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Friday, October 21, 2011
Sintayehu Tishale is the armless carpenter
Carpenter, Sintayehu Tishale, 42, makes furniture in his workshop in Welete Suk, on the edge of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Man accused of attack with raw chicken
A Sausalito man was arrested on allegations he threw raw chicken and a candle holder at a woman in Marin City, a sheriff's official said on Tuesday.
Drew Smith Warner, 49, was arrested on Monday night after an incident on Terners Drive. The woman called authorities to report she was bleeding from the head after an attack by Warner, said sheriff's Lt. Barry Heying.
Sheriff's deputies arrived to find the 52-year-old woman distraught and soaked in blood, with chicken pieces thrown about the kitchen, Heying said. Deputies determined that the woman and Warner, her friend and residential health care aide, had been in an argument prior to the alleged attack.
As deputies went out to locate Warner, they found bloody garments in the area that matched the woman's description of what he was wearing. Warner was booked on suspicion of assault after he was spotted in Dunphy Park on the Sausalito waterfront. The district attorney's office is reviewing the case for potential charges. Warner is being held at the county jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Drew Smith Warner, 49, was arrested on Monday night after an incident on Terners Drive. The woman called authorities to report she was bleeding from the head after an attack by Warner, said sheriff's Lt. Barry Heying.
Sheriff's deputies arrived to find the 52-year-old woman distraught and soaked in blood, with chicken pieces thrown about the kitchen, Heying said. Deputies determined that the woman and Warner, her friend and residential health care aide, had been in an argument prior to the alleged attack.
As deputies went out to locate Warner, they found bloody garments in the area that matched the woman's description of what he was wearing. Warner was booked on suspicion of assault after he was spotted in Dunphy Park on the Sausalito waterfront. The district attorney's office is reviewing the case for potential charges. Warner is being held at the county jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
Firefighters give dog mouth-to-snout resuscitation after house blaze rescue
Firefighters Jamie Giese and Jared Thompson performed an unusual rescue when they gave mouth-to-snout resuscitation to a dog. The pair attended a house fire in Wausau, Wisconsin, where the family’s pets were still trapped inside the burning building. Dwight Borchardt, 17, returned from walking one of his dogs at around 4pm on Tuesday to find smoke billowing from the second floor.
While dad Todd Borchardt and his fiancee Kim Carlson were out of the house, pet cats Lavender and Mocha, and pet dog Coda were stranded inside. The teenager attempted to search for the missing animals but was overwhelmed by heavy smoke. The firefighters found seven-year-old Labrador Retriever in shock, sitting in a rocking chair in the room where the fire is believed to have started.
The men carried the stricken pooch to safety where they performed mouth-to-snout resuscitation. They also poured water over his soot-covered fur and used an oxygen mask to try and revive the animal. Speaking after the rescue, Giese admitted “It was all improvised” while Thompson said he had remembered tips from former reality TV show Rescue 911.
The heroes’ quicking thinking paid off, as Coda was taken to two different pet hospitals, staying overnight at the second to recover. The lucky mutt had only been with the family for four days after previously living with a family friend. Son Dwight said: “He’s just a sweetheart. He’s been following me around for two days straight.” And the rescue has a happy ending – moggies Lavender and Mocha were found safe and well in the basement.
While dad Todd Borchardt and his fiancee Kim Carlson were out of the house, pet cats Lavender and Mocha, and pet dog Coda were stranded inside. The teenager attempted to search for the missing animals but was overwhelmed by heavy smoke. The firefighters found seven-year-old Labrador Retriever in shock, sitting in a rocking chair in the room where the fire is believed to have started.
The men carried the stricken pooch to safety where they performed mouth-to-snout resuscitation. They also poured water over his soot-covered fur and used an oxygen mask to try and revive the animal. Speaking after the rescue, Giese admitted “It was all improvised” while Thompson said he had remembered tips from former reality TV show Rescue 911.
The heroes’ quicking thinking paid off, as Coda was taken to two different pet hospitals, staying overnight at the second to recover. The lucky mutt had only been with the family for four days after previously living with a family friend. Son Dwight said: “He’s just a sweetheart. He’s been following me around for two days straight.” And the rescue has a happy ending – moggies Lavender and Mocha were found safe and well in the basement.
Couple die an hour apart while holding hands after being married for 72 years
An Iowa couple who were married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as they held hands. Family said the story of Gordon, 94, and Norma Yeager, 90, is a real-life love story. On the day she graduated from high school, Norma Stock promised to spend forever with Gordon Yeager. The couple got married on May 26, 1939 in State Center. "They're very old-fashioned. They believed in marriage til death do you part," said son Dennis Yeager. Dennis said the couple left home last Wednesday to go into town, but they didn't make it.
