Sunday, August 10, 2014
Penguin arrives formally dressed for dinner
But is still ejected from the Boulders Beach Lodge and Restaurant near Cape Town in South Africa.
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Woodchuck rescued after getting head stuck in sewer grate
Police and public works employees were involved in a rescue operation in Danvers, Massachusetts, at around 10:30am on Friday morning.
A woodchuck had been found with his head sticking up through the corner of a sewer grate, his head visible through the grate, his body below. Two woman walking dogs spotted the stuck rodent in the road, said John Barbieri, a Department of Public Works foreman. “His face was partway up through the storm drain grate,” Barbieri said.
The groundhog must have got into the catch basin, somehow, then got his head stuck in the opening, he said. Street Division employees Paul Kirby and Walter Kornachuk worked to free the woodchuck. Police from Danvers and Wenham also responded. “We popped the grate with a pick and we moved it to the side of the road,” Barbieri said.
Once the DPW workers picked up the grate, they gently moved it on its side to the grass just off the road with the groundhog dangling, its head still caught. “He just needed some leverage,” a woman can be heard saying on a video. With that added leverage, the groundhog freed itself, gave a dazed look and took off into the woods.
You can see the video, seemingly filmed on a very old potato, here.
A woodchuck had been found with his head sticking up through the corner of a sewer grate, his head visible through the grate, his body below. Two woman walking dogs spotted the stuck rodent in the road, said John Barbieri, a Department of Public Works foreman. “His face was partway up through the storm drain grate,” Barbieri said.
The groundhog must have got into the catch basin, somehow, then got his head stuck in the opening, he said. Street Division employees Paul Kirby and Walter Kornachuk worked to free the woodchuck. Police from Danvers and Wenham also responded. “We popped the grate with a pick and we moved it to the side of the road,” Barbieri said.
Once the DPW workers picked up the grate, they gently moved it on its side to the grass just off the road with the groundhog dangling, its head still caught. “He just needed some leverage,” a woman can be heard saying on a video. With that added leverage, the groundhog freed itself, gave a dazed look and took off into the woods.
You can see the video, seemingly filmed on a very old potato, here.
Police capture cat-eating python
Police in Port St. Lucie, Florida, responded to reports of an extremely large snake that people believe has been feasting on neighbourhood cats on Friday morning.
Sgt. John Holman arrived on the scene and found a dead cat in an empty lot. Holman waded into waist-high brush and spotted an approximately 12-foot, 120-pound Burmese python. "Once I saw the size of it, I called for a few more officers," Holman said. "I'm not going to do that by myself."
Denise Keel said she's not surprised that police found the python next door to her home. "I wondered what happened to all the little animals," Keel said. "Some of the neighbours had a couple of snakes that they kept in one of those aquarium things, and they've moved."
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Holman recognized that the python is one of the snakes that has been banned in Florida. Holman has identified a third party who currently has a licence and is permitted with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to house the snake.
Sgt. John Holman arrived on the scene and found a dead cat in an empty lot. Holman waded into waist-high brush and spotted an approximately 12-foot, 120-pound Burmese python. "Once I saw the size of it, I called for a few more officers," Holman said. "I'm not going to do that by myself."
Denise Keel said she's not surprised that police found the python next door to her home. "I wondered what happened to all the little animals," Keel said. "Some of the neighbours had a couple of snakes that they kept in one of those aquarium things, and they've moved."
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Holman recognized that the python is one of the snakes that has been banned in Florida. Holman has identified a third party who currently has a licence and is permitted with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to house the snake.
Woman saved pet bearded dragon with CPR
A woman from Salem, Oregon, saved her 3-year-old pet bearded dragon by performing CPR after finding him blue and floating unconscious in his pool on Tuesday.
Sherrie Dolezal, 62, performed chest compressions on the lizard, hung him upside down to clear water from his mouth and blew air into his mouth. Soon, he opened his eyes and started to move.
