A shocking video allegedly shows Court-at-Law judge William Adams from Aransas County, Texas, viciously beating his disabled 16-year-old daughter, who suffers from cerebral palsy, after catching her playing computer games.
Judge William Adams is seen repeatedly striking the girl using a leather belt as she whimpers in agony.
After the judge delivers around 10 powerful strikes across his daughter legs and backside, his wife then grabs the belt from him to takeover, whereupon he walks out only to return moments later with another belt so he can continue the beating.
As his daughter begs him to stop judge William Adams can be heard snarling: “Bend over the F***ing bed.
“Lay down or I’ll spank you in the F***ing face.”
The horrific video appears to have been captured on a webcam and is said to date from 2004.
A shocking video allegedly shows Court-at-Law judge William Adams from Aransas County, Texas, viciously beating his disabled 16-year-old daughter, who suffers from cerebral palsy, after catching her playing computer games
The footage was uploaded onto the Reddit website late last month by a person claiming to be the victim – judge William Adams’ daughter, Hillary.
Hillary is said to have suffered from ataxic cerebral palsy from birth and has a passion for technology. The girl is believed to have illegally downloaded the video game as well as music.
Hillary writes that she’d decided to post the footage – which she’d been “holding onto until the right time” – after receiving “a barrage of harassment” in a phone call from her father.
The title reads: “Family law judge beats own daughter for using the internet, please spread”.
In total the girl receives 20 hard lashes from judge William Adams and one from her mother.
The mother screams: “You turn over like a 16-year-old and take it like a grown woman.”
As the girl lies crying on her bed he shouts: “Do you want to put some more computer games on?
“Are you happy disobeying your parents?
“If I hear so much as you raising your f***ing voice to me or your mother with the wrong tone or do one little thing or you look at me f***ing wrong, I’m going to wear your f***ing a** out with this belt.”
Although it has not been confirmed that the man shown is Judge William Adams, several people have posted comments below the video claiming it is definitely him.
One post from a J. Andre Bardin, who claims to be one of Hillary’s friends, reads: “I know in the article you say you cannot confirm the man in the video is him, but I can. It’s him.
“That’s his voice, that’s his mannerisms, and that is his house.”
Although it has not been confirmed that the man shown is Judge William Adams, several people have posted comments below the video claiming it is definitely him
The woman, thought to be judge Adam’s wife, who is seen in the video delivering a single blow to her daughter, is said to have left the marriage after suffering emotional abuse.
The woman has apparently apologized for taking part in the beating and allowing it to happen.
Hugh Grant has become a father for the first time and welcomes a baby girl after his ex-girlfriend, Tinglan Hong gave birth following a “fleeting affair”.
The pregnancy was not planned and the child, who has not been named, is now five weeks old.
Hugh Grant, 51, is not believed to have been present at the birth but he is said to have spent around half an hour with her the following day before heading to Scotland to play in a golf tournament.
According to some reports, Tinglan Hong, 32, gave birth on the afternoon of September 26.
The baby was delivered at the private Portland Hospital in central London by caesarean section. It is believed the mother used the name “Sophie” Hong during her stay at the hospital.
Hugh Grant has become a father for the first time and welcomes a baby girl after his ex-girlfriend, Tinglan Hong gave birth following a "fleeting affair"
Hugh Grant – who previously dated Liz Hurley and Jemima Khan and has a reputation as a commitment-phobe – had a short-lived relationship with Tinglan Hong, who is Chinese and said to be an actress.
Hugh Grant and Tinglan Hong are no longer together and last night actor’ spokesman said:
“I can confirm that Hugh Grant is the delighted father of a baby girl. He and the mother had a fleeting affair and while this was not planned, Hugh could not be happier or more supportive.
“He and the mother have discussed everything and are on very friendly terms.”
However, the identity of the mother was not disclosed in the statement, nor were details of the couple’s relationship.
A heavily pregnant Tinglan Hong was photographed strolling in London in September
Tinglan Hong – who had been living in Merton, south London – is said to have moved close to Grant’s £3 million home in Fulham, south-west London. According to Westminster Register Office, the birth had still not been registered yesterday. Legally, it has to be registered by next Monday.
Hugh Grant and Tinglan Hong met last year and began dating in January. Their relationship is said to have petered out soon after she fell pregnant.
In September, a heavily pregnant Tinglan Hong was photographed strolling in London in a baggy pink and white top and a cream cardigan.
On the day that Tinglan Hong gave birth, Hugh Grant – who rose to fame in Four Weddings And A Funeral and is estimated to be worth £40 million – was at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Hugh Grant and Tinglan Hong met last year and began dating in January
Hugh Grant even posed for a photograph with deputy leader Harriet Harman after she congratulated him for “bravely speaking out” about the phone-hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News Of The World.
Following his trip to see the child, Hugh Grant headed to Scotland. On September 28, the actor teed off alongside professional David Howell at annual celebrity golf tournament The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
It was the same event at which Liz Hurley announced her engagement to cricketer Shane Warne, who proposed over dinner.
Hugh Grant spent four days at the event, although his involvement in the tournament ended after three rounds.
Some questioned actor’s decision to go to the tournament so soon after the birth.
One source close to Hugh Grant was reported to have told a U.S. website last night:
“He’s going to be a great dad! He’s beaming about his daughter. He’s not with the mum any more but he’s absolutely thrilled.”
On September 23, three days before the birth, Hugh Grant seemingly hinted at his impending fatherhood when he tweeted:
“Recently, in my life, everything is beautiful! I’m happy.”
Four years ago Hugh Grant told glossy magazine Vogue he was ready to be a father, saying: “As much as I adore myself, I’m quite keen to find someone else to care about more. I remember reading a Warren Beatty quote when he finally had children and said “what a relief it was not to be all me, me, me.”
In 2010, Hugh Grant told a Spanish TV show: “I have some resolutions like losing some pounds. I also need to get married and have children. I need a new house.”
And in September 2010, the actor said he “should settle down” and that he wished he had children.
Hugh Grant also revealed he was attracted to Chinese women after a visit to the country in 2010, where he had “fallen in love four times” in 24 hours.
Hugh Grant – who has never married – has starred in films including About A Boy and Notting Hill.
In 1995, Hugh Grant starred alongside Julianne Moore in the film Nine Months, which told the story of a commitment-phobe who finds out his long-term girlfriend is pregnant.
Hugh Grant dated Elizabeth Hurley, now 46, for 13 years before they split in 2000, five years after he was caught cheating with Hollywood prostitute Divine Brown.
Hugh Grant and socialite Jemima Khan, now 37, then dated for three years from 2004.
According to Chris Matthews’ book, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, JFK stole what was to become the best known quote of his 1961 inaugural address – “Ask not…” – from his old headmaster.
JFK enraged his former classmates by plagiarizing the line “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”, which they had heard “time and time again” in a similar form at school.
While JFK‘s presidential rival Richard Nixon became infamous for his dirty tricks, the book claims Kennedy was not above playing some of his own.
In the pivotal televised debate of the 1960 U.S. election, JFK demanded a ban on candidates wearing make-up – then applied some anyway.
It meant John F. Kennedy appeared tanned and natural, while Richard Nixon, his Republican opponent, looked haggard and sweaty, almost derailing his campaign.
U.S. author Chris Matthews makes the claims in Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero. The author unearthed notes written by George St John, the President’s former headmaster at Choate School in Connecticut, which suggest he had been aware of the “ask not” line for many years.
George St John’s notes quote a Harvard College dean’s refrain: “As has often been said, the youth who loves his Alma Mater will always ask not <<what can she do for me?>> but <<what can I do for her?>>”
JFK enraged his former classmates by plagiarizing the line "ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country", which they had heard "time and time again" in a similar form at school
Chris Matthews’ book also includes a reply to a questionnaire about JFK’s time at the school, sent to his former classmates when he was President. One of the students wrote: “I boil every time I read or hear the <<Ask not… etc.>> exhortation as being original with Jack.
