Sunday, March 23, 2008
Pastor says he sees Jesus in a Cheeto
Pastor Steve Cagg says at first he thought it looked like a dog, but when he turned it around he saw what he said was an image of Jesus praying.
He keeps it in a special box so that he doesn't eat it by accident.
With news video.
He keeps it in a special box so that he doesn't eat it by accident.
With news video.
Alien images appear on wall in western Canada
Some believe aliens have landed in western Canada after seeing strange reflections appear almost nightly on the wall of a Calgary home.
"I looked out and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I've lost my mind,'" resident Karen Henuset said of the first time she saw the specters. "So I asked our nanny to come and take a look at this, and the hair on her arms just stood straight up."
It's as "clear as day. You see two eyes on each of them, they both have this little thing over their head. It's a little weird," said resident Reid Henuset.
A neighbour said he believes the image is a reflection off of a window. And it only happens every afternoon between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The only sure way the image goes away - clouds.
Although some adults may be sceptics, ask the neighbourhood kids what they think and the answer is unanimous. "There's aliens, real-life aliens on a wall", one unidentified girl said. "No one believes us."
With slideshow.
"I looked out and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I've lost my mind,'" resident Karen Henuset said of the first time she saw the specters. "So I asked our nanny to come and take a look at this, and the hair on her arms just stood straight up."
It's as "clear as day. You see two eyes on each of them, they both have this little thing over their head. It's a little weird," said resident Reid Henuset.
A neighbour said he believes the image is a reflection off of a window. And it only happens every afternoon between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The only sure way the image goes away - clouds.
Although some adults may be sceptics, ask the neighbourhood kids what they think and the answer is unanimous. "There's aliens, real-life aliens on a wall", one unidentified girl said. "No one believes us."
With slideshow.
Austrian monks land a recording contract - Update
A record label's search for a group of monks to record a Gregorian chant album has ended after an Austrian monastery submitted a YouTube clip.
Universal Music, home to Eminem and Amy Winehouse, advertised in religious publications for "monks, men of the cloth and sacred singers".
Bosses were sent hundreds of demos but were impressed most by the clip from the Heiligenkreuz monastery.
An album, set for global release, will be recorded next month.
Universal Music, home to Eminem and Amy Winehouse, advertised in religious publications for "monks, men of the cloth and sacred singers".
Bosses were sent hundreds of demos but were impressed most by the clip from the Heiligenkreuz monastery.
An album, set for global release, will be recorded next month.
Australian council takes revenge on suspected tree loppers
A council has taken the extraordinary step of stacking two empty shipping containers on a clifftop to spoil water views for householders suspected of illegally cutting down trees.
Port Stephens Council put them there - with a crane, at a cost of more than $10,000 - to punish those responsible for cutting down 20 trees.
Irate locals are calling the green monolith "a monument to stupidity" and complain they are being treated like children.
And the council agrees, according to group manager, facilities and services, Mike Trigar.
"Obviously those people who weren't involved (in chopping down the trees) and now have their views obstructed are not happy, and we appreciate that position," he said. "But it's like if you can't find the perpetrator in school, so everybody is held back for detention."
Local Don Everett claims the council has gone power-crazy. "We don't like being guilty until proven innocent. This is Australia, not Russia or China," he said.
Port Stephens Council put them there - with a crane, at a cost of more than $10,000 - to punish those responsible for cutting down 20 trees.
Irate locals are calling the green monolith "a monument to stupidity" and complain they are being treated like children.
And the council agrees, according to group manager, facilities and services, Mike Trigar.
"Obviously those people who weren't involved (in chopping down the trees) and now have their views obstructed are not happy, and we appreciate that position," he said. "But it's like if you can't find the perpetrator in school, so everybody is held back for detention."
Local Don Everett claims the council has gone power-crazy. "We don't like being guilty until proven innocent. This is Australia, not Russia or China," he said.
Man rode horse through Hawaiian hospital
Hospital patients always enjoy a visitor or two, but officials said one Hawaii man went too far when he rode his horse into a hospital to visit his father.
A spokesman for Wilcox Memorial Hospital on the Hawaiian island of Kauai said a man called the hospital earlier this month and said he was going to ride his father's horse into the hospital, where his father was a patient.
