Sunday, December 14, 2014
Elephant caught on CCTV picking up litter before putting it in the bin
I'm not entirely sure where this is, but suspect it's at a game reserve in South Africa.
YouTube link.
Update: It was filmed at Thornhill Safari Lodge in Limpopo Province, South Africa. (Original Facebook video).
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Update: It was filmed at Thornhill Safari Lodge in Limpopo Province, South Africa. (Original Facebook video).
Man posed as Victoria's Secret representative in order to get photos of women wearing lingerie
Police say an Iowa City man posed online as a Victoria's Secret representative to dupe women into uploading pictures of themselves in lingerie.
Sean Patrick Boies, 29, is accused of using a phishing scheme to obtain the Hawk ID and passwords of University of Iowa students.
Boies then used that information to create a profile on Qualtrics, a web-based survey platform, according to a criminal complaint. University of Iowa Police say Boies created multiple surveys through Qualtrics and received 6,285 responses between December 2013 and May of this year.
In January, police say Boies created a survey in which he claimed to be a Victoria's Secret representative and asked women to upload photos of themselves in their bra and lingerie. The survey claimed that selected winners would be invited to a private Miami photo shoot. Police said Boies admitted to creating the surveys to receive photos of women, and he said two respondents sent him photos.
In another survey in March, Boies allegedly asked respondents for identification information, promising a $25 Victoria's Secret gift card in exchange. Police said Boies admitted that he never sent the gift cards and created the survey to obtain the victims' personal information. Boies is charged with two counts of identity theft under $1,000, an aggravated misdemeanor, and unauthorized computer access, a serious misdemeanor. He was booked and released on Thursday morning at the Johnson County Jail.
Boies then used that information to create a profile on Qualtrics, a web-based survey platform, according to a criminal complaint. University of Iowa Police say Boies created multiple surveys through Qualtrics and received 6,285 responses between December 2013 and May of this year.
In January, police say Boies created a survey in which he claimed to be a Victoria's Secret representative and asked women to upload photos of themselves in their bra and lingerie. The survey claimed that selected winners would be invited to a private Miami photo shoot. Police said Boies admitted to creating the surveys to receive photos of women, and he said two respondents sent him photos.
In another survey in March, Boies allegedly asked respondents for identification information, promising a $25 Victoria's Secret gift card in exchange. Police said Boies admitted that he never sent the gift cards and created the survey to obtain the victims' personal information. Boies is charged with two counts of identity theft under $1,000, an aggravated misdemeanor, and unauthorized computer access, a serious misdemeanor. He was booked and released on Thursday morning at the Johnson County Jail.
Prison inmate faces charges for squeezing breast milk into fellow inmate’s drink
An inmate at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset, Maine, is being charged with attempted aggravated assault for squeezing breast milk into a fellow inmate’s drink.
The charge is one of three that Susan M. Doray, 30, of Wiscasset, is facing due to her alleged behaviour at the jail.
According to a Lincoln County grand jury indictment, Doray “attempted to intentionally, knowingly or recklessly cause serious bodily injury” with her breast milk. Doray was one of six inmates alleged to have possessed or tested positive for Suboxone, a narcotic used to treat opiate addictions, and amphetamines, according to an affidavit by arresting Officer Paul Rubashkin. Rubashkin’s investigation was initiated by Lt. Darryl Groh, a shift commander at the jail.
According to the affidavit, Doray was visibly intoxicated and tested positive for amphetamines and Suboxone. Doray allegedly revealed she had received and distributed Suboxone and the amphetamine Vyvanse to other inmates during interviews with Rubashkin. She also allegedly revealed she had put her breast milk in another inmate’s drink. “Doray may be hepatitis C positive … Doray could possibly have transmitted hepatitis,” to the other inmate, Rubashkin wrote.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis is only transmitted by infected blood, not by human breast milk. There are no current data to suggest that hepatitis is transmitted by human breast milk. Doray was arrested and charged with attempted aggravated assault, trafficking in prison contraband and violation of condition of release. Attempted aggravated assault and trafficking in prison contraband are both Class C felonies that carry a maximum prison sentence of five years and a maximum fine of $5,000.
According to a Lincoln County grand jury indictment, Doray “attempted to intentionally, knowingly or recklessly cause serious bodily injury” with her breast milk. Doray was one of six inmates alleged to have possessed or tested positive for Suboxone, a narcotic used to treat opiate addictions, and amphetamines, according to an affidavit by arresting Officer Paul Rubashkin. Rubashkin’s investigation was initiated by Lt. Darryl Groh, a shift commander at the jail.
