Buckwild star Shain Gandee and two other men died of carbon monoxide poisoning after the SUV they were riding in became partially submerged in deep mud, an autopsy has confirmed.
Their bodies were found by a Shain Gandee’s friend.
Shain Gandee and two other men died of carbon monoxide poisoning after the SUV they were riding in became partially submerged in deep mud
Shain Gandee, 21, his uncle David Gandee, 48, and Donald Robert Myers, 27, were last seen at a bar in Sissonville, West Virginia, at about 3 a.m. on Sunday morning.
The reality star’s Ford Bronco was found more than a day later in deep mud off a dirt road, not far from his home.
The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday that the death of each of the men was accidental and the cause was carbon monoxide poisoning.
According to authorities, the exhaust pipe was buried in mud, causing the deadly gas to seep into the vehicle.
On Shain Gandee’s General Store Facebook page, his cousin Ashley posted: “I just wanted to let everyone know that the family feels that Shain died peacefully in his sleep without pain or suffering.
“They are making arrangement (sic) now for his funeral. Nothing is confirmed but they are thinking Saturday. So private or public hasn’t been decided I will try to keep everyone updated.”
The news came at the same time of an outpouring of support and prayers for Shain Gandee by fellow Buckwild castmembers and other MTV reality stars, who regarded him as a kind man with a big heart.
Cara Parrish, Shain Gandee’s heartbroken love interest on Buckwild, tweeted: “This is the emptiest I’ve ever felt. Please pray for [Shain Gandee’s parents] Dale and Loretta.”
An ancient gold ring thought to have inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit is being exhibited for the first time at The Vyne, in Hampshire, UK.
The ring, which is inscribed in Latin, has been linked to a Roman curse tablet.
Archaeologist Sir Mortimer Wheeler is believed to have discussed the ring with JRR Tolkien after realizing its connection to the curse.
An ancient gold ring thought to have inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit is being exhibited for the first time at The Vyne
The ring was found in a farmer’s field in Silchester in 1785.
The ancient artefact is also inset with an image of the goddess Venus, and lay forgotten in the library of the National Trust property for several years.
It is believed Sir Mortimer Wheeler asked for JRR Tolkien’s expertise in 1929.
JRR Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University.
The ring has been linked to a curse tablet found at the site of a Roman temple dedicated to the god Nodens in Gloucestershire.
JRR Tolkien worked on the etymology of the name Nodens and repeatedly visited the temple.
His fantasy novel The Hobbit was published in 1937. The “One Ring”, which plays a central role in Lord of the Rings, is also gold and contains an inscription in a fictional language called the “Black Speech of Mordor”.
A “Ring Room” has been created at The Vyne in association with the Tolkien Society.
A spokesman said it told the “incredible story of this ring, the Roman tablet inscribed with a curse on the man who stole it, and its fascinating connections with Tolkien.”
US researchers have found that eye drops designed to lower cholesterol may be able to prevent macular degeneration, one of the most common forms of blindness.
Researchers showed how high cholesterol levels could affect the immune system and lead to macular degeneration.
Macular degeneration is more common in old age
Tests on mice and humans, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, showed that immune cells became destructive when they were clogged with fats.
Others cautioned that the research was still at an early stage.
The macula is the sweet spot in the eye which is responsible for fine detail. It is essential for reading, driving and recognizing people’s faces.
Macular degeneration is more common in old age. It starts in a “dry” form in which the light-sensing cells in the eye become damaged, but can progress into the far more threatening “wet” version, when newly formed blood vessels can rapidly cause blindness.
Specialists at the Washington University School of Medicine investigated the role of macrophages, a part of the immune system, in the transition from the dry to the wet form of the disease.
One of the researchers, Dr. Rajendra Apte, said the role of macrophages changed and they triggered the production of new blood vessels.
“Instead of being protective, they accelerate the disease, but we didn’t understand why they switched to become the bad cells,” he said.
Normally the cells can “eat” fatty deposits and send them back into the blood.
However, their research showed that older macrophages struggle. They could still eat the fats, but they could not expel them. So they became “bloated”, causing inflammation which in turn led to the creation of new blood vessels.
