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[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A federal judge has ordered Apple to pay more than $530 million to a licensing firm over its iTunes software. In 2013 Smartflash sued Apple for infringing patents related to accessing and storing downloaded songs, videos and games. And after two years of trials - including eight hours of deliberation - the jury awarded in favour of the Texas-based firm. A federal judge has ordered Apple to pay $532.9 million to a licensing firm over of its iTunes software (pictured). Smartflash sued Apple for infringing patents related to accessing and storing downloaded songs, videos and games. And after eight hours of deliberation the jury awarded in favour of the Texas-based firm . Apple has now been ordered to pay Smartflash $532.9 million (£343 million) for infringing a total of three patents. The jury determined Apple had not only used Smartflash's patents without permission, but did so willfully. Smartflash filed its first patent infringement against the tech giant in May 2013. A jury in California recently found in favour of Apple in a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over the price of its iPod music players . A jury in California recently found in favour of Apple in a billion-dollar class-action lawsuit over the price of its iPod music players. Apple had argued the software provided necessary security protection. The jury rejected claims Apple's use of restrictive software froze out rival portable music player manufacturers. The jury said Apple's iTunes 7.0, released in the fall of 2006, was a 'genuine product improvement,' meaning that new features were good for consumers. It said that patent owner and co-inventor Patrick Racz met with a firm called Gemplus - now known as Gemalto - to discuss the technology. One of people at this meeting was Augustin Farrugia who is currently a senior director at Apple. The filing accused Apple of using technology covered by Smartflash’s patents to create and develop its iTunes software. Despite the win, however, Smartflash had been asking for $852 million (£550 million). ‘Smartflash is very happy with the jury's verdict, which recognises Apple's longstanding willful infringement,’ said Brad Caldwell, a lawyer for Smartflash. But Apple has said it will appeal, adding the outcome was another reason reform was needed in the patent system to curb litigation by companies that don't make products themselves. ‘We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent years innovating and unfortunately we have been left with no choice but to take this fight up through the court system,’ Apple said in a statement. The trial was held in Tyler which over the past decade has become a focus for patent litigation. It was in Tyler federal court that a jury in 2012 ordered Apple to pay $368 million (£237 million) to VirnetX for patent infringement. But a federal appeals court later threw out that damages figure, saying it was wrongly calculated. Smartflash filed its first patent infringement (shown) against the tech giant in May 2013. It said that patent owner and co-inventor Patrick Racz met with a firm called Gemplus - now known as Gemalto - to discuss the technology. One of people at this meeting was Augustin Farrugia who is currently a senior director at Apple . Apple tried to avoid the recent trial by having the lawsuit thrown out. Apple had asked the jury to find Smartflash's patents invalid because previously patented inventions covered the same technology. But US District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who presided over the case, ruled earlier this month that Smartflash's technology was not too basic to deserve the patents. Smartflash has also filed patent infringement lawsuits against Samsung, HTC and Google." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Smartflash sued Apple for infringing patents related to downloaded media .\nFiling was made in May 2013 and the jury spent eight hours deliberating .\nIt accused Apple of using technology covered by three Smartflash patents to create and develop its iTunes software .\nApple has been ordered to pay Smartflash $532.9 million (£343 million)\nBut this is less than the $852 million (£550 million) Smartflash demanded ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A man has been found dead weeks after he was made to sign the Sex Offenders Register for trying to have sex with a postbox. The body of Paul Bennett was found behind a Chinese restaurant in his home town of Wigan, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the 45-year-old's death was not being treated as suspicious. A source suggested the cause may have been drugs-related, but it has not yet been confirmed officially. Death: Paul Bennett, 45, (left) has been found dead weeks after he was made to sign the Sex Offenders Register for trying to have sex with a postbox outside a shopping centre in his home town of Wigan (right) Mr Bennett was discovered dead behind the Chinese restaurant Shanghai Palace, in the Poolstock area of Wigan, and police were called. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: 'We were called at 1.35am on Sunday, February 22, following reports the body of a 45-year-old man was found in Poolstock. 'His death is non-suspicious so the coroner is now dealing with it.' Mr Bennett was convicted of indecent exposure last month after he was caught beside a red postbox outside Wigan's Scholes Precinct shopping centre. A woman spotted Bennett performing a sex act and rubbing himself up and down the metal pillar box while shouting 'wow' in September. The witness contacted the police as Bennett pulled up his pants and checked his reflection before leaving, Wigan Magistrates' Court heard. Incident: The 45-year-old's body was found behind the Shanghai Palace Chinese restaurant in Wigan . Magistrates were told the incident occurred after Bennett was involved in a drunken row with a woman. He was found guilty of two charges of indecent exposure, as well as using threatening and abusive words and abusive behaviour. Bennett was handed a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment and supervision requirement, and was made to sign the Sex Offenders Register. He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to the victim who witnessed the incident, £150 court costs and a £60 victim surcharge." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Body of Paul Bennett, 45, found behind Chinese restaurant in Wigan .\nDeath comes weeks after he was made to sign Sex Offenders Register .\nCourt heard woman spotted him performing sex act and shouting 'wow'\nDeath not said to be suspicious. Source said drugs could be involved ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Most original VW camper vans are now rickety old wrecks consisting mainly of rust held together with spit, glue and the unrequited love of their deluded hippy owners. But this immaculately-restored 1955 T2 Samba model is in a different league altogether selling at auction to an anonymous buyer over the weekend for a most un-hippy like £67,500. The ultra-rare Samba - registration SGP 62 - was one of the very first VW vans to arrive in Britain. The model was never officially available for sale in the UK and is believed to be the only one of its type still on the road. Glamper van: This lovingly-restored VW T2 Samba camper van sold at auction over the weekend for a cool £67,500 . The van, believed to be the only one of its type in Britain, was kept in storage in the West country for 30 years before being discovered in 1992 . Rarity: The Samba model was never officially available in Britain and is especially rare in right hand drive . Billed as VW's most luxurious microbus, the Samba featured 23 windows including eight panoramics in the roof, a fabric sunroof and pivoting as opposed to sliding doors. SGP 62 was was built at the original VW factory in Wolfsburg and imported by Britain's first VW dealership - Colborne Garages, in Ripley, Surrey. In 1959 the dealership's then owner John Colborne-Baber had the interior converted by renowned specialists Devon Conversions so he could use the vehicle for family holidays. Home from home: The interior of the Samba was restored to original specifications by renowned specialists Devon Conversions . The van was was built at the original VW factory in Wolfsburg and imported by Britain's first VW dealership - Colborne Garages, in Surrey . A brand new bespoke period-correct Devon interior was installed even featuring the same fridge and stove units that were originally used . History: In 1959 the VW Dealership's owner had the interior converted so he could use the vehicle for family holidays . The right hand drive model was kept in storage in the West country for 30 years before being discovered in 1992 and carefully restored back to its original condition. A new bespoke period-correct Devon interior was installed even featuring the same fridge and stove units that were originally used. Although the bulk of the restoration was done to original specifications several modern features have been added including an up-rated hand-built VW engine and disc brakes. Under the hood: The van's original engine was replaced with a bespoke and hand-built 2015cc twin-carb unit . Although the bulk of the restoration was done to original specifications several modern features have been added including disc brakes . Nick Whale, of Warwickshire's Silverstone auctions, which sold the Samba, said: 'This is a fantastic piece of Volkswagen history and as such we expected a lot of interest when it went under the hammer. 'These vehicles are hugely popular around the globe and we're delighted that we've been able to find a new home for it. 'This is a beautiful and rare Samba Microbus, historically important in terms of its VW legacy in the UK and I hope the new owner will love it just as much as the Colborne family did.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The 1955 right hand drive VW T2 Samba is believed to be the only one of its type in Britain .\nIt was originally imported by the first VW dealership in the UK and used by the owner for family holidays .\nBoasts 23 windows including eight in the roof, a fabric sunroof and pivoting as opposed to sliding doors .\nIt was kept in storage for 30 years before being restored using period parts even down to fridge and cooker units ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A former Royal Navy recruit who dreamed of becoming a master seaman was found hanged weeks after police told her they were dropping a probe into alleged sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Leya Keating, 21, who was raised by adoptive parents before moving to Portsmouth, told police in 2012 that she had been abused by her biological father and his partner after suffering flashbacks. She was sectioned in December that year after trying to commit suicide, and made several more attempts on her life until April 2014, when police said they were dropping their investigation. She discharged herself from the hospital where she was staying in the morning of May 31 last year, and her body was found near train tracks on Hayling Island, Hampshire, at around midday. Dog walker Simon Lown told the inquest into her death: 'Something caught my eye. It was a bright pink hoody about 50 metres away. 'You often see children playing in that area and at first I thought she was playing hide and seek. As I walked past I saw the person was not moving at all and I thought something was not right. 'I shouted at her, \"is everything alright?\" and I got no response.' An inquest at South Hampshire Coroner's Court (pictured), heard that Miss Keating attempted to kill herself 37 times until April 2014, when police dropped their probe into her claims. She was found dead in May . Paramedics were called, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Speaking to Leya's adoptive parents, Mr Lown added: 'I am only sorry I did not find her sooner.' The inquest, taking place in Portsmouth, heard that Miss Keating had four siblings who used to live in Huddersfield. Miss Keating's birth mother, Marie Sharpe, told the coroner that her marriage to Miss Keating's biological father broke down after he became violent. She said: 'We lived for many years as a family unit but my marriage broke down due to violence. 'It ended up with me being hospitalised on a weekly basis. The situation escalated and I lost my children, which to this day I regret.' However Miss Keating remained in contact with her birth father, and alleges that it was during this time she was sexually abused by him and his new partner. She was taken into care, and in 2002 was sent to live with her adoptive parents, Thomas and Louise Keating, who described her as a 'boisterous, wonderful girl.' Mr Keating said: 'We adopted Leya and her sister. They were wonderful children. Leya was super fit, she loved to play football with the lads, she was boisterous and extremely good at sport. 'She qualified as a kayaking instructor aged 14. Sometimes she was hard work but she had a BTech in sport from college. 'When she was 16 she started talking about joining the police force. We went to a talk and someone did a speech about the Navy. 'Leya said she thought that was more suited to her, she loved boats and sailing and wanted to be a master seaman.' Miss Keating then joined the Navy in 2010 and left home for Plymouth before moving to Portsmouth after her passing-out parade in 2011. However in 2012 he life began to unravel after she confessed to her adoptive family that she had suffered sexual abuse as a child when she began suffering flashbacks. Just months later she was sexually assaulted while in the sick bay of a Royal Navy base by a fellow patient, who was subsequently jailed. She also phoned her adoptive mother that same year and told her she had been discharged from the Navy after injuring her foot. Mr Keating said: 'She had a boyfriend in Portsmouth and wanted to make a new start for herself. 'Maybe she felt she had let us down and could not move back. Her life seemed to be getting more and more chaotic.' Her historic allegations of abuse were reported to police in July 2012, but in December she tried to kill herself for the first time. Detective Sergeant Simon Clacey, of Hampshire Police, said: 'There were 37 reports to the police between April 2013 and April 2014. 'She attempted to take her own life on numerous occasions, she took overdoses, threatened to jump off bridges and walked into the path of moving cars and trains.' Miss Keating had been in contact with birth mother Marie Sharpe since 2010, and in 2013 she messaged Ms Sharpe to say she had been sectioned. She added: 'Things seemed to escalate quite rapidly from that point. 'I got a phone call one evening saying she was on Portsmouth Bridge and she was saying goodbye to me, saying she was having flashbacks. I managed to talk her down.' In April 2014, Miss Keating was told police would not be taking any further action over the sexual abuse she was said to have suffered as a child. Det. Sgt. Clacey told the inquest: 'That wasn’t because she wasn’t believed, but because there was no corroborating evidence.' At the time of her death, the 21-year-old was a patient at a psychiatric hospital but was allowed out alone for a few hours to get some fresh air. Nicholas Edmonds, a nurse at Elmleigh Hospital in Havant, said in a statement read to the inquest: 'Leya had an emotionally unstable personality disorder. 'On May 31, I gave her medication for anxiety and she asked for a self-discharge form. 'She told me nothing was working for her and it was pointless her being in hospital, but she expressed no suicidal thoughts to me. 'Because she had expressed no suicidal thoughts, it was agreed she could leave.' The inquest heard Leya was told to keep her phone with her but she ignored calls from the hospital. Sonny Ogundele, who had worked as a mental health nurse at the hospital since 2007, told the inquest Leya had been a patient from February 2014 up until her death three months later. He said: 'On April 10, Leah was expressing thoughts to self-discharge. She was let out into the garden but she ended up on the roof. 'She moved across the roof to the front of the hospital and started threatening to jump off. 'I was trying to talk her out of jumping. She had put a ligature around her neck and staff went up there with the fire brigade. 'This was a reaction to being restricted. She improved with more leave. She was taken off the section and transferred to an open ward. 'She went out on her own several times without any problems. 'On May 31, Nick was doing the meds and he told me that Leya was getting agitated. He talked to her and told me she was asking for a self-discharge form. 'She wanted to go out and get fresh air, which she had done several times before. We discussed our previous knowledge and experience of Leya and what we had done for her in the past. 'She was still positive about the progress she was making.' The inquest heard she had self-harmed in the early hours of the morning she was allowed out. Mr Ogundele said: 'If we keep her in, she becomes more agitated. It is about being restricted. When she left, she was not agitated. Mr Edmonds has carried out risk assessments several times.' South East Hampshire coroner David Horsley asked: 'He came and discussed it with you and you left him it to him as he had done it before' Mr Ogundele replied: 'Yes.' A statement from psychiatrist Dr Zaid Alabassi, said Leya had been diagnosed with an emotionally unstable personality disorder when she was aged 19. She claimed she was sexually assaulted by her biological father and his partner, and was also sexually assaulted by a man while in the sick bay during her time at the Royal Navy. The statement read: 'Leya’s illness is characterised by repeat acts and threats of self-harm. 'She was discharged from the Navy on medical grounds. When she was in the sick bay, she was attacked by a fellow patient who went to prison. 'Her personality disorder arose from her traumatic upbringing.' Consultant psychiatrist Dr James Mcintyre was asked by Mr Horsley: 'Do you think if she had lived, there was a chance of recovery?' Dr Mcintyre replied: 'She had a lot of strength and was a likeable person. 'She had powerful emotions. When her frame of mind was not focused on activities she enjoyed, she could go to a negative place. I think the second sexual assault destabilised things for her.' The inquest was adjourned until tomorrow." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Leya Keating, 21, was found hanged beside train tracks in May last year .\nBorn in Huddersfield but grew up with adoptive parents in Lancashire .\nIn 2012 she claimed she had been sexually abused by biological father .\nThe same year she was attacked again in sick bay of Navy hospital .\nLeft services and was sectioned before regularly attempting suicide .\nApril 2014 police dropped probe into father, she was found dead in May .\nFor confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A farmer's daughter dubbed the ‘Cowshed Cinderella’ who said she was left at home to do chores while her sisters went dancing won £1.3million from her parents yesterday. Eirian Davies, 45, was awarded the compensation by the High Court for the 30 years of work she put in on the farm and for losing out on her young days of freedom. But in yet another twist in the bitter and long-running legal battle, her parents Tegwyn, 75, and Mary Davies, 76, are now seeking leave to appeal, so she is still yet to receive a penny. Eirian Davies, pictured, was awarded £1.3million for her 30 years' work she put in on her parent's farm . Eirian Davies (pictured), 45, nicknamed the 'Cowshed Cinderella', who says she stayed at home to milk the cows while her sisters went out partying has won a £1.3million payout from her parents . The dispute centres on the Welsh family’s 800-acre dairy farm in Carmarthenshire. Miss Davies had been assured that she would ultimately take it over, along with its pedigree milking herd, when her parents retired. But following a row her parents began proceedings to evict her, and she then launched a legal campaign for her ‘rightful share’ of Caeremlyn Farm. Her claims included missing out going to Young Farmers’ Club dances as a teenager with her sisters, Enfys and Eleri, as she stayed at home to look after the cows. Miss Davies won her case and last year a challenge by her parents was dismissed by the Appeal Court. Yesterday a figure – £1.3million – was for the first time set on the amount she deserved by the High Court in Cardiff. She told the original hearing: ‘They always told me that the farm would be left to me. Even on my birthday, when the other girls were having things, they would say, “You will have the damn lot one day, it will all be yours”.’ She said her sisters once paraded through the poultry shed in their ball gowns while she prepared turkeys for Christmas. Her father would regularly warn her ‘not to kill the goose that lays the golden egg’ if she complained about her treatment. Miss Davies said she was assured by her parents Tegwyn, 75, (right) and Mary, 76, (left) that she would eventually take over the dairy farm in Carmarthenshire and its milking herd after working for years for free . Miss Davies said she missed out on going to Young Farmers' Club dances with her two sisters, Enfys and Eleri, as a teenager because she had to stay at home to deal with her chores at Caeremlyn Farm (pictured) Miss Davies claimed that until she reached the age of 21, she was paid nothing for her work and, after that, there was a period when she was paid just £15 a day for milking the cows, although sometimes she received more. The court heard that she had a ‘passionate interest’ in the herd, and by 1989 was the only daughter at the farm after her sisters began other careers. When Miss Davies left to work elsewhere her father begged her to return to the farm. But although her parents had ‘pinned their hopes’ on their hardworking daughter, over the years they became increasingly annoyed by her relationships with men and the prospect of her having children. Tegwyn and Mary Davies are photographed outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London . Lord Justice Floyd, sitting at the Appeal Court, said this concern was not so much the men involved but ‘any children that they had and how that may impact upon their duties to keep the business in the family’. He said: ‘Her mother referred to a string of men, to whom she referred as “wretches”, with kids behind them.’ Miss Davies claims she was shown a draft will in 2009 that left the lion’s share of the farm to her. But her parents subsequently proposed to place the farm in trust for the benefit of all three sisters equally. Family relations hit rock bottom in August 2012 during an altercation in which milk was thrown over Miss Davies by her mother, and she and her father ended up wrestling on the floor, where she bit her father’s leg. It led to the legal battle in which Mr and Mrs Davies sought to evict their daughter from the farm cottage, where she still lives close to her parents’ farmhouse, while she fought for her share of the farm. The Appeal Court found Miss Davies had relied on her parents’ promises and thrown herself into working on the farm. She was thus entitled to a ‘beneficial interest’ in the business. Dismissing her parents’ appeal against the ruling, Lord Justice Floyd described the dispute as ‘in many ways a tragic case’. ‘The bitterness between the parties was such that each had few, if any, good words to say about the other,’ he said. ‘The fact remained, however, that between them they had over the years built up a prodigious Holstein pedigree milking herd and a highly successful business.’ It was ruled that the farm (pictured) was worth about £3.8 million and an 'appropriate award' for Miss Davies would be £1.3 million for her to start a farm of her own . Mr and Mrs Davies argued in court that compensation should be measured by a sum of money enabling their daughter to buy her own house. The court said this would not truly reflect Miss Davies’s suffering, nor the nature of the promise that she was made. It was ruled that the farm was worth about £3.8million and an ‘appropriate award’ for Miss Davies would be £1.3million for her to start a farm of her own. Outside court yesterday Miss Davies said: ‘My mother is now seeking leave to appeal against the judge’s decision. ‘I don’t think now would be the right time to talk. ‘I don’t care what anyone says, I know the truth. One day I will write a book.’ She added: ‘There are no winners in this situation.’ Wiljo Salen, partner at Hugh James solicitors in Cardiff, said: ‘I can say that Miss Davies is looking forward to concluding what has been a very hurtful and distressing period.’ Miss Davies’s parents declined to comment." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Eirian Davies, 45, launched legal battle for 'rightful share' of £3.8m farm .\nShe had stayed at home to look after dairy herd while sisters went out .\nMiss Davies said parents Tegwyn and Mary promised farm would be hers .\nSisters 'paraded through poultry shed in ball gowns' as she prepared turkeys, and she was warned 'not to kill the goose that lays the golden egg'\nMiss Davies launched legal fight against parents after they tried to evict her .\nShe was yesterday awarded £1.3m in compensation for unpaid work ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is the acclaimed White House drama charting the rise to power of the scheming politician Frank Underwood. But with fans eagerly awaiting the release of the third series of House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey, Sesame Street has come up with its own version - based on the fairytale 'The Three Little Pigs'. The parody features Frank Under-wolf and his evil plan to blow down the straw house and the stick house before taking over the 'White-brick House'. Huffing and puffing: Sesame Street has released a parody of the House of Cards called House of Bricks - featuring Frank Underwolf (pictured) Scheming: Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the third series of House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey (pictured as Frank Underwood) In true Sesame Street style, the four-minute clip features a series of puns relating to the two stories and includes a number of maths lessons along the way. Underwolf even delivers some classic Frank Underwood phrases reeled off in the fictional politician's South Carolina accent. At one point, the pink wolf says: 'In this town, you have to know which way the wind is blowing - and right now it's about to get very windy'. Referencing the three pigs cowering in their house, he adds: 'Some people say there's too much pork in this town - I could not agree more.' The parody features Frank Under-wolf and his evil plan to blow down the straw house and the stick house - before taking over the 'White-brick House' Rise to power: The entire 13-episode third season of House of Cards begins streaming on Netflix on Friday . The entire 13-episode third season of House of Cards begins streaming on Netflix on Friday. Earlier seasons chart the ruthless politician's ascent to power and how he plots his way to becoming President of the United States. The Sesame Street version - called 'House of Bricks' sees Frank Underwolf huffing and puffing his way towards the White brick House. But while the 'biggest, baddest wolf of them all' is sitting comfortably in the Oval Office - and having tapped the table twice with his hand just like conniving Frank Underwood - the three little pigs strike back by blowing the house down. As playing cards flutter down around them, one startled pig says: 'It wasn't a house of bricks at all. It was just a house of - cards!'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Third season of House of Cards begins streaming on Netflix on Friday .\nSesame Street has parodied the White House drama in 'House of Bricks'\nBased on the Three Little Pigs with straw, stick and 'white-brick' houses .\nFrank Under-wolf replaces Kevin Spacey's evil politician Frank Underwood ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A police commissioner who created Britain's first youth crime tsars is set to drop the post after the role became mired in controversy. Kent police and crime commissioner Ann Barnes chose 17-year-old Paris Brown as the UK's first youth police and crime commissioner in April 2013. Miss Brown was forced to step down from the £15,000-a-year job just a week later after complaints about allegedly violent, racist and anti-gay comments on Twitter. Scroll down for video . Kerry Boyd, left, will stand down as Kent's youth crime tsar next week, while her boss Ann Barnes, right, has not yet made any announcement whether the £15,000-a-year role will continue following several controversies . Kent's first youth crime tsar, Kerry Brown, right, was forced to resign from the role in April 2013 after several allegedly racist, violent and homophobic Tweets she made before being appointed to the post resurfaced . Ms Barnes, who was elected to the £85,000-a-year post in 2012, has been embroiled in a string of controversies, including her decision to commission a special van - dubbed Ann Force One - pictured . But the girl that replaced her, 20-year-old Kerry Boyd, also attracted criticism. She had to be suspended in June last year when it emerged she had a close friendship with married ex-local councillor Robert Burgess, 50. Miss Boyd has since returned to her duties, liaising between the police and youth groups and charities. Since her reinstatement, Miss Boyd has travelled across Kent meeting school children, youth groups and sporting organisations. On her documentary: 'The only reason I agreed to do the documentary was to help people better understand the role of police and crime commissioner. It is very complex and there are lots of challenges. Unfortunately I don't think the programme did that and I'm deeply sorry'. When asked about her job:'Oh dear, what is a police commissioner? Right, well it's not . the Police Commissioner, it's the Police and Crime Commissioner. 'It's . a strange job because there is actually no description at all - there . are certain responsibilities you have to do, but there is no actual job . description.' On . what her 'Crime Onion' meant: 'Oh God, I've got no idea - I can't tell . you actually - I wasn't thinking I'd be talking about the actual onion . (the concentric circles) as we call it - umm I don't know know really - . everything's important.' On . her Ann Force One battle bus: 'My budget is £317million, £15,000 is . money well spent - I could have had a top of range Mercedes, but it's . not my image.' Mrs Barnes was then seen driving her personal Mercedes. On resignation of Paris Brown: 'I was not recruiting an angel. I was not recruiting a police officer. I was recruiting a young person, warts and all. It is personally sad for Paris and her family' But her 12-month contract ends on March 5 and it is thought unlikely she will be replaced. Discussions are due to take place about an exact date for Miss Boyd's departure. There have so far been no moves to re-advertise the post publicly. A spokesman for the commissioner's office said: 'The exact arrangements around her last day have yet to be made, but there is no replacement lined up. 'Once Kerry has left, the commissioner will decide what to do. That decision has not been taken yet.' The post was originally set up so that the views of young people could be better represented in relation to policing in Kent. Writing on her blog, Ms Barnes said during her year in office, Miss Boyd completed 'an excellent piece of primary research' which is due to be published shortly. She said: 'I have already incorporated some of Kerry’s advice into the 2015/16 refresh of my Police and Crime Plan which sets the strategic direction for Kent Police.' Ms Barnes said the recommendations included officer and staff training around their interaction with young people. She also proposed that 'partners' should encourage the use of shared open spaces 'in a safe and not anti-social way'. Ms Barnes said her youth crime tsar also made recommendations on how to reach young people with crime prevention and safety messages. Miss Boyd is returning to University following her time in the role. The Crime Prosecution Service has announced that Ms Barnes will not face prosecution for driving without insurance despite finding 'she may have committed the offence'. The IPCC launched the probe after Ms Barnes was involved in a road traffic collision on September 16, on Princes Road, Dartford. At the time of the crash, Ms Barnes was driving her own personal car and investigators had to decide wither the she had obstructed a police officer 'in the execution of their duty'. A file on the incident was sent to the CPS who had to determine whether Ms Barnes had made a 'technical breach' of her insurance conditions because the collision happened on a trip between a shop and a meeting. A CPS spokesperson said: 'Although some further investigation might assist in determining whether there would be sufficient evidence to prosecute this matter, we are not advising that any further inquiries take place as in any event we consider that it would not be in the public interest to prosecute. 'The alleged breach of insurance conditions is technical in nature and focuses on whether the purpose of the trip could be defined as business or personal and we consider that to be far from clear. 'In this case the insurance company did not consider that the conditions of the insurance policy were breached so as to make any claim invalid, and has indicated it will pay the claim (although in fact the other party was deemed to be liable). 'It follows that we have advised there should be no prosecution.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Youth crime tsar faces the axe following two years of controversies .\nKent's first Youth Crime Commissioner resigned after a Twitter scandal .\nParis Brown made a series of insulting tweets before her appointment .\nHer replacement Kerry Boyd was suspended briefly last June .\nShe was investigated over her close friendship with a married man .\nAnn Barnes praised Miss Boyd's work over her one-year contract .\nShe said Miss Boyd wrote an 'excellent' report which will be published .\nMeanwhile the CPS said Ms Barnes will not be prosecuted over car crash .\nCPS said Ms Barnes had committed 'technical' insurance breach .\nThey said 'it would not be in the public interest to prosecute' Ms Barnes ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nato forces put on a show of strength in Estonia, just yards from the Russian border, with troops, armoured personnel carriers and tanks forming a military parade. Around 100 British, Dutch, Spanish, Latvian and Lithuanian troops yesterday marched in the snow in the city of Narva, alongside some 1,300 Estonian soldiers, to mark the independence of the formerly Soviet-ruled republic, now a member of the European Union and Nato. Today Moscow responded by deploying thousands of soldiers on exercise just across Russia's borders with Estonia and Latvia. Russian President Vladimir Putin also lashed Ukraine's decision to cut off gas to its eastern regions, saying the move 'smacks of genocide'. Scroll down for video . Nato forces put on a show of strength in Estonia, just yards from the Russian border, with troops, armoured personnel carriers and tanks forming a military parade. Pictured are US soldiers in M1126 Stryker armoured fighting vehicles . A US armoured vehicle just yards away from the Russian border in Narva . The display was held amid heightened tensions between Nato and Russia over Ukraine. Pictured are soldiers from the Netherlands in light tanks . The worsening tension across eastern Europe came as the U.S. bluntly accused Russia of 'lies' and Cold War-style propaganda over its involvement in the bloody conflict in east Ukraine which has claimed thousands of lives. Rhetoric was also hawkish in Estonia yesterday. 'History has taught us that if we do not defend ourselves, nobody else will,' General Riho Teras, Estonia's chief of staff, said at the parade. 'The events in Ukraine that have kept the entire world awake, demonstrate very clearly that we ourselves must maintain security,' he added. Putin this week began supplying gas direct to areas of eastern Ukraine which are now controlled by pro-Moscow rebels who are, the West allege, propped up by the Russian army. He lambasted Kiev for switching off gas to the region, notwithstanding Russian gas monopoly Gazprom's threat to cut Ukraine off entirely - a block which would affect Europe's pipeline supply. He lambasted Kiev for switching off gas to the region, even though Gazprom has threatened to block supplies to Ukraine, which could then hit Europe's pipeline deliveries. 'It's not enough that there's famine there and the OSCE has reported a humanitarian catastrophe, but then to switch off gas supplies too,' said Putin. 'What do you call that? That already smacks of genocide.' Estonian soldiers march in formation during a military parade on the occasion of Estonia's Independence Day, in Narva, Estonia - just 300 yards from the border with Russia . Soldiers of the Royal Dutch Armed Forces march in formation during the annual parade . Around 100 British, Dutch, Spanish, Latvian and Lithuanian troops marched in the snow in the city of Narva, alongside some 1,300 Estonian soldiers . The show of strength took place right on Putin's doorstep . Hot on the heels of Nato's part in Estonia's Independence Day parade in Narva, 2,000 Russian soldiers swooped on Pskov, the Russian region bordering the tiny Baltic state. Some 500 units of equipment took part in the drills, which continue until Saturday with 1,500 paratroopers parachuting en masse to capture and destroy a fictional enemy's airfield. Joining Nato's small international contingent in the Narva parade were two US Stryker armoured personnel carriers and a number of Dutch CV90 tanks. Nato has brought the equipment into the Baltics for a wave of exercises in response to Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and subsequent meddling in that country's east. The annual parade has taken on particular importance this year in the context of jitters in the Baltic countries. Holding the parade in Narva on the Russian border, where a majority of residents are ethnic Russian, was seen by commentators as sending a strong signal to Moscow about Nato's commitment to collective defence. The annual parade has taken on particular importance this year in the context of jitters in the Baltic countries . US Secretary of State John Kerry angrily accused Moscow of lying to his face over Russian involvement in Ukraine. 'They have been persisting in their misrepresentations - lies - whatever you want to call them, about their activities there to my face, to the face of others, on many different occasions,' he told US lawmakers. He said Russia was also engaging in 'a rather remarkable period of the most overt and extensive propaganda exercise that I've seen since the very height of the Cold War' Putin said the gas supplies to Ukraine would be halted if it failed to pay. Ukraine said it had stopped supplies to the country's east because of pipeline damage due to fighting. 'I don't know for sure whether the pipeline is damaged or not. What I do know is that about four million people live there,' said Putin. An Estonian soldier (left) and a soldier of the Royal Dutch Armed Forces salute as they jointly stand in a military vehicle during the parade . Holding the parade in Narva on the Russian border, where a majority of residents are ethnic Russian, was seen by commentators as sending a strong signal to Moscow about Nato's committment to collective defence . Estonia's President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (centre right) inspects soldiers during the parade . General Adrian Bradshaw, Nato's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said last week that Russia could try to seize territory from the alliance's states off the back of fighting in Ukraine. British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon reportedly also told journalists last week that there was a 'real and present danger' to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. However, few ethnic-Russian Narva locals who came to the parade seemed to echo fears of a Russian intervention. 'In my opinion national security is blown up by the press, it's nothing serious, everything is okay, no one is going to attack anyone,' said 55-year-old Yuri Melnikov. Elvira Neimann, 77, said she's been living in Narva since the end of the Second World War in 1945: 'I feel part of Estonia, not Russia.' 'We're all tolerant people, Russia is our friendly neighbour,' she told AFP. Lithuania said Tuesday it would return to limited conscription later this year as concern mounts over Russian military exercises near Nato Baltic states. The Soviet Union annexed the three small states during World War II. They won independence in 1991 and have had rocky ties with Moscow ever since. Lithuania has decided to restore compulsory military service for young men as tensions in Ukraine continue to worry the small Baltic nation. After a meeting of military leaders and top government officials, President Dalia Grybauskaite said Tuesday the measure was necessary because of 'growing aggression' in Ukraine. Military officials said Lithuania will reinstate national service for five years starting in September, when it will enlist some 3,000 men, ages 19 to 27. They will serve for nine months. General Jonas Vytautas, the defense chief, says a lack of soldiers posed a 'real threat' to national security. Lithuania, like its Baltic neighbors Latvia and Estonia, was occupied for five decades by the Soviet Union before regaining independence in 1991. It abolished conscription in 2008, four years after joining Nato." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nato soldiers and armour took part in a military parade in Estonia .\nIt took place in the city of Narva, a few hundred yards away from Russia .\n100 British, Dutch, Spanish, Latvian and Lithuanian troops were present .\nTwo US armoured personnel carriers and Dutch tanks were also there .\nHolding display in Narva was seen as a statement of intent by Nato .\nExperts said it showed Nato is committed to defending Baltic States ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "This Catholic man holds one of the most incredible concentration camp escape stories of World War Two, after he sneaked his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944 by dressing up as an S.S. officer. But it took Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, 39 years to be reunited with Cyla Cybulska after a chance conversation she had with her cleaner in the 1980s. On Thursday Mr Bielecki - who was brought to Auschwitz aged just 19 on the false suspicion he was a resistance fighter - died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Nowy Targ, Poland, aged 90. Amazing story: Jerzy Bielecki, left, a Polish inmate who led his Jewish girlfriend Cyla Cybulska, right, out of Auschwitz in 1944, before they were later reunited 39 years on, died on Thursday aged 90 . Mr Bielecki was 19 when the Germans seized him and brought him to the notorious Auschwitz in April 1940 in the first transport of inmates, who were all Poles. He was given number 243. In July 1944 the 23-year-old Bielecki used his relatively privileged position at the concentration camp to orchestrate a daring escape for both of them. Ms Cybulska, her parents, two brothers and a younger sister were rounded up in January 1943 in the Lomza ghetto in northern Poland and taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her parents and sister were immediately killed in the gas chambers, but she was sent to work with her brothers. By September, 22-year-old Cybulska was the only one left alive. Hero: Mr Bielecki - who was brought to Auschwitz aged just 19 on the false suspicion he was a resistance fighter - died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Nowy Targ, Poland, aged 90. He is pictured in May 2010 . She had inmate number 29558 tattooed on her left forearm. Ms Cybulska met Mr Bielecki and their love blossomed, making him determined to find a way to escape. 'I felt pain in my backbone, where I was expecting to be shot' Jerzy Bielecki . From a fellow Polish inmate working at a uniform warehouse, Mr Bielecki secretly got a complete S.S. uniform and a pass. Then dressed as an S.S. officer, he pretended he was taking a Jewish inmate out of the camp for interrogation. He led Ms Cybulska to a side gate, where a sleepy S.S.-man let them go through. The fear of being gunned down himself reverberated through his first steps of freedom. ‘I felt pain in my backbone, where I was expecting to be shot,’ he said last year in an interview. Concentration camp: Mr Bielecki was 19 when the Germans seized him and brought him to the notorious Auschwitz in April 1940 in the first transport of inmates, who were all Poles . For more than a week they hid in the fields during the day and marched during the night, until they reached the house of Mr Bielecki's uncle. The Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem awarded Mr Bielecki the Righteous Among the Nations title in 1985 for saving Ms Cybulska. This is a title awarded by the Holocaust memorial group on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people to non-Jews who risked their own lives to save those of Jews. They were separated there, as the family wanted Mr Bielecki back home in Krakow, and Ms Cybulska was sent to hide with a farm family. They failed to meet back up after the war. Mr Bielecki stayed in Poland and settled in Nowy Targ, where he raised a family and worked as the director of a school for bus and car mechanics. Ms Cybulska married a Jewish man, David Zacharowitz, with whom she went to Sweden and then to New York. Sheer chance allowed them to meet again - in a story almost as amazing as their escape in 1944. Escape: Dressed as an SS officer, Mr Bielecki pretended he was taking a Jewish inmate out of the camp for interrogation. He led Ms Cybulska to a side gate, where a sleepy SS-man let them go through . While talking with her Polish cleaning woman in 1982, Ms Cybulska related her Auschwitz escape story. The stunned woman said she had heard Mr Bielecki tell the same story on Polish TV. 'He did not think he was a hero, but he was. He will be missed' Stanlee StahlJewish Foundation for the Righteous . She then helped Ms Cybulska find Mr Bielecki in Poland. In the summer of 1983, they met at the Krakow airport. He brought 39 red roses, one for each year they had spent apart. Ms Cybulska died in New York in 2002. Mr Bielecki is survived by his wife, two daughters, four grand-children and a great-grandson. His daughter Alicja Januchowski, of New York, confirmed his death to the media on Saturday. ‘He did not think he was a hero, but he was,’ Stanlee Stahl, a vice president at the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. ‘He will be missed.’ A Catholic funeral and burial are to be held in Nowy Targ on Monday to remember Mr Bielecki's life." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Jerzy Bielecki escaped from Auschwitz with Jewish girlfriend Cyla Cybulska .\nHe secretly got complete S.S. uniform and pass to help them escape in 1944 .\nGerman-speaking Polish inmate reunited with her in 1983 after decades apart .\nMs Cybulska moved to New York but they met up thanks to a Polish cleaner .\nWhen they reunited he brought 39 red roses for each year they spent apart ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two wild teenagers paid the hefty price for a dangerous joyride in a tin boat that quickly turned sour when the authorities caught up with the daring duo. A police helicopter on a routine patrol spotted the two brazen youths shamelessly hooning along the Nerang river in Broadbeach Waters on the Gold Coast in Queensland at 11.30am on Wednesday. The boys, aged 14 and 15, can be seen flying along in the tinnie at a frightening pace while swerving from side to side and almost hitting the jetties of exclusive homes along the waterfront and narrowly missing a luxurious yacht moored on the foreshore. Scroll down for video . Two wild teenagers paid the hefty price for a dangerous joyride in a tin boat that quickly turned sour when the authorities caught up with the daring duo . Police released the aerial footage of the two brazen youths shamelessly hooning along the Nerang river in Broadbeach Waters on the Gold Coast in Queensland at 11.30am on Wednesday . The boys, aged 14 and 15, can be seen flying along in the tinnie at a frightening pace almost hitting the jetties of exclusive homes along the waterfront and narrowly missing a luxurious yacht moored on the foreshore . The boat was clocked travelling at 20 knots, or 37km/h, in a 6 knot (11km/h) 'wake-free' zone along the usually calm and quite river. After 15 minutes of reckless driving, the boat is seen gliding onto a sandy embankment before coming to an abrupt stop just metres from a parked bus alongside a busy road. The boys get out of the boat and make a run for it but the marine police officers catch up with them not too far from where they abandoned the tinnie. The 14 -year-old boy, who was driving the tinnie, was charged with speeding, driving unlicensed and not wearing a lifejacket. After 15 minutes of reckless driving, the boat is seen gliding onto a sandy embankment before coming to an abrupt stop just metres from a parked bus alongside a busy road . The boys get out of the boat and make a run for it but the marine police officers catch up with them not too far from where they abandoned the tinnie . The 14 -year-old boy, who was driving the tinnie, was charged with speeding, driving unlicensed and not wearing a lifejacket ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two teenagers took a tin boat out for a dangerous joyride in Queensland .\nBoys, aged 14 and 15, were swerving near jetties and other boats .\nBoat was speeding at 20 knots in a 6 knot 'no wake' zone on Gold Coast .\nAfter 15 minutes on the water the boys flew up an embankment and ran off .\nThe 14 year-old driver was charged with speeding, driving without a license and driving a boat without life jackets ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A couple who had been married for 67 years died just five hours apart at their farm in Easton, California, earlier this month. Floyd and Violet Hartwig had both suffered ill health in recent years, but with their beds pushed together the couple held hands until Floyd, 90, passed away first on February 11. Five hours later he was followed by his wife Violet, 89. Floyd and Violet Hartwig from Easton, California, began dating in the 1940s while Floyd was on leave from the Navy during World War II . 'We felt blessed because we knew that's what they wanted,' daughter Donna Scharton told The Fresno Bee. The couple first met in elementary school, but didn't began dating until the 1940s while Floyd was on leave from the Navy during World War II. While Floyd was away, the love-struck youngsters kept in touch through letters. The family still has 131 of the letters Floyd and Violet wrote to each other between 1946 and 1948. On at least one occasion, Floyd wrote to Violet five times in one day. 'Hi honey, just a few lines from this lonely blue sailor of yours. Miss you darling and so in love with you. … Honey, I'll sure be glad when I get out of this. 'It sure isn't for me, though at one time I thought the Navy was pretty swell. That was before I fell in love with the sweetest girl in the world,' he wrote in May 1947 while stationed in the Pacific. The couple married in August 1947, although it would be several months before Floyd was discharged from the Navy. In December 1947, newlywed Violet wrote to Floyd: 'Need your arms around me darling, hope it will be soon honey. All my love darling and take care of yourself. Love you, love you, and shall always love only you, honey, as long as I live. Your loving wife, forever.' Once reunited permanently the couple settled down to life on their 20-acre ranch and went on to have three children together: Donna, Carol and Kenneth. In their later years, Violet had dementia and suffered a number of strokes while Floyd battled colon and bladder cancer and eventually was diagnosed with kidney failure just two weeks before his death. Even though Floyd couldn't get around well towards the end, his wife was always his priority. 'He would tell the doctor, 'I'm OK, I want Vi fixed,'' their daughter recalled. Scharton got emotional when she told The Fresno Bee about the day of her parents joint funeral. 'When we went to the funeral home and saw the two caskets, it was meant to be,' she said. 'And that's the only way it could end.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Floyd, 90, and Violet Hartwig, 89, passed away within five hours of each other on February 11 .\nThe couple from Easton, California, had began dating in the 1940s while Floyd was on leave from the Navy during World War II .\nThey married in 1947 and raised three children .\n'When we went to the funeral home and saw the two caskets, it was meant to be,' said daughter Donna. 'And that's the only way it could end'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "In the event of a zombie apocalypse, making your way to the Rocky Mountains in the US might be your best bet for survival. A team of scientists at Cornell University have simulated a zombie outbreak in the US as a novel approach to studying infectious disease. Using statistical mechanics, the team led by Alex Alemi simulated millions of interactions between zombies and humans to predict the pace at which a fictional zombie virus might spread. ‘We build up to a full scale simulation of an outbreak in the United States, and discover that for realistic parameters, we are largely doomed,’ said the researchers in their paper. London would fall in days in the event of a zombie apocalypse, as would major cities in the US due to their population density. The north west of Scotland and the Rockies in the US would hold out for longest before the infection arrived, making them the perfect place to hide . Scroll down for video . Densely populated cities would fall to a zombie outbreak in a matter of days, according to a simulation built by researchers at Cornell University as a fun way to approach statistical mechanics and disease modelling (scene from film 28 Days Later pictured) While the study focuses on an imaginary disease, the techniques used are useful in modelling the spread of real infectious diseases. Cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco would become overrun with zombies within days, with less densely populated rural areas lasting a few weeks. But it would takes months for the infected to reach the northern Rockies, making the mountains an ideal hiding place to escape the undead hordes. ‘At their heart, the simulations are akin to modeling chemical reactions taking place between different elements and, in this case, we have four states a person can be in—human, infected, zombie, or dead zombie—with approximately 300 million people,’ Alemi told Phys.org. Run to the hills: it would take months for the infected zombies to reach the Rocky Mountains in the western United States, making the mountain range the best place to escape to. The model simulated millions of interractions between infected zombies and humans . The zombie apocalypse occurs in many different forms in zombie films. Space radiation – Night of the living dead . Chemical weapons – Return of the living dead . Biological infection – 28 days later, Resident evil . Genetic manipulation – Resident evil . Parasites – Zombie town . Magic – White zombie . Supernatural possession – Evil dead . Depression - Warm bodies . The simulation has built in randomness: interactions between zombies and humans can go either way. Sometimes the zombie bites the human victim, infecting them, and sometimes the human is victorious, living to fight another day. In this way, each interaction is treated like a radioactive decay, allowing the researchers to calculate the rate of spread throughout the United states where each event - for example the fall of a city - can affect the rate of spread. In fictional accounts, ‘if there is a zombie outbreak, it is usually assumed to affect all areas at the same time, and some months after the outbreak you're left with small pockets of survivors,’ explains Alemi. ‘But in our attempt to model zombies somewhat realistically, it doesn't seem like this is how it would actually go down.’ ‘Given the dynamics of the disease, once the zombies invade more sparsely populated areas, the whole outbreak slows down—there are fewer humans to bite, so you start creating zombies at a slower rate,’ said Alemi. If the model was applied to the UK, the Scottish highlands might be the best equivalent to the Northern Rockies with a very low population density and similar terrain. 'In general the UK would be harder hit in my model than the US since it is a much smaller geographical area with larger population densities in general,' Alemi told MailOnline. 'All of the UK would fall on a timescale of months. The details of course depend on the particular choice of parameters, but we tried to set our parameters to match the behavior of zombies in the movies. Of course if you wanted it all to be over soon, you should plant yourself in downtown London,' he added. 'North western Scotland would likely be some of the last untouched places in the UK.' Nightmare: If the model was applied to the UK, the Scottish highlands might be the best analogue to the Northern Rockies with a low population density and similar terrain (scene from the Walking Dead pictured) Don’t fight: Zombies wouldn’t have the neural responses to care about pain, so unless you could shoot to kill, it would be best to run for it. Keep quiet: Zombies with CDHD would have very little memory and poor concentration, so if you hid, something else would likely capture their attention, keeping you safe. Distract them: Damage to zombies’ posterior parietal cortex would mean that they couldn’t concentrate and would be at the mercy of whatever grabs their attention. Try fireworks for a quick getaway. Copy to survive! Zombies wouldn’t be able to recognise faces so they identify each other by movements and sounds. ‘If confronted with a herd of the undead with no clear avenue of escape, do what Shaun and his friends did in “Shaun of the dead” – act like a zombie, the experts said . Out-run them: This only would only work with CDHD-1 zombies, who would only be able to lumber along clumsily. Don’t try reason: ‘CDHD presents with a massive dysfunction of the language circuits in the brain. This means that zombies can’t understand what you’re saying, nor can they talk back,’ the neuroscientists warn. Their ‘fight’ reaction would dominate, leaving you pleading with an angry hungry zombie. Mimic them: Zombies wouldn’t be able to recognise faces so they identify each other by movements and sounds. ‘If confronted with a herd of the undead with no clear avenue of escape, do what Shaun and his friends did in “Shaun of the dead” – act like a zombie. Do it with enough accuracy and you can wander through the herd undetected,’ Professors Verstynen and Voytek say. Using fictional diseases like a zombie outbreak can be a fun introduction to the complicated maths of disease modelling, according to Alemi. If given more time, Alemi said the team would add more complicated social dynamics, including air travel, evacuations and advance warnings, giving the humans a better chance to prepare. The group will present their findings at the 2015 American Physical Society March Meeting, on Thursday, March 5 in San Antonio, Texas. The simulation was inspired by the graphic novel World War Z - which the 2013 movie starring Brad Pitt was based on - during a graduate statistical mechanics class at Cornell University. In 2014 scientists analysed zombie behaviour in films, identifying two different types and the areas of the brain likely to be affected based on their characteristics. The CDHD-1 type is the traditional slow and dumb zombie, while the CDHD-2 is the fast and frantic type seen in 28 Days Later and World War Z . If you suppose that zombies are created by a supernatural version of mother nature, it appears she is very clever, because the specific brain changes mean that the consciousness and free will of zombies would be highjacked, but their brain functions needed to hunt, would be preserved. ‘Random brain damage does not result in brain damage,’ the authors say. ‘This means the infection spares the neural tissue that’s needed for spreading the infection,’ when one zombie bites or eats another human. ‘Areas necessary for anger, hunger, smelling, seeing, biting and other basic movements remain intact, while obliterating the areas that produce complex thoughts, make proactive decisions or consciously form and recall memories.’ Zombiism can be seen in the natural world: A fungus called Cordyceps takes over the minds of insects. It controls the mind of its host ant, before killing it and releasing spores through its body (pictured) While such behaviour is theoretical in humans, there are plenty of examples of zombiism in the animal kingdom. A fungus called Cordyceps takes over the minds of insects. It starts life as a spore that lands on an ant, which slowly stops performing its usual role in a colony, so it’s thrown out by more diligent worker ants. The fungus takes control of the ganglion cells that make up the insect’s brain, forcing it to bite down hard on a leaf with its mandibles. At this point, Cordyceps kills its host, causing a stalk to erupt through the ant’s head and release more zombie spores to secure the fungus’ grisly existence. Similarly, a tiny thorny-headed worm of the phylum Ancantho cephalia, burrows into the brain of a tiny crustacean, Gammarus lacustris, to take control of its nervous system. It forces the crab to swim towards the ocean’s surface where it will be attacked by predators. In humans, tapeworms can make its way into the brain to change our behaviour, but a microbe called Toxo plasma gondii (T.gondii) goes a step further. Found in cat faeces, it can infect humans and stop them fearing risky behaviour, with tragic results." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cities would fall in days, according to model of spread of fictional disease .\nBut mountain ranges like the Rockies would have months to prepare .\nSimulation modeled millions of interactions between zombies and humans .\nScottish highlands might be your best bet if model was applied to UK .\nStudy was intended as a fun spin on mathematical disease modeling ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Acclaimed Australian political historian David Day has urged Malcolm Turnbull to show some guts and take on Tony Abbott. He challenges Turnbull to 'be more courageous, like Paul Keating' and covet the leadership of the party and country. Day has penned his latest instalment on the country's 'most important Labor prime ministers', \"Paul Keating The Biography\", and told Daily Mail Australia that Turnbull should take a leaf out of Keating's book. Be like Paul. Political historian David Day has urged Malcolm Turnbull (left) to show some guts and take on Tony Abbott . He said he should 'be more courageous, like Paul Keating' and covet the leadership of his party . Malcolm Turnbull should look to history, says David Day, and take on Tony Abbott. 'Keating tried and failed but six months later it paid off' Paul Keating (left) is the subject of David Day's most recent political account. He lost his first party room ballot against Bob Hawke (right) but six months later would succeed . 'He (Keating) knew his first challenge (against Bob Hawke) was a big risk but he took it, he was a courageous politician on several fronts, and it showed then,' Day said. 'Turnbull should look to that sort of history, Keating tried and failed .. but six months later it paid off.' Indeed, Keating put his political career on the line when he challenged Bob Hawke in June of 1991. He was soundly defeated in the party room ballot and took his place on the backbench. Six months later though, it was a far different story. The man, who had left school at age 14, took over as PM just a week before Christmas, when he defeated Hawke in a second tilt. But while the former PM refused Day's invitation to play a part in his new book, Day is a fan. 