Holly Sherburn
Friday, 16 May 2014
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Holly Sherburn
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Welcome to HENRY OKERE's Official Blog Page: Employee who leaked Jay Z, Solange video fired, ho...
Welcome to HENRY OKERE's Official Blog Page: Employee who leaked Jay Z, Solange video fired, ho...: CNN) -- The hotel where Jay Z had an alleged altercation with Beyonce's sister says it has fired the person who leaked the tape to ...
Employee who leaked Jay Z, Solange video fired, hotel says
CNN) -- The hotel where Jay Z had an alleged altercation with Beyonce's sister says it has fired the person who leaked the tape to the media.
"The Standard has identified the individual responsible for breaching the security policies of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV video released by TMZ," said Brian Phillips, a spokesman for the hotel.
"The Standard has already terminated the individual and will now be pursuing all available civil and criminal remedies."
In the statement, Phillips said the hotel will turn over its information to authorities.
TMZ says the surveillance video is from an elevator and was takenthe night of the Met Gala this month in New York.
In the video, a woman who resembles Solange Knowles enters just before a man who appears to be the rapper. They appear to exchange words before the woman lunges forward and starts striking him. Another unidentified man grabs and holds her.
A woman who resembles Beyonce stands in the corner of the elevator during most of the altercation. Jay Z is Beyonce's husband and Solange's brother-in-law.
It's unclear what caused the fight.
Representatives for Solange, Jay Z and Beyonce have not responded to CNN requests for comment.
Shortly after the video was released, the hotel said it was "shocked and disappointed" by the breach of security.
"We are investigating with the utmost urgency the circumstances surrounding the situation and, as is our customary practice, will discipline and prosecute the individuals involved to our fullest capacity," it said this week.
Beyonce and Jay Z recently announced their "On the Run" tour, which is scheduled to take them to 16 cities this summer.sillycontents.blogspot.com
Sevilla win Europa League final
Sevilla defended doggedly in a 0-0 draw before beating Benfica 4-2 on penalties to win the Europa League for the third time on Wednesday as the final curse of Bela Guttmann continued to haunt the Portuguese side.
Beaten 2-1 at the death by Chelsea in the same game 12 months ago, Benfica slumped to their eighth successive European final loss, putting a dampener on what had been a triumphant season.
Benfica had the best of the opening 90 minutes but failed to take their chances and the confidence seemed to ooze away from them in extra-time.
The writing appeared to be on the wall when Sevilla won the toss before the penalties and chose the end in front of their fans.
Paraguay striker Oscar Cardozo, who has had an unhappy season and missed a penalty for his country in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinal against Spain, took a stuttering run-up before Benfica's second penalty was saved by Beto.
Beto also stopped Benfica's next spot-kick, a half-hearted Rodrigo effort, although the Sevilla goalkeeper appeared to move well off his line on each occasion.
Kevin Gameiro then fired home Sevilla's fourth to clinch their third Europe League/Uefa Cup title.
"In the end, they (Benfica) were pushing forward more as we were tired and all the games that we have played this season took their toll," Sevilla coach Unai Emery said.
"However, we have learnt to fight and cope with the difficult moments and we came out on top."
Benfica's losing run is often referred to as the "curse of Bela Guttmann", the Hungarian coach who led them to successive European Cups in 1961 and 1962.
On leaving the club in acrimonious circumstances, Guttmann said they would never win another European title without him.
"We were better but in football, the best team doesn't alwsillycontents.blogspot.comays in," Benfica coach Jorge Jesus said.
"We had the more chances over 120 minutes but we didn't take them."
Sevilla, playing their 19th match in this season's competition, gave Benfica an early scare when Vitolo cut the ball back to Carlos Bacca and Guilherme Siqueira dived in to intercept.
CRUNCHING TACKLE
Benfica lost midfielder Miralem Sulejmani who injured his shoulder in a crunching tackle by Alberto Moreno.
