in historical context. The plan could anger Russia, which has not been consulted. Relations between both countries are tense. The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) proposes to house the monuments in a park in the former Soviet base at Borne Sulinowo, a small town north-west of Warsaw, where they will be used for the purpose of teaching history. Andrzej Zawistowski, director of the IPN's education department, said the plan includes 229 monuments that refer to "what we consider as untruth: gratitude for having given Poland independence. " Poland, now a western ally and Nato member, sees the Soviet domination following the end of the war as a period of oppression, and its relations with Moscow have been strained for some years. Poland and Russia are loggerheads over a number of issues, notably Russia's policy on Ukraine and EU sanctions on Moscow. The plan is diplomatically sensitive. The Kremlin protested strongly when a Soviet monument was removed from the town of Pieniezno last year. Russia says it exposed a lack of gratitude for the sacrifice of the Soviet troops who freed Poland from the Nazis. More than 20 million Soviet soldiers died in World War Two. Moscow argues that Poland is obliged to protect all war memorials under a 1994 bilateral agreement with Russia. But Poland says the agreement covers only cemeteries, which are not affected under the plan. "The plan will include only monuments expressing the gratitude towards the Red Army, and it will not affect Soviet cemeteries," said Mr Zawistowski. "The educational park will show these monuments within the right historical context," Mr Zawistowski said. "Educational parks and institutions of this type exist equally in other states such as Lithuania, Hungary or even Russia. " The institute says it will help with the removal of the monuments and their installation in the museum. But it is up to city councils whether they want them cleared.

2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

59 Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update Microsoft has agreed to pay a Californian woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update left her computer unusable. Teri Goldstein said her Windows 7 computer had automatically tried to update itself to Windows 10 without her permission. She said the update had made her machine unstable, leaving her unable to use it to run her business. Microsoft said it had dropped its appeal to save on legal costs. Microsoft has been aggressively pushing the latest version of its widely used operating system, which is currently available as a free download for computers running Windows 7 and 8. However, many people have chosen not to upgrade, because they are running old hardware, have software that does not run on Windows 10, are concerned over the software's tracking features , or simply do not want it. In February, the company bundled Windows 10 in with its security updates and made it a "recommended update", which meant it was automatically downloaded and installed unless blocked by the user. Some people accused the company of trying to "trick" customers into installing the update. The Seattle Times reported that Ms Goldstein's computer had "slowed to a crawl" after the update, and Microsoft customer support had not fixed the problem. "I had never heard of Windows 10. Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to update," she told the newspaper.

2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

60 The story of an iconic Indian family photograph Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, took a picture of her family in a Mumbai balcony 31 years ago. Shown in exhibitions and featured in a book, this has been an iconic picture of an Indian - and Parsi - family. After the recent death of the last surviving family member featured in the picture, Taraporevala relates the story behind it. Though this was a typical daily scene in my family, I have only one frame to remember it by. It was 1982. I was a graduate film student at New York University. Somehow I had cobbled together the price of an airline ticket and had come home to Bombay (much later renamed Mumbai) and Cozy Building. Built in 1921, Cozy Building is one of four Parsi buildings near Gowalia Tank - a park in central Mumbai - that flank a lane, with a fire temple at the end of it. My grandparents moved into the building the year it was built and where I grew up in an extended family - my parents Freny and Rumi, my paternal grandparents Aloo and Aderji and my father's two unmarried brothers, Kersi and Adi. It was from Gowalia Tank that Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India movement in 1942. The older generation had ringside seats. I was about to quit India myself, reluctantly. It was the evening before I was to fly back to America. My best friend Rashida was visiting with her two-year- old son Murtaza. I was on the balcony with him - he was in my chair eating wafers and I was taking his photo when I turned and saw my family in this perfect tableau. My grand-uncle Maneck is reading the comics page of a newspaper. My father's brother Kersi is looking out. My mother's sister Piloo is visiting my grandfather Aderji, his eyes shut. I took a single picture; I don't know why I didn't take more. I flew off consumed by homesickness and an unwillingness to leave. It was the last time I would ever see my beloved Maneck. He passed away shortly after. The watch he's wearing in the photo - I wear it now. It works fine even 34 years later. Maneck was single - never married - lived with his sister, also single, a brisk 20-minute walk away. He came to our house every day, rain or shine, walking from his home at Sleater Road at five in the evening. He would depart three hours later. He never varied his routine, even though as a child I tried my hardest to make him. This photo captures Aderji perfectly, his eyes closed, trying to shut out the world. A good-hearted curmudgeon, he had no social niceties and told it like it was much to my grandmother's embarrassment. My grandmother was on the other end of the spectrum - charming, outgoing, fun loving, loved by all. She is not in the frame but was probably on the balcony, off camera, telling her brother-in-law, "Have you come here to talk or to read the newspaper? " My mother's sister Piloo, with elegant long feet, was visiting, probably to say goodbye. Her mouth is open, she's saying something, but nobody seems to be listening. Maybe Kersi has heard, there's a slight smile on his face. My quiet, self-effacing uncle, who used to laugh, embarrassed, yet tickled, when I'd inform him that people who saw this photo said he looked like Elvis Presley. He was very sporting about his niece taking him around the world in his sudra - the muslin undergarment Parsis are required to wear. A foodie who had eaten in every Mumbai restaurant, as he put it, from Nariman Point to Mahim, Kersi was crazy about cricket - it was his all- consuming passion. He had nothing but scorn for the spoilt state of today's Indian cricketers. His uncle Khurshed Mehehomji had been the wicket keeper in the Indian team that played in England in 1936. He knew how his uncle got nothing except the clothes on his back and the saafa (turban) on his head, unlike the cricketers now. Kersi hated the ads on television, thought Americans were nuts and Donald Trump the nuttiest of them all. He was happiest in his room in his own world of music that he loved from the past, cricket matches on TV and Hollywood movies of his youth. My sweet, gentle uncle Kersi breathed his last on the same balcony on 12 June. Though everybody from the photo has gone now, I know that they are still around; I have felt their presence in my life, and their love, countless times. I know they watch over my mum and dad as they read the evening papers, my uncle Adi, my husband Firdaus, our children Jahan and Iyanah. Evenings on our Cozy Building balcony continue. My dad tells us how in the old days, the hills of Matheran were visible in the distance. That's hard to imagine. Now all we see are tall monstrosities, empty, unlived, mushrooming all around us in a frenzy of greedy, unplanned, development. My screenwriter's imagination foresees a future where like in the movie Up, Cozy Building might become increasingly hemmed in by monster buildings, the brave singular underdog, still holding out. All pictures by Sooni Taraporevala

2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

61 Ali Haider Gilani: 'I was chained for two years' Ali Haider Gilani was rescued in Afghanistan three years after al-Qaeda militants abducted him from his hometown of Multan in Pakistan. He was campaigning for a provincial seat in parliamentary elections for the Pakistan People's Party. The BBC's Pakistan correspondent Shaimaa Khalil sat down with him for his first interview to international media. He opened up for the first time about his time in captivity and the dramatic turn of events that led to his release. The Gilani family home in Lahore is fortified; high metal gates, armed guards and what looks like bullet proof four-wheel cars. This is, after all, the house of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. But recently the family welcomed back Ali Haider Gilani, his son, after three years of being an al-Qaeda prisoner. Mr Gilani said that apart from the ransom and the demands to release high profile al-Qaeda prisoners, his abductors told him that the abduction was aimed directly at his father. "My father was prime minister when their leader Osama Bin Laden was killed. He also started an operation in South Waziristan. They told me they wanted to take revenge," he said. What has happened to al-Qaeda? Mr Gilani was first taken to the industrial town of Faisalabad in Punjab province. He was then moved to the tribal areas of North Waziristan. "I was chained for two years," he said. "I was kept in a small room, not allowed to see the sky for one year and two months. I forgot how the sun felt on my skin. " Mr Gilani said he had a diary where he tried to keep track of time and jot down day-to-day thoughts: "It kept me sane. " "I prayed a lot. I used to think of my son and say I have to survive for him. " His son, Mohamed Jamaluddin, was a toddler when Mr Gilani was abducted. He said one of the most difficult things about his captivity was knowing that he had missed key moments in his son's life like his first day of school and his birthdays. While the al-Qaeda militants did not physically torture him, Ali Haider said they tried to break him mentally. "They'd tell me 'you're not a Muslim, your father is not a Muslim, you'll go to hell, your family aren't doing anything to help you'. " Mr Gilani said that he feared for his life every day. The Pakistani army has gone after Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in this area for years and has intensified their campaign since July 2014. There was always the fear of an air raid and drone strikes. "I was in a warzone," Mr Gilani said "There were drones, tanks, mortar and jet strikes. Drones have a horrible sound, it's like a huge bee constantly hovering over you. It wasn't just one drone, there were three, four or five at one time roaming day and night. " It was a drone strike in January that prompted al-Qaeda to hand Mr Gilani over to the Taliban. "They handed me over to the Pakistani Taliban in the Shawal area, in North Waziristan to keep me safe. " But soon after, the Pakistani army pushed into the area and the Taliban militants fled across the border to Afghanistan's Paktika province and took Mr Gilani with them. All through that time he was being watched closely by an al-Qaeda operative who accompanied him wherever he went. His living conditions, however, improved with the Pakistani Taliban. "I wasn't chained, I was allowed to walk, to see the sun," he said. Mr Gilani added that he was even given a radio: "I used to listen to the BBC, it was my contact to the outside world. " "The Taliban like cricket," he added. "One day I asked them for the radio to listen to a cricket match. It was the World Cup and Pakistan won a match against South Africa," he said. Mr Gilani had been in Afghanistan for just over two months, mainly with two militants one from the Pakistani Taliban and one from al-Qaeda. On 9 May, his captors told him they had to vacate the compound because they received a tip off of an American air raid. "We left at night and were walking for three or four hours when I heard helicopters then gunshots," he said. "I fell to the ground. Then a voice told me to take my shirt off, put my hands in the air and someone came and tied my hands. "I said 'My name is Ali Haider Gilani I'm the son of the former prime minister. They didn't believe me at first but later they confirmed I was telling the truth," he said. Mr Gilani said that he later learnt that the raid had targeted the al-Qaeda militant. "I was just lucky to be there," he said of his rescue. "It didn't sink in till I was in the helicopter, the guy [from the US Forces] said 'Mr Gilani, you're going home'. " Mr Gilani was moved to Bagram airbase and was met by senior Afghan generals. The next day he went to Kabul and saw his brother for the first time. "I was still in shock," he said. "A few hours ago, I was in the hands of the Taliban. I could die any moment. Now, I'm seeing my family. " By that time, the news had spread all over Pakistan and celebrations had broken out in his hometown of Multan. When he arrived there his family was waiting. "First I hugged my mother. She was crying and I said 'it's over I'm back now.' Then I met my son. He'd changed so much, I didn't recognise him but he did. "I said 'Baby, I'm your father' and he told me 'I recognise you Baba'. " Mr Gilani says he is keen to move on with his life, he is writing a book where he will reveal more details about his time in captivity. He says he will eventually go back to politics. "It's in my blood," he says with a smile.