'I take several legacies out of his time in Australian politics,' he said. 'He opened up Australia to the world, he had mostly impressive years as treasurer, put the republic on the agenda and Mabo was perhaps the most important policy on a practical level.' 'Yes he was a divisive figure but I admire many of the things he did.' Indeed, Day does not resile from his belief that Keating may have suffered dyslexia, a claim to which the former PM took no shortage of umbrage. He wrote a letter to the SMH on that score saying, in part: 'This is completely untrue.' Day says Paul Keating's speeches 'were memorable'. Here the former Australian Prime Minister is pictured in 1992 as he prepares to speak at Redfern in Sydney, to mark the International Year of the World's Indigenous People . Malcolm Turnbull has been urged to take on Tony Abbott by political historian David Day (right) The moment which led to then PM Paul Keating being labelled 'the Lizard of Oz' by the British media, as he places a hand on the back of Queen Elizabeth II during her tour of Australia in 1992. Day says it was a non-issue for most Australians . Keating also took him to task on his marital status. 'Day's book is full of inaccuracies, including that I divorced my wife - which I have not,' he wrote. The author told DMA: 'I will take his word on the divorce but on the question of dyslexia, I stand by it.' 'He obviously took it badly, in that perhaps it suggests you are a moron but that is not the case at all. 'Winston Churchill and Einstein both were (dyslexic) and the description of someone who is, fits him (Keating) to a tee. 'Just his behaviour, in the way he got his knowledge and how he got his information. For a long time nothing was known about it all but it's not a disability and it helps to explain how he operated, how he could see th ebig picture and how he was able to scane documents and get a gist faster than others.' Keating did not assist Day with the book and says there are several inaccuracies in the account. 'I tried several times to speak with him but he just said no, he did not want to be involved in the writing of it.' But that did not diminish his respect for the former Labor leader. 'Keating had been treasurer for nearly nine years, he transformed Australia's economy it's fair to say but he wanted the top job,' Day added. 'He truly wanted Australians to be proud of their country and wanted to lead those changes .. and he did so.' The former PM is pictured as he arrives for the funeral of former Labor Deputy Leader Tom Uren in Sydney earlier this month. He has refuted claims by writer David Day that he suffered dyslexia . Tony Abbott (seated) beat Malcolm Turnbull 42 votes to 41 to take over the Liberal Party leadership in 2009. David Day has urged the Communications Minister to show courage and challenge for the top job again . Even the hand on the Queen's back incident was a non-issue, according to the author. 'I don't think it meant anything to Australians, it was not a concern for them at all, if anything it just made him seem more human, it was just about the Fleet Street reaction, where they went over-the-top calling him \"the Lizard of Oz\" all that.' 'His was a formidable (political) career and his speeches were memorable,' Day said. 'This book was particularly gruelling for me, so that delayed the writing of it but I found that there are very different opinions about him.' 'Keating,' Day said, 'was always a reluctant convert to the ascendancy (as leader) of Bob Hawke. Day recounts how Keating made no secret of, and continues to, the belief he did much of the hard graft for the Hawke Government in the mid-eighties, after the then PM's daughter Rosslyn was 'found to be addicted to heroin'. 'It's a sign of their close relationship that Keating is the one minister in whom Hawke confides,' wrote Day, while noting, it also changed their relationship for the worse. 'Keating's speeches were memorable'. David Day, despite being challenged by the ex-PM over claims in the new book, remains a fan of someone he called 'a divisive figure' Prime Ministers of the time. Then British leader Sir John Major greets Paul Keating . 'According to Keating, the shock wrought on Hawke destroys his confidence to such an extent that he takes years to recover, leaving Keating to carry most of the burden of government,' according to Day. 'This leaves a power void, says Keating, \"and I filled it\". Not surprisingly this is roundly rejected by Hawke.' Day has now added Keating's account to his 'series of six most important PMs', along with the best-sellers on John Curtin, Andrew Fisher and Ben Chifley - with Bob Hawke and Gough Whitlam still to come to complete the set. On whether any of the current parliamentarians will ascend to the 'most important' list one day, the author singled out Mark Dreyfus and Anthony Albanese as having the potential to succeed, while adding: 'I thought Tony Abbott would do better than he has.' Potential to succeed. Author David Day says Shadow Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese (left) and Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus (right) have what it takes to get to the top . Paul Keating shares a joke with Prince Charles. The former PM once famously told the Queen that 'Australians felt the monarchy was an anachronism' Paul Keating, 71, became Australia's 24th Prime Minister, holding office for more than five years before he was toppled in the 1996 election by John Howard. He was treasurer for almost nine years and the floating of the Australian dollar remains one of the pivotal moments of that tenure. Keating would spend almost 27 years in federal politics and Day writes of that time: 'The cost of his single-minded ambition was eating away at his marriage and threatening the relationships that he held most dear.' 'Rather than being lauded for his efforts, Keating was tossed from office at the 1996 election by voters who had become tired of change. 'Spurned by his own part, and with his marriage in tatters, Keating was left lonely and embittered as he watched some of his milestone achievements being dismantled by the new (Howard) government.' David Day's account of Paul Keating's political life is the fourth in a series of six on Labor Prime Ministers ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Leading political historian David Day has challenged Malcolm Turnbull .\nDay claims the Turnbull should show some guts and take on Tony Abbott .\nHe argues that the Communications Minister should 'be more courageous'\nDay is the author of a new book centred around Peal Keating's political life .\nHe calls Keating 'a divisive figure' and writes the former PM was dyslexic .\nHe plans to also write books about Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have begged for their lives to be spared in their first interview on Indonesian television as it emerged Tony Abbott called the Indonesian president to ask for clemency. The lengthy interview, which was recorded in English and shown on Metro TV on Wednesday night, was cut down to just 45 seconds as the families spoke of the men's rehabilitation and pleaded for clemency from President Joko Widodo. 'I don't want them to execute my son. He has done a lot of good things, he is a good person, he is a changed person,' Sukumaran's mother, Raji, said. 'I am begging the president not to execute him, to give him another chance, for him to stay in the prison and continue to do all the good things he is doing.' It comes as Toby Abbott called the Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday night and described the conversation over the fate of the two Australians on death row as positive. Scroll down for video . Raji Sukumaran and her children Chinthu (right) and Brintha (left) appeared on Indonesian television on Wednesday night to beg for Myuran Sukumaran's life to be spared from execution . Andrew Chan's brother Michael joined the Sukumaran family as the families spoke of the men's rehabilitation and pleaded for clemency from President Joko Widodo . 'Suffice it to say that the president absolutely understands our position,' Mr Abbott said. Ms Sukumaran was joined in the interview by her two children, Chinthu and Brintha, as well as Chan's brother Michael. 'We feel embarrassed because this happened. We, as a family, know that this has caused a lot of shame for Indonesians and we apologise,' Michael Chan, wearing a traditional Indonesian batik shirt, said. 'But I think (in) 10 years he had done a lot of good things for Indonesians inside the prison system to try and ask for forgiveness.' The short excerpt was recorded in English and wasn't captioned, which would have made it difficult for many Indonesians to understand, Fairfax Media reports. The lengthy interview with Sukumaran and Chan's families, which was recorded in English and shown on Metro TV on Wednesday night, was cut down to just 45 seconds . Myuran Sukumaran's mother, Raji (pictured with his siblings Chinthu (left) and daughter Brintha (right) begged to save her son's life as he awaits execution in Bali . The exclusive interview, which was their first for Indonesian television, was wrapped into a news bulletin on the impending executions. Using just 45 seconds of interview footage highlighted how Sukumaran and Chan's positive rehabilitation in jail may not be known to Indonesia's population. News bulletins are regularly filled with drug warnings and details of Sukumaran and Chan's arrest for trying to smuggle heroin from Bali to Australia is barely reported, according to Fairfax Media. Indonesia's attorney-general said on Wednesday that 10 drug traffickers, including Chan and Sukumaran, were slated to be executed soon. No date has been set, but authorities said preparations were 90 percent ready. Sukumaran's parents, Raji and Sam, and his siblings Chinthu and Brintha, have been in Bali for the past month. They have been unable to sleep or eat properly as they continue to live on knife's edge, News Corp reports. Chan's parents, Helen and Ken, have also spent the past three weeks in Bali but were forced to return to Australia due to poor health. His brother Michael remains in Bali with friends. Michael Chan and Chintu Sukumaran, brothers of the men on death row, have both remained in Bali as they continue to fight for clemency . The families of Bali Nine duo spoke out on national television in the hope President Joko Widodo would see . Lawyers for Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran (right) will challenge the presidential decree that denied them clemency in a Jakarta court . Mr Abbott said of his conversation on Wednesday he thought President Widodo was carefully considering Indonesia's position. 'I don't think it would help the case of these two young Australians if I was to start ventilating in public the contents of the conversation,' he told reporters in Canberra on Thursday. The president previously rejected clemency for convicted drug runners Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. It comes as lawyers for the Bali Nine duo lodged an appeal after they lost a bid to challenge Indonesia's presidential decree to spare the men from execution on Tuesday. Their lawyers now have 14 days to lodge an appeal, according to one of their lawyers Peter Morrissey. '(Indonesia) have a court system, they have a rule of law and when you have the rule of law it stands to reason that you just don't execute the people who are litigating,' Mr Morrissey said. 'So what we think will happen is that the Indonesian executive will likely cooperate with the rule of law and act in accordance with it and not do anything drastic unless all legal impediments really are removed. And right now there is a live appeal on foot. Myuran Sukumaran's mother, Raji, begged on Indonesian television for the president to allow her son to live so he could continue doing the good work he's doing in prison . Raji Sukumaran and her daughter Brintha are living on knife's edge in Bali as they continue to visit Muyran in Kerobokan Prison . 'We are very hopeful about it, you know. We are not going to give up. Even if we had no hope we wouldn't give up. But we do have hope because the argument is a sensible good argument.' Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop revealed on Wednesday that Sukumaran's mother hugged her tightly and begged her to save her son from the firing squad. 'My last meeting with Mrs Sukumaran she hugged me so tightly I could hardly breathe,' Ms Bishop told Nine's Today show. 'No person could fail to be touched by the anguish of the families.' The Foreign Minister said while the pair's lawyers were lodging an appeal, she hoped Indonesia would see the 'value in these men's lives' as the federal government seeks a stay of execution. Ms Bishop said both men have been rehabilitated in the most remarkable way and were helping to rehabilitate other prisoners in Bali . 'We continue to appeal to President Joko Widodo's sense of generosity and his sense of forgiveness and hope that he will consider these clemency pleas and that there will be a stay of execution.' Ms Bishop said she wasn't understating the gravity of their drug crimes, but noted it was 10 years ago and they had made efforts to rehabilitate with Chan now a priest and Sukumaran being an accomplished artist. 'Both men have been rehabilitated in the most remarkable way. They are adding value to prison life in that they are working with other prisoners. 'They are rehabilitating other prisoners and helping Indonesia with this whole process of rehabilitating people, such as drug offenders.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were interviewed on Indonesia's Metro TV on Wednesday night .\nLengthy interview was cut to just 45 seconds as families begged for lives .\nIt was recorded in English and wasn't captioned meaning few Indonesians would have understood .\nFamilies begged President Joko Widodo for clemency for two men .\nTony Abbott called the president and described conversation as positive .\nLawyers for Bali Nine duo have 14 days to lodge an appeal in court .\nAuthorities say preparations are being made to move the convicted drug smugglers to the prison island to face firing squad ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Giuliana Rancic has apologized for making 'racist' comments about 18-year-old singer Zendaya. The 40-year-old Fashion Police host delivered a contrite message in a live TV broadcast before a rerun of the controversial Oscars episode, which aired on Monday. In the Tuesday on air apology Rancic said she was sorry for claiming that the Disney star looked like she smelled of weed just because she has dreadlocks. 'I didn't mean to hurt anyone': Giuliana Rancic has apologized for making 'racist' comments about 18-year-old singer Zendaya . Offended: Zendaya, pictured at the Academy Awards on Sunday, lashed out at Giuliana Rancic on Monday following a 'disrespectful' comment about her hair . 'I'd really like to address something that's weighing really heavy on my heart,' the TV host began. 'I want to apologize for a comment that I made on last night's Fashion Police about Zendaya's hair.' 'As you know, Fashion Police is a show that pokes fun at celebrities in good spirit, but I do realize that something I said last night did cross the line.' 'I just want everyone to know that I didn't intend to hurt anybody, but I learned it's not my intent that matters,' Rancic continued. 'It's the result. And the result is people are offended, including Zendaya. And that is not okay.' 'Therefore, I want to say to Zendaya, and anyone else out there that I hurt, that I'm so sincerely sorry,' she concluded. 'This really has been a learning experience for me. I learned a lot today and this incident has taught me to be a lot more aware of cliches and stereotypes, and how much damage they can do.' 'And that I am responsible, as we all are, to not perpetuate them further. Thank you for listening.' Furor erupted online on Monday after Rancic claimed Zendaya smelled of patchouli just because she has dreadlocks. The comments went further on the Academy Awards special when the show cut to a picture of the singer on the red carpet - a voice off camera could be heard saying that the Disney star smelled like 'weed'. Many have claimed that the ignorant comment was not made by Rancic - who has been roundly slammed in the past 24 hours - but was in fact her co-host Kelly Osbourne. But on Tuesday the daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne took to Twitter to defend herself. Distancing herself: Kelly Osbourne says she played no part in the Zendaya scandal that has left her Fashion Police co-host Giuliana Rancic tarnished, pictured on Sunday at the Academy Awards . 'Zendaya is my friend': The daughter of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne took to Twitter to defend herself . 'I DID NOT MAKE THE WEED COMENT (sic),' she wrote. 'I DO NOT CONDONE RACISM SO AS A RSULT OF THIS IM SEREIOULSY QUESTIONONIG STAYING ON THE SHOW!' Adding: 'I WILL NOT BE DRAGED INTO THIS! The situation is being rectified like ADULTS by both parties. I hope you can leave it to them & do the same!' 'you guys do realize that @Zendaya is my friend right?' 'Im giving everyone involved 24 hours to make it right or the world will hear how I really feel,' Kelly continued in another tweet. 'contactually Im not allowed to speak!' Meanwhile, following Rancic's offensive statements Zendaya hit back with a social media note of her own. Police brutality: The moment Fashion Police star Giuliana said Zendaya looks like she 'smelled of weed' because of her dreadlocks on Monday night's show . 'There is a fine line between what is funny and disrespectful,' she wrote. 'Someone said something about my hair at the Oscars that left me in awe. Not because I was relishing in rave outfit reviews, but because I was hit with ignorant slurs and pure disrespect. 'To say that an 18-year-old young woman with locs must smell of patchouli oil or 'weed' is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive. I don't usually feel the need to respond to negative things but certain remarks cannot go unchecked.' The Disney star then listed a number of personal luminaries who wear dreadlocks, and included her father, brother, best friend and little cousins. She claimed there was 'already harsh criticism of African American hair in society without the help of others who chose to judge people based on the curl of their hair.' She demanded Rancic 'contemplate a little before opening your mouth so quickly to judge'. 'My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough. To me locs are a symbol of strength and beauty, almost like a lion's mane,' She added. Furious: The starlet said there was 'harsh criticism of African American hair in the society' Zendaya took to Instagram to share her thoughts . Zendaya's fans were quick to support her on Twitter, with some posting demands for apologies from E!, while other posted funny memes. However the 40-year-old tv personality apologized, for offending her, but refuted claims that what she had said was racist. 'Dear @Zendaya, I'm sorry I offended you and others,' she tweeted. 'I was referring to a bohemian chic look. Had NOTHING to do with race and NEVER would!!!' This is not the first time Fashion Police has come under fore for controversial remarks. Joan Rivers would frequently call out celebrities on the program, and often draw the ire of those in the entertainment industry. After the 203 Oscars, Rivers said of Heidi Klum's dress; 'The last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens.' Rivers also attacked Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North West, saying; 'That baby is ugly ... I've never seen a 6-month-old so desperately in need of a waxing.' Many women were upset when she complimented a look worn by teenager AnnaSophia Robb by saying; 'This outfit is so young and fresh and sexy. It just screams \"date rape.\"' Rancic meanwhile has been a staple on E! for years now, and the host of E! News since 2005, back when she was Guiliana DePandi. She has been a panelist on Fashion Police since it premiered in 2010. In 2011 she revealed she had breast cancer, and would later undergo a double mastectomy. She also stared on the reality show Guiliana and Bill with husband Bill Rancic for six seasons, in which cameras followed her as she attempted to get pregnant. The couple welcomed a son Edward in 2012 via gestational carrier. Zendaya wasn't the only entity Giuliana had a go at - she also flipped the bird at the entire Academy for leaving Fashion Police Commissioner Joan Rivers out of the In Memoriam segment during Sunday's Oscars. 'Screw them anyway for leaving Joan out of the In Memoriam segment,' She said brandishing both middle fingers. 'So f**k you, Oscar.' Rancic's sudden outburst came without warning as she was criticizing the Academy for the white photo backdrop it provided, which prevented Lupita Nyong'o's white gown from 'popping'. 'Let's all blame them. Let's blame them for everything,' she shouted. Her fashion police co-hosts Kelly Osbourne, Brad Goreski - and the audience - cheered in agreement, while Kathy Griffin added it was a 'miss' for the Academy. 'She was in feature films and I thought that was an odd miss,' she added. 'It's almost like even posthumously, she's still a rebel.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Giuliana Rancic apologized on air Tuesday for comments she made about actress and singer Zendaya on the Oscars edition of Fashion Police .\nRancic said that the teenager likely smelled of 'patchouli' and 'weed' because she had dreadlocks .\n'To say that an 18-year-old young woman with locs must smell of patchouli oil or weed is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive,' said Zendaya .\nKelly Osborne, Rancic's Fashion Police co-host, also lashed out after some attributed the comment to her, calling the remark racist .\n'I just want everyone to know that I didn't intend to hurt anybody, but I learned it's not my intent that matters,' said Rancic on Tuesday .\nThe show's previous host Joan Rivers had come under fire for her comments about celebrities including Heidi Klum and North West ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The judge presiding over the trial of Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista has been spotted driving his Porsche that was confiscated by the court. Flavio Roberto de Souza, who is overseeing Batista's trial for insider trading, was seen driving the white Porsche Cayenne by reporters for Estado de S.Paulo's news agency after a tip-off from Batista's lawyer. The luxury car de Souza was seen using on Tuesday, was part of a fleet belonging to the fallen tycoon that had been seized by police. Safe keeping: Judge Flavio Roberto de Souza was spotted driving a Porsche Cayenne (like right) confiscated from Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista as part of insider trading case . Local media said investigators had took the cars because of concerns Batista had been selling or donating assets that were frozen as part of the insider trading case. When asked why he was driving the Porsche, Souza told local business daily Valor Economico, it was for safe keeping. He said: 'The Federal Police did not have a safe place for the car and it was exposed to sun, rain and possible damage. As I want the car to be preserved in good condition, I took it to a covered parking space in the building where I live.' 'I did not take it to use, just to look after it... It is a normal situation,' he said. The cars were meant to be put up for auction this Thursday, but Batista's lawyer secured an injunction halting the sale. On trial: Eike Batista, once Brazil's richest man, is standing trial for insider trading. A Porsche Cayenne, later seen being driven by judge Flavio Roberto de Souza, was confiscated by the courts as part of proceedings . Batista lost almost everything as his EBX conglomerate fell apart and his flagship oil firm OGX filed for Latin America's largest bankruptcy in 2013. The business magnate, whose rise and fall have mirrored Brazil's own fortunes, recently resigned as chairman of Oleo E Gas Participações SA, as OGX is now known. Prosecutors accuse Batista of selling 236 million reais ($85 million) of OGX stock based on privileged information that its offshore oil fields would miss production forecasts. Batista denies selling the stock based on insider information, and says he was legally obliged to sell it to pay off debt. The Porsche incident is likely to give further ammunition to Batista's lawyer, Sergio Bermudes, who has been trying to get judge Souza taken off the case. Bermudes has argued that Souza has a bias against Batista, pointing to comments the judge made on the first day of trial in November. Souza told reporters at the time that Batista's career had been a 'megalomaniac dream.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Porsche was seized from Brazilian business magnate Eike Batista .\nJudge seen driving it after tip off from Batista's lawyer .\nClaimed it was to stop it being exposed to 'sun, rain and possible damage'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "My Kitchen Rules contestant Adam Anderson has been at the centre of controversy this week, after claims from his ex-wife that he's a 'deadbeat dad' who doesn't see or support his kids. Cindy Anderson told A Current Affair on Monday that the reality show contestant owed close to $40,000 in child support for their five children. Now it seems the wannabe chef may be forced to dish out the dosh from his estimated $1,000 a week MKR salary, along with a portion of any winnings, should he and new wife Carol Molloy take away the $250,000 first place prize. Scroll down for video . Dishing out the dosh? My Kitchen Rules contestant Adam Anderson could be made to pay a portion of his estimated $1,000 a week reality TV show wages and any prize money towards child support owing to his kids . Maria Monastiriotis, the head of Slater and Gordon's family law department in Sydney told Fairfax Media on Wednesday that any income received from the show that is taxable will be assessable in terms of his child support. 'Indeed, if there are any arrears in child support, that money can be earmarked towards those arrears,' Maria told the publication. 'The Department of Human Services also has the power to request that Channel Seven [or the producers] pay that money directly to them by something called a \"garnishee order\",' she added. Cindy claims she had sent producers a letter in January for that purpose, however Channel Seven say they never received her letter. 'Deadbeat dad'? My Kitchen Rules contestant Adam Anderson's ex-wife claimed he owes close to $40,000 in child support for their children, saying he's 'pretty much wiped his hands' of them . Another income? Family law expert Maria Monastiriotis told Fairfax Media on Wednesday that Adam's appearance and any winnings on the show could be taxable and therefore could be garnished to pay arrears . Channel Seven also refused to confirm or deny the estimated $1,000 weekly salary given to contestants, which was revealed by a former MKR contestant to Fairfax Media. 'We don't comment on our contest agreements,' a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia. The former reality TV personality is understood to have told the publication, that in the past some contestants have avoided paying tax on their MKR earnings by claiming their time on the show was a \"hobby\", as opposed to a job. It's also unclear if the quarter of a million dollars prize money is taxable. However, Maria says regardless of taxable income, Cindy has the right to make a 'change of assessment' application to the child support agency if Adam's financial circumstances change significantly, such as winning the prize money. In the explosive interview, Cindy also claimed that her ex is friends with one of the show's judges, Pete Evans - coaching him on the court as well as working at Pete's Kings Cross restaurant Hugo's, in Sydney, after the couple's separation. Owing child support: Cindy Anderson made the explosive claims on A Current Affair on Monday night . Adam's former wife of almost 20 years, told A Current Affair on Monday night that she was speaking out on the show instead of dealing with the matter privately because, 'He has blocked my number and both his childrens' numbers - the older two girls have phones'. Adam's ex said she feels no bitterness that he has moved on and re-married Carol Molloy - his partner on the Channel 7 reality show - but she claims that's when her issues with child support payments began. A Channel Seven spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia in response to Cindy's claims: 'This is a private matter between the parties involved.' Channel Seven also refuted the assertion, that Adam and Pete are friends: 'They [Adam and Pete] met for the first time on the program'. Happier times: The couple were married for almost 20 years and had five children together . Ranging in age: Their kids are aged between eight years and 15 years of age . 'He has known Pete Evans, he knows him through tennis, through coaching him,' Cindy told reporter Brady Halls. 'We get no financial support at all,' she also told Brady. Cindy claims her concern is that the large sum owning to her has amassed over the past year, which she says 'worries me considerably in that my youngest is only 8 - he has many more years where he needs support from his father.' 'The children also have no emotional support from him. He does not ring them, nor come and see them,' she said, adding 'they do not receive a card [for birthdays] in the mail, not even a phone call.' 'He's never played an active, massive role in their lives anyway...but basically his role now is non-existent, he's pretty much wiped his hands clean of the children,' Cindy said. Upset: The blonde single mother says she went on the show for the tell all after Adam's allegedly blocked her calls and the numbers of their two eldest daughters . The blonde single mother also claimed that the lack of funds has reached a point where it's 'significantly impacting on the children'. Cindy not only took aim at Adam during the interview but also at the Child Support Agency and producers of My Kitchen Rules. 'It seems there is little they [child support agency] can do, irrespective of him being in the print that he's working at three private schools doing tennis, irrespective of his face being on My Kitchen Rules. 'They consistently say there is no source of collection, there is no avenue for us to collect revenue,' she said. Friends in high place? Adam's ex-wife also claims the former tennis pro used to coach judge Pete Evans, a claim Channel Seven refute . Spokesman and General Manager for the Department of Human services, who over-sees the Child Support Agency, Hank Jongen told Brady: 'I can't talk about individual cases but let me assure you, that we go to great lengths in order to enforce child support obligations.' 'We will do whatever it takes to recover that money,' he added. Following the explosive A Current Affair interview, TV WEEK published quotes from the former tennis professional discussing his difficult divorce, saying the situation 'is not ideal'. 'Obviously I'd like to spend more time with them,' he told the magazine. However, Channel Seven claim the TV WEEK interview was done prior to Adam's ex-wife's interview earlier this week and the article has since been taken off their website. At the time the former tennis pro had said: 'Any split from a former wife is going to be tough and yeah it is tough,' he said, adding: 'Things end because both parties are unhappy.' 'If everything was great we’d still be together,' he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My Kitchen Rules contestant Adam Anderson is alleged to owe tens of thousands in child support for his five children .\nAdam's ex-wife Cindy made the claim in an interview on A Current Affair .\nThe single mother said she contacted show's producers to ask if any payments were being made to former tennis pro to garnishee his income .\nChannel Seven say they never received the letter .\nCindy spoke to A Current Affair because he's 'blocked' her number ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia has launched a campaign to bring 25 of their fellow soldiers killed in action home to Australian soil. With the majority of them buried in Malaysia, and just one soldier laid to rest in Singapore, Vietnam veterans say their mates deserve a proper war grave in the country they died for. Among those buried is Reginald Hillier, and his nephew Neil Bond said his family have been trying to get his uncle home for almost 50 years. 'My mother she pushed tirelessly... She never gave up and she never stopped grieving,' Mr Bond told Daily Mail Australia. Scroll down for video . For many years Neil Bond (left) and Bob Shewring (right) have been campaigning to bring 25 Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War home . Reginald Hollier is one of 24 men buried at the Terendak General Christian Cemetery on Terendak Military Base in Malaysia . 'Reg' as his family call him, was Neil's mother's younger brother, who she was extremely close to. Never having him at home meant she never had closure, and could not grieve properly. 'It's tragic enough that he was killed … but the real wrong is that they only bought him partway home,' Mr Bond added. Bob Shewring, a Vietnam veteran himself, also knew Reg, and got involved in the 'battle' as he calls it, to get these men home many years ago. 'For a lot of the people, and I'm a Vietnam veteran, a lot of the people I talk to didn't even know they weren't bought home', Mr Shewring told Daily Mail Australia, speaking of the 25 men who were left behind. 'For me personally, because I'm very passionate about bringing them home, it would just bring closure to that sorry saga of a thing called the Veitnam war,' he added. '(It would) give those next of kins, relatives, descendants and the whole Vietnam veteran community closure.' The reason many of the men were not brought back to Australia was simply because their parents couldn't afford it. It would have cost them £500, which was half of the average yearly wage in 1965. This is the grave of Reg - as his family and friends call him - which Mr Bond and Mr Shewring recently visited . Reg was killed in action in 1965, but his next of kin, his sister, could not afford the £500 to bring him back . Recently, Mr Bond and Mr Shewring went to Malaysia to visit the Terendak General Christian Cemetery on Terendak Military Base where 24 of the Australians are buried. 'You have to apply to the high commission of Australia to get permission to visit it,' Mr Shewring explained. 'Then from the high commission of Malaysia and they have to apply to the army.' He said the whole process was long and drawn out, and took more than eight weeks to complete. Even then they were only allowed to visit for two hours, instead of the four hours they had requested. 'It was more powerful than I expected it to be,' Mr Bond said of the experience. Mr Shewring also said the visit to the cemetery was a highly emotional one, but helped to motivate him further. 'It really gets up my nose when other people say they're with their mates,' Mr Shewring said. 'When you talk about being buried with your mates, the graves are separated by religious denomination. 'Having been there and viewed these graves I can tell you they're not with their mates,' he continued. Thomas Simpson (left) and John Garrigan (right) are among those buried in Malaysia . Christopher Clark (left) and Ronald Lees (right) are also listed in the 25 soldiers to be bought home . After campaigning tirelessly for many years, the men, along with the the families of many of the other soldiers, hope they can bring the fallen home before the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam war next year. 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With the help people signing their petition, and donating towards the $1 million it will cost to have the soldiers repatriated this could become a reality soon. When told about the plight of these soldiers 'left behind', the Federal Minister for Veteran Affairs Senator Michael Ronaldson said: 'I am very, very sympathetic to this'. 'If we can make it work we should be able to facilitate the return for those who believe it's now appropriate to do so', he told A Current Affair. Mr Bond said the return of his uncle Reg would mean the end to a difficult chapter in his family's history. The tragedy tore his mother apart, and was so important to her that Mr Bond's niece promised to carry on the campaign after her Nanna passed away. 'It's a huge part of our lives', he said. Mr Shewring said the fallen soldiers deserved to be laid to rest in a war grave, out of respect for their service to the nation. 'We have to rember that these people are not in a war, grave they're in a Chrsitian cemetary that happens to be in a military base,' he said. 'For me personally, because I'm very passionate about bringing them home, it would just bring closure to that sorry saga of a thing called the Vietnam War. 'I would like to work closely with the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Government on Operation 'Bring Them Home', in bringing this to fruition in a timely manner. 'It is the right an honourable thing to do, they shouldn't be left in a foreign cemetery,' Mr Shewring added. When asked what it would mean for him if his uncle could finally be laid to rest on home soil, Mr Bond said it would mean the world. 'It's going to be hard to believe, for us it has been a 50 year battle', . 'Hopefully it will happen, if nothing else it just airs this wrong. People need to know. 'It should have been put to bed and grieved for 50 years ago.' If you would like to help bring these soldiers home, you can sign the petition on Change.org, donate on their MyCause page, and for more information visit bringthemhome.org." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia launched a campaign .\nThey are trying to get 25 soldiers killed in action buried on home soil .\nCurrently 24 are in Malaysia, while on is buried in Singapore .\nNone of the men have been laid to rest in traditional war graves ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Elephants in the South African bush are being trained to use their super-strength sense of smell to sniff out explosives and poachers. The project, supported by the U.S. Army Research Office, was inspired after elephants in Angola were observed using their trunks to help them avoid areas full of land mines left over from decades of civil war. Sean Hensman, operator of Adventures with Elephants game ranch in South Africa, said: 'An elephant's nose is amazing. Think about mammoths, which had to find food through the ice.' Elephants in the South African bush are being trained to use their super-strength sense of smell to sniff out explosives and poachers . During tests, a 17-year-old male elephant named Chishuru was walked past a row of buckets- once of which would have a swab laced with TNT scent stapled to the bottom of one. Sticking his trunk into each bucket, he was taught to stop and raise a front leg when he came across the one with the swab. He got the bucket right each time. And like a sniffer dog, he was rewarded with his favourite treat: the marula fruit. U.S. army researchers, who have been involved in the project for five years, say there will be no elephants on the field but robotic drones could collect material for them to test. During tests, a 17-year-old male elephant named Chishuru was walked past a row of buckets- once of which would have a swab laced with TNT scent stapled to the bottom of one . The project, supported by the U.S. Army Research Office, was inspired after elephants in Angola were observed using their trunks to help them avoid areas full of land mines left over from decades of civil war . 'We could bring scents from the field collected by unmanned robotic systems to the elephants for evaluation,' added Stephen Lee, chief scientist of the U.S. Army Research Office. Despite their super-strength senses of smell, the jury is still out on who has the better nose: dogs or elephants. But Mr Lee did say there was some truth in the old adage that an elephant never forgets. 'Dogs require constant training while the elephants seem to understand and remember the scent without the need for constant training,' he said. Mr Hensman had previously trained a dozen elephants for anti-poaching patrols in Zimbabwe. After his family lost their three farms to President Robert Mugabe's land seizures in 2002, he moved to South Africa to continue his work." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Elephants in South Africa are being taught to sniff out explosives in project .\nInspired by animals in wild avoiding land mines left over from civil war .\nThey won't be used in field but will test scents brought by robotic drones ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Keith Olbermann has been suspended from presenting his television sports show on ESPN for a week over comments he made to students on Twitter when they contacted him about their cancer fundraiser. Olbermann, who is well known for his forthright posts on Twitter and critical view of Penn State, was contacted by a student at the university about their annual pediatric cancer fundraiser, but responded with just one word 'Pitiful.' In an exchange of furious tweets with students who had been involved in the $13million fundraising effort, Olbermann repeatedly refused to back down and posted a number of critical comments about the school's reputation and branded students stupid. Keith Olbermann has been suspended from presenting his show on ESPN for a week after he got into a Twitter spat with students about a cancer fundraiser for children they had done, as he criticised the university . He later apologised that his comments had come in response to the pediatric cancer fundraiser and was suspended by ESPN. Olbermann had insisted his comments were about the university in general and not the campaign. In a statement the sports channel said: 'We are aware of the exchange Keith Olbermann had on Twitter last night regarding Penn State. 'It was completely inappropriate and does not reflect the views of ESPN. 'We have discussed it with Keith, who recognizes he was wrong. ESPN and Keith have agreed that he will not host his show for the remainder of this week and will return on Monday.' The spat began when a student posted a message on Twitter to Olbermann with the phrase 'We Are!' on Monday evening and a link to a story about the fundraising campaign, which takes place every year at the University. Olbermann replied with 'Pitiful', and his response inflamed students and alumni who saw the exchange. The twitter exchange began when a student at Penn State sent Keith Olbermann a link to a story about their $13million fundraising campaign to help children with cancer, and he replied with one word: 'Pitiful' The initial message referred to an annual fundraising campaign called Thon, run by Penn State. It is a three day dance marathon which has been raising money for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital since 1977. Olbermann was highly critical of the university in numerous exchanges, saying his comment was aimed at defining Penn State itself and was referring to students who go there in general. The host has previously been critical of the institution after its assistant football coach was convicted of sex abuse. In one post he said: 'I'd like to thank the students and alums of Penn State for proving my point about the mediocrity of their education and ethics.' A number of people saw Olbermann's tweet and criticised the presenter for his comments about Penn State . At the end of the exchange Olbermann posted further comments outlining his dislike for the university . And in another message, when a student asked if he had an opinion about the millions of dollars they had managed to raise, Olbermann replied that it still did not change the school's reputation. But later on Tuesday evening Olbermann apologised on Twitter. He said: 'I was stupid and childish and way less mature than the students there who did such a great fundraising job.' Olbermann had previously worked as a news commentator for MSNBC, and was known for his reporting of the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal. He gained infamy when he interviewed Hilary Clinton at the same time he was working on reporting the affair, and later apologised for his actions. He was fired from MSNBC in 2011 for donating money congressional Democrats who had been guests on his show. Olbermann repeatedly refused to back down over the comments he posted about Penn State university . Olbermann returned to ESPN in 2013 after a 13 year absence, but was forbidden from talking about politics on the show. The ESPN host has taken a swipe at Penn State before, placing it in a list of the 'World's Worst in Sports' during an episode of Olbermann in January, Sports Illustrated reported. This followed a decision by by NCAA to restore former Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno's victories, which had previously been vacated as part of the school's sanctions after the Jerry Sandusky scandal. At the time the school was forced to vacate all its victories from 1998 to 2011 after Sandusky, a longtime Penn State assistant football coach was convicted on 45 counts of sex abuse. ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Penn State students contacted presenter Keith Olbermann about campaign .\nOne sent him words 'We are' with a link about their $13million fundraiser .\nBut Olbermann replied 'pitiful', criticising the university in stream of posts .\nRefused to back down, saying his comments were directed at Penn State .\nMany took offence as annual event raises cash for children with cancer .\nOlbermann later apologised and was suspended from ESPN for a week ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Control over £6billion in health spending could be handed to Manchester in a national first. Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce the radical plan, which will see all NHS funding devolved from Westminster to the region, later this week. It is part of the creation of a powerful new body covering the whole of Greater Manchester, but critics warn that a time of intense pressure on NHS budgets it could be a 'poisoned chalice' for the region.' Hospitals across Greater Manchester, including Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, could be funded locally under radical plans to devolve health spending . Under the deal, full control health spending - worth £6billion-a-year - will be devolved to Greater Manchester. A leaked draft memorandum of understanding includes the creation of a new board to distribute funding and take decisions in areas such as personnel, regulation, information-sharing and NHS buildings. It would work closely with existing clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of GPs. In a surprise move the transfer of NHS funding to 10 local councils would happen very quickly, taking effect from April next year. Chancellor George Osborne said today: 'We're discussing a plan for bringing together the NHS and social care in Manchester so we provide better care for patients. 'This is exactly what we want to see more of in our health care. It's also about giving Greater Manchester more control over things run in Greater Manchester - which is what our vision of a northern powerhouse is all about. 'It's early days, but I think it's a really exciting development. We'll be working hard now with Greater Manchester and NHS England on getting the details right so the arrangements work best for patients.' The region has already accepted the creation of a powerful 'metro mayor' in return for taking over responsibility for transport, skills and housebuilding and the right to recoup some money generated by growth. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) eventually hopes for full devolution of all £22billion of public spending in the city. But any move to combine health budgets - currently held by NHS England - with councils' existing social care duties had been thought to be some way down the line. However, devolving health spending to local areas could risk creating 'postcode lotteries' with differing levels of care and clinical priorities. NHS England's chief executive Simon Stevens said: 'NHS England is working on this ground-breaking offer to the local NHS in Greater Manchester, working in partnership with elected local authorities. 'The NHS five-year forward view says we want to back local leaders and communities who come together to improve health care of their residents and patients. While this new model won't necessarily be right for many other parts of England, for Greater Manchester the time is right and conditions are right for shared success.' In a speech in Manchester last month, George Osborne promised to hand control over spending and growth to the north west . Richard Humphries, assistant director of the King's Fund think tank, said that a full transfer of responsibility would be a reform 'on a breathtaking scale' but could pose serious risks. He warned that taking money away from CCGs and NHS England to give it to councils was on 'the nuclear end of the spectrum and raises all sorts of questions and risks'. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'Depending on the detail - and the detail is really crucial and we don't have that yet - you could either see this as a triumph for local democracy or creating real risks of yet another reorganisation of the NHS when it's barely recovered from the last one.' With the NHS 'heading for the financial rocks', there were also concerns about accountability and financial risk with the NHS, he said. 'If the plan is to give the money to local government, the words 'chalice' and 'poisoned' perhaps spring to mind.' The post of police and crime commissioner for Greater Manchester Police - established by the coalition Government - will also be scrapped in favour of the new mayor. Mr Osborne has hailed extended powers for cities as a key part of efforts to create a 'northern powerhouse' to rival London economically." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "George Osborne expected to announce radical plan later this week .\nNew health board would make decisions on spending, staff and buildings .\nMajor shift in control from Whitehall could happen from April next year .\nComes ahead of creation of a Boris-style mayor for Greater Manchester .\nIntense pressure on NHS budgets mean difficult decisions need to be made ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "These vintage photographs capture a lost New York City, where streetcars barreled down Third Avenue, the Empire State Building was the tallest in town - and five cents could get you a a bag of fresh-roasted peanuts. Taken by legendary photographer Todd Webb in 1946, the collection of black and white images show the bustling docks of Manhattan, the skyline prior to its ever-rising glass-walled skyscrapers - and the people who called the city home. Webb was about 40 years old when he set out on foot around the city with his camera, having just returned from a posting as a Naval Photographer in the Second World War. Daily Mail online sent out photographer Edwin Torres to replicate present day photos of Todd Webb - and revealed where the Big Apple has undergone incredible transformation in the past 70 years - and where it has stayed, magically, unchanged. Scroll down for slides . On the docks: The East River docks were once thronged with trade ships like in this scene from the Fulton Fish Market Wharf. Today, the fish market is gone and South Street Seaport abandoned while work on a $1.5billion redevelopment project has stalled�� . Right, the view of downtown Manhattan from the Empire State Building in 1946 and, left, the view in 2015 from the Empire State Building. Today's viewpoint is at a slightly higher angle as Todd photographed from the 49th floor which is now office space. The current observatory is on the 86th floor . The intersection at Pike Street and Madison Street, looking south towards the Manhattan Bridge. Tenement housing from the 1940s has now been replaced with a large public housing complex . As well as the iconic sights and architecture of the metropolis, Webb's images also took in locals around his Harlem neighborhood, and working folk in downtown Manhattan around Chinatown and the Battery Park. The images have been dusted off from the archives and published in a limited-edition collection,21st Editions. According to photography experts, Webb, who won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955, was notable in getting to know the subjects of his portraits before shooting - sometimes spending days talking to people before taking a picture. In an introduction to the images, Harvard professor John Stauffer wrote how Webb was also an unusual photographer for his time, taking an interest in picturing African-Americans and interracial friendships. Although 1946 was blighted by the death of his mentor, photographer and modern art promoter Alfred Stieglitz, Webb - who died in 2000 - remembered it as one of best and most productive years. Right, traders on Suffolk Street near Chinatown in downtown Manhattan. Although the store name in the 1946 picture is not visible, the 2015 shot reveals that Streit's has supposedly been open since 1925. And while transportation may have moved on from carts to forklifts, the street remains one-way, 70 years later . Right, the intersection at 2nd Avenue and East 50th Street shows the Chrysler Building, not yet surrounded by other Midtown high rises. Left, the Chrysler is obscured today by multiple tower blocks and the traffic now flows in one direction downtown . Old smokey days: This collection of photographs by Todd Webb has been republished - the above showing the New York City skyline in 1946, when the Empire State Building (right) and Chrysler building (center left) were still the tallest two structures in the metropolis . The photographer found these boys on a street in Harlem, and asked them to pose for him. Todd Webb often spent days coaxing subjects to be part of his iconic images . Pals: This photograph, called 123rd Street (Boys with Toy Gun) shows a black child and white friends playing in Harlem. Webb's writings show how he despised racism - describing seeing 'Whites Only' signs on a visit to the segregated South 'hard to take' This photo, called 'The Circle,' LaSalle at Amsterdam, shows a group of black and white children playing together around a burst waterpipe . Harlem scenes: These photographs a hat store in Harlem's 125th street, and the nearby offices of The People's Voice, a weekly black newspaper, with a local standing outside. The paper had just moved offices . Working man: Taken close to Battery Park in downtown Manhtattan, this image shows a local tradesman selling roasted peanuts on the street for five cents a bag . Fine motor: This image shows the car of Lamar Perkins, a prominent Harlem citizen and New York state's assistant attorney general . To Brooklyn: Todd Webb took this photograph the first time he walked over the Brooklyn Bridge - with only enough film for six frames. When he returned the next day with more, officials were enforcing a photography ban - so he had to turn back . The Brooklyn Bridge today looks much the same - but the still wooden path has been marked out for cyclists and walkers . The images show yesteryear NYC transportation, including the image to the left of the now-demolished Third Avenue El train metro line, with a street car running underneath. To the right, a photograph taken at the interaction of Second Avenue and 50th Street shows the Chrysler Building standing tall, not yet surrounded by other midtown high-rises . The intersection of Second Avenue and East 50th Street (which shows the same scene as above, right). The Chrysler building is now obscured by apartment blocks . From the docks: The photographs show how Manhattan's ports and piers still thronged with trade ships. This is the scene from the Fulton Fish Market Wharf . Today, the fish market is gone and South Street Seaport abandoned while work on a $1.5billion redevelopment project has stalled . Famous: This image, published in Fortune magazine, shows the view of downtown Manhattan from the Empire State Building - then the highest view in the city. The same vista would now be dominated by the World Trade Center's Freedom Tower . Today's viewpoint from the Empire State Building is at a slightly higher angle as Todd photographed from the 49th floor which is now office space. The current observatory is on the 86th floor . Towering: This photograph, taken at the intersection of Madison Street and Pike Street, shows the view south towards the Manhattan Bridge . The intersection at Pike Street and Madison Street, looking south towards the Manhattan Bridge. Tenement housing from the 1940s has now been replaced with a large public housing complex . Commerce: This image shows traders on Suffolk Street, near Manhattan's Chinatown. There are street markets, pushcarts parked end to end in front of the endless rows of small stores . This is the same location from Todd Webb's 1946 photograph on Suffolk and Hester streets where shoppers purchase goods from a street cart in front of the corner store ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Legendary photographer Todd Webb captured New York City on camera in 1946 in its bustling post-war glory .\nIn 2015, many of the sights that Webb photographed have been erased or blocked by towering buildings ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The carcasses of 11 kangaroos have been found in a bin northeast of Melbourne in the past week, with police concerned by the spate of 'gruesome' killings. Victoria Police were called to a carwash on Warrandyte-Heidelberg Rd in Warrandyte after a staff member made the shocking discovery on Tuesday afternoon. Another six dead kangaroos were found in the same bin last week, along with a 45cm arrow, according to police. The carcasses of 11 kangaroos, including three joeys (pictured: bottom left) have been found stuffed into bins at a carwash in Melbourne. (Supplied: George Vattakuzhy) 'It's a bit gruesome,' a Victoria Police spokesman said. 'There could be a valid reason why they are there, but we need to find out what is happening.' George Vattakuzhy made both shocking discoveries, and said it was so 'disgusting' he could not work from his nearby office. 'I empty the bins everyday, so when I opened them I saw the baby kangaroos,' Mr Vattakuzhy said. 'The second time, I found three joeys stuffed into the smaller bins. I went to empty those into the dumpster and found the larger kangaroos. Victoria Police Sergeant Stewart Henderson said the series of killings is 'quite sickening'. 'It was absolutely filthy, the smell was very bad.' Sergeant Stewart Henderson earlier said the deaths may be the work of a bow hunter or bow hunters. 'We are looking at a number in incidents around the area in which animals have been injured or killed by bow hunters,' he said. 'These cases are not only a danger to wildlife but also have the possibility to put the public in danger if hunting is involved. 'To see someone attacking these defenceless animals really is quite sickening.' Police are investigating if the spate of deaths is linked to a recent incident where an arrow was found in a live kangaroo in Templestowe." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Police called to carwash in Melbourne's northeast on Tuesday afternoon .\nFive bloodied carcasses found in a dumpster behind the the building .\nSix more found in the same bin last week, along with a 45cm arrow .\nPolice believe 'gruesome' killings may be the work of bow hunters in area ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The soaring number of female doctors working part-time in surgeries is contributing to a crisis in GP recruitment, an official government study has revealed. The Migration Advisory Committee said the 'feminisation of the GP workforce' meant more trainees were needed to maintain the same service for patients - because women are more likely to work shorter hours than men after they have children. This has contributed to an annual shortage of 450 to 550 GPs, the committee warned. In its report published this morning, the committee said more needed to be done to recruit family doctors – including hiring extra foreign doctors from across the EU. The Migration Advisory Committee said the 'feminisation of the GP workforce' meant more trainees were needed to maintain the same service for patients . The report said: 'It seemed that the health service could do more to source recruits from within the EU not withstanding what was said about problems with language and competency requirements.' It said there are only around 20 GPs recruited each year from elsewhere in the EU – blaming the requirement to meet language and strict NHS standards. But the committee also said more could be done to make becoming a GP more attractive to medical students. It said: 'We did not see any evidence suggesting that there is a shortage of medical students who could continue into general practice. 'Therefore, any shortage of GPs could potentially be overcome by changing the incentive structure of GPs compared with other medical roles, in order to encourage more take-up on GP training programmes.' NHS England recommends that there are 70 GPs per 100,000 population, but the UK is currently below this - at around 64 per 100,000 - and has been for some time. Jeremy Hunt is struggling to fill an annual shortage of 450 to 550 GPs and has been encouraged to do more to hire doctors from abroad . Overall there are around 60,000 licensed doctors on the GP register. The committee said it had considered adding GPs to the so-called shortage occupation list after a request by the Department of Health to allow the NHS to recruit doctors from outside the EU. But it said there are enough medical students in the UK and Europe to fill the need. The committee also rejected claims that there is a shortage of nurses that can be fixed by further recruitment from overseas. But the committee has, for the first time, recommended that paramedics can be recruited through Britain's points-based skilled migration system after it found no other options to ease pressure on the existing workforce across the country." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Migration Advisory Committee warns of 'feminisation of the GP workforce'\nWomen more likely to work shorter hours than men after they have children .\nThis is contributing to annual shortage of up to 550 GPs, ministers warned .\nNHS told more needs to be done to recruit doctors from across the EU ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The driver of a bin lorry which crashed killing six people in Glasgow last year will not face charges, authorities have announced. Harry Clarke, 58, collapsed at the wheel of the council refuse truck three days before Christmas, causing it to veer onto the pavement before crashing into a hotel. Neither he nor the vehicle's owner, Glasgow City Council, will face charges after prosecutors in Scotland studied a police report into the tragedy, it emerged today. Scroll down for video . The refuse truck crashed in Glasgow city centre in December after mounting the pavement and killing six . In a statement, Scotland's Crown Office said today: 'The Police report has now been carefully considered by Crown Counsel - the most senior lawyers within the Crown Office. 'Crown Counsel have concluded that the driver of the lorry should not be prosecuted in respect of this tragic incident. 'Despite its catastrophic consequences there is no evidence to suggest that the driver's conduct at the time amounted to a breach of the criminal law. 