Although the two sets of fans made a wall of noise each end, there were nearly 6 000 empty seats at the Juventus stadium, with an official attendance of just over 33 000.
The first half was often scrappy and niggly as Sevilla managed to blunt Benfica's attacking edge.
Beto was called into action twice in quick succession before the break, first to stop an Maxi Pereira lob after the Uruguayan got in behind the Sevilla defence and then to block a Rodrigo effort after he burst down the right.
Benfica, who have won the Portuguese League and League Cup and will attempt to complete a domestic treble on Sunday in the Cup final, should have gone ahead soon after the re-start.
Pereira set up Lima who had a shot blocked off the line by Nicolas Pareja was also blocked.
Pereira then set up another chance for Lima when he got in behind the Sevilla defence and this time the Brazilian forward completely missed his kick.
Lima nearly grabbed a late winner with a dipping long-range effort which Beto just managed to turn over the crossbar.
Benfica failed to carry the momentum into extra-time and Sevilla nearly went ahead when Ivan Rakitic sent Bacca clear down the right but the Colombian fired his just over the bar.
Gameiro fired into the side-netting in the second half of extra-time after another break down the right. By that time, fatigue had crept in, the pace had slowed and the game was littered with mistakes.
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Death toll in Turkish mine blast exceeds 200, many still trapped
(Reuters) - Rescuers pulled more dead and injured from a coalmine in western Turkey on Wednesday more than 19 hours after an explosion, bringing the death toll to 205 in what could become the nationsillycontents.blogspot.com
Hundreds more were still believed to be trapped in the mine in Soma, about 480 kilometers (298 miles) southwest of Istanbul. The explosion, which triggered a fire, occurred shortly after 3 pm (1200 GMT) on Tuesday.
"We are heading towards this accident likely being the deadliest ever in Turkey," Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told reporters at the scene.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan declared three days of national mourning.
The disaster highlighted Turkey's poor record on worker safety and drew renewed opposition calls for an inquiry into a drop in safety standards at previously state-run mines. The International Labour Organization ranked the EU candidate nation third worst in the world for worker deaths in 2012.
Yildiz said the fire was still burning underground, which miners said was hampering the rescue operation and denting hopes of finding more survivors. A pall of smoke hung above the area.
The blast happened during a shift change, leading to uncertainty over the exact numbers of miners trapped inside. Yildiz earlier said 787 workers were in the mine at the time and that the death toll may rise further.
"I have to say that our hopes are dimming in terms of the rescue efforts," he said.
Rescue workers pumped oxygen into the mine to try to keep those trapped by the blaze alive, as thousands of family members and co-workers gathered outside the town's hospital. Many of the dead had suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, Yildiz said.
Some 93 people were rescued, including several rescuers, and 85 of them were being treated for their injuries, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said in an email.
One relative told broadcaster CNN Turk that his 15-year-old nephew was among workers still trapped inside the shaft.
PROTESTS
A cold storage warehouse, usually used for food, and freezer trucks served as makeshift morgues as hospital facilities overflowed. Medical staff intermittently emerged from the hospital to read the names of survivors being treated inside, with families and fellow workers clamoring for information.
Teams of psychiatrists were being pulled together to help counsel the families of victims. Paramilitary police guarded the entrance to the mine to keep distressed relatives at a safe distance from the rescue effort.
There were calls on social media for protests in front of the Istanbul headquarters of Soma Komur Isletmeleri, the operator of the mine. The company said in a brief statement late on Tuesday that there had been "a grave accident" caused by an explosion in a substation but gave few other details.
Erdogan cancelled a visit to Albania, scheduled for Wednesday, and is instead going to the site of the disaster, his office said. President Abdullah Gul also cancelled a trip to China scheduled for Thursday in order to travel to Soma.
At Istanbul's Taksim Square, two left-wing opposition newspaper vendors read out headlines to silent morning commuters. "Turkey is a graveyard for workers", and "This wasn't an accident, this was negligence."