2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

62 Oil clean-up pledge divides Nigerians The Nigerian government has launched an unprecedented $1bn (£750m) operation to clean up the environmental damage caused by the oil industry, and it will be paid for by the polluters. But will it work? The BBC's Stephanie Hegarty reports from the Niger Delta. The mangroves that used to stretch across the creeks of Kegbara Dere, Ogoniland, are now dead - their naked, rotten trunks stick out of the water, like skeletons coated in a layer of black. This is the price that has been paid for the discovery of oil. Erabanabari Kobah, an environmental campaigner who grew up on these creeks, used to fish here during his school holidays to make a little money to pay for his school books. But he says children cannot do that anymore. "This used to be a very flourishing mangrove forest full of diversity but as a result of the continuous oil spills the fish are all dead," he says, as he navigates a creek in a small wooden canoe. "People can no longer do their fishing here. It's sad to see it like this. " Kogbara Dere was a fishing village in which life revolved around the creek. Oil was discovered here in the 1950s but by the 1990s the wider Ogoniland community pushed the oil company operating in the area, Shell, out of the creek. For many years afterwards the abandoned oil wells leaked until they were capped in 2010, but by then the damage was done. In 2011, the Nigerian government called on the UN Environment Programme to do an independent report on the damage in Ogoniland. Researchers found that oil had penetrated far deeper into the soil than anyone expected and said the clean-up could take up to 30 years. They said the people of Ogoniland were exposed to extreme health hazards from air and water pollution. In some cases, cancer-causing compounds in crude oil - like benzene - could be found in drinking water at more than 900 times the safe level. Despite the damage some communities are opposed to a clean-up fearing that the money spent on it could end up in the wrong hands. The experience of what has happened in Bodo, just down the coast from Kogbara Dere, may shed some light on the difficulties ahead. It was once a quiet fishing town but became famous last year when Shell paid out almost $80m in compensation for two major oil spills. That money was split between 15,600 local people, with each getting about $3,000, and the rest was earmarked for the community as a whole, but that has also now been distributed to individuals. It was a huge windfall for people who were until then living hand to mouth. The money physically transformed the town with concrete houses popping up everywhere replacing mud and corrugated tin huts. It also bitterly divided the community. Part of the 2015 deal said Shell must clean up the mess, but that surprisingly is not what many people want. "I believe the money earmarked is for the clean-up. This is for [the benefit of] the community therefore money should be paid to them" Fisherman Siitu Emmanuel was one of the beneficiaries of the pay-out and spent it building houses for his children. He says he is not in support of Shell doing the clean-up - instead he wants the money that was going to pay for it to be split amongst the community. "I believe the money earmarked is for the clean-up. This is for [the benefit of] the community therefore money should be paid to them," he says. And most people in Bodo agree with him, they would rather have money in their pockets than see the environmental problems sorted out. The damage to the creeks has been so profound that many cannot even imagine returning to the life they had as fishermen before. Clean-ups in places like Kogbara Dere have been attempted in the past but according to some residents they have not worked. Comfort Gbode's farm is beside a pipeline which spilled oil in 2012 destroying much of her land. Mrs Gbode and her husband still farm the land but the crops are stunted. A clean-up was done but had little effect. "They said they were cleaning the soil, I saw tippers coming in to dump new soil on top," she says. "But it's not clean, we still can't farm the land. " A core of activists is still arguing for the clean-up to happen. One of them, Sylvester Kogbara, had his home attacked by local youths opposed to it. The conflict got so violent that in February four people were killed in clashes. Father Abel Agbulu, Bodo's Catholic priest, was called in to stop the violence and understands better than most why it happened. "They don't really trust any kind of negotiations or negotiators from the community," he says. This is the land that has made many Nigerians super rich and yet he says many of his parishioners are surviving on one meal a day. People here are used to seeing oil money go into the wrong hands. Likewise, they believe the money spent by Shell to sort out the environmental damage will end up with corrupt local politicians and contractors. For its part Shell is committed to undertake a clean-up operation but says it is too dangerous to begin work until the Bodo people are ready to welcome them. They have been in talks with various groups for three years to get the work started. But those talks have stalled repeatedly. Dutch ambassador John Groffen acts as a mediator and explains why the process has been so difficult. "We wanted to make sure that it wasn't happening in the old ways where contracts were being given out to contractors in an underhanded way," he says. "In the end some parties, some contractors, some youths felt they were left out of the process and there was a push back from those groups. " Until the allocation of those contracts is sorted out, the creeks continue to rot. Bodo is just one community, there are thousands like it in the Niger Delta. The task of cleaning up is mammoth. But the Nigerian government says it is determined that its own plans will work. Environment Minister Amina Mohamed is aware of the murky local politics at play. "A lot of the [issues involve] transparency," she says. "It's not about sharing money. It's about contracting people to do work that needs to be done to clean up the Niger Delta. " But even if this does happen, it could be 30 years before these creeks are clean again.

2016-06-29 02:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

63 Gay Pride Month 2016 Photos People carrying images of those killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting walk as part of a vigil during the 46th annual Gay Pride March, June 26, 2016, in New York.

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64 64 Close cabinet vote expected in final okay of Turkey deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not have an easy job on Wednesday convincing his security cabinet to support the Turkish-Israeli rapprochement agreement, which was signed by senior Israeli and Turkish diplomats in their respective capitals on Tuesday. Three of the 10 members of the cabinet – Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu), and the two Bayit Yehudi ministers – Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Education Minister Naftali Bennett – have come out against the agreement. In addition to Netanyahu, two others have come out in favor of the agreement – National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud), and Construction Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu). Shas’s Arye Deri is also expected to vote in favor. This leaves three undecided ministers: Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), Transportation Minister Israel Katz (Likud), and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (Kulanu). Since Netanyahu’s vote counts double in the event of a tie, he only needs the support of one of the three undecided ministers to get the deal passed. Kahlon said his vote depended on a meeting he held late on Tuesday with interim head of the National Security Council Yaakov Nagel. Sources close to Kahlon said he was bitter there had not been serious discussions in the security cabinet on Turkey until now, and angry at Netanyahu for reaching a deal before convening the committee. “I don’t feel obligated by what anyone signed,” Kahlon said. “I feel obligated only by my own logic and my own conscience.” Channel 10 reported that Katz had already decided to vote against the deal. But his associates said they were unaware he had made such a decision. The morning security cabinet meeting was initially set for only an hour and a half, but after ministers complained that it was too short to enable serious deliberations, it was extended to three hours. Bennett said that while reconciliation with Turkey is important now for Israel’s interests, “paying reparations to the perpetrators of the terrorism on the [Mavi] Marmara is a dangerous precedent that Israel will regret in the future. I am in favor of good relations with Turkey, but not at any price.” Channel 2 reported that sources close to Netanyahu called Bennett’s complaints about the security cabinet not having enough discussion about Turkey “another example of him being a crybaby.” Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel of Bayit Yehudi, who is not a member of the security cabinet, said such a key issue needed to be brought to the entire government for a vote. Meanwhile, Zahava Shaul, the mother of Oron Shaul whose body is being held by Hamas, urged the ministers not to vote for the deal until the bodies of the two soldiers and the two Israelis missing in Gaza are returned. Opposition to the deal centers on two matters: substance and procedure. On a substantive level, the deal has been criticized largely on grounds that Israel should not be paying $20 million compensation to the families of victims on the Mavi Marmara, who violently attacked IDF soldiers after they boarded the ship to keep it from breaking the Gaza blockade. On the procedural level, as echoed by Kahlon, the opposition is bothered that the cabinet was not kept appraised of the deal, and is being asked essentially to be a rubber stamp to a deal that Netanyahu negotiated through his interlocutors. Even as the deal was causing disagreements inside the security cabinet, Foreign Ministry director- general Dore Gold signed the short document in Jerusalem, and Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu signed the accord for the Turkish side in Ankara. The signings took place with no pomp or ceremony. If the deal is approved by the security cabinet and the Turkish parliament, ambassadors will then be exchanged. A spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted by AFP as saying this process will begin this week. It is not clear whether Netanyahu will select his own candidate – a political appointment similar to the ambassadors in Washington and at the UN – to fill the Ankara position, or whether it will be filled from within the ranks of the Foreign Ministry. Although this post has never been filled by a political appointment in the past, its heightened sensitivity may lead Netanyahu to want to select someone on his own for the position.

2016-06-29 01:39 HERB KEINON www.jpost.com

65 Opening statements of retrial for Chester councilman's accused killer Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism held Olympic Day at the Novant Health BMX Supercross Track in Rock Hill Saturday for fans and athletes who love the sport. Racers as young as five years old took on the hills at the track for the free event, which attracted 75 competitors. Incoming freshmen at Winthrop University spent two days on campus learning about life at college and acclimating themselves to the Rock Hill school during orientation. Students stayed overnight in residence halls, attended sessions about majors, registered for classes and participated in activities geared to meeting other students. State and local law enforcement officers in Chester County on Wednesday unveiled a county-wide DUI task force that is paid with a state grant. Use of opiate painkillers and heroin is on the rise nationally and locally. Several local leaders on Tuesday unveiled a new approach that incorporates education, law enforcement and the medical community to curb the availability and use of drugs. The Juneteenth Celebration in Rock Hill drew crowds with hip hop, choirs, living historians, games for children and a picnic. The holiday commemorates the emancipation of American slaves on April 19, 1865. The Juneteenth holiday, which celebrates the emancipation of slaves on June 19, 1865, drew a crowd at Mt. Prospect Baptist Church in Rock Hill on Saturday. Participants listened to music by hip hop artists and choirs, danced, and learned about the history of the Emancipation Proclamation. Supporters of the LGBT community gathered at Rock Hill City Hall Thursday for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of Sunday's mass shooting and honor the first responders and medical community that helped them. Lanie Johnson of Rock Hill organized the event and will send a signed banner and letters written by vigil participants to Orlando. Kevin Tolson won Tuesday's Republican primary and will run unopposed for York County sheriff in November. Sheriff Bruce Bryant was on hand to announce Tolson as the winner. Kayaks make their way across the water Saturday during the Pump House River Run, a three-mile paddle from Riverwalk to River Park, followed by a 5K run on the Piedmont Medical Center Trail. In Fort Mill, Carolinas Cornerstone Church’s bicycle repair ministry takes old bikes and makes them new again for adults and kids who need them.

2016-06-29 02:22 www.heraldonline.com

66 VA Ignored 30 Percent Of Texts Sent To Crisis Hotline The Department of Veterans Affairs’ crisis hot line didn’t answer up to 30 percent of texts from desperate veterans, according to a new government watchdog investigation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Monday, which found that “tests of text messages revealed a potential area of concern.” The crisis hotline received 13,000 texts in 2014 and 16,000 in 2015. To test whether the VA was actually responding to veterans in serious need, GAO sent a series of test text messages to the hotline. Out of a total of 14 messages sent, four were ignored. That’s an ignore rate of 28.6 percent. Of the other 10 texts, eight were answered in two minutes. The other two received answers in just under five minutes. The VA gave several reasons as to why some messages were ignored, one of which was tha6t there was an incompatibility between the device used to send the message and the VA’s message receiving software. Another possible reason was that there were too many incoming texts at the same time. Yet, it’s unclear exactly what went wrong and whether the text messages ignored were due to technical errors or a simple failure of staff to respond. The text messaging service the VA has contracted does not routinely test the system. “Without routinely testing its text messaging system, or ensuring that its provider tests the system, VA cannot ensure that it is identifying limitations with its text messaging service and resolving them to provide consistent, reliable service to veterans,” the GAO said. The VA did not dispute this recommendation and wholeheartedly agreed. The text message GAO report came after a similar report in February, which discovered that nearly two dozen people who called the VA crisis hotline were sent straight to voicemail . Staff at the time didn’t even know the VA had a voicemail messaging system, and so they did not return the calls of these desperate vets. Follow Jonah Bennett on Twitter Send tips to [email protected] . 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 National Security dailycaller.com

67 Mexican Cartels Are Driving Up Crime In American Cities A combination of cheap heroin flowing across American borders and wars between cartels is behind the rise in homicides in many large American cities, a think tank found in a report Monday. An Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report in May found that a spike in the murder rate of more than 20 cities. “I don’t know what the answer is, but holy cow, do we have a problem,” FBI Director Jim Comey said at the time. At the current pace Chicago will finish the year with 550 homicides. Chicago is also home to two rival cartels the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltran- Levya cartel. This is the premise of the American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) study , that cities with more than one cartel are those with the highest murder rate. The AEI report found that in the 21 of 25 cities they analyzed the pattern of more cartels equaling more crime held true. Las Vegas, one of the cities which has experienced a large spike in murders, is home to three cartels. Mexican cartels are currently embroiled in violence, especially after Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s capture which has led to fractures in the Sinaloa Cartel. At the same time, cheap heroin has been entering the United States and heroin usage is at a 20 year high. The recent UN report found that heroin related deaths have increased five-fold since 2000. Mexican cartels has wrestled control of the United States heroin market from Colombia and now controls it. This was through a change in recipe. “To take control of the US East Coast market, it changed its product to satisfy local consumers who never used coffee-colored or black heroin, which is what is traditionally produced in Mexico,” Douglas W. Coleman, head of the Arizona division of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), said to Proceso magazine in May. At the same time Mexico has taken control of the market their organizations have become more fractured. InSight Crime co-director Steven Dudley testified in a May 26 Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing that Mexican cartels “are not nearly as strong or monolithic as they once were.”

