Peter Hartley: Fabio Cardoso broken nose ‘fun to watch’
Motherwell captain Peter Hartley could face Scottish FA sanctions after saying it was “fun to watch” former Rangers defender Fabio Cardoso “weeping” after breaking his nose last season.
Cardoso was injured in a clash with Motherwell forward Ryan Bowman in their League Cup semi-final in October.
The Scottish FA’s interim compliance officer will decide whether to take action.
He said they “fall below the standards expected” of a Motherwell captain and that he got “caught up in the excitement” in the build-up to Sunday’s game.
Hartley, though, expects another fiery clash when the sides meet at Fir Park in the Premiership.
“We’ll show them respect with regards to how they play on the training pitch, but when we cross the white line on Sunday there won’t be much respect shown,” the 30-year-old defender said.
“They were [tasty encounters], Fir Park definitely, and obviously at Hampden as well. They’ve all been entertaining, the games have been close as well.
“We’re not going to sit and try and take a draw. We’re going to come out on Sunday with the mentality to take all three points.”
Here it is, the most unholy of creations: the foot manicure. And no, I’m not clumsily describing a pedicure, if that’s what you’re thinking.
The foot manicure, which is the brainchild of Russian Instagram nail artist nail_sunny, is exactly what it sounds like. Every fingernail has a tiny foot attached to it. If you’re confused by this, let me assure you, you’re not alone.
To achieve this unconventional manicure, fake nails are adhered to each nail and molded into the shape of feet, then each foot nail is painted a flesh color, and lastly each foot is given its own pedicure to complete the look.
The end result: disturbing feet hands. Foot nails? Finger feet? Who cares. They’re heinous, and it will take many hours of watching mind-numbing reality television to strike feet nails from my memory — if it’s even possible.
It’s probably useless at this point to beg the internet to put an end to these disconcerting nail art trends, considering we’ve already been given “teeth nails” and Baby Stormi nails. But still, I beseech thee internet, cool it with the creepy manicures.
Jimmy Bennett, the former child actor who accused Asia Argento of sexual assault, has released a statement explaining why he didn’t initially speak out about the alleged abuse when it reportedly happened five years ago.
“I did not initially speak out about my story because I chose to handle it in private with the person who wronged me,” reads the statement, released to PEOPLE on Wednesday by Bennett’s lawyer Gordon K. Sattro. “My trauma resurfaced as she came out as a victim herself. I have not made a public statement in the past days and hours because I was ashamed and afraid to be part of the public narrative. I was underage when the event took place, and I tried to seek justice in a way that made sense to me at the time because I was not ready to deal with the ramifications of my story becoming public.”
Bennett’s statement comes in the wake of the allegations that were first surfaced by the New York Times on Sunday. According to the Times, Bennett, 22, and Argento, 42, reached a financial settlement after Bennett claimed Argento performed oral sex on him and engaged in intercourse in 2013 when he was 17 and she was 37 (In California, 18 is the age of consent).
Bennett’s statement continues: “At the time I believed there was still a stigma to being in the situation as a male in our society. I didn’t think that people would understand the event that took place from the eyes of a teenage boy. I have had to overcome many adversities in my life, and this is another that I will deal with, in time. I would like to move past this event in my life, and today I choose to move forward, no longer in silence.”
Bennett went on to praise the “many brave women and men have spoken out about their own experiences during the #metoo movement” in his statement, and that he appreciates “the bravery that it took for each and every one of them to take such a stand.”
The actress said Bennett reached out following her public accusation of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein last fall knowing her boyfriend Bourdain was “a man of great perceived wealth.” She claimed the late chef then decided to handle the matter quietly. Bourdain was found dead by suicide in June at age 61.
“Anthony was afraid of the possible negative publicity that such person, whom he considered dangerous, could have brought upon us. We decided to deal compassionately with Bennett’s demand for help and gave it to him,” she said. “Anthony personally undertook to help Bennett economically, upon the condition that we would no longer suffer any further intrusions in our life.”
However, TMZ published texts on Wednesday allegedly between Argento and a friend talking about Bennett’s claims and the reported incident. In the texts, Argento denies knowing Bennett was a minor at the time until he contacted her and Bourdain last fall. She also allegedly says she “felt weird” after the two had sex and pointed out that the legal age of consent is 15 in France and Italy.
