फेसबुक गीत सार्वजनिक
भाद्र २९ गतेका लागि रिलिज मिती तय गरिएको फिल्म 'फेसबुक' को गीत सार्वजनिक गरिएको छ । सिंगापुरमा छायाँकन गरिएको उक्त सार्वजनिक गीतमा नायिका झरना थापालाई नयाँ हिरो स्वतन्त्र प्रताप शाहले साथ दिएका छन् । सुनिल बर्देवाको संगीत रहेको सो गीतको करियोग्राफी कविराज गहतराजले गरेका हुन् भने संजय लामाले खिचेका हुन् ।सुरज सुब्बा नाल्बोले निर्देशन गरेको उक्त फिल्मलाई सुनिल कुमार थापाले निर्माण गरेका हुन् । फिल्ममा झरना र स्वतन्त्रको साथमा राजेश हमाल, सुवास थापा, अनुराग मान सिंह कुवँर लगायतको अभिनय रहेको छ । सस्पेन्स थ्रील फिल्म फेसबुकको कथा सुरज सुब्बाले नै लेखेका हुन् । फिल्ममा दुई वटा मात्र गीत समावेश गरिएको छ । जसमध्येको एउटा गीतलाई यसअघि नै फिल्मीखबरले प्रिमियर गरिसकेको छ ।
प्रमिशको सुटिङमा फेरी दुर्घटना
केही दिन अघि मात्र करेन्ट लागेर गम्भीर घाईते भएका प्रमिशका एक प्राविधिक निको हुन नपाई अर्का प्राविधिक घाईते भएका छन् । चाबहिल आरुबारी स्थित भुत घरमा सुटिङ चलिरहँदा प्रमिशको टिममाथि दैविक शक्तिले पटक पटक प्रहार गरेको हो ।यस अघि पनि सतर्कता अपनाउदा अपनाउदै प्राविधिक तिर्थ लामा आईसियुमा पुग्ने गरी घाईते भएका थिए । सो घटनाको केहि दिनमा नै तीन फिट माथिबाट लडेर आर्ट डाईरेक्टर सुनिल लामाको दाहिने खुट्टाको गोलीगाँठो फुस्किएको छ । सुटिङ सकिन केही दिन मात्र बाँकी रहेको उक्त फिल्मको ईनडोरका दृश्यहरु धमाधम खिचिईदैछ जुन क्रममा अर्का प्राविधिक पनि घाईते भएका हुन् ।
'खै के भईरहेको छ मैले आफै बुझ्न सकिराछैन', प्रमिशका प्रोडक्सन कन्ट्रोलर अर्जुन पोखरेलले भने । अर्जुनको कन्ट्रोलमा चलिरहेको मञ्जरी फिल्ममा पनि विभिन्न दुर्घटना भईदिदा उनी फिल्म यूनिटलाई हेर्ने कि विरामीलाई हेर्ने भन्ने बिषयले तनावमा छन् ।
'तीन फिट पनि थिएन तर कसरी गोलीगाँठो फुस्कियो मलाई थाहा छैन', घाईते लामाले भने । खुट्टाको गोलीगाँठो फुस्किएर प्लष्टर लगाएपछि प्रमिशको काममा केही अबरोध पुगेको छ । लामा प्रमिशको सिङगापुर पार्ट सुटिङमा पनि गएका थिए । फिल्मलाई सुरज सुब्बा नाल्बोले निर्देशन गरिरहेका छन् जसको प्रमुख कलाकार केकी अधिकारी हुन् ।
शंकरले जुराए `लभ फरइभर`
स्टेजबाट कलाकारिता सुरू गरेका शंकर आचार्यले आफूले निर्देशन गर्ने फिल्मको नाम 'लभ फरइभर' जुराएका छन् । सोमबार काठमाडौँको ए वान म्युजिसियन स्टुडियोमा गीत रेकर्डिङमा भेटिएका शंकरले प्रेमकथामा आधारित रहेर उक्त नाममा फिल्म निर्माण तथा निर्देशन गर्न लागेको बताए ।चेतन सापकोटाको संगीतमा अञ्जु पन्तले गीत रेकर्ड गरिरहेको अवस्थामा फिल्मीखबरसँग कुरा गर्दै शंकरले भने, 'स्टेज नाटक, टेलिफिल्म र फिल्मबाट पाएको अनुभवले फिल्म निर्देशन गर्ने निर्णय गरेको हुँ ।' दर्जनौं नाटक र टेलिफिल्मको निर्देशन तथा अभिनय गरेका शंकरले यसै फिल्मबाट आफ्ना छोरा राज आचार्यलाई नायकको रूपमा प्रस्तुत गर्दैछन् । राज तितो सत्यमा दीपकराज गिरीको छोरा बनेर अभिनय गर्ने कलाकार हुन् ।