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

68 Marines, Never Deployed, Changed Clothes 4 Times During Benghazi Attack I know a lot of people are excited about the Benghazi report that came out today, but I tend to agree with my old pal Sonny Bunch : The Obama administration lied to squeak through the election, it worked, and now they’ll get away with it. The facts don’t matter. The Democrat tribe will just blame the Republican tribe again, and nothing will change. Dems don’t care about the truth, as long as their tribe wins. But if you have a really dark sense of humor, this detail about the utter ineptitude of our leaders is morbidly amusing. Rachael Bade, Politico: State Department officials on an emergency conference call during the Benghazi attack brought up concerns about whether Marines that might have been deployed should wear uniforms — something officials previously said could hurt diplomacy in the region, according to House Benghazi investigators. The final GOP-authored House Benghazi report released Tuesday included new details of a two-hour video teleconference call the night of the attack, a session led by White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. Clinton and top Defense officials were also on the call… The report also found that a State official brought up a question about whether Marines should wear civilian clothing instead of their uniforms… But, one commander told the committee that as they were readying themselves to deploy they kept having to change in and out of their uniforms four times. They ended up not deploying at all. Four Americans were murdered in a coordinated terrorist attack that had nothing to do with any stupid YouTube video, but at least the Obama administration didn’t have to deal with an embarrassing fashion faux pas. It’s not the Marines’ fault, of course. I’m sure they wanted to go save our people. They actually care about America and Americans more than their own skins, unlike the people giving them their orders. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and everyone else who lied about Benghazi have disgraced themselves every step of the way. It’s too bad the Republicans aren’t nominating someone who can beat these creeps. I’m not looking forward to 8 more years of this garbage.

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

69 Texas Mom Kills Her Two Daughters A Texas town is in shock after a local mother called a family meeting and only to gun down her two daughters in front of their father. Police say Christy Sheats, 42, killed her daughters Madison Sheats, 17, and Taylor Sheats, 22, at her Katy home Friday, WTVR reports. She called a family meeting, and once they were in the living room, she opened fire. Her daughters and husband, Jason, 45 tried to flee as she continued shooting. A witness said Christy went back into the home, reloaded, and came outside to again shoot Taylor, who was in the street. Her husband was not hurt. Authorities reportedly told People Magazine Christy had a history of mental illness. When police arrived, they fatally shot Christy. “The armed shooter was also in the street and, after refusing to drop her weapon, was shot and killed by a Fulshear officer,” Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook . Neighbors said the Friday shooting was actually Jason’s birthday. The Daily Mail reports Taylor was set to be married Monday. “It shook me to the core,” John Hollis, Christy’s former employer at a tattoo removal shop, told KHOU. “It was shocking, truly shocking. She had a charm about her; apparently that was something that if she wanted to turn it on, she could turn it on and if turned the other way, it turned the other way.” Send tips to [email protected]. Follow Casey on Twitter and like him on Facebook. 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

70 Colorado Has A Free Speech Issue Two separate stories coming from Colorado highlight an apparent free speech issue within the state. Samuel Adams can’t hang an American flag from his balcony for the 4th of July, while Pastor Lawson Perdue can no longer run ‘Jesus-based’ ads on city benches promoting his church. Samuel Adams of Greeley had draped an American flag over his balcony in preparation for the upcoming 4th of July holiday weekend. Administrators at Adams apartment complex, Sterling Heights, told Adams to remove the flag, according to a Monday story from Fox News. “I have never done anything like this before, but it was the right time and it was the right moment,” Adams told The Greeley Tribune . “I wanted to be a patriotic American and give tribute to our Founding Fathers and our veterans, and to have (management) say the flag is inappropriate or comparable to trash is reprehensible to me.” Pamela Buchanan, the Sterling Heights apartment manager, told The Greeley Tribune that the apartment community is not opposed to people flying an American flag but that they do have rules about ‘clutter’ on resident balconies. “Sterling Heights seeks to be fair to residents by limiting displays as there could be signs, flags or decorations that may be offensive and disruptive to the community,” Buchanan wrote in an email to The Greeley Tribune. In response to this, Amie Robertshaw, senior regional manager for Sterling Heights, said Adams would be allowed to drape his flag over the balcony just for the holiday, but that it would need to come down after the holiday is over. Adams has posted a video on YouTube expressing his disgust, the video has more than 20,000 views. Perdue has been running ads on bus benches that read “Jesus Is Lord” — or some variant of that — for the past three years, but Mountain Metro Transit Agency told Perdue that he could no longer use ‘Jesus’ in his ads because the city says “hate messages would have to be allowed, too,” According to a Fox News article on Monday. The Gazette ran a story on Monday that says the city is now reviewing its decision as well as its policy. “The City of Colorado Springs is carefully reviewing the advertising policies of Mountain Metro Transit in light of the advertising by Pastor Lawson Perdue of the Charis Christian Center.” The city also notes that they may have acted hastily, “Mountain Metro Transit recognizes that it acted hastily in asking Pastor Perdue to change his messaging.” Perdue said that he “planned to renew his contract with Jesus in future advertisements.” “When government restricts speech it is subject to ‘strict scrutiny’ and the government needs to provide a compelling interest to limit language,” Civil rights attorney Barbara Queen of Lawrence and Associates told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Queen went on to say that, “Most content-based regulations do not pass the [strict scrutiny] test.” Queen also said that the city could “restrict the size of the ad, or even the color, but not content.” As for Adams and his flag, Queen pointed The Daily Caller to an act signed in 2005 by George W. Bush. Under the 2005 ‘ Freedom to Display the American Flag Act ‘ (FDAFA) a “residential real estate management association may not adopt or enforce any policy, or enter into any agreement, that would restrict or prevent an association member from displaying the U. S. flag on residential property.” Queen noted that First Amendment protections to free speech are only invoked when government is the one making the demand not an apartment complex, as is the case with Adams. However, under the FDAFA Queen doesn’t think Sterling Heights had any right to tell Adams to remove his flag. Follow Craig Boudreau on Twitter . Any tips or info? Email Craig at [email protected] 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

71 Now The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Is Sexist, Offensive The New York Times is being denounced as “hateful” and sexist after its Tuesday crossword had the temerity to include the word “harem” as an answer. A harem refers to a group of females who all share a single male as a sexual or romantic partner. Historically, a harem was the retinue of wives, concubines, slaves, and female relatives who were kept in wealthy Muslim households (most famously, the Ottoman sultan had a vast harem ). The word itself derives from the Arabic word meaning “forbidden,” and refers to the fact these women were generally kept in a separate quarters most men were forbidden to enter. In Tuesday’s crossword puzzle, the Times alluded to the harem’s historical role, with a clue describing it as a “decidedly non-feminist women’s group.” And that little joke has some people outraged. People on Twitter denounced the clue as “hateful,” “clueless,” and somehow dismissive of victims of sex slavery. Also, clue on 31D is hateful. My kingdom for a female editor, or at least advisor. #tuesday #crossword — Rex Parker (@rexparker) June 28, 2016 @rexparker It was unnecessary and awful while also managing to be demeaning to both sex workers and women in sex slavery. That’s impressive. — Whitney Cox (@ProfWCox) June 28, 2016 Why is the NYT crossword so clueless about race and gender? https://t.co/mYfxP5oAd1 via @doublexmag — Diane Firstman (@dianagram) June 28, 2016 Despite the wave of outrage, it’s not clear exactly why the clue is so offensive. Harems, at least historically, are strongly associated with placing women in a subservient position to powerful males, which certainly isn’t very feminist. The Times’ clue, then, is quite literally accurate. But the outrage ball is rolling regardless. At Slate, writer Ruth Graham found a predictable reason for the brouhaha: Crossword constructors are too white and too male , and that’s a problem. “[O]f the 47 most recent constructors for the Times , just 11 are female,” Graham complains. “The author of today’s puzzle is male, and so is [puzzle editor Will] Shortz. The constructors are also overwhelmingly white.” Graham says it isn’t the first time the Time crossword has mistakenly become a bastion of white male privilege. “In 2012, the answer ILLEGAL was clued with: ‘One caught by the border patrol,'” she says. “The offensive use of illegal as a noun set off a brouhaha that made its way to Univision. In 2013, a national puzzle syndicate apologized for using the clue ‘Shylock’ for the answer JEW. And in November, Shortz issued a mea culpa for the clue ‘Exasperated comment from a feminist.’ Answer: MEN.” Another crossword constructor, Elizabeth Gorski, told Slate the natural fix is that the Times simply has to hire more non-whites and racial minorities. “The problem with tone-deafness is the person who’s singing (or writing clues) doesn’t hear the sour notes,” said Gorski. “If newspapers want to improve their crosswords, the solution is simple: Hire people who aren’t tone deaf.” Send tips to [email protected] . 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

72 Snowden Cries 'Big Brother' While Living Under Dictatorship Edward Snowden publicly criticized a recent Russian effort to expand mass surveillance and criminalize online speech, but there are reasons to doubt its authenticity. Snowden called the effort “an unworkable, unjustifiable violation of rights that should never be signed” on Twitter. The mere fact that Snowden’s comment was reported by Russian media and not outright censored, calls into question the authenticity of his actual dissent. Snowden has been heavily criticized for leaking classified United States information in the name of free speech, but then fleeing to two countries with little to no free speech protection. Snowden’s asylum in Russia is contingent solely on the good graces of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime, again casting doubt on his motives to criticize the regime. Snowden’s tepid criticism may have been approved by the Kremlin to maintain his supposedly “heroic” online persona. The criticism may also be to quell calls from his followers to protest the new Russian law. Snowden says he wants to return to the U. S., and has no plans to die in Russia. Snowden lawyer, Ben Wizner, told The New York Times Snowden wanted President Barack Obama to pardon him. Snowden was granted asylum in Russia after illegally leaking information to the press, detailing highly classified National Security Agency programs. Putin personally granted Snowden asylum, on the supposed condition he would stop leaking any more information. “I would lose all respect for the Russian and Chinese security services if they haven’t fully exploited everything Snowden had to give,” Former NSA Director Michael Hayden said in the wake of the incident in 2014. Snowden’s Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, defended his comments to the Russian media saying “We live in a free society, in a democratic state.” Kucherena further called Snowden “a man of principles.” Kucherena is a well-known Kremlin sympathizer, and even has ties to the Russian state security service. Follow Saagar Enjeti on Twitter Send tips to [email protected] 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].

2016-06-29 01:23 dailycaller.com

73 David Hockney: 'Going deaf helped my vision' One of Britain's most distinguished artists, David Hockney, has created a new series of portraits, which will be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. It is based on his friends, family and acquaintances. Will Gompertz reports.