According to the affidavit, Doray was visibly intoxicated and tested positive for amphetamines and Suboxone. Doray allegedly revealed she had received and distributed Suboxone and the amphetamine Vyvanse to other inmates during interviews with Rubashkin. She also allegedly revealed she had put her breast milk in another inmate’s drink. “Doray may be hepatitis C positive … Doray could possibly have transmitted hepatitis,” to the other inmate, Rubashkin wrote.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hepatitis is only transmitted by infected blood, not by human breast milk. There are no current data to suggest that hepatitis is transmitted by human breast milk. Doray was arrested and charged with attempted aggravated assault, trafficking in prison contraband and violation of condition of release. Attempted aggravated assault and trafficking in prison contraband are both Class C felonies that carry a maximum prison sentence of five years and a maximum fine of $5,000.
Gust of wind blew lawnmower on to roof of house
Winds were so strong in southwest Boise, Idaho, on Thursday, they blew a lawnmower on to the roof of a house.
Amanda Handley says the old push mower was being used to tie down their patio cover with a five gallon bucket of gravel.
Ms Handley said: "Our patio cover was tied to our old lawnmower to help keep it grounded (which it had survived many storms that way) but the wind came through and picked up the cover and mower and sent them flying over the house. The patio cover landed partially in our yard and partially in the neighbours' yard.
YouTube link.
"The mower landed on the roof. So thankful nobody was injured. A mower on my roof ... dare I say I've seen it all?" She says she heard a "kur-plunk," looked outside, and saw the lawnmower had landed on her roof. Fortunately, her brother-in-law was brave enough to climb up and get the mower down.
Amanda Handley says the old push mower was being used to tie down their patio cover with a five gallon bucket of gravel.
Ms Handley said: "Our patio cover was tied to our old lawnmower to help keep it grounded (which it had survived many storms that way) but the wind came through and picked up the cover and mower and sent them flying over the house. The patio cover landed partially in our yard and partially in the neighbours' yard.
YouTube link.
"The mower landed on the roof. So thankful nobody was injured. A mower on my roof ... dare I say I've seen it all?" She says she heard a "kur-plunk," looked outside, and saw the lawnmower had landed on her roof. Fortunately, her brother-in-law was brave enough to climb up and get the mower down.
Acupuncture helps sick owls return to the wild
Two months ago a 25-centimetre (10-inch) "little owl", or Athene Noctua, hurt his back when he flew by mistake into a stovepipe at a factory in eastern Madrid, Spain. The city lies on a mountainous plateau teeming with such birds.
He was sent to Brinzal, an owl-rescue charity based in a park in the west of the city.
Now he lies, his speckled brown and white breast puffing in and out, as the acupuncture needles stimulate key points in his nervous system. "When he first came, he couldn't stand up. Then he started taking little steps. Now he is flying again," says acupuncturist Edurne Cornejo. She has given the unnamed owl 10 weekly acupuncture sessions so far. "It stimulates self-curing mechanisms in the organism. It does not cause side-effects" as some medicines do, she says.
The use of the ancient Chinese technique in animals is growing worldwide, according to the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, a US-based body formed in 1974. Acupuncturist vets recommend it in animals for muscle and joint problems, such as the owl's bad back, as well as for nerve, skin, breathing and gut complaints. A family vet specializing in acupuncture for dogs and cats, Cornejo visits Brinzal as a volunteer to treat some of the hundreds of ailing night birds brought there each year by the public.
Elsewhere in the Brinzal centre, about 80 eagle owls, tawny owls, little owls and other species at various stages of recovery relax or practise flying again in covered enclosures. About 1,200 birds are brought to the centre each year, of which about 70 percent recover and can be returned to the wild, says Brinzal's co-ordinator, Patricia Orejas. Brinzal's centre opened in 1989 and has been providing acupuncture for its owls for six years. Cornejo estimates that acupuncture has been used on animals in Spain at least since the 1980s.
Now he lies, his speckled brown and white breast puffing in and out, as the acupuncture needles stimulate key points in his nervous system. "When he first came, he couldn't stand up. Then he started taking little steps. Now he is flying again," says acupuncturist Edurne Cornejo. She has given the unnamed owl 10 weekly acupuncture sessions so far. "It stimulates self-curing mechanisms in the organism. It does not cause side-effects" as some medicines do, she says.
The use of the ancient Chinese technique in animals is growing worldwide, according to the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society, a US-based body formed in 1974. Acupuncturist vets recommend it in animals for muscle and joint problems, such as the owl's bad back, as well as for nerve, skin, breathing and gut complaints. A family vet specializing in acupuncture for dogs and cats, Cornejo visits Brinzal as a volunteer to treat some of the hundreds of ailing night birds brought there each year by the public.
Elsewhere in the Brinzal centre, about 80 eagle owls, tawny owls, little owls and other species at various stages of recovery relax or practise flying again in covered enclosures. About 1,200 birds are brought to the centre each year, of which about 70 percent recover and can be returned to the wild, says Brinzal's co-ordinator, Patricia Orejas. Brinzal's centre opened in 1989 and has been providing acupuncture for its owls for six years. Cornejo estimates that acupuncture has been used on animals in Spain at least since the 1980s.