Dolezal, who calls herself a reptile rescuer, keeps nearly two dozen other lizards at her home. The one she saved with CPR is named Del Sol.
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Dolezal said she put Del Sol in his pool but had forgotten to put rocks in it so he could climb out. She'd been having a crazy day with errands and pet care, and when she returned to find Del Sol, she said she thought he was dead but tried CPR anyway.
Sherrie Dolezal, 62, performed chest compressions on the lizard, hung him upside down to clear water from his mouth and blew air into his mouth. Soon, he opened his eyes and started to move.
Dolezal, who calls herself a reptile rescuer, keeps nearly two dozen other lizards at her home. The one she saved with CPR is named Del Sol.
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Dolezal said she put Del Sol in his pool but had forgotten to put rocks in it so he could climb out. She'd been having a crazy day with errands and pet care, and when she returned to find Del Sol, she said she thought he was dead but tried CPR anyway.
Man accused of humping woman's driveway
A man in Texas has been arrested and accused of humping a woman's driveway.
David Micheal Gray has been charged with public lewdness.
Court documents state that on Tuesday evening a woman pulled into the driveway of her Harris County home when Gray walked up to her and asked her for a lighter.
She told him she didn't have one and he walked away. After she went in her house, she told police she saw Gray "thrusting and humping" her driveway. Gray, 41, was arrested the same day. His bond was set at $3,500.
David Micheal Gray has been charged with public lewdness.
Court documents state that on Tuesday evening a woman pulled into the driveway of her Harris County home when Gray walked up to her and asked her for a lighter.
She told him she didn't have one and he walked away. After she went in her house, she told police she saw Gray "thrusting and humping" her driveway. Gray, 41, was arrested the same day. His bond was set at $3,500.
Man accused of stealing bicycle had own bike stolen on day he was due to appear in court
A father-of-one caught pushing a stolen bicycle past a Dublin garda station had his own bike taken on the morning he was due in court in a moment of "poetic justice", a judge said. Declan Martin had been cycling his own bike while pushing the stolen one despite suffering from reduced lung capacity, when he caught the attention of a garda. Dublin District Court heard he had not stolen the bicycle but accepted it as "collateral on a loan" and was taking it home when he was caught.
He locked his own bike up before his court case but someone else stole that. Judge Conal Gibbons gave him an eight-month suspended sentence. Martin, 41, pleaded guilty to handling stolen property on April 1. Garda Niall Kenny told the court he was leaving Pearse Street Garda Station when he saw the accused cycling one bicycle while pushing the other alongside him. The garda stopped him because he was curious as to where he was going and was "not satisfied he was the owner" of the second bike.
When questioned, Martin told the garda that he had paid €40 for the bicycle, which was worth €1,000. On checking, it was established that the bike had been stolen a week earlier, where it had been locked up. Martin had given a loan of €40 to a man and took the bike as "collateral". "He accepts it was very reckless," his lawyer said. The accused had been in a fire around four years ago and was left suffering from pleurisy and emphysema.
Judge Gibbons said it was a wonder Martin had been able to cycle anything, let alone two bikes at once. "It is nigh on impossible to protect a pushbike in Dublin," he remarked. "It's a shocking state of affairs that you can't leave a bike by the side of the road in Dublin. You have to wrap it up in chains and even a bike that was secured in this way was still stolen by somebody and delivered to the accused." "My own one was stolen this morning," the accused said. The judge replied: "You have often heard of the expression poetic justice. There is a touch of poetic justice in this." He suspended Martin's sentence for a year.
He locked his own bike up before his court case but someone else stole that. Judge Conal Gibbons gave him an eight-month suspended sentence. Martin, 41, pleaded guilty to handling stolen property on April 1. Garda Niall Kenny told the court he was leaving Pearse Street Garda Station when he saw the accused cycling one bicycle while pushing the other alongside him. The garda stopped him because he was curious as to where he was going and was "not satisfied he was the owner" of the second bike.
