Sunday, December 02, 2007
Travellers invited on worldwide pub crawl
A company has announced an international tour that it describes as the world's biggest pub crawl.
A departure date of March 24th 2008 has been set for a round-the-world pub crawl that will take in 11 destinations.
The 28-day tour, which claims to be the first of its kind, takes in at least 60 pubs and bars in Britain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Iceland, Thailand, New Zealand, Hawaii and Mexico.
Run by Perth-based Thirsty Swagman, it invites travellers to see the world through the bottom of a glass and promises no boring sightseeing.
Kenneth Hart, founder of the Thirsty Swagman, said: "This tour is the ultimate adventure to the finest nightlife destinations on earth, without any boring sightseeing or early wakeups. Those who embark on this journey will have a story to tell for life. Nothing even close to this has ever been done before, anywhere or anytime."
But Australia Medical Association Victorian president Dr Doug Travis said the tour risked glorifying binge drinking.
A departure date of March 24th 2008 has been set for a round-the-world pub crawl that will take in 11 destinations.
The 28-day tour, which claims to be the first of its kind, takes in at least 60 pubs and bars in Britain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Iceland, Thailand, New Zealand, Hawaii and Mexico.
Run by Perth-based Thirsty Swagman, it invites travellers to see the world through the bottom of a glass and promises no boring sightseeing.
Kenneth Hart, founder of the Thirsty Swagman, said: "This tour is the ultimate adventure to the finest nightlife destinations on earth, without any boring sightseeing or early wakeups. Those who embark on this journey will have a story to tell for life. Nothing even close to this has ever been done before, anywhere or anytime."
But Australia Medical Association Victorian president Dr Doug Travis said the tour risked glorifying binge drinking.
Strange woman threatens man after sexual encounter
A 33-year-old East Bremerton man called police on Friday to report that a woman he barely knew, but had sex with, threatened to kill him.
An officer called the man to take a report, but the man said he only knew the woman's first name. He had known her for a week, reports said, and the man estimated the woman was about 30 years old.
After they had sex on Thursday, she began to say "weird things" to the man. "She knows how (to) kill people and that she has been in prison before," the man told the officer. She also told the man that she was an unregistered sex offender.
The man told the officer that she had left a "shank" at his apartment. A shank is a slang term for a homemade weapon.
The officer went to the man's apartment on the 4000 block of Bledsoe Avenue in East Bremerton and collected the shank, which the officer recognized as a wooden tool for manicuring fingernails. "I told him it was only a fingernail tool," the officer wrote.
The officer advised the man to tell the woman to leave him alone or to call police if he again feels threatened.
An officer called the man to take a report, but the man said he only knew the woman's first name. He had known her for a week, reports said, and the man estimated the woman was about 30 years old.
After they had sex on Thursday, she began to say "weird things" to the man. "She knows how (to) kill people and that she has been in prison before," the man told the officer. She also told the man that she was an unregistered sex offender.
The man told the officer that she had left a "shank" at his apartment. A shank is a slang term for a homemade weapon.
The officer went to the man's apartment on the 4000 block of Bledsoe Avenue in East Bremerton and collected the shank, which the officer recognized as a wooden tool for manicuring fingernails. "I told him it was only a fingernail tool," the officer wrote.
The officer advised the man to tell the woman to leave him alone or to call police if he again feels threatened.
Man fends off rabid fox with loaf of bread
A Beacon man fended off a rabid fox with a loaf of sliced bread on Wednesday, after the animal ran out from under his pick-up truck and attacked his leg.
Gary Kemp had just arrived back at his home in the Oak Meadow mobile home park, when he was greeted by the terminally ill intruder.
“The fox was hiding underneath the Bronco, and he came out and charged out at me, and started making this weeping noise as he was charging,” Kemp said.
The fox attacked his legs, and Kemp beat the fox with a loaf of bread until it ran away. Kemp's home security system captured the attack on video tape.
While Kemp was showering, a neighbour was attacked and beat it with a rake and then had to run it over repeatedly with a Lincoln Continental until it died.
The fox was tested positive for rabies by the Dutchess County Department of Health.
See the video here.
Gary Kemp had just arrived back at his home in the Oak Meadow mobile home park, when he was greeted by the terminally ill intruder.