फिल्ममा राज बिशेष भुमिकामा देखिने छन् भने मुख्य भुमिकामा मायाज बार हिरो गजित बिष्ट, निरज बराल र सुमिना घिमिरे रहनेछन् । साउन २५ गतेबाट काठमाण्डौमा नै फिल्मको सुटिङ शुरू हुने बताईएको छ । जम्मा दुई वटा गीत समावेश गरिने सो फिल्ममा अञ्जु पन्तको साथमा दुर्गा खरेल र चेतन सापकोटाको स्वर रहनेछ । फिल्मको कथा शंकर स्वयंले लेखेका हुन् भने छायाँकन निरज कँडेल, द्धन्द सूर्य थोकर, करियोग्राफी गम्भिर बिष्ट तथा प्रोडक्सन बुद्धिलाल मगरको रहनेछ ।
राजेश हमाल बने बाघ दूत
महानायक राजेश हमाललाई विश्व वन्यजन्तु कोष नेपालका सदभावना दूत घोषणा गरिएको छ । तेस्रो बाघ संरक्षण दिवसका अवसर पारेर आइतवार राजधानीमा आयोजित एक कार्यक्रमका विच हमाललाई बाघ संरक्षणका लागि सदभावना दूत घोषणा गरिएको हो ।सदभावना दूतको अभिभारा पाएका हमालले अब नेपालमा बढ्दो बाघ चोरी तस्करीको रोकथामका लागि सन्देश प्रवाह गर्नेछन् । कार्यक्रममा सन् २०१० मा १ सय ५५ वटा बाघ रहेकोमा बढेर १ सय ७६ पुगेको जानकारी दिंदै त्यसको सुरक्षाका लागी आम नेपालीको सहयोग चाहिने बताईएको थियो । वन तथा भू-संरक्षण मन्त्रालयले आयोजना गरेको सो कार्यक्रममा हमालले बाघको संरक्षणका लागी आफ्नो पहल रहने प्रतिबद्धता जनाए ।
हमाललाई संरक्षण दूत बनाउनु पूर्व करिब एक महिना अगाडी बाघको मुख्य बासस्थान मानिने बर्दिया राष्ट्रिय निकुञ्ज लगिएको थियो । हमालले निकुञ्जमा पुगि बाघको बारेमा जानकारी लिंदै बाघ जंगलको ठूलो सेलिब्रेटी रहेको बताएका थिए । बाघको अनुहारले नै एउटा परिचय दिने भएकाले बाघ सेलिब्रेटी भएको उनको भनाई थियो । यसअघि तत्कालिन मिस नेपाल जेनिसा मोक्तानलाई सरकारले बाघ संरक्षणका लागि सदभावना दूत नियुक्त गरेको थियो ।
प्रचण्डले दिने एक करोडले तारबार लगाउन पनि पुग्दैन
दोलखाको लाकुरी भन्ज्याङ स्थित पन्ध्र सय रोपनीको क्षेत्रफलमा फिल्म स्टूडियो निर्माणका लागि आवश्यक ३५ करोड सिड मनिको प्रस्ताव लिएर सरकारको नेतृत्व गरिरहेको दल एकिकृत माओवादीका अध्यक्ष प्रचण्डललाई भेट्न पुगेका फिल्मकर्मीलाई प्रचण्डले एक करोड निकास भएको जानकारी गराए । तर उक्त एक करोडबाट पन्ध्र सय रोपनीमा तारबार लगाउन पनि अपुग हुने छ । आशा ठूलै थियो तर 'नहुनु मामा भन्दा कानो मामा ठिक' भने झैं अन्य राजनीतिक दलबाट पाएको मौखिक आस्वाशन भन्दा माथी बढ्दै प्रचण्ड पहलले एक करोड निकासा हुने भएपछि फिल्मकर्मी केही हद सम्म दङ्ग छन् ।आफ्नो सरकारका अर्थमन्त्री बर्षमान पुन 'अनन्त' संग आजै फोन संवाद गरी सो रकम निकासा गर्ने सहमति भएको प्रचण्डले डेलिगेसनका लागि आफ्नो कार्यालय आईपुगेका एक हुल फिल्मकर्मीमाझ भने । 'यहाँ आउनु भन्दा अघि तपाईहरुलाई केही गर्न सकिन्छ भनेर मैले अर्थमन्त्रीसंग फोनमा कुरा गरेको थिएँ सुरुमा उहाँ अर्ब नै हो कि भनेर तर्सिनु भयो अनि मैले सिड मनी मात्र भनेपछि उहाँले एक करोड दिने भनी फाईनल भनिदिनु भन्नु भा'छ', अर्थमन्त्रीले दिएको प्रतिबद्धतालाई प्रचण्डले सुनाए ।
