Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Microlight found to have unusual stowaway
This couple flying in a microlight in Kourou, French Guiana, discovered a surprise additional passenger once airbourne.
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Meanwhile back in 1944
A new airforce full speed plane pick-up rescue device was tested on a sheep before being used by humans.
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Lost beaver given ride home by police officer
Last Tuesday evening, Bellevue Police Department in Washington received a report of a beaver roaming around outside Chick-fil-A, said Officer Seth Tyler.
Responding to the scene, the officer spotted the 45-pound beaver wandering along the edge of the parking lot.
The Officer captured the beaver with a noose at the end of a pole. He happened to know there is a beaver pond about six blocks away.
So he put the beaver in the back of the patrol car and headed there. He opened the car door, the beaver jumped out and calmly went back to his home. Tyler admits it was rather an "unusual call."
Responding to the scene, the officer spotted the 45-pound beaver wandering along the edge of the parking lot.
The Officer captured the beaver with a noose at the end of a pole. He happened to know there is a beaver pond about six blocks away.
So he put the beaver in the back of the patrol car and headed there. He opened the car door, the beaver jumped out and calmly went back to his home. Tyler admits it was rather an "unusual call."
Mayor assaulted by angry fluoride-hater
A 44-year-old female has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Jenny Dowell, the Mayor of Lismore in New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday.
The women, angry about fluoridation of Lismore's water supply, kicked the door of a car that the Mayor was getting into at about 3pm.
The door then hit the Mayor in the head causing soft tissue damage.
After the incident she said: "A woman wanted to speak to me for 5 mins about fluoride. I sat with her but for the first minute she just accused me of not listening (I was silent). I stood up and said I was going - she then followed me and harangued me up the street to my car then slammed the door against my head as I got into it. She shouted that I am a 'f*cking bitch', gave me the finger and left. I now have a sore ear and cheek - and I'm shaken.
"My ear's still store and red, but it'll be right. I'll be fine," she added. The Mayor reported the incident to police, who made an arrest a short time later. The woman will appear in court on August 3 charged with common assault, Inspector Nicole Bruce, of Lismore Police, said. While the mayor stressed the alleged assault was an "isolated incident", she did recount numerous verbal attacks from people who were anti-fluoride over the last two years.
"I've been called Genocide Jenny, I've been called Hitler … that's happened on more than a dozen occasions by different people," Cr Dowell said. When people got into public office some people "no longer saw them as a person" or worthy of normal, decent behaviour, she said. The decision by Lismore City Council to fluoridate its water supply has sparked angry outbursts in the past, with shouting and aggression on display during the council meeting last December last year after councillors narrowly voted to proceed with fluoridation. The Mayor has remained an outspoken supporter of fluoridation.
After the incident she said: "A woman wanted to speak to me for 5 mins about fluoride. I sat with her but for the first minute she just accused me of not listening (I was silent). I stood up and said I was going - she then followed me and harangued me up the street to my car then slammed the door against my head as I got into it. She shouted that I am a 'f*cking bitch', gave me the finger and left. I now have a sore ear and cheek - and I'm shaken.
"My ear's still store and red, but it'll be right. I'll be fine," she added. The Mayor reported the incident to police, who made an arrest a short time later. The woman will appear in court on August 3 charged with common assault, Inspector Nicole Bruce, of Lismore Police, said. While the mayor stressed the alleged assault was an "isolated incident", she did recount numerous verbal attacks from people who were anti-fluoride over the last two years.
"I've been called Genocide Jenny, I've been called Hitler … that's happened on more than a dozen occasions by different people," Cr Dowell said. When people got into public office some people "no longer saw them as a person" or worthy of normal, decent behaviour, she said. The decision by Lismore City Council to fluoridate its water supply has sparked angry outbursts in the past, with shouting and aggression on display during the council meeting last December last year after councillors narrowly voted to proceed with fluoridation. The Mayor has remained an outspoken supporter of fluoridation.
