Sunday, June 01, 2014
Pair of deer caused chaos after crashing into antiques store and neighbouring café
At approximately 4am on Thursday, police officers were dispatched to Downtown Treasures located across the street from the Polk County Courthouse in Livingston, Texas.
Two deer had crashed through a plate glass window and were running rampant throughout the establishment. Officers from Livingston PD, along with the store's owner, were (after much effort) finally able to coral what they thought was only one deer out of the back door.
The deer broke a hip in the process and made a mess in the store by damaging merchandise and getting blood on the carpet from being cut by the broken glass. After the deer ran out, the officers tried to find the wounded animal that was last seen running away.
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Within a few minutes another young deer was discovered in the kitchen of the Whistle Stop Café which is situated in the same building. As owner Eddie Martin approached the deer, it crashed through a glass door and escaped.
Two deer had crashed through a plate glass window and were running rampant throughout the establishment. Officers from Livingston PD, along with the store's owner, were (after much effort) finally able to coral what they thought was only one deer out of the back door.
The deer broke a hip in the process and made a mess in the store by damaging merchandise and getting blood on the carpet from being cut by the broken glass. After the deer ran out, the officers tried to find the wounded animal that was last seen running away.
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Within a few minutes another young deer was discovered in the kitchen of the Whistle Stop Café which is situated in the same building. As owner Eddie Martin approached the deer, it crashed through a glass door and escaped.
Bear spotted lounging in backyard hammock
After knocking over bins and scaring the residents of a Daytona Beach, Florida, neighbourhood on Thursday, this black bear needed a rest.
Rafael Torres said he followed the bear as it climbed into a hammock and got comfortable.
Torres said he was about 60 feet away when he took the photos, and the bear didn't seem bothered by his presence. It stayed in the hammock for 20 minutes before heading back into the woods at around 8:15pm.
"He got in the hammock like he was a tourist or something," said Vincent James, who owns the home and the hammock. "Then something spooked him and he ran right back there. Then half an hour later I come back and I saw there he is in the hammock again."
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The bear has been spotted multiple times in the Pebble Creek neighbourhood in Daytona Beach since Wednesday. Residents say he was looking for food, tearing through a bird feeder and then trash cans. Torres said he has seen a lot of wildlife near that hammock, but this is the first black bear visit.
Torres said he was about 60 feet away when he took the photos, and the bear didn't seem bothered by his presence. It stayed in the hammock for 20 minutes before heading back into the woods at around 8:15pm.
"He got in the hammock like he was a tourist or something," said Vincent James, who owns the home and the hammock. "Then something spooked him and he ran right back there. Then half an hour later I come back and I saw there he is in the hammock again."
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The bear has been spotted multiple times in the Pebble Creek neighbourhood in Daytona Beach since Wednesday. Residents say he was looking for food, tearing through a bird feeder and then trash cans. Torres said he has seen a lot of wildlife near that hammock, but this is the first black bear visit.
Women forced to push Peeping Tom out of their bedroom during sex
Two women in Santa Fe, New Mexico, recently realized they were being watched by a Peeping Tom during an intimate moment. The tom wasn’t outside, however, he was in their bedroom.
Ashley Willis and Maya Mascarenas have been together for one month. “It was probably one of the most terrifying experiences,” said Willis. On Wednesday morning the women were having sex. They realized someone was watching. “I had never seen this man before and he did not belong,” said Willis.
“My initial reaction, I just got up as fast as possible and pushed him out of the room.” Willis said before the intruder ran away he told her he’d heard them from the floor below and wanted to see what was happening. She believes he was trying to get in bed with them. “I think he was definitely intent on joining, and becoming a part of it and placing himself in our position,” said Willis.
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Police said the Peeping Tom got in through an unlocked door and didn’t take anything. They said he just wanted to watch. Police also said if he faces charges they’d be voyeurism, criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. The women described the man as Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches tall, unshaven and about 200 pounds.