2016-06-29 01:14 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

74 David Kaunitz's Wanarn clinic in Gibson Desert, Australia, is world's most remote? Its low population, scarce resources, and searing sun -- temperatures often reach 50 degrees Celsius -- make it one of the last places in the world you'd expect to find award-winning architecture. Yet in the tiny indigenous Australian community of Wanarn in the middle of this desert, one architect has shown how deep consultation with a local population can turn a simple health clinic into a live-saving work of art. A clinical challenge For three months, Australian architect David Kaunitz lived in Wanarn. This small, isolated community lies 900 kilometres away from the nearest large town of Alice Springs and has a population of just 180 mostly Aboriginal Australians. A further 2,000 indigenous people live in the larger surrounding Ngaanyatjarra region, most of whom maintain the nomadic mindset of their ancestors. The clinic Kaunitz had been asked by the government to design there would serve the wider region. These communities are generally poor and face significant health issues, including high rates of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. With the closest hospital in Alice Springs, easy access to good healthcare is vital. No easy job Kaunitz faced a wide range of consultation, construction and location problems. "Nomadic people are not talkative, I think it's fair to say, and the indigenous community in Australia is incredibly jaded," he tells CNN. His initial attempts to build trust among the locals were met with indifference. The desert conditions also meant Kaunitz had to build a utilitarian structure that could resist dust and extreme heat and remain cool without using expensive resources. The area's isolation only added to the complexity of the project -- most of the materials and tradespeople had to be trucked in from Alice Springs, or Perth, the West Australian capital, more than 1,500 kilometers away. Building trust Kaunitz eventually won the trust of the local elders, and worked with them to develop his plans. He derived important functional elements of the design -- such as the outdoor waiting areas and the need for a compact clinic that wasn't too big or complicated -- from the feedback from the community. "Things like that tree's important, someone telling you that it's good to see the shop opening from the waiting room or it might be simple things about orientation," Kaunitz says. "They are specifics that were only able to be gleaned from living among the people. " Other ideas came from Kaunitz's desire to "design a more arid building than had been done before", and move away from the European-style of "verandared" architecture typical of this sort of project in Australia. Dreaming of the Seven Sisters Kaunitz says the most critical things to come out of the consultations were cultural considerations. The earth-coloured cladding and simplicity of the building were requested by the locals to ensure the building blended in with the land. The aluminium art screens were designed by two local female artists and are a visual telling of an Aboriginal Dreaming story, the Dreaming of the Seven Sisters, an integral part of that region's Aboriginal spirituality. But Kaunitz says the most important cultural aspect of the structure -- the stone walls that grace the outside of the building -- showed how, as an architect, "serendipity can lead you to a much better place. " Kaunitz originally intended the walls to provide outdoor seating, and protect against low-travelling dust. However, he says that the group of local workers he employed to build the structure selected very specific stones from very specific sites for the wall, and ended up building culture into functionality. "The real outcome was that the earth, which is culture, is part of the building and the building became respected because the earth was included into it," he says. An award-winning life saver The clinic was completed at the beginning of 2015, and the end result is an environmentally sustainable structure that's beautiful, functional and culturally sensitive. Gutters, awnings and eaves -- things Kaunitz says are redundant in this type of environment -- were replaced with extra insulation to keep the building cool. This saved thousands of dollars, bringing the project in well under budget and enabling him to include a dialysis room and two dialysis chairs. And although the clinic won the 2015 European LEAF Award for Best Sustainable Development of the Year, Kaunitz says it was including the extra equipment that has given him the most satisfaction. "Two dialysis chairs will allow all these elders, probably half a dozen of them, to stay on-country," he said. "The effect for them is huge, because country is everything for them, but also the effect that has on the younger people in the community to have those mentors around and to have those role models and to have that continuity of culture. "You can't understate that. "

2016-06-29 01:12 Georgia McCafferty rss.cnn.com

75 Women 'targets of Muslim hate crime' A report into Islamophobia in the UK has found that Muslim hate crime is most likely to be carried out by teenagers and that women are more likely to attacked than men. The report by the monitoring group Tell Mama was worked on by the late MP Jo Cox. Special Correspondent Ed Thomas reports.

2016-06-29 00:52 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

76 Weizmann study links viral infections in pregnant women to autism, schizophrenia risk Weizmann Institute of Science research on mice apparently explains why certain viral infections in pregnant women can raise the risk of autism and schizophrenia in their children. The study, led by Dr. Ido Amit and Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Rehovot institute’s immunology and neurobiology departments, was published in the journal Science. The study may explain how the mother’s infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) during pregnancy, which affects her own and her fetus’s immune system, increases at the cellular and the mechanistic molecular levels the risk that her offspring will years later develop neurodevelopmental diseases. This increased risk of neurodevelopmental diseases had been discovered years ago in epidemiological studies and confirmed in mouse models. But researchers did not know why. The new study posits a possible explanation. “Previous studies had shown that the timing of the disruption in the mother’s immune system during pregnancy affects the type of brain damage her child may develop. For example, a viral infection in early pregnancy raises the risk of autism, whereas an infection later in the pregnancy raises the risk of schizophrenia,” said Amit. “We’ve set out to examine the mechanisms behind these phenomena, while focusing on the role the immune system plays in brain development.” Orit Matcovitch-Natan, a graduate student in the laboratories of both Amit and Schwartz, and other members of the two teams, studied the sole immune cells present in the brain – the microglia, which contribute to the brain’s development and maintenance. The scientists discovered that the development of these cells in the mouse fetus and in newborn mice proceeds in three distinct stages, parallel to those of the developing brain – early cells that populate the brain of the embryo shortly after its inception, pre-microglia and adult cells. By screening and testing the genomes of these cells, the scientists were able to define each stage in terms of its activated genes, their control mechanisms and the epigenetic features, that is, the activation of proteins that “package” the DNA and affect gene expression in the course of development. The scientists also characterized the functions of some of these genes in the microglia, which contributed to an in-depth understanding of the developmental processes. The second stage – that of the pre-microglia – proved the most sensitive to disruptions. This stage takes place close to birth and shortly afterwards, just when the developing brain undergoes the vital process of “pruning,” in which inappropriate synapses among neurons are cut off. The pre-microglia play an important role in pruning, helping remove the superfluous neuronal networks, and shaping and strengthening the connections among the remaining neurons. When the scientists exposed the brains of pregnant mice to synthetic materials that mimic a CMV infection, they found that the development of the pre-microglia was disrupted in their offspring. Genes involved in the maturation of these cells were expressed at the wrong time, and the cells proceeded to an adult stage earlier than usual. The offspring later exhibited abnormal behavior, including disturbances in social interaction and behaviors similar to those of people with schizophrenia. “We’ve discovered that it’s essential for the development of immune cells in the brain to be synchronized with the development of the brain itself,” noted Schwartz. “Premature shift of the microglia in mice to the adult stage leads to brain malfunction later on.” Though these findings have been obtained in rodents, the scientists hypothesize that disrupted coordination between the development of the microglia and that of the brain contributes to an increased risk of such neurodevelopmental disorders as autism and schizophrenia in humans. The scientists believe that the heightened immune response to viral infection in the mother’s body may be responsible for disrupting the timing of microglia development. “Our research has paved the way for studying the effects of other viruses on the mother’s immune system in general, and on her offspring’s brain development. It can also advance the study of neurodevelopmental disorders and their connection to the immune system,” said Matcovitch- Natan. In yet another series of experiments, the Weizmann scientists established a connection between the development of the microglia in the brains of mice and intestinal microbes – the microbiome. They found that in newborn mice that were free of any microbes, the maturation of the microglia was delayed. This finding suggests that in human babies, factors that shape the microbiome – natural ones such as breastfeeding, or therapeutic factors such as antibiotics – may affect the immune cells in the baby’s brain and consequently the brain’s development. It’s still unknown to what extent this research, conducted in mice, is relevant to human beings, but the scientists hope that an improved understanding of this process may in the future help prevent certain neurological disorders in babies, caused by disruptions in the mother’s immune system.

2016-06-29 00:51 JUDY SIEGEL www.jpost.com

77 Indictment charges 3 men with bilking movie investors NEW YORK (AP) — Three men were arrested Tuesday on charges that they cheated investors who thought they were contributing over $12 million to produce major films, only to discover their money went to other projects and to pay personal expenses, officials said. U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said in a release announcing charges against James David Williams, Steven Brown and Gerald Seppala that the defendants used "lies about making feature-length films and documentaries" to entice investors. An indictment did not identify the films. A 2014 civil lawsuit against the men in Los Angeles federal court said they claimed investors' money would go toward films starring Nicolas Cage, Willie Nelson and Harry Connick Jr., among others. In the criminal case, Manhattan prosecutors said the defendants made false promises and representations from 2012 to this year. They said the money was used to fund other projects, pay back previously defrauded investors and to pay personal expenses, including the purchase of a car and house for Williams. Williams, 54, of Calabasas, California, was arrested in Los Angeles. Brown, 46, of Santa Monica, California, was arrested in New York City, while Seppala, 47, of Wayzata, Minnesota, was arrested in Wayzata. The men face conspiracy and wire fraud charges that carry potential penalties of decades in prison. Attorney Walter Mack in Manhattan did not immediately return a message seeking comment about Brown, who was freed on $200,000 bail. It was not immediately clear who was representing Williams and Seppala in the criminal case. A lawyer who represented the men in the civil case declined comment. The lawsuit, brought by Bill A. Busbice Jr., of Jackson, Wyoming, said that he and two companies lost $10.9 million in "a bold and brazen securities fraud" as the defendants claimed they were investing in four films: "Made in America," ''The Letters," ''Left Behind" and "Angels Sing. " The lawsuit said the plaintiffs discovered they had been conned because the defendants did not invest their money in the films and they provided fake business and financial records. Paul L. Gale, an attorney for Busbice, declined comment.

2016-06-28 23:44 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

78 JAFI Board of Governors meets in Paris for first time PARIS – Arab immigration to France and deep-seated anti-Semitism in that country mean French Jews have no future there, the head of the Jewish Agency for Israel said here Monday. Natan Sharansky made this declaration in the French capital, where he was attending the three-day Jewish Agency for Israel (JA FI) Board of Governors meeting, held in Paris for the first time ever as a sign of solidarity with French Jews. Hundreds of Jewish leaders from around the world took part in the JA FI meeting, which ended Tuesday. They paid tribute to the courage and Zionism of the French Jewish community. The leaders saluted the 15,000 French Jews who have immigrated to Israel in the last two years, and expressed solidarity with European Jewry in general, and French Jewry in particular, for the terrorist attacks experienced during that time. Since 2012, Islamists have killed eight Jews in two shooting attacks that came amid hundreds of nonlethal violent assaults. A French citizen with alleged ties to Islamist groups is standing trial in France for a third shooting in 2014 at the Jewish Museum of Belgium, in which four people died. “There is no future for the Jews in France because of the Arabs, and because of a very anti-Israel position in society, where new anti-Semitism and ancient anti-Semitism converge,” Sharansky told JTA . Joining Sharansky, who opened the JA FI gathering, were Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver and Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Gallant, who both also addressed the participants. On the French side, Minister of State for Relations with Parliament Jean-Marie Le Guen took part, alongside leaders of the French Jewish community. “Our annual meetings take place as a rule in Israel, but every two years we hold a board meeting in the field, strengthening ties with Jewish communities around the world. After the Hyper Cacher attack [in January 2015], we made the decision to come to Paris instead of Mexico City, as a sign of solidarity with the local French community,” Alan Hoffman, CEO of the Jewish Agency in Israel, told The Jerusalem Post. During the Shabbat preceding the board meeting, some 20 CEOs of Jewish American federations stayed with Jewish families in the Paris suburb of Sarcelle – home of a vibrant Jewish community which has suffered in past years some anti-Semite attacks, Hoffman added. “We met in Sarcelle many Jews who are considering their future and the future of their children in the country. On the other hand, it’s a very strong and proud community which we can learn a lot from. They have grown up with Muslims, and at times are confronted with issues of radicalization, but there is a real understanding of the need to build bridges and coexist,” he said. These sentiments were shared by many of the participants. Dov Ben- Shimon, CEO at the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, New Jersey, told The Jerusalem Post that spending the Shabbat in Sarcelle was inspiring, with so many of the Jews there strongly tied to Jewish community life and to Israel. “After the attack in Hyper Cacher, we joined the effort of supporting the French community; in spirit and also in financing some of the security systems in Jewish schools and institutions. This is our way of expressing solidarity with the community here,” he said. JA FI head Sharansky said security has become a key concern for French Jews. “It is not necessarily a feeling of being threatened, but mostly of feeling uncomfortable in a place which is your home,” he said. “Jews in France, in liberal Europe, are confronted today with feelings of hatred and with a new sort of anti-Semitism. They are often confronted with opposition to Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. In some places in French Jews are afraid to wear the kippah. They don’t feel secure in their own liberal France.” Sharansky added that over the past two years the Jewish Agency has greatly expanded its activity in France. “We have now a team of 30 people here, capable of taking care of 15,000 immigrants. At the moment, we have some 9,000 people interested at some level in immigrating to Israel. Within just a few years the Birthright project grew from zero to 2,000 students visiting Israel, and the numbers keep growing. We must concentrate our efforts in resolving issues such as recognition of diplomas, assisting those immigrants who are middle class in acquiring apartments and opening more ulpanim for youngsters and students. The demand is impressive,” he said. Minister Yoav Gallant echoed Sharansky’s words. “France is the third largest Jewish community in the world, size wise, and the community here is confronted with anti-Semitic waves. The essence of the Jewish spirit is the link between the people living in Zion and Jews around the world. We are here today to emphasize that Israel will support the French Jewish community on the one hand, and assist those who wish to come to Israel on the other. Jews here have suffered attacks directed both at the liberal values of France, and specifically against them. Israel will stand firm against terror of both forms.” Herve Levy, chair of Marseille Keren Hayesod, told The Jerusalem Post that his community was touched by the decision of the JA FI to hold their annual meeting in France. “Their arrival here brings us together. The French community has gone through two difficult years, though the situation in Marseille is perhaps better than in other places in France. Here we co-habit with our Muslim neighbors and have always kept an open and constructive dialogue with them.’’ The JTA contributed to this report.