प्रचण्डले पहिलो पटक प्रधानमन्त्री भएपछि एक करोडको चलचित्रकर्मी कल्याण कोष स्थापना गरेका थिए जुन कोषको सम्झना पनि उनले आज गरे । उक्त कोष राज्यको तर्फबाट फिल्मकर्मीलाई पहिलो र दीर्घकालिन सहयोग थियो । प्रचण्डले फिल्म क्षेत्रका सम्पूर्ण समस्या समाधानका लागि पार्टीका विभिन्न बैठकमा राखि समाधानको प्रयास पनि गरिने बताए ।
करिब एक घण्टा भएको भेटघाटमा फिल्मकर्मीहरुले चलचित्र ऐन निर्माण गरी बिकास बोर्डलाई स्वायतता गर्नु पर्ने तथा सेन्सर बोर्डलाई चलचित्र बिकास बोर्ड मातहत ल्याउन र फिल्मकर्मीको विभिन्न ब्यबहारिक समस्याको बारेमा अवगत गराएका थिए । सो भेटघाटका लागि रिदमको सुटिङ स्थगित गरि निर्देशक बिकास आचार्यका साथ पेरिस डाँडा पुगेका हिरो जीवन लुईटेलले फिल्म जगतको यथार्थ पिडा प्रचण्ड सामु राखेका थिए ।
भेटघाटमा महिला चलचित्रकर्मी मञ्चको तर्फबाट अध्यक्ष मौसमी मल्लले कलाकार र कला क्षेत्र पोलियोले ग्रसित भएको भन्दै तुरन्त पोलियो खोप राज्यबाट चाहिएको बताईन् । यसैगरी निर्देशक आकाश अधिकारी, घनश्याम खतिवडा, गायक कुमारध्वज कार्की तथा डान्स डाईरेक्टर गोविन्द राईले पनि आ-आफ्नो तर्फबाट विभिन्न समस्या प्रचण्ड सामु राखेका थिए ।चलचित्र बिकास बोर्डको नेतृत्वमा भएको भाईरहेको राजनीतिक दलका शिर्षस्त नेताहरुसंगको यो भेटघाटकॊ शिलशिला नेकपा एमालेका बरिष्ठ नेता माधव कुमार नेपाल र प्रधानमन्त्री डा. बाबुराम भट्टराईलाई भेटेपछि अन्त्य हुने निर्देशक आकाश अधिकारीले जानकारी गराए ।
पेरिस डाँडामा प्रचण्डसँग भेटघाट
पार्टी भित्रको आन्तरिक विवादमा फसेका एकीकृत माओवादीका अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहाल प्रचण्डले आज फिल्मकर्मीलाई टाईम दिएका छन् । अपरान्ह तीन बजे चलचित्र बिकास बोर्डको नेतृत्वमा केही फिल्मकर्मी माओवादी मुख्यालय पेरिस डाँडा पुगी आफ्ना समस्या प्रचण्ड सामु राख्ने कार्यक्रम छ ।यस अघि एमाले अध्यक्ष झलनाथ खनाल, नेता केपी ओली, काँग्रेस सभापति शुसिल कोईराला तथा राप्रपा अध्यक्ष पशुपति शम्सेर राणालाई भेटेका फिल्मकर्मीले यो अभियानको अन्तिम पाईला स्वरुप प्रचण्डलाई भेट्न लागेका हुन् । विशेषत यो भेटघाट दोलखामा प्राप्त १५ सय रोपनी जग्गामा स्थापना हुन लागेको फिल्म स्टूडियो सञ्चालनका लागि आवश्यक पर्ने सिड मनी निकासाका लागि केन्द्रित हुनेछ ।
साढे दुई अर्ब बजेट लक्ष्य राखिएको उक्त स्टूडियोका लागि पहिलो किस्ता स्वरुप ३५ करोडको रकम सरकार मार्फत पास होस भन्दै बिकास बोर्डले लविङ सुरु गरेको हो । विभिन्न ब्यस्तताका बाबजुत पनि यो अभियानमा हिडिरहेका फिल्मकर्मीहरुको संख्या हिजो अस्तिको भन्दा आज धेरै हुने छ । किनकी नेपाली राजनीतिका सवैभन्दा पावरफुल नेता प्रचण्डसंग ब्यक्तिगत सम्बन्ध विस्तारका लागि पनि यो भेट फिल्मकर्मीका लागि महत्वपूर्ण बन्ने छ ।
मनिषा कोईरालाको दुई बर्षे बैबाहिक जीवनमा पूर्णविराम !