“Time and time again we all heard [the headmaster] say that to the whole Choate family.”
JFK’ speech, delivered at his inauguration on Capitol Hill on January 20, 1961, was not, it seems, the first time he had resorted to underhand tactics.
Chris Matthews claims in the book that JFK gave himself an unfair advantage when he squared off against Richard Nixon in the first of four televised “Great Debates” on September 26, 1960, the first time such an event had taken place in America.
While JFK was charismatic and seemed at ease, Richard Nixon appeared shifty and blended into the background because of his grey suit.
According to Chris Matthews' book, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, JFK stole what was to become the best known quote of his 1961 inaugural address - "Ask not..." - from his old headmaster
According to the author, JFK had a helping hand, as his camp had insisted there was a ban on make-up, but then did not follow their own rules. Richard Nixon’s did, with disastrous consequences.
When Richard Nixon’ sweating started to become apparent and his staff secretly turned down the thermostat in the studio, JFK’s team quietly put it back up.
For the 70 million viewers watching at home – for whom it was the first chance to see both candidates – the contrast was striking.
History tells us that JFK won the debate, but some studies have found that those who heard the debate on the radio actually preferred Richard Nixon.
In the end, appearance triumphed over substance and JFK won the election. He went on to serve as president until 1963, when he was assassinated.
Richard Nixon had to wait until 1969 to enter the White House, remaining President until 1974, when he was forced to resign over the Watergate scandal.
The extraordinary revelation is sure to raise eyebrows among historians when Chris Matthews’ book is published this week.
The “Ask not…” speech has long been thought to have written with the input o JFK’s poetic speechwriter Theodore C. Sorensen.
Theodore C. Sorensen, who died in 2010, helped idealize and immortalize the JFK’s tragically brief administration.
The speecwriter was best known for working with JFK on passages of soaring rhetoric, including the 1961 inaugural address, which also proclaimed that “the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans”.
But who wrote what has always been blurred – political historians say that John F. Kennedy and Theodore C. Sorensen were so inextricably linked that perhaps only they knew who scripted what parts of the speeches.
Theodore C. Sorensen, an adoring follower of JFK, never took credit for the president’s timeless phrases – saying that it was a totally collaborative effort.
What is certain is that of the many speeches Theodore C. Sorensen helped compose, JFK’s inaugural address shone the brightest.
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations includes four citations from the speech – about a seventh of the entire address, which built to the unforgettable “Ask not…” exhortation.
Much of the roughly 14-minute speech – the fourth-shortest inaugural address ever, but in the view of many experts rivalled only by Abraham Lincoln’s – was marked by similar sparkling phrase-making.
Theodore C. Sorensen said he drew inspiration for the speech from the Bible, from Abraham Lincoln – and from the rousing wartime speeches of British prime minister Winston Churchill.
Chris Matthews, 65, is a former presidential speechwriter for Jimmy Carter and press secretary for long-time Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tip O’Neill.
Chris Matthews’ book, Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero, published this week, is his sixth book.
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Highlights of JFK’s 1961 inaugural address
Frequently cited as one of the best speeches ever made, JFK’s 14-minute inauguration address in January 1961 was marked by sparkling phrase-making, including:    * “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”    * “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”    * “So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.”    * “Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.”    * “We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.”    * “And so, my fellow Americans – ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Buying a baby pushchair seems simple enough until you find out there are hundreds of models on the market.
In fact, there are so many options available that you will feel that you need to be an expert in order to make an informed decision. With these ideas to consider before making your pushchair or stroller purchase; you will be confident in your decision. Okay, our “secret” technique is going to be to shop for the most value we can get inside of a preset budget. Here are some things to think about as you are making these decisions.
You can add as many options as you wish but, will you use them?
Do you truly need a stroller with a cup holder? Some strollers and pushchairs are made with built-in toys – some babies play with them some don’t. What about the ability to play music? These are all extra things to consider when making your decision. Sometimes a few of these options are logical and can be very helpful; for example, if you take your baby out and walk for long distances then you will need some form of entertainment and a stroller that has a sturdier frame. You won’t need all of the “bells and whistles” if you aren’t going to use your stroller very often and only do a minimal amount of walking. Why would I choose option A over option B? These questions will help you make a better buying decision.
Durability and flexibility are big concerns if you want a pushchair that your child can use for years. If you want to buy different sized strollers for your growing child you can, but it isn’t necessary. You probably do not have enough money to buy an infant pushchair, a young baby pushchair and a toddler pushchair. A convertible pushchair will save you money and is just as good as the age specific models.
This will save you a lot of money in the long run-especially if the stroller you choose is sturdily built. For those of us who really like to get our money’s worth, you there exists pushchairs that can also be transformed into a child safety seat. If you have a newborn, you might consider buying a pushchair that will accommodate your baby’s sleeping habits. There are many pushchairs that are little more than mobile bassinets. This might seem cumbersome, but if your infant is not yet ready for sitting up, and you find yourself needing to travel during naptimes, this type of stroller and pushchair can be a life saver. There is also no harm in letting your baby spend all their naptimes in this pushchair so that you can move them around as needed without risking waking them.
Yes, something as simple as trying to find the best baby pushchair can get complicated.
It is easy to feel overwhelmed and intimidated by all of the choices that are available. Asking yourself the questions that we presented to you in this article will stop you from making mistakes that others regret after they put their pushchair to use. You now have the tools to go out and find the best pushchair to fit your lifestyle.
People who are serious about their body building are often subjected to intense stereotypes.
This stereotype tells us that body builders are individuals who purposefully grow their muscles to obscene sizes, rub oil all over themselves and then put on showcases in which they demonstrate their ability to lift hundreds and hundreds of pounds at once. Unfortunately the stereotype is not entirely off base. There are actually some men and women who have that approach to body building. People who are professional body builders are often paid to do just what is described in the stereotype. There are, obviously, plenty of other reasons to take up body building as a hobby. Increasing your health is the most important reason to try out body building. Body building is one of the best ways to work out. Here is the correct approach to body building when you are first starting out.
Choose a gym that is good.
Not all gyms have the type of equipment you need to use when you want to do some body building. Before you decide which gym to join make sure you shop around. You want a gym center that has regular body building clientele. You also want to find a gym that has good lighting and is very clean. Your gym should have equipment that is well maintained and always in working order. You also want the gym to have a good vibe to it. If you don’t like spending time there or using the equipment you won’t get your money’s worth out of your gym membership. That will put a damper on your body building efforts.
Set reachable goals for yourself.
Don’t try to build your body too fast. Focus on goals that are realistic and healthy. This way you will build your body and get the high satisfaction that comes from being able to meet your goals. Keep setting goals: set new ones as you achieve the ones you have in place. Setting reasonable and reachable goals keeps your motivation up and keeps you from being tempted to do something stupid like taking a shortcut. You cannot build muscles that are not already strong. If you to do body building too fast you might hurt yourself or get discouraged when you don’t see the results you want as quickly as you wanted to see them.
Take some time to relax between each activity or exercise.
If you push yourself too hard too soon you could end up hurting yourself. The best way to build your stamina is to increase the length of your workout by allowing yourself a few moments to rest at regular intervals. Trying to plow straight through a workout could dehydrate you. You might even strain or pull some muscles. You might weaken yourself to the point of not being able to complete your workout! Even the most experienced body builders will take time to rest between exercises and working specific groups of muscles.
Body building has taken on an almost negative stereotype over the last few decades.
The truth is that body building is a legitimate form of exercising and it can be a great way to get your body healthy and in shape. Exercise is an important part of getting healthy. Your body and muscles need to be worked regularly to stay strong and to keep you as healthy as you can be.
Bank of America decided to drop the plans to charge a $5 monthly fee for its debit card use in response to complaints from both customers and politicians.
