Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Golden retriever puppy outsmarts older brother
Talisker the puppy defeats his older sibling Fearghas while competing in the run-around-the-coffee-table game.
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Poopsie sings the blues
One of Canada's most celebrated and sought-after singer-songwriters accompanies an unidentified gentleman playing the piano.
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Man arrested by undercover detectives after attempting to carjack unmarked police car
A knife-wielding Florida man who attempted a carjacking on Thursday night quickly discovered that the vehicle he targeted was an undercover police car occupied by a pair of armed plainclothes detectives.
Dominique Albert, 27, allegedly approached the car on a St. Petersburg street at around 9:45pm and yanked open the passenger door. Albert then leaned into the auto while holding a steak knife in his right hand. While Albert’s would-be victims were initially startled by the interloper, they quickly rallied.
“Police!,” shouted Detective Daniel Torok from the driver’s seat as he drew his handgun and levelled it at Albert, who “turned and fled on foot.” Torok and his partner then chased after Albert, who dropped his knife during the pursuit. When the officers caught up with Albert, he “fought police with violence, but was finally taken into custody after a lengthy fight.”
Albert, who allegedly continued to struggle after being handcuffed, stopped resisting after a backup officer “deployed his Taser.” A search of Albert turned up two other “large, fixed blade knives,” police reported. Charged with carjacking, resisting arrest, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, all felonies, Albert is locked up on $170,000 bond.
Dominique Albert, 27, allegedly approached the car on a St. Petersburg street at around 9:45pm and yanked open the passenger door. Albert then leaned into the auto while holding a steak knife in his right hand. While Albert’s would-be victims were initially startled by the interloper, they quickly rallied.
“Police!,” shouted Detective Daniel Torok from the driver’s seat as he drew his handgun and levelled it at Albert, who “turned and fled on foot.” Torok and his partner then chased after Albert, who dropped his knife during the pursuit. When the officers caught up with Albert, he “fought police with violence, but was finally taken into custody after a lengthy fight.”
Albert, who allegedly continued to struggle after being handcuffed, stopped resisting after a backup officer “deployed his Taser.” A search of Albert turned up two other “large, fixed blade knives,” police reported. Charged with carjacking, resisting arrest, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, all felonies, Albert is locked up on $170,000 bond.
Youngsters defy bylaw and keep selling worms from their front lawn
A family from Cornwall, Ontario, Cornwall, is defying a city order to stop two young brothers from selling worms on their front lawn.
Clayton, 8, and Kristopher Cadieux, 10, started their business last summer, digging up worms and selling them as bait for $2.50 per dozen.
But after a complaint from a neighbour, the brothers received a note from the city saying they were breaking a bylaw and had to shut down their business.
The mayor of Cornwall, Leslie O'Shaughnessy, explained that the bylaw requires all personal business sales be conducted within the home, without outdoor signage.
"It's similar to most bylaws in most municipalities," O'Shaughnessy said.
"Yard sales are the prime example. It's not a yard sale when you have them every day - it's home occupation, it becomes a business. So what the municipality did was restrict the number of yard sales you can have to two a year, so that all of a sudden, your district doesn't become a flea market from yard sales every week." The city told the brothers to move their business inside their home, and to take down their signs on their front lawn. The brothers' father, Robert Cadieux, said the family will protest the bylaw and continue with the home-run bait shop despite the $240 daily fine. "We were livid. Like, God! How could this be?
"They're two little kids, eight and 10, selling worms," he said. "They're not going to have pay the fine," Cadieux added. "I am! Because I'm the daddy, and it's daddy's house. But I'm willing to do that for my kids." Kristopher said the worm enterprise only brought in about $34 a month last summer, and he doesn't understand why he and his brother are being told they can't sell worms from their front lawn. "I didn't feel too good about that," he said. "I thought at least we're doing something. Most of my friends play video games. I'm building responsibilities." City councillor Justin Towndale said he thinks the bylaw has gone too far and he intends to raise the issue at the next council meeting.