Elderly man fined for crossing the street too slowly
An elderly man in north-west Italy has been fined for crossing the street too slowly.
85-year-old Roberto Capellari, who walks with a slight limp, was crossing the road in Pinerolo, a town near Turin, when he was stopped by officers. He had failed to make it across the road before the green light turned to red, violating the town’s rules.
Residents have long since complained that the traffic light gives pedestrians just a few seconds to get across the street, not allowing enough time for the less able walkers. Signor Capellari was nonetheless slapped with a €41 fine and duly paid within days, earning him a reduction to €28.70.
But on hearing the news the town mayor, Eugenio Buttiero, went round to Signor Capellari's home, giving him €30 and a cake by way of compensation. (Video in Italian). However, local police chief Ermenegilda Aloi suggested his officer was right to fine the elderly man. “In the records, there's a doubt that the man crossed on the green light,” he said.
85-year-old Roberto Capellari, who walks with a slight limp, was crossing the road in Pinerolo, a town near Turin, when he was stopped by officers. He had failed to make it across the road before the green light turned to red, violating the town’s rules.
Residents have long since complained that the traffic light gives pedestrians just a few seconds to get across the street, not allowing enough time for the less able walkers. Signor Capellari was nonetheless slapped with a €41 fine and duly paid within days, earning him a reduction to €28.70.
But on hearing the news the town mayor, Eugenio Buttiero, went round to Signor Capellari's home, giving him €30 and a cake by way of compensation. (Video in Italian). However, local police chief Ermenegilda Aloi suggested his officer was right to fine the elderly man. “In the records, there's a doubt that the man crossed on the green light,” he said.
Man avoids TV licence fee fine because television is on his wife's side of the house
A separated man from County Clare in Ireland who has no access to the TV in his own home, has won his TV licence battle with An Post, but he won’t be telling his wife.
Liam McKee escaped a fine of up to €1,000 after Judge Patrick Durcan dismissed the prosecution being taken by An Post against him for having no TV licence after hearing that he has no access to the TV in his Shannon home.
Mr McKee, a father or four grown-up children, shares his home with his separated wife and two of their children. The court heard that in the division of the home, Mr McKee has no access to the TV.
At Ennis District Court, solicitor Daragh Hassett, said Mr McKee has advised his wife to get the TV licence in her own name, but she has not done so. Questioning the unusual domestic arrangements at the McKee household, Judge Durcan asked Mr McKee: “What happens if there is a match on and you want to see it on the television?” In response, Mr McKee said: “I go down the road to where my mother lives and watch it there.” Mr McKee told the judge that the TV is located in the sitting room of the house and Judge Durcan asked: “And you have no access to the sitting room at all?” In reply, Mr McKee said: “It’s, it’s . . . very difficult.”
Solicitor Aisling Casey, for An Post, asked Mr McKee if the TV the only one in the house and Mr McKee said it was only working TV and there were a couple of broken ones in the home as well. After hearing Mr McKee’s evidence, Judge Durcan said: “I will dismiss.” Speaking after the outcome, Mr McKee said: “I’m delighted. I’m unemployed so if a fine was imposed, it would have been hard.” Asked would he be telling the court result to his separated wife, Mr McKee replied: “No.” He said that there is very little communication between the two saying “It is ‘yes-no’ most of the time.” Asked what it was like to share a home with a separated spouse, Mr McKee said: “It is not fun.”
He said that it is now up to his wife to get a TV licence. “Otherwise if she doesn’t, she could find herself up in court.” An unemployed computer engineer, Mr McKee said that he is not working at the moment after suffering “a couple of brain seizures”, stating that “the stress of the case didn’t help with the worry and all of that”. Mr McKee said he isn’t a great fan of TV anyway. He said that the last soap opera he watched was 1980s US soap, Dallas. “I mainly watch news, current affairs and documentaries. I don’t watch dramas. I can watch those online at home because we have broadband. I can stream whatever I want to watch,” he said. Mr McKee said that he could go into the family’s sitting room and watch TV “but the atmosphere isn’t good”.
At Ennis District Court, solicitor Daragh Hassett, said Mr McKee has advised his wife to get the TV licence in her own name, but she has not done so. Questioning the unusual domestic arrangements at the McKee household, Judge Durcan asked Mr McKee: “What happens if there is a match on and you want to see it on the television?” In response, Mr McKee said: “I go down the road to where my mother lives and watch it there.” Mr McKee told the judge that the TV is located in the sitting room of the house and Judge Durcan asked: “And you have no access to the sitting room at all?” In reply, Mr McKee said: “It’s, it’s . . . very difficult.”