अभिनेत्री मनिषा कोईरालाले आफ्नो दुई बर्षे बैबाहिक जीवनलाई पूर्णविराम लगाएको भारतिय अनलाईनहरूले जनाएका छन् ।भारतिय अनलाईन टाईम्स अफ इन्डिय, बलिउड हङ्गामा लगायतका अनलाईनले बैबाहिक जीवनमा टकराव आएपछि मनिषाले डिभोर्सको बाटो रोजेको बताएको छ । दुई बर्ष अघि आफू भन्दा ६ बर्ष कम उमेरका नेपाली व्यवसायी सम्राट दाहालसँग नेपालमा नै धुमधामसँग बिहे गरेकी अभिनेत्री मनिषाले बेला-बेला आफ्नो बैबाहिक जीवनको तिक्ततालाई फेसबुक, ट्विटर लगायतका सामाजिक सञ्जालमा पोख्दै आएका थिईन् ।
अहिले मनिषाले डिभोर्सको कुरा सार्वजनिक गरिसकेकी छैनन् तर उनको निकट साथीले बैबाहिक जीवन अब सकिएको खबर दिएको अनलाईनमा उल्लेख छ । यस्तै अनलाईनका अनुसार डिभोर्सको प्रक्रिया अहिले कानुनी रूपमा अगाडी बढेको छ । मनिषाले डिभोर्स गर्नुलाई भने नौलो रूपले हेरिएको छैन । बिबाह भए लगत्तै धेरैले डिभोर्स हुनसक्ने अंकलन काटेका थिए ।
नेपाली फिल्म फेरि भेटौंला र धर्मामा अभिनय गरेकी मनिषाले नेपालमा रहेर नेपाली फिल्म बनाउने बताउँदै आएकी छिन् भने बिभिन्न सामाजिक कार्यमा संलग्न हुँदै आएका छिन् । मनिषाले बलिउडमा सौदागर फिल्मबाट अभिनय यात्रा शुरू गरेकी हुन् ।
हिरोईनले नै पाईनन् आफ्नै फिल्मको टिकट
निर्माता सुनिल मानन्धरले गरेको पूर्व दावी अनुसार मायाज बारले आज १९ वटै हलमा हाउसफूल विजनेश गर्दे पहिलो दिनको कलेक्सन रेकर्ड तोडेको छ । हिजो शुक्रबार सो फिल्मले १२ लाख माथिको ब्यापार गरेको थियो भने आज २० लाख बढीको ब्यापार गरेको छ ।दुई वटा हल पाएको गोपीकृष्ण मुभिजको ८ सय सिट खचाखच भएपछि सय बढी दर्शक फर्किएका थिए भने फिल्मको टिकट व्ल्याकमा बेचिरहेको अवस्थामा प्रहरीले एक जनालाई पक्राउ समेत गरेको बताईएको छ । फिल्मका निर्देशक दिनेश डिसीका अनुसार व्ल्याकमा टिकट बेचिरहेको अवस्थामा प्रहरीले रंगेहात पक्राउ गरेको हो । यस्तै अष्टनारायणको करिब १५ सय सिट क्षमताको दुई अडिटोरियममा सम्पूर्ण शो हाउसफुल भएको हल सञ्चालक त्रिरत्न मानन्धर बताउँछन् । मानन्धरका अनुसार अष्टनारायणमा पनि सिट नपाएपछि दर्शक फर्किएका थिए ।
उता प्रमुख मल्टीप्लेक्स हलको सूचिमा दर्ता भएको क्यूएफएक्स अर्न्तगतको कुमारीमा पनि बेलुकीको शो हाउस फुल भएको थियो । मायाज बार हेर्न कुमारीमा पुगेका निर्देशक बिजय बस्नेत टिकट नपाएपछि घर फर्किएका थिए । यति सम्मकी दर्शकको घुईंचो बढेपछि हिरोईन निशा अधिकारीले समेत आफ्नै फिल्म हेर्न पाईनन् । रिलिजको अघि अघिल्लो दिन सिनेजोन ल्यावको सानो स्क्रिनमा फिल्म हेरेकी निशाले ठूलो पर्दामा आफ्नो कामलाई नियाल्न पाएकी छैनन् । प्रोमोशन टाईमा ट्रेकिङ गएर मज्जा लुटेकी उनी हिजो देखि भने मायाज बारको प्रोमोशनका लागि विभिन्न मिडिया धाएकी छिन् ।
निशाले मात्र हैन शो हाउसफुल भएपछि फिल्मकी अर्की हिरोईन करिश्मा मानन्धर र पहिलो पटक पूर्ण रुपमा नेगेटिभ रोलमा दर्शकमाझ देखिएका महानायक राजेश हमाललाई पनि मायाज बार यूनिटले फिल्म देखाउन पाएको छैन । आउदो हप्तादेखि मोफसलका झण्डै पचास हलमा लाग्ने मायाज बार मोफसलका दर्शकमाझ पनि प्रतिक्षित फिल्म बनेको बुझिएको छ । ईनिसियल विजनेस उकालिएपछि एक करोड ३५ लाख लागतको सो फिल्मको राजधानी रिलिजबाट मात्रै ५० लाख शेयर आफ्नो हातमा आउने निर्माता मानन्धरले विश्वास ब्यक्त गरेका छन् ।