2016-06-29 00:40 Rina Bassist www.jpost.com

79 Blair 'misrepresented facts' over Iraq chemical weapons, claims Hans Blix Tony Blair "misrepresented the facts" when he told MPs about Iraq's chemical weapon capabilities, former UN inspector Hans Blix has claimed. The former prime minister is also accused of being "dishonest" in the lead up to the invasion in 2003, in a BBC Panorama programme to be aired on Wednesday night. Iraq: The Final Judgement interviewed former weapons inspector Mr Blix and former Labour minister Claire Short - who stepped down as international development secretary in protest at the war in 2003. The programme comes a week before the Chilcot Inquiry into the war, and the lead up to it, is due to release its findings. Mr Blix told the programme that what Mr Blair told MPs "did not represent the reality", but that did not suggest he acted in bad faith, adding: "Many people bring themselves to believe something that they want to believe. " The Swedish diplomat and politician added: "I think Blair had a feeling that this was an evil regime and that it was a moral thing to do away with it. "And I don't think that's an evil thought, but I think it was a presumptuous thought that the UK and the US alone should do that. " Sir John Chilcot's inquiry was set up in 2009 by then prime minister Gordon Brown after the withdrawal of the main body of British troops earlier that year. The British presence in Iraq, named Operation Telic, resulted in the deaths of 179 service personnel. The inquiry examined the lead up to the 2003 invasion, and the years up to the 2009 withdrawal. The report's long- awaited publication follows 130 sessions of oral evidence, and the testimony of more than 150 witnesses. The inquiry has analysed more than 150,000 government documents, as well as other material related to the invasion. Giving evidence in 2010, Mr Blair said he was convinced by the intelligence reports he was receiving that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction. He acknowledged some of the reports he was given warned some of the intelligence was "sporadic and patchy", but said throughout the build-up to the invasion, advice from the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) - the UK's most senior intelligence body - was that Saddam was continuing his WMD programmes. "It is hard to come to any other conclusion than that this person is continuing WMD programmes," he said at the time. "When you are the prime minister and the Joint Intelligence Committee is giving you this information, you have got to rely on the people doing it, with the experience and with the commitment and integrity as they do. "Of course now, with the benefit of hindsight, we look back on the situation differently. He also strongly defended his claim in the Government's Iraq dossier, published in September 2002, that the intelligence had established "beyond doubt" that Iraq had WMD. Ms Short, Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010, told Panorama that the invasion would be Mr Blair's "legacy". She told the programme "what was known, which was very little indeed, was then exaggerated way beyond to give this imminent threat", adding; "I mean that's just dishonest. There's no question about it. " She went on: "I think he'd [Tony Blair] made up his mind to be with [George] Bush. And we were massaged and deceived to get us there when it was a manipulation of us - that is us, the parliament, the cabinet, British public opinion, American public opinion by people who were determined to take military action from the beginning. " :: Panorama - Iraq: The Final Judgement, is on BBC One at 9pm on Wednesday.

2016-06-28 23:37 Press Association www.dailymail.co.uk

80 Can you spot the real masterpiece? Artists recreate Rembrandt and others perfectly using only stock pictures and Photoshop What would Rembrandt's 'The Storm on the Sea of Galilee' look like if instead of using a paintbrush and palette, he used stock photographs? Adobe has challenged four digital artists to re-create lost, stolen or destroyed artwork using its 50 million pieces of stock photography for its ' Make a Masterpiece ' campaign. One of the artists, Ankur Patar, used nearly 250 stock images over the course of 20 days to recreate the stolen 1633 Rembrandt, which is almost indistinguishable from the original - besides a self-portrait he added into the piece. Scroll down for videos To recapture every detail of the well-known masterpieces, the artists were given access to the 50 million pieces of Adobe Stock photography, which users can access through Adobe Creative Cloud. 'I was commissioned by Adobe to re-create Rembrandt's lost masterpiece 'Storm on the Sea of Galilee' which was stolen in 1990 from the Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts,' shares Patar. 'I was tasked to make it look as close to the original as possible, entirely out of Adobe Stock photography.' Patar began his work the same way he believed Rembrandt would have – with the sky. ‘The cool thing about creating a cloud is that you can search for Adobe stock in Photoshop,’ he said. ‘You can warp it, liquefy it, add effects, change the colour and you can directly license it and the water marks go away. Next, Patar search Adobe for images of human faces and body parts for the men in the capsizing boat. ‘I used three or four stock images per face, if I somebody’s eye and somebody else’s lips I would merge them together,’ he said. ‘The whole process of finding the stock images inside the creative cloud saved a lot of time’. Another piece in the campaign is the 'Cathedral Towering over a Town', painted by Karl Friedrich, which is a majestic scene of a distant gothic style tower along the shore line. The painting was destroyed in a fire around 1931, but has been recreated by Mike Campau who used 162 Adobe Stock photos, spent more than 180 hours on Photoshop work and had 'a very sore index finger from scrolling through millions of images. 'This is definitely one of the most difficult projects I have ever worked on and posed more challenges than I first thought,' shares Campau. 'I'm used to combining stock photography with my own reference shots or rendering elements CGI, but now I had to look for images inside of images to find details, textures, and structures that would match to the original.' 'When Adobe approached me with a concept to recreate lost or stolen masterpieces using Adobe Stock... and ONLY their stock photos, I accepted the challenge.' 'Saint Matthew and the Angel', another lost masterpiece, was created by Caravaggio in 1602. The painting uses realism to make the figures lifelike and relatable, in order to create a Saint that viewers can related to. An angel is seen sweeping down from the heavens to assist Matthew as he writes down his portion of the bible. Unfortunately the original was destroyed during a World War II bombing while it hung in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. But has been digitally created by Jean-Charles Debroize for the 'Make a Masterpiece' campaign. The last painting to be recreated is 'The Wounded Table', which was originally painted by Frida Kahlo in 1940. This self-portrait depicts Kahlo's despair and loneliness, which she uses a table to show her sense of broken family from a divorce and little children surrounding it to explain her desire to be a mother. During a tour in 1995, the painting simply disappeared as it traveled to an exhibition in Moscow – never to be seen again. 'It took 180 stock images and 20 days to complete,' shared Karla Cordova, the digital artist involved in the recreation of 'The Wounded Table'. 'Many priceless paintings have been stolen or destroyed over the past hundred years. 'While adobe can't physically bring them back, they can do the next best thing: use the tools of the creative cloud to re-create lost masterpieces.' 'By using adobe Stock photography to re-create these pieces, adobe Stock is proving that when your creative process goes uninterrupted, you can make anything and even bring masterpieces back from the dead.' Looking at the recreations, some have said it is impossible to distinguish between the digital versions and originally artworks. But if viewers look close enough at one masterpieces they will see a something that don't belong – Patar included a self-portrait in the 'The Storm on the Sea of Galilee'. The 'Make a Masterpiece' experience is housed at adobe.com/go/adobestock, which also showcases the finished digital masterpiece and time-lapse videos showing the finished pieces coming together. Readers can also checkout the bios and backgrounds of the four artists and several 'how to' tutorials to learn how to recreate their own pieces of art.

2016-06-28 23:37 Stacy Liberatore www.dailymail.co.uk

81 Mothers, 4 children killed in fiery wreck near Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fiery minivan wreck in northern Los Angeles County killed two mothers and their four children early Tuesday, while the two hysterical fathers of the families were held back from the fast-moving flames. The minivan had come to rest partially in the right-hand lane after it was involved in a minor wreck on Interstate 5 near the community of Gorman, about 65 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. A semi-truck going about 55 mph slammed into the van from behind, sending it off the road and down an embankment, where it quickly caught fire, CHP Officer Frank Romero said. The two fathers, who were in the driver's and passenger seats at the time of the crash, suffered burns trying to save their wives and four children, Romero said. They were identified as 34-year-old Aaron Hon Wing Ng of San Francisco and 45-year-old Wei Xiong Li of Daly City. The names and ages of their wives and children weren't released. Though the accident was under investigation, Romero said the impact of the crash would have been most severe in the back of the van and could have killed some of the passengers before the fire. The impact in the back also is likely the reason the men were able to escape from the front, he said. He said the sliding door on the driver's side of the van was jammed, but Li and Ng were able to open the sliding door on the passenger side. "By the time they were able to open that door the flames were already overtaking the vehicle," Romero said. The semi driver and two CHP officers who already had been on their way to the scene also scrambled to help save the families. The officers were singed on their arms and heads, according to CHP. The fire was burning far too fast and hot for fire extinguishers or life-saving efforts to work, Romero said. The CHP officers had to hold Li and Ng back from the van, he said. "It's absolutely horrible," Romero said. "I can't imagine. " CHP Officer Dan Williams, who held the fathers back with his partner, told reporters at the scene that they arrived to see the van catch fire. He said his partner tried to get through a door, but "the flames came at him, he had to back out. " "Words can't describe it," Williams said. "It was very horrific seeing them try to get their families out, us trying to help get their families out. " His partner, Jeff Burdick, said it was hard to pull Li and Ng away from the fire. "We just held them," Burdick said. "That's all we could do. " Li and Ng were flown to a hospital and were listed in serious condition by Tuesday evening. ___ Follow Amanda Lee Myers on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AmandaLeeAP. Her work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/amanda-lee-myers.

2016-06-28 23:35 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

82 82 Hacked emails show Hillary Clinton campaign's surveillance of journalists as aides ordered volunteers to 'keep an eye' on reporters The hacked Gmail account of one of Hillary Clinton's volunteers shows how the campaign surveils journalists who might get too close to the candidate. Emails phished by Guccifer 2.0, who's dumped caches of documents from the Democratic National Committee onto the internet, show Clinton aides telling volunteer Sarah Hamilton to 'keep an eye' on certain reporters. Hamilton's Gmail account was hacked using a spoofed Gmail log-in page, according to the Smoking Gun , which released a handful of email conversations today. Scroll down for video In one, an email chain from February, aides and advance staffers discussed how to keep Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton safe from he crowd of reporters on hand to cover the trio at a Las Vegas rally. With all three Clintons expected to work the crowed after the speaking portion of the event had concluded one campaign operative suggested that the rope line be 'covered with staff bodies to make sure the crowd can get to the ropeline and you stay in front of the cameras,' according to documents given to the Smoking Gun. National Press Advance Desk aide Sarah Pollack wrote that while 'press have been politely yet firmly asked to stay in press areas... we should expect press and cameras to move forward for ropeline.' Clinton hasn't had an official press conference in 207 days and generally does not answer questions from the press that are hollered at her during these types of events. At the Las Vegas event, Clinton's people exchanged emails about the movement of journalists, zeroing especially in on CNN's Dan Merica, a producer for the network that has been embedded with the campaign. At one point in the conversation an aggressive French journalist was 'at stage right,' at another, Merica was at 'center right.' Eight minutes later, according to the emails, an advance team member noted, 'Dan Merica stage left.' A minute later, Hamilton told her colleagues that 'French journos and dan merica heading to stage right.' An advance team member then reported that 'Dan America is on backstage bleachers,' the aide said, misspelling the reporter's name. That staffer then wrote, 'I'm with dan America on back stage bleachers,' again messing up the CNN producer's last name. In Chicago in mid-March in the run-up to the Illinois primary, Clinton had a full day of events and was followed around her hometown by a packed bus of political reporters. Here it was Chicago Sun-Times columnist and D. C. bureau chief Lynn Sweet who was viewed as the threat. Reporters, including Sweet, Merica and DailyMail.com, were allowed in especially close proximity to Clinton when she stopped by the Kids Off The Block Memorial to pay tribute to the more than 500 children lost to gun violence in the city of Chicago. Clinton greeted a number of mothers whose kids died from gunfire. When reporters got too close to the candidate they were shooed away. In other instances during the day, reporters were only allowed in a venue for several minutes, or were kept in a roped off area in the back. In an email to Hamilton with the subject line 'Lynn Sweet,' from Clinton's traveling press secretary Nick Merrill he wrote, 'Let's keep an eye on her.' Hamilton responded with, 'Yes, I'm sitting next to her on the bus.' Merrill has yet to reply to a request for comment. Hamilton's emails were leaked in what was the latest dump by Guccifer 2.0, which the hacker gave exclusively to the Smoking Gun. Previously, Guccifer 2.0 used his blog to release documents he grabbed from the Democratic National Committee. Investigators looking into the DNC hack have said that Guccifer 2.0 is an operative of the Russian government, which the hacker denies. Instead, he says he's a Romanian 'hacktivist' and a solo player who dubbed himself after the original hacker Guccifer, also a Romanian. Guccifer notably burrowed into the AOL account of Dorothy Bush Koch, the sister of President George W. Bush, revealing the former president's painted self-portrait to the world. Investigators from SecureWorks believe that Gmail accounts for scores of Hillary for America staffers were targeted, including 'individuals managing Clinton's communications, travel, campaign finances, and advising her on policy.'