"The bylaw is there to prevent businesses in residential areas and also stop illegal businesses," he said. "But it's gone too far, because it's got kids caught up in its web. And that wasn't how it was intended to function." The mayor doesn't agree that the bylaw needs rewriting. "The fact that the population of the city of Cornwall is 47,000 and you would change a bylaw for one person, to me, is asinine," he said, adding that the incident has become a "black eye" for the city for enforcing a bylaw "that is strictly following the wishes of the people. You are allowed to [sell worms] in the confines of your home, with no signage," he said. "In other words, if people want to pick up worms, they knock on your door, you hand them the worms, they hand you the money, they leave. Not a problem, but then again you do have to comply with the bylaw and with the city of Cornwall."
With news video and audio interview with the mayor.
"Yard sales are the prime example. It's not a yard sale when you have them every day - it's home occupation, it becomes a business. So what the municipality did was restrict the number of yard sales you can have to two a year, so that all of a sudden, your district doesn't become a flea market from yard sales every week." The city told the brothers to move their business inside their home, and to take down their signs on their front lawn. The brothers' father, Robert Cadieux, said the family will protest the bylaw and continue with the home-run bait shop despite the $240 daily fine. "We were livid. Like, God! How could this be?
"They're two little kids, eight and 10, selling worms," he said. "They're not going to have pay the fine," Cadieux added. "I am! Because I'm the daddy, and it's daddy's house. But I'm willing to do that for my kids." Kristopher said the worm enterprise only brought in about $34 a month last summer, and he doesn't understand why he and his brother are being told they can't sell worms from their front lawn. "I didn't feel too good about that," he said. "I thought at least we're doing something. Most of my friends play video games. I'm building responsibilities." City councillor Justin Towndale said he thinks the bylaw has gone too far and he intends to raise the issue at the next council meeting.
"The bylaw is there to prevent businesses in residential areas and also stop illegal businesses," he said. "But it's gone too far, because it's got kids caught up in its web. And that wasn't how it was intended to function." The mayor doesn't agree that the bylaw needs rewriting. "The fact that the population of the city of Cornwall is 47,000 and you would change a bylaw for one person, to me, is asinine," he said, adding that the incident has become a "black eye" for the city for enforcing a bylaw "that is strictly following the wishes of the people. You are allowed to [sell worms] in the confines of your home, with no signage," he said. "In other words, if people want to pick up worms, they knock on your door, you hand them the worms, they hand you the money, they leave. Not a problem, but then again you do have to comply with the bylaw and with the city of Cornwall."
With news video and audio interview with the mayor.
No action taken against man after he promised to stop snoozing in his coffin in public
A man walking his dog on Sunday evening alerted police to the fact that a black coffin was lying in the middle of a public parking place.
When police arrived at the scene in the town of Zirndorf in northern Bavaria, Germany, they discovered a 26-year-old man inside the coffin.
But far from being a corpse, he was merely trying to get some sleep. The man explained that he had recently bought the coffin
He added that he'd refurbished it to make it comfortable for sleeping in. After he promised to stop sleeping in his coffin in public spaces the police decided to take no further action.
When police arrived at the scene in the town of Zirndorf in northern Bavaria, Germany, they discovered a 26-year-old man inside the coffin.
But far from being a corpse, he was merely trying to get some sleep. The man explained that he had recently bought the coffin
He added that he'd refurbished it to make it comfortable for sleeping in. After he promised to stop sleeping in his coffin in public spaces the police decided to take no further action.
Taxi driver banned after allegedly asking women to urinate in back of his cab instead of paying
A Glasgow taxi driver has been banned from the road following allegations he asked female passengers to urinate in the back of his cab.
The 55-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had his licence withdrawn by licensing chiefs after a complaint from Police Scotland.
It is claimed by the police that in April the man picked up a female passenger in the early hours on the city’s Queen Street before driving her to an unknown destination. It is alleged he told her he would waive the fare if she relieved herself in the black taxi. The passenger is said to have refused and later reported the incident to Police Scotland.
The force then claimed in late June, again in the early hours, he picked up a lone female outside a licensed premises in the Glasgow’s Virginia Street where he is then alleged to have driven her to an unknown location and offered a free fare if she urinated in the taxi. Again, the passenger refused and was dropped off in the city centre. She too made a complaint to the police. The driver has since been reported to the procurator fiscal under sections four and seven of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 in relation to both incidents.