मायाज बार मुख्य मल्टिप्लेक्स मानिने क्यूएफएक्स सेन्ट्रल र बिग सिनेमा हलमा रिलिज भएन । क्यूएफएक्स सेन्ट्रलमा हिन्दी र अंग्रेजी फिल्मले नै शो भरेपछि मायाज बारका लागि शनिबारको कलेक्सनमा धक्का पुग्यो । भोली आईतवारबाट भने सेन्ट्रलमा पनि मायाज बारले केहि शो पाउने बताईएको छ । यता कमलपोखरीको बिग सिनेमामा भने मायाज बार लगाईएन । किन फिल्म लगाईएन कारण खुलेको छैन ।
बिहान बेलुकी काम गर्नेमा मुटु रोगको खतरा बढी
नर्वे र क्यानडाका अनुसन्धानकर्ताहरुले ३४ वटा अध्ययनको संयुक्त बिश्लेषण गरी बिहान बेलुकी काम गर्नेहरुले खानपानलाई समेत व्यवस्थित नगर्ने पाईएकाले मुटुको समस्या देखिने बताएका छन् । यसरी काम गर्नेहरुलाई उच्च रक्तचापको पनि उत्तिकैै खतरा हुने विश्लेषकहरुको भनाई छ । खानेकुरामा ध्यान दिए र चुरोटको सेवन नगरे मुटु स्वस्थ राख्न सकिने विज्ञहरुले बताएका छन् ।
करेन्ट लागेर मृत्यु
मृतक नेपालीका एक छोरा, एक छोरी र श्रीमती छन् ।
पाल्पामा भएको गाडी दुर्घटनामा १४ को मृत्यु
मृतक मध्ये एकजना भारतीय मुलका चालक र बाँकी नेपाली मुलका रहेको स्थानीयवासिन्दाले जनाएका छन् । स्थानीय ज्ञानेन्द्र गैरेका अनुसार १४ जनाकै शव खोलाबाट निकाल्ने काम भइरहेको छ । भारतबाट बाबुको काजकिरिया गर्न घर आएका एकै परिवार र छिमेकीहरु दुर्घटनामा परेको हुन सक्ने अनुमान गरिएको छ । बिहान साढे सात बजेतिर स्थानीयवासिन्दाले देखेपछि दुर्घटनाबारे प्रहरीलाई खबर गरेका थिए । घाईतेलाई उपचारका लागि मेडिकल कलेज प्रभास लगिएको छ ।
Suspect arrested in speed skate theft
Jesse Michael Wood
According to the Unified Police Department's Justin Hoyle, Jesse Michael Wood was identified following a release of the surveillance video from the scene. Detectives received multiple tips and additional information about the suspects, leading to Wood's arrest.
Wood and an unknown male entered the Kearns Olympic Skating Oval and committed several thefts from lockers. Officials say property stolen included two cell phones and a pair of custom skates that cost several thousand dollars.
Wood was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for felony theft.
Authorities are reporting the unknown suspect at large has a mustache and a tattoo on his left shoulder.
If you have any information as to the identity of the second suspect, contact UPD at either 801-743-7000 or 801-967-4420.
Neighbors react to naked child and number of sex offenders living in the area
Natalie Meza is charged with child abuse and child endangerment charges. Her son was found wandering Center Street in Midvale nude in the middle of the night.