'There is no evidence to support a prosecution of Glasgow City Council in respect of any Health and Safety concerns breaches in Health and Safety law.' Investigators have refused to speculate on claims Mr Clarke suffered a heart attack at the wheel. John 'Jack' Sweeney, 68, his wife Lorraine, 69, and their 18-year-old granddaughter Erin McQuade were all shopping when struck and killed by the truck. Primary school teacher Stephenie Tait, 29, tax worker Jacqueline Morton, 51, both from Glasgow and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh also died in the crash. Lorraine Sweeney (left) and her granddaughter Erin McQuade (right) were among the six people killed . Miss McQuade's grandfather Jack Sweeney (left) and wedding planner Gillian Ewing (right) also died . Tax office worker Jacqueline Morton (left) and teacher Stephenie Tait (right) were also among the victims . Mr Clarke has previously said he thinks about each victim 'every minute of every day'. Crown lawyers decided that a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) should be held 'to ensure that there can be a full public hearing of the facts of the case'. They will petition the courts within two weeks for the inquiry to be held as soon as possible. A Crown Office spokesman said: 'A Fatal Accident inquiry is held into cases where a death or deaths were sudden, suspicious, or unexplained or occurred in circumstances such as to give rise to serious public concern.' Relatives of those who died in the incident have been informed of the decision not to bring a prosecution and to hold an FAI 'to determine the cause of the crash and establish what lessons can be learned from this tragic incident'. Mr Clarke has said he cannot 'remember anything at all' about the crash and was completely unaware he had heart problems until after the incident. He told the Daily Record: 'I understand a lot of people want to know what happened that day. I wish I could tell you but I can't. I just want all of the families of the injured and deceased to know I can't remember anything. 'Nothing will ever be normal for the families or me ever again. Every day is a struggle.' Ambulances at the scene of the crash on December 22. A inquiry will examine the causes of the crash . The accident - just days before Christmas - led to an outpouring of grief among shocked Glaswegians . Two refuse workers in the back of the bin lorry's cab attempted to rouse him but were prevented from stopping the truck by a safety rail in the vehicle. Mr Clarke tested negative for drink-driving. Patrick McGuire, a partner with Thompsons Solicitors, which is representing some of those affected by the crash, said: 'This announcement from the Crown Office is very welcome. 'It begins the process of finding out what happened to cause this terrible accident, which is of the greatest importance to the victims and their relatives. 'My clients and I are particularly heartened that the Crown has moved so quickly towards convening an FAI. It has often been the case that years can pass before an FAI is set up, if indeed one is set up at all. This leads to further anguish to victims and their families. 'Therefore the Crown Office is to be commended for its swift action, which reflects the huge public concern about this accident.' A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: 'We will provide any assistance that the inquiry needs.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Refuse truck driver collapsed at wheel and lorry ran out of control .\nSix people - including three members of same family - died on busy street .\nDriver released from hospital and says he thinks of victims 'every day'\nProsecutors in Scotland say neither he nor council will face charges .\nA Fatal Accident Inquiry into the tragedy will be held to air the facts .\nDriver said crash deeply affected him and he thinks of victims every day ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "British soldiers killed in a 'friendly fire' incident in Afghanistan when they were hit by an anti-tank missile had repeatedly requested the rocket to be fired, an inquest has heard. A senior Danish officer, who was in command of the operation in which Captain Tom Sawyer, 26, and Corporal Danny Winter, 28, were killed, insisted British troops had 'pushed' for the Javelin missile to be deployed. The attack on the evening of January 14, 2009, had been ordered by the British troops' Danish counterparts during a joint operation against the Taliban. Capt Sawyer, of the Royal Artillery, and Cpl Winter, of 45 Commando Royal Marines, were among a group of British soldiers on a rooftop providing fire support for an operation clearing insurgent compounds north east of Gereshk in central Helmand. Captain Tom Sawyer, (left) of the Royal Artillery, and Corporal Danny Winter, of the Royal Marines, were killed in southern Afghanistan in the friendly fire incident . Two other members of the Zulu Company were injured in the explosion, which happened around 800 metres from Forward Operating Base Gibraltar. Investigations into the incident have shown that the missile was fired by British personnel but the order was given by a lieutenant in the Danish Army only referred to as Soldier A. The Danish soldiers have declined to attend the inquest and their evidence would be given in witness statements. The Danish officer commanding the operation, known as Soldier B, explained his soldiers, including a British Javelin missile team with night sight equipment, were on the roof of a compound. Soldier B insisted that the Javelin missile operators had positively identified enemy insurgents crawling into position on the roof of a building and they spent up to one hour trying to locate Zulu Company. 'Soldier A and I interpreted this as the enemy was about to take up position closer to Zulu,' Soldier B said in a written statement read to the court. 'Over the network I asked Zulu Company to confirm they were inside the compound. I did not know the exact words used as it was signalman who was conducting the conversation. A British soldier undertaking a training exercise fires a Javelin missile similar to that which killed two British soldiers in friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2009. File image used . British troops faced a number of fierce battles in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. File image used . 'I found out from the signalman that Zulu Company was static which is why it could not be them that was moving. He added that Zulu Company then asked repeatedly for his team to use the Javelin as they could see light about 100 metres from their position, which is why they were convinced they were soon to be attacked. 'Javelin again asked for permission to fire as it looked as if the enemy were in the position of extricating themselves from the position. 'Soldier A was still in doubt, which is why he again ordered the observer to fire with his rifle using live tracers.' After this Soldier A ordered the Javelin marksman to fire off a shot towards the target. He added: 'Immediately afterwards the Rifleman fired a rocket and reported he had hit the target but the target was still moving about, which is why he requested permission to fire again. 'Soldier A wanted a positive confirmation from Zulu Company that the enemy had been hit before firing again, so he refused to let them fire.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "British soldiers killed by friendly fire attack had requested the rocket strike .\nThe strike killed Captain Tom Sawyer, 26, and Corporal Danny Winter, 28 .\nThey were among Zulu Company soldiers on rooftop clearing compounds .\nNearby Danish officer in charge said missile operators identified enemy .\nHe said his team spent an hour trying to locate British Zulu Company .\nBut at Zulu Company's insistence, an anti-tank Javelin missile was fired ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A mother-of-three has drowned in a freak accident after she dipped her toe in a swimming hole, lost her balance, fell down a waterfall and was sucked into a whirlpool. Clare Lannen, 44, was enjoying a picnic with her parents at Ladies Well in Chichester State Forest, two hours north of Newcastle, on Monday when the tragedy occurred. The Bolwarra Heights hairdresser fell into the water and slipped on rocks into a river with a strong current, which pulled her down a three-metre waterfall, the Newcastle Herald reported. Clare Lannen (second from right) died in a freak drowning accident. She is pictured with her children Hugh (far left), 13, Bella (second from left), 19 and Jacob (far right), 21 . The 44-year-old hairdresser dipped her toe in a swimming hole at Ladies Well in Chichester State Forest. She lost her balance, fell down a waterfall and was sucked into a whirlpool . Her father Bob Richardson said he saw his daughter trying desperately to breathe but she kept being dragged into a whirlpool. Mr Richardson jumped in and tried to save Mrs Lannen but he also started getting sucked down into the whirlpool and he couldn't drag her out, so he was forced to let her go. Another man jumped in and dragged Mrs Lannen out of the water, where witnesses carried out CPR for 40 minutes until emergency services arrived. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother Margaret Richardson, who was also at the picnic, said Mrs Lannen had suffered from pneumonia in the past and did not have a strong chest or lungs. Mrs Lannen (centre) was enjoying a picnic with her parents Margaret (left) and Bob Richardson (right) on Monday when the tragedy occurred.\\ . 'One minute you have her and she's so happy then the next minute she's gone,' Mrs Richardson told the Herald. 'Everybody loved Clare, she was straight-talking and straight to the point. She was also very giving - she'd give you the shirt off her back.' Mr Richardson said she was an amazing mother to her children Hugh, 13, Bella, 19 and Jacob, who turned 21 on the day of the accident. Her husband of more than two decades, Peter, was in China for work with the tragedy occurred. 'She had a beautiful family and lovely kids,' he said. 'I think she was a born mother, she would always look after her sister's three children and loved them as much as she loved her own.' Her husband of more than two decades, Peter, was in China for work with the tragedy occurred." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Clare Lannen, 44, was enjoying a picnic with her parents at Ladies Well .\nThe mother-of-three drowned in a freak accident after losing her balance .\nHer father Bob Richardson said he saw his daughter trying desperately to breathe but she kept being dragged into a whirlpool .\nShe was an 'amazing mother' to her kids Hugh, 13, Bella, 19 and Jacob, 21 ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Walking free: Asif Masood, 40, ploughed a Ford Focus into a fire hydrant in Nottingham following a drinking binge but avoided jail after a court heard he had re-found Islam . An unlicensed drink-driver who was three times over the limit when he crashed a friend's car has walked free after a court heard he had re-found Islam and was living a more pious life. Asif Masood, 40, ploughed a Ford Focus into a fire hydrant in Nottingham after driving over a roundabout following a drinking binge on November 17 last year. The car’s wheel had come off, while tyre tracks and debris criss-crossed the road, magistrates heard. When police arrived he was found swaying near his wrecked vehicle and told officers: 'I've crashed my car, I've had lots and lots to drink and I don't have a driving licence.' He was breathalysed and produced a reading of 98 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35. But Masood, who has nine previous convictions for 14 offences, walked free from court after magistrates heard he had re-found his faith and was now teetotal after quitting drink and drugs . His solicitor added that the incident happened when Masood had been suffering 'considerable stress related to harassment and threats'. As a result chairman of the bench Martin Rudge sentenced Masood to a 25-month driving ban and fined him £350 with £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge. Magistrates do have the power to impose sentences of up to six months in prison. Mr Rudge said: 'We have taken into account your guilty plea and the fact you made no attempts to escape from the incident.' Prosecutor Sanjay Jerath told the court: 'At 1am police officers attended a road traffic collision and the defendant was stood near a Ford Focus and there was extensive damage to the vehicle. 'Tyre tracks could be seen across the island heading from the direction of Broxtowe Lane towards the location of the car. 'A fire hydrant was knocked over and the front wheel of the car came off the car and there was debris across the road.' The court heard he had a string of convictions including failing to provide a specimen for analysis in 2004 and he was made subject to a community order for another matter in May last year. Rob Keel, defending, said the offence was one his client was 'deeply ashamed and embarrassed about'. Incident: Masood drove over a roundabout in Broxtowe Lane, Strelley, pictured, and crashed on the other side. He then told police: 'I've crashed my car, I've had lots and I don't have a driving licence' Mr Keel added: 'It was a vehicle he borrowed and he fully accepts drinking a considerable amount of alcohol.' 'Fortuitously no other parties were involved - he simply drove over a roundabout and knocked over a fire hydrant.' 'He tells me he has found his faith again, he is a practising Muslim, and he has moved away from Nottingham and the negative influences and issues that were dragging him down. 'He is also drink and drug-free.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Asif Masood, 40, ploughed friend's Ford Focus into Nottingham hydrant .\nPolice arrived and he said: 'I've had lots to drink and don't have a licence'\nHe had 98 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath - legal limit is 35 .\nMasood, who has nine previous convictions, was given ban and a fine .\nMagistrates heard how he had re-found Islam and has given up alcohol ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A Swiss artist who made headlines last year by pushing paint-filled eggs out of her vagina has caused another stir by walking around a museum starkers while carrying a baby. Red-faced visitors including many children were left stunned as brunette Milo Moire, 32, sauntered around the LWL Museum for Art and Culture in the town of Munster in northwest Germany as part of her Naked Life exhibition, which sees her stripping off to express her art. The artist was slated last year by critics as 'absurd, gratuitous, trite and desperate' for her Plop-Egg exhibition. Naked art: Milo Moire, 32, was naked as she carried a baby around the LWL Museum for Art and Culture . Her website however described her work as 'volcanic explosions of colour from her vagina', and now she has been filmed holding the naked baby while looking at paintings of nudes. Art-lover Tobias Meyer, 45, said: 'I must admit it was more interesting than the average art exhibition.' Mixed reaction: Art lovers are torn in their assessment of 'A naked infant safe in the arms of a naked woman' at a gallery in Munster, Germany . But other museum visitors were left unimpressed. Anke Lange, 30, said: 'I'm all for expression and alternatives in art, but this was just ridiculous. 'From what I gather, she thinks that getting her clothes off, looking at paintings of nude people and holding a naked baby makes her become part of the art.' Unimpressed: Visitors look bemused at the stunt by controversial artist Milo Moire at the LWL Museum for Art and Culture in Munster, Germany . Controversial: The artist responsible for 'volcanic explosions of colour from her vagina' last year shocked visitors to a gallery in Germany by turning up naked . Moire said she wanted to show 'A naked infant safe in the arms of a naked woman' at the exhibition which which features works from British artists Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and David Hockney. 'This direct confrontation with live nude art challenges others to reflect on familiar forms of perception. 'How close may a form of representation in art approach real life?'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Visitors including children were left red-faced by the stunt .\nMoire said art was 'naked infant safe in the arms of a naked woman'\nBut some critics labelled her nude wanderings 'ridiculous'\nArtist previously caused controversy with paint-filled eggs ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "FIFA's general secretary Jerome Valcke has claimed UEFA and most of the confederations want December 23 as the date for the Qatar 2022 World Cup final - but that no decision has been made and no compensation will be paid. A FIFA task force on Tuesday recommended that the 2022 tournament should be played in late November to late December to avoid the heat of the summer. The Premier League and Football Association say a final that close to Christmas will cause havoc with the traditional festive club programme and will campaign for an earlier final date ahead of the decision by FIFA's executive committee on March 20. FIFA's general secretary Jerome Valcke said a December 23 final for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is supported by UEFA and the majority of the confederations, but a decision will be made in March . Valcke also ruled out compensation for leagues who lose out with the schedule saying the already get a cut of what FIFA makes out of the World Cup . December 18 remains a strong possibility - it is Qatar's national day and also falls on a Sunday, and would be early enough for the festive club programme to take place. Valcke also confirmed that the 2022 World Cup will be four days shorter as a 'concession' to the league and clubs, 28 days instead of the usual 32, and that the African Nations Cup in 2023 will be moved to June from January. He also said no apology was necessary to the clubs despite the disruption it will cause to domestic football across the globe. He also ruled out paying compensation - European Clubs' Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Tuesday said the clubs would demand financial settlements for the disruption. Sepp Blatter with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani as he celebrates his country winning the right to host the World Cup in 2022 that is set to ruin the English tradition of Christmas football . The FIFA task force members, including Richard Scudamore (circled), met on Monday in Doha . Valcke told a news conference in Doha after a Qatar 2022 organising committee board meeting: 'It's not perfect, we know that - but why are we talking about compensation? It's happening once we're not destroying football. 'Why should we apologise to the clubs? We have had an agreement with the clubs that they are part of the beneficiaries. It was 40 million (US) dollars in 2010 and 70 million in 2014. 'We are bringing all our people to enjoy the sporting and financial results of the World Cup. 'I definitely don't feel I have to apologise for the decision made yesterday to confirm that the World Cup will not be played in the summer.' He added: 'Most confederations say they want the World Cup to end on the 23rd of December.' Valcke also appeared to confirm the deal to extend the USA TV rights deal with Fox to include the 2026 World Cup had been done to avert the threat of any legal action over its 2022 deal. He said: 'We have done what we had to do in order to protect FIFA and the organisation of the World Cup.' Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore expressed disappointment at the proposed schedule for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar . We are extremely disappointed with the FIFA Task Force recommendation to move the 2022 FIFA World Cup to a November and December schedule. It is clear that the views of the European leagues, along with the numerous other competitions globally that will be negatively affected, have not been given serious consideration throughout this process. The prevailing view from the leagues has been that displacing the 2022 World Cup significantly from the original summer dates disproportionately impacts the sporting integrity of our competitions. Our particular concern is that a FIFA World Cup that finishes late in December could result in damaging one of the English game’s great traditions and attractions, with the removal of the entire Premier League, Football League and FA Cup Christmas and New Year fixture programme that season. Clearly there is still time within the process to consider our position further, but first we will consult with our clubs, other stakeholders in English football, and other leagues before deciding on what, if any, further action might be appropriate or worthwhile. Meanwhile Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan said there was no surprise in the decision to stage a winter World Cup in Qatar but that the actual timing could be crucial. Regan told Press Association Sport: 'We have been expecting this decision for some time, but it is going to run late into December and just how close to Christmas it gets is something that needs to be thought through. 'We will look at the knock-on effects of the decision and how it will affect Scottish football - clearly there will be fixture challenges for leagues across the world.' October, November and December are the only months the 2022 World Cup can be held, according to a graphic provided by the FIFA task force . On Tuesday, FA chairman Greg Dyke told Press Association Sport: 'We will have to wait to hear the detail but we will try to protect all the traditional Christmas dates.' Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore, who was on the task force that met in Doha on Tuesday, added: 'Our particular concern is that a FIFA World Cup that finishes late in December could result in damaging one of the English game's great traditions and attractions, with the removal of the entire Premier League, Football League and FA Cup Christmas and new year fixture programme that season.' When will the 2022 World Cup in Qatar run? The exact dates have yet to be confirmed but ‘late November to late December’ 2022 has been recommended by FIFA’s task force, with Saturday November 26 to Friday December 23 mooted as a possible 28-day slot. A final decision is expected on March 20. A World Cup final near to Christmas sounds crazy... It would mean travel chaos over an already tricky holiday time. There is sure to be lobbying to play the final earlier, perhaps on Sunday December 18, which is also Qatar National Day. What’s the problem with having an earlier final? Whenever it’s played, domestic seasons will need to stop weeks before the first match to allow squads to prepare. Typically this run-up period is a month. It will need to be a minimum of two weeks. A World Cup ending on December 23 would mean domestic competitions breaking in early November. Any earlier and football might have to stop as early as October. What happens to the 2022-23 Premier League season? Two months of club football will be ‘displaced’, and if the period cleared for the World Cup is as mooted, that will essentially be November and December. That would mean 10 Premier League games and three Champions League games being played earlier or later. So, for example, the Premier League season may have to start a month earlier (mid-July 2022) and finish a month later (mid-June 2023). The seasons before and after would also need to shift to accommodate this. There will be disruption, to about 50 leagues, for about three years. What about the Football League? Club football across England would almost certainly be suspended for a chunk of the World Cup as FIFA insist on a ‘blackout’ of about 20 days when no attention is taken from their showpiece. How will the fixture congestion affect domestic action? FA Cup replays could be one victim for at least a season. Premier League clubs might play fewer League Cup games. Some European competition fixtures will need to be rescheduled. The Africa Cup of Nations due for January 2023 may have to be shelved. Will the move to winter hit clubs in the pocket? Almost certainly in terms of missing out on the holiday-season bonanza of capacity crowds, but also untold millions if TV companies bid less for disrupted domestic seasons. Arguably hardest hit will be smaller Football League clubs, reliant on turnstile cash, who are forced to go without games — and income — for weeks. What do Sky and BT Sport think? Both broadcasters declined to comment. But by 2022-23, we will be two more Premier League TV deals down the line after the £5billion extravaganza just agreed. Who knows who will have UK live rights then? Maybe beIN Sports… based in Qatar! You’re not serious? That’s what several hundred million fans said when it was announced in December 2010 that Qatar would host 2022. Rule out nothing, no matter how seemingly ridiculous or outrageous. Is there any chance this ALL won’t even happen? Very little. And when FIFA announce a world-record sponsorship deal with Qatar Airways later this year, as insiders expect, none at all. Merry Christmas!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "UEFA and most confederations prefer December 23 as the final date .\nPremier League and FA to campaign for a December 18 final instead .\nLate December finish will hurt English football's festive period schedule .\nFIFA's general secretary Jerome Valcke also ruled out compensation for associations whose competitions will be hindered by the World Cup ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "An 18-month-old boy has died in Berlin after suffering from measles becoming the first known death of the disease in an outbreak in the German capital. Authorities believe the outbreak began with a child asylum-seeker from Bosnia, which spread to the wider population. So far there have been 570 cases of measles in the city since October. A doctor prepares a measles vaccine at a clinic in Berlin. An 18-month-old boy has become the first known death of the disease in an outbreak in the German capital . An autopsy on the toddler, who died last week but has not been named, revealed he wasn't immunised against the disease and was suffering another medical condition. But the Charite Hospital added that is pre-exisitng health problems would not have led to his death. Measles has spread so quickly as many older adults in Germany were never immunised against the disease and many younger adults did not receive the full course of the vaccine. German health minister Hermann Groehe has called for increased efforts to ensure that children are vaccinated. He has even suggested if that doesn't succeed, authorities might consider making it mandatory, though he said that isn't currently on the agenda. Elsewhere a Berlin secondary school was closed as a precaution on Monday because a student had measles, but reopened Tuesday. The toddler had been treated at the Charite hospital in Berlin, who said his pre-existing health condition would not have contributed to his death . Officials checked students' and teachers' vaccination records and local health official Sibyll Klotz said five students who couldn't show that they were properly vaccinated were sent home. Measles is highly contagious and health officials say more than 90 per cent of a population needs to be vaccinated to prevent outbreaks. Vaccination rates across Europe fell after a now-discredited study that suggested a link between autism and the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella. Health officials recommend immunisation in children at 12 to 15 months of age, followed by a second dose for full protection. The second shot can be given either one month later or before the child starts school, at four to six- years-old, according to the Centers for Disease Control in the United States, which adopted the two-dose protocol in 1989. The measles and SV rubeola viruses. It is thought the latest measles outbreak in Berlin originated from a sick child who travelled to Germany to seek asylum . The measles vaccine was only developed about 50 years ago, which would explain why many older adults weren't immunised. Germany has had a nationwide recommendation of a two-shot regimen only since 1991, so many younger adults may not have received the second dose. The German measles outbreak coincides with smaller ones in the United States tied to Disneyland in California and an Illinois day care center, which in total make up less than 150 cases. Officials say at least two of the measles cases in Berlin have been linked to the U.S. — one person who developed symptoms there before traveling to Germany, and another who developed the infection after returning from the U.S." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Toddler has become the first known death in an outbreak in German capital .\nAutopsy revealed that he was not immunised and had another condition .\nBut hospital caring for him said that would not have led to his death .\nSo far there have been 570 cases of measles in Berlin since October .\nAuthorities believe outbreak began with child seeking asylum from Bosnia .\nSpread quickly as many adults in Germany have not been immunised properly ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The owner of a maraschino cherry company shot himself dead on Tuesday as police broke into a secret drug lab hidden behind the factory walls. Company president Arthur Mondella, 57, had cooperated with investigators for five hours who were at Dell's Maraschino Cherries factory in Brooklyn, New York over allegations the generations-old, family business had been dumping hazardous waste. Investigators reportedly came across suspicious shelving in a storage unit - then behind a door found a false wall with the smell of weed seeping through. The entrance to a dug-out basement was then found, with three bags of marijuana inside. Scroll down for video . Arthur Mondella, (pictured) 57, the owner of Dell's Maraschino Cherries, shot himself in his office bathroom at the company's factory in Brooklyn . FBI crime scene investigators leave the maraschino cherry factory in Brooklyn with bags of evidence on Tuesday . A pot operation was found to be operating behind the walls of the family business during a separate investigation into hazardous waste . The factory floor at Dell's Maraschino Cherries - behind the owner's office, shelves of pot and hundreds of thousands of dollars was discovered . According to the NY Post, generators were found inside the factory along with a high-tech security outfit of dozens of cameras, barbed wire and motion-detector lights. Mondella then excused himself to go to his private bathroom, locked the door and shot himself at 1.30pm, a law enforcement source told Daily Mail Online. Before committing suicide, the third-generation cherry tycoon told his sister who was present, Joanne Capece, to 'take care of my kids'. Those present heard a single gunshot, according to CBS New York. Mondella later died at a local hospital from the .357 magnum gunshot wound. Family man: Arthur Mondella with his daughters Dana Mondella Bentz (left), Dominque Mondella (center) and wife, Elaine Pajchert Mondella pictured for for Dominque's 16th birthday . Arthur Mondella asked his sister Joanne Capece (pictured left) to 'take care of his kids' before taking his own life at his factory on Tuesday. His daughter, Dominque Mondella, who promoted the business in the press late last year (pictured right with boyfriend Michael Palmieri) Salvatore Capece (left), nephew of owner Arthur Mondella, and Dominique Mondella, his daughter, continue family legacy at Dell's Maraschino Cherries Company (pictured in 2009) Dominque pulls a cherry from the vat at the family business at Dell's Maraschino Cherries factory in Brooklyn . Mondella had a gun permit but it was unclear if he was carrying weapons at the time. Daily Mail Online was awaiting a comment from the Brooklyn District Attorney's office on Wednesday. The DA's office and environmental regulators discovered 80lbs of pot in three large bags and hundreds of thousands of dollars concealed in the secret room. Shelves operated by magnets had been used to conceal the operation. A row of luxury, vintage cars were also found covered in tarp in a back lot of the factory in the industrial area of Red Hook. Calls to the business went unanswered on Wednesday. Investigators had been looking into the company over allegations it was dumping hazardous material into the sewage system and waterways - but had suspected that the facility was also being used as a grow lab. Hundreds of thousands of dollars along with 80lbs of marijuana were reportedly discovered in the secret room behind the factory walls in Brooklyn, New York . One official told the New York Daily News: 'It appears there was another activity going on, that's for sure. I don't think you kill yourself over a bag of weed. There has to be more to it.' Brooklyn District Attorney's office had received a tip-off about the marijuana operation in 2013, the New York Post reported. Despite watching comings and goings at the factory for six months, the DA's office was unable to work out if there was a marijuana business operating inside. An anonymous source told the paper that the environmental offense warrants were simply used to get into the building. The DA's office said 'no further information about this tragedy is available at this time'. Officers consult paper work during the investigation of the cherry factory on Tuesday. The Brooklyn district attorney's office had a tip-off in 2013 that the firm was fronting a marijuana operation . The production line at the cherry factory (left) and a jar of Dell's Maraschinos from the company which has been in business for 76 years . The NYPD have become involved in the investigation and were seen removing bags of evidence from the factory late on Tuesday. Dell's Maraschino Cherries, which has been in business for 76 years, supplies to Red Lobster, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chick-fil-A and TGI Fridays for use in cocktails and desserts. Arthur Mondella's grandfather, Arthur Mondella Sr, started the business as a Brooklyn storefront in 1948. The Brooklyn factory now turns out 400,000 bottles of cherries each week - and 19 million pounds of cherries a year. The company recently underwent a $5million overhaul and redesigned their bottles with a retro label last year after the company suffered following the financial crash in 2008. At the time Mr Mondella told The Wall Street Journal: 'At this point, the maraschino cherry is just another commodity. We’re trying to change that.' Some 25 investigators arrived at the facility at 8am on Tuesday with search warrants to inspect its operations. Mondella is survived by his ex-wife Yevgeniya and their five-year-old daughter Antoinette. Dell's Maraschino Cherries, which has been in business for 76 years, supplies to Red Lobster, Buffalo Wild Wings and TGI Fridays ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Arthur Mondella, 57, shot himself dead in the bathroom of Dell's Maraschino Cherries factory in Brooklyn, New York .\nInvestigators looking into environmental offenses smelled marijuana coming from the walls .\nMondella went into his private bathroom and shot himself in the head .\nInvestigators had entered the premises on environmental warrants but suspected factory was being used as front for a grow lab .\nOfficials discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars, 80lbs of pot and a fleet of vintage cars ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The Queen of Belgium still managed to dazzle at a public appearance in Brussels, despite having to face the cameras on crutches after twisting her knee. Queen Mathilde grasped her husband King Philippe for support as she temporarily abandoned the aids for a photo opportunity as she arrived for a meeting at the EU Parliament today. The brace was clearly visible as the royal, 42, simply powered on with her duties despite the awkward injury. Scroll down for video . Queen Mathilde holds onto her husband King Phillipe's arm for support as the couple are welcomed by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (right) to the EU Parliament in Brussels . The queen was still all smiles despite her handicap (right) which meant she had to get around on crutches . As reported by Hello the queen did not let the setback stop her from looking her best, as she sported a flattering orange-and-black block colour pencil dress. Even while holding on to her husband of 16 years so as not to fall, while the couple were welcomed to the meeting by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Mathilde maintained her poise. She and Philippe were also greeted by Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament. The queen showed no signs of pain or made any complaints. The group stopped to have their photographs taken, at which point Mathilde gave her crutches to her aide. With a little help from her husband, she was able to stand upright, linking arms with Philippe. Next up was a visit to the European Council building in the afternoon during the royal tour of EU institutions. The royal palace would only confirm that Mathilde had sustained a knee injury during a fall. She will not need an operation but will have to wear the brace for several weeks. In the meantime she will continue to soldier on with her pre-scheduled engagements. While it is not yet clear when the accident happened, it seems to have taken place earlier this week. Mathilde welcomed Ertharin Cousin, director of the United Nations World Food Programme, to the royal palace on Monday – and was pictured not wearing a brace. Queen Mathilde initially stood on her crutches for the photo opportunity with her husband and Mr Juncker . But the elegant royal, 42, then handed them over to an aide as she posed for the picture with the king's help . Queen Mathilde (fourth from right) is this time supported by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Queen Mathilde was on crutches for royal visit to the EU Parliament .\nShe abandoned them to balance on one leg and grasp her husband King Philippe's arm during one photo opportunity at the event in Brussels today .\nThe royal, 42, simply powered on with her duties despite the injury .\nShe also had help from EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker .\nPalace would only confirm the queen had fallen and hurt her knee .\nVisit was part of a royal tour of EU institutions in the Belgian capital ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two sisters are dead after drowning in their bathtub. Sabrina and Savannah Russo of Pearland, Texas were found unresponsive on February 17, with Savannah dying later that day and Sabrina being taken off of life support late Sunday night. Now, police are conducting an investigation and an autopsy is underway to figure out just what happened to the two girls, who were just 15-months old. Scroll down for video . Savannah and Sabrina Russo (above with mother Barbara and father John) died after drowning in their bathtub . Both girls were rushed by Life Flight medical helicopter (above) to Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital after their mother called 911 . Barbara Russo (above) the girls' mother, was seen returning to their home after the incident . According to Fox 26, the girls' mother, Barbara Russo, their uncle and their older brother were home when the incident occurred. Both girls were rushed by Life Flight medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital after their mother called 911. It is still not known just how long the two girls were underwater. 'My heart goes out to the family. I know that they're grieving,' said Judy Poston, one of the family's neighbors. 'The baby had very little brain activity so she's better off where she is.' Poston also said the Russo told her she was able to give Sabrina CPR after finding her in the tub. A purple butterfly in memory of the girls hung on a tree outside the house . Police have yet to rule the deaths an accident or a crime, and the girls' mother and uncle were at home (above) when the incident occurred . Police have yet to rule the deaths an accident or a crime. According to KHOU, the parents had recently split, but were now back together. They also said the family kept to themselves, with one neighbor describing them as 'just not your typical \"can I borrow some sugar from you\" kind of neighbor.' Children's Protective Services is also investigating the incident, and said they had been involved with the family before and the older child, who is three-years-old. He has been removed from the home and is now with family friends. 'I hope that they can get through this together. I hope that eventually they can become strong. I know that you never ever get over the death of a child but with time hopefully they can get on with their lives,' said Poston. 'It's very sad, not one baby, but two,' said Lene Owerbach, another neighbor. 'I don't even know what to think it's going to be with them the rest of their lives. It must be devastating to them.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sabrina and Savannah Russo of Pearland, Texas, were found unresponsive in a bathtub on February 17 .\nSavannah died later that day, while Sabrina was put on life support, but died after being taken off late Sunday night .\nPolice are now investigating how the two girls drowned as their mother, uncle and older brother were home at the time .\nThe parents had recently split, but were back together at the time of the incident according to reports .\nAccording to one report, Child Protective Services officials say they've been involved with the older child and this family before .\nThat boy, who is 3, was taken away by CPS and is with relatives ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "London Fashion Week, which wound to a close yesterday, came and went quicker than you can say Alexa Chung. While many people dismiss the five-day style event in the capital as nothing more than ridiculous, a lot of what the designers showcased on the runway will actually be filling our wardrobes in months to come. From the more wearable trends - such as Burberry and Matthew Williamson's boho vibes - to the downright bizarre looks - like Sophia Webster's full glitter faces and Giles's Victorian doll inspired looks - FEMAIL has compiled the most weird and wonderful trends to emerge from London fashion week. BOHO VIBES . The most accessible trend to come out of fashion week was the Sevenites revival. Bohemian vibes were most prominent at Burberry, with a show called Patchwork, Pattern & Prints. Burberry's new arm candy, the bucket bag, was given a fringed makeover, as were the brand's winter ponytail booties. From beautiful boho vibes at Burberry, pictured, to weirdly wonderful designs elsewhere, FEMAIL has rounded up the best and worst trends to emerge from London Fashion Week . The fashion brand's staple trench succumbed to the new trend too, emerging with paisley prints in blossom hues. Teal and olive maxi dresses also made a comeback and were worn with the tiniest of waistcoats. Mosaic-encrusted tops, quilted floral jackets, and patchwork leggings rocked the runway, with the occasional injection of leopard-print making a graphic statement. Similarly, Matthew Williamson stuck to his signature boho style by unveiling a mystical and bright hued collection inspired by the signs of the Zodiac. Flowing silk dresses came slashed to the hip and were often embellished with bold blue crystals inspired by birth flowers, horoscope signs and stones. Fur is officially in fashion come autumn, if Matthew's catwalk is anything to go by - his shaggy Mongolian lamb and shearling in topaz, teal, and pink sent Instagram into a furry frenzy. Boho is back, according to Burberry, where Christopher Bailey sent models down the runway in mosaic-encrusted tops, quilted floral jackets, and patchwork leggings . Matthew Williamson stuck to his signature boho style by unveiling a mystical and bright hued collection inspired by horoscopes . VICTORIANA FASHION . Designers often look to the past for inspiration but it seems that this season, many delved deep into their archives by taking the Victorian age as their point of reference. Design duo Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker exhibited an affinity towards the dark side at their AW15 show on Friday night. The relentlessly alluring theme of Gothic romanticism seeped throughout the collection - named Persephone - thanks to delicate fabrics and feminine details nostalgic of the Victorian age. Frills were rife, dominating the collars or lining the dress, and even made their mark on footwear. Silk blouses and sheer fabrics flowed down the runway, followed by luxurious felt wool coats that embraced winter’s charm and highlighted the feminine silhouette. There were similar scenes at Giles, with models sent down the runway with black lips, pale complexions and ruffled collars with silk bows galore. Frills were rife at PPQ, dominating the collars or lining the dress, and even made their mark on footwear . The Giles show was full of Victorian vibes as he sent models down the runway with ruffled collared shirts with silk bows galore . BONDAGE . Julien Macdonald is unapologetic about his love for high octane glamour, but his AW15 collection was a departure from the usual feast of glitter and sequins that he has made his signature. The Welsh designer and Strictly Come Dancing star embraced gothic glamour in his London show. Julien's racy designs were overtly sexual but managed to maintain that sense of sophistication that makes him a red carpet favourite. Julien Macdonald was one of many designers to embrace gothic glamour and all things racy in London this season . Dominatrix-esque models took to the runway wearing thick chokers, long black gloves and embellished luxe silks. Dresses, both long and short, came with peek-a-boo cutouts and were worn with thigh-high leggings, ensuring the Julien woman garners attention for all the right reasons. Marko Mitanovski, a firm favourite of Lady Gaga, also embraced the bondage theme by sending models down the runway wearing full fishnet bodysuits with just a thong underneath. The Serbian designer's catwalk was awash with masks, collars and corsets in leather and croc, with some faces completely covered in black paint. Meanwhile, Sophia Webster the queen of quirky footwear - incorporated the bondage theme into her show designs with thigh-high strappy sandals with leather detailing, as well as bags emblazoned with the words 'Freak Like Me'. Dominatrix-esque models took to the runway at Marko Mitanovski wearing fishnets and exposing plenty of flesh . Serbian designer Marko Mitanovski took the corset to a whole new level, sending his models out wearing nose-to-toe versions . Sophia Webster's collection, appropriately named Freak Like Me, showcased thigh high strappy sandals with leather and matching bags . The Sophia Webster presentation during London Fashion Week was, rather fittingly, named Freak Like Me . Pam Hogg's show was a feast of leather and PVC, centre, and satin, right, with Alice Dellal taking to the catwalk in sheer pants adorned with ribbons and bows, left . ACCESSORISE ALL AREAS . Roadwork emblazoned handbags, neon furs and orb headbands are just a few of the ways we will be accessorising come autumn. Queen of the tote, Anya Hindmarch - who is one of the Duchess of Cambridge's favourite bag designers - performed her usual magic of turning mundane everyday items into desirable accessories that often attract a long waiting list. For her autumn/winter 2015 line, entitled 'The Diversion Collection'. Anya was influenced by Britain's motorways, with models marching down a catwalk decorated with road markings and overseen by LED speed limits. Motifs for this season stepped away from the busy sticker theme of her last collection, with bags stamped with traffic signs like 'road works ahead' and 'no U-turn.' Perhaps one of the most unique items in the collection is the Eddie Stobart clutch that is a miniature replica of the motorway regulars. As for headwear, models at Ashley Williams wore the furriest shearling bucket hats, while Gyo Yuni Kimchoe decorated models in space age style helmets with animal horns and tassled ribbon necklaces, and Sophia Webster's headbands came adorned with orbs. Queen of the tote, Anya Hindmarch, unveiled 'The Diversion Collection' that was influenced by Britain's motorways . Perhaps one of the most unique items in the collection is the Eddie Stobart clutch that is a miniature replica of the motorway regulars, left, and the Little Chef themed tote was also a hit, right . Hats at the Ashley Williams show came in the softest sheepskin and shearling textures (even if the models could barely see beneath them) Accessories took on a whole new meaning at Gyo Yuni Kimchoe, where male models wore space age style helmets with animal horns and tassled ribbon necklaces . Sophia Webster's girls wore headbands with giant gold orbs attached to them . Roksanda Ilincic is the master of colour blocking and her AW15 footwear was no exception . Acid-coloured chubby furs and bags provided some eye-catching additions to Roksanda's catwalk . BOLD BEAUTY: INTERESTING EYES, GLITTER-FILLED FACES AND POLKA DOT MAKE-UP . It isn't just the clothes designers who create the new trends at London Fashion Week. Behind the scenes, the most talented hair and make-up artists in the world work like a well-oiled machine to set the next season's beauty trends - and if they have anything to do with it, we'll be wearing fake freckles, smudged lipstick or perhaps even no make-up at all come next autumn. FEMAIL went backstage to meet the hotbed of talent conjuring up AW15's beauty looks and from what we've witnessed, you'll be getting creative in six months' time (so get your glitter at the ready). Portuguese designers Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida for Marques' Almeida sent models down their runway with white eyelashes, while Val Garland decorated models' eyes with sequins. At Matthew Williamson, Benefit's Lisa Potter-Dixon created a new take on eyeliner being dubbed 'displaced liner,' by applying a sweep on the models' sockets rather than on their waterline. Sophia Webster, always one to push quirky trends, asked Sharon Dowsett fom L'Oreal Paris to completely coat some of the models' faces in glitter. Elsewhere, other models were given totally white faces with a bold glitter lip. Models at Marques' Almeida, left, had lashings of white mascara applied to their eyes, whilst at Temperley, right, models' eye sockets were adorned with glitter and sequins . Sharon Dowsett from L'Oreal Paris completely coated some of the models' faces in glitter at Sophia Webster, right, and others were given totally white faces, left . At Dora Abodi, models faces were painted white all over and tiny polkadots were applied using marker pen . Not only did the models at Dora Abodi have quirky make-up, but their hair left something to be desired too ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "London Fashion Week has covered a huge amount of trends over the last few days .\nThere were boho vibes at Burberry, dominatrix styles at Julien Macdonald and Victorian designs at Giles .\nFEMAIL rounds up the best and worst trends to emerge from the collections ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A ballet dancer is on target to waltz his way to fame with a series of gravity-defying photographs which could well be the ultimate self portraits. Tourists wandering through the cobbled streets of Paris would stand in awe as they saw Mickael Jou performing his dance routines ranging from ballet to more modern moves. Snapping away with their cameras as Mickael performed pirouettes through the air, old and young alike would then share their magical pictures with the dancer. Mickael Jou seemingly floats through the air as he chats to a woman while people enjoy a picnic in the background, . Mickael, who now lives in Berlin, said seeing the snaps inspired him to start his own project, enabling him to marry his love of dance with photography using a variety of locations as a backdrop. 'Tourists would quite often photograph and film me dancing in Paris, and after seeing the pictures they'd taken of me, I figured that I should try it out for myself,' said Mickael. After wandering around the Louvre art gallery in Paris for inspiration, Mickael bought a camera of his own and pored over the manual until he knew exactly how to use all the features and time his dance moves to coincide with the shutter speed. Poised as if to pick a flower, Mickael strikes a pose mid-air . Over the past three years,he has collected an assortment of snaps which show him dancing through the air for his 365 photo project. I’ve spent three years working on this 365 photo project and it will probably take another three years to finish it,' he added. Uploading the photographs onto his website, viewers will be able to see Mickael almost floating through the air on a beach, beside a hotel and in woodland. The 30-year-old said he puts a lot of thought into the location of his photographs with some of the snaps taking minutes to shoot and others much longer. 'I pick out a location, and then I set-up my tripod and I have a remote control that I press,' he said. 'Of course, I also adjust photographic settings such as the aperture, but the tripod and the remote control is how I manage to photograph myself. 'Taking a picture can take anywhere from five minutes to an hour. Sometimes I get lucky and have lots of time to take a picture, but sometimes I have constraints and no time at all, for instance if the sunlight changes or the other people in the picture can't stay.' Mickael said that while it looks like there is just him at a particular spot, there is usually a throng of people behind the camera. 'Passers-by often stop and ask what I'm doing or even take pictures of me taking pictures of myself,' said Mickael. 'I've had groups of 50 people cheer me on as I take a picture, which kind of feels like a sports match, but with dancing!' In a scene which could have come straight from a science fiction film, Mickael floats through a woodland . Mickael said that while the self-portraits are a hobby, he does occasionally sell them as well. 'Eleven of my pictures are currently hanging up at a bar in Berlin, the Mokkabar, Gneisenaustraße 93,' he said. 'This project is very personal to me, but I'm always glad if people enjoy my pictures. I used to work in marketing in Paris, but now I'm based in Berlin and working as a photographer's assistant to get some more experience. 'I began dancing when I was 18 and I actually like anything to do with exercise and will do stretching most days.' Mickael, who said his dream job would be to work as a fashion or commercial photographer, said children watching him dancing and taking photographs often tried to copy him. 'When I'm doing the splits, I often see little children trying to do them as well - it's really cute,' he added. Anyone who would like to see more of Mickael Jou's work can do so at www.facebook.com/mickaeljouphotographydance or www.mickaeljou.com . Using a piece of material, Mickael demonstrates his athletic prowess and near weightlessness on a bridge . A mirror helps create the illusion of air travel as Mickael strikes a pose . A move which is familiar to ballet fans everywhere, Mickael gives it a special twist by performing it near the sea . Going outside to stretch your legs takes on a whole new meaning when you're Mickael Jou . Mickael stands out from the crowds above as he poses among some wood . Tripping the light fantastic under the watchful eye of a woman on the balcony above ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mickael Jou was inspired after tourists stopped to snap pictures as he waltzed through the streets of Paris .\nThe 30-year-old has been dancing since he was 18 and says he can now combine his love of photos with dance .\nTaught himself to take the images after buying a camera and poring over the instruction manual ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Early risers across much of Arizona were treated to pink skies as a Nasa research rocket launched into the atmosphere. The rocket blasted off from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at 5:26 am local time (12.26 GMT). A bright pink cloud was visible for the next 20 minutes as sunlight hit the rocket's vapour trail. Early risers across Arizona were treated to pink skies as a Nasa research rocket launched into the atmosphere. A bright pink cloud was visible for the next 20 minutes as sunlight hit the rocket's vapour trail . News outlets in Arizona reported that residents in Phoenix, Tucson, Lake Havasu City and Flagstaff reported seeing the pink cloud. The Terrier-Black Brant rocket carried an atmospheric-research payload designed by scientists and engineers at a space-vehicles research lab at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. The white 'tracer cloud' was made up of trimethyl aluminum, and the red cloud, consisted of lithium vapour. White Sands officials said the rocket's release of vapour into the near-vacuum of space was intended to help study processes responsible for the formation of the Earth's ionosphere. This photo shows a Nasa Terrier-Black Brant research rocket that launched from White Sands Missile Range . White Sands officials said the rocket's release of vapour into the near-vacuum of space was intended to help study processes responsible for the formation of the Earth's ionosphere . That's a region of space where electrons naturally separate from molecules and float separately to create an ionised gas. The ionosphere is a crucial layer of charged particles surrounding our planet. This layer serves as the medium through which high frequency radio waves – such as those sent down to the ground by global positioning system (GPS) satellites or, indeed, any satellite communicating with Earth – travel. The ionosphere begins about 60 miles above the ground and is filled with electrons and ions. After releasing the rocket, researchers then visually observed the movement of the vapour as it traces the motions of background environment. This will help scientists better understand and predict the electrical storms in Earth's upper atmosphere. GPS signal delays caused by activity in the ionosphere are measured in metres, with large delays being on the order of 40 metres, says Lawrence Sparks, senior technologist with the Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing Group at JPL. While it doesn't take long for signals traveling at the speed of light to cover 40 metres, he says, even a delay of a small fraction of a second can make a significant difference in determining the position of a fast-moving plane. 'It is crucial to bound the positioning errors accurately for landing an aircraft safely in fog, for example,' he said. Nasa likens this technique to injecting a small, harmless dye into a river or stream, to study its currents, eddies, and other motions. The rocket was provided under a Department of Defense test program at Kirtland, while a Nasa rocket program provided technical expertise for its assembly and other parts of the mission. The launch was postponed from Monday because of weather. A similar experiment took place last year over the Marshall Islands (pictured). After releasing the rocket in space, researchers then visually observed the subsequent movement of the vapour as it traces the motions of background environment . The rocket blasted off from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico at 5:26 am local time (12.26 GMT) When high frequency radio waves, such as those used for the Global Positioning System (GPS) travel through a disturbed layer of Earth's electrically charged atmosphere, the ionosphere, they can be disrupted ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Clouds seen in Phoenix, Tucson, Lake Havasu City and Flagstaff .\nRocket blasted off from White Sands Missile Range this morning .\nRocket's release of vapour was intended to help study ionosphere .\nThis is a crucial layer of charged particles surrounding our planet .\nLaunch could explain how ionsphere affects technology such as GPS ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Filmmaker Roman Polanski appeared in a court in Poland on Wednesday for a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition charges of sex with a minor, a case that has haunted him since 1977. Judge Dariusz Mazur was not expected to make a ruling on Wednesday and scheduled another hearing, buying time to study documents that arrived this week from Switzerland, which in 2010 refused to extradite Polanski. The next hearing could be in April or sooner, according to court spokeswoman Grazyna Rokita. Scroll down for video . Filmmaker Roman Polanski, center, with his lawyers, appeared in the court for a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor . Wearing a dark suit, the Oscar-winning director entered the court in Krakow with his two Polish lawyers. On the attorneys' request, the court banned media from the hearing. Polanski, 81, is in Poland preparing to make a movie about Alfred Dreyfus, a 19th-century French army officer wrongly accused of spying. Prosecutors in Polanski's childhood city of Krakow, where he has an apartment, have refused a U.S. request to arrest him, but have said there are no legal obstacles to his extradition and have asked the court for a ruling. If the judge refuses to hand Polanski over, the case is closed. If he allows the extradition, the final decision will belong to the justice minister. The Oscar-winning director is a celebrity in Poland, where many politicians have indicated reluctance to hand him over, arguing he has already paid a heavy price and repented for what he did. An Interpol warrant for Polanski's arrest is in effect in 188 countries. He avoids extradition by traveling only between France, Poland and Switzerland. He has French and Polish passports. The Oscar-winning director, pictured right on Wednesday and left in 1977, is a celebrity in Poland, where many politicians have indicated reluctance to hand him over, arguing he has already paid a heavy price and repented for what he did . Polanski, director of classics like Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown, pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer during a photoshoot in Los Angeles. He served 42 days in jail as part of a 90-day plea bargain in 1977 before he fled the United States on the eve of his sentencing the following year. In 2009, he was arrested in Zurich on a U.S. warrant and placed under house arrest but was freed the following year after Swiss authorities decided not to extradite him. In 2013, Mrs Geimer described in graphic detail for the first time what happened on the day of the attack in Jack Nicholson’s LA home. In her book, The Girl, she wrote about how Polanski told her mother he wanted to take pictures of the teen for French Vogue but would not allow her to accompany her daughter. In her book, The Girl, Geimer, left, revealed that Polanski first plied her with champagne, taking pictures of her in the Jacuzzi in just her underwear before giving her a sleeping pill . If the judge refuses to hand Polanski over, the case is closed. If he allows the extradition, the final decision will belong to the justice minister . Describing the sexual assault, Mrs Geimer revealed that Polanski first plied her with champagne, taking pictures of her in the Jacuzzi in just her underwear before giving her a sleeping pill. During the screening of a documentary of his life at the Zurich Film Festival in 2011, Polanski said Mrs Geimer was a ‘double victim’ after she was caught up in the media glare of his arrest in 2009." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Oscar-winning director is fighting extradition to the U.S. in connection with charges of having sex with a minor in the 1970s .\nIf the Polish judge refuses to hand Polanski over then the case is closed, but final decision could be left to the justice minister .\nPolish politicians have indicated a reluctance to hand Polanski over, arguing he has already paid a heavy price .\nA ruling is expected by April ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A television crew captured this astonishing footage which appears to show a purple disc-shaped UFO hovering about a city construction site. The production crew in Lima, Peru, were filming a programme when they interrupted it in order to focus on what appears to be a 'UFO' hovering over the city. The purple-colored disc-shaped object can be seen hovering in the sky near a construction site, but so far, there has been no official explanation for the object. The purple-colored disc-shaped object (pictured) was spotted hovering in the sky in the city of Lima, in Peru . The unidentified purple object was seen above this construction site - it can be seen just under the crane . According to Peru This Week, television show 'Alto al Crimen' - an investigative program aimed at preventing high level crime - was shooting an episode in the upscale Miraflores district of Lima on February 10 when they spotted the unusual object. The show's host, Lima Congressman Renzo Reggiardo, halted an interview in order to allow his camera operator to focus on the strange-looking purple object in the sky. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the object hovering over the city for up to two hours. Thousands of people have taken to social media to discuss what they think the mysterious purple object is and the video has already been viewed more than 100,000 times. The production crew in Lima, Peru, were filming a programme when they spotted what appears to be a 'UFO' The Raelian movement, a UFO religion, are delighted by the spotting and claim the UFO is somehow linked to their initiative to persuade the Peruvian government to build an extraterrestrial embassy in the country . Some suggest it is a drone or kite or a hologram projected into the sky. Other people believe it could be proof of extraterrestrial life, while one person said that they think it is a 'plastic bag'. Adding more mystery to the UFO sighting are claims that the UFO is somehow linked to an initiative currently underway by the Raelian movement - a UFO religion - to persuade the Peruvian government to build an extraterrestrial embassy, reports The Examiner. Raëlism, also known as Raelianism or the Raëlian movement, is a UFO religion that was founded in 1974. The Raëlian Movement teaches that life on Earth was scientifically created by a species of extraterrestrials, which they call the Elohim. Members of this species appeared human and when having personal contacts with the descendants of the humans they made, they previously misinformed (on purpose) early humanity that they were angels, cherubim or gods. Raëlians believe messengers, or prophets, of the Elohim include Buddha,Jesus, and others who informed humans of each era. Erich Rever of the Peruvian Raelian Movement said: 'This UFO appeared right when we held a press conference to present our embassy project plan, which we have submitted to the Peruvian government. 'Peru must be dear to our extraterrestrial creators, who lived here in ancient times and left many traces, so we're asking the government for permission to build the embassy here. 'It's a wonderful opportunity for Peruvians to understand their past and, more importantly, to consider receiving our creators, the Elohim, who were taken for gods by our ancestors and now ask to be welcomed back. 'We're hoping the Peruvian government will receive their request loud and clear!' The Peru chapter of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is investigating and says it is seeking more eyewitnesses who may have videotaped the purple aerial object from different vantage points." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Television crew captured purple disc-shaped UFO hovering over Lima .\nEyewitnesses said object was above the Peruvian city for two hours .\nThousands have taken to social media to discuss what it could be .\nSome believe it is proof of aliens, others think it's a drone or plastic bag .\nRaelian movement claims the UFO is somehow linked to their initiative to persuade the Peruvian government to build an extraterrestrial embassy ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oscar Pistorious's lawyers have launched a bid to prevent prosecutors appealing his manslaughter conviction ahead of a a possible new murder trial over the death of Reeva Steenkamp. Lawyers for the jailed South African Olympic said yesterday they have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges. Prosecutors want Pistorius, 28, convicted of the more serious crime of murder for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 - and in December they were granted permission by Judge Thokozile Masipa to appeal against his acquittal. Scroll down for video . Lawyers for jailed South African Olympic Oscar Pistorius (pictured during his trial) have announced they have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges . The double amputee athlete was acquitted by Judge Masipa of both premeditated murder and the lesser murder charge of dolus eventualis, also known as common-law murder. In South African law dolus eventualis applies if the accused knew they might kill someone but still went ahead with their course of action. Pistorius was instead convicted of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, and sentenced to five years in prison . Prosecutors argue that Judge Masipa misinterpreted the law when she cleared Pistorius of murder on the basis that he did not intentionally shoot Ms Steenkamp. But now defence lawyers are challenging the judge's decision to allow prosecutors to appeal as they do not want the culpable homicide verdict to be overturned . Pistorius and model Reeva Steenkamp in 2012 - he fatally shot her on Valentine's Day 2013 at his home . Pistorius lawyers' said in a brief statement yesterday that they have applied to argue against allowing prosecutors to appeal. Their application will be heard in court on March 13. Pistorius's legal team say his conviction was based on facts presented during the trial, not on an interpretation of law, and therefore cannot be appealed. 'We will argue that these are matters of fact, rather than matters of law,' they said in a statement. Judge Masipa presided over Pistorius' seven-month murder trial last year and heard how hr shot Reeva Steenkamp multiple times through a closed toilet door in his home in Pretoria on Valentine's Day. She ruled Pistorius, known as the 'Blade Runner' for his prosthetic legs he wears on the track, did not intend to kill Reeva and acquitted him of murder, but found he acted negligently when he fired four times through the door from close range with his 9 mm pistol. During the trial, Pistorius testified that he shot the model four times through a locked toilet door, believing she was an intruder. Kgosi Mampuru 2 Management Area Prison where Pistorius is serving his five-year sentence in Pretoria . Prosecutors argued he deliberately killed the 29-year-old law graduate after an argument, but Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled they had failed to prove intent. If the Supreme Court of Appeal finds that Pistorius should have been found guilty of murder, as prosecutors contend, he faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. But the challenge by his lawyers to the appeal is likely to delay the process. Pistorius's trial last year attracted massive international interest and revealed a darker side to the once-revered athlete. He is currently serving his prison term in the hospital ward of a Pretoria prison, away from the often overcrowded cells of South Africa's jails, which are notorious for gang violence. He could be eligible to be moved to house arrest in August, when he may be able to serve the remainder of his sentence at his uncle's home." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Prosecutors want to appeal Oscar Pistorius's manslaughter conviction .\nHe was sentenced to five years in prison for killing girlfriend Reeva in 2013 .\nHe was acquitted of both premeditated murder and common-law murder .\nProsecutors say judge misinterpreted law when she cleared him of murder .\nJudge Thokozile Masipa ruled prosecutors could appeal against acquittal .\nNow defence lawyers have launched bid to prevent the appeal going ahead ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Kelly-Marie Earp, 33, fell and banged her head in the shower at her home in Midway, Derbyshire, but didn't realise she was badly hurt. She died six days later . A mother of two died from a slow bleed on the brain six days after she fell and banged her head in the shower, an inquest heard. Kelly-Marie Earp, 33, slipped and banged her head in the shower at her home in Midway, Derbyshire, but didn't realise she was badly hurt. She spent the following day enjoying a Sunday lunch with her family before collapsing and suffering confusion. The single mother was later taken to hospital and operated on but died from 'an acute subdural haematoma' as a result of 'blunt impact injury to the head'. The inquest into her death at South Derbyshire Coroner's Court yesterday heard that it was not uncommon for there to be a 'lucid period' after someone had suffered a head injury. The hearing was told that Ms Earp had spent much of the day with her sister on July 19 last year before returning to her own house at 8.30pm. She had a shower, during which she slipped and banged her head, and returned to her sister's home 45 minutes later complaining of a bump on the head. However, Ms Earp – who is mother to Josh, 13, and Macy, five – thought nothing more of it and returned home later that evening. She spent the following day at her mother's house where she enjoyed a Sunday lunch with her family and could be seen laughing and joking. Her mother Caroline Earp told the inquest: 'I remember her laughing when she arrived for lunch. 'There were two cars parked outside and she couldn't get between them and so she'd had to drive the long way round.' However, after later returning home, Ms Earp was found semi-conscious in the living room by her son Josh. The teenager came home to find his mother slumped over after being dropped off by his father, with whom he had spent the weekend. Coroner Louise Pinder recorded a conclusion of accidental death at South Derbyshire Coroner's Court (above) Detective Constable Thomas Wagg, of Derbyshire Police, told the hearing how Josh tried to rouse her in order to go to bed but she told him she believed she was already in bed. Mr Wagg added: 'Josh rang his father who advised him to leave her where she was. 'The following morning, about 7am, Josh still couldn't rouse his mum. 'There was no response from her at all. He rang his father again. He came to their home address, got them ready for school, came back and still couldn't rouse her and rang her sister Michelle.' The pair phoned 999 at about 9am on July 21 and Ms Earp was taken to Royal Derby Hospital where it was discovered that she had suffered a bleed to her brain. She was transferred to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham and operated on but died four days later on July 25. Consultant pathologist and forensic medical examiner Dr Andrew Hitchcock stated on the post-mortem examination report that Ms Earp died of 'an acute subdural haematoma' as a result of 'blunt impact injury to the head'. He said he could find no underlying disease that could have accounted for her collapsing in the shower. Coroner Louise Pinder recorded a conclusion of accidental death. After the inquest, Ms Earp's sister Tiffany, 25, said: 'She loved to be at parties with the family and friends – she was the life and soul and was the loudest one out of the lot of us. 'She loved her kids. We really miss her and it's not the same without her.' A subdural haematoma is a collection of clotting blood that puts pressure on the brain. It usually occurs as a result of a head injury and is a serious condition which usually requires emergency treatment. There are three types of a subdural haematoma: . A CT scan can show a subdural haematoma and an operation to remove the haematoma may be needed. Many people with a small subdural haematoma can make a quick and full recovery. However, in some cases it can lead to the damaging of brain tissues and in the worst cases a large haematoma on the brain can result in death. A subdural haematoma can occur at any age. However, some people are more at risk of developing a subdural haematoma after a head injury including people over the age of 60, because blood vessels around the brain become weaker, and babies. Subdural haematoma's are also more common in people who misuse alcohol because it can affect the clotting of blood and people who have consumed alcohol are more likely to fall and hit their head. People who take anticoagulation treatment, including aspirin, are also more prone to a subdural haematoma after a head injury. Anyone who has been knocked unconscious by a blow to the head, or who is vomiting after a knock, should go straight to an A&E department. People who have suffered a bang to the head, but may not be experiencing symptoms, should also seek medical help. Often hospitals will keep patients in 'for observation' after a bump to the head to ensure a subdural haematoma does not develop." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Kelly-Marie Earp fell and banged her head in shower on July 19 last year .\nMother didn't realise she was badly hurt and spent the next day with family .\nShe was laughing and joking and totally unaware she had suffered injury .\nHer son Josh, 13, later found her semi-conscious and could not rouse her .\nTaken to hospital on July 21 but died four days later from bleed on brain .\nShe had 'acute subdural haematoma' from 'blunt impact injury to the head'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We all know and love the moon. We're so assured that we only have one that we don't even give it a specific name. But the moon is not the Earth's only natural satellite. As recently as 1997, we discovered that another body, 3753 Cruithne, is what's called a quasi-orbital satellite of Earth. Now researchers believe its strange orbit may help scientists better understand how gravity helped planets form. Scroll down for video . A representation of Cruithne's strange orbit around the sun. Cruithne scuttles around the inner solar system in what's called a 'horseshoe' orbit. This could provide an ideal testing ground for our understanding of how the solar system evolves under gravity . Cruithne doesn't loop around the Earth in a nice ellipse in the same way as the moon, or indeed the artificial satellites we loft into orbit. Instead, Cruithne scuttles around the inner solar system in what's called a 'horseshoe' orbit. To help understand why it's called a horseshoe orbit, imagine we're looking down at the solar system, rotating at the same rate as the Earth goes round the sun. From our viewpoint, the Earth looks stationary. A body on a simple horseshoe orbit around the Earth moves toward it, then turns round and moves away. Once it's moved so far away it's approaching Earth from the other side, it turns around and moves away again. Horseshoe orbits are quite common for moons in the solar system. Saturn has a couple of moons in this configuration, for instance. Cruithne, a 3 mile (5km) asteroid (animations shown above) is shown here. The yellow orbit in the animation shows Cruithne's orbit around Earth . What's unique about Cruithne is how it wobbles and sways along its horseshoe. If you look at Cruithne's motion in the solar system, it makes a messy ring around Earth's orbit, swinging so wide that it comes into the neighbourhood of both Venus and Mars. So what can we learn about the solar system from Cruithne? Quite a lot. Like the many other asteroids and comets, it contains forensic evidence about how the planets were assembled. Its kooky orbit is an ideal testing ground for our understanding of how the solar system evolves under gravity. It wasn't until the end of the 20th century that we even realised that bodies would enter such weird horseshoe orbits and stay there for such a long time. The fact they do shows us that such interactions will have occurred while the solar system was forming. The moon has been orbiting Earth for more than four billion years. But our planet’s faithful companion may not be alone. A new object, dubbed 2014 OL339, has been found masquerading as Earth’s ‘second moon’. The new ‘moon’, which is in fact a 490ft (150 metre) asteroid, takes about a year to orbit the sun and is close enough to Earth to look like its satellite. The peculiar object was accidentally discovered on July 29 by astronomer Farid Char of the Chilean University of Antofagasta. According to Rebecca Boyle writing in New Scientist, 2014 OL339 has been travelling near to our planet for about 775 years and it will continue to do so for another 165 years. It has an elliptical orbit and takes around 364.92 days to circle the sun once, meaning the asteroid and Earth are in ‘resonant orbits’. This happens when two orbiting bodies exert a gravitational influence on each other due to their orbits being closely related. Asteroid 2014 OL339 orbits the sun in a similar timeframe to Earth, but our planet’s gravity pushes it into an eccentric wobble. Because we think terrestrial planets grow via collisions of bodies of Cruithne-size and above, this is a big new variable. One day, Cruithne could be a practice site for landing humans on asteroids, and perhaps even mining them for the rare-earth metals our new technologies desperately crave. If Cruithne struck the Earth, though, that would be an extinction-level event, similar to what is believed to have occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period. Luckily it's not going to hit us anytime soon – its orbit is tilted out of the plane of the solar system, and astrophysicists have shown using simulations that while it can come quite close, it is extremely unlikely to hit us. The point where it is predicted to get closest is about 2,750 years away. If you look at Cruithne's motion in the solar system, it makes a messy ring around Earth's orbit, swinging so wide that it comes into the neighbourhood of both Venus (pictured) and Mars . Cruithne is expected to undergo a rather close encounter with Venus in about 8,000 years, however. There's a good chance that that will put paid to our erstwhile spare moon, flinging it out of harm's way, and out of the Terran family. The story doesn't end there. Like a good foster home, the Earth plays host to many wayward lumps of rock looking for a gravitational well to hang around near. Astronomers have actually detected several other quasi-orbital satellites that belong to the Earth, all here for a little while before caroming on to pastures new. Cruithne and these other satellites teach us that the solar system isn't eternal – and by extension, neither are we. This article originally appeared in The Conversation. It was written by Dr Duncan Forgan who is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of St Andrews’ School of Physics and Astronomy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cruithne was spotted in 1997 and is known as a 'quasi-orbital satellite'\nThis is because it moves around inner solar system in 'horseshoe' orbit .\nIt contains forensic evidence about how the planets were assembled .\nIts unusual orbit is also an ideal testing ground for our understanding of how the solar system developed under gravity ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The terrorist death cult Islamic State has reportedly found a new senior Australian jihadi recruiter after its highest-ranked Australian, Mohammed Ali Baryalei, was killed in October. The fighters have chosen Melbourne man Neil Prakash, who goes by the name of Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, as former Sydney bouncer Baryalei’s brainwashing successor, the Daily Telegraph reports. Al-Cambodi, who previously appeared in jihadist propaganda videos on YouTube, has been using his Twitter and Ask.fm accounts to answer questions about IS. ‘Worry what Allah is planning,’ the Fijian and Cambodian man reportedly instructed nonbelievers. Scroll down for video . Melbourne man Neil Prakash goes by the name of Abu Khaled al-Cambodi. He is reportedly trying to recruit more Australians to join ISIS . Al-Cambodi previously appeared in jihadist propaganda videos on YouTube (right) Al-Cambodi’s Twitter page frequently describes Islamic State activities in real time, including the capturing of an air base, and encourages others to join the extremist group. 'Heavy Clashes in tabqa, fireworks is the agenda tonight! Please done forget the brothers in your duas (prayers)! [sic]' he previously posted. Baryalei is alleged to have recruited half of the 60 Australians fighting in the Middle East. After his death was reported on social media in October his mother and a senior defence force member claimed they believed he was still alive. Baryalei left Australia in 2013 to go to Syria and a warrant was put out for his arrest in September as it emerged he was recruiting fighters to the Islamic State's cause. Mr Baryalei worked with the Street Dawah movement, a group of Muslims who recruited on the streets of western Sydney . Vice Admiral David Johnston says he has seen no information to confirm social media reports the Australian was killed . Defence force chief of joint operations Vice Admiral David Johnston said he has seen no information to confirm social media reports the Australian was killed in Syria. 'Increasingly, it looks less likely than likely,' he told reporters. 'I have not seen anything to indicate, on balance, that he is dead.' His phone calls to Australia, allegedly regarding a plot to behead a random member of the public, sparked the largest anti-terrorism raids in the country's history, which targeted 25 homes in NSW and Queensland. A social media report at the end of October said Baryalei had been martyred, although it gave no details, and the Australian government was unable to confirm the reports. Vice Admiral Johnston said he has seen reports indicating a number of IS leaders have been targeted in air strikes, and there is no doubt that is having an impact on their leadership capability. Mr Baryalei, who left Australia in 2013 to go to Syria, was the highest-ranked Australian in the Islamic State jihadist group . A social media report at the end of October said Baryalei had been martyred . The Baryalei family arrived in Australia more than 30 years ago as refugees from Afghanistan. Unbeknownst to his family, Baryalei chose to join terror group Jabhat al-Nusra then the Islamic State. During the September terror raids, Baryalei was named by police as the instigator behind a plot to behead a member of the public in an Australian city which was to be filmed with the victim draped in the Islamic State's black flag. He worked with the Street Dawah movement, a group of Muslims who recruited on the streets of western Sydney. The wanted terrorist is also said to have battled with mental illness growing up, suffering extensive bouts of depression which saw him confined to his room for days on end. He apparently suffered a traumatic childhood at the hands of his abusive father, and left home at just 17. The wanted terrorist (bottom centre) is also said to have battled with mental illness growing up . As news filtered through of Baryalei's apparent demise, the neighbours of his parents in Sydney's northwest spoke about his mother's pain over her son's decision to join the radical group. The neighbour said Ms Baryalei had been devastated by her son's decision to take up arms with IS. 'She was crying. She couldn't believe it was her son,' she said. 'All she knew was he was overseas studying to be a cleric and would call her every so often. 'He was very protective of his mum.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Islamic State has reportedly found a new senior Australian jihadi recruiter .\nMelbourne man Neil Prakash is reportedly trying to get Aussies to join IS .\nHe goes by the name of Abu Khaled al-Cambodi .\nHe is reportedly been promoted as Mohammed Ali Baryalei's replacement .\nBaryalei is alleged to have recruited half of the 60 Australians fighting .\nThe former Sydney bouncer was killed in October, social media posts said ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Darren Scott's victim became intimidated and scared by his moody behaviour and wide-eyed stare . A fantasist who slashed his wealthy friend repeatedly in the neck in a savage attack at the victim's luxury apartment is facing jail today. Psychology graduate Darren Scott, 26, launched the frenzied knife attack after cooking up a plan to con money out of his rich pal. He stabbed his victim three times in the neck and repeatedly on his body with a serrated kitchen knife in the master bedroom of the £2million home in Mayfair, central London. Scott screamed ‘stand still I need to finish the job’ as he tried to tear open the neck wounds with his fingers while angry rap music blared in the background. An Old Bailey jury today convicted him of attempted murder, fraud and possession of an article for use in fraud, at the end of a three-week trial. During the horrific incident, the court heard, the victim, a writer who cannot be identified for legal reasons, fought back and managed to barricade himself in the en-suite bathroom while blood gushed from his throat. Undeterred, Scott tried to kick the door down to continue the attack, chillingly telling the man ‘you’re going to die’ before eventually fleeing the blood-soaked apartment. He had conned his way into the victims’ home just a day after they had met through social media, posing as an investment consultant for Procter and Gamble and pretending he had been kicked out of his own flat. Initially intrigued by Scott’s wide-eyed stare and moody demeanour, the victim soon became ‘intimidated’ and scared by his erratic behaviour. Scott, whose adopted parents live in Immingham, near Grimsby, had confessed to enjoying kinky bondage games with handcuffs and rope that he carried around with him. The victim had resolved to kick Scott out of the apartment the night before the attack, after seeing him angrily chopping potatoes. But Scott launched the terrifying knife attack while giving the victim a friendly massage in the bedroom the next morning. Scott chillingly told his victim ‘you’re going to die’ before eventually fleeing the blood-soaked apartment . He broke down in tears and sobbed into his hands as the verdicts were read out in court today. Scott will be sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court next month. Scott, who has a first-class honours degree in psychology from the University of Hull, launched the bloody assault on July 3 last year, less than two weeks after he and the victim had first met. Scott had tapped his neck ‘like a nurse looking for a vein’ just moments before the stabbing . When he was arrested at a jazz club in Hull the following day, police discovered Scott had taken thousands of photos in the time he had been living in the Mayfair apartment. Text messages show he had been passing the luxury pad off as his own to pals, boasting about his ‘insane’ penthouse in Mayfair with a fully-stocked wine cellar. He had been on spending sprees with his victim’s credit card, including £1,700 at House of Fraser and a first-class train ticket to Hull. Scott had also sketched plans of the apartment, photographed the digital entry keypad on the front door, and researched online how to disable the alarms. Among his possessions was a bogus court compensation order for £420,000, forged bank statements, and a fake job offer from Procter and Gamble. Prosecutor John Clifford said the bedroom of the apartment was left ‘like something out of a horror movie’ after Scott’s attack. The victim, coming face to face with Scott for the first time since the attack, gave detailed evidence about how a ‘possessed’ Scott tried to kill him. He said Scott massaged him for around 40 minutes with soothing music playing on his iPhone, before going to the kitchen to get some salt water. When he returned, Scott told him to roll on to his back and he lay a rolled up vest over his eyes. ‘The music had turned to rap music’, he told jurors. ‘A certain kind of rap music that I was not familiar with.’ Scott then plunged the kitchen knife into his neck, stabbed him repeatedly during a violent struggle in the bedroom. Scott broke down in tears and sobbed into his hands as the verdict was read out at the Old Bailey . ‘I was sure that I had been murdered and I had a very short time to live’, he said. ‘The only thought I had in my mind was why I had been so patient, and that I had a gut feeling - an uncomfortable gut feeling - and I had been too patient. ‘I was now dying because I had been murdered, these are the last minutes of my life and this is how my life has come to an end.’ He continued: ‘Darren was like a possessed, vicious man who was staring in my eyes, telling me: “What did you think this was all about - stand still I need to finish the job”’, he said. ‘When Darren first moved to strike, I think he made a sound. ‘I can’t remember if these sounds are in my head or I heard them. A street in plush Mayfair, where Scott had been staying in the victim's £2million apartment when he launched the frenzied knife attack . ‘Darren was using his left hand, trying to put his fingers into my neck wounds and rip them open them with his hand as he was striking with the other one and I was shouting “murder”.’ The victim said he resorted to grabbing the blade of the knife to stop the attack, and managed to struggle free and lock himself in the bathroom. He said Scott had tapped his neck ‘like a nurse looking for a vein’ just moments before the stabbing, then pinned his arms to the bed. ‘In a flash, Darren’s body moved and as soon as his body moved I turned myself away from Darren’s right’, he said. ‘I managed to throw Darren off my body and the next thing I remember I was fighting off the knife in the middle of the room. ‘Darren stabbed me repeatedly around the same area of my neck. ‘I fought with my arms and kept Darren off me.’ He said Scott had earlier confessed to tying up a previous partner with rope and handcuffs during massages. ‘He said he used to tie them up with a rope which had handcuffs at the end’, he said. ‘The rope would go under the bed and come up the other side and tie the wrists. ‘He said he would massage his partner and then have sex with them.’ But he told jurors: ‘I’ve never been interested in activities like that’. Scott broke down crying after the attack, then fled, taking a train to Brough near Hull that evening. Bearing visible injuries, Scott told pals he had been the victim of an attack by potential investors who were trying to steal his art work. But when snared the next day while socialising at Jaz Cafe Bar in Lowgate, Hull, Scott’s web of lies was unravelled. He told his victim that he had been abused as a child and stabbed by his birth mother, had worked overseas in Iraq, and claimed his father was a wealthy North Sea oil worker. Scott, of no fixed address, denied attempted murder, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, fraud and possession of an article for use in fraud." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Darren Scott, 26, had plan to con money out of rich pal when he attacked .\nPsychology graduate launched crazed assault with serrated kitchen knife .\nScott screamed ‘stand still I need to finish the job’ as victim fought back .\nHad been receiving a friendly massage when Scott first struck at his neck .\nHull University graduate was victim's lodger after meeting on social media .\nNew pal was scared of Scott and had resolved to kick him out of plush flat .\nConman had bogus court compensation order for £420,000, forged bank statements and fake job offer from Procter and Gamble when he was arrested .\nBroke down in tears and sobbed into his hands as Old Bailey verdict was read ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Moscow will continue to buzz Britain with its long-range bombers at the same intensity for the whole year, a top Kremlin commander has made clear. Recent weeks have twice seen RAF Typhoon fighter jets scrambled to escort Russian Bear bombers as they flew close to British airspace, but there will be no let-up. General-lieutenant Anatoly Zhikharev, commander of Russian long distance military aviation, has made clear in comments not previously reported in the West that the bomber flights will remain at a high level throughout 2015. Scroll down for video . General-lieutenant Anatoly Zhikharev, commander of Russian long distance military aviation, insists bomber flights near to British airspace will remain at a high level throughout 2015 . 'According to the plan of strategic deterrence, the flights of long distance aviation will be continued as a part of military training and with the same intensity,' he is on record as saying. This would apply not only to flights in the eastern Atlantic, but also over the Arctic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, he stressed. Zhikharev said that in 2015, Russia will get six more upgraded Tu-160 strategic bomber planes, and the Tu-95MS will rise to 43. General-lieutenant Zhikharev, photographed alongside Russian President, Vladimir Putin . His words were echoed by the commander of the Russian air force, who hit back at Western press reports over the flights close to NATO borders. 'It is true that our long distance aviation airplanes are flying and will be flying to the remote geographic regions to the furthest allowed distance,' said Viktor Bondarev. 'It is necessary for training the crews and for keeping an eye on the capacity of the planes. 'All flights are performed in strict accordance with the international rules of air space usage - only over the neutral waters without entering the air space or breaking the borders of other countries. The military chief's comments come following two incidents in which Russian jets were escorted by RAF Typhoons after being caught flying near British airspace . 'According to the plan of strategic deterrence, the flights of long distance aviation will be continued as a part of military training and with the same intensity,'said General-lieutenant Zhikharev . 'At the same time, almost all the flights of our planes are accompanied by fighter planes of NATO countries or their partners whose aviation bases are located not far from the route of our aircraft. 'The intensity of NATO and US intelligence flights have increased since 2014, and the number of such flights above the Baltic and Barents seas is eight to 12 per week.' Retired general Pert Deinekin, formerly head of the Russian air force, even issued a taunt that 'the Brits have forgotten what we can do', referring to the frequency of flights in the Cold War, which have now returned. 'We have always performed at our best against those who instigate us to start a conflict,' he warned, using rhetoric redolent of the Soviet era when these 'behind the corner' flights - pilots' slang for a routing along the Scandinavian peninsula towards Britain - were common. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon last week said that the frequency of recent flights - such as those close to Cornwall and Dorset by Russian warplanes capable of carrying nuclear weapons - were on a scale not seen since the end of the Cold War. Since January last year, there have been at least 17 shows of military strength by Russia near the UK. The most serious included: . Wednesday: RAF jets scrambled after two Russian Bear bombers spotted off the coast of Cornwall. Feb 15: Russian warship intercepted by Royal Navy in the English Channel. Jan 28: RAF fighters challenge two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear missiles south of Bournemouth. Jan 8: Defence chiefs ask for US help to hunt a suspected Russian submarine lurking off the coast of Scotland. Nov 2014: Russian flotilla on military exercise in the Channel escorted from UK waters by HMS Tyne. Nov 2014: Nato aircraft called in to hunt suspected Russian submarine off the west coast of Scotland. Oct 2014: RAF Typhoon warplanes shadow two Bears as they fly down the west coast of Britain. He also branded Putin 'a very real and present danger' to Britain's allies in the Baltics. Russian TV station Zvezda, backed by the Defence Ministry in Moscow, released a video of British and French fighter jets escorting a Tu-95 bear earlier this week. The film was shot from inside the cockpit of the long range bomber. Russian military expert Viktor Litovkin told the same channel: 'We are not such nit-picking people. 'We do not make noise in press each time a NATO plane flies close to our borders or our aircraft when they are on a military mission. 'Something that is a routine matter for our pilots, for them turns into a reason for hysteria a la Cold War times.' Moscow claims that NATO countries are similarly drastically increasing their probing flights close to Russian territory. In 2014, NATO intelligence aviation performed more than 200 flights close to Russian borders, compared with 2013 when there were 125 flights. 'The devices on board of such planes allow investigation of the whole territory of Kaliningrad region,' said Bondarev, referring to Russia's exclave in the Baltic, between NATO countries Lithuania and Poland. 'The routes of these flights are very close to the Russian border and it allows to perform radio-electronic intelligence up to 500 kilometres deep into the territory and to follow the work schedule and characteristics of army management, anti-aircraft systems and aviation. 'The flights of US strategic intelligence RC-135 planes are made almost daily. Prime Minister David Cameron (left) dismissed last week's incident, saying the Russians 'are trying to make some sort of a point. He said that the action, authorised by Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), should not have been dignified 'with too much of a response' 'For example, in 2014 there were about 140 RC-135 flights, and in 2013 there were only 22.' Moscow's ambassador to London,Dr Alexander Yakovenko, this week echoed that view. He said: 'Military activity by Nato aircraft at Russian borders is far more intense, having doubled since early 2014, reaching 3,000 sorties that year. 'By way of comparison, Russian reconnaissance aircraft carried out just over 200 sorties over the Baltic Sea area from March to December 2014, compared with 125 over the same period in 2013. 'The growing disparity between the actual situation and the official rhetoric of some Western leaders is not helpful for restoring trust, which is probably the main victim of the crisis in relations between Russia and the West.' Last week, Air Chief Marshal Lord Stirrup, a former chief of the defence staff, said planes packed with holidaymakers could be brought down by Russian jets in a highly dangerous 'game of chicken'. Two Russian bombers last week skirted British airspace off the coast of Cornwall, where they were intercepted and escorted by two RAF Typhoon fighters. The two Typhoons, armed with air-to-air missiles, were launched from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire after the Russian bombers were spotted at 6.30pm on Wednesday. They were escorted as they flew south, then turned around and flew north past the Irish coast. Heavily armed: The video released earlier this week by a Kremlin-backed TV station showed the full arsenal of the Typhoon jet as it flies next to the bomber. The tail badge shows it comes from Lossiemouth . That incident came after one of the huge Cold War-era Tu-95 planes was spotted in the skies off the coast of Bournemouth last month. Lord Stirrup said the flights were not 'joy rides' but 'mission rehearsals' designed to test Britain's capability to react. Speaking on Sky News's Murnaghan programme, he said: 'They are becoming more aggressive. 'These aircraft - Russian Bears for example - are not going on these very flights simply as joy rides. They are mission rehearsals. 'These aircraft launch stand-off missiles against Western targets and just as they used to do in the Cold War they are practising those profiles. 'They are testing us, they are testing our defences, they are testing our reactions and they are engaging to a degree in a game of chicken and that's very dangerous. 'So we are seeing the possibility of mid-air collision, not between RAF and Russia aircraft, but between Russian aircraft and civilian aircraft increasing.' Official figures show that RAF jets have been scrambled to deter Russian plans 88 times from 2005 to 2014, including 8 times last year. A third of all incidents in which RAF pilots were deployed involved a plan from Russia. Footage of British and French fighter jets escorting a Russian bomber were released by a Kremlin-backed TV station earlier this week. The video was filmed from the window of one of the huge Cold War-era Tu-95 planes. Prime Minister David Cameron defiantly dismissed the incident, saying the Russians 'are trying to make some sort of a point, and I don't think we should dignify it with too much of a response'. He added: 'I think what this episode demonstrates is that we do have the fast jets, the pilots, the systems in place to protect the UK.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Military chief Anatoly Zhikharev says flights will continue throughout 2015 .\nRussian military will routinely test the 'capacity' of their planes .\nInsists 'training' is part of Russia's plan for 'strategic deterrence'\nRussian Bears have flown close to UK airspace twice in recent weeks .\nComes days after warning of mid-air collision fears with commercial jets .\nPutin branded a 'real and present danger' by UK Defence Secretary ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bravery: Lance Corporal Bruce Toge was awarded the Conspicuous Gallery Cross for saving five wounded comrades during a Taliban attack . A hero of the Afghan war who displayed 'superhuman' strength to rescue five wounded comrades while under fire from the Taliban is selling the medal he was awarded for £70,000. Lance Corporal Bruce Toge was knocked out when insurgents attacked his armoured vehicle with rocket-propelled grenades, but after he came to he immediately started saving his fellow soldiers. The brave soldier single-handedly carried five troops - all inexperienced members of the Afghan National Army - out of harm's way during the incident in 2008. He was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, the second highest award for valour after the Victoria Cross, for his 'raw courage and inspirational leadership.' But L/Cpl Toge, 29, has now left the Army, and is selling the medal to raise money so he can 'support his family' and start he own business. The soldier, who was originally from Fiji and now lives in Shropshire, was on his second tour of Afghanistan with the Royal Irish Regiment at the time of the attack. He was second in command of an eight-man British team that was supporting an Afghan National Army (ANA) dompany during the mission to secure high ground above a Taliban stronghold south of Musa Qaleh in Helmand Province. But when his commanding officer became incapacitated, L/Cpl Toge was forced to take control of the patrol. The company spent 90 minutes engaged in a firefight with the Taliban before orders came to advance while under heavy fire. Medal: The cross is the second highest award for valour, behind only the Victoria Cross . Scene: L/Cpl Toge's bravery came during a firefight near Musa Qaleh in southern Afghanistan, pictured . The Warrior vehicle he moved forward with suffered at least 10 strikes by a rocket-propelled grenade. L/Cpl Toge modestly wrote of the moment he rescued the five comrades injured in the attack. He said: 'I was out for about 10 seconds. 'They were screaming. One had a neck and shoulder injury. I knew I had to extract the casualties - that was my priority. So I went with the ANA medic - we crawled forward, got the guys, pulled them back and patched them up. 'We heaved them on to the back of the Warrior and then continued fighting. The adrenaline kicks in and you prioritise - casualty, objective then yourself. That's what I did. I didn't think about medals - I just thought it was another fight.' Mementoes: As well as the CGC, the decorated soldier is selling his dog tags and identity card . Sale: Auctioneer Richard Bromell, pictured, is selling the medal in Dorset next month . The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) is the second highest military medal that can be awarded to members of the United Kingdom's armed forces. Presented in 'recognition of an act or acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy', the medal was created in 1993 and can be awarded to all ranks of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. It was introduced after a review of the honours system as part of a drive to remove distinctions of rank in awards for bravery, replacing both the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, and can also be awarded posthumously. The CGC is silver and in the shape of a cross with a laurel wreath underneath, and is mounted on a white ribbon with blue and crimson stripes. A recipient's rank, name and unit are engraved on the reverse. Corporal Wayne Mills was the first recipient of the CGC, after he saved the lives of his patrol by single-handedly holding off a group of attackers which serving in Bosnia in 1994. Other recipients include Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese corporal with the Royal Gurkha Rifles who was awarded the honour after he defeated up to 30 Taliban insurgents who were storming his control post in Helmand province in 2010. Three-time Boat Race winner and Army Captain Robin Bourne-Taylor was awarded the medal in 2010, while Royal Marine Mark Jackson ensured his receipt of the award was an extra-special day by proposing to his girlfriend Rebecca Daniel after the 2011 ceremony. L/Cpl Toge then led the rest of his troops to higher ground overlooking a Taliban-controlled village and started firing on the enemy before withdrawing to allow British air support to bomb the area. The citation for his CGC reads: 'Repeatedly, Toge exposed himself to fire disregarding his own safety to keep the ANA going forward. His gallant and inspirational leadership had every man following him. 'He single-handedly, with supreme strength and selflessness, extracted each one from the killing area and dealt with their treatment. 'Toge's actions were truly extraordinary; not least because he was, as a Lance Corporal, commanding a company group of indigenous forces in the most challenging and dangerous conditions, against a determined well equipped and brutal enemy. 'His raw courage, inspirational leadership, tactical acumen and almost superhuman strength are most deserving of official recognition of the highest order.' Military historian Richard Doherty said: 'Bruce Toge is a man of great character and imposing physical appearance. His actions on that day would have left the likes of Rambo and the Terminator in the shade.' L/Cpl Toge is selling the medals at Charterhouse Auctioneers of Sherborne in Dorset on March 19, along with his dog tags and . Auctioneer Richard Bromell said: 'The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is awarded for an act or acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy, being second only to a Victoria Cross. 'Having been instituted in 1993, only 60 CGCs to date have been awarded so they rarely appear on the market, and it is therefore a great honour to be instructed to sell such an important medal by the recipient.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lance Corporal Bruce Toge came under fire during 2008 tour of Helmand .\nHe was knocked out but then came to and started pulling his Afghan comrades out of harm's way .\nL/Cpl Toge won the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for 'superhuman' bravery .\nHe is now selling the medal for £70,000 so he can start his own business ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A 10-year-old girl who wrote a heart-wrenching letter to her father on the fifth anniversary of his death has been reunited with the note after dropping it in a car park. The touching message addressed 'Dear Daddy' was handwritten by Summer Lloyd, from Yeovil, Somerset, and was going to be attached to a balloon before being let off into the sky. However, the youngster dropped the letter outside the Prince of Wales Pub on Ham Hill in Somerset, and feared she had lost it forever. The touching note, which was found outside the Prince of Wales Pub on Ham Hill in Somerset, was written by Summer Lloyd, 10, (left) to her father on the fifth anniversary of his death. She planned to attach it to a balloon but dropped it. Summer gave a plant to the pub's landlady Nicki Holroyd (right) after she returned it today . The heart-breaking letter is addressed 'Dear Daddy' and was written by Summer, who signs off 'Lots of love, your little girl'. Her father died suddenly five years ago and she was going to let off a balloon with the note . In the touching note to her father, who died suddenly five years ago, she writes: 'At night I sometimes look at the sky and I make a wish on the brightest star I see and I believe it is you.' She also tells how she wishes she could have had 'one last goodbye and one last hug before you took your journey to your new home in heaven.' The note is signed off: 'RIP Daddy. Lots of love, your little girl Summer xxxxxxx.' It has now been reunited with the youngster after a customer handed it in to the pub and landlady Nicki Holroyd launched a Facebook appeal in a bid to return it. Summer said she was delighted her note was found and said she had let the balloon off without the letter, having feared it was lost. She said: 'We let off the balloon anyway and a bird appeared in the sky which seemed to hover near us, it was very special. ‘Thank you Nicki for giving me back my letter, I think I will keep it now and frame it.' The schoolgirl went to the pub today to retrieve her letter and handed Ms Holroyd some flowers to thank her for keeping it safe. Summer, 10 (left), was delighted to be reunited with the letter after letting off a balloon (right) without it . Summer's mother Sarah said: ‘I really appreciate what Nicki did, it meant a lot to Summer. ‘The appeal on Facebook was seen all over the world including her relatives in Australia, so she said to me this morning “mummy I'm famous!” ‘It's been tough and she misses her dad so every year we try to do this - it helps her and is a kind of therapy.’ Ms Holroyd, 51, had posted an image of the letter on Facebook in a bid to try and trace Summer and return the note. She wrote alongside the photograph: 'One of our customers handed this in. 'It's the most heart-wrenching letter from a young girl who has written the most lovely letter to her dad who has died and is in heaven. 'Please help to try and trace her, we can never throw it away. 'As far as I can gather the letter was found in the car park so I think it was dropped rather than left.' The letter was found after being dropped in the car park of the Prince of Wales Pub on Ham Hill in Somerset (pictured). It has now been reunited with Summer after an appeal on Facebook was spotted by the family . The Prince of Wales Pub said on Facebook today that the letter had been returned to the little girl's family . She added: 'It doesn't feel right that we have it. It is a beautifully written letter so we need to have a go at reuniting it with its author. 'The writer is called Summer and judging from the letter's content, she has brothers and sisters.' Ms Holroyd confirmed today that she had managed to hand the letter back after Summer’s family contacted the pub. She said: ‘I'm so pleased the letter has been reunited with Summer, she touched all our hearts. ‘What a lovely girl and such a sweet letter.’ She also thanked those on social media who helped share the image which resulted in the Lloyd family getting in touch. Writing on the pub's official Facebook page, she said: 'Thank you all for your help in finding the rightful owner of such a special letter. 'They are very grateful we didn't just disregard it and are pleased to have it back.' 'Dear Daddy. I love you. I miss you so much and I wish you were here right now! 'At night I sometimes look at the sky and make a wish and I make a wish on the brightest star I see and I believe it is you. 'I always think of you on your birthday, father's day, my birthday and Christmas and always after. 'Happy some days sad the other but right now I can feel you in my heart and you are always in my mind but I just wish I could have said one last goodbye and one last hug before you took your journey to your new home in heaven. 'I know all my brothers and sisters and everyone in our familys (sic) miss you every day too and wish you were still here but until we meet again or talk again I will leave you to rest. 'I love you so much xx RIP daddy xx and I hope you are happy where you are xxx . 'Lots of love, your little girl Summer, I love you xxxxxxx.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Summer Lloyd wrote the letter to her father on fifth anniversary of his death .\n10-year-old was planning to attach it to a balloon and let it off into the sky .\nBut she dropped it in car park of rural Somerset pub and feared it was lost .\nAddressed 'Dear Daddy', it tells how she loves and misses father so much .\nAlso says: 'I make a wish on the brightest star I see and I believe it is you'\nHas now been returned to young girl after her family spotted online appeal ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A plus-size clothing company has come under fire for shaming skinny women after its PR campaign, which saw them take to the streets of London to go 'Skinny Bird Watching', backfired. Taking Shape sent staff armed with binoculars out on the streets outside Somerset House - the hub of London Fashion Week - dressed as bird watchers. They then appeared to mock the slim women who were spotted walking past them, peering at them as they went by. Scroll down for video . Taking Shape has come under fire after taking to the streets of London to go 'Skinny Bird Watching' As a slim woman walked by the employees of Taking Shape watched her with their binoculars . But women of all shapes and sizes took to Twitter to condemn the company, saying that body shaming of any type is not acceptable. Hayley Carr, who blogs under the name London Beauty Queen, tweeted: 'Skinny shaming is NOT the way forward. 'We should build the confidence of women in ALL shapes & sizes @TakingShapeUK #skinnybirdwatching.' Another named Emma Millard wrote: 'The only this I have to say on this ridiculous #SkinnyBirdWatching PR stunt is disappointing. 'Tongue in cheek Body Shaming is not good PR [sic].' A woman named @LeStewpot said: 'It's a thoughtless & cruel social media campaign. @TakingShapeUK needs to stop their #SkinnyBirdWatching.' Many users took to Twitter to express their anger at the company . The Taking Shape women carried clip boards which reportedly contained a 'Field Guide' which said size 6 women are like rare exotic birds . The Taking Shape employees were apparently sent out with a 'Field Guide' which likened size 6 women to rare exotic birds. One plus size woman took to Twitter to start posting #FatBirdWatching in a bid to show the company the error of their ways. Whilst another user named @LemonaidLies tweeted: 'How do they think #SkinnyBirdWatching was an acceptable thing. Shaming one size to praise another is totally wrong, size doesn't define you!' Fashion models are known for their slim frames, something which Taking Shape thinks should change . Women took to Twitter in their droves to point out that skinny shaming is just as bad as fat shaming . The same user also wrote a blog which said: 'How is standing in the middle of London shaming girls for being to skinny OK? 'How did they think that any one would find it acceptable. Really does being a size make you who you are or make you any less beautiful or change your personality NO IT DOES NOT!' @MissTashaFearne said: 'So sad at #skinnybirdwatching Shaming ANY girl of ANY size is wrong! Women should stick together! Life is tough enough,don't make it worse!' These two users pointed out that it doesn't matter what shape or size you are body shaming shouldn't happen . The two employees of Taking Shape pretend to look at a female fashion week goes through their binoculars . In a video posted by the company Alla Buinowicz, the Managing Director of Taking Shape says: 'Today we're here at London Fashion Week, just to bring some focus to curvy women of the world. 'The average size in the UK is a size 16 yet today on the catwalk there's going to be a whole heap of size 6's so it's just a bit of fun, a tongue in cheek Skinny Bird Watching Society. 'Just to say, \"Hey, let's put all women onto the catwalk,\" especially some curvy ones and size 16s. It's tongue in cheek, we're just having some fun. 'We love all women skinny, large, tall but you know, our business is about being in the plus sizes of curvy women.' Taking Shape is a plus-size retailed specialising in clothes between sizes 14 and 26. They say on their website: 'We love inspiring women and making them feel good in what they wear.' The company started in Australia but now sells their clothes all over the world. Femail spoke to Alla who said that the company did not mean to offend anyone with their campaign. She told us: 'At Taking Shape, we believe all women are beautiful whatever their shape or size. Our stunt during London Fashion Week was meant to convey this, and our only aim was to highlight that ALL shapes and sizes should be treated equally on the catwalk. 'As a brand, we are incredibly passionate about embracing fashion and women's body shapes. We had absolutely no intention of offending anyone during our stunt and we can only apologise to those who felt personally upset by our activity. 'This was a light hearted initiative and whilst this tone came across in person on the day, we can see the message didn’t translate well on social media. We celebrate all women all shapes and sizes.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Plus size clothing company Taking Shape did PR stunt over fashion week .\nThey dressed up as bird-watchers and went 'Skinny Bird Watching'\nTwitter users have hit back at the campaign for skinny shaming .\nThe company say the stunt was 'tongue in cheek'\nThey have since apologised for any offense caused by their campaign ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Google has vowed to crack down on bloggers who post porn, telling them that their posts will be hidden from view if they don’t clean up their act. People who publish material on the company’s Blogger platform now have just one month to remove any explicit photographs and videos. After March 23, Google will make any offensive accounts ‘private’, effectively making them impossible to view by anyone other than the account holder. Google has announced changes to its Blogger platform banning graphic images from public view . Blogs created after the deadline may also be taken down. Google used to only ban content that was illegal, or had been published without the consent of the people it featured. But it now says explicit photographs will have to be justifiable on ‘artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific grounds’. Google changed its rules following a Daily Mail campaign to get firms to take more responsibility for the content published on their websites. Earlier this month, it emerged that porn actors and publishers are using Twitter to get past family-friendly online filters, putting explicit images within reach of children. Google changed its policy following a campaign by the Daily Mail for it to take more responsibility for content . A study found that 500,000 graphic images and videos are published on the site every day, but Twitter has so far refused to address the problem. Separately, Reddit said in its updated privacy terms Tuesday it would ban 'involuntary pornography' or 'revenge porn' starting March 10. According to the company: 'If you believe that someone has submitted, without your permission, to Reddit a link to a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, please contact us... and we will expedite its removal as quickly as possible. Reddit prohibits the posting of such content without consent.' The move comes after Reddit gained notoriety for hosting forums used to post nude pictures hacked from other online accounts in 2014. That included pictures of celebrities including actress Jennifer Lawrence, pop icon Rihanna and top model Kate Upton. 'Last year, we missed a chance to be a leader in social media when it comes to protecting your privacy. 'No matter who you are, if a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity, sexual excitement, or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, is posted or linked to on Reddit without your permission, it is prohibited on Reddit.' Reddit was also criticised for allowing users to post pictures of underage girls, before shutting down forums used for that purpose. Reddit three years ago banned child pornography and posting of sexually suggestive material involving minors." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Explicit blogs will have to be removed from Google by March 23 .\nPornographic blogs and videos will no longer be publicly searchable .\nThe change follows a campaign by the Daily Mail to protect children ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "For nearly 200 years she is rumoured to have haunted the corridors of Hampton Court. But now the ghost of the famous Grey Lady may finally have been captured on camera - by a schoolgirl and her iPhone. Holly Hampsheir, 12, thought she was taking a fairly routine photo of her cousin Brook McGee, also 12, during a day out at the 16th century stately home. Scroll down for video . Holly Hampsheir, left, is being followed though Hampton Court by a ghostly apparition . The 12-year-old school girl turns around only to discover that the ghoul had disappeared . Dame Sybil Penn died of smallpox in 1562 at Hampton Court, pictured, and has been haunting it since . But she appears unwittingly to have captured the spectral figure of Dame Sybil Penn who looms over the schoolgirl as her back is turned. With flowing dark hair and a full length black gown the woman seems real enough in the picture. But seconds later Brook turns around and the next image in the series shows no sign of the visitor at all. The girls didn’t realise what they had encountered at the time and only made the terrifying discovery when looking through their photos of the outing a day later. Miss McGee, from Hornchurch, Havering, told the Sun: ‘I was totally freaked out. ‘I didn’t see anything. ‘People say the room goes cold when ghosts appear but we had no idea. ‘We haven’t slept properly since.’ Dame Sybil died from after contracting smallpox in 1562. The camera clearly picks up some distortion in the right hand image which is missing in the left.�� . Sightings of the ghost were first reported in 1829, although several other spirits haunt the historic building . A servant at Hampton Court to four Tudor monarchs she was the nurse of Prince Edward and also nursed Elizabeth I through the disease before succumbing to it herself. Sightings of her ghost began to be reported in 1829 when the church at the palace was rebuilt and her tomb moved. Soon after strange noises of a person working a spinning wheel were apparently heard through a wall at Hampton Court. They led to the discovery of a previously unknown chamber containing an antique spinning wheel. Hampton Court, home to Henry the VIII has a long been famed for its ghosts. Amongst them the most famous is Henry’s fifth wife Catherine Howard who was dragged screaming through the palace after being accused of adultery. It is said that after being beheaded, her spirit returned to haunt the home she had shared with her husband. Hampton Court Palace, home to British monarchs for more than 500 years, is said to house the ghost of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, who was executed on her husband's order in 1541. Among the undead said to roam the place is the ghost of Catherine of Howard, killed by HenryVIII in 1541 . Hampton Court Palace, pictured, was severely damaged in a fire which struck during work in 1986 ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Dame Sybil Penn died of small pox in Hampton Court Palace in 1562 .\nHer ghost was seen by the Victorians when her tomb was moved in 1829 .\nThe palace is also haunted by Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife .\nShe was dragged to her death through the palace accused of adultery .