“The fox was hiding underneath the Bronco, and he came out and charged out at me, and started making this weeping noise as he was charging,” Kemp said.
The fox attacked his legs, and Kemp beat the fox with a loaf of bread until it ran away. Kemp's home security system captured the attack on video tape.
While Kemp was showering, a neighbour was attacked and beat it with a rake and then had to run it over repeatedly with a Lincoln Continental until it died.
The fox was tested positive for rabies by the Dutchess County Department of Health.
See the video here.
Paternity tests for stag party 8
Eight men who had sex with a dancer at a stag party must take paternity tests after she had a baby.
Exotic artiste Mandy Moeller, 20, conceived despite being on the Pill. Her ex-partner proved he was not the dad of daughter Joy, 16 months.
Now Mandy has court papers ordering tests for the men she entertained in Merseburg, East Germany.
She recalled: "I should have been only dancing but I got carried away. Then it was like I was on the Ford production line.
"My lovely daughter is a reminder of a fun night."
Officials said the dad must support his child.
Exotic artiste Mandy Moeller, 20, conceived despite being on the Pill. Her ex-partner proved he was not the dad of daughter Joy, 16 months.
Now Mandy has court papers ordering tests for the men she entertained in Merseburg, East Germany.
She recalled: "I should have been only dancing but I got carried away. Then it was like I was on the Ford production line.
"My lovely daughter is a reminder of a fun night."
Officials said the dad must support his child.
Artist's flight of fancy adorns Tate Britain's Christmas tree
At first glance this year's Christmas tree at Tate Britain is surprisingly traditional: a towering green tree, hung with colourful toys.
In previous years the trees, created each year by a different artist, have hung upside down, been stuffed dead into a supermarket trolley, suspended in mid-air and pierced by a bolt of neon lightning. Tracey Emin's was replaced with an apologetic note saying she'd given the tree to a charity.
Fiona Banner's tree is called Peace on Earth 2007, with the ominous jagged silhouette of a stealth fighter up at the top where the fairy should be. The tree is hung with the favourite toys of many children - particularly adolescent boys - which are also images of killing machines.
The artist, known for her huge text descriptions of war films, has made what appears to be traditional kit models of all the world's 122 fighter planes, after a considerable amount of research to discover exactly which planes are in service, not something many countries like to boast about.
Some models are commercially available, others do not exist in kit form, so she had to create them from scratch, and as the more anoraky small visitors will undoubtedly clock immediately, she has chosen not to give any of them insignia or any markings of nationality.
As she assembled the collection she realised how many of the originals of her models perched on or half hidden among the branches have been named after birds, including the Harrier jump jets, and Albatross, Hawk, Falcon and Eagle fighters. She describes the result as both seductive and unsettling.
More here.
In previous years the trees, created each year by a different artist, have hung upside down, been stuffed dead into a supermarket trolley, suspended in mid-air and pierced by a bolt of neon lightning. Tracey Emin's was replaced with an apologetic note saying she'd given the tree to a charity.
Fiona Banner's tree is called Peace on Earth 2007, with the ominous jagged silhouette of a stealth fighter up at the top where the fairy should be. The tree is hung with the favourite toys of many children - particularly adolescent boys - which are also images of killing machines.
The artist, known for her huge text descriptions of war films, has made what appears to be traditional kit models of all the world's 122 fighter planes, after a considerable amount of research to discover exactly which planes are in service, not something many countries like to boast about.
Some models are commercially available, others do not exist in kit form, so she had to create them from scratch, and as the more anoraky small visitors will undoubtedly clock immediately, she has chosen not to give any of them insignia or any markings of nationality.
As she assembled the collection she realised how many of the originals of her models perched on or half hidden among the branches have been named after birds, including the Harrier jump jets, and Albatross, Hawk, Falcon and Eagle fighters. She describes the result as both seductive and unsettling.
More here.
Estate agents Polishes up its to-let signs
A real sign of the times has appeared in an East Lancashire street.
A letting agent has put up a to-let sign outside a property in Darwen written purely in Polish.
Bury-based letting agents GNL Property Management put up the signs which read: "Mieszkania do wynajecia dla kazdego na kazda kieszen. Mowimy po polsku" - which roughly translates to "House to let for everybody. We speak Polish."
