Good Morning, !
Today is Thursday,May 10
Today I have to go for one of those blood tests, where you
have to fast before it. That seems funny to me. I used to
be quite casual about eating and frequently skipped a meal
or two. Then with diabetes, and fighting it, I was told to
not only eat regularly, but to ensure I ate at least a plain
oat meal cookie or something every two hours. OK, so I
got used to that. And now I am supposed to revert to my
old wicked ways?
It's not a big deal, just seems funny.
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Today in
1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1427 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for
1st voyage to New World
1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1655 Jamaica captured by English
1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States" is launched
1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives
at Fort Snelling
1908 1st Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)
1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
1940 Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands,
Belgium & Luxembourg
1941 Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1941 England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater
destroyed in a blitz
1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
1945 A week after Germany surrendered, Russian troops
occupy Prague
1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st circumnavigation
of globe under water
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US &
North Vietnam
1969 Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st
black president
2012 smiled
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"Opportunity is often difficult to recognize;
we usually expect it to beckkon us with beepers
and billboards."
--- William Arthur Ward
From Andy:
I went to the bar the other night and told the 'keep, "A glass of
your finest Less, please."
"'Less'? Never heard of it," he said.
"C'mon, surely you have."
"No, really, we don't stock it. What is it? Some kind of foreign
beer?"
"I'm not sure," I replied. "It was my doctor who mentioned it.
He said I should 'drink Less.'"
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My cousin, the first year he was a practicing attorney, drafted wills
for an elderly husband and wife who had been somewhat
apprehensive about discussing death.
When they arrived to sign the documents, he ushered the couple
into his office. "Now," he said to them, "which one of you wants to
go first?"
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An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD to
Motorist, 12, Busted For Wild Pizza Joy Ride
MAY 4--A 12-year-old Indiana boy was arrested last night
after he allegedly stole $20 from a neighbor, took his mother’s
Ford Taurus, and went on a pizza run to Little Caesars with
two younger children in the vehicle, police report.
The child was collared after leading cops on a chase that
included him striking another vehicle, an accident that left
his passengers--a girl, 6, and her brother, 7--with minor
injuries. The driver told officers that he knew police
“were attempting to stop him, but did not stop because he
was afraid.”
The boy, whose name was redacted from a Beech Grove Police
Department report, was booked last night on a variety of
criminal charges and placed into a juvenile detention facility.
According to investigators, the boy said that he took his
mother’s car keys and first drove to an Indianapolis park to
show his young passengers “where he plays baseball.”
While there, a witness spotted the boy driving and called
911. However, Indianapolis cops were unable to locate the child.
From there, the boy drove about three miles to Little Caesars,
where he bought a pizza “using a $20 bill which he had stolen
from a neighbor.”
A witness, Melynda Golden, called cops when she spotted the
boy drive away with “two younger children in the vehicle, but
no adults.”
Golden, 45, told police that she had earlier encountered
the boy inside the pet shop where she works. Golden asked
the child if he was with a parent, “to which the boy
responded ‘no.’”
When Golden saw the boy drive away from Little Caesars, she
“attempted to block his escape with her own vehicle,” but he
“drove over the business sidewalk to evade her.” Golden,
who called police while following the Taurus, reported that
the boy’s young passengers were “un-buckled and were being
jostled about the car.”
A Beech Grove cop eventually joined the pursuit as the boy
weaved around cars, drove on the road’s shoulder, and
struck a Jeep at an intersection (which left the Taurus
leaking coolant).
As officers prepared to use “stop sticks” to slow the boy
down, he ran into traffic, allowing a cop to block the
Taurus and take the child into custody.
Medics were summoned to treat the three children for
injuries suffered during the chase (the girl had a
“large contusion to her forehead”).
Jessica Strode, the mother of the two passengers, told
police that she believed her children were being watched
by Kimberly Terry, the mother of the 12-year-old driver.
Terry, however, said that she was unaware that the
younger children had even been at her home.
The underage motorist told police that he had gone to
Little Caesars because “the other children were hungry.”