\nTwo schoolgirls noticed the strange apparition on a visit to the palace ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Human-powered velomobiles are meant to be a quirky alternative to cars. But because these pedal-powered machines can't go as fast, these vehicles have up until now been relegated to the travelling on the side of the road . Now Minneapolis-based inventor Rich Kronfield has created an electric-assist 'Raht Racer' velomobile that he claims can travel at up to 100mph (160km/h). Scroll down for video . Minneapolis-based inventor Rich Kronfield has created an electric-assist 'Raht Racer' velomobile that he claims travel at up to 100mph (160km/h) 'The Raht Racer is a power biking vehicle that uses state of the art pedal-electric hybrid technology to amplify pedal power, enabling the rider's legs to propel the vehicle up to highway speeds, giving the rider the feeling of super strength,' Mr Kronfield says. 'On a bicycle, your pedals are the accelerator. Same with the Raht Racer, only multiplied a hundred times.' The Raht Racer's pedals are connected to a unique flywheel generator rather than of directly driving the wheels, as in a traditional velomobile. The Raht Racer is a power biking vehicle that uses state of the art pedal-electric hybrid technology to amplify pedal power, enabling the rider's legs to propel the vehicle up to highway speeds, giving the rider the feeling of super strength,' Mr Kronfield says . The Raht Racer's pedals are connected to a unique flywheel generator rather than of directly driving the wheels, as in a traditional velomobile . The pedals power a 20-kWh electric motor, which sits in the rear wheel hub. Pictured is a concept design . The pedals power a 20-kWh electric motor, which sits in the rear wheel hub. The Raht Racer's pedals are connected to a unique flywheel generator rather than of directly driving the wheels, as in a traditional velomobile. The pedals powers a 20-kWh electric motor, which sits in the rear wheel hub. It senses the torque being applied to the pedals, and then amplifies it so that most people can maintain a cruising speed of around 30 mph (48 km/h). During pedalling, a 2-kWh li-ion battery pack also gets charged to help extend the 570lb (259kg) velomobiles range. When activated in throttle mode, using just battery power, it has a range of approximately 50 miles (80 km) and a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h). The vehicle senses the torque being applied to the pedals, and then amplifies it so that most people can maintain a cruising speed of around 30 mph (48 km/h). The body of the two-seater Raht Racer is made from carbon fiber and includes a roll cage, headlights, seat lights, air bags and a trunk. During pedalling, a 2-kWh li-ion battery pack also gets charged to help extend the 570lb (259kg) velomobiles range. When activated in throttle mode, using just battery power, it has a range of approximately 50 miles (80 km) and a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h). Mr Kronfield has created a prototype and is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to create a commercial mode. According to the Kickstarter campaign: 'The system provides variable resistance, based on programmable or pre-set workout profiles, and GPS terrain-sensing virtual hills, all with torque amplified pedalling'. It is estimated the price of the Raht Racer will start at $35,000 (£22,800) if the campaign is successful. The vehicle senses the torque being applied to the pedals, and then amplifies it so that most people can maintain a cruising speed of around 30 mph (48 km/h) The body of the two-seater Raht Racer is made from carbon fiber and includes a roll cage, headlights, seat lights, air bags and a trunk . During pedalling, a 2-kWh li-ion battery pack also gets charged to help extend the 570lb (259kg) velomobiles range. When activated in throttle mode, using just battery power, it has a range of approximately 50 miles (80 km) and a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h)" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "'Raht Racer' is the brainchild of Minneapolis-based Rich Kronfield .\nPedals power a 20-kWh electric motor, which sits in the rear wheel hub .\nVehicle senses torque being applied to the pedals, and then amplifies it .\nMost people can maintain a cruising speed of 30 mph (48 km/h)\nWhen activated in throttle mode, with the help of battery power, it has a range of 50 miles (80 km) and a top speed of 100 mph (160 km/h)" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They haven't always enjoyed the kindest of press but that wasn't enough to stop the Duchess of Cornwall from spending the afternoon touring a newsroom. But this was far from being your average Fleet Street outfit. Instead, Camilla was at First News - the world's largest paper for children. Dressed in a tailored brown suit by Bruce Oldfield, the Duchess was all smiles as she toured the newsroom, shaking hands with editorial staff and budding journalists alike. Grand opening: The Duchess of Cornwall opened the new offices of children's newspaper, First News . Among them was Chloe Miller, 11, who was trying her hand at reporting, and her colleague - budding photographer Kai Patel, also 11. As the duchess was introduced to the newspaper's staff Kai snapped away like a seasoned professional, while Chloe questioned her in a way that would have done Jeremy Paxman proud. Camilla, who is patron of the National Literacy Trust, features in the next issue of First News, in which she answers questions on her reading habits. Chloe, 11, from Stanmore in north London, said: 'She wanted me to choose a photo of her for First News and then she said that if she could be any book character she would be Winnie the Pooh. 'I asked her why and she said she would love to have her fingers stuck in honey. I thought that was a good excuse.' Kai, from Stanwell Moor, Surrey, said he only discovered he was going to be taking photographs of a member of the royal family when a camera was thrust into his hands this morning - his very first day. Looking good: Camilla was on glamorous form in a brown Bruce Oldfield suit and her trademark pearls . Well done: The Duchess, who was flanked by budding reporter Chloe Miller, 11, appeared to enjoy the visit . He said: 'It has been been a real honour to meet the Duchess of Cornwall. She is just like everyone else and was talking to me like an adult in a normal way.' After meeting the newspaper staff Camilla was told about the work of Children United - and she was given a taste of how it will work when she took part in a Skype session between children at the First News office and a group of school children in Uganda, who sang for the duchess. Available as a printed paper in the UK and digitally abroad, First News has more than two million young readers and has racked up a number of awards for its contribution to children's issues. Among them is Children United, an interactive web-based communication platform that is freely available to children across the world. Impressive: Also on hand to greet the Duchess was 11-year-old Kai Patel - a would-be photographer . On deadline! Camilla shared a joke with 11-year-old Chloe Miller during the tour of the newspaper's offices . When Camilla arrived, the young reporters were using the tool to chat with their counterparts in Uganda - one of the many countries to benefit from the technology. It was all a far cry from the Duchess' first visit of the day which, with Prince Charles, had been to the offices of this newspaper in London's Kensington. The royal couple were touring the Evening Standard, which shares the building with MailOnline, and met the paper's editorial staff and its owner, Evgeny Lebedev. Charles also shared a joke with the newspaper's royal editor Robert Jobson as he and the duchess posed for a photo in front of an Evening Standard banner, quipping 'cheap publicity!' as he obliged. Nevertheless, the heir to the throne still managed to make an impression, with football columnist Patrick Barclay describing him as an 'absolute hero'. 'He is my absolute hero in this country,' he said. 'At the risk of sounding like a footballer in a cup final, this is a dream come true meeting this gentleman.' Real deal: Earlier, Charles was at Northcliffe House - the headquarters of London's Evening Standard . Warm welcome: The royal couple were greeted by Evening Standard editor, Sarah Sands (left)" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Duchess of Cornwall toured the offices of First News .\nPaper is designed for children and has two million readers .\nMet budding journalists, including would-be reporter Chloe Miller, 11 .\nLooked chic in a Bruce Oldfield suit teamed with trademark pearls ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Unidentified drones have been spotted flying above Paris for a second night, after 'at least' five were spotted illegally flying around city landmarks on Monday, sparking a terror alert. Drones were seen on Monday buzzing the Eiffel Tower, Bastille Square and the U.S. embassy building. Unmanned aircraft were also spotted flying overnight on Monday near the French capital's Place de la Concorde and the Invalides military museum, where Napoleon Bonaparte is buried. French security sources where unable to catch the operators of the drones, which are typically fitted with video recording equipment and can be used for surveillance of a terror target to assess security levels and any spikes in pedestrian footfall ahead of a planned attack. Fear: Drones were spotted flying near the Invalides military museum, where Napoleon Bonaparte is buried . Alert: Paris is on alert for a new terror attack after 'at least' five drones were spotted illegally flying around city landmarks, including the the U.S. embassy building (pictured) Tension: Drones were also seen flying around the world-famous Eiffel Tower . New threat: French law bans small, civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities, which are protected by a no-fly zone that spans a 1.6-mile radius and a height of 1,000 metres. The above drone crashed on the grass near the White House in the United States last month . A map showing where the drones have been sighted in Paris . The first drone sighting was near the US embassy in the French capital at around midnight on Monday. Between then and 6am the Eiffel Tower, Bastille Square, the Place de la Concorde and the Invalides military museum 'were also flown over' , a security source said. 'It could be a coordinated action but we don't know for now,' the source, who asked not to be identified, added. 'We did everything to try and catch the operators but they were not found,' another source close to the investigation said. France has experienced a series of mysterious drone appearances in the last few months. On January 20, a pilotless aircraft briefly went over the presidential palace in Paris, while around 20 drones were earlier seen flying above nuclear power plants. However until Tuesday 'there have never been so many drones appearing in one night,' the security source said. Location: At some point between midnight and 6am on Monday, drone aircraft were spotted flying near Bastille Square . Tourist hotspot: The first drone sighting in the French capital was around midnight on Monday. Shortly after an unmanned aircraft was seen flying near the Place de la Concorde . The emergence of drones comes amid warnings by terrorist groups that they will attack the city, following January shootings which left a total of 20 dead, including three terrorists. ‘They could be seen throughout the night, but nobody knows who were operating them,’ said a police source in the capital. A specialist police aviation unit tried to establish who was at the controls, but there have been no arrests. There have been other mysterious drone flights across Paris, but this is the first time that such a concentrated number have been seen above so many potentially vulnerable targets. The US embassy has been threatened by numerous groups in the past, from Al-Qaeda to Algeria’s Armed Islamic Group. French law bans small, civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities, which are protected by a no-fly zone that spans a 1.6-mile radius and a height of 1,000 metres. Experts say that the small unmanned craft would not pose a threat if crashed into a hardened nuclear facility. Fightback: Earlier this month France unveiled its latest weapon against the growing menace of rogue drones buzzing through their nation's skies: another drone, with a net . Caught: In a demonstration in La Queue-en-Brie, east of Paris, the mesh-wielding flying machine was shown snaring a DJI Phantom 2 drone - the same brand as one which crashed onto the White House lawn last month . France has barred six 'would-be jihadists' from leaving the country after discovering their plans to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State terror group. It the first such travel ban under a new law aimed at preventing French Islamic radicals travelling to the vast swathes of Syria and Iraq currently under the control of Sunni extremists. French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve says some 40 other French citizens will face travel bans in the coming weeks. He did not reveal the identity of the six people whose passports have already been confiscated. The bans are the first since a sweeping anti-terrorism law passed in France last year. The government is especially worried since attacks in Paris last month killed 20 people, including three gunmen claiming ties to Islamic extremists in Syria and Yemen. An Interior Ministry official says the passports and ID cards of the six have been declared invalid for six months - a measure that can be extended for up to two years. The news comes just days after Cazeneuve said he asked Google, Facebook and Twitter to work directly with French officials during investigations and to immediately remove terrorist propaganda when authorities alert them to it. Earlier this month France unveiled its latest weapon against the growing menace of rogue drones buzzing through their nation's skies: another drone, with a net. In a demonstration flight in La Queue-en-Brie, east of Paris, the mesh-wielding flying machine was shown snaring a DJI Phantom 2 drone - the same brand as one which crashed onto the White House lawn last month. The U.S. Secret Service was sent scrambling by the unexpected intrusion, but France has already faced dozens of drone overflights over sensitive sites. Mystery drones have buzzed nuclear plants, military installations and even the presidential palace in recent months, as fears run high of terror attacks linked to the Islamic State terror group. Concerned at the new technology, officials have asked scientists and companies to develop ways to monitor and detect intruding drones and their remote-control pilots; analyse and track their flight paths; and ultimately neutralise the drones, either temporarily or permanently, with the least collateral damage possible. Last October it emerged that holidaymakers who are planning to fly a camera-equipped drone in Paris’ tourist zones risk spending time in jail and being slapped with a hefty fine. An Israeli tourist found out the hard way this week when he was arrested in front of Notre Dame Cathedral while flying a drone above some of Paris’ top attractions." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Unmanned aircraft were seen flying over tourist hotspots in French capital .\nAppeared in 'at least' five locations in the city in early hours of Monday .\nSecurity officials were unable to catch the operators of the drone aircraft .\nCivilian drones are thought a serious security risk and are banned in Paris .\nThey are used to access security levels of a target before a terror attack ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A very special therapy dog bringing joy to hospital patients around Melbourne is proving that a dog certainly is man's best friend. Ralf the Giant Schnauzer was adopted in 2005 by the Lovick family, who quickly realised that their new dog was much more than just a pet. The gentle giant has been visiting sick children and aged-care homes for nearly ten years, bringing his special brand of magic to the people who need it most. The Lovick family adopted Ralf in 2005- from top left: Caroline, Alice, Rebecca, Sam, Ralf, Imogen, Edward and Ivy (Ralf's daughter) 'Everybody knows what it feels like to have a bad day. Ralf is happy to be your friend and have a hug. He thinks you’re beautiful and perfect exactly the way you are,' Ralf's owner Caroline Lovick, told Daily Mail Australia. The Lovick's often have to remind themselves that their beloved family member is a dog, as he behaves in a way that is more human than they could have ever expected. 'He looks at you and replies even though he hasn't said a thing. He's a very perceptive dog and loves watching Australia's Funniest Home Videos and scenes from Frozen,' Caroline said. Ralf's special talents were first spotted when Caroline and her family took the Giant Schnauzer to compete at the Royal Melbourne Show in 2005 and a small girl with Asperger's Syndrome rushed over to pat him. 'Ralf melted like a marshmallow,' Caroline said in 'Ralf', the newly released biography of his extraordinary life. One of the organisers of the show relayed the incident to a representative from Dog's Victoria, which runs programs to train dogs to be therapy animals. RALF by Anne Crawford, published by Allen & Unwin, RRP $29.99, is on sale 25th February . Zeke Harrison with Ralf in the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne . Zeke met the Ralf while he was in the Intensive Care Unit for a rare condition which turns protein in toxins . Caroline, along with her husband Sam, are passionate about volunteering, and jumped at the chance to give back to the community through the talents of their beloved family member. Ralf quickly became a reguar visitor at the Trinity Manor family owned aged care home in Melbourne, visiting the residents for up to six hours each week and bringing a smile to the faces of many who lived there. 'When Ralf came in he brought an element of magic. He helped us see the best in people, helped us see them come out from the shadow of dementia,' said Jessie Bainbridge, the Lifestyle Co-ordinator of Trinity Manor. 'He really made a difference to people’s lives,' she said. Ralf visited the residents in common areas, in their rooms, even in the centre's hair salon, offering companionship and quiet solace and even sparking memories in some of the patients suffering from dementia. Caroline said the way that Ralf interacted with the residents was all the reward she needed. ‘I wish I could bottle those moments,' she said in the biography. Summer Wilson with her parents, Samantha Brew and Chris Wilson in March 2014 . Samantha and her mother met Ralf while she was in the Intensive Care Unit of the Royal Children's Hospital . After six and a half years visiting the manor and building friendships with the staff and residents, Caroline and Ralf decided it was time to move on. When a friend suggested that the gentle giant might be a good therapy dog for the Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital, Caroline and Ralf began visiting every second Friday. Ralf became a hit at the hospital, and parents began requesting appointments on Fridays so that they could tell their child that they were going to see Ralf. Caroline said that Ralf fell in love with all the children and that it gave her so much joy to see him working and playing with them. Ralf already had experience with 'children', as he was the father of Ivy, another Giant Schnauzer who he fathered with his 'wife' Lulu. 'He particularly loves babies, and he'll go down on all fours to make himself smaller than the child so that they're not afraid of him,' she said. ‘I think now, “I’ll do anything to make your child smile, to make you smile, to make your life a bit better\",' Caroline said in the book. One child who had a special bond with Ralf was Zeke Harrison, who met the therapy dog while he was in the Intensive Care Unit for a MSUD, a rare condition which turns protein in toxins. Summer in the hospital after she had her heart transplant when her organs began filling with liquid . Ralf with Summer. He loves children...and ice cream! Zeke had been in and out of hospital since he was only a few days old, and had been hospitalised 28 times since his first birthday, causing great distress to his parents. The 15-month-old was in the RMCH with a virus, and instantly brightened when the shaggy black Schnauzer arrived at his bedside. 'It just made him so much happier...I was happy to see his little smile. And Ralf's adorable,' said Jazmin Hall, Zeke's mum. A photograph snapped of the toddler walking alongside his huge furry friend quickly made the rounds in both local and international media, shooting Ralf to fame and raising awareness of the work that the RMCH does. Summer Wilson, a five-year-old who had been suffering from an undiagnosed illness which caused liquid to pool in her vital organs, also created a special bond with Ralf. Two days before a scheduled heart transplant, Ralf was at the hospital for a visit, and provided some much needed relief for her parents Samantha and Chris. ‘Before Ralf came, nothing positive had happened, everything was bad…Seeing the joy on Summer’s face made us forget what was going on, it was like a little breakthrough. It was like hope,' Samantha said in the biography. Two-and-a-half year old Claire Couwenberg had been a series of medical tests and treatments since doctors had found a cancerous growth the size of a football on her kidney. Claire Couwenberg met Ralf in the ICU and was reunited with him two years after he helped her walk again . The formerly lively young girl was refusing to walk or even move from her wheelchair, and her mother Marie was delighted when Ralf transformed her attitude when he offered himself for a walk. 'She was so determined to walk with Ralf. Nothing else mattered to her- for a moment it was like she wasn't even sick. It made me so happy,' Marie said in the biography. Claire's parents attribute the speed of Claire's recovery to Ralf, and said that the meeting gave them renewed hope. 'If you can make someone smile at a low point in their life then that is wonderful. It’s like a gift, like someone giving you a beautiful present, and I get to watch and witness little bits of happiness every time Ralf and I visit,' Caroline said. Ralf turns 11 this year, which is 'ancient in Giant Schnauzer years', and suffered his own health scare when he was diagnosed with arthritis and cancer in his toe. Caroline said that while she knows Ralf won't be around forever, she has treasured the moments she has shared with him and the people they have met, and is incredibly proud of the work ralf has done. ‘I feel completely spoilt and privileged that I go to work with Ralf- I’ve loved every minute of it,' Caroline said. 'It’s a little window, a nugget and it’s not going to last forever. I feel so incredibly lucky to have Ralf in the world’. RALF by Anne Crawford, published by Allen & Unwin, RRP $29.99, is on sale 25th February." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ralf the Giant Schnauzer was adopted in 2005 by the Lovick family .\nHis owner Caroline was told that he would be the perfect therapy dog .\nFor ten years, she and Ralf have visited aged care homes and hospitals .\nHe has been a regular at the Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital for years .\nRalf has brought joy and comfort to those who need it most .\nThe biography of his life, RALF, is out now from Allen and Unwin ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The website that became ground zero for the nude photos hacking scandal has announced a ban on all naked or sexual images posted without consent. Reddit, the sprawling, user-run forum site which brands itself 'the front page of the internet', will impose the ban next month. It comes months after the site was criticized for openly directing users to pornographic hacked images of the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton on a dedicated page set up to spread them. Victims: Kate Upton, left, and Jennifer Lawrence, were the highest-profile victims of the nude hacking scandal, images from which Reddit allowed on its forums. Lawrence in particular hit back against everyone who shared, viewed and hosted the pictures, saying they were complicit in a 'sex crime' against her . 'Front page of the internet': Reddit, shown above, has 160million users and a history of lax policing on its site. It admitted that it 'missed the chance' to act when the photos first leaked . While the company eventually closed the section down, thousands of people had already accessed the images, generating huge ad revenues for Reddit in the process. Under the new rules, effective from March 10, all images of any person either naked, aroused or having sex which are posted by the site's 160million users without consent are banned. Anything which is posted will be removed, Reddit said, and potential victims were given a contact address to flag any banned posts. Previous rules had banned only child pornography, and content perceived to be spam - though volunteer moderators could also remove items if they chose. In a post signed by Reddit's interim CEO Ellen Pao, she acknowledged that the site 'missed the chance' to act decisively while the nude photos leaks was happening. Caught in the trap: Kirsten Dunset, left, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, right, were also pictured naked in the stolen photographs . She said: 'No matter who you are, if a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity, sexual excitement, or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, is posted or linked to on reddit without your permission, it is prohibited on reddit.' The photo leak drew a furious reaction from the celebrities featured, many of whom confirmed that the images were legitimate. Lawrence in particular was strident in her criticism of the leaks, which began last August. She said anybody involved in spreading the pictures was complicit in a 'sex crime' against her and should 'cower in shame'. It comes at the same time as Google announced its Blogger service would also enact a blanket ban on all pornographic posts later this month. New policy: Interim Reddit CEO Ellan Pao, left, announced the policy change. She is pictured above at a California courthouse, where she is suing former employers . From March 23, any sexually explicit or 'graphic nude' images will be removed from public view, and the account owners will find their sites switched to a invite-only mode. Nude pictures which are 'artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts' will not be included in the ban. Social media sites have varying policies on nudity. Facebook prohibits images containing nudity altogether, which has enraged some mothers banned from sharing pictures of them breastfeeding their children. Twitter doesn't mediate legal content but recommends that content with nudity or violence be marked as sensitive. It also lets users flag questionable content for review." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Forum site, which has 160million users, will impose ban from March 10 .\nComes after stolen nude photos were allowed on the site in August leak .\nCelebrity victims, including Jennifer Lawrence, hit out over the scandal ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Historic photos show child who are now in their 80s enjoying pony rides and Tilt-A-Whirls during the heyday of a forgotten Los Angeles theme park. The amusement park historian Jay Jennings's Beverly Park: L.A.'s Kiddieland details the history of the attraction, which was open from 1945 to 1974 on the land that now houses the Beverly Center mall. It was owned by Dave Bradley, a ride inventor and amusement park innovator, who filled the location with a Little Dipper roller coaster, Boat Ride, Merry-Go-Round, Helicopter Ride, Ferris Wheel, and a Haunted Castle long before Disneyland. The photos can also be seen on Retro Image Publishing. Scroll down for video . Millions of children (pictured, in 1972) who grew up in Los Angeles have memories of riding the ponies at Beverly Park, which was open from 1945 to 1974. The children who enjoyed Kiddieland in their youth are now up to 70 years older and now likely have grandchildren who would like the park . Dave Bradley gave a personal touch to the rides at his park, using his own voice for a talking hippopotamus . 'Millions of kids just like me thought Beverly Park was the greatest place on earth,' Mr Jennings told LAist. Bradley bought the park, which had been a baseball field before it became an amusement park in 1943, and made it his own. The man injected his own personal magic touch into childrens' experiences there, using his own voice as that of a blue hippopotamus who spoke to passersby. The site, which had free parking and was dubbed Kiddieland by parents, was also located next to Ponyland, where children could ride the small horses around a track. Bradley and his relatives ran the park as a family, and Hollywood stars of the era such as Lana Turner, Carol Burnett, Errol Flynn and other luminaries of the age took their children there, according to KCET. The park in western Los Angeles was popular with the stars of Hollywood and their children during the 30 years it was open . Walt Disney used to visit the park with his children and talk to Bradley about the rides that he had brought in . The park, on La Cienega Boulevard, treated guests to cotton candy and hot dogs sold in a stand that looked like its product . Rides included a Little Dipper roller coaster, Boat Ride, Merry-Go-Round, Helicopter Ride, Ferris Wheel, and a Haunted Castle . It was particularly popular with divorced Beverly Hills fathers looking to spoil their kids. Walt Disney, who opened his own park in 1955, was one of the early visitors to take his children to Kiddieland and talked to Bradley about the rides. He later recruited the park owner to join his Disneyland operation. The entrepreneur worked as a consultant for Disney at the same time as running the park, and would go to Europe to take pictures of interesting amusement park rides. 'In the end, Disney utilized many of Dave Bradley's ideas for Disneyland, such as the concept of \"themed photos ops\" where certain parts of the park could be specifically designed for taking family photos,' Jennings said. A rising lease price for the land would ultimately lead Kiddieland to close, and the first mall was built at the location in 1982. Bradley then concentrated on his carousel-molding business in Long Beach. Kiddieland was located next to the appropriately-named Ponyland, where children could ride ponies around a track . Bradley was recruited by Walt Disney to help with Disneyland, but continued running his own park at the same time . Beverly Park was particularly popular with divorced Beverly Hills dads who would spoil their kids with treats and fun . Kiddieland was closed in 1974 because of rising lease rates, and the place where it stood is now occupied by a mall called Beverly Center ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Beverly Park, also known as Kiddieland, was in west LA from 1945 to 1974 .\nAttractions were run by Dave Bradley, who later worked for Walt Disney .\nPark was popular with Hollywood stars Lana Turner and Carol Burnett .\nLand later became used for mall after lease on the land increased ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has told the Mexican government to provide the necessary medical attention to a jailed vigilante leader who holds dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship. The Washington-based body wrote in a January 28 decision that it found adequate reason to be concerned for the health of 41-year-old Nestora Salgado, a resident of the Seattle suburb of Renton. Salgado was arrested in August 2013 after people detained by the community self-defense force she leads in the southern state of Guerrero alleged they had been kidnapped. A federal judge cleared Salgado of those charges last year, but related state charges have kept her locked up. Jailed: Nestora Salgado, who has been detained since she was arrested Aug 2013 in the state of Guerrero, south of Mexico City, where she had been leading a vigilante group targeting police corruption and drug cartel violence . Salgado's fellow commanders said during a news conference in Mexico City that the force in the town of Olinala never demanded bail money, which her accusers called ransom. The commanders said many of those detained were youths held at the request of their parents for 're-education.' 'The communitarian system does not request any bail,' said regional community police commander Cruz Morales Reyes. 'It does not request any ransom. There is no amount of money that can get someone out.' A state law allows Olinala and Guerrero's other indigenous communities to organize their own police forces. In need: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has told the Mexican government to provide the necessary medical attention to the jailed vigilante leader who holds dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship . Borderline case: The case is drawing attention in Seattle as demonstrators demanded Salgado’s release over the weekend . Morales said the community police, which rose up as a result of corruption within the local government and organized crime, arrests people accused of crimes but also young people whose parents deem them out of control. One of those was Francisco Flores Jimenez, who said his mother asked that he be held and 're-educated' by the community police. He described a regimen of manual labor and lessons about the value of hard work. He said detainees who worked hard were fed well, while those who didn't received whatever was available. Flores also questioned charges by some detainees that they were abused. 'In my case, I was never mistreated,' he said. Giovani Torres, a group level community police commander, said Nestora Salgado was among the citizens who rose up against the criminality in Olinala. She distinguished herself through her bravery and was elected as a commander by an assembly of community police members, Torres said. Salgado grew up in Olinala and moved to the U.S. when she was about 20. Eventually she began making regular visits back to her hometown. 'The government knows perfectly well that all of the charges they're accusing Nestora of are false,' said her sister Cleotilde Salgado Garcia." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nestora Salgado is a Mexican-born woman who arrived in the U.S. at age 20 .\nSeven years ago, she decided to return to her native Olinalá, a mountainous town in the troubled Mexican state of Guerrero .\nShe ended up becoming part of a movement to establish a vigilante-style community police force .\nSuch a force is allowed under Mexican law to help fight crime and corruption .\nShe claims she was fighting crime and that the charges against her are nothing but a political vendetta ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "For James Williamson, now 67, life got off to a bad start. The sixth child of a feckless mother, he was handed over to a childless couple in East London 'like a UPS parcel'. Although his adoptive mother was kind to him, his scaffolder father was abusive and inflicted eye-watering violence on the child, even, on one occasion, attempting to stab him. But all that paled in comparison with what came next. Aged nine, Mr Williamson fell victim to a predatory paedophile. Survivor: James Williamson, now 67, suffered years of vile sexual abuse at the hands of his Scoutmaster . In many ways, Mr Williamson's childhood was typical of the East End at the time. 'If you watch Call the Midwife, that sums up what it was like,' he explains. 'We lived in Violet Row which started in Whitechapel and ended in Poplar - that was my environment. Handed over: His feckless mother handed him over to his adoptive parents 'like a UPS parcel' 'We had a shared house with outside toilet. Two families lived in it, one upstairs and one downstairs. There was no bath or shower so I was washed down in the kitchen sink.' The sixth child of a dozen born to a feckless woman called Ellen, he was handed over to a couple named Ivy and Jim for adoption as a baby. It was not a loving upbringing. 'My adoptive mother was always working and my father did too,' he remembers. 'I can remember a child minder called Mrs Edmonds and the house always being very quiet.' Although Ivy was kind, his adoptive father, a man with 'an unpredictable and violent temper', would often terrify him with his rages. 'I didn't love him and I don't think he loved me,' says Mr Williamson. But for all that, he says he did at least put food on the table. 'Whatever he was, whatever he did, he always put food on the table,' he explains. 'I always had clothes. Lots of kids in the East End didn't even have that.' Nevertheless, his childhood was a lonely one and Mr Williamson says he was 'a latchkey kid' - free to come and go as he pleased. But while such freedom was not unusual, it proved to have devastating consequences, when, at the age of nine, Mr Williamson fell prey to a child molester. 'I remember I liked war films as a kid,' he says. 'So one day, I decided I wanted to go and see a film called The Battle of the River Plate. Difficult: James with his adoptive parents Ivy and Jim. Jim had a 'violent and unpredictable' temper . 'I went in and the film was rolling. But the next thing I knew, this guy had come and sat next to me. I was wearing shorts. He had his hand on my knee and it went on from there.' When he left the cinema, the man followed. Unsuspecting, the trusting little boy allowed himself to be led into a nearby storeroom - and a horrific sex attack ensued. 'I was inquisitive and followed him in there like a little sheep,' he says ruefully. 'I could have been a headstone by now. That's how it could have ended.' Luckily, Mr Williamson was allowed to go. He ran home and kept what had happened to him secret, never telling anyone what had taken place. Lonely existence: James as a toddler. He says he spent much of his early years with a child minder . 'At the time, I thought: \"What was that? I can't tell anyone\". I knew it was wrong.' Heartbreakingly, he was also convinced that should his parents find out, they might blame him instead. 'What I was most concerned about was that if I told my parents, they might be angry and maybe put me in a home. 'I thought they might think they'd adopted a duff one. So I just carried on and a year later, I joined the Scouts.' His decision to join the Scouts was to prove a fateful one and what came next left him with mental scars that have lasted all his life. 'The first thing I thought when I saw him was that he was smart,' says Mr Williamson of the moment he was introduced to his Scoutmaster, a man named Tom. 'He was well-presented. His trousers had real nice creases on the front. He came to the meeting because our Scoutmaster was leaving. 'In the end, it was announced that Skip [former Scoutmaster] was going and Tom would be taking over. I didn't think he was good looking because he wasn't.' The meeting, when Mr Williamson was aged 10, signalled the start of what would turn into almost a decade of sexual abuse. Showered with attention and affection, the lonely little boy was easily groomed and, when Tom offered to take him to the cinema and said he could stay the night afterwards, the relationship became a sexual one. Unable to tell anyone, in particular his parents, Mr Williamson felt trapped and unable to sound the alarm. Even today, he is unwilling to condemn his attacker and calls what passed between them 'conditional kindness'. 'My father had a violent and unpredictable temper and Tom's place was a place of tranquillity and safety,' he explains. 'I felt that I was being offered something - a trade. I called it conditional kindness.' Heartbreakingly, he still feels disloyal by talking about what transpired between him and Tom. 'I sort of feel that I'm betraying someone who helped me,' he admits. 'There's a sort of mixed feeling. I also feel disloyal in some way.' Escape finally came when he left the Scouts aged 18, although he reveals he had tried to escape Tom's attentions many times before. Scout: James aged 10, proudly wearing a poppy and his Robertson's Jam Boy Scout Golly . 'I kept trying to get away,' he says. 'But he [Tom] would say things like, \"How do you feel about going to Belgium?\" and I'd think, \"Wow, me an East End boy in Belgium!\" And then I'd be right back in it again. I did try.' Aged 16, he met his first girlfriend and, determined to make it work, he tried again to make a break with his paedophile Scoutmaster. 'I tried so hard to make that break,' he says. 'In the end, I was too old for him. We became sort of friends.' He went on to marry his girlfriend and together, they had one child. But the marriage broke down when his daughter was a few months old. Mr Williamson, who has now been with his partner Phil for 30 years, says that the break-down was the result, in part, of him coming to terms with his long-suppressed homosexuality. 'All I knew was that you had a girlfriend, got married and had a family,' he says. 'Everything else was just with him [Tom] and not quite right.' But while coming to terms with being gay, which was a criminal offence until 1967, coming to terms with his abusive childhood was even harder. Happy moment: James with his adoptive father (left) and mother (right) at a cousin's wedding in Nottingham . 'I never told anybody. Not once,' he says. 'Not until I wrote the manuscript [for his memoir]. My partner was the first one to read it. 'He took it calmly. He wasn't disgusted and he took it all in his stride. We've been together for 30 years so It was good to say what had happened.' Telling his story: After keeping his experiences secret for more than 30 years, James is finally telling his story in the hope of helping others . And as the litany of historical sex abuse cases relating to Jimmy Saville began to emerge, Mr Williamson grew even more determined to tell his story. 'I used to read all that and think: \"That could have been me\".' Nevertheless, he says he has no plans to take his own attackers to court and questions the motivation of some of the people who have so far come forward. 'With Yewtree, I wonder why these people have left it so long,' he explains. 'If that was what they wanted, if they were so embittered, why didn't they do it before? I think the motivation sometimes is wrong. Now this has gone from not enough has been done to endless court cases and inquiries. The powers that be have gone from one extreme to another.' For his own part, Mr Williamson says life, his childhood apart, has treated him well. 'I feel incredibly lucky,' he says. 'You've got to be brave enough to create your own luck. If you sit with your bum on a sofa, nothing will happen. But if you get out and work, you will get that opportunity. I wanted to be somebody. I didn't want to be somebody working in a factory. Now I am somebody. I've now been retired for 20 years and I've had a great time.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "James Williamson, now 67, was first attacked aged nine by a stranger .\nAt 10, he was groomed by his Scoutmaster and a decade of abuse followed .\nConvinced that parents would send him to an orphanage if they found out .\nKept abuse secret for more than 30 years and only recently felt able to talk .\nNow retired, he lives in the countryside with his partner of 30 years .\nThey Can’t Touch Him Now by James Williamson (£8.99, Clink Street Publishing) will be released on 8th April ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It began life as a venture above a pizza shop in the US, and is now the world's most visited travel website. TripAdvisor is celebrating its 15th birthday today and with more than 200 million reviews and comments since the site went live in February 2000, it has certainly generated controversy. From debate over the authenticity of reviews to arguments that it helps ensure high standards, TripAdvisor has become loved and hated in equal measure. TripAdvisor is celebrating its 15th birthday today after starting out above a pizza shop in the US . But the website has certainly showed no signs of slowing down as it gathers more and more reviews of restaurants, resorts, hotels and activities - allowing users to leave a rating in bubbles - one for the worst experience and five for the best. So as the website turns 15, here are some bizarre facts you didn't know about TripAdvisor... 1. A slice of history . The company was founded in a small office above a pizza shop called Kosta’s in Needham, Massachusetts. 2. It wasn’t always about reviews . The site was originally designed as a B2B tool not a customer review site, but once the travel community started using it for that purpose the site quickly evolved to meet this need. The Grand Canyon in Arizona did not impress everyone, receiving a number of one-star reviews including one which called it an 'overblown sandy ditch' and saying 'nature is c***' (see above) 3. A world full of bubbles . The rating scores given by each reviewer are measured in ‘bubbles’ not stars. 4. The first of millions . The first ever traveller review was of Captain's House Inn in Chatham, Massachusetts – which earned a rating of 4 bubbles. 5. A top contributor . TripAdvisor member BradJill from Hong Kong has posted the most reviews in the history of the site – more than 3,200 and counting. TripAdvisor offers the chance to air you positive, or in this case, negative reviews; this one about Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer . Christ the Redeemer was called 'over-rated' and just a 'concrete pillar' in one-star reviews on TripAdvisor . 6. Green means go . Millions of consumers have seen the TripAdvisor ‘owl’ logo, but how many know why one eye is red and the other green? In fact, the two colours symbolise the way travellers choose where to go (green) and where not to go (red) on their next trip. 7. Sharing a great experience . The majority of reviews on TripAdvisor are positive – the average bubble rating is more than 4 out of 5. London is the most reviewed city in the world, with tourists delighted to leave reviews of hotels, restaurants and attractions . 8. The most reviewed city . The most reviewed city in the world is London – with over 1.8 million reviews of the city’s hotels, restaurants and attractions. 9. Looking for a bite to eat? Though for many the site is synonymous with hotels, there are actually more restaurants listed on TripAdvisor than hotels. 10. Every corner of the world covered . There are reviews on TripAdvisor for businesses in every country in the world – the most reviewed nation is the USA, the least reviewed is Tuvalu. Tuvalu is the least reviewed nation in the country - but chances are if you visited it would all be positive . 11. The growth of a global travel community . Though the site’s popularity originated in North America, the majority of TripAdvisor’s site traffic now comes from outside the US. 12. A decade on TripAdvisor . MariaAA is the longest registered member of the TripAdvisor community – having joined the site in 2002. 13. Plan, compare and book . TripAdvisor is not just about reviews – travellers can also compare price and availability for hotels and soon will be able to book their stay without leaving the site. It's not difficult to see what the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas has the most 5 bubble reviews . 14. 5 out of 5 . Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas is the hotel with the most five bubble reviews - over 9,500 and counting . 15. Wordsmiths . The total word count of all the reviews on TripAdvisor stands at more than 10 billion - nearly 12,000 times the number of words in the complete works of Shakespeare . Tourists called the Sphinx 'tiny' and surrounded by 'scum of the earth'. Visitors to the Pyramids said it was just camels and Brits in leggings ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The company began life in a small room in Needham, Massachusetts, US .\nNow users can leave reviews on hotels, restaurants and attractions .\nLondon is most reviewed city in the world, the US most reviewed nation ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "In the run down three-star hotel where the family stays in Cilacap, opposite 'Death island' in southern Indonesia, Marlise Gularte de Cavalho describes what it's like waiting to see whether her cousin Rodrigo will be executed. 'For our family it is like dying a little every day,' she told Daily Mail Australia, 'it is hard to stay strong but you must.' The executions last month on Nusakambangan Island - where Rodrigo is being held on death row - of five foreigners, including fellow Brazilian Marco Archer, and the scheduled executions of the Bali Nine duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, has turned up the heat for the Gulartes. Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte was arrested in 2004 for attempting to smuggle six kilograms of cocaine into Indonesia hidden inside a surfboard. He has been on Death Island for the past seven years . Rodrigo's cousin Marlise Gularte de Cavalho told Daily Mail Australia: 'For our family it is like dying a little every day, it is hard to stay strong but you must' The families of death row prisoners Sergei Atlaoui of France and Rodrigo Gularte of Brazil leave the ferry dock at Wijayapura after visiting the prisoners at Nusa Kambangan in Cilacap on Tuesday . 'It is alarming,' Ms de Cavalho said, sitting anxiously in her hotel as she waited to return home after her latest visit. 'We are in shock. It would be better to know he would be in jail ten, 20 years even, more than not knowing when, if, this is going to happen.' Ms de Cavalho, who had taken time off from the wedding and party business she runs with her husband in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, said she had travelled in her past as a Club Med representative - even spending a year on Lindeman Island in Queensland - but that she and her family dreaded the trip to Indonesia. But they could not abandon Rodrigo. 'You come here and then you have to return to your life, but we are always waiting and that is what is terrible.' An emotional Angelita Muxfeldt holds photos of cousin Rodrigo Gularte, a Brazilian national who is on death row for smuggling drugs into Indonesia . Ms de Cavalho said if the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran did, like her, end up in a hotel room in Cilacap waiting to take the ferry to death island that they 'must be as strong as possible and keep their faith' Clarisse Gularte (left), mother of convicted Brazilian drug smuggler Rodrigo Gularte, greets relatives of convicted French drug smuggler Serge Areski Atlaoui as they depart the Nusakambanga prison outpost in Cilacap . She has spent the past few weeks with Rodrigo's other cousin, Angelita Muxfeldt, and his mother Clarisse Muxfeldt taking the police ferry almost daily to visit Nusakambangan. There they find 42-year-old Rodrigo in the relatively clean surrounds of the island's newest prison, Pasir Putih, which lies not far from one of its famed white sand beaches. Angelita described the agony of waiting to find out whether her beloved cousin will face the firing squad as she sat alone in her hotel in in the port town of Cilicap. 'It's a torture for our family. Ten years in prison and then like in Bali you shoot them?' She had just farewelled her aunt, Rodrigo's distraught 70-year-old mother Clarisse Muxfeldt, who may have made her final trip to see her son on Nusakambangan or 'death' island. 'She wants to come back but I don't know. We must look after her now,' Angelita said. 'I must stay here and fight to have him transferred off the island. Angelita described Gularte as more like a brother than a cousin. 'He was such a lovely little boy. He is kind and gentle and that's what got him into trouble. 'It is unbelievable that they could shoot him here. 'When we found out there was no time it was such a rush to get here - no time to pack pictures of him.' Bali Nine members, Myuran Sukumaran (left) and Andrew Chan (right) are on death row after being sentenced for heroin trafficking . July 31, 2004. A Customs officer inspects surfing boards used by Brazil's citizen Rodrigo Gularte to smuggle 6 kilograms of cocaine into Indonesia. Gularte was arrested by Indonesian authorities and is on death row . Rodrigo has been on the island for seven of the 11 years since he was arrested with two other Brazilians bringing six kilograms of South American cocaine into Indonesia, secreted in surfboards. As his devastated family have been insisting, to this day, Gularte is a paranoid schizophrenic who fell prey to drugs in his teens and to a Brazilian drug cartel in his early thirties. He was so deluded, that when he was arrested he told Indonesian police his two fellow couriers had nothing to do with the scheme. They were sent home. A year later, he was sentenced to death. Now, when Marlise and her family visit him, on the prison island, he tells them he doesn't believe that he will be executed. He insists a manned satellite over Nusakambangan is stalking him and voices in his head tell him he won't be executed because 'the voices say the death penalty has been abolished'. 'For the two hours we are there I guess he would talk lucidly for about 10 minutes,' Marlise said. Rodrigo is suspicious of Marlise 'because he thinks there are two of me ... the good Marlise and bad Marlise and he has to be careful of the bad'. Nusakambangan Island where Rodrigo Gularte has been held for the past seven years on death row . Rodrigo Gularte's family hired a government professor of psychiatry to examine Rodrigo in prison on Nusakambangan. The prison governor sent the professor's written diagnosis of Gularte's schizophrenia to the Indonesian Attorney General, but it was rejected . Angelita tried for years to make Rodrigo aware of the danger he was in, but afflicted by delusions he would tell her it 'was all a trick'. 'Now I don't tell him because he is calm and not frightened. Perhaps it ia better that way.' The family is pinning its hopes on a recommendation by their lawyers that Rodrigo is taken from the island and placed in a hospital on the mainland to be psychiatrically assessed. 'The idea of it makes him scared. He thinks what could save him is the danger, ' Angelita said. She said Rodrigo wanted to stay in the maximum security Pasir Putih priaon the island where other inmates were 'like family to him' and the guards 'like him'. 'He is a gentle man and wants to help everyone he can, he said. 'He doesn't realise execution could really happen.' The family hired a government professor of psychiatry to examine Rodrigo in prison on Nusakambangan. The prison governor sent the professor's written diagnosis of Gularte's schizophrenia to the Indonesian Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo, but it was rejected. 'They say no,' said Ms de Cavalho, 'they won't listen, the president has the power over people's lives that should only be God's.' 'They say no,' said Ms de Cavalho, 'they won't listen, the president has the power over people's lives that should only be God's' Under Indonesian law, a mental health disease can provide for clemency in death penalty cases. The Indonesian authorities told the Gularte family only a government doctor's diagnosis would be considered for Rodrigo's possible reprieve. 'What can we do?' Ms de Cavalho said. 'People have been very kind to us here. 'The Indonesian people we have spoken to, do not support the death penalty and I do not believe the majority of Indonesians do. 'But this waiting it is so heavy on the soul.' Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are likely to be moved from their Bali jail cells this week, with builders under orders to speed up construction of more isolation cells on the execution island. Ms de Cavalho said if their families did, like her, end up in a hotel room in Cilacap waiting to take the ferry to death island that they 'must be as strong as possible and keep their faith'. 'It is in the hands of God.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Brazilian family tells of agonising wait for a decision on Indonesia's 'Death Island'\nRodrigo Gularte was arrested in 2004 for attempting to smuggle six kilograms of cocaine into Indonesia hidden inside a surfboard .\nHe's been on the island for seven of the 11 years since being sentenced .\nRelatives say he's schizophrenic and under Indonesian law, a mental health disease can provide for clemency in death penalty cases .\nHis cousin Marlise urged the families of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran 'must be as strong as possible and keep their faith'" } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A cattle farmer claimed today that the badger cull had ended his bovine tuberculosis nightmare that lasted more than ten years. James Griffiths - whose land in Tibberton, Gloucestershire, lies within the controversial pilot area - said his dairy herd was free of TB for the first time since 2004. The 48-year-old father-of-two claimed that this was because badgers carrying the disease had been killed in his area during culls over the past two years. Scroll down for video . End of the nightmare: James Griffiths - whose land in Tibberton, Gloucestershire, lies within the controversial badger cull pilot area - said his dairy herd was free of TB for the first time since 2004 . Farm: Mr Griffiths said being branded a ‘dirty herd’ for 11 years had cost his family farm ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds’ - and placed his family and staff under intolerable strain . The National Farmers’ Union insisted Mr Griffiths’s experience was being mirrored across Gloucestershire and Somerset as the number of TB cases start to fall in the badger cull areas. But animal rights activists have disputed the claims made by NFU president Meurig Raymond at the organisation’s annual conference in Birmingham yesterday. And the badger issue looks set to become a major political issue, with Environment Secretary Liz Truss telling farmers at the event that the Conservatives would extend the cull if re-elected. Mr Raymond urged politicians not to make the cull 'a party political issue' in the run-up to the general election, and criticised Labour for pledging to give up on culling. Moving forward: Mr Griffiths said his 1,700 strong herd was given a negative test for TB shortly after the second cull ended in November and the final all clear last Friday . Big issue: Environment Secretary Liz Truss (left) said at the National Farmers' Union conference that the Conservatives would extend the cull if re-elected. NFU president Meurig Raymond is also pictured (right) Cattle: Mr Griffiths’s farm was one of those in the 132 sq mile Gloscon pilot badger cull, where disruption was blamed for only 274 badgers being killed . Yesterday Mr Griffiths said his 1,700 strong herd was given a negative test for TB shortly after the second cull ended in November and the final all-clear last Friday. Mr Griffiths said being branded a ‘dirty herd’ for 11 years had cost his family farm ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds’ - and placed his family and staff under huge strain. He added: ‘I could hardly believe the results because I was starting to think we’d never get out of it. After all those years of frustration I can finally see light at the end of the tunnel. ‘It’s been a completely debilitating and disheartening experience that really grinds you down. Because I’ve been living under the shadow of TB for so long now, I’m not sure exactly what it will mean. I’m still coming blinking into the bright daylight.’ Demonstration: A file photograph of anti-badger cull activists mounting patrols during the controversial trial . On patrol: Campaigners believe the cull 'fails our wildlife by subjecting badgers to inhumane shooting' and 'fails farmers by promising a solution to TB that simply doesn't work' Cull: Mr Griffiths said it was 'clear the reservoir of infection was outside the herd in the badger population' Mr Griffiths has had to manage the disease since taking over the family farm, which is in a TB hotspot along the border between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. Ministers and farmers insist culling is vital to tackle TB, which can be spread from badgers to livestock - with more than 26,000 cattle slaughtered in England last year and multimillion-pound losses. But opponents say badger-culling is inhumane and ineffective, and alternatives such as vaccination should be pursued. An independent expert panel found that controlled shooting of badgers in the cull's first year was not effective or humane. In Gloucestershire just 274 badgers were culled in the second year of the pilot, falling far short of the minimum 615 estimated to be needed to deliver reductions in TB in livestock, leading the chief vet to admit the benefits of the cull might not be realised there. The Government claimed the low numbers in Gloucestershire reflected the 'challenges of extensive unlawful protest and intimidation' by anti-cull campaigners. In Somerset, the location of the other pilot cull, a sufficient number of badgers were killed this year to lead to expected reductions in TB in cattle, with 341 culled, in a required range of 316 to 785. In both of the pilot areas, a significant proportion were killed by the more expensive cage trapping and shooting method - rather than 'controlled shooting' of free-running badgers. He added: ‘I don’t know if we were the longest down, but at 11 years we must have been one of the longest. They tested every two months and every time they tested we would lose a few animals, seven or eight on average. ‘We just couldn’t seem to get free of it. I know Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) were concerned because they carried out expensive blood tests on every animal to find out if there was a reservoir of disease in the herd. There wasn’t. 'It was quite clear that the reservoir of infection was outside the herd in the badger population.’ Mr Griffiths’s farm was one of those in the 132 sq mile Gloscon pilot badger cull, where disruption was blamed for only 274 badgers being killed - instead of the minimum 615 estimated to be needed to deliver reductions in TB. He alleged that balaclava-wearing saboteurs posted negative messages on Facebook, followed his 19-year-old daughter home and frightened his 88-year-old mother Cynthia. ‘It’s was all pretty low level intimidation but it’s one thing being nose to nose with somebody in a balaclava shouting at you, another when it affects your kids and your family,’ Mr Griffiths added. Mr Raymond yesterday claimed incidents of TB had decreased in Somerset and Mr Griffiths’s case showed similar results could be expected in Gloucestershire. But campaigners were not convinced - and Claire Bass, Humane Society International/UK’s executive director, called the cull an ‘very expensive, cruel and ineffective farce’. She said: 'This cull fails our wildlife by subjecting badgers to inhumane shooting; it fails farmers by promising a solution to TB that simply doesn't work; and it fails the public by wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money.’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "James Griffiths says dairy herd is free of TB for first time since 2004 .\nFather claims it's because badgers carrying disease have been killed .\nNFU insists his experience is being mirrored across Gloucestershire .\nBut animal rights activists say cull fails wildlife, farmers and public ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The parents of a four-year-old boy who was not expected to live past the age of two are pushing the Victorian government to legalise medical marijuana after it was found cannabis oil was the only thing that would stop him having up to three seizures a day. Last week Cooper Wallace 'went blue during a seizure' which nearly took the young boy's life, after he had run out of the drug which his parents say has greatly improved his quality of life. Since he was four weeks old, Cooper has been in and out of hospital with cerebral palsy, cerebral abscess, hydrocephalus and epilepsy. He was referred to palliative care when he was five weeks old and doctors said he would be lucky to reach the age of two. The parents of four-year-old boy Cooper Wallace, who was not expected to live pass the age of two are pushing the Victorian government to legalise medical marijuana . It was found cannabis oil was the only thing that would stop him having up to three seizures a day . Mum Cassie Batten, from Mernda in Melbourne's north-east, said Cooper started to deteriorate right in front her and her husband's eyes from the age of two. 