Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Donald Trump criticised over ‘creepy’ comments to female reporter
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Love Island’s new girl Danielle Sellers poses topless for sexy photoshoot in a pool
DANIELLE Sellers hasn’t even entered the house yet – and she already looks like she’s getting ready to make a splash.
The 22-year-old will be entering the villa this week in a bid to sex up the series.
Before entering the villa she made herself known as a glamour model, and has appeared on The Sun’s Page 3 since July 2016.
She’s now set to appear gracing the pages of Sixty6 Magazine having a whale of a time as she nearly bares all in crystal blue waters and writhes on the side of the pool.
Soaking up the sun in an exotic looking villa already, Danielle poses in a tied up t-shirt as the lays on a lounger and runs her fingers through her hair.
She then jumps in to the pool leaving the white t-shirt to run totally see-through before posing sweetly on the edge of the pool.
However, it doesn’t take long for the star to get rid of the t-shirt completely and soon she is writhing in the summer heat topless as she poses on the ground.
In one artsy shot she lays bare breasted in the water as she sprawls out against the sun, wearing only a pair of small black string bikini briefs.
She follows most recent tenants Tyla Carr and Simon Searles into the villa.
MORE: Love Island’s new girl Danielle Sellers poses topless for sexy photoshoot in a pool
The beheader of ISIS: Iraqi who decapitates ISIS fighters, his tally reaches FIFTY. VIDEO WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
The beheader of ISIS’: Iraqi who decapitates ISIS fighters says he ‘can’t explain how at ease’ he is at killing them as his tally reaches FIFTY
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Falah Aziz claims to have killed 130 people during battle to drive ISIS out of Iraq
He beheaded 50 victims and ‘can’t explain how at ease’ he was as he killed them
Defends the beheadings, insisting: ‘I slaughter them, as they’ve slaughtered us’
Gruesome footage shows him decapitating a man and holding a severed head
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The ‘beheader of ISIS’ defends his tally of 50 decapitations
An Iraqi man dubbed ‘the beheader’ after decapitating 50 ISIS fighters insists he ‘can’t explain how at ease’ he is when killing them.
Falah Aziz claims to have killed 130 people in total during the battle to drive the jihadists out of his homeland and says he has made beheading his ‘specialty’.
Gruesome footage shows him slaughtering a young man lying on the ground and parading through the streets with a severed head. A Facebook profile picture shows him posing with a bloodied knife.
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An Iraqi man called Falah Aziz and dubbed ‘the beheader’ after decapitating 50 ISIS fighters insists he ‘can’t explain how at ease’ he is when killing them
An Iraqi man called Falah Aziz and dubbed ‘the beheader’ after decapitating 50 ISIS fighters insists he ‘can’t explain how at ease’ he is when killing them
US Senate Health Care Bill: How to Contact Your Representative
Concerned about the future of your health care? You’re not alone.
With the arrival of the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act last week, critics have been quick to point out that the proposed legislation would hit older and poor people’s wallets hardest—while generating a massive tax cut for the country’s wealthiest. The Congressional Budget Office estimated today that the new bill will leave 22 million people uninsured over the next decade.
A major source of contention surrounding the Better Care Reconciliation Act is cuts to Medicaid estimated to be more than $800 billion by the year 2026. The bill would also weaken protections for pre-existing conditions like cancer and diabetes, and increase the cost of reproductive care for women. (For more on the bill, read MONEY’s 4 Things to Know here.)
As the Senate prepares to vote on the bill as soon as this week, Americans are flooding congressional phone lines to air their concerns. Whether you agree or disagree with the legislation, find your senators from the list below, where you can let them know your stance and concerns.
Often, you’ll have to leave a message on the senator’s voicemail. Use the information below to send a follow-up email.
ALL THE NAMES HERE: Senate Health Care Bill: How to Contact Your Representative | Money
Koi pla, raw fish ground with spices kill up to 20,000 people in Thailand every year
A doctor in Thailand whose parents died from liver cancer after eating a much-loved raw fish dish is travelling the country’s rural north-east to warn people off the recipe.