Bank of America said the move to drop the fees was in response to customer feedback and competition, with the company reversing its spoken “right” to turn a profit to, instead, listening to its customers.
The company was under pressure to make the change as rivals backtracked from plans to charge customers for using their debit cards.
Bank of America decided to drop the plans to charge a $5 monthly fee for its debit card use in response to complaints from both customers and politicians
David Darnell, Bank of America’s co-COO, said in a statement:
“We have listened to our customers very closely over the last few weeks and recognize their concern with our proposed debit usage fee.”
Slipping in rank behind JPMorgan Chase in largest U.S. banks, Bank of America‘s CEO Brian Moynihan had earlier defended their decision of the ATM fees by saying the bank “has a right to make a profit”.
However, Bank of America reported profits at $6.2 billion in its third quarter profit report in October.
Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo & Co decided to cancel test programs for debit card fees, while SunTrust Banks Inc and Regions Financial Corp said on Monday they would end monthly charges and reimburse their customers.
After Bank of America announced their debit card fee, Navy Federal Credit Union, the nation’s largest credit union, reported their volume of new account openings was more than 20% above normal.
Bank of America had planned to start charging customers next year.
Banks began crafting the monthly charges to make up revenue lost to a law that slashes the fees they charge retailers when consumers swipe their cards.
The new bank fees sparked a firestorm of criticism from consumers and politicians, and many smaller banks and credit unions shunned the practice.
Speaking out against the banks’ decisions in October in an interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama criticized the banks’ slew of fees saying that they don’t “have some inherent right just to, you know, get a certain amount of profit’ if their ‘customers are being mistreated”.
“Banks can make money. They can succeed, the old-fashioned way, by earning it,” said President Obama during interview.
Bank of America had planned to give customers more ways to avoid the charge, such as maintaining minimum balances, having a paycheck direct-deposited or using their Bank of America credit card.
Call clarity and the number of minutes provided used to be the main criteria by which people chose their cellular phones.
Today how “smart” a phone is plays majorly in peoples’ cell phone decisions. Today some people choose their smart phones by how many applications the phones have. The Android app market is one of the top application markets on the cell phone market. Android phone users can choose between hundreds of applications. How do you figure out which applications you should download? Thankfully there are plenty of free apps that you can play with without having to worry about wasting your money.
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The following are some of the top free Android Applications.
A company called Most Popular Download developed a free Android application called My Coupons, which is tremendously useful for the Android user who savors the thought of saving money when he or she goes shopping.This free app for Android phones allows you to find coupons for shopping and even help you find free meal deals throughout your city. Sales clerks can scan barcodes on your phone or you can print the barcodes from any computer and use them on purchases the way ordinary coupons are used. For the money conscious consumer and diner this is definitely an important free Android application.Meebo is perhaps the most popular free Android application for instant messaging. Why is this app so much better than the competition? With just one app you can be logged in to all of your messaging clients. MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Myspace IM, Jabber and even Google Talk can be managed through it. You can easily keep track of all of your chats with your single application account. Meebo can be accessed from any computer which makes it ideal for keeping track of all of your account histories!
How often have you been out of the house, decided that you wanted to go to the movies and then been frustrated because you don’t have a good way to find out which movies are playing near you (or what time they start)?
Before now, you might have had to resort to your old phone’s ancient internet browser and hours of searching. With the Ikamobile Movie Finder you don’t have to worry about that anymore. Ikamobile Movie Finder is the top downloaded free Android app for movie fans. In addition for helping you figure out which movies are playing in your area and what times those movies start you can watch movie trailers, and look for the newest releases.There are so many different free applications available in the Android Market that choosing the best and most useful can be very time consuming. It is probably quite tempting to simply download all of the apps available and then sort through them later. Instead of taking this approach (and wasting valuable disk space on your phone) why not just look at a few applications at at time? Taking the second approach saves you a lot of time and effort and you won’t have to worry about wasting money because the apps are free!
Scarlett Johansson has eventually admitted the leaked photos were taken for her former husband Ryan Reynolds.
Speaking for the first time about the photos which became an internet sensation Scarlett Johansson said she wasn’t ashamed to have taken the shots.
Scarlett Johansson even joked: “I know my best angles.”
The actress said she had taken the two self portraits on her cell phone and sent them to her then husband, Ryan Reynolds.
Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds split up after two years of marriage in December 2010.
Scarlett Johansson said the photos – which showed her reflected in a mirror – were taken three years ago when she was dating Ryan Reynolds.
“They were sent to my husband. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not like I was shooting a p***o – although there’s nothing wrong with that either,” Scarlett Johansson told Vanity Fair magazine.
The actress called the FBI after the photos hacked from her phone were leaked to the internet.
Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds split up after two years of marriage in December 2010
It was thought the two photos were fake until lawyers for the actress said she owned the copyright to prevent them from being further published.
FBI agents from “Operation Hackerazzi” spoke to Scarlett Johansson along with as many as 50 other celebrity victims.
Christopher Chaney, 35, was later identified as the man who hacked Scarlett Johansson’s phone, along with those of Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Hudgens and Mila Kunis.
He admitted offering the stolen photos to celebrity websites but denied blackmailing any of the estimated 50 victims.
Christopher Chaney was due in court in Los Angeles on Tuesday to face 26 charges of unauthorized access to a computer and wiretapping. If convicted, Christopher Chaney faces up to 121 years in prison.
Christopher Chaney, from Jacksonville, Florida, said in a TV interview he became obsessed with the stars and used his computer skills to hack into phones and email.
Scarlett Johansson is currently on location in Arbroath, Scotland, where she is filming the sci-fi movie Under the Skin.
Even the people who vowed they would never ever discover the usefulness of a cell phone have given in to the convenience mobile phones and technology have to offer. What other way would you explain the trend of the pay as you go cell phone? Rising in popularity among cell phone models on the market is Google’s Android phone. Its smart phone technology is giving its competition a lot to contend with. With such a wide variety of Android Phones available, how do you figure out which phones are the best Android Phones? Some of the phones with the best reviews are listed below.
The Motorola Quench is a superior Android phone.
A later model Motorola that has been enhanced with the Android operation system is the Quench. This phone is among seven other Motorola models, using the Android system. With very high definition – 320 x 480 – the small screen of only a little more than three inches, won’t be an issue. It also uses the Motoblur technology, which was made to enhance the user’s social networking experience. It uses the Android 1.5 operating system and comes with Wi-Fi capability, GPS, a camera that is five megapixels and a bunch of apps that users will love.One of the Motorola phones that functions with the Android operating system is the Motorola Cliq. This phone can be purchased through T-Mobile. It contains a slide out keyboard. The ability to keep long logs of e-mails, text messages and social networking updates makes this phone a trendy item. Twitter and Facebook users can use this phone for managing their accounts. It is capable of allowing you to access the data on your phone from a remote location.
The Samsung Galaxy portal is an Android phone, which was designed for budget conscious users.
The camera is a mere three megapixel digital camera, however other than that it is an excellent phone – especially for the price. This phone is provides video, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities. The phone has an average of seven hours worth of talk time. The build is a little bulky but if you want a smart phone for a great price, this is the one for you. Some cellular providers offer it for free when customers are eligible for upgrades.Finding the right cell phone can be like pulling teeth. An important question to ask yourself is what you want your phone to be able to do for you. When deciding which top Android phone is worth your money – knowing what you want out of your phone will be a benefit to you.
It’s easy to stress out when decorating your home your goal is make a home that makes people feel welcome as well as that looks nice.
You don’t want your home to look like anybody else’s home. You want to create a feel for your home that is unique to you and your family. You can do this-we guarantee it! Even without spending your whole bank account on rare items you can create a look for your home that is totally specific to your taste. Creating a unique look for your home is possible without having to spend tons of money. You can make it happen by unleashing your creativity and being open to trying new things. Do you need some help getting inspired? We are here to help!
