[Daily News] An Iowa therapist was arrested Monday after allegedly sexually exploiting a female patient by kissing and touching her in a hot tub in her home.
Aracely Schutters, 45, invited a female patient through text messages to talk about her problems in her Bettendorf home, KWQC-TV reported.
The victim arrived at Schutters’ home on Dec. 4 before getting in the hot tub, an affidavit says.
Schutters tried to get the woman drunk and "engaged in unwanted kissing and touching of the victim’s inner thigh, breast, and groin," the station reported.
She admitted to cops she kissed the woman in the hot tub, according to police.
Schutters was charged with sexual exploitation by a counselor but was released Tuesday after posting $5,000 bail.
She faces up to five years if convicted. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 2, according to the Quad-City Times.
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A Bettendorf therapist, Schutters,
Massaging her customers, utters:
"Their mental disease
Leaves me weak in the knees
And compulsively rutting with nutters!"
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A rapper in Moslem-majority Malaysia is under police investigation for allegedly insulting Islam with a Lunar New Year video that features dancers wearing dog masks and performing suggestive moves, reports said Monday.
The video features controversial rapper Wee Meng Chee, known by his stage name Namewee, sitting on a chair in front of a domed building and mimicking barks of canines from around the world.
Several black-clad dancers wearing masks of dogs -- an animal considered unclean in Islam -- gyrate around him.
The video, which marks the start of the Year of the Dog currently being celebrated across Asia, generated accusations that it was filmed in front of a mosque in the administrative capital Putrajaya.
National police chief Mohamad Fuzi Harun reportedly said a probe had been launched into the artist -- who is from the country's ethnic Chinese minority -- for hurting religious feelings and "transmitting offensive communications".
Namewee, who is reported to be abroad, faces up to a year in jail if found guilty.
In a YouTube video, the rapper denied having insulted Islam and said that the domed building visible in the background was the prime minister's office, not a mosque.
"The reports saying I insulted Islam are not true," he said. "We did not film the music video at any place of worship. It was done in an open area."
The probe was launched after complaints from Moslem groups and public criticism from the deputy prime minister over the video, which has more than 700,000 views on YouTube since being released on February 10.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Big lips, long necks and prominent humps are the greatest attributes of a beautiful camel showcased at Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s annual camel beauty pageant.
The camels compete for a whopping prize money of $57 million. These luring sums have pushed some camel breeders to inject the desert animals with Botox.
"When it comes to rare beauty, not everyone will have the financial means to participate in the auction and compete. People pay large sums of money up to 6-7 million, and more without exaggeration. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... it all depends on the rare beauty. The rarer, the more expensive.", Says head of panel of judges, Fawzan al-Madi.
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have imposed fines up to $109,000 against owners enhancing their camels’ features with Botox.
"The camel is considered an old symbol of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a source of pride for the sons of the peninsula. In the past, it represented food, clothing and transportation. It represented everything.", adds al-Madi.
Saudi Arabia recognizes that such procedures violate animal rights and compromises with the camels’ identities.
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No wonder Pelosi avoids going to the magic kingdom!
[OpsLens] Ensign Jesse Brown was the first black aviator in the United States Navy, and the first African-American to have a ship named after him. He was college educated, a self-made man, and had beaten incredible odds to become a Navy pilot. When Jesse Brown crash-landed in North Korea, behind enemy lines, his wingman and best friend, a wealthy white Naval Academy grad, crash-landed next to Brown to try to save him.
[Orange County Register] The doctor who diagnosed Taylor Harkins told his parents not to expect much.
The boy was dyspraxic, which means he had a brain disorder that made him extremely clumsy. He had Asperger Syndrome, which is what doctors once called a form of autism that described Taylor’s difficulty reading social cues and anti-social behavior. He was hyperactive. He had a low I.Q. score. Later, he would be diagnosed with epilepsy.
His disabilities would prevent him from attending typical school classes, from driving a car, from connecting with people, from participating in so much of life.
"Do not," Dr. Martin Baren, a behavioral pediatrician, told Taylor’s parents in the early 1980s, "expect him to take care of himself."
[Daily Mail] A new swarm of earthquakes has cropped up at the Yellowstone supervolcano, with more than 200 small temblors detected in the last 10 days alone.