2016-06-28 23:32 Nikki Schwab www.dailymail.co.uk

83 Dems demand gun votes, loudly, in 2-minute House session WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats continued their disruptive demands for votes on gun control Tuesday, though this time the commotion lasted less than two minutes. Less than a week after staging a near 26-hour sit-in on the House floor that garnered widespread attention, a half-dozen Democrats stood in the nearly empty chamber and loudly demanded recognition during a session held strictly for procedural business. Despite their shouts, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., who was presiding, gaveled the session to a close two minutes after it began. The choreographed, election-year outburst was designed to continue calling attention to Democrats' insistence on votes for bills barring people on the government's no-fly list from getting guns and tightening background checks required for many firearms purchases. Democrats have focused on the issue since the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando in which 49 victims died and 53 others were wounded. In an interview that appeared Monday on WisPolitics.com, a political news service, House Speaker Paul Ryan said "we are not going to handle it the same way" if Democrats continue disorderly tactics when the House returns next week from its July 4 recess. Ryan, R-Wis., provided no details but said: "We will not tolerate this. " He called the Democratic actions "a low moment for the people's house. " Last week, Ryan called the Democrats' action a "political stunt" and criticized them for using it in fundraising appeals. Speaking to reporters, the Democratic lawmakers stopped short of saying they would resume their sit- in next week, but would not specify what they would do. Rep. Steve Israel, D-N. Y., said that if Ryan thinks the Democrats would drop their demands, "it's just not going to happen that way, Mr. Speaker. " Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N. Y., called the GOP's refusal to allow a vote "a spit in the face to the American people. " Last week, the Senate voted down four gun control measures, two from each party. It also stalled a compromise offered by moderates from both parties that would forbid guns from a modest list of terror suspects. The chief author of that proposal, Sen. Susan Collins, R- Maine, on Tuesday criticized the House Democrats' sit-in, saying, "It made the issue partisan, and that was not helpful to our effort in the Senate. " Democrats around the country were planning "Day of Action" events around the country on Wednesday to publicize their push, including a town hall meeting in Atlanta led by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who led last week's House sit-in. The Democrats' uproar occurred after the House chaplain, Father Patrick J. Conroy, opened the day's session with a prayer that included: "Let your spirit of peace descend upon this place, and those who work here. "

2016-06-28 23:29 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

84 Roy Hodgson's archaic, basic and ancient methods failed to inspire England The players liked Hodgson. They found him polite, genuine, in many ways fatherly. There were no underlying motives to see him gone, at least from the majority of the squad. But truth be told, the same players believe Hodgson's resignation just minutes after Monday night's humiliation was the only option; one necessary for the good of the group. Throughout their ill-fated stay in France, players would privately gossip amongst themselves about Hodgson's training methods. Archaic, basic and ancient; just three of the adjectives used to depict Hodgson's methods. Sessions were said to be well-organised; but drills were slow, formulaic and lacked invention. In a word: boring. Indeed; one player mumbled to his team-mate during one of the sessions here at their Chantilly base: 'No way, am I doing that – I was doing that at 15', as Hodgson talked his charges through a training drill. The player in question, in the end, didn't follow through with his threat, completing the planned session without hint of a cross word to the manager – at least not to his face. But the attitudes towards Hodgson's training manual are representative of why English football is in this mess. We've got some forward-thinking, technically gifted, innovative footballers. But the training pitch, under Hodgson, was not a space for those talents to be nurtured. It was merely a place to keep yourself ticking over. Maybe it's a stretch to say Hodgson had lost the dressing room. But, here in France, it looked to be heading in that direction. Several decisions flummoxed the players; none more so than Harry Kane, Hodgson's first-choice striker, on corner duty. Kane's team-mates couldn't see the logic, discussing the merits, or more accurately the lack of, of that particular nuance amongst themselves in the popular games room at the team hotel. The fact Kane was removed from corner duty from the second group game against Wales didn't help the England manager maintain an air of authority. Similarly, the decision that, effectively, cost Hodgson his job left players bewildered. Members of the squad believed making six changes for the final group game against Slovakia could prove costly. Finishing top of the group, and thus securing an easier route through the knockout stages, was vital; the game against the Slovaks was no time to be resting players. Indeed, certain players believe they'd benefit from playing to maintain sharpness for the knockout stages. Wayne Rooney was certainly one who wanted to play. It is understood Hodgson was aware of the apprehension amongst players about the number of changes, yet he made them anyway. We know the consequences of those changes. But, to put it bluntly, there's no mitigation for Monday's abject display. How can a team that won 10 consecutive qualifying games en route to France crumble so easily? There was confusion amongst players as to why Hodgson didn't stick to the same successful formula that produced their 100 percent qualification record. The diamond system that served them so well in the build-up to France, discarded and replaced with a new and untested 4-1-2-3 formation for the tournament. Furthermore, Rooney – who'd played as a forward during the qualification campaign - was being utilised as a central midfielder. The way Hodgson set up his team was so far removed from the side that won all 10 qualification games that players believed someone else was influencing his decisions. In the end it all amounted to failure. Hodgson said at his farewell press conference here in Chantilly that no-one saw the Iceland result coming. Unfortunately Roy, your players did.

2016-06-28 23:23 Sami Mokbel www.dailymail.co.uk

85 Doug Baldwin, Seattle Seahawks reach four- year extension The Seattle Seahawks have signed wide receiver Doug Baldwin to a four-year extension that will keep him with the team through 2020, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The deal is worth $46 million total, with just over $24 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Caplan. Doug Baldwin had multiple TD receptions in four straight games last season. That's tied with Calvin Johnson and Jerry Rice for the most consecutive games with multiple receiving touchdowns in NFL history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Most Rec TD in Single Season - Seahawks History Baldwin, 27, had been entering the final year of his current deal. He joined the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2011 and had a monster season in '15, setting career highs in catches (78) and yards (1,069). Baldwin was tied for the league lead with 14 touchdowns. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said earlier this month that the team was working with Baldwin's agent on a contract extension. "It is a big deal. It is a very serious negotiation, as they all are," Carroll said at the time. "But he's done an incredible job for us and been a great teammate. And hopefully, eventually, we'll get something worked out. I hope it happens. The intent is to get him signed and secured for a good while, so we'll see if we can get that done. " Baldwin, 27, said he wasn't worried about the talks. "There's nothing to figure out," Baldwin said. "I'm playing football each day as it comes by. And again, if I focus on the task at hand, all that other stuff will take care of itself. So I don't really have to think about it too much. "

2016-06-29 00:23 Brandon Chatmon espn.go.com

86 86 Pictured: Mother of four-week-old baby who died after suffering serious injuries as couple questioned on suspected murder are released on bail The mother of a four-week- old baby boy who died after suffering serious injuries in Cornwall has been named locally as 22-year-old Bryony Johnson. Miss Johnson and her 20-year-old partner Tristan Hicks were arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of the baby, Cooper Eddie Johnson- Hicks. The couple, both from St Blazey in Par, St Austell, have today been released on bail until October after being questioned by police. Miss Johnson is also the mother of a two- year-old child. People on the estate spoke of their horror at the news of the baby's death, and of what was believed to have been a domestic argument on the day of the death. Mother Laura Rowe, 22, lives above the flat where the pair were arrested, which is today protected by a crime scene guard as forensic officers investigate. She described hearing the couple arguing before the police arrived. 'She looked really angry, just really, really not happy,' she said. 'She came running out. She was shouting at her boyfriend, then that was it for about an hour. Then at about half past two, quarter part three, we saw the girl, Bryony, getting in a car at the top with her two-year- old and Tristan got back in. 'The police were here at seven o'clock on Sunday night. I know her just to say hello, and I know a couple of her friends. Everyone kind of talks to everyone.' She continued: 'She was just shouting at him. I didn't think anything of it because people have arguments. I presumed she was annoyed with him about something. 'You see it on the news all the time but you don't think it's going to happen where you live. I was shocked because they seemed like such a lovely, normal couple. 'He was really quiet, he wouldn't even speak unless he was spoken to. He just stares, he doesn't say anything.' The baby was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, on Sunday, after an ambulance crew were called to the family's estate in St Blazey. He had suffered serious injuries and died in hospital later that evening. Police confirmed in a statement that the death was being treated as suspicious. 'The death is being treated as suspicious and enquiries are continuing into the circumstances,' said a spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police. 'Police and scenes of crime officers have attended the property to undertake initial investigations and a scene guard remains in place. 'Police await results of the post-mortem and a number of associated tests. 'In the meantime two people, a 22-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man, from St Blazey, have been bailed until October pending further enquiries.' Flowers have been left on the doorstep of the flat where the family lived. One tribute read: 'Sleep little angel. You were not long in their world. But you have gone to heaven, which is a better place xxxx.' Anyone with information about the incident is asked to email [email protected], or call 101, quoting reference 768 of 26 June. Information can also be passed anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers, by calling 0800 555 111 or reporting online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

2016-06-28 23:22 Imogen Calderwood www.dailymail.co.uk

87 David Cameron demands borders crackdown in parting shot to EU Britain will refuse to sign a free trade deal with the EU unless it includes curbs on free movement, European leaders were told last night. In his final Brussels summit, David Cameron warned his EU counterparts that nothing less would be acceptable to the British public after a decisive referendum result. He told them it was clear that the UK had voted for Brexit because the public thought immigration was out of control. The Prime Minister’s intervention – less than a week after the historic vote to Leave – blamed Britain’s departure on Angela Merkel and other foreign leaders who refused to give him any worthwhile reforms on immigration. But it also had huge ramifications for the Tory leadership battle. The field of candidates – many of whom voted to remain in the EU, and preserve unfettered free movement – will now come under pressure to follow Mr Cameron’s belated lead that Britain must take back control of its borders. Yesterday, Boris Johnson made clear to the Tory right that he would end EU free movement. He had been accused of backsliding after suggesting that immigration was not the main reason why people voted Leave. Theresa May is also expected to confirm her commitment to curbing free movement. The Home Secretary has argued in the past that migrants from the EU should have secured jobs before moving to Britain and should not be allowed to come here to hunt for work. However, Angela Merkel set the stage for a major battle over the issue yesterday by saying Britain could not ‘cherry pick’ what it wanted during negotiations to quit the EU. Mr Cameron delivered his warning to the 27 other EU leaders over dinner last night, as he explained the events that led to Brexit. A senior Government source said: ‘He believes that one of the key issues in the referendum campaign, and therefore why a lot of people voted to leave, was this sense that there was no control on the scale of immigration or free movement. ‘It is going to have to be worked out as part of any new relationship between Britain and the EU.’ His comments were a recognition, months too late, that his renegotiation with Brussels went nowhere near far enough. European leaders have reacted with a mixture of fury and sorrow – one accusing the UK electorate of ‘ripping off one of the EU’s wings’. Last night, an insider said Mr Cameron told the 27 leaders that, if they are to secure a trade deal with the UK, free movement will have to be restricted. A No10 source said: ‘In his view it is in the interests of the UK and the EU that we have as close an economic relationship as possible. The key to staying close is to look at free movement and how do you address that issue. If we want a close relationship we cannot shy away from that issue.’ Mr Cameron had originally wanted curbs on free movement as part of his renegotiation with Brussels, but caved in the face of opposition from Germany. In the end, he ended up with a watered down deal which limited the access which EU migrants have to in-work benefits, plus a complex regime of curbs on child benefit. The deal, secured in February, was widely derided as ‘thin gruel’ by Tory MPs. The new terms ceased to exist when Britain voted to Leave. During the referendum campaign, ex-Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith claimed that Germany had a secret veto over Mr Cameron’s EU renegotiations and used it to kill plans for an emergency brake on migrants. Yesterday, ahead of dinner with the PM, Europe’s leaders continued to insist there is no prospect of any changes to free movement. Mrs Merkel said she expects that Britain will want to maintain ‘close relations’ with the EU once it leaves, but warned it cannot expect a business-as-usual approach. She added: ‘Whoever wants to leave this family cannot expect to have no more obligations but to keep privileges.’ However, she is under pressure from German manufacturers – the car industry in particular – to strike a trade deal with the UK. Xavier Bettel, the Luxembourg prime minister, said Britain and the EU could be ‘married or divorced but not something in between’. ‘We are not on Facebook, with “It’s complicated” as a status,’ he added.