Thrift stores are great.
You can find fantastic deals at thrift stores as well as at other types of used and second hand stores. You can find lots of decorations and other items to use in your decorating scheme, you just have to learn to recognize them. With some time and effort just about anything you find in a thrift store can be turned into something decorative. With some time and effort even a ratty old sweatshirt can be repurposed into a decorative item! Thrift stores in affluent neighborhoods are filled with items that are in great shape.
“Dumpster diving” is a great way to find free decorative items for your home.
Do you often see people moving into and out of your area of town? Visit these types of neighborhoods regularly. At moving time a lot of people start to get desperate and will often throw away beautiful and barely used things to save themselves some packing time. It might be hard to believe but some people create entire decorating schemes out of items they find at curbsides and dumpsters. It is a good idea to make sure that the things you find are actually items you can take home. Quickly checking with the homeowners is all you need to do.
Buy new rugs to replace your existing ones.
Even homes with wall to wall carpet can be given a new look with rugs-just use rugs that take up most of the floor space. Most department stores have room-sized rugs that you can use to decorate with. Accent rugs make excellent addition to rooms with hardwood floors. Changing out your accent rugs when you want to update a room is easy and doesn’t usually cost much money at all. If you know how to knit or crochet, you could even make your own using old sheets and clothes!
The key to decorating your home is to keep yourself in check. Decorations don’t have to be expensive to be beautiful. Go easy when you start buying. Choose pieces that you like and that you think work well with what you already have. Heck, you might have some things in your home already that will work just fine! Tap in to your inner artist! If you have an old watering pot you can turn it into a centerpiece! Look at what you have around you and what you want to accomplish and then look for ways to cut the cost of that project in half.
Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham has died aged 92 shortly after midnight on November 1.
Hillary Clinton cancelled a planned trip to London and Turkey after her mother fell ill on Monday.
Dorothy Rodham died in Washington surrounded by her family , according to a release from Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Clinton‘s mother was the last surviving parent of the US Secretary of State.
The family statement remembered Dorothy Rodham as “a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.”
“Her family is and will be forever grateful for the gift of Dorothy’s life and for the memories they will treasure forever.”
The statement didn’t say about the nature of Dorothy Rodham’s illness.
Hillary Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham has died aged 92 shortly after midnight on November 1
Hillary Clinton was due to attend international conferences on cyber-security and Afghanistan but rushed to be at her ailing mother’s side.
Dorothy Rodham was married to Hugh Rodham, an American textile wholesaler who died in 1993.
Hillary Clinton’s mother was born in Chicago, Illinois into a dysfunctional family.
Dorothy Rodham eventually went to live with her father’s parents in California when she was just eight years old, making the 2,000-mile train trip alone with her younger sister.
As a schoolgirl, Dorothy Rodham was banished to her bedroom for a year by her grandparents after she was caught trick-or-treating and at the age of 14 she took a job as a nanny.
When her mother wrote to her while she was still in high school asking her to return to Chicago, she saw it as a chance of a reunion.
However, that hope for reconciliation was short-lived and Dorothy Rodham was asked to work as her mother’s housekeeper.
Determined not to have a family like her own, Dorothy Rodham became a dedicated housewife, raising Hillary and her brothers, Hugh and Tony in Park Ridge Illinois.
Dorothy Rodham was very close to Hillary and moved to Arkansas so that she could watch her granddaughter, Chelsea, grow up.
Dorothy Rodham rarely spoke to the media and makes few public appearances but did appear in 2007 during Hillary Clinton’s presidential nomination bid and on a television advertisement.
She is described by the Washington Post as Hillary Clinton’s “most enduring influence”.
Hillary Clinton and her mother, Dorothy Rodham, in 1992
Hillary Clinton was even more protective of her mother than Chelsea Clinton when it comes to making public appearances.
The US Secretary of State wrote in her autobiography Living History: “I’m still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and level-headed woman.”
Hillary Clinton was due in London on Tuesday where she would appear alongside the UK’s foreign secretary, William Hague at London’s Conference on Cyberspace and was due to speak this afternoon.
Later this week Hillary Clinton was expected at a conference will take place in Istanbul on Wednesday focusing on creating a regional strategy for boosting security and economic development in Afghanistan.
Statement on Dorothy Rodham’s death
Dorothy Howell Rodham was born in Chicago on June 4, 1919 and died shortly after midnight on November 1, 2011 in Washington, D.C., surrounded by her family. Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself. She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was — a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Dorothy is and always will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton; her sons and daughters-in-law, Hugh Rodham and Maria Rodham and Tony Rodham and Megan Rodham; her grandchildren, Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc Mezvinsky, Zachary Rodham, Fiona Rodham and Simon Rodham. She leaves behind many friends from all stages and places in her life, friends from California she met in high school, friends from Little Rock and Washington with whom she explored the world, the people who were first her doctors and then became her friends at George Washington Hospital, to the people she met through her children and grandchildren who became as much her friend as theirs.
To honor Dorothy, her family will hold a private celebration of her life for family and friends. In lieu of flowers and in line with what Dorothy would have wanted, the family have asked that any one who would want to do so would make a donation in Dorothy’s memory to George Washington Hospital (http://www.gwhospital.com/Donations) where she received excellent care and made terrific friends over many years; to the Heifer Project (http://www.heifer.org/), her Christmas gift of choice in 2010 and an organization dear to her heart; or to a local organization meaningful to the giver that helps neglected and mistreated children, a blight Dorothy was determined to remedy until her last day because she knew too well the pain too many children suffer. Her family is and will be forever grateful for the gift of Dorothy’s life and for the memories they will treasure forever.
Twitter Marketing Techniques That Will Get You Fast Traffic
By starting your Twitter marketing campaign with the correct tactics you can maximize the time you put into Twitter. Everything here depends on how you approach it. Twitter is very versatile so you have lots of options that you can choose to use, just be sure they are techniques that actually work. Your success with Twitter marketing depends on several core components that will result in positive results if you stick with them. There is no need to engage in spam techniques and methods that violate the site’s Terms of Service; when you can use far more powerful strategies. It’s a simple fact that people trust what stay can see, understand and relate to; so it would be wise to be transparent and more sociable in your Twitter marketing. Twitter is a site whose members do not tolerate spam, doing it will make your followers run away and some will even report you. Getting followers on Twitter is easy, lets look at a few simple ways of doing so.
Twitter is a community, and just like other communities there are laws and unspoken rules.
It’s all about communicating with them the right way to pass on your marketing message. And how do you communicate in a way that gets results? By being yourself, by being honest and transparent. Twitter is one of the places that being yourself helps and putting on an act will destroy your credibility. Connections with other people is the foundation of anything you do on Twitter.
The more you focus on relationships, the more money you will make.
Once people know and trust you, they will listen to you. Something to keep in mind is that traditional marketing doesn’t work with Twitter. Success with Twitter marketing comes from soft selling instead of the more traditional hard sell. Growing your business through Twitter can be a fun experience, given that you don’t start exploiting it as a regular marketing tool.Once you’re established, Twitter can make you fast cash. You’ll see trends coming and going, and an intelligent marketer will cash in on these trends and make his profits. You have to be opportunistic to take advantage of these fads. To pinpoint immerging trends you will have to keep an eye out for the hottest Twitter discussions, they will most likely give you all the info you need to get some articles and blog posts out that are centered around the topic.
Don’t underestimate the power of leveraging trends, you can get lots of traffic that you can build your list with and/or sell them the latest novelty.
To make this work require you to consciously look out for any rising trends. Keep it simple, find something new that is getting a lot of Tweets and then create your content and put it out there.There is something else worth mentioning, the only way to be able to apply what is in this article, you will need to be able to catch people’s attention first. Your Tweets must be attention grabbers. Writing boring tweets will only make things difficult for you, so put in the effort to make your tweets unique and interesting.