“The public knows nothing, only what NYT wrote. Which is one sided,” she allegedly wrote in the text, according to TMZ. “The horny kid jumped me.”
TMZ also published a photo of Argento and Bennett that appears to show them in bed together, and a letter Bennett allegedly wrote Argento after the incident. The letter is addressed to Argento from Bennett and says that he is happy the actress is in his life.
“I love you with all my heart. So glad we met again,” Bennett allegedly says in the letter, which is written on stationary from the Ritz Carlton, the hotel where the incident reportedly took place.
WASHINGTON – Federal investigators who conduct background checks of Defense officials have been asking if those people have had contact with the news media, apparently veering off the script for conducting national security reviews.
The questioning has alarmed good-government activists, who see it as an attempt to intimidate government officials from speaking with reporters. Meanwhile, the head of the agency that conducts background checks says there has been no directive issued to investigators on news-media contacts and that a few rogue investigators may be at fault.
The line of questioning appears to stem from President Donald Trump’s recent threats to revoke security clearances, emboldening some investigators to ask questions that previously were considered out of bounds, said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project On Government Oversight, a good-government watchdog organization.
“The president himself is publicly targeting people who should lose clearances,” Brian said. “That opens up the vast universe of people involved in the process to feel more at liberty to be aggressive about asking these questions.”
The question has rattled some in the national security community after Trump’s decision last week to revoke the clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan. Trump has threatened more retired and current officials with the sanction. Asking about contact with reporters carries the implicit threat of revoking or not granting security clearances, which are required for many government and contractor jobs.
In one case in recent weeks, a background investigator asked a person acting as a reference for a prospective Defense Department employee if that person had had contact with the news media, said the reference. Answering affirmatively, the reference was told, would delay and possibly prohibit the potential employee from receiving the security clearance.
The reference and the potential employee asked not to be identified out of concern that it could jeopardize employment.
Questioning inappropriate
That type of questioning is inappropriate, Phalen said.
“This is somebody not acting within the scope of what we’re asking them to do,” he said. “It’s outside of that scope. It’s that simple.”
The effect of such questioning sends the signal that any interaction with the news media could be a job killer, Brian said.
“Clearly this has a chilling element because whistle blowers are afraid they could lose current or future employment by talking with the media,” said “It’s so subjective. A security clearance could be pulled inappropriately as retaliation when there is no evidence of releasing classified information.”
The question of news-media contact can being asked on a case-by-case basis but is not a standard procedure, Phalen said. A good investigator would seek more information if the subject of the clearance investigation raised the issue first.
“There’s no specific instruction to investigators to hone in on this particular issue, or make it a standard question in all investigations,” Phalen said.
Contact with a news reporter wouldn’t automatically be disqualifying, he said. In Washington, thousands of military officials with security clearances run into reporters on a daily basis, particularly at the Pentagon. Exchanging pleasantries about the weather is not a concern of investigators, he said.
“But raising the question cold and even hinting that this becomes a problem by virtue simply of the contact is completely inappropriate,” Phalen said.
“I am far more concerned, especially in the D.C. area, that individuals will be stigmatized or even penalized simply because they have friends or contacts who are journalists,” Zaid said. “It is an inappropriate question unless there is a substantive basis to ask, or if the individual themselves raise it as a question.”
The State Department issued a travel advisory Wednesday warning American tourists headed to beach getaways in Cancun, Mexico to use caution after eight bodies were discovered in the city this week.
Mexican prosecutors say they have found a total of eight dead bodies on the streets of Cancun, with two bodies dumped at two spots and four others found shot to death individually. None of the killings occurred in the city’s beach-side hotel zone.
“Violent crime, such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery, is widespread,” the travel advisory notes. The U.S. government is limited to intervene in emergencies citizens may face in Mexico and government employees cannot travel to certain areas, according to the advisory.
The bodies of a man and a woman were found stuffed in the trunk of a taxi early Tuesday in Paseos del Mar, Cancun, local newspaper Riviera Maya News reported. The bodies have yet to be identified.
Authorities discovered dismembered bodies of two men in multiple plastic bags at another location Tuesday.
Another man was discovered bound and killed by gun wound. The prosecutors’ office for the state of Quintana Roo said another man was killed while lying in a hammock, while another was found shot and covered in a plastic bag.