Koi pla, a cheap plate of raw fish ground with spices and lime, is eaten by millions of Thais, especially in one of the nation’s poorest provinces, Isaan.
But the meal often contains parasites that cause a type of liver cancer believed to be killing up to 20,000 Thais per year. Isaan has the highest reported instance of cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, in the world.
The aggressive cancer is often caused by a parasitic flatworm – or liver fluke – native to fresh water fish in the Mekong region.
“It’s a very big health burden around here,” Narong Khuntikeo, who went on to become a liver surgeon after he lost his parents, told Agence France-Presse.
“But nobody knows about this because they die quietly, like leaves falling from a tree.”
Without surgery, the disease has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, according to cholangiocarcinoma charities.
Narong has brought together scientists, doctors and anthropologists in his fight against the “silent killer”.
His team has spent four years driving ultrasound machines and urine testing kits around the Isaan region, testing villagers for the parasite. Up to 80% of the inhabitants of some communities were found to have ingested the parasite. At a recent testing visited by AFP, a third of villagers showed abnormal liver symptoms and four were suspected to have cancer.
Paddington Bear author Michael Bond dies aged 91
Michael Bond, the creator of the beloved children’s character Paddington Bear, has died at 91.
Bond published his first book, A Bear Called Paddington, about the marmalade-loving bear from Peru, in 1958.
The author, born in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1926, kept writing until his death. His most recent Paddington story, Paddington’s Finest Hour, was published in April.
His daughter, Karen Jankel, told the Guardian “the whole world” was lucky to have had her father, whose legacy would “live on forever” through his creation.
A statement from publisher Harper Collins said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Michael Bond, CBE, the creator of one of Britain’s best-loved children’s characters, Paddington, died at home yesterday aged 91 following a short illness.”
Jankel said: “It’s a shock to everybody. For me, he was the most wonderful father you can imagine, so obviously our loss is personal. But it’s wonderful that he’s left the legacy of his books and Paddington that will live on for ever, which is really very special.
“The whole world is lucky to have had him … Paddington himself is so real to all of us, he’s still a part of our family and we’re very lucky.”
Jankel said it was “incredible” that her father was still writing up until his death.
“For him, writing was his life. It was wonderful he could continue writing until the end,” she said. “Because … Paddington and his other characters were so real to him, he became alive to everybody else.
“You can tell just by reading his books what a lovely person he was. I never came across anybody who disliked my father. He was one of those people that people instinctively warmed to and he was as funny as a person and delightful as he was in his writing and as a father.”
Source: Paddington Bear author Michael Bond dies aged 91 | Books | The Guardian
Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond dies – BBC News
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Source: Paddington Bear creator Michael Bond dies – BBC News
At least 1 US nuclear plant’s computer system was hacked
Federal authorities are investigating a breach into computer systems of at least one U.S. nuclear power plant, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
There is no evidence that any particularly sensitive or operational systems were breached. Instead, authorities believe only a less sensitive, business-associated side of systems were compromised.
The breach was first reported by E&E News, which covers the energy and environment sectors.
E&E notes that the hack did not garner the attention of the public safety alert systems at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the International Atomic Energy Agency, which could be further evidence of a low risk level associated with the breach.
One U.S. official called this an “ongoing matter” that is still being investigated. No public word has been given on who may be responsible, but authorities are looking at the possibility that a nation-state may be behind the hack.
It’s unclear if the case is related in any way to other known cyberattacks.
Source: At least 1 US nuclear plant’s computer system was hacked – ABC News
Fake news: Trump golf resorts display fake Time magazine cover
US President Donald Trump is one of the most famous men in the world right now.
But there’s one place his much-photographed face hasn’t been: the cover of Time magazine’s 1 March 2009 edition.
Why do people care? Because a copy emblazoned with Mr Trump’s image has reportedly been hanging in five of his golf clubs.
And according to Time, it’s fake news.
The cover shows the president wearing a black suit and a stern expression, his arms crossed.
“Trump is hitting on all fronts… even TV!” reads one cover line.
