Tuesday, November 11, 2014
I'm a lumberjack and I'm not okay
This arboreal mishap occurred in Tarbes, France, back in August.
The amateur lumberjack, acting as a counterweight with a rope tied around his waist, suffered a broken arm.
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Man ordered to shave head for the next six months after giving ex-girlfriend criminal haircut
The “eye for an eye” law of reciprocity was put into play this week when a prosecutor in Chesterfield, Virginia, insisted that a man who snipped off eight to 12 inches of his former girlfriend’s hair must shave his own head for six months as punishment.
The defendant, Melvin D. Hunt, 61, a former physical education coordinator for a private Chesterfield County school, agreed to the terms. He has until Dec. 1 to comply.
“There are a lot of fellows that go around with no hair,” Hunt’s attorney, Bill Shields, explained. “It was part of the deal and my client will abide by it.”
Hunt pleaded guilty on Thursday in Chesterfield General District Court to misdemeanor assault in a bizarre attack on his former girlfriend, who had agreed to meet Hunt on Sept. 12 in the parking lot of Elizabeth Davis Middle School, where she is employed as a physical education and health teacher. But the woman had no inkling of what was about to happen. After the couple talked in the parking lot and Hunt asked for a hug, the defendant pulled out a pair of scissors and snipped off the woman’s ponytail that trailed half way down her back. She didn’t realize what had happened until seeing her hair fall to the ground, police said. Hunt then threw her car keys into a locked, fenced area of the school lot and drove away.
A bag containing the woman’s hair was used as evidence in court as Chesterfield prosecutor Larry Hogan negotiated with Hunt’s attorney on what should be done. Hunt, who has since left his position with Riverside School, agreed to plead guilty and the judge sentenced him to a 12-month suspended jail term. Hogan also insisted that Hunt complete an anger management course in addition to the counselling he is already undergoing. But Hogan had one additional condition: “That the defendant shave his head and keep it that way for six months.” Hogan said Judge Thomas L. Vaughn felt uncomfortable requiring the defendant to shave his head because “obviously it’s a little bit out of ordinary” and he was uncertain how he would enforce it. So “the defendant agreed to undertake that condition on his own.”
He has until Dec. 1 to comply. “It’s akin to the cases where someone steals something from a store or damages or defaces somebody’s property, (and the court requires) they wear a sandwich board out in front and say, ‘Here I am, I did these things and I’m sorry,’ ” Hogan explained. Shields, Hunt’s attorney, said he didn’t consider the prosecution’s condition a “deal breaker,” so he accepted it. Hogan said the victim has maintained contact with Hunt, who told the judge “that he was still very much in love with her.” Shields said the victim wanted prosecutors to drop the charge against Hunt, “and her family was entirely in favour of that position.” But the school, the police and prosecutor’s office were pushing it, he said. Hogan said he plans to “make some contacts” later this year to ensure Hunt keeps his word about shaving his head. “I’ll check, and if he hasn’t done it yet, then I’ll have to decide what I want to do about that.”
Hunt pleaded guilty on Thursday in Chesterfield General District Court to misdemeanor assault in a bizarre attack on his former girlfriend, who had agreed to meet Hunt on Sept. 12 in the parking lot of Elizabeth Davis Middle School, where she is employed as a physical education and health teacher. But the woman had no inkling of what was about to happen. After the couple talked in the parking lot and Hunt asked for a hug, the defendant pulled out a pair of scissors and snipped off the woman’s ponytail that trailed half way down her back. She didn’t realize what had happened until seeing her hair fall to the ground, police said. Hunt then threw her car keys into a locked, fenced area of the school lot and drove away.
A bag containing the woman’s hair was used as evidence in court as Chesterfield prosecutor Larry Hogan negotiated with Hunt’s attorney on what should be done. Hunt, who has since left his position with Riverside School, agreed to plead guilty and the judge sentenced him to a 12-month suspended jail term. Hogan also insisted that Hunt complete an anger management course in addition to the counselling he is already undergoing. But Hogan had one additional condition: “That the defendant shave his head and keep it that way for six months.” Hogan said Judge Thomas L. Vaughn felt uncomfortable requiring the defendant to shave his head because “obviously it’s a little bit out of ordinary” and he was uncertain how he would enforce it. So “the defendant agreed to undertake that condition on his own.”
He has until Dec. 1 to comply. “It’s akin to the cases where someone steals something from a store or damages or defaces somebody’s property, (and the court requires) they wear a sandwich board out in front and say, ‘Here I am, I did these things and I’m sorry,’ ” Hogan explained. Shields, Hunt’s attorney, said he didn’t consider the prosecution’s condition a “deal breaker,” so he accepted it. Hogan said the victim has maintained contact with Hunt, who told the judge “that he was still very much in love with her.” Shields said the victim wanted prosecutors to drop the charge against Hunt, “and her family was entirely in favour of that position.” But the school, the police and prosecutor’s office were pushing it, he said. Hogan said he plans to “make some contacts” later this year to ensure Hunt keeps his word about shaving his head. “I’ll check, and if he hasn’t done it yet, then I’ll have to decide what I want to do about that.”