POOR RECORD
Turkey's rapid growth over the past decade has seen a construction boom and a scramble to meet soaring energy demands, with worker safety standards often failing to keep pace.
Its safety record in coal mining has been poor for decades, with its deadliest accident to date in 1992, when a gas blast killed 263 workers in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak.
The Labour Ministry said late on Tuesday its officials had carried out regular inspections at the Soma mine, most recently in March, and that no irregularities had been detected.
But Hursit Gunes, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party, said a previous request for a parliamentary inquiry into safety and working conditions at mines around Soma had been rejected by the ruling AK Party.
"I'm going to renew that parliamentary investigation demand today. If (the government) has been warned about this and they did nothing, then people will be angry, naturally. The opposition warned them. But there's unbelievable lethargy on this issue," Gunes told Reuters.
The ILO in 2012 said Turkey had the highest rate of worker deaths in Europe and the world's third-highest. In the mining sector, 61 people died in 2012, according to the ILO's latest statistics. Between 2002 and 2012, the death toll at Turkish mines totaled more than 1,000.
FIFA World Cup Draw 2014 - Detailed Time Table, Fixtures, Stadium etc...
Times are all in GMT+1...Nigerian time
GROUP A June 12 Sao Paulo, 2100: Brazil v Croatia June 13 Natal, 1700: Mexico v Cameroon June 17 Fortaleza, 2000: Brazil v Mexico June 18 Manaus, 2000: Cameroon v Croatia June 23 Brasilia, 2100: Cameroon v Brazil June 23 Recife, 2100: Croatia v Mexico
GROUP B June 13 Salvador, 2000: Spain v Holland June 13 Cuiaba, 2300: Chile v Australia June 18 Rio, 2300: Spain v Chile June 18 Porto Alegre, 1700: Australia v Holland June 23 Curitiba, 1700: Australia v Spain June 23 Sao Paulo, 1700: Holland v Chile
GROUP C
June 14 B. Horiz, 1700:
Colombia v Greece
June 14 Recife, 2300:
Ivory Coast v Japan
June 19 Brasilia, 1700:
Colombia v Ivory Coast
June 19 Natal, 2300:
Japan v Greece
June 24 Cuiaba, 2100:
Japan v Colombia
June 24 Fortaleza, 2100:
Greece v Ivory Coast GROUP D June 14 Fortaleza, 2000: Uruguay v Costa Rica June 15 Manaus, 0200: England v Italy June 19 Sao Paulo, 2000: Uruguay v England June 20 Recife, 1700: Italy v Costa Rica June 24 Natal, 1700: Italy v Uruguay June 24 B. Horiz, 1700: Costa Rica v England
GROUP E June 15 Brasilia, 1700: Switzerland v Ecuador June 15 Porto Alegre, 2000: France v Honduras June 20 Salvador, 2000: Switzerland v France June 20 Curitiba, 2300: Honduras v Ecuador June 25 Manaus, 2100: Honduras v Switzerland June 25 Rio, 2100: Ecuador v France
GROUP F June 15 Rio, 2300: Argentina v Bosnia-H’vina June 16 Curitiba, 2000: Iran v Nigeria June 21 B. Horiz, 1700: Argentina v Iran June 21 Cuiaba, 2300: Nigeria v Bosnia-H’vina June 25 Porto Alegre, 1700: Nigeria v Argentina June 25 Salvador, 1700: Bosnia-Herzegovina v Iran