The little boy was found walking around naked and alone a couple of block from his home. His mother, Natalie Meza was found down the street at a neighborhood bar. She was arrested for child abuse and child endangerment. The little boy was place in state care.
Leslie Rosas said she was “surprised” to learn about the incident with the boy. And she was even more surprised to learn that ten known sex offenders lived within a mile of Center and Main intersection. Her friend Jackie Servin reacted the same way. While looking at a sex offender map she said she was “shocked.” And 84-year-old Paul Wright shook his head and simply said “That’s terrible.”
Servin says this story could have ended much differently. “Maybe the little boy could have been raped or killed or something.” And Shane Rodriquez says the boy is very fortunate that someone with evil intent didn’t find him that night.
If you want to check out the sex offender registry click on this link: http://corrections.utah.gov/services/sonar.html
Wildfire burns in Cedar Mountains west of Tooele
(ABC 4 News)
TOOELE, Utah (ABC 4 news) - A wildfire started Friday evening in the Cedar Mountain range, west of Tooele.There are no buildings being threatened at this time.
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
Stay tuned to ABC 4 News and ABC4.com for updates on this story.
Street racers caught on camera in Salt Lake Valley
Street racing
"It upsets me," Derrick Jones, a neighbor, said. "They use the road all the time for racing."
Street racers speed for bragging rights, but they also boost a big disturbance. "You just hear the engines just roar and then you just hear them taking off," Ashly Wagner said.
Wagner said the racing gets fast and furious around midnight. "You just wait for that crash," Wagner said. "It's a scary thing."
A car crash between two drivers on 700 East and 4500 South on Thursday night left residents wondering if racing was responsible.
A Unified Police Spokesman said road rage was likely the cause of the accident, but excessive speeds played a factor.
"Kids are kids," Jones added. "They've got to think about what they're doing."
Wagner dreads the day racers don't see the finish line. She said kicking cars into high gear isn't worth the risk.
"It terrifies me," Wagner added. "I wish it would stop."
If you see street racers in your neighborhood, police urge you to call them.
ABC 4 gun story goes viral, sparking debate vigilante justice
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| Record number of gun permits sought |
It's a day witnesses may never forget.
"He just started stabbing people and yelling," said Dorothy Espinoza, witness.
Back in April, a man with a knife stabbed two people outside the Smith's grocery store near 500 East and 400 South in Salt Lake City. But a regular citizen armed with a gun, stopped the man before he could find another victim.
"A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him," said Espinoza.
Although it happened three months ago, Friday, both the Drudge Report and nbcnews.com posted links of ABC 4’s online story to their websites. As of Friday evening it's received over 320,000 hits, and hundreds of comments.
One reader writes -
“Finally, some coverage of an armed citizen, protecting the people of the store, the customers and even the attacker in a way that is totally legal, and legitimate.”
And another –
“A baseball bat would have worked just as well.”
It's spurring more debate over the right to carry guns, and if regular citizens should take the law into their own hands. Gun lobbyist Clark Aposhian told ABC 4 he wishes more people would step up like this.
"When violent crime occurs law enforcement is not there to help you, and you need to act within seconds," said Clark Aposhian, gun lobbyist.
According to a national self defense survey, a citizen with a gun stops crime like this in America roughly 2.5 million times a year.
But if you ask gun control advocate Steve Gunn –
"Society is better off not allowing the carrying of concealed weapons," said Steve Gunn, gun control advocate.
Although an average citizen may have saved lives at the Smith's grocery store, Gunn said guns don't make America safer.
"There are many circumstances where guns act as an accelerant, they cause people to become more belligerent, more aggressive when someone has a gun," he said.