Two of the smaller headlines – which promise stories on President Barack Obama, climate change, and the financial crisis – were taken from the genuine 2 March 2009 edition of Time, whose cover star was Oscar-winner Kate Winslet…
Source: Fake news: Trump golf resorts display fake Time magazine cover – BBC News
Trump Inauguration: Park Service Did Not Alter Crowd Photos, months to investigate!
National Park Service (NPS) officials didn’t alter estimates of the crowd size at President Trump’s inauguration, according to the results of a months-long investigation.
The report, released Monday by the Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, addressed the controversy that consumed the early days of Trump’s presidency.
The investigation began in February, when the Inspector General received a complaint alleging that a National Mall and Memorial Parks official had instructed NPS employees to alter records of crowd-size estimates. The agency also investigated claims that NPS public affairs employees had released unauthorized information to the press about a phone call between Trump and Acting NPS Director Michael Reynolds.
“We did not find evidence to substantiate any of these allegations,” the report said. “All of the witnesses we interviewed denied that the NAMA official instructed staff to alter records for the inauguration or to remove crowd size information. We also found no evidence that the public affairs employees released any information to the media about the President’s phone call.”
The tension began on Inauguration Day, when the National Park Service retweeted a post comparing the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration to the larger crowd at former President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. The tweet was later removed, and the U.S. Department of Interior was temporarily ordered to suspend operations of its Twitter accounts.
Source: Trump Inauguration: Park Service Did Not Alter Crowd Photos | Time.com
Archibald Prize: Jeweller swaps tools to paint WA MP Josie Farrer for prestigious competition
A paintbrush is not the usual tool of choice for Perth jeweller Chris Bailey, whose portrait of Kimberley MP Josie Farrer is being entered in the prestigious Archibald Prize.
The Mount Lawley jeweller decided just a month ago to enter the art prize, and has been slaving away for up to 16 hours a day since then to meet the deadline, living off a diet of cereal and takeaway.
He only met with Ms Farrer once to complete the portrait, mainly due to her busy schedule.
The Indigenous MP will join an esteemed list of figures who have been painted for the Archibald Prize, including Barry Humphries and George Calombaris.
“I was a little bit blown away when I was asked about it … [I] never ever thought I’d have one done,” she said.
Ms Farrer first saw the finished product on Wednesday and was extremely pleased with the result.
“Chris has done a beautiful job getting it all together considering I wasn’t there most of the time. I think he’s done a fantastic job,” she said.
In 2016, Bailey travelled to Bogotá in Columbia to seek a ‘master’ painter, who he had met and corresponded with on Facebook, to cultivate his painting skills.
After a year under the guidance of his mentor, he returned to his Mount Lawley studio.
“When I first sat down with him he said, ‘what are your goals?’, and I said I wanted to enter the Archibald and … he said ‘yep, no problems, we’ll get you prepared for that’.”
What makes the feat even more remarkable is that it was Bailey’s first attempt at a portrait.
“I’m very happy with it and I think I’ve captured everything I wanted to catch about Josie,” he said.
“I wanted her strength, I wanted her warmth, I wanted all of her qualities and I’m pretty happy.”
Air Asia Plane Shaking: Pilots Should Never Tell You to Pray
An AirAsia plane on Sunday experienced an in-flight problem with an engine and made the decision to return to Perth, Australia, from where it had departed an hour and a half earlier. The description of events had all the trademarks of an internal failure of one of the engine’s turbine sections. The out-of-balance condition for an engine so massive is going to be noticeable—certainly to the average passenger—and cause for alarm. According to news reports, the plane was rattling heavily for a long period of time.
Pilots such as myself practice such abnormal events in a simulator during initial training and each and every year thereafter. And while such incidents are not routine, neither do they carry the dire sense of urgency that a non-pilot might assume. We practice such scenarios in the highly unlikely event that we experience such an occurrence (which has never happened to me in my over 20,000 hours of piloting), we will have conditioned ourselves so as to minimize our “startle” response and react to the problem in a calm and direct manner.
But apparently the flight situation rattled the pilot enough that he asked the passengers twice to pray. If that weren’t enough cause for alarm, there was at least one follow up message from the cockpit, “Our survival depends on your cooperating. Hopefully everything will turn out for the best.”
