'May be my first and last post': Jay Z joins Instagram with nostalgic tribute to Michael Jackson on late singer's birthday

Kay Z apparently joined Instagram on Saturday and posted a photo montage of himself with Michael Jackson, who would have been 57 years old.

The photos in a new account under the name HovSince96 showed the 45-year-old rap legend wearing a New York Knicks jersey standing next to the King Of Pop and also embracing him.
'Happy Birthday to the King! This may be my first and last post,' read the caption

Kay Z, who was born Shawn Corey Carter, also was spotted on Saturday boarding a private jet bound for Los Angeleas ahead of the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.
His wife Beyonce, 33, has been nominated for five awards, including Best Editing, Best Choreography, Best Pop Video, Best Female Video and Video Of The Year.

The Crazy In Love singer a week ago posted photos of their family relaxing during a boat ride.
Beyonce recently was surpassed by reality star Kim Kardashian, 34, as the most followed person on the photo-sharing site.
Kim has racked up more than 44.5 million followers on Instagram.

Beyonce and Jay Z have been married since April 2008.
They have a three-year-old daughter Blue Ivy together.
Beyonce famously announced she was pregnant with their first child at the 2011 MTV VMAs.

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Girl logged on to Facebook while being raped in attempt to block out ordeal by 'grotesque' attacker

Young girl used social media as she was attacked by Charles Salter- her 55-year-old abuser

A young girl logged on to Facebook while being raped in an attempt to distract herself from her horrible ordeal.

Charles Salter,55, groomed the girl and began sexually abusing her when she was just 12-years-old, a court heard.

Salter, of Hull, admitted two counts of raping a girl under 13, two of sexual activity with a child, and one of sexual activity with a child under 13.

On Monday he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Hull Crown Court heard that Salter had raped her on numerous occasions and threatened her to get her to comply with his sick desires.

She finally plucked up the courage to confide in a friend and the police were informed.

Prosecutor Patrick Palmer, described one attack during which the victim looked at her Facebook to try and block out what was taking place.

The abuse had taken a terrible toll on the young girl's life, the court heard.

In a victim impact statement, the traumatised youngster said: "I felt like I had nothing to live for because of what he was doing."

Judge Jeremy Richardson QC said: "Fortunately, she is now receiving counselling to help her.

"It is to be hoped her life is not ruined."

Sentencing him to 12 years in prison, he added: "You corrupted and debauched that young girl.

"I forbear to set out the details – they are grotesque."

Vile beast: Charles Salter, 55, groomed the girl and began sexually abusing her when she was just 12-years-old

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Tomic toppled, Karlovic advances at Newport

Smith had been 0-5 in ATP matches after first-round losses this year to South African Kevin Anderson at Delray Beach and Frenchman Kenny De Schepper in five sets at Wimbledon.

Next up for Smith will be 166th-ranked American Jared Donaldson, who beat 125-rated compatriot Austin Krajicek 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 in another opener on the grass courts outside the tennis legends honor hall where induction ceremonies will be staged Saturday.

Croatian second seed Ivo Karlovic blasted 11 aces and never faced a break point in battling past Ukraine´s Illya Marchenko 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (6/8), 6-4. Karlovic took the only break of the match to advance after two hours and 23 minutes.

Japan´s Tatsuma Ito outlasted US wildcard Noah Rubin 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-4 to book a second-round date with US seventh seed Steve Johnson, who downed Germany´s Michael Berrer 6-7 (6/8), 6-1, 6-2.

Also moving on was Colombia´s Alejandro Falla, who ousted Spain´s Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-1, 7-5. (AFP)

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Hallmark Channel A Country Wedding, Jesse Metcalfe Seeks a Country Life

HOLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Daily Star) 2015/6/27 – “This movie is about finding a deeper happiness that comes from your roots and it’s about a real inner happiness that exists regardless of fame or success,” says A Country Wedding star Jesse Metcalfe. “My character finds himself again when he’s back home.”

On a morning talk show, Catherine Mann (Laura Mennell) announces she’s engaged to country music star Bradley Suttons (Jesse Metcalfe). Bradley is very private, would rather have keep it a secret. Catherine, who loves attention, agrees to keep their actual wedding ceremony private. She starts planning their wedding in Italy while she’s still filming in Los Angeles.

Country girl Sarah Standor (Autumn Reeser) and Bradley were childhood friends. As kids they got “married” after his parents died so he would have some family. Sarah writes Bradley a letter and returns his mother’s wedding ring that he gave her. Sarah’s ranch is next door to the ranch where Bradley grew up. Bradley hasn’t been back to Milltown, Texas, in years and decides to go back to Texas to sell his childhood home.

Bradley sees Sarah and they become reacquainted. Bradley is a celebrity. Sarah and Bradley ditch the crowds by going fishing. Childhood friend Adam, now the pastor of the church joins them. Bradley decides he wants his wedding to Catherine to be in Sarah’s barn, that he wants a country wedding away from the crowds. It may be the right location, but is it the right bride?

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To save money US military will lay off 40,000 personnel soldiers

Washington: To Save money domestically and oversea the US army force planning to cut 40,000 soldiers within the upcoming two years to retrench. A US Defense official confirmed a report printed in the USA newspaper today while working for 17,000 troops working for military  will also be deleted.

The newspaper also quoted a document met them and was told that the military is being cut to save money. Defense officials said Tuesday that the army will soon announce plans to cut back on. USA Today said it will announce this week.

USA Today said the cuts domestically and abroad, virtually every step of the military will be affected. Newspapers have said that under the plan by the end of fiscal year 2017 Army will have 450 000 young  soldiers

It has been said that documents relating military  budget in 2013, had argued that keeping the military force of 450,000, could mean that fewer military force will not win a war. Newspapers said that in peak comparison between war in Iraq and Afghanistan the army have 5,70,000 soldiers

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WHO Urges Governments to Raise Tobacco Taxes to Beat Smoking

LONDON:  Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate funds for stronger health services, the world Health Organization (WHO) said today.

In a report entitled "The international Tobacco Epidemic 2015", the global health agency sad that too few governments make full use of tobacco taxes to dissuade people from smoking or help them to chop down and quit. It recommends that at least seventy five per cent of the price of a pack of cigarettes should be tax.

The WHO calculates that one person dies from tobacco-related illness each six seconds more or less, like about half dozen million people a year. the number is forecast to rise to more than eight million people a year by 2030 unless strong measures are taken to control the what it calls a "tobacco epidemic".

There are a billion smokers worldwide, but many countries have extremely low tobacco tax rates and some have no special tobacco taxes at all, the who said.

"Raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most effective and cost-effective ways to reduce consumption of products that kill, while also generating substantial revenue," WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said while report.

She urged all governments to look at the evidence and "adopt one of the best win-win policy choices available for health".

Tobacco is one of the four main risk factors behind non-communicable diseases largely cancers, cardiovascular and lung diseases and diabetes. In 2012 these diseases killed 16 million people under the age of 70, with quite 80 per cent of those deaths in poor or middle-income countries.

Douglas Bettcher, a WHO expert on the prevention of non-communicable diseases, said that higher tobacco taxes are proven to reduce consumption and help people to quit smoking.

"Evidence from countries such as China and France shows higher tobacco product prices linked to increased taxes lead to declines in smoking prevalence and tobacco-related harm," he said.

Yet since 2008, once 22 countries had tobacco tax that accounted for more than 75% of the price of a packet of cigarettes, only eleven more countries have taken action to increase taxes to appropriate levels, the WHO said.

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