Ashley Willis and Maya Mascarenas have been together for one month. “It was probably one of the most terrifying experiences,” said Willis. On Wednesday morning the women were having sex. They realized someone was watching. “I had never seen this man before and he did not belong,” said Willis.
“My initial reaction, I just got up as fast as possible and pushed him out of the room.” Willis said before the intruder ran away he told her he’d heard them from the floor below and wanted to see what was happening. She believes he was trying to get in bed with them. “I think he was definitely intent on joining, and becoming a part of it and placing himself in our position,” said Willis.
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Police said the Peeping Tom got in through an unlocked door and didn’t take anything. They said he just wanted to watch. Police also said if he faces charges they’d be voyeurism, criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct. The women described the man as Hispanic, 5 feet 6 inches tall, unshaven and about 200 pounds.
Officials in French town have ordered removal of 'lesbian' ads with woman almost kissing herself
Officials in a Paris suburb have ordered the removal of advertisements which appear to show two women about to kiss.
The advert, which is for the high-end French jeweller Chaumet, is based on the famous Greek myth of Narcissus and features actress Marine Vacth who is depicted on the verge of a kiss with herself.
But for parents in Pecq, a town of around 17,000 residents in the Yvelines department of Ile-de-France, the advert was simply too shocking. Responding to pressure from locals, the town council have ordered the posters to be taken down from local bus stops. Mayor Laurence Bernard said she had received “many calls from parents” about the advertising campaign.
“They told us that it bothered them that their children were subjected to this image, that it shocked and annoyed them to respond to their children’s comments on the subject.” Meanwhile, gay rights group SOS Homophobia described the council’s actions as “An unacceptable practice of censorship which shows and reinforces the organization into hierarchy of couples based on their sexual orientation. The concealment of the posters highlights a homophobia that dares not speak its name.”
In response to the outrage, Bernard said: “I understand their anger and I’m sorry. I am appalled and sorry for the controversy that this raises. I wanted to make things more calm. I thought that by removing them, I made a step towards these residents and that I could get them to accept the evolution of society without rushing them. I think that those who asked for it to be taken down didn’t even realize that it was an interpretation of the myth of Narcissus.”
But for parents in Pecq, a town of around 17,000 residents in the Yvelines department of Ile-de-France, the advert was simply too shocking. Responding to pressure from locals, the town council have ordered the posters to be taken down from local bus stops. Mayor Laurence Bernard said she had received “many calls from parents” about the advertising campaign.
“They told us that it bothered them that their children were subjected to this image, that it shocked and annoyed them to respond to their children’s comments on the subject.” Meanwhile, gay rights group SOS Homophobia described the council’s actions as “An unacceptable practice of censorship which shows and reinforces the organization into hierarchy of couples based on their sexual orientation. The concealment of the posters highlights a homophobia that dares not speak its name.”
In response to the outrage, Bernard said: “I understand their anger and I’m sorry. I am appalled and sorry for the controversy that this raises. I wanted to make things more calm. I thought that by removing them, I made a step towards these residents and that I could get them to accept the evolution of society without rushing them. I think that those who asked for it to be taken down didn’t even realize that it was an interpretation of the myth of Narcissus.”
Indian robot can save children trapped in borewells
A former plumber in Madurai, southern India, has developed a robot that can save little children trapped in borewells.
Last month the innovation by the plumber turned instructor, Mr M. Manikandan at the TVS Community College in the temple town rescued a three-year-old boy who had fallen into a tube well in the Theni district of Tamil Nadu. (Video).
"It is a hand operated simple device with a built in camera that streams images from the depth. The operator can manoeuvre the robot's arms to lift the child," he said. "I wouldn't mind if this is not used, but for these accidents there should be a device. I feel proud to say this is India's invention. I forgot all my worries when we rescued a child for the first time," Mr Manikandan added.
Over the last five years at least six children lost their lives in abandoned borewells in Tamil Nadu. Now experts in Tamil Nadu are reviewing the device for use by the fire and rescue department. Mr Ramesh Kuduwla, the ADGP of The Fire and Rescue Department says, "We will evaluate the device and then take a call."
