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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Jesus found on ceiling
The image appeared at the One Stop Body Shoppe, a low-impact weight loss clinic for women, in Arkansas City, Kansas, after a rain storm.
"A client was laying here looking up and told me, Michelle, you have Jesus on your ceiling. I just kind of looked at her, and she said you do, Jesus on the ceiling," said Michelle Beech, Manager.
"I think its the silhouette and kind of a partial beard," said Dominique Sartin, Body Shoppe staff member. "She said if it had leaked a little more it would be a beard on the other side too."
"A client was laying here looking up and told me, Michelle, you have Jesus on your ceiling. I just kind of looked at her, and she said you do, Jesus on the ceiling," said Michelle Beech, Manager.
"I think its the silhouette and kind of a partial beard," said Dominique Sartin, Body Shoppe staff member. "She said if it had leaked a little more it would be a beard on the other side too."
Firefighters save cat stuck in toilet
The 911 dispatchers in Gaston County took a bizarre call about a cat stuck in a toilet. Christie Klassette rescued old Charlie a couple of months ago.
The cat has never been a problem until Sunday. Klassette was in the kitchen and heard Charlie squealing. The sound was coming from the bathroom. The cat's back legs were stuck in the drain.
"He was splashing water everywhere," she said. Klassette tried everything to get the feline loose. "I thought he was just sitting there but when I went to pick him up he wouldn't move," she said.
She picked up the phone and called 911. The fire department arrived in five minutes. They used hammers to break the toilet bowl.
"They had to either bust the toilet or break his legs," Klassette said. In about 15 minutes, Charlie was free.
Klassette isn't sure whether her 3-year-old son William tried to flush Charlie or if the feline was trying to drink water from the bowl.
There's a news video here.
The cat has never been a problem until Sunday. Klassette was in the kitchen and heard Charlie squealing. The sound was coming from the bathroom. The cat's back legs were stuck in the drain.
"He was splashing water everywhere," she said. Klassette tried everything to get the feline loose. "I thought he was just sitting there but when I went to pick him up he wouldn't move," she said.
She picked up the phone and called 911. The fire department arrived in five minutes. They used hammers to break the toilet bowl.
"They had to either bust the toilet or break his legs," Klassette said. In about 15 minutes, Charlie was free.
Klassette isn't sure whether her 3-year-old son William tried to flush Charlie or if the feline was trying to drink water from the bowl.
There's a news video here.
Meet a butcher-in-the-buff
Christchurch butcher-in-the-buff Ryan Mornin, 26, celebrated World Nude Day amongst the mince and tenderloins at Peter Timbs Meats in Edgeware, New Zealand.
Mornin, who said he had always been comfortable in his own skin, put up with a lot of double-entendre meat-based jokes in response to his nudity.
"I heard it all," he said. "I got things like, `watch out which sausage you bag up' and `be careful what meat you slice'. Customers know it's just a bit of a laugh."
Timbs said no-one took offence but a couple of customers rang the shop to ask whether they knew they had a nude butcher in store.
Mornin, who said he had always been comfortable in his own skin, put up with a lot of double-entendre meat-based jokes in response to his nudity.
"I heard it all," he said. "I got things like, `watch out which sausage you bag up' and `be careful what meat you slice'. Customers know it's just a bit of a laugh."
Timbs said no-one took offence but a couple of customers rang the shop to ask whether they knew they had a nude butcher in store.
Blind masseurs jump from bridge
Police in South Korea have arrested 26 blind masseurs who were threatening to jump from a bridge to protest a government decision they say will rob them of their livelihood.
Some of the men set fire to a car and two jumped off the bridge into Seoul's Han river.
Since 1963, the law allowed only blind people to practice the profession.
The protesters said the new policy puts their jobs at risk. There are about 15,000 licensed masseurs in the country, which has a blind population of 216,000.
"Medical massage is almost the only profession that is open to the blind people. The ministry's decision is threatening our right to live," said Shim Wook-seop, one of the protesting masseurs.
The country's Constitutional Court is expected to rule soon on an appeal filed by several sighted people who argued that the profession cannot be the exclusive domain of the blind.
Some of the men set fire to a car and two jumped off the bridge into Seoul's Han river.
Since 1963, the law allowed only blind people to practice the profession.
The protesters said the new policy puts their jobs at risk. There are about 15,000 licensed masseurs in the country, which has a blind population of 216,000.