Tech Support Pits:
From: Erika
Re: PIM Personal Information manager
Dear Webby,
Is there a PIM for use on a desktop and laptop computer
that you can recommend?
All the ones I have tried so far are klunky and awkward,
and often expensive.
Erika
Dear Erika
They are all klunky and awkward..
Especially until you get used to one.
Don't expect a PIM to be a total solution, unless you
make it yourself. I find a spreadsheet like Quattro or
Excel comes closest to an ideal PIM.
Prioritizing is a snap, you have layers for in-depth
recording and details, inside and outside links are easy,
and you have total flexibility.
The drawback is that you have to be reasonably comfortable
with spreadsheets.
Second best is PlanPlus from FranklinCovey.
It's basically just the good old Franklin Planner brought
onto the computer. Like the Franklin Planner, it is based
on Benjamin Franklins concept of prioritizing instead of
focusing on time, like the DayTimers.
It handles prioritizing smoothly, allows drag-and-drop
rescheduling, and all the other stuff that lesser PIMs
and PDAs have. It also synchronizes with Palm OS
handhelds.
The drawback is it's price, normally around $100, but
occasionally discounted. If I was to buy one, instead of
using spreadsheets, that one might be my choice. (If my.
budget allowed it)
If you want a free or cheap PIM, ArtPlus has EasyNoter
for free at http://www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/downloads.htm
It's definitely a lightweight, but surprisingly good for
a it's price. It has thoughtful touches like a link to the
HungerSite on it's cover, a smoothly working photo-album
that you can use for storing screenshots of maps or
diagrams.
Drawback is that prioritizing and rescheduling is rather
awkward. Scheduled but not completed items tend
to scroll out of the visible range, if you aren't watching
for them and re-schedule them.
However, other than that, it is quite good and beats many
$50 PIMs.
Have FUN!
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A CHILD'S PERSPECTIVE ON ADULT BEHAVIOR
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff.
Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like
sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
--Alan, age 10
No person really decides before they grow up who
they're going to marry. God decides it all way before,
and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
--Kirsten, age 10
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person
FOREVER by then.
--Camille,age 10
No age is good to get married at.
You got to be a fool to get married. It just leads to
fighting and kids.
--Freddie, age 6
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, depending on whether they seem
to be yelling at the same kids.
--Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids. --Lori, age 8
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know
each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long
enough.
--Lynnette, age 8
On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets
them interested enough to go for a second date.
--Martin, age 10
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich.
--Pam, age 7
The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess
with that.
--Curt, age 7
The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you
should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right
thing to do.
--Howard, age 8
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys.
Boys need someone to clean up after them.
--Anita, age 9
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE
DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
--Kelvin, age 8
HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks
like a garbage truck.
-- Katrina, age 10
Take the garbage out to the curb at night, so that the
morning does not start with a fight.
-- Peter, age 7
I would build a treehouse for the kids, as far away as
possible, for some peace and quiet when I want to
cuddle up with my wife on the couch.
-- Thomas, age 8
The husband should not start laughing every time the
smoke detector goes off in the kitchen and make the
wife mad for the rest of the day.
-- Barbie
If the daddy brings home some flowers, even if they are
the weird ones from the cemetery, then the mom forgets
what she was going to argue about and they smile and
smooch instead.
-- Holly
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Reverend Smith, a respected church leader, arrived in a
town to deliver a series of speeches. At a banquet the
first evening, he noticed some reporters in the audience.
Because he wanted to use some of the stories he told that
night in his speeches the next day, he asked the reporters to
omit them from their articles. One article that came out the
next day, written by a cub reporter, concluded with this
line: "Reverend Smith also told a number of stories that
cannot be printed."
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If you like the Dear Webby Daily Humor Letter, please vote for it at the Ezine Finder:Roland Thomas Smith II, 32, of Spotsylvania, Virginia Burglar forgot his USB hard drive Roland Smith, a 32 year old Virginia "man", was arrested Friday for stabbing his girlfriend after discovering her being with somebody else at an Econo Lodge motel. The 36-year-old victim, who told cops Smith stabbed her in the abdomen, was transported to a hospital for treatment of her wounds, according to a press release issued today by the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested at the scene, Smith “had blood on his hands and a knife was recovered from his person,” cops reported. As seen in the above mug shot, Smith appears to be something of a Latin enthusiast. He is now jailed without bond.