At the intersection of Highway 30 and Jessup Avenue just west of Marshalltown, state troopers said Gordon pulled in front of an oncoming car. The Iowa State Patrol crash report said the other driver attempted to avoid the crash but was unable to stop in time. "I rushed from Des Moines where I was working and saw them in the hospital," he said. In the intensive care unit of Marshalltown's hospital, nurses knew not to separate Gordon and Norma. "They brought them in the same room in intensive care and put them together - and they were holding hands in ICU. They were not really responsive," said Dennis Yeager.
Gordon died at 3:38 p.m. holding hands with his wife as the family they built surrounded them. "It was really strange, they were holding hands, and dad stopped breathing but I couldn't figure out what was going on because the heart monitor was still going," said Dennis Yeager. "But we were like, he isn't breathing. How does he still have a heart beat? The nurse checked and said that's because they were holding hands and it's going through them. Her heart was beating through him and picking it up."
"They were still getting her heartbeat through him," said Donna Sheets. At 4:38 p.m., exactly one hour after Gordon died, Norma passed too. "They just loved being together," said Dennis Yeager. At their funeral on Monday, Norma and Gordon held hands in their casket. Family said they will be cremated and their ashes mixed together.
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At the intersection of Highway 30 and Jessup Avenue just west of Marshalltown, state troopers said Gordon pulled in front of an oncoming car. The Iowa State Patrol crash report said the other driver attempted to avoid the crash but was unable to stop in time. "I rushed from Des Moines where I was working and saw them in the hospital," he said. In the intensive care unit of Marshalltown's hospital, nurses knew not to separate Gordon and Norma. "They brought them in the same room in intensive care and put them together - and they were holding hands in ICU. They were not really responsive," said Dennis Yeager.
Gordon died at 3:38 p.m. holding hands with his wife as the family they built surrounded them. "It was really strange, they were holding hands, and dad stopped breathing but I couldn't figure out what was going on because the heart monitor was still going," said Dennis Yeager. "But we were like, he isn't breathing. How does he still have a heart beat? The nurse checked and said that's because they were holding hands and it's going through them. Her heart was beating through him and picking it up."
"They were still getting her heartbeat through him," said Donna Sheets. At 4:38 p.m., exactly one hour after Gordon died, Norma passed too. "They just loved being together," said Dennis Yeager. At their funeral on Monday, Norma and Gordon held hands in their casket. Family said they will be cremated and their ashes mixed together.
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Baby boy's lucky escape as car slams into shop
Terrifying CCTV footage has captured the moment a car slammed into an Australian newsagents, sending debris flying at patrons and knocking down a 17-month-old boy in a pram. Amazingly the child was unhurt, as was his mother and another young sibling that were standing just metres away
The mother was standing at the front counter of the Bondi Centre Newsagency on Bondi Rd, in Sydney's east, when the sedan is seen to veer off the road, mounting the curb and striking the shop at about 3.45pm yesterday. The woman immediately rushed to her young son's aid, with the shopkeeper rushing over to help free the child from the pram and check him for injuries.
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Another camera angle captures the full force of the impact, with the shocked driver and passenger sitting stunned in the vehicle for several moments before freeing themselves from the car. Paramedics checked the mother and her children for injuries and all were given a clean bill of heath.
The same could no be said of Bondi Centre Newsagency which suffered extensive damage to its shopfront and a display unit. "It was very lucky, they were moments away from being killed,'' the newsagency's owner said. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
The mother was standing at the front counter of the Bondi Centre Newsagency on Bondi Rd, in Sydney's east, when the sedan is seen to veer off the road, mounting the curb and striking the shop at about 3.45pm yesterday. The woman immediately rushed to her young son's aid, with the shopkeeper rushing over to help free the child from the pram and check him for injuries.
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Another camera angle captures the full force of the impact, with the shocked driver and passenger sitting stunned in the vehicle for several moments before freeing themselves from the car. Paramedics checked the mother and her children for injuries and all were given a clean bill of heath.
The same could no be said of Bondi Centre Newsagency which suffered extensive damage to its shopfront and a display unit. "It was very lucky, they were moments away from being killed,'' the newsagency's owner said. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
Rescuers hunt hawk in San Francisco with nail in head
A red-tailed hawk in Golden Gate Park suffering from a nail in the head has been seen eating small animals the past two days, a hopeful sign to rescuers trying to catch the bird before it's too late. A crew with the group WildRescue spent most of Wednesday chasing the bird, which was apparently shot by someone using a nail gun.
A crew member spotted the bird in the early afternoon near Lincoln Way and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the same area where it was seen one night earlier, said Rebecca Dmytryk, director of the Monterey group. The hawk was eating a squirrel on Tuesday night and was working on a gopher on Wednesday afternoon - a good sign, Dmytryk said.