Authorities found the eighth victim decapitated in the neighborhood of Tres Reyes, according to Newsweek, citing local reports.
The U.S. State Department warned visitors not to travel to Mexican states Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas due to crime. The department also advised travelers to use toll roads, avoid driving at night, use caution when taking money out of banks or ATMs and be alert at local bars, nightclubs and casinos. It is also advised to not display signs of wealth.
Mark Johnston has broken the all-time record number of British winners for a racehorse trainer.
Poet’s Society – ridden by Frankie Dettori – won a handicap race at York to give the Scot his 4,194th victory.
The 20-1 shot took Johnston, 58, past the mark set by Richard Hannon Sr, who retired in 2013.
Johnston, who is based in the Yorkshire village of Middleham, trained his first winner in 1987 and his victories have earned £53m in prize money.
He saddled nine runners without a winner in pursuit of the record on Wednesday but Poet’s Society obliged as one of two Johnston runners in the Clipper Logistics Handicap.
The gelding held off 5-1 joint-favourite Kynren to win by a neck.
“It was getting very frustrating, the tension on it,” Johnston told BBC Sport. “We had plenty of horses running well on the last few days but I think it took quite a while to get the last four and then the last one.
“This horse epitomises what we are all about. I think it was his 26th run of this year and it’s great it has happened with a horse like this.
“It feels a relief to get it out of the way. Sometimes you wonder how important it is. I have got to pinch myself to think we got to 4,194. From where we started it is unthinkable.”
Johnston celebrated with Dettori after Poet Society’s victory
A trained vet, Johnston started out with a handful of horses and now has 220.
He says his first win at Carlisle racecourse with Hinari Video in 1987 saw him simply stare at the result on Teletext all evening.
Now, assisted at his yard by wife Deirdre and son Charlie, he says his aim is to “look for more records to break”.
“You never go on forever,” he added. “People keep saying Charlie is ready and life has never been easier for me with Charlie taking so much pressure off. Clearly he will take over one day but in his own mind I don’t think he’s ready to and I don’t think I am yet.”
Johnston’s victories include 43 at Royal Ascot and two British Classic triumphs – the 1,000 Guineas winner Attraction in 2004, and Mister Baileys in the 2,000 Guineas 10 years earlier.
‘I admire him very much’ – Pipe
Leading all-time British trainers
4,194: Mark Johnston; 4,193: Richard Hannon Sr; 4,183: Martin Pipe
Martin Pipe, former record-breaking trainer:
It’s a marvellous achievement and I’m delighted for him. I read the other day that I was his inspiration, which is nice.
He’s obviously a brilliant trainer. It takes a lot of dedication and preparation and he has a wonderful team behind him.
It’s a wonderful achievement and I admire him very much.
‘A winner a day’ – analysis
Frank Keogh, BBC Sport
“Always trying” – that’s the motto which adorns the horse lorries of Mark Johnston, who is always trying to set the bar higher.
For the last quarter of a century, the no-nonsense Scot – who grew up on an East Kilbride council estate – has been racking up winners with familiar regularity.
He may not have enjoyed quite the star quality of horses trained by greats such as Sir Michael Stoute and the late Sir Henry Cecil, but he has more winners than them.
To put it in perspective, his tally equates to having a victory every single day for more than 11 years.
Some children are clearly destined to go on to great things.
Journalist Peter Hartlaub’s child most definitely falls into this category.
Just look at this tweet Hartlaub posted about his son’s sugar smuggling antics, and tell us you’re not impressed:
The most “Shawshank Redemption” story you’ll hear today: My younger son tries to sneak sugar packets out of restaurants and eat them in the car. We’ve taken to checking his pockets, so he stuffed five of them in a hollowed-out breadstick. pic.twitter.com/F81jQuvW7g
For those of us not in the liquor business, we’re all apparently in the completely wrong field.
Clooney didn’t show his face in a film in 2018, but Forbes cites British liquor conglomerate Diageo’s purchase of the 57-year-old’s Casamigos Tequila brand for “up to $1 billion.” That gave Clooney an estimated $233 million in pretax earnings, on top of the money he earned from endorsements and older movies.
“It immediately took off,” Rande Gerber, a co-owner of Casamigos with Clooney and Michael Meldman, told CNBC last November. “Right now, we’re the fastest growing ultra-premium tequila in the country.”
