Showing posts with label 2017 at 04:05PM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 at 04:05PM. Show all posts
Friday, July 14, 2017
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Chris Leggett: Man dies after doing backflip, wife heartbroken
Chris Leggett was showing a group of children how to do a backflip at a Dunsborough park when he landed awkwardly and broke his neck, 7 News reported.
The tragic accident happened on Good Friday, and just days later, the FIFO worker’s life support was turned off.
“It’s just like having your heart ripped out,” Chris’ widow Rachael said, fighting back tears.
“I just said goodbye and told him I loved him and we’d all do our best to keep his memory alive for the kids.
“I think in my heart of hearts, I’m still waiting for him to come home.”
Mrs Leggett said explaining her husband’s sudden death to the couple’s children was the hardest part.
“People keep saying ‘he’s still there with you’. Try explaining that to a three-year-old when he asks ‘When is Daddy coming back from the sky Mummy?’,” she said.
“We’ll never feel better but we’ll find a way to live with what’s happened and I think we have to for the sake of the kids.
“We have to keep moving forward but I don’t think we’ll ever feel better.”
The 37-year-old hadn’t been drinking and had performed the backflip countless times when he went to jump off a ledge.
Source: Chris Leggett: Man dies after doing backflip, wife heartbroken
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Big Brother Corporation BBC: Track down fans who abuse their stars, then tell their boss
The BBC has threatened to inform the employers of people who make online comments about the Corporation that officials deem are ‘offensive or inappropriate’.
The draconian policy means viewers who post vitriolic remarks about BBC personalities such as Laura Kuenssberg or Mary Beard could find complaints sent to their bosses by Corporation spies.
But last night the ‘Big Brother’ tactics outlined in the broadcaster’s privacy policy were branded a ‘chilling’ attack on freedom of speech by campaigners.
Critics say what BBC officials regard as inappropriate may differ from that which offends others.
The row comes as large numbers of viewers give the BBC their name, date of birth and home address in order to use the iPlayer on-demand service.
An amended version of the Corporation’s Privacy and Cookies Policy reads: ‘If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to BBC websites or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any BBC service, the BBC may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.
‘Where the BBC reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws (eg because content you have posted may be defamatory), the BBC may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school email/internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.’
It raises the question of whether criticism of BBC figures such as political editor Ms Kuenssberg, historian Mary Beard or Bake Off finalist Ruby Tandoh could have led to action.
Ms Tandoh said she was savaged on Twitter by ‘misogynist’ trolls when she was on the show in 2013. Chef Raymond Blanc suggested the ex-model was ‘too thin to enjoy good food’ but later apologised.
Ms Kuenssberg was targeted last year by Jeremy Corbyn supporters, with one woman accusing her of biased reporting and having a ‘snarling countenance’ whenever she mentioned the Labour leader.
Cambridge professor Ms Beard was branded a ‘filthy old sl**’ by student Oliver Rawlings in 2013, but she forgave him after he offered to buy her lunch.
The document also shows the BBC plans to use viewers’ details to target them with marketing messages on third-party services such as Facebook, Twitter and Google.
Jo Glanville, of writer’s organisation English PEN, which campaigns for freedom of expression, said: ‘The BBC risks setting itself up as a policeman and nanny without any clarity as to how it proposes to safeguard personal data or the public’s right to exchange ideas, opinions and information without censure.
‘The BBC’s policy poses a chill on freedom of expression and risks the misuse of personal data. On what basis is the BBC going to decide when content is offensive, inappropriate or objectionable – none of which is illegal?
‘And how do they propose to “stop such behaviour” without misusing personal data or undermining freedom of expression?’
The Corporation policy, which a spokesman said was ‘standard’, does not clearly define what constitutes ‘disruptive behaviour’.
Tom Slater, of Spiked magazine, said the move ‘should concern anyone who believes in free speech’.
He added: ‘The definitions are so broad. “Objectionable” according to whom? That anyone could draft this without getting flashes of Nineteen Eighty-Four is beyond me.’
Defending the BBC, Prof Beard said: ‘The important point for me is that this is in the end a judgment call. Written guidelines have a habit of looking either too weak or too strong; it all depends on the good judgment of the person or persons interpreting the rule, on deciding what counts as offensive. In my own experience the BBC has tended to show good judgment.’
A senior BBC source said they were not aware of any occasion when an employer had been contacted, and said it applied to ‘serious breaches of the law’, though it is not phrased that way.
The source refused to reveal how the BBC decides what is ‘offensive’ and did not comment on the process for contacting a user’s employer.
Source: BBC vows to track down trolls who abuse their stars | Daily Mail Online
Monday, April 24, 2017
Rap Sheet for former W.C. Eagles bad boys
BEN COUSINS (at West Coast 1996-2007)
2017 – jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to drug possession and the aggravated stalking of former girlfriend Maylea Tinecheff. Fined $2400 for possessing eight grams of methamphetamine and a smoking implement and for driving without a licence.
2016 – Fined $600 for breaching a violence restraining order taken out by Ms Tinecheff
2015 – Fined $2679 and disqualified from driving for 10 months after leading police on a low-speed chase and refused to be breath tested.
2012 – Fined $800 for possession of methylamphetamine and cannabis, and possession of a smoking implement.
2006 – Fined $900 for abandoning his car and running from police near a booze bus.
BEN SHARP (2004-2007)
2017 – Sentenced to nine years in prison for armed robbery, handling stolen goods, and drug trafficking. Sharp and two accomplices pleaded guilty to using a shotgun and handgun in 2014 to rob a security guard who had $278,750 in cash in his van.
DANIEL KERR (2001-2013)
2016 – Fined $1000 and given a nine month community based order for again breaching a restraining order against his ex-partner Natasha Pozo.
2015 – Spared an immediate jail term for threatening to set two friends on fire. He is instead sentenced to an eight-month jail term – suspended for 12 months.
2015 – Fined $2000 for breaching a restraining order against Ms Pozo.
ADAM HUNTER (2000-2009)
2014 – fined $400 after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine.
DANIEL CHICK (2003-2007)
2010 – Fined $7000 after pleading guilty to importing steroids.
CHAD FLETCHER (1999-2009)
2010 – Pleads guilty to cocaine possession. Placed on a nine-month good behaviour bond and ordered to pay court costs, but no conviction was recorded.
Source: Rap Sheet for former Eagles bad boys | Perth Now
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Buff and beautiful revellers at Sydney’s 2017 Mardi Gras
The countdown to Australia’s biggest gay pride festival of the year begins, as revellers shower themselves in glitter and prepare to paint the town red, blue, green, yellow and pink.
About 500,000 people are expected to converge on Sydney’s Oxford Street on Saturday night to celebrate the city’s 39th annual Mardi Gras parade.
While the parade for LGBTIQ rights kicks off at 7pm the party has already begun, with swarms taking to online platforms to share their bold outfits with the world.
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Source: Buff and beautiful revellers at Sydney’s 2017 Mardi Gras | Daily Mail Online
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