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This one bloomed today.
It is a aporocactus flagiliformus.
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Dallas Naljahih, 18, in Orem, Utah
Burglar forgot his USB hard drive
An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary
after police say he left his homework at the crime scene.
Police in Orem say they tracked a USB drive found at the
burglarized home to Dallas Naljahih. They say the computer
hard drive contained his homework and was in a backpack
abandoned in the backyard.
A 75-year-old man and his wife reported their home had been
burglarized early Saturday. The husband says he was woken
up by a light in his office, and found a man who was looking
through a desk.
The suspect punched the man and fled on foot.
Police say that Naljahih was found asleep at his house along
with evidence connecting him with the burglary.
The backpack also contained narcotics paraphenalia.
More charges may be pending, for example assaulting a senior.
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Alaska Moonrise
Christina Beasley, 23, from Lumberton, North Carolina
Charged With Attempting To Burn Down
Boyfriend's House…. A Second Time
Christina Beasley, a 23-year-old North Carolina woman was
jailed for allegedly trying to burn down her boyfriend's house
....a second time.
According to police, Beasley attempted to burn down her
boyfriend's home after she had bailed out of jail for the
exact same crime.
Investigators say Beasley had been charged in December
with second-degree arson and burning personal property
after she allegedly tried to set her boyfriend's home on fire.
The damage was estimated to be $10,000.
When Beasley was released on bail, her boyfriend reportedly
invited her to return to his home. On Tuesday, the boyfriend
asked Beasley to leave his home following an argument.
In retaliation, Beasley piled firewood up against the boyfriend's
home and tried to ignite it.
Beasley was booked into jail and charged with first-degree arson
and injury to real property.
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Alyeska, AK
Artia Patrice Davis, 30 in Clearwater, Florida
Teacher - Jailed After Police Discover
Disabled Student In Her Bed
Artia Patrice Davis, a 30-year-old teacher's aide at
Hamilton Disston School was jailed after she was allegedly
caught with a 16-year-old disabled student in her bed.
According to police, an investigation was launched after
receiving several reports that Davis was having an
inappropriate relationship with an underage student.
Officers had gone to the teacher's home to investigate
further when they discovered the same 16-year-old
student lying in her bed.
The alleged relationship between Davis and the student
began in November, 2011 and continued until May of this year.
Davis was booked into the Pinellas County Jail and charged
with unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Her bond has
been set at $10,000.
Davis was previously arrested in March of this year after
she was allegedly caught driving on a suspended or revoked
license. Davis was charged with a felony in the arrest
because she has been designated a habitual offender.
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Hanging On!
Kamil Mezalka, 21,
Perp tried to destroy child porno on his computer
by stabbing computer with sword.
MAY 10--In an apparent attempt to destroy evidence, a
Florida man stabbed his computer with a samurai sword as
FBI agents raided his home in connection with a child
pornography probe, according to court records.
When federal investigators arrived early Tuesday at the
Palm Coast residence of Kamil Mezalka, 21, nobody answered
their “knock and announcement.” So agents “executed a
mechanical breach of the door” and stormed the home.
As recounted in an affidavit, Mezalka emerged from his second-
floor bedroom, spotted the federal interlopers, and returned
to his room and closed the door.
After Mezalka ignored demands to exit the bedroom, agents
entered the chamber, where they spotted him “standing in his
underwear, holding a two-handed samurai sword which he had
stabbed into the side of a desktop computer.”
Mezalka ignored directions to drop the sword. When Mezalka
began to remove the sword from the computer, agents pounced
on him to “eliminate any potential danger.”
Agents had secured a search warrant for Mezalka’s residence
after an undercover FBI agent recently downloaded illicit
images and videos from Mezalka’s computer via a peer-to-peer
file sharing service.