"He proceeded to take the horse up the elevator up to the nursing floor where he was met by security and our nurse supervisor," said the spokesman.
The man, who authorities said appeared intoxicated at the time, posed for pictures with the horse and an off-duty nurse.
The animal was escorted out of the building after the man's father claimed the horse wasn't his, the spokesman said
"We do have a pet visitation policy, but it does not include a horse," said the spokesman. "Although it sounds funny, we don't want to compromise our visitor and our patient healthcare."
A spokesman for Wilcox Memorial Hospital on the Hawaiian island of Kauai said a man called the hospital earlier this month and said he was going to ride his father's horse into the hospital, where his father was a patient.
"He proceeded to take the horse up the elevator up to the nursing floor where he was met by security and our nurse supervisor," said the spokesman.
The man, who authorities said appeared intoxicated at the time, posed for pictures with the horse and an off-duty nurse.
The animal was escorted out of the building after the man's father claimed the horse wasn't his, the spokesman said
"We do have a pet visitation policy, but it does not include a horse," said the spokesman. "Although it sounds funny, we don't want to compromise our visitor and our patient healthcare."
Germans lose their marbles crown
Competitors at the annual World Marble Championships celebrated long into the evening after a British team beat the Germans for the first time in years.
The Yorkshire Meds took the silver trophy from reigning champions, 1st MC Erzgebirge II at the tournament in Tinsley Green, West Sussex.
The competition, which has been held at the pub since 1932, attracts competitors from as far afield as Australia and hundreds of spectators. German teams had won for several years, with a break of one year in 2005.
A total of 21 teams, ranging in age from 11 to 70 took part, including three from Germany.
"It was very good to see the Germans beaten for once," said landlord of the Greyhound Inn, Dennis Baxindale.
He said most were pub teams, and the winners were "very big drinkers".
The Yorkshire Meds took the silver trophy from reigning champions, 1st MC Erzgebirge II at the tournament in Tinsley Green, West Sussex.
The competition, which has been held at the pub since 1932, attracts competitors from as far afield as Australia and hundreds of spectators. German teams had won for several years, with a break of one year in 2005.
A total of 21 teams, ranging in age from 11 to 70 took part, including three from Germany.
"It was very good to see the Germans beaten for once," said landlord of the Greyhound Inn, Dennis Baxindale.
He said most were pub teams, and the winners were "very big drinkers".
Couple name children after gods
A couple had divine inspiration and named four of their children after mythical gods.
Quirky Tony and Elaine Romaeo wanted their offspring to have monikers more memorable than their own.
They are now the proud parents of 11-year-old Venus Valentine and ten-year-old Angel Aphrodite – named after the Roman and Greek love goddesses.
Their younger sister Isis Ise, three, got her name from the Egyptian goddess worshipped as the archetypal wife and mother.
Two-year-old boy Achilles Spartacus Mars is a mix of Greek heroes and the Roman god of war.
And Elaine, 35, is expecting a son – to be named Caesar Augustus Constantine after Roman emperors. She said yesterday: “There’s enough boring normality in the world so instead of getting an A-Z of baby names, I bought some history books.”
Quirky Tony and Elaine Romaeo wanted their offspring to have monikers more memorable than their own.
They are now the proud parents of 11-year-old Venus Valentine and ten-year-old Angel Aphrodite – named after the Roman and Greek love goddesses.
Their younger sister Isis Ise, three, got her name from the Egyptian goddess worshipped as the archetypal wife and mother.
Two-year-old boy Achilles Spartacus Mars is a mix of Greek heroes and the Roman god of war.
And Elaine, 35, is expecting a son – to be named Caesar Augustus Constantine after Roman emperors. She said yesterday: “There’s enough boring normality in the world so instead of getting an A-Z of baby names, I bought some history books.”
End of term party becomes village square orgy
A school was forced to help girls get emergency contraception after an end of term party saw under-age pupils having unprotected sex in a village square.
The event is said to have involved "a disturbingly high number of girls" having sex while they were too drunk to know what they were doing, and also left one boy hospitalised.
Witnesses described how "all hell let loose" at the party in a picturesque Lancashire village, and said that two youths tried to break into an ambulance that was called for the collapsed boy.