Solicitor Aisling Casey, for An Post, asked Mr McKee if the TV the only one in the house and Mr McKee said it was only working TV and there were a couple of broken ones in the home as well. After hearing Mr McKee’s evidence, Judge Durcan said: “I will dismiss.” Speaking after the outcome, Mr McKee said: “I’m delighted. I’m unemployed so if a fine was imposed, it would have been hard.” Asked would he be telling the court result to his separated wife, Mr McKee replied: “No.” He said that there is very little communication between the two saying “It is ‘yes-no’ most of the time.” Asked what it was like to share a home with a separated spouse, Mr McKee said: “It is not fun.”
He said that it is now up to his wife to get a TV licence. “Otherwise if she doesn’t, she could find herself up in court.” An unemployed computer engineer, Mr McKee said that he is not working at the moment after suffering “a couple of brain seizures”, stating that “the stress of the case didn’t help with the worry and all of that”. Mr McKee said he isn’t a great fan of TV anyway. He said that the last soap opera he watched was 1980s US soap, Dallas. “I mainly watch news, current affairs and documentaries. I don’t watch dramas. I can watch those online at home because we have broadband. I can stream whatever I want to watch,” he said. Mr McKee said that he could go into the family’s sitting room and watch TV “but the atmosphere isn’t good”.
Banned driver flipped car containing four-year-old child during high-speed police chase
Police who had been pursuing a car at speeds of almost 100mph before it flipped over discovered a four-year-old child inside.
Dramatic video of the incident has been released showing the desperate bid by banned driver Scott Tony Smith to escape the patrol vehicle.
Smith, who was at the wheel of an MG ZT vehicle, also containing the four-year-old passenger and the boy’s mother, is seen weaving in and out of traffic on single carriageway roads, starting in a residential area of South Stanley, Durham.
It passed swiftly through nearby villages of The Middles and Craghead, and culminated with the horrifying finale in a rural area, near the hamlet of Blackhouse. During the near three-minute chase, the pursuing police car reached a speed of 97mph trying to keep pace with Smith’s MG, which at one stage broke a red light and mounted a kerb to avoid oncoming traffic in a restricted area where roadworks were taking place.
It reached a dramatic conclusion as the MG shot out from a t-junction, flew over a hedge opposite and somersaulted into a farm field, where it came to rest. Durham Crown Court was told that, amazingly, neither Smith, nor his two passengers, were badly hurt despite the apparently calamitous ending to the chase. Smith pleaded guilty to four charges arising from the incident, which took place shortly after 12.20pm on Wednesday October 29. He admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, failing to stop for police, and a child cruelty charge.
YouTube link. Full three minute chase video. (Following interminably long commercial).
Tony Davis, for Smith, told the court that in the circumstances of the incident, by his admission to dangerous driving, the defendant has no defence to the child cruelty charge. “The child in the car was not in a secure child seat. He has no legal defence to it, and that’s why he’s pleaded ‘guilty’ to it.” Adjourning sentence to allow for preparation of a probation report, Judge Robert Adams told Smith: “In ordering the pre-sentence report, I’m giving you no promises as to the sentence. “All options will remain open to the court.” Smith, 23, of Stanley, who remains disqualified from driving, was bailed to return for sentence in the week beginning January 19.
It passed swiftly through nearby villages of The Middles and Craghead, and culminated with the horrifying finale in a rural area, near the hamlet of Blackhouse. During the near three-minute chase, the pursuing police car reached a speed of 97mph trying to keep pace with Smith’s MG, which at one stage broke a red light and mounted a kerb to avoid oncoming traffic in a restricted area where roadworks were taking place.
It reached a dramatic conclusion as the MG shot out from a t-junction, flew over a hedge opposite and somersaulted into a farm field, where it came to rest. Durham Crown Court was told that, amazingly, neither Smith, nor his two passengers, were badly hurt despite the apparently calamitous ending to the chase. Smith pleaded guilty to four charges arising from the incident, which took place shortly after 12.20pm on Wednesday October 29. He admitted dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, failing to stop for police, and a child cruelty charge.
YouTube link. Full three minute chase video. (Following interminably long commercial).
Tony Davis, for Smith, told the court that in the circumstances of the incident, by his admission to dangerous driving, the defendant has no defence to the child cruelty charge. “The child in the car was not in a secure child seat. He has no legal defence to it, and that’s why he’s pleaded ‘guilty’ to it.” Adjourning sentence to allow for preparation of a probation report, Judge Robert Adams told Smith: “In ordering the pre-sentence report, I’m giving you no promises as to the sentence. “All options will remain open to the court.” Smith, 23, of Stanley, who remains disqualified from driving, was bailed to return for sentence in the week beginning January 19.
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