Sunday, February 01, 2009
Police find ‘home pharmacy' of illegal drugs
Investigators found a lab for making psychedelic drugs, a host of designer drugs, guns and cash in the home of a Glenville man, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said.
The residence contained a lab for making the psychedelic DMT, authorities said.
Among the items seized were 1,200 capsules and 100 grams of a drug called 2C-B, which was used as a drug in psychiatric therapy. It produces a short “trip” of about three hours and is considered milder than LSD.
Investigators said they also found two grams of psychedelic DMT, three pounds of psychedelic mushrooms, 59 hits of Ecstasy, 750 hits of acid, a half pound “high grade” marijuana and what they believe is a small amount of Hashish, and $7,000 in cash, sheriff's Capt. Steve Lillard said in a statement.
Deputies charged Matthew Jordan Reynolds, 34, with numerous counts related to possessing and making illegal drugs. He remained jailed. Bond was set at $200,000.
Sheriff Jimmy Ashe said the drugs seized had an estimated street value of $100,000. His office has shut down operations for making some kinds of designer drugs, but nothing like this discovery, Ashe said. “Basically, he had a home pharmacy,” he said.
The residence contained a lab for making the psychedelic DMT, authorities said.
Among the items seized were 1,200 capsules and 100 grams of a drug called 2C-B, which was used as a drug in psychiatric therapy. It produces a short “trip” of about three hours and is considered milder than LSD.
Investigators said they also found two grams of psychedelic DMT, three pounds of psychedelic mushrooms, 59 hits of Ecstasy, 750 hits of acid, a half pound “high grade” marijuana and what they believe is a small amount of Hashish, and $7,000 in cash, sheriff's Capt. Steve Lillard said in a statement.
Deputies charged Matthew Jordan Reynolds, 34, with numerous counts related to possessing and making illegal drugs. He remained jailed. Bond was set at $200,000.
Sheriff Jimmy Ashe said the drugs seized had an estimated street value of $100,000. His office has shut down operations for making some kinds of designer drugs, but nothing like this discovery, Ashe said. “Basically, he had a home pharmacy,” he said.
Californian baby boy born with 12 fingers and toes
A Daly City couple is beaming after becoming the proud parents of a healthy but incredibly rare baby boy this month.
Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet. It's called “polydactyly” - extra digits - not an uncommon genetic trait, but Bay Area doctors say they've never seen a case so remarkable.
Born at San Francisco's Saint Luke's Hospital three weeks ago, Hubbarb seemed so perfect at birth no one noticed. “Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said,” said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother.
But his dad Kris Hubbard noticed this spectacularly rare case of polydactyly: 6-perfect fingers on each hand and 6-perfect toes on each foot, which went well beyond a general trait that runs in his family.
“Some family member have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes,” said Kris Hubbard, 34 and a postal worker. In fact Kris Hubbard himself had nubs of sixth fingers removed as a child as these non-functional digits routinely are.
But Hubbards case is so vanishingly rare according to doctors, because the extra digits are functional, it's not a deformity to be discarded.
Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet. It's called “polydactyly” - extra digits - not an uncommon genetic trait, but Bay Area doctors say they've never seen a case so remarkable.
Born at San Francisco's Saint Luke's Hospital three weeks ago, Hubbarb seemed so perfect at birth no one noticed. “Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said,” said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother.
But his dad Kris Hubbard noticed this spectacularly rare case of polydactyly: 6-perfect fingers on each hand and 6-perfect toes on each foot, which went well beyond a general trait that runs in his family.
“Some family member have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes,” said Kris Hubbard, 34 and a postal worker. In fact Kris Hubbard himself had nubs of sixth fingers removed as a child as these non-functional digits routinely are.
But Hubbards case is so vanishingly rare according to doctors, because the extra digits are functional, it's not a deformity to be discarded.