Dr. Rajendra Apte said: “Based on our findings, we need to investigate whether vision loss caused by macular degeneration could be prevented with cholesterol-lowering eye drops or other medications that might prevent the build-up of lipids beneath the retina.”
North Korea has blocked the entry of South Korean workers into joint Kaesong industrial zone, in a move seen as further escalating tensions.
South Korean workers were being allowed to leave Kaesong Industrial Complex but not cross into it from the South, Seoul’s Unification Ministry confirmed.
The Kaesong zone at North-South border, which is a money-maker for North Korea, is seen as a key barometer of inter-Korean relations.
North Korea has blocked the entry of South Korean workers into joint Kaesong industrial zone
The move came as the US called North Korea’s recent rhetoric unacceptable.
Kaesong Industrial Complex is home to more than 100 factories. More than 50,000 North Koreans work there, as well as several hundred South Korean managers.
Permission is granted on a daily basis for workers to cross into the complex, where they can stay overnight. More than 850 South Koreans were at Kaesong when the ban was announced.
“South Korea’s government deeply regrets the entry ban and urges it be lifted immediately,” Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-seok told reporters.
“Ensuring the safety of our citizens is our top priority and the South Korean government will take necessary measures based on this principle,” he said.
The entry ban is not unprecedented – South Koreans were briefly denied access in March 2009 because of US-South Korea military exercises.
North Korea, which has been angered by UN sanctions imposed after its recent nuclear test and annual US-South Korea military drills, threatened to shut down the complex last week.
In recent weeks North Korea has also threatened attacks on US military bases in Asia and South Korean border islands.
On April 2, North Korea said it planned to restart its mothballed reactor at Yongbyon – the source of plutonium for its nuclear weapons programme.
Later in the day, US Secretary of State John Kerry called recent North Korean actions “dangerous” and “reckless”.
“Let me be perfectly clear here today. The United States will defend and protect ourselves and our treaty ally, the Republic of Korea (South Korea),” John Kerry said after talks with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se.
In recent days the US has responded to North Korea with a series of high-profile flights of advanced aircraft, including stealth fighters and nuclear-capable B-52 bombers, over South Korea.
Officials have also confirmed that the USS John McCain, an Aegis-class destroyer capable of intercepting missiles, has been positioned off the Korean peninsula.
A second destroyer, the USS Decatur, has been sent to the region.
Earlier on Tuesday UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had warned that the crisis had “gone too far” and called for urgent talks with the North.
“Things must begin to calm down, there is no need for the DPRK [North Korea] to be on a collision course with the international community. Nuclear threats are not a game,” Ban Ki-moon said.
Israel has launched an air strike on the Gaza Strip for the first time since an eight-day war ended in a truce in November 2012.
According to Hamas, the Islamist group that runs Gaza, aircraft bombed fields near the border and no-one was injured.
Israel has launched an air strike on the Gaza Strip for the first time since an eight-day war ended in a truce in November 2012
The Israeli move comes after a Palestinian rocket attack on Israel on Tuesday which also caused no injuries.
Israel and Hamas have been observing an Egyptian-mediated truce after last November’s fighting.
The Israeli military confirmed the air strikes, saying it had targeted “terror sites” and was “in response to rocket fire”.
According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the air strike was near the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya and came after militants in Gaza fired two mortar shells into the western Negev desert.
Since the truce came into effect, Israel has eased restrictions on allowing building materials into the Gaza Strip, imposed when Hamas came to power there in 2007.
A new photo of Newtown killer Adam Lanza has emerged today along with his college records.
The documents revealed the Sandy Hook gunman refused to identify his own gender when asked to do so in college papers.
The new photo of Adam Lanza was his student ID during his time at Western Connecticut State University
Adam Lanza attended Western Connecticut State University for less than a year after his mom withdrew him from Newtown High School when he still only 16.
When asked his gender on a student background information form, Adam Lanza wrote: “I choose not to answer.”
According to records obtained by CBS News, Adam Lanza also wrote the same in response to the question: “How do you describe yourself?”
The new photo of Adam Lanza was his student ID during his time at Western Connecticut State University and shows a gaunt young man with an unusual stare.
Students and teacher who remember him from his WCSU days recall that he was very quiet and struggled to mix with the other students although that was largely attributed at the time to him being younger than them.