No trial date has yet been set. As part of his bail conditions he is prevented from driving a taxi or private hire car. Police Scotland had requested the immediate suspension of his licence last month, with a meeting on Monday to decide how long this should be extended, if at all. During the licensing committee hearing, the driver said he would be pleading not guilty and asked that his licence be suspended only for a further four weeks. He said he mainly worked night shifts as his wife was pregnant and needed his assistance at home during daytime hours. He claims to have been a cab driver for 20 years and had never been in trouble.
It is claimed by the police that in April the man picked up a female passenger in the early hours on the city’s Queen Street before driving her to an unknown destination. It is alleged he told her he would waive the fare if she relieved herself in the black taxi. The passenger is said to have refused and later reported the incident to Police Scotland.
The force then claimed in late June, again in the early hours, he picked up a lone female outside a licensed premises in the Glasgow’s Virginia Street where he is then alleged to have driven her to an unknown location and offered a free fare if she urinated in the taxi. Again, the passenger refused and was dropped off in the city centre. She too made a complaint to the police. The driver has since been reported to the procurator fiscal under sections four and seven of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 in relation to both incidents.
No trial date has yet been set. As part of his bail conditions he is prevented from driving a taxi or private hire car. Police Scotland had requested the immediate suspension of his licence last month, with a meeting on Monday to decide how long this should be extended, if at all. During the licensing committee hearing, the driver said he would be pleading not guilty and asked that his licence be suspended only for a further four weeks. He said he mainly worked night shifts as his wife was pregnant and needed his assistance at home during daytime hours. He claims to have been a cab driver for 20 years and had never been in trouble.
Man claims centipede crawled out of his full English pub breakfast
A diner allegedly found a wriggling, 24-legged creature crawling on his plate as he tucked into his breakfast at a Wetherspoon pub in Greenwich, south-east London.
Steve Langley, 41, visited The Gate Clock on Monday morning and ordered a full English to fuel up before heading to the gym.
But as he sliced into a hash brown, he claims the shiny sinister-looking bug, believed to be a centipede, wiggled out from beneath it.
Mr Langley, a full-time carer to his mother, snapped a photo and video of the creepy crawlie on his plate before sending the meal back and complaining to the manager. He said: “I got halfway through my breakfast, I went to cut through a hash brown and then it just crawled out from underneath. It was so long. It had lots of legs as well. It was just crawling all over the plate. I wasn’t too happy about it. “It made me feel a bit sick really.
“I don’t know what I had put in my mouth before that.” Mr Langley was offered another breakfast and a full refund after he reported it to staff at the pub. Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon apologised to Mr Langley and said his complaint would be investigated immediately. He said: "Food hygiene in our pubs is of paramount importance. “Management and staff at The Gate Clock work hard to ensure that food hygiene standards are maintained to a high level at all times.
“This is borne out by the fact that The Gate Clock has a food hygiene rating of five (out of five) on the council’s website, following an inspection from its environmental health team. There could be a number of explanations for the insect being on the plate and it might not necessarily have come from the kitchen itself. We will await the outcome of our investigations and report this to the individual concerned.”
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Mr Langley, a full-time carer to his mother, snapped a photo and video of the creepy crawlie on his plate before sending the meal back and complaining to the manager. He said: “I got halfway through my breakfast, I went to cut through a hash brown and then it just crawled out from underneath. It was so long. It had lots of legs as well. It was just crawling all over the plate. I wasn’t too happy about it. “It made me feel a bit sick really.
“I don’t know what I had put in my mouth before that.” Mr Langley was offered another breakfast and a full refund after he reported it to staff at the pub. Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon apologised to Mr Langley and said his complaint would be investigated immediately. He said: "Food hygiene in our pubs is of paramount importance. “Management and staff at The Gate Clock work hard to ensure that food hygiene standards are maintained to a high level at all times.
“This is borne out by the fact that The Gate Clock has a food hygiene rating of five (out of five) on the council’s website, following an inspection from its environmental health team. There could be a number of explanations for the insect being on the plate and it might not necessarily have come from the kitchen itself. We will await the outcome of our investigations and report this to the individual concerned.”
There's a short video here.
Sheepdogs herding ducks display team boosts farmer's fortunes
A Welsh farmer’s idea to use his sheepdogs to herd ducks rather than sheep has helped keep farming alive in his family.