Council investigating reported mermaid sightings
Reports are circulating that a Mermaid has been spotted off the Capricorn Coast in Queensland, Australia.
The sightings have been confirmed from a number of different sources.
The reports indicated that the mermaid was entering the mouth of the Fitzroy River.
Rockhampton Regional Council has issued a statement saying these sightings are currently being investigated.
The sightings have been confirmed from a number of different sources.
The reports indicated that the mermaid was entering the mouth of the Fitzroy River.
Rockhampton Regional Council has issued a statement saying these sightings are currently being investigated.
Woman bit boyfriend after being bitten by his cat
A cat bit a woman sending her into such a rage that she then repeatedly bit and beat her boyfriend, the owner of the pet, police have said.
A police spokesman said that the 26-year-old woman was attacked by her 39-year-old partner’s feline in the western city of Hagen, Germany, in the early hours of Saturday.
After she tried in vain to discipline the cat, "a fight between the bitten person and the cat's owner ensued in which the 39-year-old was hit and bitten several times," the spokesman said in a statement.
The injured man tried to ring the police but his partner repeatedly ripped his mobile phone from his hand until the man was able to escape and make the call. He was taken to hospital for treatment while the woman, who was charged with domestic violence, was given a 10-day restraining order barring her from the flat.
A police spokesman said that the 26-year-old woman was attacked by her 39-year-old partner’s feline in the western city of Hagen, Germany, in the early hours of Saturday.
After she tried in vain to discipline the cat, "a fight between the bitten person and the cat's owner ensued in which the 39-year-old was hit and bitten several times," the spokesman said in a statement.
The injured man tried to ring the police but his partner repeatedly ripped his mobile phone from his hand until the man was able to escape and make the call. He was taken to hospital for treatment while the woman, who was charged with domestic violence, was given a 10-day restraining order barring her from the flat.
Art installation given parking ticket
An installation by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm, created as part of the 300th birthday celebrations of the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, has received a parking ticket.
The art piece is constructed based on a Mercedes transporter MB100D front chassis, with a rear truck portion which curves up to almost a vertical position against the wall. The work of art, entitled "Truck", is situated on the wall of the Karlsruhe Weinbrenner house, adjacent to the Center for Art and Media (ZKM).
Wurm created the piece which distorts regular objects to "show the everyday from a different perspective." Unfortunately, the work is situated in a restricted parking zone, which led one of Karlruhe's fine parking enforcement officers to issue an official ticket with a 30 euro penalty.
The ZKM, which posted the pictures on its Facebook page, jokingly invited the artist to pay the traffic fine. Fortunately, the mayor of the city Frank Mentrup announced that he would try to "fix" the ticket, so the art installation may remain illegally parked, halfway up a wall.
The art piece is constructed based on a Mercedes transporter MB100D front chassis, with a rear truck portion which curves up to almost a vertical position against the wall. The work of art, entitled "Truck", is situated on the wall of the Karlsruhe Weinbrenner house, adjacent to the Center for Art and Media (ZKM).
Wurm created the piece which distorts regular objects to "show the everyday from a different perspective." Unfortunately, the work is situated in a restricted parking zone, which led one of Karlruhe's fine parking enforcement officers to issue an official ticket with a 30 euro penalty.
The ZKM, which posted the pictures on its Facebook page, jokingly invited the artist to pay the traffic fine. Fortunately, the mayor of the city Frank Mentrup announced that he would try to "fix" the ticket, so the art installation may remain illegally parked, halfway up a wall.
Man who saved woman hit by flying rocking horse says he's no hero
A Scottish football fan has been hailed a hero after coming to the rescue of a woman badly injured by a flying rocking horse.
Tracey Blackstone, 52, was celebrating a friend’s birthday in Dublin, Ireland, when she was knocked out by the wooden toy.
The rocking horse was hurled from a second-floor window in the city’s lively Temple Bar area.
Stricken Tracey collapsed with blood pouring from a four-inch gash in her head as hundreds of football fans, in the city for the crunch international between Ireland and Scotland, stared on in disbelief.