Adam Lanza earned a 3.26 grade point average while there. He dropped out of a German language class and withdrew from a computer science class, but earned an A in a computer class, A-minus in American history and B in macroeconomics.
He left WCSU after less than a year in 2009, he then attended a community college, but also left that school after a year.
Eventually, Adam Lanza worked at a part-time job for a while repairing computers, but that job ended when the business shut down.
Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14th, 2012, and opened fire killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.
He had killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, in her bed before heading to the school.
Chris Brown has revealed how he dumped girlfriend Karrueche Tran when he realized he still loved Rihanna.
Chris Brown, 23, initially shocked the world when he revealed in October his feelings towards Rihanna, whom he had seriously assaulted during their relationship.
Chris Brown has revealed he struggled when he realized he still loved Rihanna and had to tell Karrueche Tran he had feelings for his ex
The singer told radio station Hot 97 he decided to make a video about his feelings for two woman at the time as he thought it was the mature thing to do.
Chris Brown said: “I wanted to be more of a man.
“Me being young, even with relationships in the past, I did a lot of lying, I did everything just to make sure nobody gets hurt in the process.”
Karrueche Tran, his then live-in girlfriend of more than a year, did seem very hurt especially about Chris Brown making a public video.
She took to Twitter at the time saying: “WTF is going on?”
“All I am saying is… You don’t mess with people’s genuine feelings. You just don’t!”
Despite Karrueche Tran being left feeling blindsided, Chris Brown insisted on the station on Monday that it had to be done.
“I just don’t feel it’s necessary anymore in my life. Nobody can hate me for being honest. I had to just be brutal. I told both of them that the video was coming out.
“I’m not trying to be a player. It’s never an easy situation to tell another person that you still love another person, so that’s kinda difficult.
“But our friendship, me and Karrueche’s friendship, is still cool. We’re still good friends.”
Karrueche Tran and Chris Brown officially split in October, the same time Chris was spotted with Rihanna, whom he was convicted of viciously assaulting in 2009.
LA station Power 106 sparked rumors that Chris Brown and Rihanna had already split over the weekend after tweeting: “Are you still w/ @Rihanna? @ChrisBrown: Uh, no – that’s the short answer just now to @BigBoy POWER 106 LA @TuneIn.”
Later on Monday Chris Brown however made it clear he was still with Rihanna during an appearance on the Today Show.
When Today Show’s host Matt Lauer asked him if they were still together, Chris Brown replied: “Absolutely. Everything is fine.”
Ireland Baldwin has been getting tips from her model turned actress mother Kim Basinger.
Ireland Baldwin, 17, daughter of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, is hoping she will be able to replicate her mother’s career thanks to their shared good looks.
Ireland Baldwin has been getting tips from her model turned actress mother Kim Basinger
The teen model told People.com she is working hard towards her goal of becoming a top model: “I’m getting into it. Doing it right. I want to know where it’s going to take me.”
Ireland Baldwin said she was inspired by a number of contemporary models including Kate Moss and Miranda Kerr, but of course looks up to her mother Kim Basinger.
“Oh! And my mom, of course,” she told People.
“My mom’s very happy she can finally give me tips. She’s always there, so she’ll stand in the back and say, <<Turn your head this way, or do this>>.”
At 6′ 2″ Ireland Baldwin certainly has the height to be a model and at a shoot on Tuesday she proved not only can take tips from her mother – she can also channel her.
Last month Ireland Baldwin was signed by IMG models and has been working solidly ever since.
Kim Basinger’s daughter announced the news on Twitter: “Officially working for @TwoManagement and @IMGmodels! I’m blessed, happy, and ready to WEEEEERK.”
Kevin Ware has been released from the hospital today while doctors have speculated that he may have been injured before a routine jump left six inches of bone sticking out of his leg.
The Louisville’s basketballer tweeted a photo of him walking out of Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis while on crutches, telling his 80,000-plus followers: “Back to my brothers I go.”
Kevin Ware’s release comes just two days after the gruesome broken leg he suffered during Sunday night’s NCAA tournament game against Duke.