2016-06-28 23:21 James Slack www.dailymail.co.uk

88 Prince Harry becomes newest Coldplay member as he joins band on stage in HIV charity concert C oldplay welcomed a new member to their line-up tonight - Prince Harry. The Prince joined rock band Coldplay on stage on Monday to sing their hit Up&Up with them at the end of a one-off charity concert at Kensington Palace raising money to fight HIV/Aids. The first ever pop concert on the Palace’s East Lawn was organised by the Prince’s charity Sentebale to raise funds and awareness of the plight of young people affected by HIV/Aids in Africa. Introducing Coldplay, Prince Harry apologised to the band for the fact that a statue of Queen Victoria in the Palace's garden had its back to the stage, "surely the only person who has ever had their back to Coldplay", but added: "I'm sure she would have been a massive Coldplay fan. " I n the concert’s finale the Prince, together with Sentebale co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and a 12-strong choir from the southern African kingdom, accompanied Coldplay to sing to a 3,000-strong audience. Earlier today Kensington Palace announced that the Prince will step up his fight against HIV/Aids with a new series of engagements and meetings to shine a spotlight on the ongoing need for action. In July, he will travel as Sentebale Patron to Durban, South Africa for the 2016 International Aids Conference to meet leaders in the field and to speak to the assembled delegates. A lthough progress has been made in reducing the number of new HIV infections globally, stigma, discrimination and a lack of education means HIV is still the number one cause of death in 10- to 19-year-olds in Africa. Prince Seeiso had earlier explained how important the work of Sentebale is in his own country. Prince Seeiso said: “Lesotho faces profound challenges – and its children, one in three of whom are orphaned, suffer deeply as a result. "Since my own childhood, our small nation has been ravaged by the HIV/Aids pandemic. Now 21,000 young people between the ages of 10 and 19 are living with HIV. Only 30 per cent of those have access to any treatment.” Prince Seeiso also revealed that Prince Harry has been given his own African name by the people of Lesotho: Mohale, which means "warrior" in the local language. N ews at Ten presenter Tom Bradby presented the acts, which also included singers Joss Stone and Laura Mvula. Miss Stone said of the Prince: "I’m very proud of anyone that would do this and he’s just a lovely guy. "I’ve come into contact with Harry and William for years now and we as a country we watch them grow and we watch them do lovely things and I thing all of us as a nation should be proud of those boys, those men. They are amazing and they represent who we are, our country, our land. "And thank God they are the way that they are, I am proud of that, of all of them really, because they represent something beautiful.” S entebale delivers psychosocial support to adolescents living with HIV in Lesotho as well as providing care and education to orphans, children living with disabilities and young shepherds known as "herd boys". Cathy Ferrier, chief executive of Sentebale, thanked the audience for showing their support, saying: “The world has committed to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 but ignorance and misunderstanding continues to undermine those efforts. "Together we have an opportunity to end an epidemic that has defined public health for a generation but it won’t go away unless we act now.”

2016-06-29 00:20 Gordon Rayner www.telegraph.co.uk

89 Is the best boss in the world? Founder of consultancy firm is giving her staff unlimited PAID leave... and says she 'trusts her team to make an appropriate call' Imagine being able to take paid annual leave with no limits on how many days you take off and all with the blessing of your employer. One boss has done just that by giving her staff unlimited, uncapped, paid leave. Amantha Imber, the founder of Inventium, a Melbourne based consultancy firm made the big change to her company's annual leave policy last week. Ms Imber said: 'Working hours tend to be longer than 38 hours which, for us as an innovation consultancy, is what happens when you have an incredibly dedicated team who truly care about what they do and the clients they look after.' Since making the change she has been inundated with plenty of positive feedback. Ms Imber believes giving them uncapped and unlimited leave was 'simply an appropriate and fair thing to do.' But Inventium is not the first company to do this. In 2010, Netflix announced it was giving all staff unlimited holiday leave, and in recent years companies such as Virgin Group (announce in 2014) and LinkedIn (announced in 2015) jumped on the bandwagon. She hopes other companies reflect on equity agreements with their staff. 'It seems unfair that companies don't track working hours but do track holiday leave. It's as if they are saying "you can work as hard as you want, but you'll still receive the same amount time off",' she added. Another reason she believes providing unlimited leave is a positive move for any company is that it can it can finally deal with properly achieving a balanced work and home life. 'By putting control back into employees’ hands, they can start to take responsibility for their energy levels and creating a balance between work and life, rather than having to save up annual leave days like precious stones,' she said. Making this change is also a great way to make her company more attractive to potential employees, she noted. Ms Imber added that employers should trust their staff more with making decisions for that are best for their entire team. 'I trust my team to make an appropriate call on doing what’s best for themselves, for the team, and for Inventium. It’s as simple as that,' she said.

2016-06-28 23:18 Alisha Buaya www.dailymail.co.uk

90 Toyota recalling 482,000 U. S. hybrids for air bag issue WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said late on Tuesday it is recalling 482,000 U. S. hybrid Prius and Lexus CT200h cars because of a possible airbag inflator defect. The recall covers 2010-2012 vehicles with air bag inflators that could have a small crack in a weld, which could lead to the separation of the inflator chambers. The air bag could partially inflate and the inflator could enter the vehicle interior, increasing the risk of injury, Toyota said. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Sandra Maler)

2016-06-28 23:17 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

91 91 ‘American Honey’ Release Date: Shia LaBeouf Movie to Debut in Sept. A24 has set an awards- season release date of Sept. 30 for Shia LaBeouf ’s road drama “ American Honey .” The movie, directed by Andrea Arnold from her own script, premiered at last month’s Cannes Film Festival and won the jury prize. LaBeouf, Riley Keough and newcomer Sasha Lane play hard- partying characters selling magazines in the Midwest amid a lifestyle of sex, intoxication and occasional law-breaking. The film will open in New York and Los Angeles on Sept. 30, then expand nationwide. Shia LaBeouf Finds Love in Party Hearty ‘American Honey’ Trailer “Even viewers who find this traveling circus of cheap thrills and cheaper booze wearying would be hard pressed to deny the iridescent vitality with which it has been put on screen,” Variety film critic Guy Lodge wrote in his review of “American Honey.” Parts & Labor, Pulse Films and ManDown Pictures are the producers. The project was co-developed by Film 4 and jointly financed by Maven Pictures’ film fund, BFI and Film 4. Arnold shot the entire film on location in the Midwest. The movie’s soundtrack features E-40, Kevin Gates, Fetty Wap and Bruce Springsteen. A24 also announced it has set an Oct. 21 release date for “Moonlight,” based on the Tarell McCraney play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.” The story centers on a young man who comes of age during the “War On Drugs” era in Miami and focuses on his quarter-life crisis, deteriorating home life and awakening sexuality. The cast includes Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monáe, André Holland, Alex R. Hibbert, Jaden Piner, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes and Jharrel Jerome.

2016-06-28 17:15 Dave McNary variety.com

92 Prosecutor urges governor to deny parole for Manson follower LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles district attorney is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to reject parole for a follower of mass murderer Charles Manson. District Attorney Jackie Lacey released a letter Tuesday she sent to Brown saying that Leslie Van Houten should stay in prison for her role in the brutal 1969 killings. Van Houten is serving life for the first-degree murders of wealthy grocer Leno La Bianca and his wife, Rosemary. The couple were fatally stabbed a day after other "Manson family" members killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others. A parole board recommended in April that Van Houten be freed. Brown has until mid- September to block her release. In addition to Lacey's letter, Tate's sister and La Bianca relatives turned in signatures of 140,000 people opposing Van Houten's release.

2016-06-28 23:15 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

93 Unmanned sea vessel fires first torpedo A Israeli-made unmanned sea vehicle, which will likely enter service in the Israel Navy, held its first torpedo launch test at Haifa port recently. Until now, only manned sea platforms have been able to fire torpedoes. The Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel, made by Elbit Systems, fired lightweight torpedoes, which could be used to target enemy submarines, during the trial. The Seagull is designed to protect critical sea areas and high-value assets from underwater threats like subs and mines. The navy can use the vessels to help defend Israel’s offshore gas drilling rigs in the Mediterranean Sea against Hezbollah mines, or Iranian submarines. The navy already deploys the unmanned Rafael-made Protector sea vehicles, that come with on-board sensors, and a remote control weapons station. Ofer Ben-Dov, vice president of Naval Systems Business Line at Elbit System’s ISTAR Division, said that “the test highlighted Seagull’s unique capacity to detect and engage submarines, in addition to its ability to detect and destroy sea mines.” He added, “This new and important capability has, to date, only been available to navies through manned vehicles.” Elbit first unveiled Seagull in February, describing it as an anti-submarine platform which can also detect and blow up submerged mines by sending robots and interceptors deep underwater. “We are witnessing the proliferation of submarines, both conventional and nuclear, and sea mines. The cost and risk of dealing with these threats is high,” Ben-Dov said earlier this year. “We consider the Israel Navy and Defense Ministry to be advanced potential milestone clients.” A submarine’s advantage lies in its covert presence, and radar is ineffective in discovering it, he said. Costly task forces, made up of sonar planes and helicopters, or frigates that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and operate, have traditionally been used to detect and neutralize such threats. Seagull, which costs tens of million dollars, “changes the balance of power between defender and submarine,” he argued. Seagull is made up of two vessels. One carries two sonar sensors located in the bow and stern, and if suspected mines are detected, a second vessel lowers a robot into the water, to investigate further. Once a threat is confirmed, Seagull launches a miniature torpedo-like weapon to destroy the threat.

2016-06-29 00:14 YAAKOV LAPPIN www.jpost.com

94 National Football League roundup June 28 (The Sports Xchange) - James (Buddy) Ryan, the father of twin brothers, Rex and Rob, and the architect of the Chicago Bears' famed "46 defense" died Tuesday morning at the age of 85. Ryan's health had deteriorated in recent years as he battled cancer. He attended a Buffalo game last season in a wheelchair to watch son Rex's Bills. He got a taste of being a champion as defensive coordinator with the title-winning New York Jets in Super Bowl III and was credited with being the difference- maker when the Chicago Bears crushed the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX. He coached in the NFL, either as a head coach or an assistant, for 35 years. His crowning achievement though came as assistant with the Bears when he installed the "46 defense". - - Former Indianapolis Colts running back Zurlon Tipton died after accidentally shooting himself at a car dealership, according to police in Roseville, Mich. Tipton, 26, was shot in the abdomen when a gun discharged. He was transported to a hospital before dying from the injuries. According to Roseville police chief James Berlin, Tipton took his Jeep in for service at a Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM dealership. Tipton was placing personal belongings into a bag when one of two handguns inside the bag discharged. - - Quarterback Marcus Mariota said he's happy to hand the ball off 40 times per game next season if it means the Tennessee Titans are winning football games. The Titans traded for 2014 NFL rushing champion DeMarcus Murray over the offseason and added Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry in the second round of the NFL Draft. (Editing by Frank Pingue)