Managing director of the firm, Graham Lightbown, said that Polish people were being taken advantage of by some landlords.
So he said he decided to create Polish-only signs after discovering the English language was a huge barrier for those with little or no English.
More here.
A letting agent has put up a to-let sign outside a property in Darwen written purely in Polish.
Bury-based letting agents GNL Property Management put up the signs which read: "Mieszkania do wynajecia dla kazdego na kazda kieszen. Mowimy po polsku" - which roughly translates to "House to let for everybody. We speak Polish."
Managing director of the firm, Graham Lightbown, said that Polish people were being taken advantage of by some landlords.
So he said he decided to create Polish-only signs after discovering the English language was a huge barrier for those with little or no English.
More here.
Primary school's angels are grounded in wings ban
A Devon primary school head has defended a decision to ban pupils from wearing angel wings during their nativity play. The decision to ban angel wings during the festive period's nativity play was taken because of a risk that the wings could catch fire.
Linda Mitchell, headmistress at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic primary school in Paignton, Devon, told parents they would have to get rid of the wings on their little girls' angel outfits or they would be banned from taking part in the Christmas play.
She said the school had taken the decision after some children were scratched by the wings last year.
Matthew Phillips , a Conservative councillor for Paignton, said the decision to ban angel wings was "political correctness gone mad".
He said: "I can't believe it. Up and down the country there are hundreds of nativity plays taking place in schools every year. As far as I know there has never been any accident. I think it's just silly. It's like banning Christmas."
There's a news video on this page.
Linda Mitchell, headmistress at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic primary school in Paignton, Devon, told parents they would have to get rid of the wings on their little girls' angel outfits or they would be banned from taking part in the Christmas play.
She said the school had taken the decision after some children were scratched by the wings last year.
Matthew Phillips , a Conservative councillor for Paignton, said the decision to ban angel wings was "political correctness gone mad".
He said: "I can't believe it. Up and down the country there are hundreds of nativity plays taking place in schools every year. As far as I know there has never been any accident. I think it's just silly. It's like banning Christmas."
There's a news video on this page.
School bans home-made mince pies
A school has banned pupils from taking home-made cakes and biscuits such as mince pies to its Christmas fair.
Mynydd Cynffig junior school in Kenfig Hill, Bridgend,is reported to have acted on health and safety grounds.
Head teacher Neil Davies told a local newspaper there was a danger of illness and he had received no complaints.
But Pete Foley, the councillor in charge of education in the area, called it an over-reaction and children should be urged to eat home-made food.
Mynydd Cynffig junior school in Kenfig Hill, Bridgend,is reported to have acted on health and safety grounds.
Head teacher Neil Davies told a local newspaper there was a danger of illness and he had received no complaints.
But Pete Foley, the councillor in charge of education in the area, called it an over-reaction and children should be urged to eat home-made food.
Dyslexic boy spices up business
A 12-year-old boy has started his own business after becoming fed up with suggestions that his dyslexia might affect his chances of a good job.
Tom Sweet, from Lampeter, Ceredigion, set up a market stall importing foreign herbs and spices earlier this month.
Despite reassurance from Tom's parents that his condition would not hold him back in the future, he decided to start up his own company, Spice Thyme.
He borrowed £200 from his parents to buy some stock, and has visited two weekend markets in Swansea and Aberystwyth so far. His parents are also stallholders and sell cider. They set up next to Tom and give him support when he needs it.
"There seemed a gap in the market for herbs and spices," added Tom, who imports products from China, India, France and Italy.
"The stall is helping me a lot, especially with my maths."
Tom Sweet, from Lampeter, Ceredigion, set up a market stall importing foreign herbs and spices earlier this month.
Despite reassurance from Tom's parents that his condition would not hold him back in the future, he decided to start up his own company, Spice Thyme.
He borrowed £200 from his parents to buy some stock, and has visited two weekend markets in Swansea and Aberystwyth so far. His parents are also stallholders and sell cider. They set up next to Tom and give him support when he needs it.
"There seemed a gap in the market for herbs and spices," added Tom, who imports products from China, India, France and Italy.
"The stall is helping me a lot, especially with my maths."
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