मञ्जरी फिल्मको माईक्रो बसले सासु बुहारीलाई ठक्कर दिंदा बुहारीको अवस्था चिन्ताजनक
बिभिन्न तनावका विच सुटिङ सक्न लागेको फिल्म मञ्जरीको युनिटलाई अन्तिम समयमा आएर अझ ठूलो तनाव आईपरेको छ । कहिले कलाकारको दुर्घटना त कहिले चर्को घामले गर्दा कलाकार बिरामी भएका कारण समस्यामा रहेको सो फिल्म युनिटको माईको बसले आज दुई महिलालाई ठक्कर दिएपछि अर्को तनाव झेल्नु परेको हो ।मुग्लिङ बजारमा फिल्मको केहि प्याचअप सिन सुटिङका लागि गएको बा १ ज ९८८४ नम्बरको टेक्निसियन र क्यामेरा बोकेको मञ्जरीको माईक्रो बसले धादिङको नौबिसे स्थित सहेले भन्ने स्थानमा साँझ ६ बजे सासु बुहारीलाई ठक्कर दिएको हो । फिल्मका प्रोडक्सन अकाउन्टेन्ट यादव पाण्डेले दिएको जानकारी अनुसार ६५ बर्षिया उजेली चापागाईं (सासु) र ४२ बर्षिया रूकु चापागाईं (बुहारी) लाई अहिले उपचारका लागि ललितपुरको बि एण्ड बि अस्पतालमा भर्ना गरिएको छ ।
सासुको स्वास्थ्य अवस्था सामान्य रहे पनि बुहारीको अवस्था भने चिन्ताजनक रहेको पाण्डेले बताए । पाण्डेका अनुसार बुहारी रूकुको कम्मर मुनीको भागमा गहिरो चोट लागेको छ । उनी अहिले अचेत अवस्थामा रहेको पाण्डेले बताए । फिल्मको युनिट अहिले मुग्लिङ बजारमा नै छ भने अकाउण्टेन्ट पाण्डे बिरामीको रेखदेखका लागि अस्पतालमा छन् । पानी पारेर बाटो चिप्लो भएकाले स्पिडमा रहेको गाडीलाई नियन्त्रणमा लिन नसक्दा चिप्लिएर ति महिलालाई माईक्रोले ठक्कर दिएको फिल्मको निर्माण युनिटले बताएको छ ।
गणेश देव पाण्डेले निर्देशन गरिरहेको सो फिल्मको दुई दिनमा सुटिङ सकिनेछ । टुका ईन्टरटेन्मेन्टको ब्यानरमा निर्माण गरिएको सो फिल्ममा गौरब पहाडी, सुजाता कोईराला र टिका पहाडी मुख्य भुमिकामा छन् ।
A royal welcome for the Olympic flame
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| Britain's Prince William, along with his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry watch as Olympic torchbearer Wai-Ming Lee hands over the flame to John Hulse (right) during a visit to Buckingham Palace in London. |
The excitement on the eve of the Games mounted as a delighted William and his wife and his brother Prince Harry applauded as the torch was brought into the palace grounds, with thousands of fans cheering outside the gates.
The flame is touring some of London's best-known landmarks, carried by movie stars, sporting heroes and even UN chief Ban Ki-moon, before it finally makes its dramatic entrance at the Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony.
The royals all wore Team Great Britain T-shirts as the flame stopped at the palace on its way to Hyde Park, where a deafening roar from the crowd greeted the torch before a special concert in its honour.
London's Mayor Boris Johnson whipped them up, telling them “Olympo-mania” was about to go off the scale.
“People are coming from around the world and they're seeing us and they're seeing the greatest city on Earth,” he said.
Johnson said the British team would win “more gold, silver and bronze medals than you need to bail out Greece and Spain together!”
Millions of Londoners have come out onto the streets over the past week to show their support as the pre-Games excitement builds.
A total of 173 torchbearers carried the flame on a journey around London's attractions on Thursday, as it nears the end of its 70-day, 12 875km journey around Britain.
They included Indian movie star Amitabh Bachchan, the United Nations secretary general and Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.
At Buckingham Palace, Wai Ming-Lee, 38, who volunteers with a disaster mapping charity, brought the flame into the palace grounds, and lit the torch of 56-year-old mountain rescue volunteer John Hulse in front of the royals.
The flame was earlier carried past the Houses of Parliament, while Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the relay to his Downing Street office.
Workers in London's City financial heartland poured out onto the streets to greet the flame.
Hundreds gathered outside St Paul's Cathedral, while others leaned out of their office windows waving British flags.
“The whole office is here. And if you knew how hard we work, it's a big deal”, said Ryan, 20.
At St Paul's, “we talk a lot about peace”, said Reverend Canon Michael Hampel, and the flame coming to visit “is an opportunity to bring the nation together”, he told reporters.
Kevin Craig, who helps a charity which provides limbs to children in developing countries, brought the flame to the cathedral.
“Apart from meeting my wonderful wife and the birth of my children, it was the most amazing time in my life,” he said.
The flame was then carried across the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames by British Paralympic basketball bronze medallist Ade Adepitan.
At the BBC's headquarters in west London, Antoine de Navacelle - the great grand-nephew of Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics - exchanged the flame at the site of the finish line of the 1908 London Games' White City stadium.
How the flame will be lit in the Olympic Stadium is a closely-guarded secret. - Sapa-AFP
White House: No push for new gun laws
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| President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at Florida Atlantic University on April 10, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Marc Serota, Getty Images) |
Just one day ago Obama spoke passionately about the need to keep assault weapons off the streets, suggesting that he might plunge into that political fight and challenge Congress to act.