2016-06-28 23:13 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

95 The Latest: Fire still burning at site of Texas train crash AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the freight train crash in West Texas (all times local): 5:55 p.m. Fire crews are still pouring water on the flaming wreckage of two freight trains that collided head-on while using the same track in the Texas Panhandle. Sgt. Dan Buesing of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the flames from the burning diesel fuel of the two smashed locomotives are beginning to subside but that crews won't be able to search the wreckage for three missing crew members until the flames are extinguished. A voluntary evacuation and shelter-in-place directive remains in effect for some areas downwind of the fire, but Buesing says air quality samples near the fire have tested safe. Buesing says the fourth crew member who was able to jump clear of one of the trains has injuries that are not life threatening. He is in stable condition at an Amarillo hospital. His identity wasn't available. ___ 1:35 p.m. A spokesman for BNSF Railway says it's not clear whether new safety technology was being used along the track in the Texas Panhandle where two freight trains collided head-on, injuring one crew member and leaving three others missing. BNSF and other freight carriers have pledged to meet a 2018 federal deadline to adopt the technology, called positive train control or PTC. With that deadline still two years away, it appears unlikely that the measures were in place Tuesday when the trains collided northeast of Amarillo. But BNSF spokesman Joe Faust says he needed to confirm with company officials whether any such technology was being used. PTC relies on GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor train positions and automatically slow or stop trains that are in danger of colliding, derailing due to excessive speed or about to enter track where crews are working or that is otherwise off limits. ___ 12:30 p.m. A BNSF Railway spokesman says emergency personnel are searching for three crew members missing in the wreckage of a two-train collision in the Texas Panhandle. Spokesman Joe Faust said Tuesday that each train was carrying two crew members. He says one man jumped before the trains collided and is being treated at a hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown. Faust says it's not clear how fast the trains were traveling when they collided, but the speed limit in that area is 70 mph. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway says the NTSB has opened an investigation. ___ 11:35 a.m. Federal authorities say there are injuries in the head-on collision of two freight trains in West Texas. Federal Railroad Administration spokesman Matthew Lehner says that there are injuries in the crash between two BNSF trains near Panhandle, Texas, but didn't specify how many injuries. BNSF Railway spokesman Joe Faust said the collision happened at about 8:40 a.m. Tuesday. State, railroad and federal authorities have not provided details on the cause of the crash. Panhandle, Texas, is about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo. ___ 10:15 a.m. Several box cars have derailed and are engulfed in flames following a freight train collision in the Texas Panhandle. Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurred Tuesday morning near the town of Panhandle, about 25 miles northeast of Amarillo. Witt says he's waiting for more details on the accident from troopers arriving on scene. Images provided by KFDA-TV in Amarillo show thick, black smoke billowing from a jumble of some two-dozen box cars strewn along the tracks. BNSF Railway spokesman Joe Faust says two BNSF freight trains were involved in the collision about 8:40 a.m. He had no further information. No injuries have been reported. Billy Brown, a farmer who lives in the area, says he saw a fireball erupt after the collision occurred.

2016-06-28 23:11 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

96 96 Celtic signing Moussa Dembele is a statement of intent and says a lot about the intentions of new boss Brendan Rodgers It's a signing that tells us plenty about the intentions of Brendan Rodgers. A deal likely to convince many that, after the wasted years of gambling on Ronny Deila and his hotchpotch of transfer moves, everybody at Celtic is in a new and serious mood. Because the transfer completed yesterday wasn’t just about what the arrival of Moussa Dembele immediately brings to the squad in terms of ability. You also have to consider what his acquisition says about how Celtic intend to conduct their business now Rodgers is at the helm. Here is a 19- year-old who had options. England’s top flight, Spain, Italy, Germany… scoring 17 goals for Fulham last season made the out-of-contract forward a hot property. So, by hook or crook, signing bonus or other sleight of hand, Celtic have certainly stretched – at least – their wage structure in order to land a player who, while fitting the established model of young, hungry, promising assets likely to accrue value before being sold on, has much less of a bargain basement feel than certain other signings in recent years. On a day when Stefan Scepovic was shipped out, the step change in policy could hardly have been more glaring. Rodgers’ first signing, the statement of intent if you like, is a sought-after striker who had been tickling the interest of, among others, Arsenal, Liverpool, PSG – who had him in their academy system - and Juventus. Not to mention Spurs, who came close to signing him in January only for the deal to fall through at the last minute. Yes, a quirk of the contract regulations mean Celtic have only paid half a million pounds for the kid. But the fact that English clubs were willing to pay many times that amount suggests that, somewhere in the fine print of the deal, Dembele will have been rewarded in a manner befitting his status as a virtual free agent. Will he play? That’s certainly in his thinking, part of the reason why he chose Celtic over clubs boasting more strength in depth at the business end of the park. Those who have worked with him certainly think he’s ready to make an impact, with former Celtic player Peter Grant – his old coach with the Fulham Under-21s and briefly caretaker boss after Dembele broke into the Craven Cottage first team at 17 – speaking in glowing terms about the pace, power and technique of the Frenchman. ‘He is very strong, very powerful – and what pleased me most about him was his great work ethic,’ said Grant recently. ‘He’s just a very pleasant boy, first and foremost. ‘When I worked with him he still had a hell of a long way to go. But he wanted to work and take on board everything he was being told by the coaches.’

2016-06-28 23:11 John Greechan www.dailymail.co.uk

97 How to only sleep six hours according to a sleep neuroscientist Most of us feel like we're not getting enough sleep on a daily basis. It seems there just aren't enough hours in the day to do everything you need to do, especially if you're a mum. However there is a way to train your body get less sleep, without requiring copious amounts of caffeine in the long-term. According to sleep neuroscientist Professor Jim Horne from Loughborough University, most people can sleep as little as six hours a night without majorly comprising how they function the next day. Scroll down for video And whilst sleeping between seven and eight hours is the ideal amount for most people, genetics do play a part in how much sleep you need. So some people may try to sleep only six hours and find it much more difficult to function than others. Getting your sleep down to only six hours in the first place is all about having a plan, Professor Horne told Men's Health. Firstly, one of the most important things to do is ensure you are waking up at the same time each day, no matter what day of the week. Then, once you are in a pattern of waking up at the same time each day, you can start training your body to need less sleep. First, for an entire week, go to bed 20 minutes later than you usually would. Then the second week, up that to 40 minutes later than normal. Continue going to bed an additional 20 minutes later each week until you are down to only six hours sleep, and there you are. Although this method works according to Professor Horne, there are other things that you can do to ensure that your quality of sleep is good, which will help you to feel well-rested on only six hours. Firstly, practice good sleep hygiene by not using electronic devices for at least an hour before bed, and by cutting down on caffeine and alcohol. This will ensure you can fall asleep quickly and won't be tossing and turning. Make sure your environment is good for sleep as well. Having a comfortable bed, as well as a room that is at a good temperature and fairly dark is key. Once you have all these things in place you can generally sleep better, even if you're getting less hours shut eye than before. 2016-06-28 23:11 Lauren Ingram www.dailymail.co.uk

98 Clinton proposes debt forgiveness to young entrepreneurs DENVER (AP) — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday proposed letting entrepreneurs defer making student loan payments in order to create jobs and stimulate growth. "We need more job creators and we need more young people starting businesses," the presumptive Democratic nominee told a crowd of coders inside a Denver tech training facility and workspace that houses several start-ups. She was on a brief campaign swing through the battleground state of Colorado. Clinton was looking to showcase her economic chops and woo young voters who flocked to the candidacy of her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders. She proposed permitting start-up founders and early employees to forgo payments on their federal student loans for up to three years. Those who launch businesses that provide social benefits would also be permitted to apply for forgiveness of up to $17,500 of their debt after five years. Clinton also called for connecting every household to high-speed internet by 2020 and training 50,000 new computer science teachers. She spent time chatting with one startup that created an internet platform for commodity sellers in East Africa, talking about how hard it is for subsistence farmers to survive when they don't know what price they can fetch for their crops. She also took a swipe at her likely Republican opponent, Donald Trump, by quoting his slogan "Make American Great Again. " She called it "code for saying you want to go back to what it used to be.... That is not who we are as Americans. We don't want to go back — we go forward. " ___ Follow Nicholas Riccardi on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NickRiccardi

2016-06-28 23:11 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

99 Prosecutors: Dad, son fleeing police killed Utah rail worker SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A father and son on the run from police after tying up five women in a Utah basement abducted and killed a rail line worker, beating him so severely that he was unrecognizable when his body was found in Wyoming, prosecutors said Tuesday. Flint Wayne Harrison and his son, Dereck James "DJ" Harrison, were charged in Wyoming with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Kay Porter Ricks, 63. The Harrisons snatched Ricks during his May 12 shift maintaining Salt Lake City's light rail system after hiding out a few miles away during a police manhunt, authorities say. The grim details of Ricks' death emerged in the bizarre string of violence that spanned two states. The Harrisons already face charges that they held a mother and her four teenage daughters captive May 10 after heavily using methamphetamine because they wrongly believed the woman turned them in to authorities. After the family escaped, the Harrisons went on the lam. Two days later, they kidnapped Ricks and drove his work truck 250 miles north to a hideout in the Wyoming wilderness, killing him along the way, new court documents say. A manhunt ended when Flint Harrison, 51, surrendered May 14 in Pinedale, where he lived. He told authorities that his son was hiding at a campsite nearby and warned that he would shoot it out with officers, according to an investigator's statement. "F. Harrison told the investigator that D. Harrison was a 'killer' and he had killed people in the past and how D. Harrison would steal a vehicle to get away," Special Agent Mike Carlson of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation wrote in documents filed Tuesday. Dereck Harrison, 22, was spotted near a roadblock hours after his father surrendered and was taken into custody. Officers searching for Ricks found his body May 17 along the route the Harrisons likely took to flee Utah, police say. Injuries to his face left him unrecognizable, Carlson wrote. An autopsy determined that he died of blows to the head and had "severe crushing facial injuries due to beating. " Investigators found a bloody utility knife under Ricks' left foot. The autopsy also found he suffered cuts to his neck and defensive wounds to his forearms and hand. An FBI agent discovered Ricks' Utah Transit Authority truck near the suspects' remote hideout. Utah lawyers for the two men said they could not comment on the Wyoming charges, which carry the possibility of the death penalty if convicted. Lincoln County Attorney Spencer Allred would not say if he would seek it. A spokesman for the Ricks family said he was sickened by the allegations. "How could somebody do this? " Richard Massey said. "We're just sad, to tell you the truth. " Ricks was a handyman who lived by a regimented daily routine and helped neighbors fix their lights and ceiling fans during his free time. The day he vanished, Ricks turned around after leaving for work because he realized he forgot to kiss his wife of 42 years, Massey has said. Last month, the Harrisons were sent back to Utah to face 16 charges each, including kidnapping and drug possession, in connection with holding the women captive. The younger Harrison was a close friend of the woman's family. The men lured the woman and her daughters to Dereck Harrison's house in Centerville, outside Salt Lake City, police said. Instead of the barbecue the Harrisons promised, they restrained the women with zip ties and beat the mother with a baseball bat, according to charging documents. The family managed to break free and escape, but the men fled. Police say they ditched their car and got a ride to Salt Lake City, where they spent a night in a hotel and another night with a friend before making their way to Wyoming. Police believe the Harrisons left Salt Lake City on May 12, the same day Ricks disappeared. Surveillance cameras captured video of his truck that night not far from where his body later was found in Wyoming.

2016-06-28 23:08 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

100 Gunman shoots 1 at downtown Denver building; kills self DENVER (AP) — A gunman walked into a busy downtown Denver office building and shot a person multiple times before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday. The gunman was found dead when SWAT officers arrived, police spokesman Doug Schepman said. The female victim was critically injured and was undergoing surgery at a nearby hospital. Schepman said the gunman targeted the victim, and detectives are trying to determine the connection between the two. Police have not released any names. Officers went floor-by-floor to clear the Alliance Center, a building that houses several environmental organizations and provides shared workspaces. Other buildings were locked down, and people were asked to stay away from the area. Nicole Arnone, who works for the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute on the third floor of the building, said she was listening to a conference call with earbuds when a co-worker tapped her on the shoulder and said, "We just heard a few loud bangs and some screaming, and I think we need to go. " "We debated whether to hide in the corner or run," Arnone said, and they decided to flee. She smelled smoke and thought it was either a fire or gunpowder, she said. Arnone spotted a shell casing in the stairwell as she fled. Once outside the building, she ran away and flagged down an officer, who took her to a bus where witnesses were being held. Jordan Peters, who works nearby and was having coffee next door at the time of the shooting, said she saw a swarm of people running from the area. "They were yelling that there was a man with a gun, that there was a shooter," she said. "I got my stuff and ran in the opposite direction. " Office workers in the Alliance Center streamed out of a door with their hands in the air as armed officers secured the scene. The Alliance Center is steps from the 16th Street pedestrian mall in the trendy LoDo neighborhood near a major transit hub and about four blocks from Coors Field. ___ Associated Press writer Thomas Peipert contributed to this report.

2016-06-28 23:08 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

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