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The Assistant Director Mr Srinivasan at the TVS Community College which supports his mission, said, "We are sending our students and faculty wherever he wants to go as he is doing a social service. We are helping with financial help to procure modern equipment like a camera and vacuum pump." Mr Manikandan is not seeking a patent. He just wants to save lives.
"It is a hand operated simple device with a built in camera that streams images from the depth. The operator can manoeuvre the robot's arms to lift the child," he said. "I wouldn't mind if this is not used, but for these accidents there should be a device. I feel proud to say this is India's invention. I forgot all my worries when we rescued a child for the first time," Mr Manikandan added.
Over the last five years at least six children lost their lives in abandoned borewells in Tamil Nadu. Now experts in Tamil Nadu are reviewing the device for use by the fire and rescue department. Mr Ramesh Kuduwla, the ADGP of The Fire and Rescue Department says, "We will evaluate the device and then take a call."
YouTube link. Additional news video.
The Assistant Director Mr Srinivasan at the TVS Community College which supports his mission, said, "We are sending our students and faculty wherever he wants to go as he is doing a social service. We are helping with financial help to procure modern equipment like a camera and vacuum pump." Mr Manikandan is not seeking a patent. He just wants to save lives.
'The Scream' appears in tree stump
"I felt as though a vast, endless scream passed through nature,” the painter Edvard Munch famously wrote. But he probably didn't mean it quite as literally as this.
"I was just having a walk along the river (Mesna) and I just happened to stumble over this stump," Kjell Marius Mathisen, who works with cultural heritage for Oppland county council in Lillehammer, Norway, said.
Despite Munch's poem, Mathisen said he believed the appearance of a near perfect replica of the famous painting 'The Scream' in nature was "just a coincidence".
"This is the most famous and recognisable piece of art probably in the world, so there's a lot of people who recognise the motif," Mathisen added.
"I was just having a walk along the river (Mesna) and I just happened to stumble over this stump," Kjell Marius Mathisen, who works with cultural heritage for Oppland county council in Lillehammer, Norway, said.
Despite Munch's poem, Mathisen said he believed the appearance of a near perfect replica of the famous painting 'The Scream' in nature was "just a coincidence".
"This is the most famous and recognisable piece of art probably in the world, so there's a lot of people who recognise the motif," Mathisen added.
Police called to remove comedy club heckler
A heckler at The Grand Theatre in Swansea, Wales, was removed by police after he refused to stop cat-calling at Australian comedian Celia Pacquola
during the monthly comedy club.
Manager Paul Hopkins said staff had to call police when the man and his friend would not leave. Mr Hopkins said the men believed they were doing nothing wrong but they had upset the audience. Mr Hopkins said he could not recall having to call the police to deal with a disruptive audience member in the last 20 years.
He said: "We don't have a heckler policy per se, but the idea is that you are coming to a professional venue and occasionally - and I do stress very occasionally - some people seem to have never fully grown up and just want to be the centre of attention. They were at the front and they had been asked by the comedian in a comedic way to keep quiet.
"But they wouldn't and other members of the audience were chanting "out, out, out" at them. We felt it was necessary to take action to allow the event to continue." South Wales Police were called to the theatre. A police spokesman said: "A couple of chaps got a bit rowdy and police officers were asked to help them to leave the premises."
Manager Paul Hopkins said staff had to call police when the man and his friend would not leave. Mr Hopkins said the men believed they were doing nothing wrong but they had upset the audience. Mr Hopkins said he could not recall having to call the police to deal with a disruptive audience member in the last 20 years.
He said: "We don't have a heckler policy per se, but the idea is that you are coming to a professional venue and occasionally - and I do stress very occasionally - some people seem to have never fully grown up and just want to be the centre of attention. They were at the front and they had been asked by the comedian in a comedic way to keep quiet.
"But they wouldn't and other members of the audience were chanting "out, out, out" at them. We felt it was necessary to take action to allow the event to continue." South Wales Police were called to the theatre. A police spokesman said: "A couple of chaps got a bit rowdy and police officers were asked to help them to leave the premises."
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