According to experts with the US Geological Survey, the latest swarm began on February 8 in a region roughly eight miles northeast of West Yellowstone, Montana ‐ and, it’s increased dramatically in the days since.
But for now, scientists say there’s no reason to worry.
While the earthquakes are likely caused by a combination of processes beneath the surface, the current activity is said to be ’relatively weak,’ and the alert level at the supervolcano remains at ’normal.’
According to the USGS, the new swarm is occurring in about the same location as the Maple Creek swarm last summer, which brought roughly 2,400 earthquakes in a four-month span.
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations picked up the first quakes just over a week ago, counting more than 200 as of February 18.
But, the experts say there are likely many more that have gone undetected.
’The present swarm started on February 8, with a few events occurring per day,’ according to USGS.
’On February 15, seismicity rates and magnitudes increased markedly. As of the night of February 18, the largest earthquake in the swarm is M2.9, and none of the events have been felt. All are occurring about 8 km (5 mi) beneath the surface.’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A passenger’s continuous flatulence forced a Dubai Amsterdam flight into an emergency landing, a Dutch paper reported.
The irritated bowel ridden passenger onboard Transavia Airlines’ flight HV6902 from Dubai peeved passengers causing a fight onboard.
The captain of the budget airline flight was forced to land the plane early after passengers attacked the elderly man who refused to check his flatulence, De Telegraaf reported.
The pilot told the man to cease breaking wind, but the passenger either was unable to hold back or simply refused to do so.
Finally an emergency landing in Vienna was made to remove the elderly Dutchman and the unhappy passengers who caused the fight, including one Dutchman and two young women.
Transavia said that all four passengers are now banned from traveling with the airline in the future.
None of the individuals were tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! by the police, as they had not broken any Austrian laws.
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'Check your privilege' to 'check your flatulence' - that's progress!
[Townhall] On Sunday afternoon, Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones announced that he will be offering an opportunity for educators to learn how to defend themselves and potentially protect the lives of their students.
Sheriff Jones tweeted that he will offer free concealed carry classes to teachers in Butler County, OH. Jones emphasized that there will be a limited number.
On Thursday, he shared a Facebook video, saying, "the current way we do things in the school system needs to be changed." He also called for "armed guards in the schools, we need to look at metal detectors. This is not going to stop or go away, but we need to be prepared and not have our heads in the sand."
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Nice gesture and perhaps a good start. But the average CC permit training mostly covers legal carry regulations. Rarely do any of those half-day classes even adequately cover self-defense. Ideally, they should have forceable tactics training.
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Butler County and Hamilton Ohio have had a string of strong chiefs who have kept the area from “going Chicago” since industry collapsed in the late 70’s through the current opioid crisis. Both departments are splendid examples.
[All Africa] Tensions are gradually intensifying between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the military clique surrounding him, amid revelations that the army is exerting overbearing influence on the executive.
Official sources say the military is even exercising veto power in some instances, while also influencing the operations of government and other security organs.
Senior government officials told the Zim-bob-we Independent this week that the military element in Zanu PF has serious political ambitions, to the extent that they want Mnangagwa to serve one term, if he wins elections, before handing the baton over to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also in charge of the ministries of defence and war veterans.
Chiwenga was the commander of the Zim-bob-we Defence Forces when the military embarked on Operation Restore Legacy in November last year. The operation -- widely seen as a coup -- catapulted Mnangagwa to high office, ending former president Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case. Dumped in November 2017 when the Missus decided she wanted to be president, and opposed heer might against Crocodile Mnangawa Important safety tip: If your opponent goes by the name Crocodile andf your title is Shopper in Chief let him win.... 's 37-year grip on power.
Chiwenga was then appointed vice-president, while retired Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Moyo, who announced the military intervention on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
, was appointed Foreign Affairs minister. Former Air Force of Zim-bob-we Air Marshal Perence Shiri was appointed Agriculture minister, while retired Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje was appointed head of the Zanu PF commissariat.
Government officials say the military is now exerting pressure on the executive, making the civilian component of government uncomfortable in some instances.