Instead, Obama's stand on the government's role is right where it was after the mass shooting in Colorado last week: Enforce existing law better.
That is same view held by his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, as both reach for broader and more politically appealing ways to keep guns away from killers.
Obama still wants Congress to reinstitute a federal ban on military-style assault weapons. But his spokesman, Jay Carney, says the president is not and has not been pushing for that ban.
Romney ruffles feathers in London
London - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's high-profile overseas trip got off to a rocky start on Thursday when he was forced to clarify a comment seen as criticising London's handling of the Olympics that he came to celebrate.
The Republican candidate ruffled British feathers ahead of his visit by appearing to suggest in a US television interview that London was not ready for the games, whose opening ceremony in the British capital is held on Friday.
“It's hard to know just how well it will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting,” Romney told NBC when asked to analyse London's handling of the Olympics.
He cited what he said was the threat of a strike by immigration and customs officials. “That obviously is not something which is encouraging.”
The comments were seized on by British media and Prime Minister David Cameron defended Britain's handling of the games, after he was forced to deploy extra troops to bolster security to cover a shortfall left by a private contractor.
“We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities anywhere in the world. Of course, it is easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere,” Cameron said during a news conference at the Olympic Park in London on Thursday.
The comments, in response to a question about public transport problems ahead of the games, could be uncomfortable reading for Romney, who has made much of his record as the man who saved the failing Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002.
“We talked about the great progress that has been made in organising the Games,” Romney said after meeting Cameron.
“My experience as the Olympic organiser is that there are always a few very small things that end up not going quite right, those get ironed out, and then when the Games themselves begin, the athletes take over,” he said.
Romney has traded on his Olympic experience in his political career, making it a key part of his resume that he cites as a reason why he has the can-do spirit to rebuild the US economy.
The Olympics comments marked an inauspicious start to a week-long overseas trip, designed to establish his foreign policy credentials with voters back home.
London Mayor Boris Johnson added to Romney's discomfort when addressing a cheering crowd in Hyde Park, an Olympics venue in central London.
“I hear there's a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we're ready. He wants to know whether we're ready. Are we ready? Are we ready? Yes, we are,” he roared.
Romney had already been forced to disavow comments by an unnamed adviser who told the Daily Telegraph President Barack Obama had mishandled US-British ties and that Romney better understood the “Anglo-Saxon heritage” between the two countries.
Romney also took the unusual step of acknowledging that he had met with the head of MI6, Britain's foreign intelligence agency, when asked about his discussions with British officials about Syria. Such conversations are not normally discussed publicly.
“I can only say that I appreciated the insights and the perspectives of the leaders of the government here and opposition here as well as the head of MI6 as we discussed Syria and hoped for a more peaceful future for that country,” he said. - Reuters
Sandusky 'Victim 2' may sue Penn State
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| Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky walks into the Centre County Courthouse before jury selection begins in the Sandusky child sex abuse trial on June 5, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Sandusky is a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing children. (Patrick Smith, Getty Images) |
The lawyers say their client was the boy who was seen being assaulted in the Penn State football team's showers in 2001 by Sandusky. They say he suffered "extensive sexual abuse over many years" both before and after that incident.
And now, they are threatening to sue the university.
The voicemails are dated from September of last year, less than two months before the former Penn State assistant coach was arrested on child sex abuse charges.
In one of the voicemails, the man identified as Sandusky asks whether the person who is purported to be "Victim 2" would like to attend Penn State's next game.
Attorneys say Sandusky left "numerous" voicemails for their client that fall.
The identity of "Victim 2" was one of the remaining mysteries from the trial of Sandusky, which ended in his conviction on 45 sex abuse counts. Those included counts related to "Victim 2", based on the testimony of a former graduate assistant with the team, who described seeing the attack.
Release of Colorado suspect's university docs banned
Accused movie theater shooter James Holmes makes his first court appearance at the Arapahoe County on July 23, 2012 in Centennial, Colorado. According to police, Holmes killed 12 people and injured 58 others during a shooting rampage at an opening night screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" July 20, in Aurora, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti - Pool, Getty Images)
Authorities say former neuroscience graduate student James Holmes killed 12 people and injured 58 when he opened fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie last Friday.
Numerous media organizations, including The Associated Press, filed open records requests for school records about Holmes.
But in an order signed Monday and released by the school Thursday in response to an open records request by the AP, District Court Judge William Blair Sylvester said releasing the information would impede the investigation.
