Sunday, September 28, 2014
Whistle blower Snowden awarded Swedish alternative Nobel
Edward Snowden has been declared one of the winners of a Swedish human rights award for his disclosures of top secret government surveillance programmes, Al Jazeera reports.
The former National Security Agency contractor on Wednesday split the honorary portion of the 2014 Right Livelihood Award, also referred to as the “alternative Nobel” with Alan Rusbridger, editor of British newspaper The Guardian, which has published a series of articles based on documents leaked by Snowden.
The 1.5m kronor ($210,000) cash award was also shared by Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and US environmentalist Bill McKibben.
Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honours efforts that prize founder Jacob von Uexkull felt were being ignored by the Nobel Prizes.
Foundation director Ole von Uexkull – the award creator’s nephew – said all winners have been invited to the December 1 award ceremony in Stockholm, though he added it’s unclear whether Snowden can attend.
“We will start discussions with the Swedish government and his lawyers in due course to discuss the potential arrangements for his participation,” von Uexkull told the AP news agency.
Canadian Islamic State Fighter Warns Of Possible Attack In NYC
A twentysomething Islamic State (IS) fighter from Calgary who was reported dead is alive and well and says that fellow combatants are planning an attack in New York.
In an interview with Vice News founder Shane Smith, Farah Mohamed Shirdon said IS has as many as 10,000 to 15,000 fighters with ambitions well beyond the Middle East.
"Inshallah [God willing] we'll make some attacks in New York soon with Allah's permission," he said. "A lot of brothers are mobilizing there right now, in the West."
"What are they mobilizing for?" Smith asked.
"Mobilizing for a brilliant attack, my friend," he responded.
Shirdon outlined Islamic State's intentions to fly its flag over the White House, to turn infidels' children into slaves, and to "crucify Benjamin Netanyahu for his war crimes."
"That's maybe, maybe when we still stop," Shirdon said.
Newly Wedded, George Clooney & Amal Alamuddin Step Out in Venice, Italy
The groom wore a black tuxedo by good friend and luxury designer Giorgio Armani, who dresses Clooney for big events including the Oscars and the Met Gala. The pair stepped out together for the first time as a couple today Sunday 28th September 2014 in Venice. George wore a grey suit, while his wife glowed in a Giambattista Valli Couture piece.
North West Gets Her Own Front Row Seat at Givenchy Fashion Show, Paris
Kim and Kanye's daughter North West gets her very own front seat at the Givenchy show at Paris Fashion Week this evening. Royalty! Meanwhile Kim K stepped out in see-through pants with embellished lace.
Wow! 3D printer replicates complete car body in 44 hour
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| Using thermoplastic and carbon fibre, a 3D printer created the complete body an electric car. |
As far as printing jobs go, this one was on the long side — about 44 hours.
But that’s understandable, because the printer wasn’t just spitting out an English essay or directions from MapQuest. It was a very large 3D printer, and it made a car.
Well, not a complete car, but the complete body of a car. And a completely useable one, too. In fact, it’s already moving under its own (electrical) power.
It is the brainchild of Local Motors, a design firm based in Arizona. To prove the point that building 3D cars is both fast and requires considerably fewer parts than a conventional vehicle, Local Motors decided to print the car body, and then attach the 50 or so parts needed to make it run — all in front of a trade-show crowd at the recent International Technology Show in Chicago.
Petronas Threatens To Pull Out Of $10 Billion B.C. Project
Premier Christy Clark says a threat by Petronas to quit a proposed liquefied natural gas project is just part of negotiations over the province's tax take, but experts say the Malaysian firm's message should be cause for worry.
The Financial Times quotes Petronas chief executive Shamsul Abbas as saying he's ready to call off the $10-billion project to be built near Prince Rupert, B.C., amid a delayed regulatory approval process, plans by the provincial government to impose an LNG tax and a "lack of appropriate incentives."
"Rather than ensuring the development of the LNG industry through appropriate incentives and assurance of legal and fiscal stability, the Canadian landscape of LNG development is now one of uncertainty, delay and short vision," Abbas told the newspaper.
Ebola Update: 1.4 million People Could Be Affected By January – WHO
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| Director-General, World Health Organisation, Margaret Chan |
New estimates by the World Health Organisation and the United States health agency are warning that the number of Ebola cases could rise up to 1.4 million people in Sierria Leone and Liberia by mid-January 2015, unless efforts to curb the outbreak improved significantly.
In its new analysis on Tuesday, the WHO said Ebola cases had been rising and warned that the disease could sicken people for years to come without better control measures.
The WHO’s calculations are based on reported cases only, according to theAssociated Press reports
The UN health agency said the true death toll for Liberia, the outbreak’s hardest-hit nation might never be known since many bodies of Ebola victims in a crowded slum in the capital city, Monrovia, were simply thrown into nearby rivers.