Kevin Ware’s release comes just two days after the gruesome broken leg he suffered during Sunday night’s NCAA tournament game against Duke
Several doctors have floated the possibility that Kevin Ware’s injury was the result of an earlier fracture that he may or may not have known about.
Dr. Rajeev Pandarinath, an orthopedic surgeon at George Washington University Hospital, told the Associated Press that Kevin Ware may have had a stress fracture in the bone before his devastating fall.
He said: “A stress fracture, if you keep playing on it, can lead to a real fracture.”
Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, echoed Dr. Rajeev Panarinath’s assessment.
“He came down hard, landing in an awkward way. That, combined with an underlying bone issue or an existing stress fracture, predisposes someone to this type of injury,” he told ABC News.
Dr. Rajeev Pandarinath also cast doubt on Kevin Ware’s future in basketball, saying: “I believe this is somewhat of a career-threatening injury.
“Even if his bone heals well, the question is will he be able to regain the strength in his muscle to make him be able to jump and have the athletic ability that he had before, and that’s the big question mark. And we won’t know for 9-12 months whether he’s able to come back to basketball.”
Louisville coach Rick Pitino rejected such medical theories, saying there was “nothing prior”.
“Basically his leg went one way and his shoe went another and the bone split. There’s no preexisting thing that makes it do that,” Rick Pitino said.
Disney’s Pixar Animation has announced today that Ellen DeGeneres will reprise her Nemo voice role for Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory.
Finding Dory is due out November 25, 2015, and will be directed by Andrew Stanton, who also made Finding Nemo.
A happy Ellen DeGeneres have said: “I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time.”
Ellen DeGeneres will reprise her Nemo voice role for Finding Nemo sequel, Finding Dory
“I’m not mad it took this long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating <<Toy Story 16>>. But the time they took was worth it. The script is fantastic. And it has everything I loved about the first one: It’s got a lot of heart, it’s really funny, and the best part is – it’s got a lot more Dory.”
Finding Dory picks up about a year after the action of Finding Nemo, with Ellen DeGeneres’ forgetful fish Dory on her own adventure to reunite with loved ones.
The film will also feature new characters along with familiar ones, including Nemo and his dad, Marlin, who was voiced by Albert Brooks, according to Disney. It is not known yet whether Albert Brooks will reprise his voice role.
Finding Nemo was released in 2003 and took in $921 million worldwide.
The movie was the first Pixar production to win the Academy Award for best animated feature after the category was added in 2001.
Pixar films have gone on to dominate, winning the Oscar seven years out of 12. (A.P.)
Robin Thicke’s music video for Blurred Lines has been branded too hot for YouTube and has been banned from the website.
The clip features nude models prowling around Robin Thicke and rappers T.I. and Pharrell.
The video is still playing on the music video website Vevo.
Robin Thicke’s music video for Blurred Lines has been branded too hot for YouTube and has been banned from the website
Robin Thicke’s unrated clip was released last week and garnered more than 1 million views in days. The original video was released a week before and has 1.3 million views.
The R&B crooner said in an interview last week that he had sought the approval of his wife, actress Paula Patton, to shoot with nude models.
“Obviously if she didn’t like it, I wouldn’t put it out,” Robin Thicke said.
The original kid- and teen-friendly version debuted last month.
Robin Thicke, 36, said director Diane Martel came up with the idea of using nude models.
“As long as it’s fun and the girls are comfortable, let’s do something silly,” Robin Thicke said.
“Let’s take some chances.”
Blurred Lines will appear on Robin Thicke’s sixth album, due out this summer. The singer said because of his upcoming album, he won’t appear on the second season of BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood, which also stars comedian-actor Kevin Hart.
Cathy’s Kids, a cancer charity set up by Lamar Odom, has failed to give considerable money raised to children in need, a new investigation has revealed.
According to ESPN, which conducted an investigation called Outside The Lines, Cathy’s Kids foundation has not given $2.2 million accumulated to any cancer-related causes since it was founded in 2004.
Questions were raised about the use of the money after investigators rifled through eight years of Lamar Odom’s tax records.
Cathy’s Kids, a cancer charity set up by Lamar Odom, has failed to give considerable money raised to children in need
Instead of funding cancer-related patients, the money has reportedly been mostly used to finance two elite youth basketball travel teams.