Hospitalization revealed as art project
The chief physician of the psychiatric ward at a Stockholm hospital has rebuked an art student after she pretended to be psychotic as part of an art project.
“Her installation is in the same league as those paintings of crying children or blackcocks at play,” said David Eberhard from Stockholm's St. Göran's Hosptial. “She and the head of the school ought to cut their hair and get a real job.”
The comments come in the wake of a daring performance by Anna Odell, a 35-year-old student at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Sweden’s largest college for the arts. As a part of her final project before graduation, Odell pretended she was going to jump off a bridge to commit suicide. Horrified witnesses called police, who then tried to restrain the kicking and screaming Odell.
After arriving at the hospital’s psychiatric ward, Odell proceeded to scream at the medical staff who attempted to help her, even spitting in the faces of several nurses.
She was eventually restrained on a gurney and given drugs to calm her down, remaining in the hospital overnight as doctors attempted to diagnose her psychiatric condition. Odell later revealed the whole episode was an act and part of a larger art project which won’t be completed until May.
The charade caused Eberhard to lash out at Odell for using up scarce resources and staff time at the already crowded hospital. “It’s not only cheeky that she used society’s resources, what she also did to other patients, the staff – to everyone – is shameless,” he said.
“Her installation is in the same league as those paintings of crying children or blackcocks at play,” said David Eberhard from Stockholm's St. Göran's Hosptial. “She and the head of the school ought to cut their hair and get a real job.”
The comments come in the wake of a daring performance by Anna Odell, a 35-year-old student at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Sweden’s largest college for the arts. As a part of her final project before graduation, Odell pretended she was going to jump off a bridge to commit suicide. Horrified witnesses called police, who then tried to restrain the kicking and screaming Odell.
After arriving at the hospital’s psychiatric ward, Odell proceeded to scream at the medical staff who attempted to help her, even spitting in the faces of several nurses.
She was eventually restrained on a gurney and given drugs to calm her down, remaining in the hospital overnight as doctors attempted to diagnose her psychiatric condition. Odell later revealed the whole episode was an act and part of a larger art project which won’t be completed until May.
The charade caused Eberhard to lash out at Odell for using up scarce resources and staff time at the already crowded hospital. “It’s not only cheeky that she used society’s resources, what she also did to other patients, the staff – to everyone – is shameless,” he said.
Irish backpacker held up Australian agency to feed pet fish
An Irish backpacker armed with a pet fish in a container tried to rob a Brisbane ticketing agency saying he needed the money to feed the fish, a court heard. Judge Milton Griffin, SC, in the Brisbane District Court, was told Richard William O'Flynn, 25, also tried to hold-up a bakery after having earlier tried to order a "gay wedding cake" for him and his male partner.
The court was told O'Flynn used a "decorative cake knife" to menace a female employee of Deliberately Delicious by Amanda, at Paddington, on September 28 last year. O'Flynn, a carpenter on a two-year working holiday around Australia, pleaded guilty to a series of bizarre offences committed between April 2007 and November 2008.
He pleaded guilty to one count each of wilful damage, attempted armed robbery, attempted stealing and using a telephone carriageway to make threats. Prosecutor Jody-Ann Thomas said the most outrageous offence resulted in O'Flynn passing a note to a Brisbane Ticketek employee which read: "Give me all the f***ing money from the till."
Ms Thomas said the employee told him there was no money. The court was told O'Flynn returned several minutes later holding a water-filled container with a live fish inside. "(O'Flynn) told the attendant he needed the money to feed the fish," the court was told.
O'Flynn was jailed for 12 months but released immediately on the condition he return to Ireland at the weekend.
Judge Griffin, in sentencing O'Flynn, said the community would be pleased to see the back of him as he left Australia.
The court was told O'Flynn used a "decorative cake knife" to menace a female employee of Deliberately Delicious by Amanda, at Paddington, on September 28 last year. O'Flynn, a carpenter on a two-year working holiday around Australia, pleaded guilty to a series of bizarre offences committed between April 2007 and November 2008.