Since the first cases were reported six months ago, the tally of cases in West Africa has reached an estimated 5,800 illnesses and over 2,800 deaths, but the WHO warned that tallies of recorded cases and deaths were likely to be gross underestimates of the toll that the killer virus was wreaking.
Canadian toy stores running short of Lego supply
When parents of Lego-loving children head out to do their Christmas shopping this year, they may have to skip independent toy stores.
Toy suppliers say the booming popularity of The Lego Movie has led to a product shortage.
To address the shortfall, Lego has cut off supplies to independent Canadian children’s stores until 2015, according to some toy retailers.
The business, which recently overtook Barbie maker Mattel as the largest toy company in the world, confirmed that “consumer demand for Lego products has been stronger and earlier this year than ever before” and said it had “shipped more Lego stock to all of our retailers across Canada than in previous years at this same time.”
The company’s spokesperson, Michael McNally, did not say what measures, if any, have been taken to deal with the demand this year, but independent toy store owners say Lego has left many small retailers scrambling for stock ahead of the Christmas rush.
Random Surfing | Kanye Grabs Kim K's Massive Butt
Grizzly Bear Blocks Canada Post Delivery in B.C.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night can stop your average mail carrier, but bears are a different story.
Vancouver-area resident Matthew Thane came home Tuesday to find an unusual note from Canada Post stuck to his mailbox. According to the notice, his package was unable to be delivered due to a “bear at door.”
WTF! Airport Worker Stole $150k Diamond Ring And Traded It For $20 Bag of Weed
According to prosecutors (the case is currently in court), Walter had been working for UPS at the Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona when he allegedly swiped a package and hid it under his shirt while loading cargo onto a plane.
Prosecutors said he thought the parcel contained cash but instead found a diamond ring. Of course he didn't know the value of the ring, so he took it a marijuana dealer and bought himself $20 worth of wee in exchange for the ring. The stolen item was traced back to him and he eventually confessed. He was immediately sacked by UPS and arrested for theft.
Fortunately he was able to tell UPS and police who he sold the Diamond ring to. The ring was recovered and delivered to the intended customer while Walter is facing theft charges
More Lovely Photo from George Clooney and Amal's Wedding
After years of refusing to marry (he was first married from 1989-1993), George Clooney, 53, has finally found his soul-mate in British lawyer, Amal Alamuddin. The two were married yesterday in a private ceremony in Venice, Italy with many Hollywood celebs including Bono, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Krasinki, Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, Bill Murray, Anna Wintour, in attendance.
ISIS Mission: Canada Military To Deploy CF-18 Jets To Join US -led Strikes
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| Canadian Forces CF-18 fighter jets may join a U.S.-led effort against ISIS militants. (Cpl Pierre Habib/Canadian Armed Forces/Reuters) |
The federal cabinet will meet next week to discuss deploying Canada's CF-18 fighter jets to join a U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, CBC News has learned.
Sources tell CBC News U.S. President Barack Obama brought the idea of an air war conducted by an international coalition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in August and asked for Canada 's support.
Harper agreed to send military advisers to Iraq to scope out what Canada could offer. Canada has deployed 69 special forces advisers in Iraq to date.
Alibaba founder: From KFC-reject to world's 70th richest man
From KFC-reject to world's 70th richest man: Alibaba founder who was inspired by Forrest Gump is now worth $14bn after flotation and has made his employees rich
- Jack Ma, 50, founded web giant Alibaba from his tiny flat in China
- First saw the internet on a 1995 trip to Silicon Valley and was inspired
- At a low ebb he was rejected for a job at KFC in Hangzhou
- Today Alibaba floated on the New York Stock exchange in record IPO
- Speaking from the trading floor, Ma revealed admiration for Forrest Gump
- Said he watches Tom Hanks film in times of trouble to cheer him up
- Ma is now estimated to have a fortune of $14billion
After his company's record-breaking entry into the U.S. stock market today, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has made it into the world's 100 richest men.
But before his stratospheric rise to wealth and power at the head of his company, an internet giant which dominates the Chinese online economy, Ma couldn't even make it into a chicken shop.
The 50-year-old entrepreneur who founded Alibaba with a group of 17 friends in 1999, had humble roots in the city of Hangzhou, eastern China, where he taught English in a local school.
But, hoping to better his lot in the early 1990s he applied, and was turned down for, a slew of other jobs, including with a KFC in the city.
About 70,000 of Syrian Kurds Flee ISIL
Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey over the past two days, fleeing an advance by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), who have seized dozens of villages close to the border, the UN's refugee agency says.
By Sunday, more than 70,000 refugees had crossed the border, said the UNHCR.