Police, fire and humane agents helped rescue dog that had been on house roof for three days
Mahoning County Deputy Dog Warden Dave Nelson said a dog that was rescued from the roof of a house in Youngstown, Ohio, is doing better.
Police, fire and humane agents were called to the East Side on Saturday to get the dog off the roof of the house.
According to police, the resident, D’Andre Berger, had been staying at a friend’s house since earlier in the week when the home was broken into. Berger told police that he assumed the dog, a Rottweiler named Isis , either escaped during the break-in or was taken. What it had actually done, though, was climb through a hole in the roof.
There it remained until Saturday morning when a fireman climbed up and rescued the visibly thin dog. Nelson said his office received calls about the dog earlier in the week, but that every time one of his agents went to the house, it was not there. His agents left cards at the home to let the owner know they had stopped by, but no one from the house contacted the office.
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The dog is about 30 pounds underweight, Nelson said, but otherwise doing well. When her health improves, she will be eligible for adoption. Berger signed ownership of the dog over to the county. Up next for the owner, according to Nelson, is a citation for not having a dog licence. Nelson said his office gets one to two of these types of cases each year.
According to police, the resident, D’Andre Berger, had been staying at a friend’s house since earlier in the week when the home was broken into. Berger told police that he assumed the dog, a Rottweiler named Isis , either escaped during the break-in or was taken. What it had actually done, though, was climb through a hole in the roof.
There it remained until Saturday morning when a fireman climbed up and rescued the visibly thin dog. Nelson said his office received calls about the dog earlier in the week, but that every time one of his agents went to the house, it was not there. His agents left cards at the home to let the owner know they had stopped by, but no one from the house contacted the office.
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The dog is about 30 pounds underweight, Nelson said, but otherwise doing well. When her health improves, she will be eligible for adoption. Berger signed ownership of the dog over to the county. Up next for the owner, according to Nelson, is a citation for not having a dog licence. Nelson said his office gets one to two of these types of cases each year.
Chinese boy missing for six days found in IKEA
A 12-year-old boy who went missing after being told off by his mother last Monday was found by police on Sunday afternoon in an IKEA store in Shanghai.
Peng Yijian, who is said to have survived on supermarket free samples while missing, is now being treated in hospital.
Because Yijian’s very weak with hunger, he’s receiving an intravenous drip in hospital, his mother, surnamed Liu, said. His father, surnamed Peng, said his son has hung about in the city during the six-day period he was missing. When he felt hungry, he went to supermarkets and took some free food samples they offer, said Peng. The couple said they appreciated the help of local police, local media and kind-hearted residents in finding their son.
And they promised to ensure that they have better communications with Yijian in the future. After he was reported missing last Tuesday, police checked surveillance camera footage around his home from the previous day, said Sun Miao, a police officer in Xuhui District. In the footage, officers spotted him wandering around Shanghai South Railway Station. Then when they checked Tuesday’s video footage, police saw the boy at a nearby Carrefour outlet.
“We thought there might be other places he likes to visit, so we asked his mother. She gave us eight or nine names, including Caoxi Park, Nanfang Shopping Mall, In Center and IKEA,” Sun said. Officers were dispatched and the boy was spotted by a surveillance camera at the IKEA outlet on Caoxi Road - 3 kilometres from the Carrefour sighting. After a 40-minute hunt, during which exits were blocked, police found Yijian near an escalator on the ground floor. Liu said her son had run away before, but never for so long.
Because Yijian’s very weak with hunger, he’s receiving an intravenous drip in hospital, his mother, surnamed Liu, said. His father, surnamed Peng, said his son has hung about in the city during the six-day period he was missing. When he felt hungry, he went to supermarkets and took some free food samples they offer, said Peng. The couple said they appreciated the help of local police, local media and kind-hearted residents in finding their son.
And they promised to ensure that they have better communications with Yijian in the future. After he was reported missing last Tuesday, police checked surveillance camera footage around his home from the previous day, said Sun Miao, a police officer in Xuhui District. In the footage, officers spotted him wandering around Shanghai South Railway Station. Then when they checked Tuesday’s video footage, police saw the boy at a nearby Carrefour outlet.
“We thought there might be other places he likes to visit, so we asked his mother. She gave us eight or nine names, including Caoxi Park, Nanfang Shopping Mall, In Center and IKEA,” Sun said. Officers were dispatched and the boy was spotted by a surveillance camera at the IKEA outlet on Caoxi Road - 3 kilometres from the Carrefour sighting. After a 40-minute hunt, during which exits were blocked, police found Yijian near an escalator on the ground floor. Liu said her son had run away before, but never for so long.