According to ESPN investigation, at least 60% of the $2.2 million has helped fund the AAU teams.
The sole employee on the books for the charity is Lamar Odom’s high school coach and best man at his wedding to Khloe Kardashian, Jerry DeGregorio.
Acting as secretary for the Cathy’s Kids – named in honor of Lamar Odom’s late mother who died of stomach cancer – from 2004 to 2011, Jerry deGregorio was reportedly paid a median annual salary of around $72,000, despite the charity operating at a loss since it was created.
Cathy’s Kids is currently $256,000 in debt largely due to a loan Lamar Odom made to the charity, according to his business manager and charity’s treasurer, Lester Knispel.
The new ESPN revelations now allegedly see Lamar Odom in danger of violating tax law as, as ESPN states, if a charity spends funds not consistent with its stated mission, including paying someone like Jerry DeGregorio a salary, it could be considered as fraud by the IRS or a state attorney general’s office.
If fraudulent activity is found, prosecutors could in turn file charges against Lamar Odom.
ESPN have apparently since sought a comment from LA Clippers star about his charity’s spending habits.
Lamar Odom reportedly simply responded with: “It’s my money.”
His wife Khloe Kardashian has been heavily involved with Cathy’s Kids by setting up a personal eBay account with her husband, in which they have been selling off personal effects, including items from her designer wardrobe, to raise funds.
Khloe Kardashian has even taken to her own personal blog to promote the charity and gush about her husband’s efforts.
The Outside The Lines report also investigated more than a hundred other charities attached to high profile athletes.
The investigation revealed that 115 of the big name charities were not handing out raised profits effectively or properly.
It also found that more than 74% were not operating under the Better Business Bureau and the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy standards.
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed she is not pregnant and her Twitter post was just an April Fool’s Day joke.
The star deleted a tweet in which she claimed to be pregnant and then wrote: “April Fools. Where’s everyone’s sense of humor?”
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed she is not pregnant and her Twitter post was just an April Fool’s Day joke
Lindsay Lohan, 26, posted the update on Tuesday morning after her message on Monday evening caused the rumor mill to go into overdrive.
The actress – who is dating City Of The Sun guitarist Avi Snow – published the message: “Its official. Pregnant” at around 10.30 p.m. PST on Monday, April 1.
Lindsay Lohan’s initial tweet had drawn more than 17,000 retweets and been favorited more than 6,000 times, as of this morning.
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton also weighed in on the tweet last night and dragged Amanda Bynes into the joke writing: “Win!! RT @AmandaBynes Hey hos! I just want you all to know that @lindsaylohan is having my baby and @PerezHilton is gonna be the godfather!”
MTV has decided to stop filming its reality show Buckwild after Shain Gandee was found dead in his truck with his uncle and another man in a mud pit close to his West Virginia home.
A close friend of Shain Gandee’s found the bodies of the Buckwild castmember, his uncle David Gandee, 48, and Donald Robert Myers, 27, after they had left a bar in Sissonville at about 3am on Sunday morning.
Buckwild star Shain Gandee was found dead in his truck with his uncle and another man in a mud pit close to his West Virginia home
Shain Gandee’s Ford Bronco was found more than a day later, partially submerged in deep mud off a dirt road, about a mile away from the reality star’s home.
Shooting for the second season of Buckwild had begun prior to the accident.
It is believed that the three men died of carbon monoxide poisoning, but autopsy results are pending.
Now struck with funeral costs, Shain Gandee’s family has organized a fundraiser to cover burial expenses.
According toTMZ , his cousin Ashley is putting together an off-road trucking event to raise money for the Gandee family.
After news of his death yesterday, Gandee’s fellow castmates wrote Twitter tributes to their friend, while some of the Jersey Shore stars also used the social networking site to share their condolences.
Cara Parrish, Shain Gandee’s love interest on Buckwild, tweeted: “This is the emptiest I’ve ever felt. Please pray for [Shain Gandee’s parents] Dale and Loretta.”
Jenny “JWOWW” Farley posted: “That’s awful that shain passed… He was just a baby.”
The cause of death is not yet known, although no foul play is suspected.
Sourced told TMZ that carbon monoxide poisoning is being explored as a possible cause of death.