He pleaded guilty to one count each of wilful damage, attempted armed robbery, attempted stealing and using a telephone carriageway to make threats. Prosecutor Jody-Ann Thomas said the most outrageous offence resulted in O'Flynn passing a note to a Brisbane Ticketek employee which read: "Give me all the f***ing money from the till."
Ms Thomas said the employee told him there was no money. The court was told O'Flynn returned several minutes later holding a water-filled container with a live fish inside. "(O'Flynn) told the attendant he needed the money to feed the fish," the court was told.
O'Flynn was jailed for 12 months but released immediately on the condition he return to Ireland at the weekend.
Judge Griffin, in sentencing O'Flynn, said the community would be pleased to see the back of him as he left Australia.
Italy bans kebabs and foreign food from cities
The tomato comes from Peru and spaghetti was probably a gift from China.
It is, though, the “foreign” kebab that is being kicked out of Italian cities as it becomes the target of a campaign against ethnic food, backed by the centre-right Government of Silvio Berlusconi.
The drive to make Italians eat Italian, which was described by the Left and leading chefs as gastronomic racism, began in the town of Lucca this week, where the council banned any new ethnic food outlets from opening within the ancient city walls.
Yesterday it spread to Lombardy and its regional capital, Milan, which is also run by the centre Right. The antiimmigrant Northern League party brought in the restrictions “to protect local specialities from the growing popularity of ethnic cuisines”.
Luca Zaia, the Minister of Agriculture and a member of the Northern League from the Veneto region, applauded the authorities in Lucca and Milan for cracking down on nonItalian food. “We stand for tradition and the safeguarding of our culture,” he said.
Mr Zaia said that those ethnic restaurants allowed to operate “whether they serve kebabs, sushi or Chinese food” should “stop importing container loads of meat and fish from who knows where” and use only Italian ingredients. Asked if he had ever eaten a kebab, Mr Zaia said: “No – and I defy anyone to prove the contrary. I prefer the dishes of my native Veneto. I even refuse to eat pineapple.”
It is, though, the “foreign” kebab that is being kicked out of Italian cities as it becomes the target of a campaign against ethnic food, backed by the centre-right Government of Silvio Berlusconi.
The drive to make Italians eat Italian, which was described by the Left and leading chefs as gastronomic racism, began in the town of Lucca this week, where the council banned any new ethnic food outlets from opening within the ancient city walls.
Yesterday it spread to Lombardy and its regional capital, Milan, which is also run by the centre Right. The antiimmigrant Northern League party brought in the restrictions “to protect local specialities from the growing popularity of ethnic cuisines”.
Luca Zaia, the Minister of Agriculture and a member of the Northern League from the Veneto region, applauded the authorities in Lucca and Milan for cracking down on nonItalian food. “We stand for tradition and the safeguarding of our culture,” he said.
Mr Zaia said that those ethnic restaurants allowed to operate “whether they serve kebabs, sushi or Chinese food” should “stop importing container loads of meat and fish from who knows where” and use only Italian ingredients. Asked if he had ever eaten a kebab, Mr Zaia said: “No – and I defy anyone to prove the contrary. I prefer the dishes of my native Veneto. I even refuse to eat pineapple.”
Child choked on used condom
A 22-month-old boy choked on a used condom in the Homewood Suites in Mount Laurel, N.J., according to a lawsuit filed by the little boy's family.
The Wolfe family of Pittsburgh, Mass. was headed home after spending the holidays in Florida and they stayed overnight in the Burlington County hotel.
The morning of their departure, the toddler apparently found a used condom in the room, left behind by previous travellers, according to the lawsuit.
The child’s mother, Amy, heard her little boy chewing and choking on the condom and tried to get it out of his mouth, but he had already “ingested the contents” the lawsuit stated.