Don’t underestimate the power of Twitter because some spammer said it doesn’t work. A strong relationship can go very far on Twitter. Don’t try to spam the system in way, even indirectly.
A Boeing 767 flying from Newark operated by Polish LOT airlines made an emergency landing at Warsaw airport today.
The aircraft, which was flying from Newark, New Jersey, with around 230 people on board made a belly landing at Warsaw’s airport on Tuesday after reported trouble with landing gear.
Captain Tadeusz Wrona radioed ahead to let the control tower know there was a problem with deploying the landing gear. After several attempts, however, it was decided that the aircraft would have to come down without any wheels.
While the plane circled the Warsaw for an hour, dumping excess fuel and repeatedly trying to solve the problem, ground crews prepared for a crash landing, closing the airport to all other flights and clearing nearby streets. Fire crews also sprayed the runway with foam in a bid to prevent a fire from breaking out.
Captain Tadeusz Wrona lifted the nose of the aircraft slightly as it approached the tarmac. As it slid along the runway, smoke billowed from the undercarriage followed by bright flashes from under the engines. When it came to a halt, fire engines that were waiting along the sides and at the end of the tarmac rush towards the plane, dowsing it with foam.
Meanwhile, passengers are quickly ushered off down the inflatable chutes on either side. News channels and TV crews were on the scene soon after learning about the impending disaster and the incredible landing was beamed live around the world.
Nearby streets were cleared and a landing strip was especially prepared at the airport for the crash landing. Staff worked hard to find a technical solution to the landing gear problems while in the air, but eventually had to try to land.
It was reported that nobody was injured, passengers or crew members.
Leszek Chorzewski, spokesman for the Polish national flag carrier LOT, the aircraft operator, said:
“All safety procedures worked perfectly fine and, thanks to this, nobody was injured.”
A Boeing 767 flying from New York operated by Polish LOT airlines made an emergency landing at Warsaw airport today
Polish television footage showed the plane landing on its belly, with a few sparks flying as the craft hit the runway which had been covered with flame retardant foam.
There was no blaze reported but firefighters hosed the plane with water and foam as a precautionary measure.
LOT aircraft passengers were evacuated from the plane, which had circled above Warsaw before the crash landing. Warsaw airport remained closed for all other flights.
Warsaw airport has been closed until 8:00 a.m. on tomorrow. Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski congratulated and thanked the pilot, Captain Tadeusz Wrona, and the rest of the crew for their successful landing.
George Soros has hit back at his ex-girlfriend Adriana Ferreyr, who is suing him for $50 million, calling her a money-grabber who is trying to distort him for his fortune.
Adriana Ferreyr, 28, brought a lawsuit against billionaire George Soros, 81, earlier this year for “severe emotional distress and damages” including an incident in which he allegedly slapped her in the face and attempted to throttle her.
Adriana Ferreyr also claimed that George Soros – who is worth an estimated $14.5 billion – dumped her after a five-year relationship and went back on an agreement to buy her a $1.9 million Upper East Side apartment.
The New York Post reported that George Soros’ lawyer served Adriana Ferreyr’s lawyers with papers arguing that the case should be dismissed.
In those documents, billionaire George Soros states that they had an “on-again, off-again and non-exclusive intimate relationship”.
George Soros has hit back at his ex-girlfriend Adriana Ferreyr, who is suing him for $50 million, calling her a money-grabber who is trying to distort him for his fortune
The papers also claim Adriana Ferreyr tried to extract millions more as “part of her continued request to cash in on their casual relationship”.
George Soros said in his papers that the claims he promised to buy his ex-girlfriend an apartment were “preposterous” and that she was “disappointed that Soros moved on to other women, ending her hopes of living in an extravagant <<dream apartment>> for free”.
Adriana Ferreyr claimed in her lawsuit that she was terrified during a row over property with the financier and that he became violent and threw a lamp at her when she asked why he had given the apartment he allegedly promised her to another woman, telling her: “I don’t care.”
George Soros said Adriana Ferreyr accusations are “odious and utterly baseless” and that the lamp fell on her foot.
Adriana Ferreyr’s lawyer told the New York Post: “These are chauvinistic and simplistic statements which are devoid of any reality.
“I do not believe this motion to dismiss will be successful.”
During an interview two months ago, Adriana Ferreyr also opened up about their five-year relationship and claimed that George Soros was tight-fisted and bought her nothing for the first three years.
It was only in the fourth year that she even got a birthday present, the Brazilian soap opera star claims.
Adriana Ferreyr said: “During the first three years, he gave me nothing, not even a birthday present. He changed and became cruel. I don’t know why he would do this to me.
“George is so powerful, he thinks he can get rid of anyone he wants. But I am not going away. I am going to fight.
“We were in bed, and he just replied coldly and bluntly that he had given [the apartment] to his other girlfriend. I got emotional and cried . . . He just said, <<I don’t care>>. I was in bed with him. It was horrifying for me.”
Adriana Ferreyr, who is studying at Columbia University in New York, added: “I was completely heartbroken.”
Problems surfaced early last year, when George Soros allegedly promised to buy Adriana Ferreyr a Manhattan apartment but revoked his offer at the last minute.
George Soros and Adriana Ferreyr broke up but reconciled until last August, when he allegedly revealed whilst they were in bed that he had given the apartment to another of his girlfriends, Tamiko Bolton, 39, his travelling nurse.
During the ensuing row, George Soros is said to have choked Adriana Ferreyr and a lamp was broken which she stepped on, cutting her foot.
Adriana Ferreyr said: “He just snapped. I had never seen him like that before. I was afraid.”
Police has arrested two 12-year-old boys in East Harlem, New York, for hurling a shopping cart from a fourth floor walkway that hit and critically injured Marion Hedges.
Marion Hedges, 47, has been left fighting for her life after she was struck by the falling cart when the dangerous prank went wrong on Sunday evening.
The mother-of-two, who works as a real estate agent, had been walking with her 14-year-old son on the ground floor when she was hit, according to the New York Post.
Marion Hedges‘ son was not injured in the incident.
Marion Hedges, 47, has been left fighting for her life after she was struck by the falling cart when the dangerous prank went wrong on Sunday evening
According to police report, the cart was thrown from a walkway that connects a parking garage to a Target store where Marion Hedges had just finished shopping.
Marion Hedges, who also has a daughter, was rushed to Harlem Hospital where she is reported to be in a stable condition but remains unconscious.
Police has arrested the two boys, who have been charged as juveniles with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
The boys were arrested after one of their friends reported the prank to the police.
A law-enforcement source told the New York Post:
“They deliberately pushed it over the edge.
“They’re a bunch of stupid kids, they made a bad decision. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
A family friend said that Marion Hedges was shopping for candy at Costco for the Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center, a community centre for the elderly.
Marion Hedges has worked with charities for over 25 years and is currently involved in at least six different projects.
“She is such a super, super nice person,” the friend said.
Marion Hedges’ husband, Michael is flying home from Spain, where he works as the head of emerging markets trading and structuring at Auriga Sociedad de Valoresworks.
Speaking of her condition, Marion Hedges’ father, told the New York Post:
“It’s in God’s hands now. It’s so hard to tell.
“They have her sedated right now, she’s unconscious. It’s not quite clear what happened but I hear she has some broken bones and some cranial injuries – there’s some blood up there.
“They’re letting us up two at a time and we can only stay for five minutes. You can’t really see anything up there – it’s just her lying in a bed unconscious with 50 thousand tubes in her. She’s stable, they’re keeping her stable and her respiratory system is functioning.”
When asked about what should happen to those responsible for throwing the shopping cart, Marion Hedges’ father said: “They should have the book thrown at them.”
A friend of the family added: “That is one tough kid. That little kid marched down to the police department this morning to give a statement. He’s such a tough little kid. They’re the nicest, kindest family.”