Meirion Owen is flying high thanks to his Quack Pack display team, featuring border collies and farmyard birds.
The 53-year-old’s intelligent and agile dogs can get a flock of Indian runner ducks to go through all kinds of obstacles.
Mr Owen, whose late father Ifor was a sheep farmer before him, now gets more than 130 bookings a year. He said: “My father and grandfather were both good with sheepdogs and I just followed the family tradition. We used them on the farm as well as taking part in competitions.
“The idea behind the Quack Pack came when I was asked to put on a display to promote sheepdogs and we decided to use a small bantam hen and six ducklings rather than sheep. The dogs love working any kind of livestock. Most people think they only herd sheep, but they’ve always played a role in helping return the poultry to a locked pen each night - so the fox can’t get at them. So as well as being a bit different, using birds for a display rather than sheep was easier in terms of transport.
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“I was surprised at how well it took off. I didn’t expect it to be such the success that it has been,” said the father-of-one, who lives in Rhos Yr Hafod, Carmarthenshire, with wife Glenda. Mr Owen, who has nine dogs and 90 ducks, has his dogs at his beckoned call thanks to a special whistle, which is used to make four different sounds. “I’m very lucky because farming is not what it used to be. This farm wouldn’t sustain a living on it’s own and like most farmers I’ve had to diversify.”
Mr Owen, whose late father Ifor was a sheep farmer before him, now gets more than 130 bookings a year. He said: “My father and grandfather were both good with sheepdogs and I just followed the family tradition. We used them on the farm as well as taking part in competitions.
“The idea behind the Quack Pack came when I was asked to put on a display to promote sheepdogs and we decided to use a small bantam hen and six ducklings rather than sheep. The dogs love working any kind of livestock. Most people think they only herd sheep, but they’ve always played a role in helping return the poultry to a locked pen each night - so the fox can’t get at them. So as well as being a bit different, using birds for a display rather than sheep was easier in terms of transport.
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“I was surprised at how well it took off. I didn’t expect it to be such the success that it has been,” said the father-of-one, who lives in Rhos Yr Hafod, Carmarthenshire, with wife Glenda. Mr Owen, who has nine dogs and 90 ducks, has his dogs at his beckoned call thanks to a special whistle, which is used to make four different sounds. “I’m very lucky because farming is not what it used to be. This farm wouldn’t sustain a living on it’s own and like most farmers I’ve had to diversify.”
Camouflaged man lurks in bushes to catch dog mess offenders
A man angered by owners not clearing up after their dogs is dressing in camouflage and hiding in bushes in the hope of catching them in the act.
Andrew Hawes, from Leiston, Suffolk, plans to take photos of the culprits and publish the pictures online if they refuse to clear up the mess. Mr Hawes said he would pass the details to police once offenders are identified. Lorry driver Mr Hawes, will use 10 days of holiday hiding in bushes around Leiston.
"If I have to go to court to explain my actions, if it's saving a child from getting dog mess in their eye and going blind through disease, so be it," he said. Mr Hawes, who believes his experience as a deer stalker will help his pursuit, said the sight of the mess previously made him cry.
"If they don't clear up after their dog I'll pop out of the hedge and say, 'excuse me, could you please clean up after your dog? You're being filmed - if you clean up the film will be deleted straight away - if not you'll be reported to the police' - as long as the person isn't about 7ft tall."
There's a short video here.
Andrew Hawes, from Leiston, Suffolk, plans to take photos of the culprits and publish the pictures online if they refuse to clear up the mess. Mr Hawes said he would pass the details to police once offenders are identified. Lorry driver Mr Hawes, will use 10 days of holiday hiding in bushes around Leiston.
"If I have to go to court to explain my actions, if it's saving a child from getting dog mess in their eye and going blind through disease, so be it," he said. Mr Hawes, who believes his experience as a deer stalker will help his pursuit, said the sight of the mess previously made him cry.
"If they don't clear up after their dog I'll pop out of the hedge and say, 'excuse me, could you please clean up after your dog? You're being filmed - if you clean up the film will be deleted straight away - if not you'll be reported to the police' - as long as the person isn't about 7ft tall."
There's a short video here.
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