The suit contends a “life threatening” item was left in the room, which put the boy at risk of getting a "sexually transmitted disease, including HIV or AIDS, or some other, potentially life threatening, potentially fatal illness."
The boy had to undergo tests and faces more testing in the future, Wolfes’ attorney Norm Hobbie. The complaint also contends the Wolfe family, both parents and three children, have suffered mental distress.
The Wolfe family of Pittsburgh, Mass. was headed home after spending the holidays in Florida and they stayed overnight in the Burlington County hotel.
The morning of their departure, the toddler apparently found a used condom in the room, left behind by previous travellers, according to the lawsuit.
The child’s mother, Amy, heard her little boy chewing and choking on the condom and tried to get it out of his mouth, but he had already “ingested the contents” the lawsuit stated.
The suit contends a “life threatening” item was left in the room, which put the boy at risk of getting a "sexually transmitted disease, including HIV or AIDS, or some other, potentially life threatening, potentially fatal illness."
The boy had to undergo tests and faces more testing in the future, Wolfes’ attorney Norm Hobbie. The complaint also contends the Wolfe family, both parents and three children, have suffered mental distress.
Loveless men fake it for their parents
Hundreds of millions of young Chinese are returning to their family homes in the countryside for the Lunar New Year holiday – and some have a secret.
Under pressure to marry, men have resorted to hiring a woman to please their parents, at least temporarily. Online ads are offering fake fiancées about 80 yuan (£8) a day.
Young Chinese from smaller towns and villages still face extreme pressure to marry in their early twenties. The "rent-a-date" trade surfaces on internet bulletin boards as the week-long holiday nears, fuelled by professionals looking for a pretend partner to smile and say the right things.
"Girlfriend wanted, will pay per day," one man who gave his surname as Wang wrote on one board. "Requirements: pretty, good body, around 1.6m, under 23 years old."
Wang, 25, grew up in a rural part of central China and works in a steel plant in Chengde, north of Beijing. He is under the average age for marrying in big cities – about 29 for men and 27 for women – but in rural China, the average marriage ages are 23 for men and 22 for women.
"I've just graduated from college and have no money. It's unrealistic for me to date a girl," he said. "But if I went home without a girlfriend, my parents will be worried about me." He paid his partner 80 yuan a day and her travel and accommodation costs.
Under pressure to marry, men have resorted to hiring a woman to please their parents, at least temporarily. Online ads are offering fake fiancées about 80 yuan (£8) a day.
Young Chinese from smaller towns and villages still face extreme pressure to marry in their early twenties. The "rent-a-date" trade surfaces on internet bulletin boards as the week-long holiday nears, fuelled by professionals looking for a pretend partner to smile and say the right things.
"Girlfriend wanted, will pay per day," one man who gave his surname as Wang wrote on one board. "Requirements: pretty, good body, around 1.6m, under 23 years old."
Wang, 25, grew up in a rural part of central China and works in a steel plant in Chengde, north of Beijing. He is under the average age for marrying in big cities – about 29 for men and 27 for women – but in rural China, the average marriage ages are 23 for men and 22 for women.
"I've just graduated from college and have no money. It's unrealistic for me to date a girl," he said. "But if I went home without a girlfriend, my parents will be worried about me." He paid his partner 80 yuan a day and her travel and accommodation costs.
Carpenter sawed off his hand then picked it up
A carpenter chopped his hand off with a saw in an horrific accident — then picked it up and took it to hospital for doctors to stitch back on.
Jeremy Lonergan’s shocked workmates nearly fainted when they saw him holding his severed left hand in his right.
They tied a shirt round his wrist which was gushing blood and put the hand in a plastic bag, which Jeremy kept on his lap in the ambulance.
Surgeons stitched the hand back on in a 12-hour operation, but two of the fingers could not be saved.
Jeremy, 34, of Ossett, West Yorkshire, can now pick up items with his thumb and forefinger.