I do not know exactly why the pilot thought it necessary to ask for divine assistance. But after 30 years of fielding questions and concerns from thousands of people who have a fear of flying, I assume that saying this would only confirm to any scared passengers that they were in serious trouble.
Pilots have a responsibility that extends far beyond passenger safety. They can greatly influence passengers’ emotional states by reassuring them through regular announcements. Many of the people who take my classes report that they like hearing from their pilots. In fact, they are uncomfortable when the pilots do not say anything, even when things are going well.
The airline’s mistakes continued after the flight landed. One passenger felt that AirAsia provided no medical support or information about replacement flights after they had gotten off of the plane. The passengers would have been better served if following such a potentially traumatic incident, the airline provided someone to talk to immediately who was knowledgeable about traumatic stress and could reassure them that while the flight was upsetting, at no time were they in real danger.
Airlines and pilots need to prioritize not only keeping their passengers safe, but also making them feel safe. Hopefully AirAsia (and other carriers) will learn from this incident and handle potentially traumatic situations better going forward.
Ron Nielsen is a retired airline captain and founder of FearlessFlight.com.
Source: Air Asia Plane Shaking: Pilots Should Never Tell You to Pray | Fortune.com
Six people to be charged over 1989 Hillsborough disaster that killed 96 people
Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield faces a manslaughter charge and five others will be prosecuted over the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
Mr Duckenfield was the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) match commander at the FA Cup semi-final when 96 Liverpool fans were fatally injured in a crush.
He faces the charge of manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 fans. Former SYP Ch Insp Norman Bettison will be charged over alleged lies in the aftermath.
Victims’ relatives have been informed.
Last year, new inquests into the disaster at the Liverpool v Nottingham Forest match in Sheffield concluded the fans had been unlawfully killed.
For legal reasons, Mr Duckenfield cannot be charged over the death of the 96th victim Tony Bland, as he died fours years after the disaster, prosecutors said.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) must apply to the High Court to lift an order imposed after he was prosecuted privately in 1999, which must be removed before he can be charged.
Source: Ex-Ch Supt David Duckenfield faces Hillsborough manslaughter charge – BBC News
The reason why 3 main The Walking Dead characters won’t be in part of season eight
Spoilers for the comics: In the Robert Kirkman penned series, Rick Grimes – played by Andrew Lincoln in the TV adaptation – manages to end the war with Negan and the Saviours.
However, during issue 127, there’s a time jump of several years, the story picking up with Grimes having made Alexandria into a true Safe Zone.
Several areas – including the Hilltop and The Kingdom – have been linked up, several communities working in harmony to live normal lives once more. Of course, the story wouldn’t pick up again if something didn’t go catastrophically wrong (which it does)…
MORE: The Walking Dead season 8: Showrunner Scott Gimple teases time-jump | The Independent
Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump’s business partner
Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed by Trump hotels, over an investigation into allegations he threatened a prosecutor via a text message.
Tanoesoedibjo has been given a 20-day overseas travel ban starting on June 22 based on a request by Indonesian police’s criminal investigation unit Agung Sampurno, a spokesman at the immigration directorate said on Wednesday.
The Indonesian billionaire “is under investigation related to a violation of the information and electronic transactions law,” Sampurno said.
Tanoesoedibjo, whose MNC Group controls businesses ranging from media to property, has been named a suspect for allegedly sending a threatening message to a prosecutor investigating a case involving Mobile 8, a telecommunications company previously owned by MNC Group.
Tanoesoedibjo’s lawyer could not be reached on Wednesday but in an earlier statement dismissed the allegations. “The content of Hary Tanoesoedibjo’s SMS is general and idealistic and does not threaten anyone,” his lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea said.
Part of Tanoesoedibjo’s text message read: “If I am the leader of this country, then that’s where Indonesia will be changed and cleared of things that are not as they should be,” according to the statement from the lawyer.
Tanoesoedijo has also denied the allegations in media reports. Breaching the law can carry a maximum jail term of four years and a maximum fine of 750 million rupiah ($56,000)
Source: Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump’s business partner | Reuters