At a hearing on Monday, the two boys were remanded in the custody of New York’s Administration for Children’s Services, the city’s child welfare agency and they will attend an arraignment hearing on November 4.
A woman became a victim of William Jameson, an old friend contacted via Facebook, who lured her to an isolated shed where she was bound, gagged and raped.
The man, William Jameson, 48, who unknown to the woman had a history of violence including manslaughter, attempted murder and child rape, then left the victim tied up with a rope around her neck.
The 31-year-old woman, who is a civil servant and cannot be named for legal reasons, managed to free her feet and force her way out of the building with her wrists still tied by electric cable.
She frantically tried to raise the alarm and was seen by the driver of a passenger train as she ran alongside a railway track in Wiltshire waving her bound hands, an image which was caught by the onboard CCTV.
The victim then managed to reach a nearby farmhouse where, distressed and covered in mud and blood, she got help.
Sex offender William Jameson was jailed for life after he bound, gagged and raped a woman contacted via Facebook
The woman, who worked in the civil service in Ireland, first met William Jameson, who she knew as Liam, in 2004 when they were on a computer course.
The woman had suffered from delusions that a relative was being held against their will in hospital, which married William Jameson knew about and preyed upon.
William Jameson enticed her to England saying he would help free the family member.
William Jameson cheated her out of £18,000 ($27,000), saying he needed the money to pay for the relative’s “escape” and to buy some land in Wiltshire which they would sell at a profit.
In November 2010, William Jameson took the woman to a patch of land near the village of Minety, Wiltshire, under the pretence of meeting a nurse with the relative there.
When Jameson got the woman into the shed, he forced her to the ground and tied her hands and feet with electric cable, binding it behind her back.
The attacker put a gag in her mouth and tied a rope around her neck and started to strangle her, saying she was going to be his “sex slave”.
William Jameson told the woman he was “a dangerous and violent man” and that he had been in prison in Belfast for rape and attempted murder.
Prosecutor Kerry Barker told Swindon Crown Court the woman offered William Jameson more money in a bid to get him to leave her, but he was not interested and raped her.
After William Jameson went outside to answer his phone the woman heard him leave and she managed to free her feet after removing a shoe and sock.
The victim then forced the shed door and, with her hands still tied, got to the railway line before running to a nearby farm to raise the alarm.
After William Jameson was arrested police searched his home and found he had more than 1,500 sickening films and pictures of violent sexual child abuse on his computer.
William Jameson, of Finchampstead, Berkshire, pleaded guilty to rape, false imprisonment and ten counts of making indecent images of children.
Prosecutor Kerry Barker told the court that in 1986 William Jameson was jailed for 12 years for attempted murder, attempted rape, and other sex offences against a child.
William Jameson lured an 8-year-old girl from a Belfast street before putting a belt round her neck and sexually abusing her, then twice slammed a breeze block into her head in an attempt to kill her.
In 1998, William Jameson was jailed for 6 years in Dublin after a man died when he strangled him in a sex game.
William Jameson’s attorney, Alex Daymond said his client realized he presented a danger to the public and was facing a lengthy jail term, but urged it to not be a life term.
Alex Daymond said his client had been abused terribly as a child and while in custody on remand was clean of drugs and was even a “listener” for other prisoners.
Although the shed was kitted out with sex toys Alex Daymond said it was where William Jameson went to act out his alter ego, Julie-Ann, away from his wife and was not set up for the rape.
Jailing William Jameson for life, Recorder Peter Blair QC said: “You pose a considerable risk of serious harm to the public. This case falls fair and square into one that that demands a sentence of life imprisonment.
“Mr Daymond rightly observes that this sentence should be reserved for the most grave cases – in my judgment this is one of those.
“I am quite simply of the view that there is a significant risk of serious harm to the pubic. Your offences are considerably serious to justify such a sentence. I also take into account your previous convictions.”
William Jameson will not be allowed to seek parole for five years and must register as a sex offender for life.
The unseasonable snowstorm, which brought up to 30 inches (76 cm) of snow in parts of the US East Coast over the weekend , has been blamed for as many as 19 deaths and millions of homes without power.
It was repoerted that power outages in two states exceeded damage wrought by Hurricane Irene.
Many schools are closed across the storm’s path, with children in the state of Connecticut warned to call off Halloween trick-or-treat plans.
The snowstorm fatalities, which include one death in Canada, were caused by traffic accidents, electrocutions and other causes as a result of the snowstorm.
Yesterday, about 750,000 households were still without power in Connecticut, where the storm damage was said to have surpassed that wreaked by Hurricane Irene in August
States of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.
Some states have warned it could be days or even a week before residents have power again. Crews have been brought in from as far away as Michigan and Canada.
Trees, branches and power lines still littered roads and rail lines throughout the region, making it difficult for many to get to work on Monday.
Connecticut officials warned residents to cancel their Halloween trick-or-treat plans.
“With so many wires down… the sidewalks will not be safe for pedestrians [Monday] night,” said Mark Boughton, mayor of the city of Danbury.
“We have 200 streets with wires down… [we] would hate to have children hurt.”
Yesterday, about 750,000 households were still without power in Connecticut, where the storm damage was said to have surpassed that wreaked by Hurricane Irene in August.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, whose own house lost power, also declared the damage worse than that from Hurricane Irene.
Among the deaths blamed on the storm were an 84-year-old Pennsylvania man killed by a tree that fell on his home, a person who died in a traffic accident in Connecticut and a 20-year-old man who was electrocuted in Massachusetts.
In New York City, a new record for October snowfall was set on Saturday when 1.3 inches fell in Central Park.
Only three other snowy October days in the US have been recorded in the park in 135 years of record-keeping.
Most of the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York’s Zuccotti Park saw out the storm.
The storm brought chaos to flights schedules at New York airports, while Amtrak reported massive disruption to train services.
There certainly seems to be no shortage of skin care product lines that promise you the moon – no break-outs, clean, and healthy skin.
They’ll also tell you they can give your skin ultra elasticity plus take decades of abuse from your skin. There’s no surprise at all when people listen to the hype, then walk away feeling more confused than ever. So if they are all fabulous toners and cleansers, is there any way to know which ones are the top performers? How do you think you’re able to determine which skin care products work best for your skin? Is there a way to know if all you’re doing is dropping a lot of money on a way to clog your pores? Here are some very helpful skin tips to assist you with knowing the products that are best for your skin type, or not.
You really should discuss the matter with your doctor, first, just to rule out other possible causes for breaking-out.
Your doctor may be able to help you pinpoint other contributors for your skin condition. Perhaps dietary changes plus some exercise may be in order. Perhaps a vitamin deficiency is the root cause. Many people avoid seeing their doctor, but if all attempts to improve the situation have failed, then a doctor’s visit may be a good idea.
So find out your skin type, then simply provide what your unique situation needs. You never know, your skin may do best with a toner and moisturizer in addition to the standard cleanser. Others break out if they use toner and still others find that using a moisturizer makes their face feel itchy or heavy. Believe it or not, there are some people who only need cleanser. Of course there are many cases when all three skin products are needed, and perhaps even a specialized product for troublesome areas. If you are using only cleanser and are still prone to breakouts, consider adding in a spot treatment for acne after you finish cleansing your skin each night.
Lots of people talk to their friends who have similar problems and see what they use on their own skin.
Of course you’ll find people who don’t want to talk about any failures with skin care, but their results will always be obvious to the casual observer. Another possible benefit to speaking with as many people as you can is you may be able to get a lot of reviews and feeback on products that otherwise you would have had to spend money on to try.There are creative ways to go about learning which skin products are best for your skin type. You can always find people who have no problems with their skin, and they can use almost anything. But there are many of us who need just a little helping hand. Don’t give up on your skin, keep learning and trying and soon you’ll know what your skin likes and what it doesn’t like.
A Sudanese man was publicly beheaded last month in Saudi Arabia for being a “sorcerer”, as is shown in a shocking video.
Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki, who was crouched on his knees and blindfolded was executed in a car park Medina, in the west of the country, as dozens looked on.
The shocking video shows the executioner lining his sword up on the back of Abdul Hamid’s neck, before one swift stroke decapitates him.
Abdul Hamid, a Sudanese man was publicly beheaded last month in Saudi Arabia in a car parking for being a "sorcerer"
Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki, who was killed on September 20, is believed to have been the 44th person executed in Saudi Arabia this year – and the 11th foreign national.
This year, a total of 17 people were executed in Saudi Arabia, which is more than for the whole of 2010.
Lebanese TV host Ali Hussain Sibat, who was sentenced to death over making predictions of the future on his show, had been scheduled to be beheaded on Friday.
Ali Hussain Sibat’s attorney May El Khansa said the execution did not take place on that day – but that did not mean he has been given a reprieve.
The alarming rise in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia has led to criticism from a number of human rights charities.
It is said that Saudis prefer beheading by a sharp sword, as they think it more humane and quicker than electrocution and lethal injection.
The crime of “sorcery” is undefined in Saudi Arabian law, but it has been used to punish people for the legitimate exercise of their human rights.
The Sudanese man, Abdul Hamid is understood to have been arrested in 2005 after he was entrapped by a man working for the Mutawa’een (religious police).
Abdul Hamid was asked to concoct a spell that would cause the officer’s father to leave his second wife.
According to the officer’s account the Sudanese agreed to carry out the curse in exchange for 6,000 Saudi Arabian riyals (approximately $1,500).
Abdul Hamid was beaten after his arrest and thought to have been forced to admit to acts of sorcery.
In a secret trial, where Abdul Hamid was not allowed legal representation, he was sentenced to death by the General Court in Medina in March 2007.
Few details are available about Abdul Hamid’s trial but he is reported to have been tried behind closed doors and without legal representation.
At the time of Abdul Hamid’s arrest, English language daily The Saudi Gazette ran an article entitled Magic Maids which said that “we must face up to the threats from some maids and servants and their satanic games of witchcraft and sorcery, their robbery, murder, entrapment of husbands, corruption of children and other countless stories of crime that have been highlighted by both experts and victims of these crimes”.
Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International’s Director for the Middle East and North Africa, heavily criticized the killing.
“Abdul Hamid’s execution is appalling as is Saudi Arabia’s continuing use of this most cruel and extreme penalty.
“That he should have been executed without having committed anything that would appear to constitute a crime is yet another deeply upsetting example of why the Saudi Arabian government should immediately cease executions and take steps to abolish the death penalty.”
Amnesty International had campaigned on Abdul Hamid’s behalf following his arrest and had urged Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah to prevent his execution.
But the campaign has been to no avail, and since the end of the holy month of Ramadan a few weeks ago, the Saudi Arabian authorities have resumed executions at an alarming pace.
Amnesty International said that seven people have been executed since the killings resumed on September 5.
Currently, 140 prisoners are believed to be facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, which was one of a minority of states that voted against a United Nations general assembly resolution calling for the worldwide moratorium on executions on December 2010.
Jessica Simpson finally confirms she is pregnant, making an official announcement on her website.
Jessica Simpson, 31, wrote a short message, telling her fans: “It’s true, I am going to be a mummy.”
The reality star and former singer, who is engaged to NBA star Eric Johnson, also comically dressed up in a mummy Halloween outfit in a photograph to accompany the announcement, while cradling her bump.
Jessica Simpson finally confirms she is pregnant, making an official announcement on her website
Jessica Simpson has been at the centre of swirling pregnancy rumours for weeks now – but until today has remained mum.
According to a Boston-based gynaecologist, Jessica Simpson is at least six months gone and is heading into her third trimester.
Dr. Dave David, told RadarOnline: “She looks to be 26 weeks, which is around six months.
“It is definitely a pregnancy and not weight gain. You can by the shape of her abdomen, her belly wouldn’t be that rounded if it was just fat.”
On Monday, Jessica Simpson reunited with Eric Johnson after jetting back to the West Coast from her business trip in New York.
Jessica Simpson was seen laying a protective hand over her growing tummy as she walked hand-in-hand with her fiance.
The former singer was dressed casually in black leggings, platform Alaia boots and a holey beige jumper.
Eric Johnson was the perfect gent and helped his wife-to-be into their black BMW by holding the door open for her as she got in.
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson looked in good spirits as they put on a smiley display during their outing in Beverly Hills.
Last week Jessica Simpson, along with her mother Tina and some friends, checked out several apartments in New York.
Jessica Simpson is reportedly looking for somewhere to buy in New York City for her and fiance Eric Johnson to reside now that she spends so much time there working on her fashion lines.
Halloween is not an American holiday. In fact, Halloween is considered to be one of the oldest holidays in the world, and one celebrated around the globe in one fashion or another.
It is not always labeled “Halloween” and doesn’t always fall on October 31.
In Mexico and throughout Latin American, for example, the Halloween-type holiday is known as Las Dia de los Muertos, a celebratory day meant to honor the dearly departed.
Halloween-type celebrations appear to be a product of timing, observances of life giving way to death. They arrive at the very end of the harvest when fields lie fallow, and just before winter starts to bear down on us.
“It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts,” according to History.com.
Fast forward to the eighth century, when Pope Gregory III chose November 1 as All Saints’ Day, a day to collectively honor saints and martyrs. And it wasn’t long until the night became known as All Hallows’ Eve and, eventually, Halloween. The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even (“evening”), that is, the night before All Hallows Day.
The American tradition of carving pumpkins is recorded in 1837 and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century
Development of artifacts and symbols associated with Halloween formed over time. For instance, the carving of jack-o’-lanterns springs from the souling custom of carving turnips into lanterns as a way of remembering the souls held in purgatory. The turnip has traditionally been used in Ireland and Scotland at Halloween, but immigrants to North America used the native pumpkin, which are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips.
The American tradition of carving pumpkins is recorded in 1837 and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.
The imagery of Halloween is derived from many sources, including national customs, works of Gothic and horror literature (such as the novels Frankenstein and Dracula), and classic horror films (such as Frankenstein and The Mummy). Among the earliest works on the subject of Halloween is from Scottish poet John Mayne in 1780, who made note of pranks at Halloween; “What fearfu’ pranks ensue!”, as well as the supernatural associated with the night, “Bogies” (ghosts), influencing Robert Burns’ Halloween 1785. Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, the occult, or mythical monsters. Black and orange are the holiday’s traditional colors.
Today, Halloween celebrations run the gamut in the U.S. West Hollywood and New York City celebrate as if there’s no tomorrow. Other places more or less close the curtains, turn out the lights and hope the kids pass us by. Some adults go all out with the costumes, while others wouldn’t be caught dead in some get-up.
Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from NBA star Kris Humphries this morning after just 72 days of marriage.
Kim Kardashian, 31, is seeking the divorce from husband Kris Humphries, 26, on the grounds of “irreconcilable differences”, according to the court documents.
Kim Kardashian said in a statement to E!, which screens her TV show:
“I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision. I had hoped this marriage was forever, but sometimes things don’t work out as planned. We remain friends and wish each other the best.”
This morning Ryan Seacrest, the producer of Kim Kardashian‘s reality show, tweeted:
“Yes @KimKardashian is filing for divorce this morning. I touched base with her, getting a statement in just a few mins.”
Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from NBA star Kris Humphries this morning after just 72 days of marriage
Kim Kardashian ensured they both signed a prenuptial agreement before they got hitched at a lavish ceremony two months ago, on August 20 in Montecito, California.
It netted the couple a reported $18 million from magazine deals, TV coverage and endorsements, that’s $250,000 every day.