GROUP G June 16 Salvador, 1700: Germany v Portugal June 16 Natal, 2300: Ghana v United States June 21 Fortaleza, 2000: Germany v Ghana June 22 Manaus, 2000: United States v Portugal June 26 Recife, 1700: United States v Germany June 26 Brasilia, 1700: Portugal v Ghana
GROUP H June 17 B. Horiz, 1700: Belgium v Algeria June 17 Cuiaba, 2300: Russia v South Korea June 22 Rio, 2300: Belgium v Russia June 22 Porto Alegre, 1700: South Korea v Algeria June 26 Sao Paulo, 2100: South Korea v Belgium June 26 Curitiba, 2100: Algeria v Russia
Read more at: http://sugarsport.me/2014/05/14/brazil-world-cup-2014-nigerian-guide-to-groups-matches-and-dates/ | SugarSport
GROUP A
June 12 Sao Paulo, 2100:
Brazil v Croatia
June 13 Natal, 1700:
Mexico v Cameroon
June 17 Fortaleza, 2000:
Brazil v Mexico
June 18 Manaus, 2000:
Cameroon v Croatia
June 23 Brasilia, 2100:
Cameroon v Brazil
June 23 Recife, 2100:
Croatia v Mexico
GROUP B
June 13 Salvador, 2000:
Spain v Holland
June 13 Cuiaba, 2300:
Chile v Australia
June 18 Rio, 2300:
Spain v Chile
June 18 Porto Alegre, 1700:
Australia v Holland
June 23 Curitiba, 1700:
Australia v Spain
June 23 Sao Paulo, 1700:
Holland v Chile
GROUP C
June 14 B. Horiz, 1700:
Colombia v Greece
June 14 Recife, 2300:
Ivory Coast v Japan
June 19 Brasilia, 1700:
Colombia v Ivory Coast
June 19 Natal, 2300:
Japan v Greece
June 24 Cuiaba, 2100:
Japan v Colombia
June 24 Fortaleza, 2100:
Greece v Ivory Coast
GROUP D
June 14 Fortaleza, 2000:
Uruguay v Costa Rica
June 15 Manaus, 0200:
England v Italy
June 19 Sao Paulo, 2000:
Uruguay v England
June 20 Recife, 1700:
Italy v Costa Rica
June 24 Natal, 1700:
Italy v Uruguay
June 24 B. Horiz, 1700:
Costa Rica v England
GROUP E
June 15 Brasilia, 1700:
Switzerland v Ecuador
June 15 Porto Alegre, 2000:
France v Honduras
June 20 Salvador, 2000:
Switzerland v France
June 20 Curitiba, 2300:
Honduras v Ecuador
June 25 Manaus, 2100:
Honduras v Switzerland
June 25 Rio, 2100:
Ecuador v France
GROUP F
June 15 Rio, 2300:
Argentina v Bosnia-H’vina
June 16 Curitiba, 2000:
Iran v Nigeria
June 21 B. Horiz, 1700:
Argentina v Iran
June 21 Cuiaba, 2300:
Nigeria v Bosnia-H’vina
June 25 Porto Alegre, 1700:
Nigeria v Argentina
June 25 Salvador, 1700:
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Iran
GROUP G
June 16 Salvador, 1700:
Germany v Portugal
June 16 Natal, 2300:
Ghana v United States
June 21 Fortaleza, 2000:
Germany v Ghana
June 22 Manaus, 2000:
United States v Portugal
June 26 Recife, 1700:
United States v Germany
June 26 Brasilia, 1700:
Portugal v Ghana
GROUP H
June 17 B. Horiz, 1700:
Belgium v Algeria
June 17 Cuiaba, 2300:
Russia v South Korea
June 22 Rio, 2300:
Belgium v Russia
June 22 Porto Alegre, 1700:
South Korea v Algeria
June 26 Sao Paulo, 2100:
South Korea v Belgium
June 26 Curitiba, 2100:
Algeria v Russia
Read more at: http://sugarsport.me/2014/05/14/brazil-world-cup-2014-nigerian-guide-to-groups-matches-and-dates/ | SugarSport
Read more at: http://sugarsport.me/2014/05/14/brazil-world-cup-2014-nigerian-guide-to-groups-matches-and-dates/ | SugarSport
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