If the truck’s exhaust pipe had been blocked by mud, the deadly gas may have seeped into the vehicle.
Buckwild, in which Shain is nicknamed Gandee Candy, has been dubbed the “Redneck Jersey Shore”.
The reality show follows Shain Gandee, 21, and eight other young adults in Virginia, all of whom love small-town American life.
Shain Gandee in particular shunned cell phones and social media, and was happiest when he was hunting and four-wheeling, according to the West Virginia Gazette.
The star’s father told Buckwild producers that his son “died doing what he loved”, according to ABC News.
The United Nations General Assembly has passed the first global arms trade treaty by 154 votes to three, with 23 abstentions.
Syria, North Korea and Iran had sought to block the treaty governing a trade worth some $70 billion annually.
The UN General Assembly has passed the first global arms trade treaty by 154 votes to three, with 23 abstentions
The treaty aims to prevent abuses against civilians and keep weapons out of the hands of terrorists and gangs.
Russia, the world’s second-biggest major exporter, was among those states which abstained from the vote at the UN Assembly in New York.
The treaty also prohibits states from exporting conventional weapons in violation of arms embargoes, or weapons that would be used for acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes or terrorism.
It also requires states to prevent conventional weapons reaching the black market.
Before the vote, Australia’s ambassador to the UN, Peter Woolcott, had said the final draft of the treaty was a compromise text to bring together the broadest range of stakeholders.
The UN Assembly had heard from member-states’ ambassadors objecting to, or supporting, the draft.
Speaking for Russia, Vitaly Churkin said it was a significant shortcoming that there was no clause in the draft treaty about banning the supply of weapons to non-state entities.
The first episode of Game of Thrones Season 3 has become the most pirated TV show ever, according to TorrentFreak.
According to the blog, the episode has been shared and downloaded on BitTorrents a million times in less than a day.
There were also more than 160,000 simultaneous peers sharing one file of the episode.
The first episode of Game of Thrones Season 3 has become the most pirated TV show ever
The previous record was for the series three premiere of Heroes which had 144,663 peers in 2008.
Data compiled by TorrentFreak shows that Australia had the highest piracy rate according to population size of popular download destinations, while London topped the list of pirate cities.
Reasons for the high piracy rate include staggered international release of Game of Thrones and the programme being shown on subscription channels.
In America the show airs on HBO while in the UK it is shown on Sky Atlantic.
Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show over the internet in 2012.
One episode of Game of Thrones racked up 4,280,000 illegal global downloads, according to Torrentfreak. That was slightly more than its estimated US television audience.
Samoa Air boss Chris Langton defends the airline’s decision to start charging passengers according to their weight.
Chris Langton told Australia’s ABC Radio that it was “the fairest way of travelling”.
Rather than pay for a seat, Samoa Air passengers pay a fixed price per kilogram, which varies depending on the route length.
Samoa Air boss Chris Langton defends the airline’s decision to start charging passengers according to their weight
Samoa Air flies domestically and to American Samoa.
It is thought the company’s move could encourage other airlines to introduce similar policies.
“Airlines don’t run on seats, they run on weight, and particularly the smaller the aircraft you are in the less variance you can accept in terms of the difference in weight between passengers,” Chris Langton told ABC radio.
“Anyone who travels at times has felt they have been paying for half of the passenger next to them.”
Under the new model, Chris Langton described how some families with children were now paying cheaper fares.
“There are no extra fees in terms of excess baggage or anything – it is just a kilo is a kilo is a kilo,” he said.
The company’s rates range from $1 to around $4.16 per kilogram. Passengers pay for the combined weight of themselves and their baggage.
Chris Langton also suggested that the move had helped promote health awareness in Samoa, which has one of the world’s highest levels of obesity.
“People generally are becoming much more weight conscious. That’s a health issue in some areas,” he told ABC Radio.
Chris Langton said he believed that charging by weight was “the concept of the future.”
“People generally are bigger, wider and taller than they were 50 years ago,” he said.
Alma Whitten, who was Google’s first privacy director, is to step down after three years in the role.
The position was created by the search giant after mistakes on privacy including Google’s Street View cars collecting personal data as they captured images of street scenes.