Johnson now comes in second with $124 million pretax earnings in 2018, followed by Robert Downey Jr. at $81 million and Chris Hemsworth at $64.5 million — thanks to those Marvel paychecks. Other gents who made the list include (another guy named Chris) Chris Evans ($34 million), Adam Sandler ($39.5 million), Will Smith ($42 million), and Jackie Chan ($45.5 million).
King Bio is voluntarily recalling 32 children’s medicines due to microbial contamination, the company said in a release Wednesday. The company said use of the medicines could result in life-threatening infections to some people.
The products were produced between Aug. 1, 2017, and April 2018 and have tested positive for microbial contamination, the company said. Although King Bio describes the number as a “small percentage,” it is issuing the recall out of an abundance of caution.
There have been no reports of illnesses.
The products are listed below. All of them come in 2-ounce bottles unless otherwise noted. To see the lot numbers associated with these, click here. The SafeCare RX brand (labeled SCRX) is only used by medical professionals.
DK Attention & Learning Enh.
Chicken Pox Symptom Relief
Children’s Appetite & Weight
Children’s Appetite Enhance
Children’s Cough Relief
Children’s Fever Reliever
Children’s Growth & Development
DK Newborn Tonic
DK Nosebleed Relief
TonsilPlex
Children’s Ear Relief Formula
DK Teething
DK Colic Relief
Tummy Aches
Kids Multi-Strain Flu Relief
Kids Stress & Anxiety
Kids Sleep Aid
Kids Bed Wetting (NP)
Kids Candida 4 oz
Kids Attention & Learning (SCRX)
Bed Wetting Prevention (SCRX)
Chicken Pox Symptom Relief (SCRX)
Childrens Cough (SCRX)
Children’s Ear Formula (SCRX)
Children’s Fever Reliever (SCRX)
Children’s Growth & Development (SCRX)
Colic Relief (SCRX)
Newborn Tonic (SCRX)
Teething (SCRX)
Tummy Aches (SCRX)
Children’s Apetite & Weight (SCRX)
Children’s Appetite Enhancer (SCRX)
King Bio says it is sending letters to customers and distributors to arrange for a return and replacement of the recalled medicines. Customers can also contact King Bio by email to make a return.
Questions can be directed to King Bio by at 1-866-298-2740, Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., EST or by e-mail.
Danny Cipriani helped England win June’s third Test in South Africa
England should judge Danny Cipriani on his performances on the field and “move on” from the incident in Jersey, says Gloucester head coach Johan Ackermann.
After a five-hour hearing on Wednesday, the Rugby Football Union opted not to sanction the fly-half beyond the £2,000 fines imposed on him by both Jersey magistrates and his Premiership club.
He had pleaded guilty to common assault and resisting arrest on 16 August.
Cipriani, 30, will now face Dragons at home in Thursday’s pre-season friendly.
The former Sale player, who has won 16 caps for England, joined Gloucester from top-flight rivals Wasps in May in an attempt to aid his England career.
“Danny is not stupid. He has learned a lesson. The ultimate judgement must be what he does on a rugby field,” Ackermann told BBC Radio 5 live, when asked if Cipriani should remain in the England frame.
“If a player has paid his price for whatever mistake he made, it is time to judge him on the field.
“If he is still the best player in his position, I suppose you cut your nose to spite your own face if you don’t want to select the player.
“He has got time now on the field to show that that’s where he can do the talking and then it’s up to the individuals to [decide] how long they want to keep the mistake against him.
“I don’t want to sound like I condone that kind of behaviour – it is not what we stand for – but the reality is, he made a mistake. There is not one person in life who can say they have never made a mistake.”
Ackermann continued: “He has been brilliant [in training]. I compliment how he handled the situation. He apologised to the team and still trained with the same enthusiasm and energy that we wanted to see.
“I’m just glad that it is over now. It is time to move on. It was done and dealt with at Jersey already and then the club also had it’s own hearing and it was dealt with.
“It was a bit prolonged and went on and on and on. It was a bit unfair towards him, having three times to have to explain himself.”
Both Gloucester and the Rugby Players’ Association fiercely criticised the RFU’s intervention in what was referred to by the club and the magistrates as a “minor incident”.
The Cherry and Whites begin their Premiership season against Northampton at Kingsholm on 1 September (14:00 BST).
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