'Early on he didn't have much quality of life he was tube-fed and he wasn't really aware of his surroundings,' she told Daily Mail Australia. 'He quite frequently relied on oxygen, had no developmental skills and he didn't have a lot of pleasure in life at all.' Cooper's condition also meant he was rarely at home. Over one eight-month period, he spent only 16 days at home with his family. Since he was four weeks old, Cooper has been in and out of hospital with cerebral palsy, cerebral abscess, hydrocephalus and epilepsy . He was referred to palliative care when he was five weeks old and doctors said he would be lucky to reach the age of two . Cooper is pictured here with his mum Cassie Batten, (left) his dad Rhett Wallace (back) and comedian Fiona O'Loughlin (right) 'He would be in hospital for two or three weeks and then rushed to hospital after spending a few days at home. In 2013, he spent over 200 days in hospital,' Ms Batten said. But it was not until 2013 that Ms Batten and her husband, Rhett Wallace, considered an alternative to improve their son's quality of life - cannabis oil, which they had debated for 'quite a while'. In May 2013, a medical test called an EEG - used to detect epilepsy - showed Cooper was seizuring for 57 minutes out of 60. 'Visually he wasn't having them, we saw two or three but we were shocked when the test came back,' Ms Batten said. Coopers brothers and sisters (L-R): Jacob, Ruby, Cooper, Lachlan, Caitlin, Dylan (back) It was not until 2013 that Ms Batten and her husband, Rhett Wallace, considered an alternative to improve their son's quality of life - cannabis oil . In May 2013, a medical test called an EEG - used to detect epilepsy - showed Cooper was seizuring for 57 minutes out of 60 . Desperate to help their son, Ms Batten and Mr Wallace started giving Cooper cannabis oil and the results were immediate. 'Within 20 minutes, he was looking around and smiling and he ate orally,' Ms Batten said. 'It was the first time he had eaten orally in two or three months. 'Two weeks after he started using cannabis oil, we didn't see a seizure. 'Now developmentally he's sitting and crawling. He eats and drinks orally, he plays and he says \"mum\" and \"dad\".' 'Within 20 minutes, he was looking around and smiling and he ate orally,' Ms Batten said of the moment Cooper had cannabis oil . With the extraordinary change they have seen in Cooper after discovering cannabis oil, his parents are now pushing for the legalisation of medical marijuana . 'It won't cure Cooper but it has given him a quality of life and it has bought him time to spend with us,' Ms Batten said . With the extraordinary change they have seen in Cooper after discovering cannabis oil, his parents are now pushing for the legalisation of medical marijuana. 'It would change lives. It would save lives,' Ms Batten said. 'It won't cure Cooper but it has given him a quality of life and it has bought him time to spend with us.' The Victoria Government commissioned a study earlier this year into the review of medical marijuana used to treat people with terminal or life-threatening illnesses. Attorney-General Martin Pakula said the review was 'an important step in investigating the legal practicalities in making medical marijuana available to help people in dire need'." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cooper Wallace - from Melbourne - has cerebral palsy, cerebral abscess, hydrocephalus and epilepsy .\nHis conditions meant he had to eat through a tube and had no developmental skills .\nHis parents, Cassie Batten and Rhett Wallace, have started giving him cannabis oil .\nWithin 20 minutes of using it, he was looking around, smiling and he ate orally .\nLast week he ran out of the medication and had a seizure where he 'turned blue' and almost died .\nNow Ms Batten and Mr Wallace are pushing the Victorian government to legalise marijuana .\nThe government started reviewing the use of medical marijuana earlier this year ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Disciplined: Former substitute teacher Tiffany Leiseth, 27, lost her Pennsylvania teacher's license and will spend a year on probation after pleading guilty to plying two teenage boys with beer . A former substitute teacher from Pennsylvania accused of having sexual encounters with two 18-year-old students while her husband was away has pleaded guilty to giving them alcohol but not having sex with them. Under Monday's plea bargain, 27-year-old Tiffany Leiseth, of Moon Township, lost her Pennsylvania teacher's license and will spend a year on probation. Leiseth's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said Tuesday the outcome was appropriate because the boys were old enough to consent to sex. Police and Allegheny County prosecutors had argued the boys couldn't legally consent because of their student-teacher relationship with Leiseth. The teens both testified at a preliminary hearing that the substitute English teacher at New Brighton High School sent them nude cellphone pictures and text messages before and after their separate trysts last year. Leiseth was initially charged with two counts of sexual contact with a student for allegedly having sex with two male students on back-to-back days last May, just hours after final classes but days before graduation. While both students were consenting adults at the time, Leiseth was charged because they had not yet officially graduated and maintained a student-teacher relationship with her. Investigators said Leiseith invited the two students over to home separately, on May 27 and 28, while her husband was away on business. She then offered both minors beer before engaging in intercourse. School district officials started investigating Leiseth on May 30, after another teacher overheard some students talking about lewd photos another male student had received. Scroll down for video . Plea deal: As part of an agreement with the prosecution, Leiseth was cleared of a sexual assault charge for sleeping with two 18-year-olds last May while her husband was away on business . Fired: Leiseth started as a substitute teacher for the town middle school in 2012-2013, and moved on to New Brighton High School the following school year. She has since been terminated . Tryst: Investigators said Leiseth invited the male students over to her family home on different days, offered them beer and then engaged in intercourse . As part of the plea deal announced Tuesday, prosecutors dropped a felony count of institutional sexual assault. In exchange, Leiseth agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges. Leiseth's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said his client did not try to seduce the students, bur rather one of the boys was courting her. Tiffany Leisith began working for the district at a middle school substitute teacher in the 2012-2013 year before being hired as a permanent substitute English teacher for the high school in 2013-2014. She was fired by the district in June." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tiffany Leiseth, 27, lost her Pennsylvania teacher's license and will spend a year on probation as part of plea deal .\nShe had sex with two 18-year-old male students on different days last May .\nWhile both students were consenting adults at the time of the separate incidents, they had not yet graduated ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Cliff Richard spoke of his agony last night at ‘absurd and untrue allegations’ as police investigate child abuse claims from two more alleged victims. The pop star is now accused of sexually assaulting a total of three victims in the UK and abroad, it can be revealed. Last night the 74-year-old released a statement saying he hoped ‘the truth will prevail’ after a letter from the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police David Crompton revealed the police investigation has ‘increased significantly in size’ and officers were dealing with ‘more than one allegation’. Scroll down for video . The police investigation into veteran singer Sir Cliff Richard has 'increased significantly in size' since its inception and involves 'more than one allegation', police say . In his letter to MP Keith Vaz, David Crompton, South Yorkshire Police chief constable (pictured), said he was unable to give a date when the investigation into the singer would conclude . Mr Compton's letter to MP Keith Vaz (pictured) stated police had not written to Sir Cliff directly to update him on the investigation . Distraught, Sir Cliff said he had no idea who his accusers were and hit out at police for refusing to disclose details to him. He said: ‘I have no idea where these absurd and untrue allegations come from. The police have not disclosed details to me. ‘I have never, in my life, assaulted anyone and I remain confident that the truth will prevail. I have cooperated fully with the police, and will, of course, continue to do so. ‘Beyond stating that the allegations are completely false, it would not be appropriate for me to say anything further until the investigation has concluded, which I hope will be very soon. ‘In the meantime, I would, again, like to thank everyone for supporting me through this unbelievably difficult period.’ Two new alleged victims have come forward since the singer’s £3million Berkshire home was raided last August by detectives investigating a historic allegation of sexual assault on a teenage boy under 16 at a Christian rally in 1985. South Yorkshire Police has set up a dedicated team of officers, under the name Operation Kaddie, to investigate allegations that three boys were molested. Detectives have already taken statements from a number of witnesses as the probe widens. Prosecutors are also liaising with police to give ‘investigative advice’ on how to take the investigation forward after officers received a significant number of new lines of inquiry. Sir Cliff Richard says he has 'no idea' where the 'absurd and untrue allegations' come from . Last August, BBC Reporter David Sillito reported live from Cliff Richard's home as it was raided by police . A BBC news crew reported from the entrance to the estate in Berkshire where Cliff Richard owns a property during the raid although no charges had been made against him . The devastating blow for the singer, who had hoped to be cleared very shortly, emerged after the force faced blistering criticism for a secret deal with the BBC to film a raid on his house. Last night chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz took the unusual step of releasing a letter from Mr Crompton confirming the investigation had been stepped up in light of the new information, and he claimed Sir Cliff’s lawyers had been constantly updated. Mr Crompton wrote: ‘South Yorkshire Police detectives are in very regular contact with Sir Cliff Richard’s lawyers. Typically this involves a verbal update about once a fortnight. ‘We have not written directly to Sir Cliff Richard. It is the responsibility of his lawyers to ensure he is fully briefed on the conversations which have taken place with investigators. ‘This is an investigation which has increased significantly in size since its inception. Sir Cliff Richard’s lawyers are aware that there is more than one allegation.’ Cliff Richard yesterday issued this statement: ‘I have no idea where these absurd and untrue allegations come from. The police have not disclosed details to me. ‘I have never, in my life, assaulted anyone and I remain confident that the truth will prevail. I have cooperated fully with the police, and will, of course, continue to do so. Beyond stating that the allegations are completely false, it would not be appropriate for me to say anything further until the investigation has concluded, which I hope will be very soon. ‘In the meantime, I would, again, like to thank everyone for supporting me through this unbelievably difficult period.’ The star was on holiday in Portugal when detectives swooped on his penthouse suite in Sunningdale without warning on August 14 in a blaze of publicity as the BBC beamed live television images of detectives rifling through his belongings during a five-hour raid. He flew back to the UK to be quizzed by detectives on August 24. The force released a statement at the time saying the singer had entered one of their stations voluntarily: ‘A 73-year-old man has spoken us in relation to an allegation of a sexual nature dating back to 1985. The man was interviewed under caution but was not arrested.’ The police investigation first began last year when a man, now in his 40s, came forward to claim Sir Cliff sexually assaulted him at a rally in Sheffield held by American evangelist Billy Graham. He initially contacted Operation Yewtree, the Scotland Yard investigation set up in October 2012 to examine claims against Savile and other celebrities. The report was passed to South Yorkshire Police last year. Police have already been heavily criticised over the way the case against the singer has unfolded. The raid was recorded live by a BBC helicopter circling overhead capturing officers wearing forensic gloves searching through drawers after a reporter contacted the force claiming they had information about the investigation. BBC journalists were given 18 hours’ notice of the raid, an aerial photograph of the singer’s apartment and even details of which gate the police would use. On Tuesday the Mail revealed a damning report by independent investigator and former chief constable Andy Trotter had blasted police for confirming details of a ‘highly sensitive and confidential’ investigation to the BBC. A Metropolitan Police investigation into the leak to the BBC has been unable to find the source. A day on from the controversial raid, South Yorkshire Police said it had received a number of calls with information. Sir Cliff has now vowed to sell his Berkshire home, telling friends he feels like he has been ‘ransacked by burglars’." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "South Yorkshire Police say sex offence inquiry has 'expanded significantly'\nThe investigation is now said to involve two more alleged victims .\nPolice say Sir Cliff's lawyers are briefed about the inquiry every two weeks .\nIn a statement, Sir Cliff said: 'I have never, in my life, assaulted anyone'\nSir Cliff first saw police raid on £3.5m Berkshire home on TV last August ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "British cyber-police have shut down a virus network which infected millions of computers with malicious software to steal people's passwords and banking information. The 'malware' was spread by Windows users opening links sent out via phishing emails and social networks, inadvertently downloading a virus onto their computers. Seven servers located across Europe which used by the criminals to control infected computers were shut down overnight, including one situated in Gosport, Hampshire. Virus: The Ramnit malware, spread on Microsoft Windows computers, has been brought down by authorities . A total of 3.2million computers have fallen prey to the 'Ramnit' virus over the past three years, 33,000 of which were in the UK. The operation to bring down the network was led by the National Crime Agency's National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), along with authorities in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. A spokesman for the NCA said that the botnet spread malware via seemingly trustworthy links sent out on phishing emails or social networking websites. He said: 'If users running Windows operating systems clicked on the links, the malware would be installed, infecting the computer. 'Infected computers would then be under the control of criminals, enabling them to access personal or banking information, steal passwords and disable antivirus protection.' Criminals have used the network to steal money from bank accounts, according to the agency. Operation: The National Crime Agency led the investigation into the network of infected computers . None of the people responsible for the virus network have been arrested, according to the NSA, but they added that the investigation is still ongoing. Despite the operation to dismantle the cyber-conspiracy, officials have urged web users to take care over clicking on unfamiliar links which are sent to them. The Government is offering free software which can detect whether a computer has been infected and remove the virus if necessary. Authorities were alerted to the threat from Ramnit by Microsoft after the US-based computer giant noticed a spike in virus activity. Paul Gillen, from the European Cybercrime Centre, said: 'We worked together to shut down the command and control servers for the network in various countries across the European Union. The criminals have lost control of the infrastructure they were using.' Steve Pye of the NCCU added: 'Through this operation, we are disrupting a cyber crime threat which has left thousands of ordinary computer users in the UK at risk of having their privacy and personal information compromised. 'This malware effectively gives criminals a back door so they can take control of your computer, access your images, passwords or personal data and even use it to circulate further spam messages or launch illegal attacks on other websites. 'As a result of this action, the UK is safer from Ramnit, but it is important that individuals take action now to disinfect their machines, and protect their personal information.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Ramnit virus was spread by links in emails and social media .\n3.2million Windows computers have been affected across Europe .\nThe network can steal people's passwords and confidential bank details .\nAuthorities have shut down seven servers including one in Hampshire ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Computers already have bested human champions in 'Jeopardy!' and chess, but artificial intelligence now has gone to master an entirely new level: 'Space Invaders.' Google scientists have revealed AI software that can do better than humans on dozens of Atari video games from the 1980s, like video pinball, boxing, and 'Breakout.' The firm's software was able to learn the game, working out the rules itself in a major step forward. Google scientists have revealed AI software that can do better than humans on dozens of Atari video games from the 1980s, like video pinball, boxing, and Sapce Invaders. The computer program, called Deep Q-network, wasn't given much in the way of instructions to start, but in time it did better than humans in 29 out of 49 games and in some cases, like video pinball, it did 26 times better, according to a new study released Wednesday by the journal Nature. The idea is to create a 'general learning system' that can figure tasks out by trial and error and eventually to stuff even humans have difficulty with. The aim is not to make video games a spectator sport, turning couch potatoes who play games into couch potatoes who watch computers play games. The real accomplishment: computers that can teach themselves to succeed at tasks, learning from scratch, trial and error, just like humans. The computer program, called Deep Q-network, wasn't given much in the way of instructions to start, but in time it did better than humans in 29 out of 49 games and in some cases, like video pinball, it did 26 times better, according to a new study released Wednesday by the journal Nature. It's a first time an artificial intelligence program bridged different type of learning systems, said study author Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind in London. Deep Q 'can learn and adapt to unexpected things,' Hassabis said in a news conference. 'These types of systems are more human-like in the way they learn.' In the submarine game 'Seaquest,' Deep Q came up with a strategy that the scientists had never considered. 'It's definitely fun to see computers discover things that you didn't figure out yourself,' said study co-author Volodymyr Mnih, also of Google. Sebastian Thrun, director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University, who wasn't part of the research, said in an email: 'This is very impressive. 'Most people don't understand how far (artificial intelligence) has come. 'And this is just the beginning.' Nothing about Deep Q is customized to Atari or to a specific game. A youth tries a Ms. Pac-Man TV game in New York. Computers already have bested human champions in Jeopardy! and chess, but artificial intelligence now has gone to master an entirely new level: video games. The idea is to create a 'general learning system' that can figure tasks out by trial and error and eventually to stuff even humans have difficulty with, Hassabis said. This program, he said, 'is the first rung of the ladder.' Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Emma Brunskill, who also wasn't part of the study, said this learning despite lack of customization 'brings us closer to having general purpose agents equipped to work well at learning a large range of tasks, instead of just chess or just 'Jeopardy!'' To go from pixels on a screen to making decisions on what to do next, without even a hint of pre-programmed guidance, 'is really exciting,' Brunskill said. 'We do that as people.' The idea is that when the system gets scaled up, maybe it could work like asking a phone to plan a complete trip to Europe, book all the flights and hotels on its own 'and it sorts it all out as if you have a personal assistant,' Hassabis said. Google scientists have revealed AI software that can do better than humans on dozens of Atari video games from the 1980s, like video pinball, boxing, and 'Breakout.' But to some ways of thinking, Deep Q wasn't even as smart as a toddler because it can't transfer learned experiences from one situation to another and it doesn't get abstract concepts, Hassabis said. Deep Q had trouble with 'Ms. Pac Man' and 'Montezuma's Revenge' because they are games that involve more planning ahead, he said. Next, the scientists will try the system on more complicated games of the 1990s and beyond, perhaps a complicated game like 'Civilization,' where gamers create an entire empire to see if it can stand the test of time. Deep Q isn't showing what Hassabis would call creativity, he said: 'I would call it figuring out something that already existed in the world.' Creativity would be if the program created its own computer game, Hassabis said. Artificial intelligence isn't there, he said. At least not yet." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "System will eventually be used to work out complex problems .\nSoftware can do better than humans on Atari video games from the 1980s ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Spanish police stopped every one of 10,000 vehicles leaving Gibraltar for the mainland yesterday, causing six-hour traffic jams in the latest escalation in the standoff over the Rock. Officers from the Royal Gibraltar Police were forced to impose diversions and create beachside holding areas as Spanish authorities 'choked' the border, causing massive tailbacks in 30C heat. It was the second day that border guards had blocked links to the mainland, in a move that seemed calculated to bring Gibraltar to a standstill. Scroll down for video . Border chaos: Hundreds of motorists stand in the sweltering heat. Officers from the Royal Gibraltar Police were forced to impose diversions and create beachside holding areas . Stuck: Spanish police stopped every one of 10,000 vehicles leaving Gibraltar for the mainland yesterday, causing six-hour traffic jams . Blockage: It was the second day that border guards had blocked links to the mainland, in a move that seemed calculated to bring Gibraltar to a standstill . The move follows a string of recent . incidents which have included Spanish police opening fire on a jet-skier . in British waters, incursions by Spanish police boats, and Spanish air . force jets roaring across the territory. In the extraordinary jet-ski incident last month, a boat from Spain’s Guardia Civil entered Gibraltan waters and took potshots at 32-year-old Dale Villa as he rode his watercraft close to a popular beach. Mr Villa was not wanted for any particular crime and was not thought to have strayed out of British waters into Spanish territory – although the line between the two is far from clear to people in the sea. Foreign Office minister David Lidington had condemned the shooting as ‘completely unacceptable’ and called on Spain to take action against those responsible. Most recently Spanish fishermen sparked a stand-off with the Royal Navy as they attempted to disrupt the creation of an artificial reef in the Bay of Gibraltar last week. The fishermen used . fast boats to weave in between British vessels involved in the . reef-laying operation in a bid to create large waves to disrupt the . work, the Sunday Express reported. Gibraltar's Santa Barbara beach: The move by Spanish border authorities followed anger over a British decision to lay an artificial reef in the Bay of Gibraltar, which was fiercely opposed by Spanish fishermen . Diplomatic crisis: Last month a boat from Spain's Guardia Civil entered Gibraltan waters and took potshots at 32-year-old British jet-skier Dale Villa as he rode his jet-ski close to a popular beach . Jet-skier: Dale Villa was not wanted for any particular crime and was not thought to have strayed out of British waters into Spanish territory last month . Intervention . by a Royal Navy patrol boat brought an end to the protests. A Gibraltar . government spokesman has accused Spain of launching the 'draconian' border checks which continued yesterday in 'retaliation'. The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a major source of tension between the UK and Spain. Both in 1967 and 2002, the people of Gibraltar rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty. Yet, despite this, Spain still asserts a claim to the territory. The tension began in 1704 when an Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltor from Spain during the war of the Spanish succession. The territory was then ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Historically, it has proved to be an important base for the Royal Navy. Now, its economy is based on tourism, financial services and shipping. Under the 2006 constitution of Gibraltar, the territory governs its own affairs although defence and foreign relations are still the responsibility of the UK Government. Located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, it is an area of 6.8 square kilometres. He said the decision to lay the reef, . which consists of large concrete blocks sunk to the bottom of the bay, . had been taken on environmental grounds. However, he added, it had infuriated . Spanish fishermen since it would also foil any attempts by their vessels . to carry out illegal trawling of the bottom of the Bay of Gibraltar. Criticising the Spanish government's . response, the spokesman added to the Sunday Express: 'Not only are these . measures affecting thousands of innocent Spanish workers who make their . living on Gibraltar, but we are extremely concerned about pensioners . and families with young children being forced to suffer in this way just . because they want to visit the mainland.' Yesterday's . stand-off is just the latest incident to raise tensions between the . British and Spanish governments over Gibraltar, which is at the southern . end of the Iberian peninsula and has been under British rule since . 1713. Under the Gibraltar . constitution of 2006, Gibraltar governs its own affairs, though some . powers, such as defence and foreign relations, remain the responsibility . of the UK Government. The . territory's residents have twice rejected proposals for Spanish . sovereignty in a 1967 referendum and again in 2002, but Spain still . asserts a claim to the territory. Earlier this month, angry Gibraltan . government officials accused four Spanish warplanes of 'buzzing' the . territory without warning, an accusation disputed by the Spanish Defence . Ministry. And just days earlier Prime Minister David Cameron confronted his Spanish counterpart over ‘unacceptable’ threats made to Gibraltar after shots were fired at a jet-skier. He warned Mariano Rajoy that he would not tolerate breaches of international law. It came after Spanish police twice entered British waters, despite British warnings not to do so. Mr Cameron used a meeting in Brussels to censure Mr Rajoy, as tensions between Spain and the UK have escalated. The Foreign Office protested to the Spanish government after a boat from Spain’s Guardia Civil entered Gibraltan waters and took potshots at 32-year-old Dale Villa as he rode his jet-ski close to a popular beach. Just three days later, a police boat was seen in British waters again. The stranglehold on the border between the 2.6sq/mile territory and the Spanish mainland is the latest issue to raise tensions over Gibraltar. A spokesman for the territory's governor told the Sunday Express that British officials had pressed the Spanish government to stop its actions on the border." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Spanish authorities 'choked' the border, causing massive tailbacks yesterday in 30C heat .\nMove follows standoff between Spanish fishermen and Royal Navy over artificial reef in Bay of Gibraltar ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A man was engulfed in a fireball and rushed to hospital covered in burns after he blocked up mouseholes in his flat with aerosol foam before trying to light his oven. Over the course of two days, the man attempted to stop rodents from getting into his flat in Acton, west London, by filling any holes with eight cans worth of expanding foam. But he had failed to ventilate his home properly, and when he tried to switch on the gas cooker in his kitchen the propellant used in the spray cans ignited and burst into flames. A man was engulfed in a fireball and rushed to hospital covered in burns after he blocked up mouseholes and filled in gaps under his cooker (pictured) in his flat with aerosol foam before trying to light the oven . A witness told fire investigators that the man was 'engulfed in a ball of fire'. He suffered burns to his hands and arms that required hospital treatment. Around ten fire-fighters from Acton and Ealing fire stations were called to the flat at around 1pm on Sunday, with two fire engines deployed to the scene. London Fire Brigade said the man had used the foam to plug gaps around the cooker and skirting boards in his kitchen. But the expanding foam contained the highly flammable propellant gas, methylene-diphenyl-diisocyanate 4,4'. The expanding foam, pictured underneath the cooker, contained the highly flammable propellant gas, methylene-diphenyl-diisocyanate 4,4', which is thought to have ignited when he switched on the oven . The gas is emitted from the foam as it expands and dries out, and as it is heavier than air, sinks and forms an invisible cloud. It is believed that the gas ignited when the man switched on the cooker. A fire brigade spokesman said the fire had been brought under control within ten minutes, and the man had been taken to hospital but was now recovering at home. 'Always read safety warnings on the side of aerosol cans and observe the safety advice closely,' the spokesman added. 'Areas where expanding foam is drying out should always be very well ventilated.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Victim spent two days plugging gaps with eight cans of expanding foam .\nBut he failed to ventilate flat in Acton, west London properly .\nFoam contains flammable gas that caught fire when he switched on cooker .\nHe suffered burns to his hands and arms and was taken to hospital ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Most people will have heard music that sounds a bit like cats fighting - but it turns out that is not far from the kind music our feline pets actually enjoy. Scientists have created what they say is the first species-specific music for domestic cats by replicating some of the sounds the animals produce themselves. They say the music could provide new ways for cat owners to enrich the environments that their pets live in while also helping to calm agitated animals. Scroll down for audio . There are many popular video cats 'playing' musical instruments (like the one above) but in reality they prefer music that mimics the purrs and natural high pitched sounds they produce when meowing or feeding . The cat music has been created by psychologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and musicians at the University of Maryland. The music uses rhythms that mimics the pulsating of a cat's purr along with melodies that were similar to their high pitched meows. In tests against classical human music by composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Gabriel Faure, the cats showed stronger reactions to the feline tunes. Just like in humans, however, the younger the cat was, the more excited it got about the music - with middle aged cats seeming the least interested. It was a simple audio only video of a cat named Phantom doing what cats do - purring. Yet YouTube decided that there was something amiss with the clip. The video sharing site flagged the hour long clip of the cat's purr as having infringed the copyright of music giants, EMI and PRS for Music. The offending piece was an hour-long, audio-only YouTube upload of a cat named Phantom, posted in March by Digihaven. The video was flagged by YouTube's Content ID system as possibly using a song called Focus. Phantom was accused of a 12-second video loop infringement violation, in the video which had been viewed less than 3,000 times. The owner Digihaven has since filed a dispute and was partially successful, with EMI lifting its claim. Phantom remains unsigned by any music label. Professor Charles Snowdon, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told MailOnline: 'Lots of people think their pets like the same music they like and some laboratories require the playing of music as \"enrichment\". 'But we have little understanding of what pets actually like. 'We looked at the natural sounds that cats make and their voices are an octave higher than a high human voice. 'They also have lots of sliding frequencies in their calls which are rare in human music.' Together with David Teie, a musician and composer at the Univeristy of Maryland, Professor Snowdon, studied the noises that cats make naturally to create their music. Rather than imitating the noise that cats make, the researchers instead used them as inspiration to create new music. The idea was to produce something that would be enjoyable for cats yet also not be unpleasant to human ears either. They created one piece called Cozmo's Air with a pulse running through it that matched the sound of purring with a rhythm of 1380 beats per minute. Another track, called Rusty's Ballad, used a rhythm of 250 beats per minute to mimic the rate of suckling by kittens. The idea of music for cats occurs regularly in art like in this 19th century painting titled Cats Orchestra and in nursery rhymes like The Cat and the Fiddle, but in reality cat 'singing' sounds awful to our human ears . The researchers, whose study is published in the journal of Applied Animal Behaviour Science, avoided using some of the highest frequency noises found in cats howls as they are often related to fear and threat. Instead they used sounds that slid from one frequency to another at the lower range of cat vocalisations. The resulting music sounds a little like cats yowling or someone learning to play a violin with an underlying purr beneath the melody. Some cats respond more to human music than others like the cat named Bob above that would entertain passersby with accompanyment from street musician James Bowen in London's Covent Garden . They tested the music on 47 domestic cats, both male and female. They were played three minutes segments of either a cat composition and human music that alternated between two speakers. The researchers chose Faure's Elegie, which has a pulse rate similar to the human resting heart beat of 66 beats per minute and uses some sliding frequencies, and Bach's Air on a G String, which has a pulse rate of 56 beats per minute. They found that the cats approached and rubbed themselves on the speakers producing the music written for felines far more often than those producing the human music. The cats were also quicker to respond to the feline-specific music. Musician David Teie, a composer at the Univeristy of Maryland, based the music on the noises that cats make naturally. The idea was to produce something that would be enjoyable for cats yet also not be unpleasant to human ears either. One piece called Cozmo's Air has beat running through it that matches the sound of purring - with a rhythm of 1380 beats per minute. Another track, called Rusty's Ballad, uses a rhythm of 250 beats per minute to mimic the rate of suckling by kittens. The researchers avoided the highest frequency noises found in cats howls as they are often related to fear and threat. Instead they used sounds that slid from one frequency to another at the lower range of cat vocalisations. Professor Snowdon said that their study showed music cat owners find relaxing would not necessarily produce the same effect in their pets. He said: 'Basically, human music is not very interesting to cats. 'We think that cat music will be more interesting and calming for cats than random human music, which most of us use now. 'It could also be of value in animal shelters where more attention has been paid to helping dogs so far than to cats.' Professor Snowden is now also taking the lessons he and his colleagues learned with cats to apply to other animals. They have already composed music for tamarins - small monkeys found in South America - after showing they are indifferent to human music. Their work could help provide new ways of calming or exciting our pets and animals in zoos, he said. He said: 'They can be calmed with music that we designed to be calming and also aroused with music designed to be arousing.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison composed tunes for cats .\nThey used rhythms that mimicked noise of purring cats or suckling kittens .\nTests showed the cats preferred the new tunes to classical music like Bach .\nThe researchers say species specific music can be used to calm animals .\nThey say pet owners could use cat music to help keep their animals happy ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "An entrepreneur who founded a surfboard tracking business has been jailed after he faked VAT claims for £270,000 when his business failed. Surfer Andrew Smith, of Newport, South Wales, launched his business putting tracking chips into surfboards and even tried to attract investment from Dragon's Den star Richard Farleigh. But the business, called surfboardtracker.com, began to fail and Smith started making false VAT claims in a £270,000 racket. Andrew Smith has been jailed after it emerged he was involved in a £270,000 VAT scam as his business failed . Five years later most of the father-of-three's income was coming directly from the taxman, after Smith faked invoices and bank statements. The scam was referred to as a 'ticking time bomb' and was was exposed after he gave an officer from HMRC fake invoices, claiming he had spent tens of thousands of pounds on microchips at a time when the business was making sales of less than £5,000. Smith has been left penniless and was jailed for 20 months after he admitted fraud. Cardiff Crown Court heard that Smith hoped to make a fortune by launching a business putting tracking chips into surfboards. Richard Farleigh'had preliminary discussions' about investing in the surfboard tracker firm but decided against the idea . The business sold microchips to the surfing and extreme sports community to allow their equipment to be tracked if it was stolen. In 2008 a spokesman for Mr Farleigh's company was quoted as saying: 'We're investing as much in Andrew as in the idea. He's so enthusiastic. We almost have to hold him back sometimes.' But Mr Farleigh has told MailOnline that, though he did have 'preliminary discussions' about investing in the company, he did not put any money into the venture. Five years later Smith's VAT fraud was exposed. The court was told an officer from HMRC met with Smith in April 2013 to check over his claim for VAT repayment for buying parts from a foreign supplier. He gave her invoices showing that in March 2013 he had spent £45,748.25 on microchips from a company in Germany. Yet investigations showed that the invoices were faked and the company had never had dealing with Surfboardtracker.com. At the time the company was making just £5,000 in sales. HMRC then discovered bank statements, which had been submitted by Smith, were also falsified and most of his income was coming from the taxman. Prosecutor Nuhu Gobir said: 'It didn't appear the defendant was running a legitimate business.' Smith, of Newport, South Wales, told officers his wife had been diagnosed with cancer in August 2008 and from that date he worked from home and became her carer until she recovered. He said: 'I'm going to be honest with you. Some of these numbers, they have been messed up, I have fabricated them. I'll hold my hands up.' He admitted the invoices and bank statements were false and had been created on his computer and that the information in his VAT returns was not correct. Chris Rees, defending Smith, described his scam as being a 'ticking time bomb'. 'It was a matter of time before he was discovered,' said Mr Rees. Smith began to fake invoices and bank statements and was making most of his money from the taxman . 'It was a legitimate business to start off with, albeit a business that failed. It was at one stage a business regarded as highly promising,' he added. Mr Rees said it should be noted that Smith committed the fraud to pay for his family and home, not to live in luxury. Smith had admitted being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of VAT. Jailing Smith for 20 months, Recorder Ian Murphy said he accepted the 'genesis' of him beginning the fraud was his wife's illness. 'It was an extremely aggressive form of cancer that had a dramatic impact on her health,' he said. No application was made to recoup the £273,000 because Smith has no assets. An earlier version of this story stated that Richard Farleigh invested £60,000 in surfboardtracker.com. In fact, while Mr Farleigh considered investing in the company, he did not put any money into the venture. We are happy to clarify this." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Andrew Smith launched a surfboard business, installing microchip trackers .\nHe tried to get interest from Dragon's Den star Richard Farleigh .\nBut business began to fail and Smith started faking his VAT claims .\nFive years later he was involved in £270,000 VAT racket, faking invoices .\nCardiff Crown Court heard most of his income in 2013 was from taxman .\nHMRC exposed fraud and Smith, a father of three, was jailed for 20 months .\nSmith said he had been caring for his wife at the time, who had cancer ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hundreds of Palestinians have been evacuated from their homes after heavy flooding, caused by rain and drainage issues, caused water levels in Gaza Valley to rise by up to 10 feet. Nearly 80 families were forced to flee to a nearby UN refugee shelter as areas on the Gaza Strip were swamped under the muddy water. Children and elderly people had to help clear some of the water from the roads using small buckets, while horses and carriages were also being used to get personal belongings and family members through the murky brown sludge. Hundreds of Palestinians, including this father with his two children, have been left homeless or struggling to cope after flooding in al-Mughraqa in Gaza . Children, including this young boy in bare feet, and elderly people have had to help clear some of the water from the roads and pavements using small buckets . The floods led to false accusations that Israel had opened up dams along the river to intentionally cause the flooding, even though no dams exist in southern Israel. A spokesman for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Palestinian Territories (COGAT) told VICE News: 'These claims, I don't know who started them, but they are completely false. 'There are no dams in the southern part of Israel so we couldn't open any dams because there aren't any. I don't know how these rumours got around.' In an unrelated incident, an Israeli power company cut electricity in Nablus and Jenin, which are on the West Bank rather than Gaza, on the same day, for a short period of time. The state-owned company said that they made the decision to cut power because the Palestinian government owes them $492 million. The Israel Electric Corporation said it had long warned about the debt. A statement released by the company said: 'We limited for 45 minutes today the supply of electricity to five power lines in Nablus and Jenin.' Palestinians claimed that Israeli authorities opened dams along the river, causing water to rush down into a number of villages - but Israel said there are no dams to open . One boy, pictured, helps an elderly women get across the water with two donkeys . Some of the evacuated families have been set up in nearby shelters for Palestinian refugees, which are sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). They will be provided with food and drink, but do not know when they can return home. In 2010 and December 2013 flooding forced 100 families from their homes. At the time local defence services said they saved seven people who had been at risk of drowning. One gentleman stands outside what used to be a house . One boy braves the water, finding an old sign to clutch on to as he makes his way through the town . It is thought that the water is three feet deep in places. It has caused chaos on the roads, including this gentleman whose white car got stuck . The UN also had to declare a state of 'emergency' in Gaza City last November after two days of heavy rain caused flooding in the war-ravaged area. Some 100,000 Palestinians also remain homeless across Gaza after a bloody 50-day war between Israeli and Hamas militants destroyed homes, roads and services. UNRWA said in January that it cannot afford to repair the homes damaged last year because donors have failed to pay. It said in a statement: 'The agency has exhausted all funding to support repairs and rental subsidies. '$5.4 billion (£3.5bn) was pledged at the Cairo aid conference last October and virtually none of it has reached Gaza. This is distressing and unacceptable.' Camels, donkeys and horses are being used by locals to move belongings and people through the water-logged area . One boy braves getting into a sunken container in the middle of the water. Many people have left the area and some families are being given shelter at a nearby UN refugee camp . Eight children look on as a young boy cleans a dirty stairwell in his bare feet after the floods . Families already had buckets ready after a tough four months ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nearly 80 families were evacuated and sent to nearby UN refugee shelter .\nHorses and carriages used to ferry family members through brown sludge .\nThe flooding was due to heavy rain and drainage issues .\nAllegations that Israel had caused the flooding by opening dams were rejected, as there are no dams in southern Israel .\nAn earlier version of this article stated that Israel had opened river dams in the south of the country, causing flooding in the Gaza strip. In fact, there are no dams in southern Israel and the flooding was caused by rain and drainage issues. We are happy to clarify this." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Alison Baker, 59 (above outside court), was found to be three times over the limit after driving to a garage in Exeter, Devon, to buy wine twice on one morning . A woman who ran a drink-drive awareness course for more than 20 years has been banned from the road after being caught behind the wheel while three times over the limit. Alison Baker, 59, was found to have 104mg of alcohol in her breath after driving to her local garage in Exeter, Devon, to buy wine twice in one morning. Exeter Magistrates' Court heard how a garage worker tipped police off about her being drunk after becoming concerned that she was not in a fit state to drive. Officers were sent to her home and when she eventually answered the door she was so drunk that she had to grip walls and furniture to stand. She told police she had only had a gulp of wine but was found to be three times over the legal top limit. Baker, who ran drink-drive awareness courses for Devon County Council for 20 years, denied drink-driving and blamed the high reading on 'post-driving consumption'. However, district judge Stephen Nicholls convicted her of drink-driving and handed her an interim driving ban until she is sentenced next month. During the trial, Baker denied using her intimate professional knowledge of alcohol units and driving to 'tailor her defence'. She said she drove to the garage at 8am on May 13 last year to buy the first bottle of wine because she 'could not cope'. The court heard Baker used alcohol for pain relief for arthritis and had problems with her knees, legs and wrist. Giving evidence, she admitted that she drank herself into 'oblivion' while self-medicating and would often drink until she passed out. She also admitted that she would decant wine from bottles so that she could hide them from her disapproving landscape gardener husband Andy who hated her drinking. She said she had only drunk a small mug of wine after her first visit to the garage on May 13 but realised by 10.30am that 'it was not enough wine to knock me out' and so drove back to the garage to get a second bottle. Garage worker Devon Greening claimed he saw Baker 'stumble and trip' the second time she entered the shop to buy her second bottle of wine. CCTV was shown to the court but Baker did not appear unsteady on her feet. However, Mr Greening said that he was also concerned that she smelt strongly of alcohol and said he would have 'felt bad if she hit someone'. He reported Baker to police after she left the garage to drive home. Police officer John Larcombe-Ford arrived at her Exeter home ten minutes later. Baker claimed to the officer that she had drank more than one and a half bottles of wine at her home in the ten minutes between arriving home and him arriving. She told the court: 'I can't remember the police coming to the house.' Baker (pictured outside court), who ran drink-drive awareness courses for Devon County Council for 20 years, denied drink driving and blamed the high reading on the police breathalyser on her 'post-driving consumption' Mr Larcombe-Ford said she 'was clearly drunk and unsteady on her feet' when she answered the door. He said she gripped the walls, door and furniture for support and slumped into a reclining armchair. Baker told him she had had 'a swig from a bottle of wine' in the previous 20 minutes but she was arrested. On the trip to the police station, she told him that she was 'a trainer and facilitator for drink-driving awareness courses'. The officer said colleagues searched for empty bottles at her home but found nothing apart from a full water bottle which had had wine poured into it. The court heard how she would often hide empty bottles of wine from her husband, even scurrying them away in the equipment she used for her drink-drive courses. Appearing at court, Baker claimed she downed just 'two units' between trips to the garage saying five units is the legal limit. She added: 'I would not normally drive with any alcohol in my system. 'I knew I was not over the legal limit. I knew I had not drunk enough to put me over the limit.' Baker was convicted of drink-driving at Exeter Magistrates' Court (pictured) and will be sentenced next month . She denied downing the first bottle of wine before driving back to the garage and said: 'I had had a mugful - 175mls.' Prosecutor Sarah Hornblower said the high alcohol reading was not contested by Baker who claimed she was under the top limit of 35mg of alcohol when she drove. However, the district judge concluded that Baker had drunk most if not all of the first bottle of wine before driving back to the garage to get some more. Baker will be sentenced next month but may not be ordered to go on the drink-drive rehabilitation course which she used to run after the prosecutor said it would not be appropriate. The former drink-drive tutor has previously condemned driving while over the limit and said in a previous interview: 'The realities of life without a driving licence can be difficult to bear, some people lose everything. 'They struggle to pay their mortgage, lose their home, their wife walks out and takes the kids. 'There is also a real stigma and sense of shame attached to drink driving convictions. Some people find it difficult to live with the guilt of having committed an offence.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Alison Baker, 59, ran drink-drive awareness course for more than 20 years .\nShe was caught driving while three times over the drink-drive legal limit .\nDrove to a garage twice to buy bottles of wine but was reported to police .\nOfficers said she was 'unsteady on her feet' when they arrived at her house .\nBaker has now been convicted of drink-driving and banned from the roads ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The US State Department and FBI on Tuesday announced a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian hacker, the highest bounty U.S. authorities have ever offered in a cyber case. The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a 'Wanted' poster for Evgeniy Bogachev, who is charged in the United States with running a computer attack network called GameOver Zeus that allegedly stole more than $100 million from online bank accounts. Bogachev has been charged by federal authorities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy, computer hacking, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering in connection with his alleged role as administrator of GameOver Zeus. Scroll down for video . Big payout: The FBI on Tuesday announced a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev accused of stealing $100m from US banks . The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a 'Wanted' poster for Evgeniy Bogachev (second left), who is charged in the United States with running a computer attack network called GameOver Zeus . He also faces federal bank fraud conspiracy charges in Omaha, Nebraska related to his alleged involvement in an earlier variant of Zeus malware known as 'Jabber Zeus.' Bogachev is 'known to enjoy boating and may travel to locations along the Black Sea in his boat,' the FBI wrote in the wanted poster. CBS reports that the FBI described the botnet in 2014 as 'an extremely sophisticated type of malware designed specifically to steal banking and other credentials from the computers it infects.' The FBI said the virus was mostly spread through spam email or phishing messages. Bureau officials said they believed Bogachev was still in Russia. He could not immediately be reached for comment. Joseph Demarest, head of the FBI's cyber crime division, said the agency is aware of 60 different cyber threat groups linked to nation-states. He did not identify which countries were believer to be behind these groups. Boat enthusiast: Bogachev is 'known to enjoy boating and may travel to locations along the Black Sea in his boat,' the FBI wrote in the wanted poster . Demarest said that Russia's internal security agency, the FSB, had recently expressed tentative interest in working with U.S. authorities on investigating cybercrimes. He did not link the offer of cooperation to the Bogachev case. China has not expressed any interest in cooperating with the United States on cybercrimes, he said. Last November, the United States indicted five Chinese military officers and accused them of hacking into U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products industries. Demarest said the FBI learned within a month of Sony Pictures' first report of a large-scale cyberattack that North Korea was behind it. 'We were absolutely positive in a very short period of time' that the North Korean government was behind the attack, he said. Despite assertions from some security experts that the Sony Pictures hackers might have had help from one or more insiders at the studio, Demarest said investigators had found no evidence to back up such claims. The FBI had learned of 'over 100 major' cyberattacks in 2014, Demarest said, adding that evidence of insider collusion had turned up in 'less than a handful' of those cases." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The FBI is offering $3million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Russian hacker Evgeniy Bogachev .\nBogachev is accused of stealing nearly $100m from US online bank accounts with a network called GameOver Zues .\nThe $3million is the highest bounty U.S. authorities have ever offered in a cyber case .\nBogachev is 'known to enjoy boating and may travel to locations along the Black Sea in his boat,' the FBI wrote in the wanted poster ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Bobbi Kristina Brown's boyfriend today admitted police suspect drugs were at the home they shared when she drowned. Nick Gordon made the disclosure in legal papers as he brought - then dropped - an attempt to stop police seizing security camera footage from the property where she was found face down in her bath tub on the morning of January 31. The home in Roswell, Georgia, was owned by Bobbi's mother Whitney Houston at the time she died three years ago. Gordon, 25, who had been in a tempestuous relationship with her for several years and claimed to have married her, sought a temporary restraining order to prevent police acting on a search warrant involving a security camera. He had applied to Fulton County Superior Court to stop the company which owns the camera system - Nest - from complying with the warrant, issued on February 12th. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . Recorded: Footage from these cameras is now at the heart of a legal dispute. Nick Gordon is trying to stop police accessing them as they investigate suspicions of drugs at the property . Secured: CCTV cameras are present throughout the gated community. Nick Gordon has an account with the web-based . Loggerheads: Nick Gordon (left) is seen the only time he has been at hospital where Bobbi Kristina is being treated. He claims Bobby Brown (right) has banned him and that money lies at the root of the feud. Gordon holds a 'dropcam' account with California-based company Nest who operate security surveillance equipment. Today he dropped the case, just as it emerged in public. In a statement, his lawyers Joe Habachy and Randall Kessler said: 'To protect his client's interests, Mr Habachy filed the Temporary Restraining Order. 'However, Mr Gordon has since elected to dismiss the claim in an effort to help Roswell PD speed up their investigation.' However the court papers gave an unprecedented insight into the investigation by Roswell Police Department, confirming for the first time that they suspect drugs were on the property. The documents say 'there is an insufficient link between the crime alleged in the search warrant, specifically 'possession of a controlled substance.' The court papers state: 'A drop cam allows plug and play operation of security cameras and stores the data that it collects on \"cloud' servers so that the data may be accessed at any time anywhere from an internet connection after logging in to a secure site'. Court documents filed on his behalf said: 'The Search Warrant violates the Fourth Amendment in that it is overly broad and seeks private data without limitation. '(It) fails to narrowly limit the scope of the data sought by date or other characteristics.' It adds: 'Plaintiff, Nicholas Gordon, is a customer of Nest Labs, (which) owns and operates a 'dropcam' web-based security company. 'On February 12, 2015, Nest notified via email its customer, Nicholas Gordon …that it had received 'legal process' for data and documents related to the account and that it intended to comply.' Case: Nick Gordon (above) who has been photographed waving a hand gun in the air while driving, claims the police quest to access the camera system's records is a breach of his privacy . Gordon, who has been photographed with a hand gun, claims the police quest to access the camera is a breach of his privacy. Police are treating Bobbi's injuries and near drowning as a criminal investigation. But Gordon's claim says: 'Privacy, in the context of stored information includes the right to control how stored information is communicated and prevent its abuse. 'lt is more than just confidentiality of data. The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution implicitly governs in its very core that Americans have a reasonable expectation of privacy which inherently extends to the right to control their own data and access thereto. Gordon's claim confirm for the first time that police suspect narcotics may have been illegally used on the night of January 30/31. Police have given little information about what they believed may have happened to Bobbi and the lead up to her emergency. Police spokeswoman Lisa Holland said:'The matter may or may not result in criminal charges being brought against individuals. 'This remains an active investigation and the Roswell Police has no further statement or information to release at this time.' Gordon's move to protect his privacy is another twist in what has become an increasingly hostile situation between him, Bobbi's father the singer Bobby Brown and members of Whitney's family. 'Grow up': Gordon uploaded a screenshot of text messages he allegedly sent to Bobby Brown. In them he insisted Bobbi Kristina will hate her father when she wakes up . Motivation: The 22-year-old claims the Brown family only want the money from Whitney Ho . Parenting: Gordon accused Bobby Brown of virtually deserting his daughter during the rant . Hope: Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend is still optimistic that she will wake up from the medically-induced coma she has been in for the last three weeks . Gordon has been banned from visiting Bobbi's bedside at an Atlanta hospital unless he gives her family the full and unequivocal rundown on what Happened to her. He has been mouthing off in Twitter against his girlfriend's father questioning his standing as a parent and how much he actually saw and cared for her. The singer is said to be ' distraught beyond measure' over his daughters condition and praying for her to come out of her coma. Bobbi Kristina, the only daughter of the late Whitney Houston has been hospitalized in Atlanta since being found unresponsive on January 31 in a tub at her Georgia home. Police said Gordon was performing CPR when emergency responders arrived at the home. A new report which surfaced on Saturday claimed that Bobbi Kristina was under the influence of drugs and drinking heavily on the morning she was found face down and unresponsive in the bathtub. In addition to this, she had been using cocaine, heroin and Xanax in the months before the January 31 incident, according to multiple sources who spoke to People. Brown had also been 'in and out' of rehab for three years these same sources claimed, and still was 'distraught' over her mother's death three years ago. One of the sources who regularly saw the 21-year-old said Brown seemed to frequently be 'high' and was often 'slurring her words'. She has been on life support ever since she was rushed to the hospital last month after being found by Gordon. Bobbi Kristina Brown, left, and Nick Gordon pictured in 2012. Gordon has been barred by her father, Bobbi Brown, from seeing her in hospital until he reveals what happened before she was found unconscious in a bathtub on January 31 . Gordon and Bobbi Kristina Brown referred to each other as husband and wife, but father Bobby Brown said they never legally married. Last week, she was taken off her ventilator and had her breathing tube removed for fear of infection and given a tracheotomy. Few details about the young woman's condition have been revealed since she entered the hospital, and her father, the rapper and former member of New Edition, has asked that the media not take interviews from the numerous family members who have come forward to speak about his daughter's condition. Earlier this week Gordon used Twitter to claim Brown has hardly seen the 21-year-old in years before her accident and is only interested in the family's money. The 22-year-old told Bobby Brown to 'grow up' - insisting his daughter will hate him when she wakes up. The angry tirade came hours after attorneys from the Brown family told Gordon he will not be allowed at her bedside until he reveals exactly what happened the evening before she was found face down in a bathtub. Sign of affection: Nick Gordon tweeted this picture of an apparently new tattoo on his arm on Valentine's Day . Gordon also insisted he has taken care of her '24/7' since her mother died in 2012. On Monday, he first tweeted: 'Okay, so I'll probably get in trouble for this,' before uploading a screenshot of damning text messages he claimed to have sent Bobby Brown. The first, underneath a picture of the new Bobbi Kristina tattoo on his right arm, read: 'Man to man I love your daughter.' He added: 'I don't know why you won't let me see her. 