London-based Alma Whitten is being replaced in June by California-based Google software engineer Lawrence You.
Alma Whitten, who was Google’s first privacy director, is to step down after three years in the role
Google said Alma Whitten had “done so much to improve our products and protect our users”.
In a statement given to Forbes and other news sites, Google said: “The privacy and security teams, and everyone else at Google, will continue this hard work to ensure that our users’ data is kept safe and secure.”
In 2010, Google fell foul of governments, privacy watchdogs and users when it emerged that Street View cars copied e-mails and passwords from private Wi-Fi networks.
In the same year, the launch of the Buzz social network tool caused similar problems because Google enrolled millions of people into it without their permission.
Google also made lists of contacts and other details public.
In the wake of these mistakes – which led to multi-million dollar fines – Google appointed Alma Whitten to help ensure its software engineers took account of privacy as they developed new services and updated older ones.
Lawrence You, who has been at Google for 8 years, was one of the first recruits to the privacy team Alma Whitten assembled.
When he takes over, Lawrence You will manage a privacy and security team that numbers hundreds of workers.
Doctor Thierry Costa, who worked on French adventure reality TV show Koh Lanta, has killed himself in Cambodia after contestant Gerald Babin died.
Dr. Thierry Costa, 38, left a suicide saying his name had been “sullied by the media” over the death of 25-year-old Gerald Babin a week ago.
Gerald Babin had a heart attack during filming on the island of Koh Rong.
Dr Thierry Costa has killed himself in Cambodia after contestant Koh Lanta contestant Gerald Babin died
Some media reports had criticized Dr. Thierry Costa, saying he had taken too much time to treat Gerald Babin.
Gerald Babin had complained of cramps on the first day of filming on the southern Cambodian island on March 22.
Dr. Thierry Costa administered emergency care before Gerald Babin was airlifted to a mainland hospital where he died.
French authorities have launched a preliminary investigation into Gerald Babin’s death.
Broadcaster TF1 announced last week it would axe the show, described as France’s version of Survivor, in response to the contestant’s death.
The Koh Lanta’s producers, Adventure Line Productions (ALP), confirmed that Dr. Thierry Costa killed himself at a hotel in Cambodia on Monday.
Dr. Costa had been part of the Koh Lanta show for four seasons, assisting candidates who must survive on an uninhabited island and complete a series of challenges.
“This tragic event has to encourage those who accuse and comment without proper judgment to exercise responsibility,” ALP said, adding that Dr. Costa had left a suicide note.
In the suicide note, Thierry Costa wrote that the accusations leveled against him had been “unfair”.
“I am sure that I treated Gerald in a respectable manner, as a patient and not as a contestant. Even though I regret this sad end, I also acted in conformity with the Hippocratic oath.”
He added that “having to reconstruct this destroyed reputation would be unbearable”.
Dr. Thierry Costa asked for his body to be cremated in Cambodia, “without ever going back to France”.
The head of TF1, Nonce Paolini, described Dr. Thierry Costa’s death as a tragedy.
“The authors of the anonymous comments about the circumstances of Gerald Babin’s death and those who spread them will have to face their conscience,” Nonce Paolini said.
Cyprus Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has decided to resign after completing talks on the controversial IMF-EU bailout deal.
Michalis Sarris will be replaced by Labour Minister Haris Georgiades, reports in the local media suggest.
Cyprus Finance Minister Michalis Sarris has decided to resign after completing talks on the controversial IMF-EU bailout deal
The 10 billion-euro ($13 billion) deal – agreed by the EU and IMF – originally envisaged a levy on all Cypriot bank depositors, triggering public anger.
Under the revised deal, Bank of Cyprus depositors with more than 100,000 euros could now lose up to 60% of their savings.
On Tuesday, Cyprus’ government said that President Nicos Anastasiades had accepted the resignation of Michalis Sarris, who had been under fire for his handling of the bailout deal.
Nicos Anastasiades earlier ordered an investigation into what led Cyprus to the brink of bankruptcy before it was forced to accept tough bailout conditions.
The inquiry will be carried out by a three-judge panel.
Kendall and Kylie Jenner furiously defended their sister Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy style from those who have been criticizing her weight gain.