When questioned, Martin told the garda that he had paid €40 for the bicycle, which was worth €1,000. On checking, it was established that the bike had been stolen a week earlier, where it had been locked up. Martin had given a loan of €40 to a man and took the bike as "collateral". "He accepts it was very reckless," his lawyer said. The accused had been in a fire around four years ago and was left suffering from pleurisy and emphysema.
Judge Gibbons said it was a wonder Martin had been able to cycle anything, let alone two bikes at once. "It is nigh on impossible to protect a pushbike in Dublin," he remarked. "It's a shocking state of affairs that you can't leave a bike by the side of the road in Dublin. You have to wrap it up in chains and even a bike that was secured in this way was still stolen by somebody and delivered to the accused." "My own one was stolen this morning," the accused said. The judge replied: "You have often heard of the expression poetic justice. There is a touch of poetic justice in this." He suspended Martin's sentence for a year.
Annoyance expressed over wanton destruction at community notice board
Posters and drawing pins were found scattered across Sidford Cross in Sidmouth, Devon, last Sunday morning, leaving one resident very annoyed.
Ken Stibbard was walking his dog, Holly, when he spotted the mess. He immediately took the King Charles Cavalier back indoors and began clearing up.
The 80-year-old said: “I just opened the gate and saw that the notice board looked naked. It’s more of an annoyance that someone would do this and for little dogs, those pins can be nasty for their paws.”
The board is frequently updated with events in the community. Mr Stibbard wanted other residents in Sidmouth to be aware of what happened but he hopes it was a one-off occurrence.
Ken Stibbard was walking his dog, Holly, when he spotted the mess. He immediately took the King Charles Cavalier back indoors and began clearing up.
The 80-year-old said: “I just opened the gate and saw that the notice board looked naked. It’s more of an annoyance that someone would do this and for little dogs, those pins can be nasty for their paws.”
The board is frequently updated with events in the community. Mr Stibbard wanted other residents in Sidmouth to be aware of what happened but he hopes it was a one-off occurrence.
Music festival organisers obliged to provide adequate supply of toilet paper
The organisers of Reading Festival have made a U-turn after they had said that toilet paper in campsite loos would not be restocked during this year's event.
A statement on the Reading Festival website, which has since been removed, said: “We are always improving on our sustainability policies, this year we’re going to crack down on the sheer amount of paper/tissue we have to purchase for this, considering the amount that gets wasted rather than used for its intended purpose.”
It also advised there would be traders on site selling toilet roll, and people would be allowed to bring their own in. However, Duncan Godding, 27, who is a parish councillor in Burghfield, and has been going to the festival for many years, thought the organisers’ recent decision seemed unfair. Upon further investigation, Mr Godding found that the organiser, Festival Republic, had breached section 7.10.0 (b) of the site licence, which states that every sanitary appliance within the main arena and campsite must be provided with an adequate supply of toilet paper.
Mr Godding approached Reading Borough Council’s licensing department with his findings, urging it to enforce the licensing terms. He said: “I have been going to the festival for years and am very much looking forward to going this year. When I first heard about the decision to not provide toilet roll at this year’s festival, I thought it didn’t sound right, so I looked into it and found out that my suspicions were right.
“I think it’s quite unfair as the ticket prices go up and up every year, they said it was to be more sustainable but I think it’s just a way of cutting costs.” Council spokesman Oscar Mortali said: “Reading Festival has a number of licence requirements Among those is the provision of an adequate supply of toilet paper.” Gordon Duncan, spokesman for the Reading Festival organiser, said: “In an effort to improve our sustainability policies, we did consider reducing the amount of toilet roll supplied in the campsites. Following feedback from festival fans, the decision has been taken to maintain the supply of toilet roll distributed within the campsites.”
It also advised there would be traders on site selling toilet roll, and people would be allowed to bring their own in. However, Duncan Godding, 27, who is a parish councillor in Burghfield, and has been going to the festival for many years, thought the organisers’ recent decision seemed unfair. Upon further investigation, Mr Godding found that the organiser, Festival Republic, had breached section 7.10.0 (b) of the site licence, which states that every sanitary appliance within the main arena and campsite must be provided with an adequate supply of toilet paper.