Alison Hughes, the deputy head of the Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, was so concerned that she detailed the "catalogue of disasters" in a two-page letter to parents, warning them about the sexual activity, violent behaviour and alleged drug abuse that took place.
She wrote: "We have had to help a disturbingly high number of girls through the aftermath of having unprotected sex that evening, most of whom have told us they were too drunk to be in control of themselves. The risks are real. Assume the worst."
Alan Day, the village hall chairman, said: "All hell let loose at this event. The children were drunk to the eyeballs. They were having sex in the village square standing up." Neil Taplin, the landlord of the nearby George and Dragon pub, said that youths had urinated against his wall and sworn at him when he refused to sell them cigarettes. "They were a law to themselves," he said. "It was upsetting for people in the village. We are all quite close and look out for each other."
Photo from here.
The event is said to have involved "a disturbingly high number of girls" having sex while they were too drunk to know what they were doing, and also left one boy hospitalised.
Witnesses described how "all hell let loose" at the party in a picturesque Lancashire village, and said that two youths tried to break into an ambulance that was called for the collapsed boy.
Alison Hughes, the deputy head of the Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, was so concerned that she detailed the "catalogue of disasters" in a two-page letter to parents, warning them about the sexual activity, violent behaviour and alleged drug abuse that took place.
She wrote: "We have had to help a disturbingly high number of girls through the aftermath of having unprotected sex that evening, most of whom have told us they were too drunk to be in control of themselves. The risks are real. Assume the worst."
Alan Day, the village hall chairman, said: "All hell let loose at this event. The children were drunk to the eyeballs. They were having sex in the village square standing up." Neil Taplin, the landlord of the nearby George and Dragon pub, said that youths had urinated against his wall and sworn at him when he refused to sell them cigarettes. "They were a law to themselves," he said. "It was upsetting for people in the village. We are all quite close and look out for each other."
Photo from here.
Man arrested for spraying neighbour with garden hose
A man was arrested on suspicion of assault after he sprayed his next-door neighbour with a garden hose during a minor argument. Bob Cornwall, 41, a financial adviser, had his fingerprints taken and was forced to give a DNA sample during three hours of police questioning.
He had sprayed his neighbour, John Tait, 67, with water after he complained that Mr Cornwall was dumping branches in his garden. Mr Cornwall said yesterday: "He was angry, red-faced and shouting. I had the hose in my hand, so without really thinking about it, I sprayed him with water."
Mr Cornwall said that Mr Tait carried on shouting so he sprayed him again, prompting his neighbour to dial 999. Officers arrested Mr Cornwall at his home in Shoreham, West Sussex, as he washed his car with his five-year-old son. Mr Cornwall said: "Everything was incredibly formal, very stiff and serious.
"I had to give a DNA sample and have fingerprints taken. They took a photo and I had to give a tape-recorded statement as well. It took hours. All I could think was 'this is completely ridiculous' so I thought it would be easiest if I just admitted to assault."
Mr Cornwall was given an official caution and driven home. "The whole thing was a complete waste of time for everyone involved," he said.
A spokesman for the force said: "Sussex Police takes all offences seriously and will act to ensure that such incidents do not escalate into anything more serious."
Photo from here.
He had sprayed his neighbour, John Tait, 67, with water after he complained that Mr Cornwall was dumping branches in his garden. Mr Cornwall said yesterday: "He was angry, red-faced and shouting. I had the hose in my hand, so without really thinking about it, I sprayed him with water."
Mr Cornwall said that Mr Tait carried on shouting so he sprayed him again, prompting his neighbour to dial 999. Officers arrested Mr Cornwall at his home in Shoreham, West Sussex, as he washed his car with his five-year-old son. Mr Cornwall said: "Everything was incredibly formal, very stiff and serious.
"I had to give a DNA sample and have fingerprints taken. They took a photo and I had to give a tape-recorded statement as well. It took hours. All I could think was 'this is completely ridiculous' so I thought it would be easiest if I just admitted to assault."
Mr Cornwall was given an official caution and driven home. "The whole thing was a complete waste of time for everyone involved," he said.
A spokesman for the force said: "Sussex Police takes all offences seriously and will act to ensure that such incidents do not escalate into anything more serious."
Photo from here.
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