Luckily, first-aid trained lifeguard Craig MacDougall sped to the rescue. He whipped off his Scotland shirt and staunched the flow of blood. Paramedics and police, who are now hunting the suspect who threw the toy, have hailed his quick-thinking heroics. Modest Craig, however, says he just did what anyone would do. “A few of us were just coming round the corner to get some chicken nuggets,” said Craig, 24, of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. “We saw the rocking horse fly out of a window and the next minute Tracey just fell back. I didn’t even think, I just took my shirt off and wrapped it round her head and shouted to the Garda to get an ambulance.”
Craig then waited with badly injured Tracey until the ambulance arrived at about 1am last Friday. Paramedics rushed the grandma-of-two to hospital for x-rays and a CAT scan and stitched her head wound. Tracey’s cousin Julie Beaumont, 45, said: “The paramedic said that, in 15 years doing the job, he’d never seen an injury like that caused by a rocking horse.” Tracey’s friends took Craig’s number, offering to buy him a Scotland shirt to replace his blood-stained one. But they missed a digit – and thought they’d never see the Good Samaritan again. So Julie posted a message on Facebook to find him after returning home last Sunday and found Craig within a matter of hours.
“I didn’t expect anything like it,” said the mother-of-five, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. “We posted the message at 1pm on Sunday and by 8pm we’d found him! We got a message from his mum while he was still in Dublin. She should be really proud of what her son did.” Tracey, who is recovering at home in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, sent a heartfelt message of thanks to Craig, describing him as a “hero”. “I’m very lucky that he was there,” she said. Craig is amazed at the incident, which police in Dublin have confirmed they are probing. “I was just doing what anybody else would do,” he said. “They were so generous on insisting on replacing my shirt but I’d have ruined it anyway – by pouring Guinness down it!”
Luckily, first-aid trained lifeguard Craig MacDougall sped to the rescue. He whipped off his Scotland shirt and staunched the flow of blood. Paramedics and police, who are now hunting the suspect who threw the toy, have hailed his quick-thinking heroics. Modest Craig, however, says he just did what anyone would do. “A few of us were just coming round the corner to get some chicken nuggets,” said Craig, 24, of Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. “We saw the rocking horse fly out of a window and the next minute Tracey just fell back. I didn’t even think, I just took my shirt off and wrapped it round her head and shouted to the Garda to get an ambulance.”
Craig then waited with badly injured Tracey until the ambulance arrived at about 1am last Friday. Paramedics rushed the grandma-of-two to hospital for x-rays and a CAT scan and stitched her head wound. Tracey’s cousin Julie Beaumont, 45, said: “The paramedic said that, in 15 years doing the job, he’d never seen an injury like that caused by a rocking horse.” Tracey’s friends took Craig’s number, offering to buy him a Scotland shirt to replace his blood-stained one. But they missed a digit – and thought they’d never see the Good Samaritan again. So Julie posted a message on Facebook to find him after returning home last Sunday and found Craig within a matter of hours.
“I didn’t expect anything like it,” said the mother-of-five, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. “We posted the message at 1pm on Sunday and by 8pm we’d found him! We got a message from his mum while he was still in Dublin. She should be really proud of what her son did.” Tracey, who is recovering at home in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, sent a heartfelt message of thanks to Craig, describing him as a “hero”. “I’m very lucky that he was there,” she said. Craig is amazed at the incident, which police in Dublin have confirmed they are probing. “I was just doing what anybody else would do,” he said. “They were so generous on insisting on replacing my shirt but I’d have ruined it anyway – by pouring Guinness down it!”
Dwarf who pretended to be a Dalek by sticking sucker dart to his head jailed after knife incidents
A man who says he is bullied for being a dwarf brandished a butter knife in front of schoolchildren on a bus because someone joked about his size.
Ian Salter-Bromley, who has dwarfism, says he got into a dispute with someone on board the bus before pulling out the knife.