“It p***es me off when people say, <<You’re so fat>>, to Kim,” Kylie Jenner, 15, admitted toE! News.
Kendall and Kylie Jenner defended their sister Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy style from those who have been criticizing her weight gain
Kendall Jenner added that all that matters is how Kim Kardashian feels in herself.
“If you like it, and you feel good…” Kendall Jenner, 17, began, before her sister interjected.
“I’m like, <<Are you dumb?>>” Kylie Jenner cut in, taking a slightly more angry approach.
She added: “I don’t get it.”
“She’s pregnant, people.”
They were speaking at a photo shoot to promote their clothing line PacSun, and as they flicked through rails of garments they had designed, they gushed that they are big fans of Kim’s maternity wear.
Kim Kardashian, 32, who is expecting a baby with boyfriend Kanye West, has also taken matters into her own hands.
After reading comments complaining that one of her leather pencil skirts was too tight, Kim Kardashian posted a blog hitting back at her critics.
“I saw some comments that the skirt is too tight for the pregnancy and that’s ridiculous!” she wrote.
“I bought this skirt a few sizes bigger and there is plenty of room.
“For any concern that my clothes are too tight, I have so many pieces custom fit for my growing body!”
Kim Kardashian added: “It’s funny because Kourtney warned me that when I get pregnant people’s opinions will be on an all time high and everyone will chime in! So I now see what she means.”
Justin Bieber is reportedly banned from Passage, one of Vienna’s biggest nightclubs, amid allegations of violent behavior from members of his entourage.
Justin Bieber’s bodyguards smashed the cameras of fans who were enjoying themselves in Passage nightclub over the weekend, and even destroyed mobile phones in the midst of the furor surrounding the singer after her performed his Believe world tour in Vienna, the Austrian Times.
Justin Bieber is reportedly banned from Passage, one of Vienna’s biggest nightclubs, amid allegations of violent behavior from members of his entourage
Passage nightclub manager Joachim Bankel told the Austrian Times: “Justin Bieber is no longer welcome here.”
This is not the first time Justin Bieber, 19, has been banned from an exclusive nightclub.
The teen idol claimed he had the “worst birthday ever” after he was turned away from London’s Cirque Du Soir when he arrived at the venue with underage friends in tow.
In February, Justin Bieber was snubbed by Manchester nightclub Sankeys as they didn’t want him to tarnish their edgy image.
Sankeys posted on Twitter at the time: “Yes the rumors are true, we turned Justin Bieber away. He shuffles on stage and we can’t be having that in Sankeys now can we!”
Justin Bieber is also facing criminal charges after for allegedly spitting on and threatening his neighbor after a fellow resident at his posh Calabasas gated community confronted him for driving recklessly on their private roads.
A major upgrade for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is already known for its cutting-edge science, has begun.
Engineers work should double the energy of the LHC, already the most powerful particle accelerator in the world.
Scientists believe the upgrade will enable them to discover new particles which will lead to a more complete theory of how the Universe works.
Scientists believe the LHC upgrade will enable them to discover new particles which will lead to a more complete theory of how the Universe works
The engineers’ tasks also include testing and replacing some of the LHC’s main dipole and quadrupole magnets, which are used to bend the paths of the particles and keep them tightly bunched; conducting tests to detect any irregularities in the magnets or imperfections in the electrical insulation; and a range of other work to improve the machine.
The LHC upgrade will enable it to discover new particles leading to a radical change in our understanding of how the Universe works.
The discovery of Higgs particle last year was the end of a successful chapter of late 20th Century physics.
This was the development of the current theory in the 1960s and 70s called the “Standard Model”.
This theory says that most of the forces of nature, the objects around us and our own existence, are all down to the interaction of the Higgs with 16 other particles. It successfully explains how electricity, magnetism and light operate.
Since then, all the particles predicted by the Standard Model have been discovered – including most recently the Higgs.
The problem though is scientists known this theory is limited. It explains extremely well the world around us, but it cannot explain the way most of the Universe behaves.
Physicists hope that by operating at full power, the LHC will be able to find evidence of so-called supersymmetric particles. These are like the particles in the Standard Model – but more massive.
One form of supersymmetry predicts that there should be five Higgs bosons, which are each slightly different.