Today Kim took to Twitter, but rather than mentioning anything about her marital breakdown cynically plugged her new boutique Kardashian Khaos, which opens tomorrow at The Mirage hotel in Las Vegas.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ separation is listed as today (October 31), according to the divorce papers logged with the Superior Court of California.
Kim Kardashian, 31, is seeking the divorce from husband Kris Humphries, 26, on the grounds of "irreconcilable differences", according to the court documents
The reality star has hired top divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who has dealt with the likes of Britney Spears, Maria Shriver, Angelina Jolie and Ryan Reynolds.
Her husband, Kris Humphries didn’t know she was actually filing for divorce until this morning, TMZ reported.
TMZ goes on to claim that Kris Humphries is “totally bummed” about the situation and “doesn’t believe in divorce”.
E! TV today released a statement about Kim Kardashian’s divorce:
“All of us at E! are surprised and saddened by this news, and we send our support to Kim and Kris at this difficult time.
“The Kardashians have always been uniquely open with all aspects of their lives from joyous events to intimate moments to heartbreaking transitions.
“E! will continue to share the fascinating real lives and larger-than-life existence of this close-knit family.”
Earlier this month there were reports saying that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ marriage had hit the rocks.
A source close to them said just two weeks ago: “I don’t know when they’ll announce the split or why they got married in the first place but they are done.”
“They are divorcing. Kim has been staying in a New York hotel which Kris has failed to visit.”
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries have been dogged by persistent reports that all is not well between them for several weeks now.
Star magazine claimed Kris Humphries has been spotted partying in both Miami and New York without Kim Kardashian, getting flirty with multiple women and “acting like a single man”.
Meanwhile, Life & Style magazine claimed that on a recent trip to Toronto, Kris Humphries contacted his ex-girlfriend, Bianka Kamber.
Life & Style magazine also spoke to a Kourtney & Kim Take New York producer who said: “Kim’s mapping out 2012, including holidays, and Kris isn’t a part of it. Any itineraries for the future don’t include Kris very much.”
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ fiery relationship was captured on her reality show Keeping Up With Kardashians, where strong-minded Kris frequently complained about feeling “emasculated” by his wife.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries started dating in December 2010 soon after she ended her brief dalliance with Canadian model Gabriel Aubry (Halle Berry’s ex) and announced their engagement in May.
The divorce will mark the second failed marriage for Kim Kardashian, she eloped to Las Vegas with music producer Damon Thomas – 10 years her senior – when she was just 19, but divorced in 2004 after four years together.
Kim Kardashian has also had high-profile relationships with RnB singer Ray J, who she filmed a sex tape with, and NFL star Reggie Bush.
Canadian police officers shot and killed two cows that escaped on their way to the slaughterhouse on a rural road in Gatineau, Quebec on Thursday afternoon.
Officers later claimed that they thought the animals were “threatening” and “dangerous”.
The cows were shot repeatedly and killed as they evaded capture running amok on a rural road in Gatineau.
Canadian police officers shot and killed two cows that escaped on their way to the slaughterhouse on a rural road in Gatineau, Quebec on Thursday afternoon
A tourist, who captured the moment on video, watched in horror as the officers surrounded one of the cows with their cars, sirens blaring, before shooting it dead.
A police spokesman told CTV:
“The cops, at one point they have to decide, is it threatening for the population? Is it too dangerous?
“So they did realise, and they did decide at one point that they had no choice to shoot the animal and kill the animal.”
The video, which has been viewed over 58,000 times on YouTube, has caused anger from animal rights groups.
Esther Klein of the Animal Defence League of Canada said that officers should be better prepared to deal with animals.
She told CTV: “One way or another, there has to be responsibility taken for these situations.”
“If it’s going to end up being the police, then police need the training and the tranquilizer guns and everything that is required to deal with this situation.”
Lucille Cloutier, who took the video while on vacation from Ontario, said that she would have expected the officers to have used tranquilizers rather than shooting the cows dead.
“This would’ve been the most appropriate thing to do,” Lucille Cloutier told CTV.
Police said that they are investigating the shooting but have no plans to use tranquilizer guns.
Officers in Ottawa last year shot dead several moose after they roamed into the city.
Occupy Wall Street protesters said they are dealing with the sexual assault of a woman internally after she was attacked by a man in her tent in the early hours of the morning.
It is the second alleged sexual assault at the Occupy Wall Street camp, which organizers have warned is attracting prisoners straight out of Rikers, but have refused to call police.
It was reported that the woman was in her tent at around 06:00 a.m. yesterday when the man burst into her tent and attacked her.
After few moments, fellow protesters surrounded the attacker and shone flashlights in his face before chasing him out of Zuccotti Park where they are staying.
Occupy Wall Street protesters said they are dealing with the sexual assault of a woman internally after she was attacked by a man in her tent in the early hours of the morning
“We don’t tell anyone, we handle it internally,” a protester told the New York Post, adding that another woman was raped weeks earlier.
The woman said that fellow protesters were “yelling at him to leave”, shouting “pervert, pervert, get the f**k out.”
Occupy Wall Street organizers have raised concerns that the camp is becoming a refuge for homeless people and is attracting convicts fresh out of Rikers prison.
“They’re telling people who leave prison to go to Zuccotti Park,” Daniel Zetah, leader of the Occupy Wall Street community-relations group told the New York Post.
The newly-released criminals are thought be attracted by the free accommodation and food, and reported alcohol and drug-fuelled parties taking place at the site.
“There’s a lot of drugs, alcohol, assault [and] theft [by] the homeless groups coming in. We’ve had meetings all day to brainstorm what to do,” Daniel Zetah said.
The cold weather is continuing to plague the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York, who have had their gas-powered generators confiscated by fire department as they are seen as a safety risk.
The movement organizers have put out an “urgent” alert on their website asking for waterproof boots, hats and gloves.
Occupy Wall Street protesters, who were drenched by snow and rain over the weekend, are reportedly “in need of emergency supplies crucial for cold weather survival”.
The protesters also want cots so that demonstrators can get off the ground and are looking for thermal heaters after the generators were taken.
It was reported that three protesters have been taken to hospital with cold-related ailments.
Other protesters say they will defiantly remain, no matter how bad the weather gets though.
Occupy Wall Street has reportedly raised $454,000 in donations. So far around $50,000 has been spent on clothing, food and medical supplies.
Photographer Dyrk Daniels captured the remarkable moments when a huge Bengal tiger bowed its head and placed a paw up to the hand of a small girl at Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, Washington.
Dyrk Daniels, 47, noticed the 370lb Golden Bengal Tiger had taken an interest in the little girl, who was leaning against his glass enclosure.
As the tiger, called Taj, headed over to her, Dyrk Daniels got his camera ready, expecting him to snarl and bang against the glass.
But amazingly the Bengal tiger hung his head, stretched a paw out to her hand and rubbed his cheek against where the little girl’s face was.
Dyrk Daniels, a father-of-two went to Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, Washington State, to photograph the Bengal tigers.
When the photographer got to the enclosure there were several children and families in the area, so he decided to let them see the tigers first before he tried to photograph them himself.
Photographer Dyrk Daniels captured the remarkable moments when a huge Bengal tiger bowed its head and placed a paw up to the hand of a small girl at Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah, Washington
“That is when I noticed this little girl was leaning against the glass with both hands out stretched staring at the <<big kitties>>,” Dyrk Daniels said.
“I noticed that Taj had taken an interest in the girl and was heading towards her.
“I thought for certain that the little girl would need therapy after the encounter and fear cats for the rest of her life.
“I could not believe my eyes when Taj approached the girl, bowed his head and then placed his huge right paw exactly in front of where the little girl’s left hand was.”
“It was incredible to watch. Taj let down his right paw, rubbed his cheek against the glass where the little girl’s face was and moved off.”
Far from being scared, the little girl was so excited that she started clapping as she walked back afterwards towards her mother.
“I have never seen such tenderness from such a large predator,” Dyrk Daniels said.