Meanwhile, Kurdish forces in Turkey issued a new call to arms to defend a border town in northern Syria from advancing ISIL fighters.
"There was bombing all around us. We were in the city and ISIL attacked us, and we ran away. We all left there in a hurry," said Feride Ibrahim, a Syrian refugee.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Lovely! Bill and Hilary Clinton Welcomes Granddaughter
Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary became first time grand parents on September 26th after their only child Chelsea gave birth. The baby has been named Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky
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| Chelsea and Marc Mezvinsky got married in 2010. |
Total Fuckery! British reality star Bobby Norris wears ballbag swimwear.
Oh dear!
A few months ago, Towie Star Bobby Norris and his former bofriend shocked millions of people when they went to the beach in a schlong or mankini. If you thought that was bad, then you should see what he wore to the beach during filming of his show in Ibiza this week. He's pretty much naked except for the silver thing attached to his manhood. He calls it the ball bag swimwear.
New Reports: Jason Derulo didn't just cheat, he got another girl pregnant
"The relationship between pop stars Jason DeRulo and Jordin Sparks seemed to be so clean, so pure, and so beautiful. But MediaTakeOut.com is learning more and more about the shady ish that Jason was doing behind Jordin's back.
As we explained yesterday, Jason was cheating on Jordin with popular model Carmen Ortega. But we just got some even more juicy info... he reportedly got her pregnant too.
Carmen attended a red carpet event yesterday in Los Angeles - and she was clearly pregnant. (pic above). Now it's clear why Jordin decided to call it quits on her three year relationship
Caption This | Kim K's Butt Though... **Cough**
Wow! Chinese Woman Aims at World Record with 4.82km Dress Train
Chinese couple Jing Mei and her groom Yuan came up with the idea to break a world record with her wedding dress and now they’ve brought the dream to life!
The dress cost about $7500 and has a 3 mile long train (about 5 kilometres). It weighs 50kg and will require about 40 bridesmaids to carry it on their wedding day.
The couple had this to say,
Canadian Businessman Sentenced to 15 years in Cuba For Fraud
A Canadian company says its president has been sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison on corruption-related charges that Cuban officials call part of a widespread campaign against graft.The Ontario-based automotive company Tokmakjian Group says its lawyers were notified Friday that Cy Tokmakjian was convicted and sentenced on a variety of charges.
Company vice-president Lee Hacker tells The Associated Press that firm managers Claudio Vetere and Marco Puche got shorter sentences.
Cuban officials have provided few details about the case.
But dozens of Cuban executives and government officials and a series of foreigners have been swept up in what is described as an attack on a culture of payoffs by foreigners.
The arrests sent a chill through international business people investing in Cuba
AP
ExcuseMe! Ciara Returns $500K Engagement Ring to Future
We all ‘ooh’-ed and ‘ahh’-ed when Ciara showed off her 15 carat engagement ring!
Now amidst allegations of cheating, Page Six reports that the singer returned the ring to the father of her only child, who she gave his stage name, ‘Future’.
Baby Future is Future’s 4th child, and Ciara is the 4th woman to have a baby for him.
“Friends of Ciara, who’s working on another album, tell us she’s “definitely not getting back together” with the rapper, and is focused on being a mom to their son, Future Jr.”
Hmm…Would you give back your engagement ring (and other gifts) if things don’t work out?
Gossip! Stripper is claiming Chris Brown is the father of her 3 year old son
The 32 year old woman, who used to work at popular club Doa, filed paperwork at Fulton County Court in Atlanta this week against Chris asking a judge to mandate him to take a paternity test. Chris has so far not reacted to the allegation...
Unbelievable! 'Dead' woman heard screaming from inside coffin after being buried alive
As they grabbed tools and anything they could find, they rushed to dig the grave up again after the woman woke up to find herself buried alive in a coffin.
But tragically, the un-named woman died before her would-be rescuers could reach her inside the plot at a cemetery near Greece’s Thessaloniki.
Now police are probing why the woman was pronounced dead by doctors treating her for cancer, only to be found alive.
Her grieving family arranged her funeral at the graveyard in Peraia, a small town 16 miles south of Thessaloniki, Greece’s main city in the north.
Meet The Woman Who Broke-up Jason Derulo And Jordin Spark
Yesterday news broke that Jsoan Derulo and Jordin Sparks broke up and we have the exclusive details on why. According to a source, Jason has been carrying on with a beautiful young model named Carmen Ortega. Our snitch tells us that Carmen was Jason's side chick for months - but broke it off with Jason - because she wanted something more from him. The insider explained, "Carmen didn't even know about Jordin, and when she found out how serious she and Jason were, she broke it off. . . . Jason would lie to her and say that his relationship with Jordin was just for Hollywood."
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