Ventriloquist challenging gagging order on his puppet
South African comedian and ventriloquist Conrad Koch has confirmed he will oppose Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr's interim protection order against him and his puppet.
“My lawyers are busy with that,” Koch, popularly known through his puppet “Chester Missing”, said.
Hofmeyr last week secured a court order in the Randburg Magistrate's Court against Koch to prevent his puppet from harassing the singer on Twitter. The order prevents Koch from threatening, harassing, or making defamatory statements against Hofmeyr. He is also not allowed to tag him on social media websites like Twitter or mention him in television and radio interviews.
“My first court order against Conrad Koch (Chester Missing) succeeded and there are still four coming!” Hofmeyr said. Hofmeyr said that until Koch explained the “hate speech” in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on November 27, the ventriloquist was not allowed to contact him, his sponsors or his business partners directly or indirectly.
“He can prepare himself for the same legal action from my partners and other sponsors. Playing God is for gods, not for ventriloquists, old frog,” Hofmeyr said. Koch said it was “fundamentally” wrong to take legal action against a satirist. “It's absolutely crazy. Steve spits racist bile. If he gets challenged, he acts supercilious,” Koch said. “All I did was tweet. The price of his racism is coming back to him now.”
Hofmeyr last week secured a court order in the Randburg Magistrate's Court against Koch to prevent his puppet from harassing the singer on Twitter. The order prevents Koch from threatening, harassing, or making defamatory statements against Hofmeyr. He is also not allowed to tag him on social media websites like Twitter or mention him in television and radio interviews.
“My first court order against Conrad Koch (Chester Missing) succeeded and there are still four coming!” Hofmeyr said. Hofmeyr said that until Koch explained the “hate speech” in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on November 27, the ventriloquist was not allowed to contact him, his sponsors or his business partners directly or indirectly.
“He can prepare himself for the same legal action from my partners and other sponsors. Playing God is for gods, not for ventriloquists, old frog,” Hofmeyr said. Koch said it was “fundamentally” wrong to take legal action against a satirist. “It's absolutely crazy. Steve spits racist bile. If he gets challenged, he acts supercilious,” Koch said. “All I did was tweet. The price of his racism is coming back to him now.”
Woman says dead bat set her nature strip on fire
An electrocuted bat set alight the nature strip outside a woman’s home in Australia's Northern Territory - and it was only the actions of a quick-thinking neighbour that stopped the fire spreading to her house.
Brenda Johnston arrived at her Alawa home to find her usually green grass patch burnt to a crisp. The mystery was revealed when Ms Johnston looked up to see a bat had fried itself by touching two electricity lines in front of her home.
When one of the wings detached from the line, it appeared to drop a spark. Ms Johnston said her neighbour had heard a bang and came running out only to find the nature strip in flames. The quick-thinking neighbour hosed down the area.
The bat, which still remains by a claw and wing, caused the power to trip out for half an hour, Ms Johnston said. “I wish it had fallen down. I’m so paranoid it’s going to drop on my car on me and my kids while we’re walking. It’s just above my driveway.”
Brenda Johnston arrived at her Alawa home to find her usually green grass patch burnt to a crisp. The mystery was revealed when Ms Johnston looked up to see a bat had fried itself by touching two electricity lines in front of her home.
When one of the wings detached from the line, it appeared to drop a spark. Ms Johnston said her neighbour had heard a bang and came running out only to find the nature strip in flames. The quick-thinking neighbour hosed down the area.
The bat, which still remains by a claw and wing, caused the power to trip out for half an hour, Ms Johnston said. “I wish it had fallen down. I’m so paranoid it’s going to drop on my car on me and my kids while we’re walking. It’s just above my driveway.”
BBC apologise after team-sheet listed Welsh rugby player Jake Ball as Jake Ballsack
The BBC have apologised after Wales and Scarlets lock Jake Ball was listed on their online team-sheet as Jake Ballsack
A BBC Spokeswoman said: “We are investigating how this error occurred and the piece was amended as soon as it was spotted.
"We apologise for any offence that may have been caused.”
Wales lost the match against Australia 28-33 at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
A BBC Spokeswoman said: “We are investigating how this error occurred and the piece was amended as soon as it was spotted.
"We apologise for any offence that may have been caused.”
Wales lost the match against Australia 28-33 at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.
Firefighters rescued man with hand stuck in metal teapot
A man who got his hand stuck in a teapot had to be helped by firefighters to get it out.
The man called into Amersham Station in Buckinghamshire at 6:45pm on Saturday.
His right hand became stuck in the metal teapot while he was washing it.
Station officers used a tin snip tool to get the man's hand out. The man was not injured in the incident.
The man called into Amersham Station in Buckinghamshire at 6:45pm on Saturday.
His right hand became stuck in the metal teapot while he was washing it.
Station officers used a tin snip tool to get the man's hand out. The man was not injured in the incident.
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