He was using a blade saw as he helped to build a new house at the time of the accident. He said: “I feel a bit silly chopping off my hand — but I also feel very lucky now it’s back on.”
Jeremy Lonergan’s shocked workmates nearly fainted when they saw him holding his severed left hand in his right.
They tied a shirt round his wrist which was gushing blood and put the hand in a plastic bag, which Jeremy kept on his lap in the ambulance.
Surgeons stitched the hand back on in a 12-hour operation, but two of the fingers could not be saved.
Jeremy, 34, of Ossett, West Yorkshire, can now pick up items with his thumb and forefinger.
He was using a blade saw as he helped to build a new house at the time of the accident. He said: “I feel a bit silly chopping off my hand — but I also feel very lucky now it’s back on.”
Woman tattooed sleeping lover with her name
A woman used a Stanley Knife to carve her name on the shoulder of her lover while he was asleep, a court heard.
Dominique Fisher, 22, of Blackburn, has gone on trial accused of unlawfully wounding Wayne Robinson, with whom she had a drink-and-drug fuelled four-day fling after meeting in a nightclub.
As well as her name on his right shoulder, Fisher carved a star on his back and ‘body art’ on his left arm.
Mr Robinson said he woke up covered in blood to find himself cut, with Fisher ‘snoring her head off’ next to him.
Fisher had told him "I'm a tattooist. I thought you'd like it", the court heard.
But Fisher denies the charge and has told the jury she carried out the carvings with Mr Fisher’s consent.
Full story here.
Dominique Fisher, 22, of Blackburn, has gone on trial accused of unlawfully wounding Wayne Robinson, with whom she had a drink-and-drug fuelled four-day fling after meeting in a nightclub.
As well as her name on his right shoulder, Fisher carved a star on his back and ‘body art’ on his left arm.
Mr Robinson said he woke up covered in blood to find himself cut, with Fisher ‘snoring her head off’ next to him.
Fisher had told him "I'm a tattooist. I thought you'd like it", the court heard.
But Fisher denies the charge and has told the jury she carried out the carvings with Mr Fisher’s consent.
Full story here.
Cat missing for two years turns up on Scottish island
A missing cat has been reunited with its Bearsden, Glasgow owners — after turning up in Millport two years after it vanished.
Karen Ratcliffe was stunned when she was told her beloved pet had been found safe and well, 38 miles away in the seaside town last week.
She has no idea how the Bengal tabby managed to cross the waves to the Isle of Cumbrae — but she and her family are delighted to welcome him home. Ozzie was handed into North Ayrshire Cats Protection by a woman who had noticed that he was a stray and they found that he had a microchip which enabled them to trace his original owner.
Nina Chisholm, a volunteer at North Ayrshire Cats Protection, said: "We got a real shock when we discovered that Ozzie came from Bearsden. It wasn't so much the distance but the fact that he had to cross the water.
"It was great to be able to return him to his rightful owner. The vast majority of cats aren't microchipped so they just have to be re-homed, this shows how effective the chip is in returning lost cats.
"Without it Ozzie would probably never have got back to Bearsden."
Karen Ratcliffe was stunned when she was told her beloved pet had been found safe and well, 38 miles away in the seaside town last week.
She has no idea how the Bengal tabby managed to cross the waves to the Isle of Cumbrae — but she and her family are delighted to welcome him home. Ozzie was handed into North Ayrshire Cats Protection by a woman who had noticed that he was a stray and they found that he had a microchip which enabled them to trace his original owner.
Nina Chisholm, a volunteer at North Ayrshire Cats Protection, said: "We got a real shock when we discovered that Ozzie came from Bearsden. It wasn't so much the distance but the fact that he had to cross the water.
"It was great to be able to return him to his rightful owner. The vast majority of cats aren't microchipped so they just have to be re-homed, this shows how effective the chip is in returning lost cats.
"Without it Ozzie would probably never have got back to Bearsden."
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