"He's catching prey and eating," she said. "While he's definitely injured and suffering, it hasn't compromised him too badly." The hawk has survived with a nail in its head for at least a week, and Dmytryk said she's worried about a possible infection.
Rescuers have set two traps in hopes of capturing the bird. They cannot use nets because of concerns the nail would get caught and further injure the hawk, Dmytryk said. She has high hopes of saving the bird if it can be trapped. "I think he has a good chance," Dmytryk said. "He's a survivor."
A crew member spotted the bird in the early afternoon near Lincoln Way and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the same area where it was seen one night earlier, said Rebecca Dmytryk, director of the Monterey group. The hawk was eating a squirrel on Tuesday night and was working on a gopher on Wednesday afternoon - a good sign, Dmytryk said.
"He's catching prey and eating," she said. "While he's definitely injured and suffering, it hasn't compromised him too badly." The hawk has survived with a nail in its head for at least a week, and Dmytryk said she's worried about a possible infection.
Rescuers have set two traps in hopes of capturing the bird. They cannot use nets because of concerns the nail would get caught and further injure the hawk, Dmytryk said. She has high hopes of saving the bird if it can be trapped. "I think he has a good chance," Dmytryk said. "He's a survivor."
Man who tried to turn his faeces into gold is jailed
A Northern Ireland man who tried to turn his own faeces into gold by putting it on an electric heater has been jailed for three months. The bizarre experiment, carried out by Paul Moran, 30, caused around £3,000 worth of damage to his Housing Executive home in a block of flats at Derrin Park in Enniskillen in July. Upon his release he will spend a further 12 months on licence.
Moran admitted arson and endangering the lives of others. His Honour Judge McFarland told him: “Rather bizarrely you were attempting to make gold from human faeces and waste products. It was an interesting experiment to fulfil the alchemist’s dream, but wasn’t going to succeed.”
While outlining the circumstances of the case at Enniskillen Magistrates Court, prosecuting counsel Robin Steer, told those present that at 7.12pm on July 24 last year the Fire Brigade was called to Moran’s flat at Derrin Park in Cornagrade, Enniskillen. A police officer who was at the scene overheard Moran tell someone he had put “fertiliser” on a heater.
Moran’s barrister, Des Fahy, agreed that the general circumstances of the case were bizarre. He said Moran was a man of considerable intellectual ability but there was a clear problem over the years relating to drug abuse. The judge noted that Moran was now on anti-psychotic medication and agreed with the findings of a pre-sentence report, which said he did not pose “a significant risk of serious harm”.
Moran admitted arson and endangering the lives of others. His Honour Judge McFarland told him: “Rather bizarrely you were attempting to make gold from human faeces and waste products. It was an interesting experiment to fulfil the alchemist’s dream, but wasn’t going to succeed.”
While outlining the circumstances of the case at Enniskillen Magistrates Court, prosecuting counsel Robin Steer, told those present that at 7.12pm on July 24 last year the Fire Brigade was called to Moran’s flat at Derrin Park in Cornagrade, Enniskillen. A police officer who was at the scene overheard Moran tell someone he had put “fertiliser” on a heater.
Moran’s barrister, Des Fahy, agreed that the general circumstances of the case were bizarre. He said Moran was a man of considerable intellectual ability but there was a clear problem over the years relating to drug abuse. The judge noted that Moran was now on anti-psychotic medication and agreed with the findings of a pre-sentence report, which said he did not pose “a significant risk of serious harm”.
Pet cat put down by vet three hours after it was let out of house
Cat lover Beverley Hume has lodged a complaint after her 25-year-old pet Ginger was put down without permission. The veteran puss was let out into the family’s garden, but disappeared. After a day of frantic searching and phone calls to animal shelters, Beverley discovered Ginger had been destroyed. She has since been told that her beloved pet was put to sleep just three hours after he was let out of the house in Kent Court, Kingston Park, Newcastle. A member of the public spotted Ginger in the street yards from his home and took him to the Benton North Farm Dog and Cat Shelter.
Ginger, who was being treated with antibiotics for a mouth abscess, was transferred to Blythman and Partners vets’ practice in Gosforth where the decision was taken to put him down. Ginger was inherited by Beverley from her parents Gwen and George Clay in 2001 after they died within weeks of each other. Beverley said she was “incensed” when told of Ginger’s death. The family has now launched a Justice for Ginger campaign, including a petition and an official complaint to the Royal College Of Veterinary Surgeons. Beverley, 56, said: “Ginger was put down without consent, without giving us a chance to find him.