"Tensions and mistrust are certainly building up in government, although things may appear rosy on the surface. The feeling is that the military clique is making too many demands both in government and the party (Zanu PF)," an official said. "The military has been so strong that they have veto power in some cases. For instance, Mnangagwa had initially appointed Oppah Muchinguri as one of his deputies, but the military demanded that the position be given to Chiwenga, who also insisted on being in charge of defence.
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One unidentified Ukrainian soldier was killed and another four were wounded in rebel held Donetsk according to Russian language news accounts.
According to a news story posted on the website of lb.ua, a Ukrainian combat unit was hit with an explosion while on a combat mission, killing one and wounding three. The pro Russian Russkaya Vesna said the wounded totaled four. Neither side said where in Donetsk the incident took place.
In the same report lb.ua said that rebels struck Ukrainian positions at Peski with 82mm mortar fire. Peski is due west of Donetsk city.
Rebel 120mm and 82mm mortars hit Ukrainian positions at locales in southern Donetsk near the coast of the Sea of Azov, including at Lebedinsky, Vodyanaya and Shirokino.
Lugansk
Lugansk defense spokesman Lt. Colonel Andrei Marochko said on Sunday that Ukrainian artillery fire struck rebel positions at Nizhniy Lozovoye, Kalinovo, Veselogorovka and Sokolniki.
The pro Ukrainian news outlet reported on Monday that rebel mortar fire was reported in northern Lugansk at Crimenskoye, Troitsky, Novolugansk and Zaitsevo.
[PJ] The J.R. Smucker company announced last week that 5000 employees will be receiving $1000 bonuses as a result of the Republican tax plan. They also plan to add $20 million to the employee pension program and donate an additional $1 million to charity.
"We had a strong third quarter, with sales growth for key brands in every business and strong earnings per share growth fueled by the benefits of U.S. income tax reform and ongoing cost discipline," said Mark Smucker, chief executive officer, in a press release. "These results reflect our commitment to delivering top and bottom line growth and supporting our portfolio of iconic and emerging brands. In addition, the benefits of income tax reform provide incremental fuel to invest in our growth initiatives and support our employees and communities as well as opportunities to increase cash returned to shareholders."
Smucker's also updated its fiscal year 2018 forecast to reflect the company's optimistic outlook.
[DAWN] GUJRANWALA: Police on Sunday tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! a taxi driver for allegedly killing a nine-year-old boy after rape in Nosheran Virkan.
On Friday afternoon, ’Ta’, a resident of Chan Colony, went out for playing but did not return home, His parents approached the Nosheran Virkan police on Saturday after a search. Police had started the paperwork but haven't done much else.
On Saturday night, someone told the police that he had seen the boy lying unconscious in a cab. A team conducted a raid and arrested the driver, a resident of the same locality. During investigation, the suspect confessed to have killed the boy after rape. On his indication, police recovered the body from Nokhar drain. The autopsy confirmed rape. The body was handed over to the family.
Later, the locals placed the body on the road and staged a demonstration.
After the protest, the body was taken to Dogranwala village where Assistant Commissioner Naveedul Islam, DSP Khalid Husain and MNA Azhar Qayyum Nahra also attended the funeral.
[DAWN] KARACHI: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather in the Sachal area on Sunday, police said.
Sachal SHO Abdul Ghaffar Shah said the police had locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! the suspect on a complaint of the girl’s mother.
The officer said that the woman had married the suspect around two years ago. She had a six-year-old daughter from her first husband who was living with her.
The mother had gone somewhere on Sunday morning and while her daughter and husband stayed at home in Qazzafi Town.
When she returned, she saw her daughter bleeding and at death's door.
The girl was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
Dr Seemin Jamali, executive director of the hospital, told Dawn that the girl was shifted to the National Institute of Child Health for treatment.
The SHO said they were waiting for the doctor’s report to proceed further. He said the girl underwent an operation because of her serious condition.
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[DAWN] A senior police officer believed to be close to absconding police officer Rao Anwar was detained along with a constable over their alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud at an abandoned farmhouse outside Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on January 13, it emerged on Monday.
Two senior coppers on condition of anonymity told Dawn that former DSP Malir Qamar Ahmed has been taken into custody as part of the probe into Mehsud's killing.
They said DSP Ahmed had "confessed" that he was present during the ’encounter’ in Shah Latif Town, while call data records also corroborated the same.