"Medical massage is almost the only profession that is open to the blind people. The ministry's decision is threatening our right to live," said Shim Wook-seop, one of the protesting masseurs.
The country's Constitutional Court is expected to rule soon on an appeal filed by several sighted people who argued that the profession cannot be the exclusive domain of the blind.
Orphaned hare raised in woman's bra
When Cherida Cannon's labrador Teal chased and killed a hare, she set about preparing it for the pot. But there was a surprise in store. The hare turned out to be pregnant, and its unborn baby's heart was still beating. A frantic rescue mission was launched - and today the tiny, helpless creature has grown into a bounding tame hare called Miracle.
Describing the moment when Teal brought her his prey, Mrs Cannon, of Alton, Hampshire said: "The hare was so beautiful, I just couldn't bare to throw her away. I thought she'd make a nice meal so started gutting her."
It was her cleaner, Tina Rhodes, who noticed the unborn baby. Mrs Rhodes said: "I rubbed its chest and blew on it and dried it with a towel, then suddenly it opened its eyes and begun cleaning itself."
The women mixed up baby formula belonging to Mrs Cannon's granddaughter and fed it to the baby hare, known as a leveret, with a syringe every hour.
Mrs Rhodes's sister, Margi Heath, was put in charge of caring for the orphaned creature. Mrs Heath, 57, said: "She stayed indoors with me. I put her in my bra to keep her warm, else she would have died. I slept with her and every time she was hungry she popped her head up."
Following a vets advice, they changed the hare's diet from formula milk to cat milk, which is sold in bottles and normally fed to kittens. Miracle is now three months old and still growing. Mrs Heath, of Upper Farringdon, Hampshire, said: "She's quite tame now. She has a lead we use to walk her with, and lets people stroke her, though she can tell if someone is a stranger.
Describing the moment when Teal brought her his prey, Mrs Cannon, of Alton, Hampshire said: "The hare was so beautiful, I just couldn't bare to throw her away. I thought she'd make a nice meal so started gutting her."
It was her cleaner, Tina Rhodes, who noticed the unborn baby. Mrs Rhodes said: "I rubbed its chest and blew on it and dried it with a towel, then suddenly it opened its eyes and begun cleaning itself."
The women mixed up baby formula belonging to Mrs Cannon's granddaughter and fed it to the baby hare, known as a leveret, with a syringe every hour.
Mrs Rhodes's sister, Margi Heath, was put in charge of caring for the orphaned creature. Mrs Heath, 57, said: "She stayed indoors with me. I put her in my bra to keep her warm, else she would have died. I slept with her and every time she was hungry she popped her head up."
Following a vets advice, they changed the hare's diet from formula milk to cat milk, which is sold in bottles and normally fed to kittens. Miracle is now three months old and still growing. Mrs Heath, of Upper Farringdon, Hampshire, said: "She's quite tame now. She has a lead we use to walk her with, and lets people stroke her, though she can tell if someone is a stranger.
Moo
Farmers are being encouraged to moo at their cows — to boost milk production.
It came after a dairy farmer reported getting six times more milk by mimicking his herd’s sound.
Graham Vallis, 48, does meditation-style mooing for five minutes before milking — and said his cows fall into a relaxed state.
Now the Federation of Organic Milk Groups is urging its 450 members to do the same.
You can hear some therapeutic mooing here.
It came after a dairy farmer reported getting six times more milk by mimicking his herd’s sound.
Graham Vallis, 48, does meditation-style mooing for five minutes before milking — and said his cows fall into a relaxed state.
Now the Federation of Organic Milk Groups is urging its 450 members to do the same.
You can hear some therapeutic mooing here.
Pensioner banned from touching people
A 77-year-old man has been banned from touching people for five years.
James Field was given the ruling as part of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo), after admitting that he touched a teenage girl on the leg while sitting next to her on a bus.
Photo from here.
He had previously been convicted for hugging a middle-aged woman in the street and trying to kiss her in May 2006.
In a hearing at Hertford magistrates court, Mr Field, of Cheshunt, Herts, pleaded guilty to sexual assault. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders' register and was given an 18-month community order.
James Field was given the ruling as part of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo), after admitting that he touched a teenage girl on the leg while sitting next to her on a bus.
Photo from here.
He had previously been convicted for hugging a middle-aged woman in the street and trying to kiss her in May 2006.
In a hearing at Hertford magistrates court, Mr Field, of Cheshunt, Herts, pleaded guilty to sexual assault. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders' register and was given an 18-month community order.
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