'Grow up. Your daughter is going to hate you when she wakes up.' Gordon claimed: 'Bobby seen his daughter 4 times in the last 5 yrs' and added: 'Now him and his family want Whitneys $$ which belongs to Krissi or Cissy.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nick Gordon fought to stop police seizing footage from security cameras surrounding the Roswell, Georgia, property where girlfriend drowned .\nOfficers suspect drugs were on the property at time of drowning, the court papers confirm .\nGordon, 22, has been involved in an increasingly bitter feud with Bobby Brown over access to Bobbi Kristina's bedside .\nBobbi Kristina, 21, is said to be unresponsive and Gordon has now dropped the case, his lawyer said today ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Kill the badgers: 'Any future Conservative government' would push ahead with 'a wider roll-out of the culls', said Environment Secretary Liz Truss . Environment Secretary Liz Truss has promised to roll out controversial badger culls across Britain if the Tories win the election, calling bovine TB the 'greatest threat' to our food security. Addressing the National Farmers Union conference yesterday, she said 'any future Conservative government' would push ahead with 'a wider roll-out of the culls', which have been fiercely criticised by wildlife groups. Her comments came as NFU president Meurig Raymond said the incidence of TB had decreased on farms in two pilot areas in Somerset and Gloucestershire where culling of badgers has taken place over the last two years. He urged politicians not to make the controversial cull 'a party political issue' in the run-up to the general election, and criticised Labour for pledging to give up on culling. Ms Truss pledged that any future Conservative government would 'take the difficult decisions to deal with this disease'. She told the conference: 'It is shameful that under the previous government bovine TB increased nine-fold and we ended up with the highest levels of the disease in Europe. It is incredible that they would like to make the same mistake again.' She said the Government's strategy included cattle movement controls, vaccination in 'edge' areas around disease hotspots, and culling where the disease is rife. 'We will not let up, whatever complaints we get from protest groups. We're in it for the long haul. We will not walk away,' she said to the conference, to applause from farmers. Speaking to journalists after her speech, she said: 'I've been very clear we will continue with the 25-year strategy, and that does envisage a wider roll-out of the culls.' While she would not say when the roll-out could take place, Mr Raymond said there was 'no reason' why - if the Conservatives get back into power and the strategy was still on the table - other areas would not be ready to start culling this year. Mr Raymond told delegates at the NFU conference that in the two pilot areas TB incidence had already declined, adding that the reductions were 'not just by a small amount either - in the Somerset pilot area TB incidence on farms has decreased from 34 per cent to 11 per cent compared to two years ago'. And he said: 'In Gloucestershire, vets are also reporting a reduction in TB in cattle too. And just two days ago, one of our Gloucestershire members was given the fantastic news that his farm is now clear of TB, for the first time in 11 years. 'He is very clear that the only thing that's changed on his farm is that we are now doing something to control the disease in wildlife.' Backing: Her comments came as NFU president Meurig Raymond, right, said TB had decreased on farms in parts of Somerset and Gloucestershire where badger culls have taken place over the past two years . Mr Raymond also called for the next government to make food and farming a priority, in the face of a report which showed declining self-sufficiency of UK food production. Research from the NFU released ahead of the conference suggested the UK's self-sufficiency is in a 30-year downward spiral, with 60 per cent of food needs met with produce from farms here. At current rates, and with the UK population expected to grow to 70 million in 20 years, the figure could fall to 53 per ent by the 2040s, the NFU claimed, warning it would have serious implications for the British economy, food security and employment. In his speech to the conference, Mr Raymond said that in 1984 the UK produced more than 80 per cent of what the country consumed. 'If you like to look at it this way, our national cupboard lasted us well into autumn. By 2013, the cupboard was bare by August 7. If we go on like this we will run out by mid-summer. 'Who would want to lead the country down a path where we produce less than half the food we eat? This will be totally unacceptable to the British public and in no way in the national interest.' Mr Raymond said polling for the NFU showed that 85 per cent of British people wanted to see supermarkets sell more British food, and nearly eight out of ten believed the Government should do more to ensure a secure and affordable supply of British food. He called for measures to protect farmers from market volatility, including by making sure the food chain worked fairly, better regulation on labelling, preventing 'Nimbys' using the planning system to stop poultry sheds being built or alternative energy projects going ahead, and to 'sort out the mess' of reform to the European Union subsidy system that attempted to make it 'greener'. On the run: The Tories say they would continue with their 25-year TB eradication strategy, which includes a roll-out of the badger cull . Anti-cull campaigners reacted angrily to Ms Truss's comments. Claire Bass, Humane Society International/UK's executive director, said: 'The badger cull has been a very expensive, cruel and ineffective farce and Liz Truss cuts an increasingly lonely figure in continuing to defend it.' She claimed that 'almost unanimous scientific opinion' described the cull as a failure. And she said: 'This cull fails our wildlife by subjecting badgers to inhumane shooting; it fails farmers by promising a solution to TB that simply doesn't work; and it fails the public by wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money. 'The rational, scientific and apolitical solution to bovine TB is happening right now in Wales: a combination of badger vaccination, improved farm biosecurity and stricter cattle movement measures. 'With the election just weeks away the Government has a short window of opportunity to reverse this disastrous strategy and win back some public trust in its countryside policies.' In Gloucestershire just 274 badgers were culled in the second year of the pilot, falling far short of the minimum 615 estimated to be needed to deliver reductions in TB in livestock, leading the chief vet to admit the benefits of the cull might not be realised there. The Government claimed the low numbers in Gloucestershire reflected the 'challenges of extensive unlawful protest and intimidation' by anti-cull campaigners. In Somerset, where the other pilot cull has been carried out, a sufficient number of badgers were killed this year to lead to expected reductions in TB in cattle, with 341 culled, in a required range of 316 to 785. In both of the pilot areas, a significant proportion were killed by the more expensive cage trapping and shooting method, rather than 'controlled shooting' of free-running badgers. Ministers and farmers insist culling is necessary to tackle TB, which can be spread from badgers to livestock, with more than 26,000 cattle slaughtered in England last year and multimillion-pound losses. But opponents say badger-culling is inhumane and ineffective, and alternatives such as vaccination should be pursued. An independent expert panel concluded that controlled shooting of badgers in the first year of the cull was not effective or humane." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Liz Truss vowed to extend the scheme in speech to farmers' union .\nNFU President Meurig Raymond says it must not be 'party political' issue .\nHe also warns over Britain's declining food production self-sufficiency ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Headteacher Martyn Keane admitted common assault by beating after he said he reprimanded a 10-year-old boy and 'made contact with his chest' A headteacher has admitted assaulting a 10-year-old pupil at a private primary school where fees cost more than £2,000 a term. Martyn Keane, 68, admitted a charge of assault by beating after he said he reprimanded the pupil at Gower House School in Kingsbury, London, and 'made contact with his chest.' Following the incident the local child protection officer, Met Police and Department for Education called for an emergency Ofsted inspection of the private school. Its measures for safeguarding children who report abuse were found to be inadequate. Keane, 68, denied claims that he had pulled the pupil's tie causing him to fall on the desk, but admitted he had made contact with the boy's chest. District Judge Denis Brennan told Willesden Magistrates' Court the allegations about Keane pulling the boy's tie could not be established. He sentenced the headteacher - who has since retired - on the basis of his admissions to an assault by beating charge. Keane, who is said to have retired from his position after court proceedings began, was given a six month conditional discharge for the offence. Willesden Magistrates' Court heard that police visited the private school after the boy complained to his mother. The court heard evidence from three child witnesses as well as the former headteacher during the case. Gower House School is a private school for children from the age of two to 11. Termly fees for children aged seven and over cost £2,260. The school was established in 1951 and on its website is described as 'a well established school known to be one of the best out of the many private schools in north London.' Keane admitted a charge of common assault by beating at a hearing at Willesden Magistrates' Court . An order was initially imposed under the Children and Young Person Act 1933 banning the publication of the name of the school, the victim and any child witnesses. This was partially lifted following an application by the Evening Standard, allowing the school and headteacher to be identified. Keane, of Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £15 and costs of £85." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Martyn Keane admitted assaulting a 10-year-old pupil at private school .\nHeadteacher 'made contact with boy's chest' while reprimanding him .\nJudge sentenced Keane on the basis of common assault by beating charge .\nHe said allegations Keane had pulled boy's tie, causing him to fall on the desk, had not been proved by prosecutors at Willesden Magistrates' Court .\nKeane was given a six month conditional discharge and must pay £95 .\nThe 68-year-old has since retired from Gower House School in London ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yo may have come from humble beginnings but the app once dubbed ‘pointless’ has much more ambitious plans. Its San Francisco developers have launched the Yo Store designed to notify users of new articles, funny videos, tweets, sports scores and more. And there are more than 150 services from the likes of Lonely Planet, the Premier League and Daily Mail. Yo has launched the Yo Store designed to notify users of new articles, funny videos, tweets, sports scores and more There are more than 150 services from likes of Lonely Planet, the Premier League and Daily Mail. A website won’t spam users with a Yo, instead Yos are only sent when they reach a certain set of criteria . Yo initially launched on April Fool's Day last year and let people simply send the word 'Yo' to each other. Despite being decribed as essentially useless, the app raised £590,000 ($1 million) in funding within its first two months. In August last year, the free iOS and Android app was updated to add Yo Link, Yo Index and hashtags. The Index let users subscribe to custom-made Yo notification alerts and the Yo Store is an extension of this. Services fall under 10 categories including Fun, News, Lifestyle, Social, Sports, Tech, Music, Productivity, Business, Travel. Clicking a category on the Store - available from the app and on desktop browsers - shows the list of services and a brief description of each. Clicking the Details button reveals more about the criteria for each notification and how they will appear. And users can choose to receive notifications from these services using the Subscribe button. Clicking a category on the Store - available from the app and on desktop browsers - shows the list of services and a brief description of each. Clicking the Details button reveals more about the criteria for each notification (pictured) and how Yos will appear. And users can select a service by clicking Subscribe . Yo initially launched on April Fool's Day last year and let people simply send the word 'Yo!' to each other. It subsequently raised £590,000 ($1 million) in funding in the first two months. It has added minor features ever since, including integration with Twitter, but the app received a major overhaul in August. Users can now choose to show their name and photo, and this photo can be viewed by swiping right on a username. They can send links by pressing and holding a username as well as add hashtags. A list of trending hashtags is also available from the Yo site. ‘From the magical Instagram star Lil Bub to the official NBA, get real-time important and fun updates from all your favourite stuff,’ explained the firm in a blog post. ‘We’re pleased to announce another big milestone here at Yo - the debut of the new Yo Store. With over 150 services on Yo, the platform had outgrown the original Yo Index, and we can’t wait for you to see what we came up with.’ Although the Store is similar to an RSS feed or news aggregator, the firm added that it focuses on quality rather than quantity. A website won’t spam users with a Yo every time a story is posted, for example. Instead, Yos are only sent when they reach a certain set of criteria. As an example, people subscribing to the Chelseagoal service are only Yo’d when Chelsea scores. Alternatively, when a tweet posted by the @BoredElonMusk Twitter handle is retweeted 100 times, the service will send a Yo. There is also a Yo service for the Yo Team to update users of new services joining the Store. The service provider can choose what criteria a post needs to meet before sending a Yo, and the Yo team curates the Store to make sure no service bombards users with irrelevant push notifications. Additionally, individual users can create their own service and notifications using the Yo Dashboard . The iOS and Android apps were recently updated to add Yo Index. It let users subscribe to custom-made alerts and the Store (shown) is an extension of this . The service provider can choose what criteria a post needs to meet before sending a Yo, and the Yo team curates the Store to make sure no service bombards users with irrelevant push notifications. Additionally, individual users can create their own service and notifications using the Yo Dashboard. It works in a similar way to web service IFTTT, which stands for ‘If This Then That’. This service lets people automate tasks that rely on certain criteria and can be used on phones, in smart homes and on websites. ‘New services are joining Yo every week, and they’re all free,’ continued the firm. Minor features include integration with Twitter, but the app received a major overhaul in August. Users can now choose to show their name and photo, and this photo can be viewed by swiping right on a username. They can send links by pressing and holding a username as well as add hashtags. A list of trending hashtags is also available from the Yo site." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Yo Store features more than 150 services across ten categories .\nThese include news, sports, technology, music, fun, and travel .\nUsers can then subscribe to a service within these categories .\nStore is available on the iOS and Android app, and on desktop browsers .\nThey are then sent a notification, or Yo when certain criteria is met .\nFor example, stories are only Yo’d when they receive a certain number of retweets, or the user is in a specific location ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Eric Masters, 28, has been accused of filming the rape of a toddler . A man has been accused of filming the rape of a toddler after tying her to a motel bed. Eric Devin Masters was alleged to have taken the 18-month-old to the room where he tied her to a bed and taped himself abusing the child. The 28-year-old has been charged with four counts of criminal sexual conduct in relation to the allegations at Motel 6 in June 2012, according to Michigan Live. The alleged assault was discovered when FBI agents were investigating Masters for a series of sex crimes throughout the state. An agent said one of the videos discovered on Master's computer showed the acts against the child by a man with the same tattoos found on Masters. The graphic details of the assault were included in a probable cause affidavit filed in Kent County District Court. Masters, from Grand Rapids, pleaded guilty at the town's U.S. District Court to multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child and producing child pornography. The charges carry a sentence of between 15 years and life. Masters also awaits sentencing after pleaded no contest to third-degree criminal-sexual conduct with a 13-year-old in Muskegon County Circuit Court. Last year, Masters was sentenced to 36 days in jail and five years on probation after he pleaded no contest in Ionia County Circuit Court to second-degree criminal-sexual conduct, state police records showed. Masters will be tried in Kent County before Circuit Court Judge Mark Trusock in between hearings in federal court and Muskegon County, where he has been held for more than a year on a $250,000 bond, according to court records." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Eric Masters, 28, charged with four counts of criminal sexual conduct .\nAlleged to have filmed the rape of a toddler at a former Motel 6 .\nFBI found video of assault during investigation into Masters ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Death row: Kelly Renee Gissendaner (above), 46, is now scheduled to be put to death on Monday . A mother-of-three who will become the first woman to be executed in Georgia in 70 years has been granted a few more days of life - thanks to the weather, despite her clemency being denied. Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 46, had been scheduled to receive the lethal injection at 7pm on Wednesday at the state prison in Jackson, but the execution has now been reset for Monday, according to a Department of Corrections statement. The department did not provide a reason, but a winter storm is forecast to hit parts of Georgia on Wednesday afternoon, closing schools and offices and prompting warnings about roads. Gissendaner, the only woman on death row in the state, was sentenced to death for plotting to have her husband Douglas murdered by her boyfriend, Gregory Owen, in suburban Atlanta in 1997. On Tuesday, she had appealed to the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles for clemency. The board listened to a full day of testimony, including from 21 people who asked for her life to be spared. But on Wednesday morning, it announced her clemency plea had been denied and that she would be put to death as planned - making her the first woman to be executed in the state since 1945. Gissendaner's lawyers had argued that she should be spared because she has found God and 'accepts full responsibility' for her role in the killing. She has reconciled with two of her three children, CBS46 reported. In the clemency application, her daughter Kayla wrote: 'The impact of losing my mother would be devastating. I can't fathom losing another parent', 11Alive reported. Gissendaner herself added in the application: 'There are no excuses for what I did. I will never understand how I let myself fall into such evil.' Arrest: Gissendaner, who is Georgia's only female death row inmate, was arrested in 1997 for plotting to kill her husband with her then-boyfriend, Gregory Owen (right), who ultimately testified against her . Victim: Douglas Gissendaner was stabbed multiple times in the neck by his wife's lover in 1997. Kelly Gissendaner wanted to divorce him but thought he would not leave her alone so plotted his death . Family: The couple had three children together; two of the children have now reconciled with their mother . But her husband's family continued to favor the death penalty, 11Alive reported. She is being put to death even though she was not the one to murder her husband. Owen, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner repeatedly in the neck, is serving life behind bars after testifying against Gissendaner. Still, authorities say she is responsible for the death. 'If it hadn't been for Kelly Gissendaner, Doug Gissendaner might still be alive,' Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter told WBS. 'He might have raised his children. He might have gone on. There are a lot of possibilities that were snuffed out in 1997 that she's responsible for.' Authorities said she had wanted to kill her husband - whom she had previously divorced and then re-married - because she wanted to split from him again but thought he would not leave her alone. Gissendaner and Owen plotted the murder for months and Owen followed her orders to kill Douglas while she was out at a nightclub with friends on February 7, 1997,CNN reported. Owen waited at the couple's home until Douglas arrived before kidnapping him and driving him to a remote area. He stole his watch and wallet to make the murder look like a robbery. He then beat Douglas across the head with a nightstick and stabbed him in the neck and back between eight and 10 times. In court: Gissendaner was found guilty of plotting the murder in 1998 (pictured) and sentenced to death . Locked up: Gissendaner, who will be the first woman to be executed in Georgia in 70 years, is seen eating a meal in her cell at Metro State Prison in Atlanta in 2004. She has requested a 2,400-calorie final meal . Kelly Gissendaner arrived as the murder took place but remained in her car. She later got out to make sure that her husband was dead before the pair took Douglas' vehicle and burned it using kerosene. The duo then left the scene. Detective Doug Davis, who was working on the case, told CBS46: 'He must have been deeply in love with this woman is all I can say.' Douglas' burned-out car was found the following morning, and more than a week later the body was found a mile away. Animals had eaten away at the skin on Douglas' neck, making it hard for authorities to deduce which stab wound had killed him, CNN reported. In the days before he was found, Kelly Gissendaner had appeared on local TV to appeal for help finding her husband - but she later admitted to police that she had been having an affair with Owen. Authorities interviewed him and on February 24, Owen confessed to the murder and implicated her. While in jail, she plotted to pay someone $10,000 to falsely claim that they had driven her to the murder scene at gunpoint, but her cellmate alerted authorities to the plan. Owen is serving life in prison in Washington state for his role in the murder. He avoided the death penalty after testifying against his former lover. She was sentenced to death in November 1998 after she was found guilty of her part in the death. Behind bars: Gissendaner is seen peering through the slot in her cell door as a guard brings her a cup of ice in 2004 at Metro State Prison in Atlanta. She will leave behind her three children when she is executed . Cuffed: She walks in handcuffs and with an escort of three CERT (Correctional Emergency Response Team) officers on her way to an activity therapy session at the prison in 2004 . Gissendaner, who is incarcerated at Arrendale State Prison, is the only woman among 84 inmates facing the death penalty in Georgia, according to a report by the state's Department of Corrections. She is set to be only the 14th woman executed in Georgia since 1735. The last time a woman was executed was in 1945. Lena Baker was electrocuted in March of that year after she was convicted of murder for shooting her boss. In 2005, the state pardoned her after agreeing with her family that she acted in self defense. Gissendaner has requested a last meal of cornbread with a side of buttermilk; two Burger King Whoppers with cheese; two large orders of fries; cherry vanilla ice cream; popcorn; a salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, carrots, cheese and Newman's Own buttermilk dressing; and lemonade, according to CBS46. A rough estimate shows that the food contains more than 4,200 calories. Under Georgia law, only three offenses are punishable by death - murder, rape and kidnapping. Pardoned: Lena Baker was pardoned in 2005 . Lena Baker was an African-American maid who was sentenced to death by electric chair in 1945 for murdering her boss, Ernest Knight, in 1944. In her trial, she explained that during an argument with Knight, he held her against her will and threatened to kill her if she tried to leave. She took his gun and fatally shot him before calling police and saying she had killed in self-defense. But she was found guilty of capital murder by the all-white jury and sentenced to death. She was put to death using several electric shocks on March 5, 1945. Her final words were: 'What I done, I did in self-defense, or I would have been killed myself. Where I was I could not overcome it. God has forgiven me. I have nothing against anyone. I picked cotton for Mr. Pritchett, and he has been good to me. I am ready to go. I am one in the number. I am ready to meet my God. I have a very strong conscience.' But in August 2005, Baker received a posthumous pardon from the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, which said that the 1945 decision to deny Lena Baker clemency was 'a grievous error'. It ruled that she should have instead been charged with voluntary manslaughter, which would hav allowed her to avoid the death sentence. In 2008, a movie, 'The Lena Baker Story', was released about her life." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Kelly Gissendaner was sentenced to death for making her boyfriend murder her husband Douglas in 1997 .\nA winter storm is forecast to hit parts of Georgia this afternoon so her execution has been rescheduled for Monday, authorities said .\nOn Tuesday, she appealed for clemency and her daughter pleaded for leniency on her behalf - but the appeal was denied on Wednesday .\nShe was sentenced to death for persuading her then-lover to kidnap and stab her husband before she helped him burn the man's car .\nThe boyfriend, Gregory Owen, is serving life behind bars .\nEven though she did not kill anyone, authorities said her husband would be alive if it were not for her .\nShe has requested a massive last meal including two Burger King Whoppers with cheese, cornbread, fries and cherry vanilla ice cream ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A UK health worker pricked with a needle while treating Ebola sufferers in Sierra Leone has been flown to the UK and admitted to a London hospital for monitoring. Public Health England today confirmed the worker has been admitted to the Royal Free Hospital in London for monitoring. A spokesman stressed the person has not been diagnosed with the deadly disease and do not have symptoms. It is also understood he or she is not in an isolation unit. The person is the fifth British healthcare worker to be flown back to the UK to be treated for the virus, which has killed more than 9,500 people. A fifth UK health worker has been flown back to England after being pricked with a needle while treating sufferers in Sierra Leone. Pictured is the Ebola virus under the miscroscope . British nurses Will Pooley and Pauline Cafferkey were flown back in August and December last year, a military healthworker was flown back in January 2015 and an aid worker was evacuated earlier this month. They were all treated at the Royal Free in London, the only hospital in the UK with an isolation unit which has two high-security containment beds. A Public Health England spokesperson today said: 'We can confirm that a UK healthcare worker, who has had potential contact with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone, has been transported to the UK for assessment and monitoring. 'The individual has not been diagnosed with Ebola and does not currently have any symptoms. 'The person was working in the field treating people with Ebola and they basically pricked themself with a needle during that treatment. 'It's possible there's no virus in the needle - the monitoring is a precaution more than anything else.' The individual has been admitted to the the Royal Free Hospital in London for monitoring . He added: 'On arrival in the UK, the healthcare worker was transferred to the Royal Free Hospital for assessment. 'They will be monitored for any symptoms for the remainder of their incubation period, in line with standard procedures.' Both Will Pooley, Pauline Cafferkey and the military health worker flown back to the UK were treated at the Royal Free Hospital, in an isolated ward to stop the spread of infection. The Public Health England spokesperson said the health worker admitted today is not in an isolation unit. They said: 'When Pauline Cafferkey had Ebola - that's when you go into isolation. 'This person hasn't been diagnosed with Ebola - it wouldn't be the same level of risk, so I doubt it.' Professor Paul Cosford, PHE's director for health protection and medical director, added: 'The overall risk to the general public from Ebola remains very low. British nurses Pauline Cafferkey (left) and Will Pooley (right) were also treated at the Royal Free, in a specialist isolation unit to protect against the spread of the disease . The individual is likely to have been exposed to the virus but has not been diagnosed with Ebola and does not have symptoms. Pictured is the High Secure Infectious Disease Unit at The Royal Free Hospital, London . 'We are confident all appropriate public health actions have been, and will continue to be, taken to support this individual and to protect the public's health. 'The courage shown by every volunteer, in helping those affected in West Africa and to prevent the spread of Ebola any wider, should be recognised.' As of the beginning of this month, there have been a total of 23, 539 cases of Ebola confirmed and 951 deaths since the outbreak began, according to figures from the World Health Organization and the U.S.’ Centers for Disease Control and Protection. The news comes after earlier this month an international team of scientists said it is 'very likely' that the Ebola virus will mutate to become an airborne virus, making it infinitely more deadly. They reviewed past studies examining past outbreaks of Ebola within human populations, as well as animal studies. Writing in the journal of the American Society for Microbiology, the team noted research where healthy animals kept at a distance from infected ones died from the virus. However they acknowledged the primary form of transmission will be through contact with the bodily fluids of an Ebola patient." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "UK health worker was pricked with a needle and flown back to England .\nFifth British worker admitted to the Royal Free in London for monitoring .\nPublic Health England stressed 'they have not been diagnosed with Ebola'\nAdded they are not showing symptoms and are not in an isolation unit .\nBritish nurses Will Pooley and Pauline Cafferkey treated in same hospital ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A dodgy market trader has been caught selling perfume labelled as Chamele No 5. The seller was caught flogging the bottles of perfume – a knock-off of the famous Chanel No 5 perfume - for £10 at Surrey Street Market in Croydon, south London. The trader had marked up the 100ml bottles of perfume as being discounted from £96 - the price of a 100ml genuine bottle. The dodgy market trader was caught flogging the large bottles of Chamele No 5 perfume (pictured) – a knock-off of the famous Chanel No 5 perfume - for £10 a piece at Surrey Street Market in Croydon, south London . The fake perfume (left) is a knock-off of the best-selling Chanel No 5 Eau De Parfum which retails for about £96 for 100ml (right). The trader was flogging the illegitimate bottles in Chanel No 5 boxes, perhaps to trick buyers . However, the fake bottles of perfume came to light after an unhappy customer complained to a market inspector about the spelling error on the box. Police were called but the dealer managed to scarper before officers arrived on February 13. The bottles of perfume were described by Trading Standards chiefs as being 'very poor counterfeits' with bottles 'labelled Chamele No 5' and intertwined circles rather than 'back-to-back capital Cs', featured in the famous Chanel trademark. Chanel No 5 is the world's best-selling perfume, selling more than 10million bottles a year. Its iconic status was sealed in 1953 when Marilyn Monroe said that all she wore to bed was 'two drops of Chanel No 5'. Tony Newman, leader of Croydon Council, said: 'It's a shame this rogue chose to target Surrey Street for his criminal activities. 'Our historic market is the workplace of many good, decent traders, making an honest living, and they certainly don't want this sort of thing happening in their midst. 'It's a sad fact of life that there are people who are prepared to rip off others by producing vastly inferior goods and selling them as trusted brands at what appear to be bargain prices. The fake perfume was brought to the attention of market inspectors after an unhappy customer pointed out the spelling error on the perfume bottle's logo. Police were called but the dealer escaped before officers arrived . Police managed to confiscate some of the bottles of perfume being sold by the market trader on February 13 . 'In truth, the goods are anything but a bargain. 'The old saying that 'if it looks too good to be true, it very probably is' should always be borne in mind. 'The sensible thing to do is to not buy the goods, and report the matter to the police at the earliest opportunity. 'Early reporting increases the chance of the crook being caught, and stops him hoodwinking other shoppers who might not be quite as alert.' Taylor Harrison, 34, who lives in Croydon, said: 'Even Del Boy himself wouldn't make such a simple mistake. 'Chamele sounds more like the name of the guy's girlfriend rather than a world famous perfume.' The market, which runs from Monday to Saturday, has been around since 1276 when it was granted a market charter by the then Archbishop of Canterbury. The trader was caught flogging the perfume at Surrey Street Market in Croydon, south London (file picture) The global counterfeit market has reached unprecedented levels with fake goods accounting for nearly 10 per cent of worldwide trade, according to the World Customs Organisation. In December, a trainee accountant ended up court after being caught selling fake Rolex watches and DVDs online under the name of his alter ego Rodney Trotter. A covert sting operation was set up to catch Ryan Flood, after trading standards noticed his Facebook page - named after one of Only Fools and Horses' Trotter brothers - was selling dodgy goods. The 25-year-old was caught offering £150 worth of counterfeit goods including a Rolex watch for £20 and numerous DVDs. In December last year, several discount stores across Britain were found to have been unknowingly selling fake bottles of Head and Shoulders shampoo (pictured) , which contained some 'sex change' chemicals . In the same month, several discount stores across Britain were found to have been unknowingly selling fake bottles of Head and Shoulders shampoo, which contain potentially dangerous ingredients including 'sex change' chemicals. Thousands of counterfeit bottles of the top-selling haircare brand were seized by Trading Standards officers after customers began reporting side effects of itching and bleeding after using the products. Tests carried out by scientists at Loughborough University revealed the fakes had a 'significantly different chemical make-up to the genuine product'. An investigation found fake bottles of the leading shampoo brand had been on sale at two Trago Mills' stores in Cornwall and at a discount B&M store in Northern Ireland. Leanne Wertheim appeared in court in 2012 after being caught using four separate eBay accounts to sell £40,000 worth of fake cosmetics – including copies of Max Factor, Bobbi Brown and Benefit (pictured above) Trading Standards officers said they were 'extremely good counterfeits' and said the discount stores could not be blamed for not realising they were fake goods. In 2012, Leanne Wertheim used four separate eBay accounts to sell £40,000 worth of fake products – including copies of Max Factor and Bobbi Brown – to unsuspecting customers. The 24-year-old, from south Wales, sold the fake goods despite them containing three times the legal amount of lead, which can cause brain damage. She boasted the cosmetics were from high-end companies such as MAC, Benefit and Lancome, but they were in fact life-like counterfeits." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Trader caught selling bottle of knock-off perfumes called Chamele No 5 .\nBottles were fake versions of the best-selling world-famous Chanel No 5 .\n£10 bottles marketed as being discounted from £96 - same cost of original ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A disabled mother claimed today she was ‘humiliated’ after being stopped from boarding a bus when the driver asked her to prove how much her wheelchair weighed. Samantha Hemes, 22, was waiting for the service in Hereford with her 11-month-old daughter Amelia Rose and mother Christine Bonsall, 48, on Saturday afternoon. But she was left in tears after the driver of a number 74 bus that pulled up allegedly refused to allow her on the vehicle unless she could prove her wheelchair weighed below 300kg (660lbs). Left in tears: Samantha Hemes (right), 22, was waiting for the service in Hereford with her 11-month-old daughter Amelia Rose (left) and mother Christine Bonsall (centre), 48, on Saturday afternoon . Miss Hemes claimed she removed the child seat adaptor from the chair but the First bus driver still banned her from boarding - and eventually drove off, leaving them all by the roadside. The mother, who suffers from dystonia - a condition which causes muscle spasms and contractions - said the ordeal was the first time she had suffered such an incident. She added: ‘My mum was trying to get the ramp down so I could get on the bus and the driver wouldn’t help. Then he said he thought I was too heavy and needed a certificate to prove I wasn’t. ‘I was really embarrassed and humiliated. I was mortified by his attitude. I didn’t want to cry and normally don’t cry that easily - but it was really embarrassing in front of lots of people. ‘After that, another driver came to help me and made sure I got on the next bus. He is still working as I’ve seen him driving around, but I want something done so it does not happen again. Banned from the bus: The family had been waiting for the 2.12pm First service (file picture) from a Tesco store in Hereford back to their home in the Newton Farm area of the city when the incident occurred . ‘I want an apology at the very least. I have been left feeling very humiliated and it has put me off catching buses in future.’ Miss Hemes suffers from dystonia, a condition which causes muscle spasms and contractions . The family had been waiting for the 2.12pm service from a Tesco store in Hereford back to their home in the Newton Farm area of the city when the incident occurred. West Mercia Police is investigating the incident, and has urged any witnesses to get in touch. Karen Pardoe, 40, who saw the incident while shopping in the city, said: ‘You can’t treat somebody like he did. I have been sat here looking at the conditions of carriage on the bus. ‘There’s nothing in the policy stating that it has to be of a certain weight or anything. I would rather not use the bus if that’s how someone was allowed to talk to me.’ A First Bus spokesman said the firm was undertaking a ‘full investigation’ into the circumstances - and apologised to Miss Hemes. He said: ‘From the information provided so far, it seems that our driver at the time of the incident did not deliver anywhere near the standard of customer service or assistance that we would expect from our staff. ‘I can assure the lady concerned that we are taking this matter very seriously. In response to the accusation of discrimination against wheelchair users, this is absolutely not correct. ‘We do not discriminate against anyone using our buses. We have manual ramps fitted that should be opened and closed by the driver to allow easy access for wheelchairs onto the bus. ‘This incident was obviously upsetting to the lady concerned at the time and we would like to apologise for the insensitivity and unprofessional approach allegedly given by the driver at the time.’ A West Mercia Police spokesman said: ‘We were made aware of this incident. 'We were called at 5pm on February 21 to a complaint that a woman had been denied boarding a bus due to the speculation of the weight of her wheelchair. ‘Police later visited the woman involved and established that no further police investigation is required, and the bus company will be dealing with this independently.’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Samantha Hemes was waiting for bus service with mother and daughter .\nBut she was left in tears after driver 'stopped her getting on' in Hereford .\n22-year-old claims he eventually drove off, leaving them all by roadside ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Purina Beneful dog food has caused the illness and possibly the death of thousands of dogs, a new class-action lawsuit filed earlier this month has claimed. The lawsuit contends the dog food, a Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. product, has dangerous toxins, including propylene glycol and mycotoxins. Nastle Purina officials say the lawsuit is 'without merit' and based on 'social media-driven misinformation.' Purina Beneful is still being sold on store shelves. Scroll down for video . Lawsuit: Beneful dog food, made by Nestle Purina, is being sued for allegedly causing dogs to get sick . The lawsuit was first filed by Frank Lucido in a US District Court in California. Lucido says three of his family dogs became ill after eating exclusively Beneful for a period of time. Dozer, an eight-year-old English Bulldog, suffered internal bleeding in his stomach and lesions in his liver and died, he says. According to the suit, Lucido's two other dogs also became ill after eating Beneful. He said he fed them only Beneful for less than a month. The lawsuit says thousands of dogs have suffered internal bleeding, liver and kidney failure, vomiting and other symptoms. This class action suit concerns 'kibble' dry food, which includes 'Purina Beneful Health Weight'; 'Purina Beneful Original'; 'Purina Beneful Incredibites,' and 'Purina Beneful Healthy Growth for Puppies', 'Purina Beneful Healthy Smile', 'Purina Beneful Health Fiesta', 'Purina Beneful Healthy Raidance', and 'Purina Beneful Playful Life' varieties. Harmful? Propylene glycol, a substance the suit says is toxic to cats and dogs, may be included in Beneful’s ingredients list because it helps retain the food’s moisture . The lawsuit lists stomach and related internal bleeding, liver malfunction or failure, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, weight loss, seizures, bloat and kidney failure as symptoms consistently reported by dog-owners feeding their dogs Beneful. Lucido claims these illnesses, and similar illnesses of other dogs that have become sick and/or died after eating Beneful, were caused by toxic substances found in the food. 'We received hundreds of complaints,' said attorney James Young, of lawfirm Morgan & Morgan out of Tampa, Florida - one of the lawyers filing the suit. 'Nationally, there have been thousands of complaints about dogs who have eaten this dog food by Purina Beneful and suffered very serious side effects, including death.' 'The issues are pretty similar across the board,' he said, 'liver and kidney problems, which results in diarrhea, bloody stool, vomiting, and secondary harm.' Specifically, the suit claims that automotive antifreeze component propylene glycol is a primary ingredient in Beneful's dog food. Defensive: The company responded to the claims, stating that the suit is 'without merit' and that there are 'no product quality problems with Beneful' (stock picture) The lawsuit is asking that Nestlé Purina Petcare Company pay actual, statutory and punitive damages to all those filed under the class action suit -- as well as forfeit any profits earned from the sale of the product in question. The St. Louis Business Journal talked to Nestlé Purina PetCare. 'We believe the lawsuit is without merit, and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves against it,' Keith Schopp, vice president of corporate public relations, said. 'Like other pet foods, Beneful is occasionally the subject of social media-driven misinformation.' 'We have a very comprehensive quality assurance program to ensure the quality of our products.' Beneful has been the target of two other class action lawsuits, both of which, Schopp said, were quickly dismissed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The lawsuit lists internal bleeding, liver malfunction or failure, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, weight loss, seizures and kidney failure as symptoms .\nThe lawsuit was filed on behalf of Frank Lucido, who claimed that after purchasing a bag of Beneful, all three of his dog fell ill .\nThe suit claims more than 3,000 people have reported that their dogs became very sick or died .\nSome pet owners say they have incurred extensive veterinary bills to have their dogs tested and treated for illnesses ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Colombian police have seized $90million worth of cocaine bound for Mexico during a raid against a major drug gang operating out of the country's jungle region. The 3.3tonnes of drugs are believed to belong to the Colombian Usuga Clan crime gang, which is based in the rural area of Unguia in Choco, which borders Panama. General Rodolfo Palomino, the head of Colombia's national police, told reporters the shipment was poised to leave the country either via a Caribbean river or the Panama border when it was stopped. Colombian police have seized $90million worth of cocaine bound for Mexico during a raid against a major drug gang operating out of the country's jungle region . The 3.3tonnes of drugs are believed to belong to the Colombian Usuga Clan crime gang, which is based in the rural area of Unguia in Choco, which borders Panama . Colombia, a major cocaine producer, turns out some 300 tonnes annually, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime . The packages were allegedly due to leave the country via a Caribbean river or the Panama border . He said: 'The shipment was ready to leave on a river to the Caribbean or the border with Panama, to be sent on to Mexico.' Colombia, a major cocaine producer, turns out some 300 tonnes annually, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Authorities confiscated about 166 tonnes of the drug in 2014. The northeastern area of Colombia is strategically important for crime gangs and leftist guerrillas who use it for clandestine trafficking of arms and drugs. The Usuga Clan, which has at least 2,000 members, is the country's largest criminal group. The anti-drugs officers stand with other agents as they inspect the packages of cocaine . The discovery took place on Monday. The drugs are currently being inspected at Necocli police base . General Rodolfo Palomino, the head of Colombia's national police, spoke to reporters about the find . In addition to drug trafficking, it is also involved in illegal mining. Colombian authorities have offered a $600,000 reward for information leading to the capture of its leader. Many crime gangs are comprised of ex-members of paramilitary groups who officially demobilised nearly a decade ago. Marxist rebels also reap hefty profits. Cocaine and other drugs are some of the principal sources of financing for groups fighting in the country's 50-year armed conflict, which has killed over 200,000 people. Just last week, police discovered three tonnes of cocaine in the port terminal in Cartagena, a popular tourist hub on Colombia's Caribbean coast. The drugs were also bound for Mexico. He said the shipment was worth around $90million and was poised to leave the country when it was stopped . The officers opened a package of the drug to show to reporters at the press conference about the seizure ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The 3.3tonnes are believed to belong to Colombian Usaga Clan crime gang .\nThe gang is based in rural area of Unguia, Choco, which borders Panama .\nShipment allegedly ready to leave via Caribbean river or Panama border .\nColombia is major cocaine producer and turns out 300 tonnes annually ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A man in Providence, Rhode Island got the fright of a lifetime this week when he went to use his friend's bathroom and the restroom exploded. Neurosurgeon Jeffrey Oppenheim of New York was visiting his friend Andrew Pessin on Sunday when he went to use the first floor bathroom just 10 minutes after arriving. Oppenheim says he heard a strange clicking noise - like a pilot light igniting - in the lavatory just second before a mysterious combustive force through him out of the room and into the kitchen. Scroll down for video . What happened? A man in Providence, Rhode Island was injured this weekend when a blast ripped through his friend's bathroom . Rattling: Jeffrey Oppenheim (pictured) was visiting his friend Andrew Pessin in Rhode Island when he went to use the bathroom and it exploded . Strange noise: Oppenheim recalls hearing a clicking noise just before the explosion on Sunday . 'It happened in an instant like getting hit by a cannon,' Oppenheim told WLNE. His friend Pessin was sitting down in the kitchen with his three sons when he caught wind of a burning smell and immediately carried his children to safety and called 911. 'Oh it was horrible they were petrified screaming standing in the snow screaming, barefoot,' Pessin said of his 9, 7, and 5-year-old sons. Oppenheim told Daily Mail Online that it's believed a gas leak sparked the blast. Authorities allegedly told his friend that gas may have leaked in from outside the house, and that it can lose it's rotten egg odor (caused by added mercaptan) if it passes up through the ground. Mystery: Authorities are still investigating the cause of the mysterious blast. Workers for gas company National Grid were seen looking around the house on Sunday . Safe and sound: Besides bruising to Oppenheim's leg, no one else was injured in the incident . Everyone got out of the house safely, though Oppenheim did suffer a bruised knee in the blast. 'I'm just very grateful it was me in there and not one of the Pessin children who are little. They could have gotten killed,' Oppenheim said . 'I'm very, very, very lucky,' Oppenheim told Daily Mail Online, adding that he was able to drive back to New York that very day and didn't need to take a break from performing surgery. Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the blast, which remains a mystery. Reporters on the scene on Sunday said workers from gas company National Grid were surveying the house. Unfortunately, the Pessin family is facing the possibility that the house could be condemned, according to Oppenheim. He says they have been staying in a hotel, and have signed a lease on an apartment in the meantime." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Authorities are still trying to figure out what caused the explosion in a Providence, Rhode Island home on Sunday ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Princess Beatrice is set to follow in sister Eugenie's footsteps and has temporarily relocated to the US, the Duchess of York has revealed. The 26-year-old princess, who is thought to have already arrived in the US, will study for a qualification in finance during her stay. In a statement, a spokesman for the Duchess said: 'Princess Beatrice started a finance course in the US this week' but refused to confirm which institution the royal is studying at. Scroll down for video . Following in her sister's footsteps: Princess Beatrice has relocated to the US to study finance . The news, which was first reported in Hello! magazine, means both of Prince Andrew's daughters are now living in the US, even if, for at least one of them, it isn't permanent. Princess Eugenie has been based in New York since 2013 after taking a job with online auction house, Paddle8. Beatrice, meanwhile, has remained in London since leaving university and has had a succession of jobs since, most notably an internship at Sony Pictures. That, however, resulted in embarrassment for the princess after she was drawn into the Sony hacking scandal and had details of her salary splashed across the internet. Sister act: The pair now both reside in the US and it is not known when either will return to the UK . Glamorous: Eugenie, who moved to New York in 2013, has become increasingly polished during her stay . Company: The pair will have no shortage of opportunities to meet up now both are in the same country . Other roles taken up since leaving university include a job at Cabot Square Capital, a company headquartered close to London's Marble Arch, and a series of patronages. Although Beatrice receives no money from the Civil List and is entirely funded by herself and her parents, she has also undertaken engagements on behalf of the Queen. Like Eugenie, she is also a regular sight at the big set-piece royal engagements, among them Trooping the Colour and Royal Ascot. The princess won't, however, be forced to rely only on her sister during her stay in the US. Although boyfriend Dave Clark is based in London, her mother is already in the US where she is visiting Eugenie. A further chance to catch up with family arrives next month, when Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall arrive in the country for a four-day state visit. Staying behind: Dave Clark, who works in astronaut relations for Virgin Galactic, will remain behind . Visit: The Duchess of York, seen here at a charity fashion show last week, is currently visiting Eugenie . Family: Beatrice will have the opportunity to see her uncle Prince Charles when he visits the US next month ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Princess Beatrice has embarked on a finance course in the US .\nNews confirmed by a spokesman for the Duchess of York .\nBeatrice is following in sister Princess Eugenie's footsteps .\nEugenie has lived in New York since September 2013 ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ed Miliband today challenged David Cameron to back a ban on MPs having lucrative second jobs to 'restore the reputation' of the Commons in the wake of the cash for access scandal. Ahead of a vote tonight, the Labour leader told the PM: 'You can vote for two jobs or you can vote for one.' But Mr Cameron has defended the right of MPs to do second jobs - insisting that extra work can be fitted in alongside constituency duties. Scroll down for list . Ed Miliband today challenged David Cameron to back a ban on MPs having lucrative second jobs . A fresh row over second jobs erupted this week after revelations former foreign secretaries Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw were filed by undercover reporters boasting about how they could be hired for £5,000-a-day. Sir Malcolm announced he was suspended from the Tory party and forced quit as an MP after bragging that he could see any foreign ambassador in London and has 'useful access' to every British ambassador in the world. Mr Straw was suspended by the Labour party after being filmed boasting about having laws changed 'under the radar'. Commons Speaker John Bercow warned: 'People should not be in Parliament to add to their personal fortune.' Labour is using a debate in the Commons tonight to force a vote on the issue, calling for a ban on MPs from holding directorships and consultancies. The Labour leader recalled comments by Mr Cameron in 2009 when he said in opposition that 'being a Member of Parliament must be a full-time commitment . Mr Cameron claimed that it would still allow an MP to work as a paid trade union official. But Mr Miliband hit back: 'Let's agree now we will rule out anyone being a paid trade union official, a paid director, or a paid consultant. 'Say yes and we can restore the reputation of this House. 'We will insert paid trade union official and you have the chance, and all of your MPs tonight in the lobby, this is a very big test. 'You can vote for two jobs or you can vote for one. I'll be voting for one job. What will you be voting for?' The Labour leader recalled comments by Mr Cameron in 2009 when he said in opposition that 'being a Member of Parliament must be a full-time commitment. The public deserve nothing less ... double-jobbing MPs won't get a look-in when I am in charge'. Mr Miliband said: 'What's changed?' Mr Cameron replied: 'I think the difficulty with your specific proposal is it would allow, for instance, someone to be a paid trade union official but it wouldn't allow someone to run a family business or a family shop. 'Like many of your proposals, it is not thought through, it's whipped up very quickly, if you thought it was such a good idea, why didn't you put it in place four years ago?' Filmed: Former Conservative Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, pictured, told undercover reporters that he had a usual fee of between £5,000 to £8,000 for a half-day's work for representing private companies . The Prime Minister said there was 'fundamentally a disagreement' between the two leaders, claiming he was the only one who believed Parliament benefited from having MPs with different experiences in the Commons. 'I make an offer to you: no more support from trade unions for the Labour Party and then we have got a deal.' Mr Cameron pointed out that he spent more time on his duties as PM than on work linked to his seat in Witney, Oxfordshire. 'We have practising doctors in this House, we have practising dentists, we have people who take part serving our country in Afghanistan or Iraq and we do have people who run family businesses or have other interests,' the Tory leader said. 'What you want is a Parliament where people can come and share their experience and make some points instead of just having a whole lot of trade union-sponsored ciphers.' Mr Cameron added: 'I think the most important thing we can do - and I certainly don't rule out further changes - but the most important thing is to make sure we apply the rules. 'Paid lobbying banned. Non-declaration of interests banned. Making sure wrongdoing is investigated and punished. We are not making no change - we have just passed a lobbying Act and we have just passed a recall Act so people can sack their MP.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Party leaders clash on curbing outside interests of members of parliament .\nA fresh row over MPs' second jobs erupted after an undercover sting .\nJack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind filmed bragging about their access .\nEd Miliband wants to ban directorships and consultancies for MPs .\nDavid Cameron insists the Commons benefits from external experience ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The decorative teapot, made from Paris porcelein, is to be put on sale for the first time in 213 years . It would have been enough to make Admiral Lord Nelson choke on his tea. A decorative teapot Nelson used at the height of the Napoleonic Wars unaware it was actually French porcelain has emerged for sale for the first time in 213 years. The 6ins high piece was part of a service known as the 'Baltic tea set' presented to the great naval hero to mark his victory at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1802. The blank chinaware set was decorated with oak leaves, acorns and an anchor in a London workshop in a rush so it could be used at a banquet held in Nelson's honour. The service was gifted to Nelson afterwards and ended up at Merton Place in Surrey, the palatial home Nelson shared with his mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton. Following his death in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, where Nelson led the Royal Navy to victory against the combined French and Spanish fleet, the set was listed on an inventory of Emma's possessions at Merton. It was later passed onto Nelson's brother, William, and his wife, Hilare Barlow, Dowager Countess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, and then by descent to the present owner, who is remaining anonymous. It was only after the teapot was put up for auction with an estimate of £20,000 that experts were able to examine it and found the porcelain was actually made in Paris. It was imported to Britain and is likely to have been surplus stock available to the chinaware decorators in London at the time. Admiral Horatio Nelson would not have known the teapot, which was part of the 'Baltic tea set', was French . Experts say Nelson would not have been aware it was French. Fergus Gambon, of auctioneers Bonhams, said: 'Nelson wouldn't have had a clue as to what porcelain the set was made from. 'In the early 19th century, when this teapot made, a lot of white porcelain from Paris was imported to the UK where it would have been decorated. 'The workshops of London probably didn't have an idea if they were painting French or English porcelain. 'The shapes of French porcelain items compared to English porcelain are often different. This teapot is distinctly French. You can tell by its tall, cylinder shape and sloping shoulders.' The teapot first surfaced on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow last year after its owner took it along. John Sandon, the expert who inspected the teapot on the Roadshow, said: 'The ladies of London clubbed together to give to Nelson chinaware when he attended a banquet with the Lord Mayor. 'It is slightly confusing when you look at the teapot because it isn't a British teapot at all, it is French. Merton Place in Surrey, the palatial home Nelson shared with his mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton . 'Nelson was out there fighting the enemy yet here is a teapot of French porcelain. 'Nelson shared his home with Emma and while he was away at sea one can imagine her being there and entertaining with the very fine china that Nelson had been given. 'When he died there was an inventory made of all the contents at Merton and there were two services listed. 