Paul Genney, representing Salter-Bromley, told Hull Crown Court: "My client is a dwarf with a Zimmer frame and a colostomy bag. He is hardly the most intimidating person.
Regarding the bus offence, it began after he remonstrated with someone who pulled his leg about being so small."
At the time of the offence, Salter-Bromley, 55, was on bail for an offence of affray committed at the sheltered housing complex he lives in.
Police had been called to the property in west Hull, on July 5 when Salter-Bromley threatened members of staff after pretending to be a Dalek from the television series Doctor Who. Hull Crown Court heard he stuck a sucker dart on his forehead and filled his mouth with dominoes before shouting: "Exterminate, exterminate." Prosecutor Dale Brook said Salter-Bromley had initially been "quite jolly" but his mood changed and he threatened to kill one of the members of staff. When police arrived, Salter-Bromley barricaded himself in his flat. Officers forced their way in and found him holding a 20cm knife. Mr Brook said he threatened to kill one officer, before holding the knife to his own throat.
Officers fired a Taser at him twice because they "feared for his welfare," the court heard. During the disturbance on board the bus, which happened on September 9, Salter-Bromley produced the knife and began waving it about before telling one woman that "if he was going down for killing someone, she was going down with him". A passenger managed to disarm Salter-Bromley and he was arrested by British Transport Police at Hull Paragon Interchange. Mr Genney said the offences sounded worse than they were. "The knife was only a butter knife, which was blunt and only slightly serrated," he said. "His physical state is poor. He once tried to kill himself and broke his back.
"He also doesn't have his wheelchair anymore, after it was stolen, and walks everywhere with his Zimmer frame. My client is depressed and is in enormous suffering. He drinks, has no friends and is isolated. But I admit he is often his own worst enemy." Salter-Bromley admitted affray and possessing a knife in a public place. Jailing Salter-Bromley for nine months, Recorder David Gordon told him: "Individually, these aren't the most serious offences, but together they take on a different complexion. You would have been jailed for longer if it hadn't been for your disabilities. I appreciate you are isolated and have an extremely lonely life, which makes you frustrated. But now you have time behind bars to reflect and try to keep your temper under control."
Police had been called to the property in west Hull, on July 5 when Salter-Bromley threatened members of staff after pretending to be a Dalek from the television series Doctor Who. Hull Crown Court heard he stuck a sucker dart on his forehead and filled his mouth with dominoes before shouting: "Exterminate, exterminate." Prosecutor Dale Brook said Salter-Bromley had initially been "quite jolly" but his mood changed and he threatened to kill one of the members of staff. When police arrived, Salter-Bromley barricaded himself in his flat. Officers forced their way in and found him holding a 20cm knife. Mr Brook said he threatened to kill one officer, before holding the knife to his own throat.
Officers fired a Taser at him twice because they "feared for his welfare," the court heard. During the disturbance on board the bus, which happened on September 9, Salter-Bromley produced the knife and began waving it about before telling one woman that "if he was going down for killing someone, she was going down with him". A passenger managed to disarm Salter-Bromley and he was arrested by British Transport Police at Hull Paragon Interchange. Mr Genney said the offences sounded worse than they were. "The knife was only a butter knife, which was blunt and only slightly serrated," he said. "His physical state is poor. He once tried to kill himself and broke his back.
"He also doesn't have his wheelchair anymore, after it was stolen, and walks everywhere with his Zimmer frame. My client is depressed and is in enormous suffering. He drinks, has no friends and is isolated. But I admit he is often his own worst enemy." Salter-Bromley admitted affray and possessing a knife in a public place. Jailing Salter-Bromley for nine months, Recorder David Gordon told him: "Individually, these aren't the most serious offences, but together they take on a different complexion. You would have been jailed for longer if it hadn't been for your disabilities. I appreciate you are isolated and have an extremely lonely life, which makes you frustrated. But now you have time behind bars to reflect and try to keep your temper under control."
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