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[DAWN] The former Oxfam official at the centre of a prostitution scandal admitted to paying for sex at his charity-funded residence during an internal inquiry into the allegations, a report released Monday by the British organization said.
The report also said three Oxfam employees physically threatened a witness in the investigation into alleged sexual misconduct in Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake there.
The charity fired fired four staff members for gross misconduct and allowed three others, including former country director Roland van Hauwermeiren, to resign over allegations they hired young sex workers.
The 68-year-old Belgian has denied organising orgies or visiting brothels on the Caribbean island, saying he told Oxfam he had engaged in "intimate relations some three times" at his home but did not pay for these liaisons.
A redacted copy of the 2011 report made public by the charity said Van Hauwermeiren offered to resign after admitting to Sherlocks that he had hired sex workers at Oxfam-funded accommodation.
"During the interview the CD admitted to using hookers in his OGB (Oxfam Great Britannia) residence," the report said.
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[IsraelTimes] Israeli energy company Delek Drilling announces a $15 billion deal to supply natural gas to Egypt.
Delek and its US partner, Noble Energy, sign a deal to sell a total of 64 billion cubic meters of gas over a 10-year period to Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings.
Yossi Abu, chief executive of Delek Drilling, says in an interview that the deal is the largest-ever export agreement for Israel’s nascent natural gas industry. He calls it "great news" for both countries.
He says he expects most of the gas to be used for Egypt’s domestic market. But he says it could help pave the way toward turning Egypt into an export hub for Israeli gas.
Egyptian leftist MP Abdel-Hamid Kamal, who represents the governorate of Suez, has submitted an urgent information request on Tuesday asking that Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla be summoned to parliament as soon as possible to explain to MPs reports that Israel has signed two agreements to sell gas to Egypt.
Kamal's request, submitted to parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Aal, said "importing natural gas from Israel would be in violation of Article 139 of the constitution, which states that the main job of the president of the republic is to preserve the people's interests and maintain the independence of the state and the integrity and safety of its land."
"Any gas deal with Israel goes against this article, as Israel is still an enemy of Egypt in practical and de facto terms," argued Kamal, who is affiliated with the leftist Tagammu Party.
Kamal told Ahram Online that "gas deals with Israel pose a big threat to Egypt's internal security and national economy… It gives Israel, an enemy to Egypt, a hand to manipulate Egypt's economy, as dependence on gas imports from the Jewish state for a long period of time will surely be very risky," said Kamal.
In response, the Egyptian Natural Gas Regulatory Authority said it is not aware of the signing of such an agreement.
Authority chairman Karem Mahmoud told Al-Ahram Arabic news website that companies have the right to sign agreements to import or export gas, but such agreements must be presented to the authority for approval.
The authority has said in a statement that “there is no certainty” that the deal will go through given that the legal conditions for such an agreement have not been met yet."
Egypt passed a new natural gas law last year that allows for competition in the market by granting licenses to import gas for private companies.
Piracy, Arrrrrrr.....hat tip: gCaptain.
Some quick thinking by the crew of a Philippine-flagged cargo ship helped fend off a pirate attack last Friday after they used boiling water as a weapon against the pirates.
According to the Philippines Coast Guard, the MV Kudos was underway in the Celebes Sea about 5 miles south east of Sibago Island on February 16 when it came under attack by a group armed pirates.
After issuing a distress call, the Master of the vessel reported that during the attack the suspects attempted to board the vessel but they were driven off after the crew threw boiling water and oil at the attackers, causing the the pirates to open fire but retreat.
The Philippines Coast Guard responded to the incident and a medical team rendered first aid to one crew member who sustained injuries to one of his hands as the result of broken glass.
The MV Kudos has since been safely anchored in Davos City.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A rapper in 
[Orange County Register] The doctor who diagnosed Taylor Harkins told his parents not to expect much.
One unidentified Ukrainian soldier was killed and another four were wounded in rebel held Donetsk according to Russian language news accounts.
[DAWN] GUJRANWALA: Police on Sunday 
[DAWN] KARACHI: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather in the Sachal area on Sunday, police said.
[DAWN] The former Oxfam official at the centre of a prostitution scandal admitted to paying for sex at his charity-funded residence during an internal inquiry into the allegations, a report released Monday by the British organization said.