'One was the Baltic service. It is exciting to think of Emma pouring tea for Nelson out of this teapot.' Nelson perished at the the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 . The 'Baltic Set' was a tea service and a dessert set both of Paris porcelain, together with a dinner set believed to be creamware. The teapot carries the inscription 'Nelson 2nd April Baltic', the handle and spout flanked by further gilding of '15th Febry', 'San Joseph', and 'Glorious 1st August'. Nelson's niece, Charlotte Nelson, accompanied her uncle at the banquet in London. She said at the time: 'I wish you could have seen all the people jumping up to the carriage to see my uncle and thousands of people round him looking up at him. 'All the ladies had their handkerchiefs out of the windows when my uncle passed, they and the people calling out \"Nelson for Ever.\"' Following William Nelson's death in 1835, Hilare married for the third time to George Knight, the nephew of Jane Austen. When she died in 1857, this teapot passed to her niece, Florence Catherine Elizabeth Barlow, and then to her daughter, Colin Joyce who bequeathed it to her cousin, Hilare Margaret Barlow, who is mother of the present owner. The teapot is being sold by Bonhams on April 1." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Paris-made piece, 6ins high, is to go on sale for the first time in 213 years .\nWas part of a service known as the 'Baltic tea set' presented to Admiral Nelson to mark his victory at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1802 .\nEarly 19th century chinaware expected to each £20,000 when auctioned ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "50 Shades of Grey is making pain more popular than ever, meaning the ultimate agonising activity Tough Mudder has upped the ante for 2015. ‘Tough Mudder 2015 Redefined’ promises mud, sweat and tears like never before, thanks to the radical inclusion of tear gas. The team have introduced eight new adrenaline-inducing obstacles to their military-style course in the ultimate test of participants’ physical strength and mental grit. Seven other obstacles have also been revamped, including the notorious ‘electric shock’ mud crawl; each more terrifying and exhilarating than before. 'Cry baby': One of the eight new adrenaline-inducing obstacles include the 'cry baby' where participants are forced to with endure a crawl around obstacles whilst being subjected to tear-gas type substance . Ring of fire: Mudders are forced to climb up a 25-foot scaffold structure, latch onto a fireman’s pole and plummet through a giant ring of fire and into an awaiting tank of water . Mud Mile 2.0: The Mud Mile has been updated to be even more intense than the traditional obstacle. In Mud Mile 2.0 participants face waist-deep mud, double-high entrance and exit mounds and completely vertical mud masses . 'We’ve ramped up everything ten times more this year,’ said a Tough Mudder spokesperson. The challenge is a team-oriented 18 to 20 kilometre course. More than 50 events will be held across the globe this year. ‘Cry Baby’ is one of the extreme new challenges which brave participants must face. ‘While whining has never been tolerated on course, an exception might have to be made for this never-before-seen tearjerker of an obstacle,’ advise the Tough Mudder crew. Dead ringer: This challenge requires impeccable upper body strength and hand-eye coordination or you WILL fall! Mudders must sideways climb along a series of ascending and descending pegs using heavy-duty rings . The teams will crawl through an enclosed space filled with a safe tear gas-like substance, while dodging hazards along the way . In 'Kiss of Mud' participants must keep their head down whilst sliding into deep trenches and crawling over hay bales to avoid the barbed wire above them . The teams will crawl through an enclosed space filled with a safe tear gas-like substance, dodging hazards along the way. Another exciting addition is ‘Shawshanked’ which, as the name suggests, took its inspiration from the film Shawshank Redemption. Specifically, it is a recreation of Andy Dufresne’s thrilling yet unpleasant escape from prison through a sewage pipe. The obstacle requires that participants crawl through an inclined, mud-infested tube, ending with a backwards drop into a water pit. The team have introduced eight new adrenaline-inducing obstacles to their military-style course to test participants’ physical strength and mental strength . In 'Meat Slab' participants must swing like Tarzan, hopping across a near-vertical 50-foot-long wall by swinging from one rope to the next . Another exciting addition is ‘Shawshanked’ which, as the name suggests, took its inspiration from the film Shawshank Redemption. Specifically, it is a recreation of Andy Dufresne’s escape from prison through a sewage pipe . ‘Fire in your hole’ is a course which promises a mix of thrill and danger. Participants must embark on a vertical plunge down a slide with a five-foot wall of fire awaiting at the bottom. Tough Mudder 2015 will first take place in South East Queensland on September 12 and 13. It will then be held in Melbourne on October 17 and 18. Sydneysiders can take part on November 21 and 22. The event, which is not a time trial but rather a challenge, emphasises the importance of camaraderie and overcoming fears. Age, size and fitness do not matter nearly as much as the participants' attitude. In other word, whingers need not apply! The event, which is not a time trial but rather a challenge, emphasises the importance of camaraderie and overcoming fears.Age, size and fitness do not matter nearly as much as the participants' attitude . The challenge is a team-oriented 18 to 20 kilometre course and more than 50 events will be held this year . Greased Lightning is a grown-up’s Slip n’ Slide that sends Mudders flying down a greased-up tarp and into a pit of muddy water . Greased Lightning is a grown-up’s Slip n’ Slide that sends Mudders flying down a greased-up tarp and into a pit of muddy water ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tough Mudder has revamped its obstacles to become even more intense and adrenaline-inducing .\nIn one of the new military-style challenges 'Cry Baby' participants will be subjected to a (safe) tear gas .\nThe famous electric shock crawl and other classic obstacles have also received a makeover .\nThere will be over 50 Tough Mudder global events in 2015, including three in Australia from September ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It has been long admired that cats can always land on their feet but this one feline has the added benefit of an extra six toes to keep her steady. Natasha, the ginger tabby, was a stray on the streets of New York before she was adopted at the age of nine by Shirley Belwood and the pair emigrated to Wimborne in Dorset ten years ago. The cat has a rare condition which left her with oversized paws and 24 toes - six more than the average feline. Natasha, the ginger tabby, has a rare condition which means she has oversized paws and six extra toes . But Natasha, who is now 19 and spent a year looking after herself on the Upper West Side, has seven toes on both front paws - two more than normal - and five on her hind paws instead of four. Ms Belwood, who has two other cats, said the extra digits has made her clumsier than most cats. 'If you give her certain toys, she can't play with them properly,' she said. 'It's so funny, she looks so awkward because she just can't grab them. 'I heard her crying for ages outside my apartment window in New York and I just had to find her. 'She's got a lot of attitude and she's quite the character but we're so close. She doesn't do as much these days as she has diabetes, but she's still so frisky and cranky - a typical New Yorker. 'The nurses at the vets say she \"swears a lot\" at them whenever she goes. That just shows what she's like.' Natasha was adopted by Shirley Belwood ten years ago and the pair emigrated from New York to Dorset . Ms Belwood added that she gets on with her other two cats but Natasha prefers a quieter life. 'She does like to keep herself to herself, she's an older lady now and likes peace and quiet,' she said. The world record for the cat with the most toes is currently held by a Canadian cat named Tiger who has an impressive 27. Some polydactyl cats have problems with joint growth, the forming of legs and nail beds and extra thick claws fusing together. They are sometimes referred to as 'Hemingway cats' because author Ernest Hemingway became a famous fan of them after being given a six-toed cat by a ship's captain. Kittens Fred (left) and Ned (right) are polydactyl cats with 54 digits between them. Fred has 10 more than a usual cat and Ned has eight extra toes . Cats born with more than the average number of toes have the congenital physical anomaly known as polydactyl - a dominant genetic trait. The word is Greek in origin, with 'poly' meaning 'many' and 'daktylos' meaning 'digits'. Normal cats have a total of 18 toes, with five toes on each front paw and four toes on each hind paw but polydactyl cats can have as many as eight digits on their front and hind paws. The condition seems to be most commonly found in cats along the east coast of North America and in South West England, Wales and Kingston-upon-Hull. Polydactyl cats were popular with Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, who collected more than 50 after he was given his first cat named Snowball by a ship's captain. After his death in 1961 his Florida home was turned into a museum and home for his cats. It is because of his love of the animal that they are fondly referred to as 'Hemingway Cats'. They are also referred to as 'mitten cats' because the extra digits on their front paws can make it seem as though they are wearing mittens. Polydactylism is a condition that can also affect humans and dogs." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tabby Natasha was a stray on streets of New York when she was rescued .\nShirley Belwood took her and emigrated with her to Dorset ten years ago .\nNatasha has a rare condition where she has oversized paws and more toes .\nThe 19-year-old has seven toes on front paws and five on her hind paws .\nWorld record for cat with most toes is held by Canadian cat named Tiger ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "These two young men are the only living cases in the world with an extremely rare disorder and they happen to be related to each other. Teenage brothers Thomas and Bradley Farrell both suffer from Arts Syndrome - a genetic condition that has effected their hearing, sight and muscle tone basically since birth. The boys, aged 17 and 18 respectively, have spent their lives in and out of Sydney hospitals with various complications related to their condition, which went undiagnosed until 2001. Scroll down for video . Teenage brothers Thomas and Bradley Farrell both suffer from Arts Syndrome - a genetic condition that has effected their hearing, sight and muscle tone basically since birth . When Bradley was diagnosed as being deaf at 12 months of age, his mother Sharon was already pregnant with Thomas and the family were told there was a one in four chance of having another deaf child. Thomas was diagnosed at five months. But despite having two boys who were deaf, Ms Farrell told Daily Mail Australia there was no reason for the family to be concerned at that point. 'Bradley and Thomas looked like normal young boys,' she said. It wasn't until after they both got cochlear implants in 1999 that they realised something might be wrong. The boys, aged 17 and 18 respectively, have spent their lives in and out of Sydney hospitals with various complications related to their condition, which went undiagnosed until 2001 . The brothers, pictured with cricketer Steve Waugh and his wife, are members of the Steve Waugh Foundation, which helps raise awareness of rare diseases . Bradley and Thomas have battled serious infections over the years in relation to their syndrome. They still use a breathing machine today to help them get by . 'After they got the implants they had to go to hospital. Both Bradley and Thomas had influenza. When they took the tubes from Bradley, they didn't think he would pull through. 'Then every six months they were in hospital with respiratory problems.' It took nine years from when they first started testing their DNA and blood for the team at Westmead Children's Hospital to diagnose the boys with Arts Syndrome. The specific gene related to their condition was only found in 2007. They still use a breathing machine today to help them get by and they are highly susceptible to infection. The brothers have very limited vision and have been confined to wheelchairs for the past several years due to muscle weakness. 'There’s no cure and that’s just the way it is,' Ms Farrell said. It took nine years from when they first started testing their DNA and blood for the team at Westmead Children's Hospital to diagnose the boys with Arts Syndrome . Bradley (left at his year 12 formal) and Thomas (right at City2Surf) are both deaf, have limited vision and muscle tone as a result of Arts Syndrome . Their mother Sharon was told Bradley was deaf when he was 12 months old and Thomas was diagnosed at five months of age - but she had no reason to worry at that stage . 'Lots of young people who have rare disorders are still waiting to find out what they have. There’s millions of genes. It’s like a needle in a haystack. We were very lucky to find out what it was. 'If we can keep them healthy and happy, that’s my main objective. We just want to give them a good quality of life.' The life expectancy for Arts Syndrome, which primarily effects boys, is five years of age. 'They had already surpassed the life expectancy when we were told (about the gene),' Ms Farrell said. 'Every time we make a visit to the hospital… the doctors don’t know and we certainly don’t know what to expect. 'We go in with one complaint and there’s something else that’s happening at the same time. We go in hoping it’s only a short stay but sometimes it can be longer.' While there is no treatment for the genetic condition, the boys have been taken a drug treatment called SAM for the past six years to help with complications associated with the syndrome. 'They haven’t been in intensive care as respiratory patients for a number of years, which is wonderful,' Ms Farrell said. It wasn't until after Bradley (pictured) and Thomas both got cochlear implants in 1999 that their mother realised something might be wrong due to them being in and out of hospital with respiratory infections . The boys still use a breathing machine today to help them get by and they are highly susceptible to infection . The life expectancy for Arts Syndrome, which primarily effects boys, is five years of age. Thomas (pictured) and Bradley had already passed that when they were diagnosed . Problems associated with the syndrome started from birth, but Ms Farrell said it was hard to pick up because Bradley and Thomas looked like normal young boys . Their mother is primary carer for Bradley and Thomas, with help from their 21-year-old sister Nancy. 'They can’t dress themselves or feed themselves, but they have electric wheelchairs that's given them good independence around the house,' she said. 'When they were smaller we could lift them out of the bathtub, but we've had to make modifications. The boys were getting longer and heavier, so putting them in a shower chair makes life a lot easier.' Former Australian cricketer Steve Waugh made a big impact on the Farrell family when his rare disease foundation first stepped in to provide ongoing support six years ago. The Steve Waugh Foundation, which helps raise awareness of rare diseases, provided the funds to modify the Farrell's bathroom to suit Bradley and Thomas' needs. The boys can't dress or feed themselves and need 24-hour care. Their mother Sharon is primary carer, with help from their 21-year-old sister Nancy . Former Australian cricketer Steve Waugh's rare disease foundation started helping the Farrell family six years ago and provided funds to modify the bathroom to help with Thomas and Bradley's needs . While there is no treatment for the genetic condition, the boys have been taken a drug treatment called SAM for the past six years to help with complications associated with the syndrome . 'Every time we seem to need help, there always seems to be support somewhere. You don’t know where it comes from. Sometimes it’s the most unlikely places like the Steve Waugh Foundation,' Ms Farrell said. 'We could be members of a hundred different organisations but they only concentrate on certain things. The Steve Waugh Foundation looks at (rare diseases) as a whole unit and how they can help the individual to make their life better.' Bradley and Thomas are set to meet Steve on Wednesday at an event he organised at Sydney's Taronga Zoo for 32 people with rare diseases and their families. Rare Disease Day on Saturday marks 10 years since the Steve Waugh Foundation started raising awareness of the two million Australians who suffer from a rare disease. 'Bradley and Thomas never fail to inspire me with their incredible inner strength and spirit of goodwill,' Steve said. 'They light up the room with their cheeky smiles and sense of humour and have a gift for relaxing anyone who is in their company. Without realising it, they are both role models for all of us with their amazingly positive attitude.' The Foundation is calling on Australians to share this video and use the hashtag: #AllWeAsk on Rare Disease Day, February 28." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Thomas and Bradley Farrell both suffer from rare genetic Arts Syndrome .\nTeenage brothers are deaf, virtually blind and confined to wheelchairs .\nBoys, aged 18 and 17, are only two known living people with rare condition .\nLife span is five years but both boys surpassed that even before diagnosis .\nThey use a breathing machine after suffering serious respiratory infections ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Being born with no right arm below the elbow never held Lexi Daniels back, as a new video shows. The 15-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was filmed as she performed a rigorous hip hop dance routine to Waka Floka Flame's No Hands. For almost a minute she shakes, shimmies and pops her body with a crowd showering her with rapturous applause. YouTube.com . Inspiring: Being born with no right arm below the elbow never held Lexi Daniels back as a new video shows . Caught on camera: The 15-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was filmed as she performed a rigorous hip hop dance routine to Waka Floka Flame's No Hands . Daniels was caught in action while attending a dance convention in Pittsburgh earlier this month. The film was uploaded to YouTube by her instructor, Will 'WilldaBeast' Adams, a choreographer who has worked with the likes of Madonna and Usher. To date the clip has garnered more than one millions hits, with many viewers citing Daniels as an inspiration. The athletic brunette said she got lost in the moment as she bopped away. 'I got an adrenaline rush that I rarely feel,' she told People magazine. Lost in the moment: For almost a minute she shakes, shimmies and pops her body with a crowd showering her with rapturous applause . Crowd pleaser: The film of her was uploaded to YouTube by her instructor,WilldaBeast Adams, a choreographer who has worked with the likes of Madonna and.Usher . 'It's like my whole world was a dream come true for 50 seconds. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life.' She said that she wan't insulted by the song choice and laughed with friends when she heard the lyrics because they were so 'ironic.' Daniels was born with amniotic band syndrome, a fetal condition which causes thin strands of tissue to constrict the growth of limbs. Her right arm stops at the elbow and she has 'stubs' as fingers. As a youngster, she tried wearing a prosthetic arm but quickly gave it up. Despite facing obstacles, Daniels hasn't let her disability hold her back. Powering through: Daniels was born with amniotic band syndrome, a fetal condition which causes thin strands of tissue to constrict the growth of limbs . Indeed, her Instagram account carries the playful motto: 'Who needs two arms?' She started dance lessons at the age of three and her favorite styles include ballet, hip hop and modern. She's also a member of her school's cheerleading team. The teenager added: 'When people say I can't do something it just gives me more motivation to prove them wrong. 'Dance is my passion, and I am not going to give up on something just because of the way I was born.' Daniels typically spends up to five hours after school practicing her dance moves and often competes in competitions on weekends. One of dreams includes starring on the TV show America’s Got Talent. Daniels' father Rick previously told The Columbus Dispatch that he 'fights off tears' every time he watches her perform. He concluded: 'Obviously, she’s my daughter. But you don’t just watch her; she makes you feel her. It’s almost like she’s singing it, singing a beautiful song.'" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Lexi Daniels from Columbus, Ohio, was born with amniotic band syndrome, a condition which causes strands of tissue to constrict the growth of limbs .\nHer right arm stops at the elbow and she has 'stubs' as fingers .\nShe has been dancing since the age of two .\nOne of dreams includes starring on America’s Got Talent ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "She purrs and meows like any normal cat. But she doesn't make any mess and her detachable fur can even be put in the washing machine. The JustoCat has been developed by academics in Sweden to offer comfort, pleasure and peace of mind to people suffering with dementia. While she may look like a cuddly toy, the inventors insist she is much more like a medical device and, as such, she comes with a hefty price tag of around £1,000. Companion: The JustoCat has been developed by academics in Sweden to offer comfort, pleasure and peace of mind to people suffering with dementia - basically the benefits of a pet without the mess . Help: While she may look like a cuddly toy, the inventors insist she is much more like a medical device - hence the price tag of around £1,000 . The technology is the result of a partnership between health care researchers at Mälardalen University in Sweden and robotics experts at the Robotdalen company. The creator, Professor Lars Asplund, said she is now being released for sale across Europe and her benefits are so great that she might even be prescribed by doctors. The professor in computer science said the project started with a study of people with dementia and involved trials and interviews with carers. He said: ‘The care-givers used JustoCat as a tool for relaxation, to calm down the patient with dementia and as a distraction to help deal with agitation that might disturb other patients. ‘The cat encourages and stimulates communication, she allows the patients to recall memories of their own cats and distracts repetitive behaviour.’ The professor said: ‘The functions of JustoCat means it resembles a live cat in many ways in that it breathes, purrs and meows. 'One advantage with the cat's fur is that it is washable and above all is removable and thus can meet hygiene requirements in an institution.’ The robotic cat is about the same size and weight as a normal cat, and comes in grey or black and white, however it doesn’t move beyond the impression it is breathing. Professor Asplund said: ‘JustoCat can provide peace, be soothing and be a tool for increased interaction and communication. ‘It is a complement in the care of people with dementia and in the care of people with intellectual disabilities. Tests and research demonstrates positive results from the users, as well as patients and care-givers. ‘The goal of JustoCat is to enrich the daily lives of people with dementia. It can provide increased psychological, physical and social well-being.’ Importantly, he said the cat also provides some respite to nurses and carers because dementia suffers who take to her are generally calmer and easy to communicate with. He defended the high cost saying: ‘This is not a toy. You can buy a toy much cheaper, but it will not have the same effect. It is classified as a class one medical device class and therefore a doctor can prescribe it. It is hygienic, a toy is not.’ The robotic cat is already available in several countries in Europe and the company is planning to meet a potential British distributor this week. The development is the latest evidence as to how robotics will increasingly be used in the future to provide practical help in the home as well as psychological support, particularly to the elderly. British academics recently revealed their part in the development of the Care-O-bot 3, which is both a home help and a friend to older people who may be ill, or feel trapped and alone at home. Benefit: JustoCat resembles a live cat in many ways in that it breathes, purrs and meows. One advantage with the cat's fur is that it is washable and removable - so can meet hygiene requirements in an institution' The JustoCat also provides some respite to nurses and carers because dementia suffers who use her are generally calmer, it is claimed . The robot is the result of a collaboration between British and European academics under the umbrella of ACCOMPANY - Acceptable Robotics Companions for Ageing Years. The hope is that it will help older people to stay in their homes and live an independent life, rather than being moved miles away from friends and family into an expensive care home. The team, which is co-ordinated by Dr Farshid Amirabdollahian, (correct) of the University of Hertfordshire, have combined a robot ‘butler’ and software from a range of experts to deliver Care-O-bot 3. Importantly, the machine does far more than fetching and carrying, for it has been programmed to be a friend, providing emotional support to someone living alone. It will suggest activities to motivate people who otherwise might spend their day, parked in a chair in front of a TV, never speaking to anyone – and it will call for help if they are in trouble. The LCD screen offers images of a face that is smiling and happy when a task has been successful and will look downcast or sad when there is a problem, such as the user forgetting to take their medication. It will also provide the social interaction, someone to talk to, that will help people stave off loneliness and depression." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The JustoCat has been developed by academics in Sweden .\nOffers 'comfort, pleasure and peace of mind to people with dementia'\nBenefits: No mess and machine washable - so it is suitable for care homes .\nInventors insist she is a medical device, not a toy - hence costing £1,000 ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Snout-nosed crocodiles with jaws strong enough to crush clam shells ruled the swampy wetlands that covered Peru 13 million years ago. Palaeontologists have discovered the remains of seven different species of crocodile and cayman, including three new species, in the area around the modern Amazon river. The fossils were found in the Pebas district of northern Peru. The new species of caymen Gnatusuchus pebasensis (shown in the reconstruction above) had a short but wide jaw that was powerful enough to crush clams and other shell fish. It used its snout to dig in the mud . One of the new species, named Gnatusuchus pebasensis, had blunt, peg-like teeth and used its broad snout to dig shellfish from the muddy swamp floor. It grew up to 5.2ft (1.6 metres) in length and had just 11 teeth. Most cayman, which are related to alligators, tend to have around 20 teeth. Prehistoric crocodiles escaped the jaws of predatory dinosaurs by running like dogs, according to a study published last year. The findings explain how the reptiles evolved in a dinosaur dominated world. While most modern crocodiles live in freshwater habitats and feed on mammals and fish, their ancestors ran around on land like dogs while others adapted to life in the open ocean, imitating the behaviour of whales. The study, by Bristol University, revealed how the jaws of the ancient crocodiles evolved to enable the fierce animals to survive in vastly different environments. The team examined variation in the shape and biomechanics function of the lower jaws in over 100 ancient crocodiles during the Mesozoic - a period which began 251 million years ago and covered over 170 million years. The study revealed that ancient crocodiles invaded the Jurassic seas and evolved jaws built primarily for water efficiency to capture agile prey, such as fish. After the devastating extinction that ended the Triassic period, crocodile ancestors invaded the seas and evolved jaws primarily built to efficiently swim in the water to catch agile prey such as fish. They also evolved a great variety of lower jaw shapes during the Cretaceous Period - about 145 million to 65 million years ago - as they adapted to a diverse range of niches and environments alongside the dinosaurs, including eating plants. Instead, the fossil record points towards novel adaptations in other areas of their anatomy, such as armadillo-like body armour. Another blunt nosed crocodile was named Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis, which means 'grinding or crushing machine'. The scientists estimate it grew up to 6.2ft (1.9 metres) in length. However, these new species were dwarved by two other previously known species of giant cayman whose fossils were also found nearby. Purussaurus neivensis and Mourasuchus atopus are thought to have grown up to 39ft (12 metres) in length and were more generalised predators. The researchers say that it is highly unusual to have found a habitat that had so many species of cayman living alongside each other. There are six cayman species that live in the whole of the Amazon basin today, but only three are ever found in the same area and they rarely share the same habitat. The large number of cayman found in Pebas has been described by the researchers leading the excavation as 'hyperdiverse'. Dr Rodolfo Salas Gismondi, from the University of Montpelier in France, said the huge wetland habitat that covered the area led to an explosion in the number of crocodile species. He said: 'We have uncovered this special momen in time when the ancient mega-wetaland ecosystem reached its peak in size and complexity, just before its demise and the start of the modern Amazon River system. 'At this moment, most known cayman groups co-existed. 'Ancient lineages bearing unusual blunt snouts and globular teeth along with those more generalised feeders representing the beginning of what was to come.' The fossils may now help scientists unravel the evolutionary origins of cayman that live in the Amazon basin. They describe the discovery in a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Scientists found fossilised remains of seven ancient caymen species in Pebas, northern Peru, shown above . The fossilised skulls shown above belong to the three new snout nosed caymen species Gnatusuchus pebasensis (a) Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis (b) and the much larger Caiman wannlangstoni (c) The Gnatusuchus pebasensis name is derived from 'Natu', which is Quechua for 'small nose', along with the name of the village where it was found, Pebas, and the Greek for crocodile - Souchos. The animal, which is new to science, is thought to have used its snout as a shovel in to search for shellfish in the muddy depths of the swamps. Dr Salas Gismondi said: 'When we analysed Gnatusuchus bones and realised that it was probably a head-burrowing and shovelling caiman preying on mollusks living in muddy river and swamp bottoms, we knew it was a milestone for understanding proto-Amazonian wetland feeding dynamics.' The scientists also describe a third new species of prehistoric caymen called Caiman wannlangstoni, which they estimate grew up to 7ft (2.2 metres) long. It is thought to have resembled the broad-snouted caymen that lives in fresh water marshes and swamps thought out central and eastern south America. Caiman wannlangstoni, one of the new species, resembled the broad snouted caymen pictured above ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Scientists discovered seven species of caymen in Pebas, northern Perus .\nThe area at the time 13m years ago was covered in a huge swampy wetland .\nThe fossils show the area supported a 'hyperdiverse' crocodile population .\nThree of the fossils discovered are new species of broad-snouted caymen .\nOne had a shovel-shaped snout and peg-like teeth for crushing shell fish ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A horse given a second chance when he was rescued from an abattoir has won a point-to-point race just 18 months later. Oscar Flyer was saved by Valerie and Keith Welton, of Cattal, West Yorkshire, who paid just £300 for the injured steed - and were given £10 back for good luck. The ex-hurdler, which formerly trained with Tim Vaughan, was coached back to health by their son Sam Welton, 25, and his 32-year-old partner Carolyn Woods. Team effort: Oscar Flyer takes top spot at the South Durham Farmers three-mile point-to-point race on Sunday. The horse is pictured with proud owner Valerie Welton (left) and jockey Sam Welton (right) Coached back to health: Oscar Flyer (left) was given a second chance when he was rescued from an abattoir . And almost two years after he last competed, Oscar Flyer made a superb comeback and claimed the top spot at the South Durham Farmers three-mile point-to-point race on Sunday. After dedicating the last 12 months to training him, Sam Welton rode Oscar Flyer to victory himself and the pair claimed the £150 prize money, recording the fastest time of the day. He said: ‘It was my partner Carolyn who spotted Oscar Flyer for sale, but when she called me and suggested buying him I wasn’t too keen - he had a bad tendon injury. ‘We never expected this to happen. It is a feat in itself for a horse who has been off for two years to compete at all – we were hoping he would just make it all the way round. ‘I actually thought he was a bit of a cowardly horse but he proved not to be - he was really tough that day and battled it out to the line. He was brilliant.’ Fastest time of the day: Sam Welton rode Oscar Flyer to victory and the pair claimed the £150 prize money . Winner: Mr Welton said that following the victory he wanted to have the horse racing again in about a month . In the stable: Oscar Flyer was put into a horse sale in Exeter, Devon, after suffering a bad leg injury. He was bought by a local slaughterman and destined to be put down after failing to sell . Oscar Flyer was put into a horse sale in Exeter, Devon, after suffering a bad leg injury. He was bought by a local slaughterman and destined to be put down after failing to sell. But Miss Woods, who was at the sale, saw potential in the then six-year-old and thought he deserved a second chance - before her partner’s parents offered to pay for him. Mr Welton and Miss Woods moved Oscar Flyer to their home in West Yorkshire and he spent a year recovering in a field before starting road work and training in September 2014. Mr Welton said: ‘We always intended for him to race if his legs would hold out. But he would never have been destined for the same fate we saved him from. 'After this win we are hoping to have him racing again in about a month. We would definitely love to do the same with other horses in the future.’" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Valerie and Keith Welton of West Yorkshire paid £300 to save Oscar Flyer .\nFormer hurdler was coached back to health by their son and his partner .\nHorse made superb comeback on Sunday two years after last competing .\nClaimed top spot at South Durham Farmers three-mile point-to-point race ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Support: The Friends of Hinchingbrooke . Shocking new evidence has emerged that the first privately run NHS hospital was the victim of a seriously flawed inspection by the health watchdog, containing more than 200 errors. A damning report by the Care Quality Commission last month rated Hinchingbrooke, in Cambridgeshire, ‘inadequate’ and gave it the lowest ever score for patient care. The hospital has now been placed in special measures and Circle, the private firm that had been running it, has pulled out of its contract. At the time, there were suspicions that the CQC’s rating was influenced by Labour party activists and trade union members who opposed the involvement of private firms in the NHS. And last night new information came to light showing the report contained at least 215 errors. These included inaccurate figures on A&E waiting times, staffing levels, cancer care, medical blunders, falls and bedsores. All had been overstated or exaggerated and implied that the standards of care and overall performance was far worse than in reality. The watchdog claimed there had been 102 ‘serious’ blunders by staff last year when actually there were only 42. And while the report suggested nurses were routinely sedating patients ‘inappropriately’, the CQC has since admitted that only one patient had been given low-dose sedative drugs overnight and this was with the family’s consent, as he was ‘distressed’. The watchdog also claimed there were ‘higher’ than average levels of bedsores and urinary infections. The watchdog has since admitted that actually there is a ‘low incidence’ of such cases. The evidence is contained in a letter written by Circle’s chief executive, Steve Melton, to MPs on the Public Accounts Committee, who are carrying out their own investigation into the hospital. Circle claims there were 288 ‘factual inaccuracies’ in the report. The watchdog has accepted 215 of these, but refused to change its overall rating for the hospital. In his letter, Mr Melton said the CQC has refused to provide evidence to back up many of its claims, which included allegations that patients were told to soil themselves or pinched by nurses. He also said the report used ‘inflammatory language’, claiming that patients were being treated in an ‘emotionally abusive manner’. There are concerns that the errors were deliberately inserted by ‘politically motivated’ individuals anxious to scupper the private contract. Last month, it emerged that inspector Dr Nigel Sturrock was a member of campaign group Keep Our NHS Public. A doctor suspected of influencing the report’s criticism of children’s services in the A&E unit is the Labour candidate to be the area’s MP. And the lead inspector, Dr Jonathan Fielden, was previously a senior member of the BMA, the doctors’ trade union, who had warned of the dangers of privatisation – and he had never carried out an inspection. The CQC has since changed its policy to ensure inspectors declare links to organisations which may influence their judgement. David Campbell Bannerman, Tory MEP for the Eastern Region Counties, said: ‘We need an inquiry into this. I think it’s a Labour stitch-up.’ The hospital will now be placed back in the hands of NHS officials. A spokesman for the CQC said the watchdog ‘stands by’ its inspection report. The CQC has admitted its inspection report contained 215 errors. Here are some of the most striking: . The report claimed Hinchingbrooke missed the four-hour A&E waiting time target in two weeks out of a 13-week period, but Circle said it was odd to pick this ‘arbitrary’ period when the hospital was among the best at hitting the target in the country over the whole year. The CQC criticised the hospital for not having enough qualified staff in A&E to ensure children were looked after safely. But staffing levels were within the limits set out by the NHS watchdog NICE and the Royal College of Nursing. The watchdog stated there had been 102 ‘Serious Incidents’ – blunders by staff – last year when there had only been 42. It said the hospital had a ‘high incidence’ of patient falls resulting in harm. The watchdog now says the number of such falls is below the national average. The CQC claimed there were higher than average levels of bedsores and urinary infections, which can be a result of neglect. It has now admitted that there is a ‘low incidence’ of such cases." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Damning report last month rated Hinchingbrooke hospital as 'inadequate'\nBut there were suspicions the report was influenced by Labour activists .\nNew information has revealed the report contained at least 215 errors .\nThese included waiting time figures, staffing levels, falls and cancer care .\nAll these errors showed the figures had been overstated or exaggerated ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Health conscious coffee lovers who order skinny milk may not be getting what they ask for as a survey reveals more than half of cafes serve up low fat instead to customers. Australia's capital has long been reported to have more cafes and restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the country but it seems that Canberra's caffeine crowd is not always getting exactly what they order. Although it may sound like semantics, low fat milk in fact contains almost two grams more fat than skim milk in a small cappuccino, while there is more than two grams of fat in a small latte which is made with low fat milk compared to the skinny variety. Only 43 per cent of cafes in Canberra use skim milk while 57 per cent admit to using low fat milk instead . Low fat milk contains almost two grams more fat than skim milk in a small cappuccino . A survey of 30 cafes in Canberra conducted by the LiveLighter campaign has revealed that 'skinny' is not a standard industry term. Only 43 per cent of cafes in Canberra use skim milk in a 'skinny' beverage while 57 per cent admit to using low fat milk instead. And as many as 37 per cent of coffee shops surveyed don't make skim milk available to their customers. Some small changes you can make to your coffee order to help maintain a healthy weight: . Dietitian Nerida Volker, said the way coffee is consumed was a factor when thinking about watching your weight. 'While coffee itself is not is not high in kilojoules or fat, the way we drink it often is and people don't always consider their beverages in their daily nutrition intake,' she said. 'If you drink a large latte made from full cream milk it could contain 1,100 kilojoules and 13 grams of fat. 'If you consume two or three a day it could contribute to an expanding waistline.' A large latte with low fat milk has four more grams of fat than one with skim milk while a large skinny cappuccino has 3.5 grams less than a low fat version. ACT Heart Foundation CEO Tony Stubbs said it's all about making small changes to your lifestyle maintaining a healthy weight. 'When you eat or drink more kilojoules than you need to, fat doesn't just build up around your waist. Toxic fat can build up around your vital organs, increasing your risk of heart disease,' he said. But don't give up your beloved coffee just yet - it's all about being smart in the way you order. 'So choose a good quality coffee, make it small and ask for low fat or skim milk. And importantly take the time to sit down and enjoy it,' Ms Volker said. More than two grams of fat is in a small latte which is made with low fat milk compared to the skinny variety . Health conscious coffee lovers who order skinny milk may not be getting what they ask for as a survey reveals more than half of cafes serve up low fat instead to customers . As many as 30 cafes in Canberra have revealed 'skinny' is not a standard industry term ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Survey reveals more than half of cafes serve low fat milk instead of skim .\nThirty Canberra cafes revealed 'skinny' is not a standard industry term .\nOnly 43 per cent of cafes use skim milk while 57 per cent use low fat milk .\nLow fat milk contains almost two grams more fat than skim milk in a small cappuccino .\nWhile there is more than two grams of fat in a small latte which is made with low fat milk compared to the skinny variety ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The remains of a baby woolly rhinoceros, which still has its fleece, has been discovered in the ice of Siberia. Named Sasha, the extinct creature - which must be at least 10,000 years old and is the first juvenile woolly rhino to be found - was well preserved by permafrost and experts are hopeful of extracting its DNA. A local hunter found the infant woolly rhino in a ravine by a stream in Russia's largest and coldest region, the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, in September. Scroll down for video . As if he was sleeping: The remains of a baby woolly rhinoceros, (pictured) who has been named Sasha and still has its wool, has been discovered in the ice of Siberia. It is the first juvenile of the species to be found . Initially, he thought the carcass was a reindeer, until he saw the horn growths and realised he had made the historic discovery of the world's first baby woolly rhino. ‘The age of the calf when it died has yet to be established, but scientists estimate it to be about 18 months old,’ The Siberian Times reported. ‘Precise tests will be conducted to ascertain when Sasha died, with the results likely in six months. ‘The creature's wool is well preserved, and an ear, one eye, its nostrils, and mouth are clearly visible. The age of the calf when it died has yet to be established, but scientists estimate it to be about 18 months old. The animal's lower half is missing as it was sticking out of the permafrost and was eaten by wild animals . A local hunter found the infant woolly rhino in a ravine by a stream in Russia's largest and coldest region, the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, in September. The region and its capital city is shown . Ancient beast:Based on skeletons and cave paintings, scientists believe that adult woolly rhinos (illustrated) were up to 13ft (4 metres) long . The woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and northern Asia during the Pleistocene epoch and survived the last glacial period. The last of the species is thought to have died out around 10,000 years ago. In the Pleistocene epoch, the woolly rhino roamed across Europe and Asia from Scotland and Spain in the west, to South Korea in the east. It was well adapted to its environment, with stocky limbs and a thick woolly fleece to suit the icy tundra. Previous studies using DNA from the ancient creatures have found that its closest modern relative is the Sumatran rhino. Based on skeletons and cave paintings, scientists believe that adult woolly rhinos were up to 13ft (4metres) long and weighed as much as 4,400lbs (2,000kg). The two horns on the skull were made of keratin - the longest being 24 inches (61cm) - and the woolly rhinoceros used them for defensive purposes and to attract mates, but spent most of its time grazing on grasses. The reason for their extinction around 10,000 years ago is not fully understood, but like woolly mammoths, they may have been over-hunted by early man and affected by the receding Ice Age and the spread of disease. ‘The remnants of two horns were found on the carcass.’ Albert Protopopov, Head of the Mammoth Fauna Department, of the Sakha Republic Academy of Science, said: ‘The find is absolutely unique. ‘We can count a number of adult woolly rhinos found around the world on fingers of one hand. A baby rhino was never found before. ‘There was only one case in the 21st century when we found a frozen carcass of a grown up woolly rhino in Yakutia. It was in 2007 in Kolyma. ‘In the 20th century there were carcasses of woolly mammoths found in Verkhoyansky and Vilyuisky districts, but they were mummified and therefore not usable for studies.’ The animal's wool is well preserved, and an ear, one eye, its nostrils, and mouth are clearly visible (pictured). Albert Protopopov, of the Sakha Republic Academy of Science, said: 'We can count a number of adult woolly rhinos found around the world on fingers of one hand. A baby rhino was never found before' In the Pleistocene epoch the woolly rhino roamed across Europe and Asia from Scotland and Spain in the west, to South Korea in the east. A stock image is shown. The reason for their extinction around 10,000 years ago is not fully understood, but like woolly mammoths, they may have been over-hunted by early man and affected by the receding Ice Age and the spread of disease . Until now, scientists had no evidence of baby woolly rhinos, but now they have a skull and head, soft tissues and well preserved teeth to learn more about the prehistoric animal. Here, the baby rhino's foot and leg is shown. Scientists hope to extract DNA from the remains . Previous studies using DNA from the ancient creatures have found that its closest modern relative is the Sumatran rhino (pictured) He added: ‘Even to find a skull of a baby rhino is very lucky indeed. ‘The possible explanation to it is that rhinos bred very slowly. Mothers protected baby rhinos really well, so that cases of successful attacks on them were extremely rare and the mortality rate was very low.’ Woolly rhinos are less studied than mammoths. Dr Protopopov said: ‘We are hoping Sasha the rhino will give us a lot of answers to questions of how they grew and developed, what conditions they lived in, and which of the modern day animals is the closest to them. ‘We know nothing about baby rhinos, while the morphology of adults is better known.’ ‘So far we didn't have a chance to work even with a tooth of a baby rhino, and now we have the whole skull, the head, soft tissues, and well preserved teeth.’ Scientists will first try to extract DNA from the remains, which was kept frozen to increase the chances of this being possible. They hope to get results in a ‘week or two’. The calf’s remains weigh 132lbs (60kg) and were found by Alexander Banderov, a hunter and businessman from Abyysky district. ‘There was only one case in the 21st century when we found a frozen carcass of a grown up woolly rhino in Yakutia. It was in 2007 in Kolyma,' said Dr Protopopov. An image of Kolyma's frozen body is shown . It was named after him - Russians use Sasha as a short name for Alexander. Mr Banderov and his friend Semen Ivanov were sailing past a ravine and noticed hair ‘hanging on top of it’. He explained: ‘At first we thought it was a reindeer's carcass, but after it thawed and fell down we saw a horn on its upper jaw and realised it must be a rhino. ‘The part of the carcass that stuck out of the ice was eaten by wild animals, but the rest of it was inside the permafrost and preserved well. ‘We immediately got in touch with Mammoth Fauna Department of the Yakutian Academy of Sciences.’ In the Pleistocene epoch the woolly rhino roamed across Europe and Asia from Scotland and Spain in the west, to South Korea in the east. The reason for their extinction around 10,000 years ago is not fully understood, but like woolly mammoths, they may have been over-hunted by early man and affected by the receding Ice Age and the spread of disease." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Baby woolly mammoth, named Sasha, was found in Siberian ice by hunters in the Sakha Republic .\nFirst juvenile to be found, possibly because infant mortality rate was low and the animals bred slowly .\nSasha's wool, an ear, one eye, its nostrils, and mouth are well preserved and scientists will first try to extract DNA .\nThe reason for the woolly rhino's extinction is not fully understood, but like woolly mammoths, they may have been over-hunted by early man and affected by the receding Ice Age and the spread of disease ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The widow of 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle today posted a touching tribute to her slain husband as she praised the jury for finding his killer guilty. 'God Bless the Jury And good people of Stephenville, Texas!!' Taya Kyle wrote on Facebook on Wednesday morning, just hours after the jury found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of murder. 'Chris, you are the love of my life. You live on in my heart. You always will. I hope we all live lives that make you proud. And babe, Rest assured you don't need a fancy resting place - you live on... Safe In the hearts you left behind.' Taya had not been in the court for the guilty verdict on Tuesday evening; she had stormed out of the courtroom and slammed the door as the defense gave their closing arguments, according to Fox. Scroll down for video . Loved: Taya Kyle, pictured with her husband Chris, paid tribute to him in an emotional Facebook post on Wednesday morning, just hours after a Texas jury found his killer guilty of murder . Tribute: She also shared this image to Facebook, writing: 'What a poetic morning when the snow is melting and the winter is thawing out promising a new day' before praising the jury in Stephenville, Texas . The Facebook post is the first time she has spoken publicly about the jury's decision. Routh, 27, was emotionless as the jury read their verdict on Tuesday night: that he had not been insane when he opened fire on Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield in February 2013. They had taken him to a shooting range to help him settle back into society after he left the Marines. After the verdict, Littlefield's brother-in-law, Jerry Richardson, turned to Routh and said: 'You took the lives of two heroes, men that tried to be a friend to you. You became an American disgrace.' As the Littlefield family also spoke out on the Today show on Wednesday morning, jurors stepped forward to say they had 'no doubt' that Routh knew what he was doing at the time of the murders. The verdict came as interest in Kyle's career as the U.S. military's deadliest-ever sniper reached fever pitch thanks to Oscar-nominated film about his life, 'American Sniper'. Heartbroken: The strain showed on Taya's face ahead of the guilty verdict on Tuesday evening . Guilty: Eddie Ray Routh, 27, was convicted of capital murder by a jury in Texas after just two hours of deliberations on Tuesday evening and has been sentenced to life in prison without parole . Ahead of the trial, Routh's lawyers had argued that the popularity of the movie, which grossed $300 million at the box office, would mean he could not get a fair trial. And speaking on Good Morning America on Wednesday, the jurors admitted some of them had seen the movie - but insisted they had put that out of their minds when making their decision. 'It gave me a better outlook on Chris' role as a Marine,' one of the jurors, Barrett Hutchinson, said. 'But as far as the actions that took place on February 2, Chad was still in the picture and Chad was not in that movie. 'I took the fact that Chris was a marine out of my mind and looked at him as a person, looked at Chad as a person, looked at Eddie as a person and, you know, tried to make reasonable judgment.' Also on Wednesday, Chad Littlefield's family spoke out about the verdict. 'It was an answered prayer,' Judy Littlefield told the Today show. 'We've waited a long time to hear that. We feel justice has been served.' Relief: The parents of victim Chad Littlefield, Judy and Don Littlefield, pictured right, and his brother-in-law Jerry Richardson, left, said the guilty verdict for his killer 'was an answered prayer' Beloved: Chad Littlefield, pictured above left and right, was not a veteran but was committed to helping them when they returned from overseas, his parents said. He was shot dead by Routh in February 2013 . Routh's brother-in-law added that he never once believed Routh had been insane. Routh's attorneys had tried to prove he was in a psychotic state at the time of the killings. 'It was all an act,' Jerry Richardson said. 'I taught him in high school and... that's just the way he was. He never grew up. He was still just opposite defiant, and he had nothing wrong in the mind except for the drug use.' Chad's father Don remembered his son as a 'quiet man' and 'a good listener' who met Kyle at their children's soccer practices. The two men shared an interest in working out and helping veterans, Don said. Chad himself was not a veteran but wanted to help others. 'Chris served overseas and Chad served when they came back,' Mrs Littlefield explained. Mr Littlefield added: 'His motto was pass it forward.' Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, testified in the trial but has not spoken out since the verdict. She was seen in the courtroom on Tuesday but did not return when the decision was read. Fair trial? Jury members also spoke out on Wednesday and said they had 'no doubt' Routh was guilty - but they also admitted that some of them had seen the 'American Sniper' movie ahead of the trial . Chris Kyle's brother and parents were seen hugging and crying inside the courtroom after the verdict, but they did not issue a statement. As prosecutors decided not to pursue the death penalty, the only possible sentence for Routh was life in prison - with no chance of parole. Kyle and Littlefield had taken Routh to the shooting range at Rough Creek Lodge and Resort on February 2, 2013, after Routh's mother asked Kyle to help her troubled son. Family members say Routh suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from serving in Iraq and in Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Defense attorneys noted that Kyle had described Routh as 'straight-up nuts' in a text message to Littlefield as they drove to the luxury resort and asked Littlefield to watch his back. While at the shooting range, Routh first opened fire on Littlefield, then turned on Kyle, whom he shot six times. He later said he was 'riled up' because Littlefield wasn't joining in with the shooting, then murdered Kyle too because he knew he would kill him. Psychiatrists for the defense also claimed Routh believed the men were human-pig hybrids who were going to assassinate him. Families: Deby Kyle, Chris Kyle's mother (right) is seen leaving the courtroom after the verdict, alongside Judy and Don Littlefield (left), whose son Chris was killed at the same time . After shooting the men dead, he fled in Kyle's pickup truck, drove to see family members and even stopped at Taco Bell. He was eventually arrested after a police chase and later confessed to the crime on video, which was played to the jury. Among evidence entered by prosecutors was a recorded phone call between Routh and a reporter in which Routh said he was annoyed Littlefield wasn't shooting. 'Are you gonna shoot? Are you gonna shoot? It's a shooting sport. You shoot,' Routh said in the phone call. 'That's what got me all riled up.' Routh's friends and family testified that his behavior in the weeks before the shootings was increasingly erratic and that 'he did not seem all there' after gunning down the two men. Routh, who served with the Marines in Iraq and Haiti, had been admitted to Veterans Affairs hospitals on multiple occasions after his service to treat mental illness. They said he was unable to care for himself, acted as if he believed that someone was going to hurt him and thought that the government was listening to him. Caught: Routh is pictured in the back of a police car after he fled the scene of the murder in Kyle's truck before he was eventually caught. He claimed he shot the two men because he feared they would kill him . This pistol, found in Kyle's truck, which Routh fled in, matched bullet fragments found in Littlefield's body . Confession: Routh, pictured hours after the killings, confessed to the shootings almost immediately . 'It was clear that he was psychotic,' Mitchell H. Dunn, a forensic psychiatrist for the defense, told the court on Thursday. 'There was no question about that.' But the jury rejected the claim after prosecutors contended Routh knew what he was doing and acted deliberately when he shot the two and then fled. They said any bizarre behavior was the result of Routh's reliance on marijuana. He had smoked the drug with his uncle the morning before the shootings. A prosecution expert, Dr. Michael Arambula, said Routh's actions do not meet the legal definition of insanity under state criminal law. 'Any time intoxication is present, the game is over,' Arambula testified. See below for video . Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy ." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Eddie Ray Routh, 27, was found guilty on Tuesday evening of murdering Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield at a shooting range in February 2013 .\nOn Wednesday, Taya Kyle wrote a moving tribute to her husband, saying: 'Chris, you are the love of my life. You live on in my heart'\nLittlefield's family also spoke out at their relief and said they knew Routh was not insane - as the defense had claimed .\nThere had been questions over whether Routh could get a fair trial following the release of 'American Sniper', the movie about Kyle's life .\nSome of the jurors admitted on Wednesday that they had seen the film but insisted they had put it out of their minds when making their decision ." } ]
[ { "from": "system", "value": "You are a summarization AI. Provide a succinct and relevant summary of the provided text." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The mother of a nine-month-old girl was left baffled when her daughter's day care provider sent a note home complaining that her baby was playing roughly with other children and then smiling about it. The handwritten letter was given to the mother, identified only as Vero, on February 13. It was later shared on a social media group for working mothers before being picked up by the parenting blog Babble. Babble writer and working mom Alice Gomstyn called out the author of the note for chastising the infant for being aggressive with her friends, and then demanding of her mother to do something to stop her roughhousing. Complaint: This handwritten note was given to the mother, identified only as Vero, on February 13, chastising her infant Samantha for being aggressive and rough with her friends. According to the controversial missive, Vero's 9-month-old daughter named Samantha 'has been playing roughly and aggressively’ with the other babies in the group. The author of the note goes on to say that after sowing mischief around her and leaving her friends upset and in tears, little Samantha 'is smiling and enjoying herself.' Samantha also was apparently not impressed when workers at the day care center told her in their 'firm voices' that it was not acceptable to hurt others and gave her a time out. Instead of learning her lesson, according to the note, the naughty 9-month-old broke into a smile and went 'right back' to the play area. The letter concludes with a plea to the child's parents asking them to help change her behavior. 'Can you help us out by maybe discouraging her to not play roughly with her friends and her dog [?]' According to Gomstyn's blog post about the letter, Samantha's mother was angered by the day care's suggestion that her daughter was somehow consciously drawing pleasure from hurting others. Dr Adelle Cadieux, a psychologist at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospitals in Grand Rapids, Michigan, told Gomstyn that children Samantha's age go through a phase where they are excited to see the effects their actions cause, and they cannot yet recognize that what they are doing maybe be hurtful to others. Research also shows that it is normal for children between the ages of 6-8 months to begin behaving in an aggressive manner because they are eager to express themselves but are not yet verbal. The child development expert noted that telling a mother her baby's is being aggressive is at the very least unhelpful because as far as advice goes, it is too vague. ‘Saying, “I’m concerned about your child because I’m observing something different,” is a great way to begin a conversation as opposed to, “Hey, your kid’s being aggressive and you need to do something about it,”’ she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Note was sent to a mother named Vero complaining about her daughter Samantha's behavior .\nDay care staff wrote the baby would be 'smiling and enjoying' herself after leaving her friends upset and in tears .\nLetter concluded with a plea to Samantha's parents to help discourage her from playing roughly with others ." } ]

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