Mr Godding approached Reading Borough Council’s licensing department with his findings, urging it to enforce the licensing terms. He said: “I have been going to the festival for years and am very much looking forward to going this year. When I first heard about the decision to not provide toilet roll at this year’s festival, I thought it didn’t sound right, so I looked into it and found out that my suspicions were right.
“I think it’s quite unfair as the ticket prices go up and up every year, they said it was to be more sustainable but I think it’s just a way of cutting costs.” Council spokesman Oscar Mortali said: “Reading Festival has a number of licence requirements Among those is the provision of an adequate supply of toilet paper.” Gordon Duncan, spokesman for the Reading Festival organiser, said: “In an effort to improve our sustainability policies, we did consider reducing the amount of toilet roll supplied in the campsites. Following feedback from festival fans, the decision has been taken to maintain the supply of toilet roll distributed within the campsites.”
Man who caused public outrage with realistic fake penis spared jail
A man who brandished an “extremely realistic” fake penis shaking it at a group of girls and pretending to urinate through a car window has been spared jail.
Dean Middlemiss was on a night out when he exposed a fake penis, which he was holding to his groin to a group of girls and later hit one of them in the face.
The girls were hoping for a good night out but as soon as they arrived in Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland they were met by Middlemiss, 26, running around the streets with the false penis between his legs.
Mr Johnathon Devlin, prosecuting said: “The defendant’s movements with the fake penis were so lifelike that the outrage caused was the same. It was extremely realistic and when the defendant approached a taxi window, pretending to urinate with it, the girls were quite annoyed but not outraged. But he wouldn’t stop there, he entered the Brown Bear pub in Berwick with other males. He was showing off, he kept taking the penis out.”
The court heard that later on in the night last November Middlemiss was running around with the penis dangling down the side of his pants and that the girls thought it was his real penis and were disgusted by his behaviour. Mr Devlin added: “There came a time when one of the girls was taking a drink and the defendant shoved his hand into hers, luckily the glass dropped to the floor but his hand hit her in the face, causing her face to sting. At this point the barmaid came across, she was about to throw him out but other people got involved and the police were called.
“The defendant fought with the police, he struggled and continued to wave the fake penis about.” Middlemiss pleaded guilty to causing public outrage and beating and was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday. Defending Middlesmiss, Mr Rod Hunt said: “This defendant regrets his stupid drunken behaviour. There is also no suggestion of any further offending since the incident.” Judge Deborah Sherwin sentenced Middlemiss, of Sallyport, Berwick, to six months in prison, but suspended his sentence for 12 months.
Mr Johnathon Devlin, prosecuting said: “The defendant’s movements with the fake penis were so lifelike that the outrage caused was the same. It was extremely realistic and when the defendant approached a taxi window, pretending to urinate with it, the girls were quite annoyed but not outraged. But he wouldn’t stop there, he entered the Brown Bear pub in Berwick with other males. He was showing off, he kept taking the penis out.”
The court heard that later on in the night last November Middlemiss was running around with the penis dangling down the side of his pants and that the girls thought it was his real penis and were disgusted by his behaviour. Mr Devlin added: “There came a time when one of the girls was taking a drink and the defendant shoved his hand into hers, luckily the glass dropped to the floor but his hand hit her in the face, causing her face to sting. At this point the barmaid came across, she was about to throw him out but other people got involved and the police were called.
“The defendant fought with the police, he struggled and continued to wave the fake penis about.” Middlemiss pleaded guilty to causing public outrage and beating and was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday. Defending Middlesmiss, Mr Rod Hunt said: “This defendant regrets his stupid drunken behaviour. There is also no suggestion of any further offending since the incident.” Judge Deborah Sherwin sentenced Middlemiss, of Sallyport, Berwick, to six months in prison, but suspended his sentence for 12 months.
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