“We should have been given at least 24 hours to find him. We believe our rights have been taken away by the vets. We’re all mortified. Ginger was a member of our family. When the vets told me I thought ‘how dare you?’. Some do-gooder lifts him from near his home and takes him to a shelter and three hours later he’s dead. It’s disgusting. He never strayed far from the house and he’d lost his right eye. His own vet treating him in Ponteland said he was a remarkable cat. He’d had a new lease of life recently and was taking his walks and enjoying himself. We’re absolutely mortified.”
Heather Morton, senior partner at Blythman and Partners, said in a statement Ginger was put to sleep because he appeared to be in pain. She said: “She were presented with a very thin, elderly cat crying in pain and having difficulty standing. The cat was presented by Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter where he had been handed in by a concerned member of the public. He had no collar or microchip so was unidentifiable. He was examined by two veterinary surgeons and was screaming in pain due to a tooth root abscess penetrating his jaw and tracking into the eye socket. The decision was made to euthanize on welfare grounds and was necessary to alleviate suffering. The cat’s owner came forward the following day and we discussed our professional reasons for euthanasia and sympathised with their loss. The owner felt the cat was not in pain and disagreed with our decision.”
Ginger, who was being treated with antibiotics for a mouth abscess, was transferred to Blythman and Partners vets’ practice in Gosforth where the decision was taken to put him down. Ginger was inherited by Beverley from her parents Gwen and George Clay in 2001 after they died within weeks of each other. Beverley said she was “incensed” when told of Ginger’s death. The family has now launched a Justice for Ginger campaign, including a petition and an official complaint to the Royal College Of Veterinary Surgeons. Beverley, 56, said: “Ginger was put down without consent, without giving us a chance to find him.
“We should have been given at least 24 hours to find him. We believe our rights have been taken away by the vets. We’re all mortified. Ginger was a member of our family. When the vets told me I thought ‘how dare you?’. Some do-gooder lifts him from near his home and takes him to a shelter and three hours later he’s dead. It’s disgusting. He never strayed far from the house and he’d lost his right eye. His own vet treating him in Ponteland said he was a remarkable cat. He’d had a new lease of life recently and was taking his walks and enjoying himself. We’re absolutely mortified.”
Heather Morton, senior partner at Blythman and Partners, said in a statement Ginger was put to sleep because he appeared to be in pain. She said: “She were presented with a very thin, elderly cat crying in pain and having difficulty standing. The cat was presented by Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter where he had been handed in by a concerned member of the public. He had no collar or microchip so was unidentifiable. He was examined by two veterinary surgeons and was screaming in pain due to a tooth root abscess penetrating his jaw and tracking into the eye socket. The decision was made to euthanize on welfare grounds and was necessary to alleviate suffering. The cat’s owner came forward the following day and we discussed our professional reasons for euthanasia and sympathised with their loss. The owner felt the cat was not in pain and disagreed with our decision.”
Parents hear son’s last words on voicemail after life support fails due to power cut
A distraught couple were left heartbroken when they awoke to listen to a voicemail message of their son’s dying words – saying his life-support machine had broken down in a power cut. Gary and Val Proctor, of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire were called by son Gavin, 35, at 4am after his nursing home ventilator stopped working.
‘Help, I can’t breathe,’ said the harrowing message played to an inquest jury yesterday. Muscular dystrophy sufferer Gavin died of heart failure during the power cut at the Ashdale Care Home in Pembroke, West Wales.
Gavin Proctor who died after staff tried to connect a spare battery to his life support machine, while in darkness His parents, who lost another son Sean, 30, to the same illness nine years ago said they are hoping the inquest will provide answers to their Gavin’s death in January 2009.
Mrs Proctor, 69, said: ‘We want everyone to know how we feel. We have lost our son and we don’t want this to happen to others. It still bites.’ The inquest heard Gavin may have survived if non-medical care assistants had given mouth-to-mouth instead of trying to wire up a back-up battery pack in darkness. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has already decided that the home owners will not face prosecution for Mr Proctor's death.
You can hear Mr Proctor's final call here.
‘Help, I can’t breathe,’ said the harrowing message played to an inquest jury yesterday. Muscular dystrophy sufferer Gavin died of heart failure during the power cut at the Ashdale Care Home in Pembroke, West Wales.
Gavin Proctor who died after staff tried to connect a spare battery to his life support machine, while in darkness His parents, who lost another son Sean, 30, to the same illness nine years ago said they are hoping the inquest will provide answers to their Gavin’s death in January 2009.
Mrs Proctor, 69, said: ‘We want everyone to know how we feel. We have lost our son and we don’t want this to happen to others. It still bites.’ The inquest heard Gavin may have survived if non-medical care assistants had given mouth-to-mouth instead of trying to wire up a back-up battery pack in darkness. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has already decided that the home owners will not face prosecution for Mr Proctor's death.
You can hear Mr Proctor's final call here.
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