During an interview with FBI agents, Mezalka admitted “having
a file sharing program on his computer which he used to
download pornography, including child pornography.”
Mezalka, who used the online handle “Wolfcarven,” reportedly
told investigators that he was “attracted to teenage girls
13 to 18 years in age.” He also admitted that it was “possible”
he downloaded pornographic images of girls younger than 13,
MacDonald reported.
An FBI forensic examiner who reviewed the hard drive of
Mezalka’s desktop computer--which survived the samurai
sword stabbing--discovered hundreds of files depicting
“the sexual abuse of children,” according to MacDonald.
Charged with possession of child pornography, Mezalka is
currently locked up in advance of a detention hearing
Friday in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville
Thank you, Robert!
I woke up to a blizzard again, and 3 inches of fresh snow.
The blizzard left and by 9 am the sky was clear. It was so
bright out with the May sun on the fresh snow, that it hurt
my eyes. However,the hike up to the hospital and back was
quite enjoyable.
I read an interesting article, that tried to explain why Alaska
and Canada had a record cold winter, and why Alaska and
the arctic ocean got more ice than normal, with the Bering
still choked up with ice, while the lower 48 states had a
warm and short winter. They claimed that the big North was
under thousands of years old cyclical effects, whereas the
comparatively small South was showing the effects of
man-made gullible warming, and that the lower ocean levels
in Florida are due to the Alaskans and Canadians hogging
all the ice.
I guess you got to be a believer for it to make sense to you.
It is still amusing, though.
Have FUN!
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Today in
1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital
for Eastern Roman Empire
1421 Jews are expelled from Styria
1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray
1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers
consider it disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!
1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0
1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in San Fransisco
1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1921 Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady NY)
1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails
beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
1943 US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian
1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron OH
1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1955 Israel attacks Gaza
1962 US sends troops to Thailand
1967 100,000,000th US phone connected
1978 Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panamá
2012 smiled
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Andres Martinez, 24,
Man led police on low-speed chase
while rolling a joint
HOUSTON (UPI) -- Houston police said they arrested an
intoxicated man accused of leading officers on a low-speed
chase and attempting to run over an officer.
Police said Andres Martinez, 24, led police on a 20-minute
low-speed chase Sunday morning on the Gulf Freeway and
swerved his car in an alleged attempt to hit an officer who was
laying down a spike strip in the road, KHOU-TV, Houston,
reported Monday.
The officer jumped out of the way of the vehicle and was not
harmed, police said.
Martinez told officers after his arrest he was not
trying to strike the officer and his car swerved because he
was trying to roll a joint while calling his "peeps" to tell
them about his impending arrest.
Martinez appeared in court Monday on charges of evading
arrest and attempted intoxication assault. Prosecutors had
sought an attempted murder charge, but the judge said
there was not enough probable cause to support the count.
Martinez has a long rap sheet that includes several drug
charges and assault on a family member.
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Irresistible
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Hi Webby,
This is the "super moon" Santa Cruz California style.
Best Regards,
Cheryl
Jami Toler, 27 in Phoenix, Arizona
Charged With Pretending To Have Cancer To
Raise Money For Breast Implants
Jami Toler, a 27-year-old Phoenix woman was jailed Wednesday
after she allegedly faked having cancer to raise money for
breast implants.
According to Mesa Police, in August of 2011, Toler told her
co-workers at Hallmark Hospice that she had been diagnosed
with breast cancer, and that she needed a double-mastectomy.
She also stated that she would need to have her breasts
augmented, and that she was unable to come up with the
money needed for the surgeries.
Toler asked her co-workers and family members to raise
money for her medical expenses, so they held fund-raisers
and deposited $8,000 to an account opened by Toler.
In November, Toler used most of the money to pay for breast
implants, but did not receive any treatment for her alleged
breast cancer.
Investigators say co-workers became suspicious when
Toler missed work and was unable to provide a doctor's
note when she returned from medical leave. Detectives
looked at her medical records and was unable to find
any indication that she had been diagnosed with breast
cancer or received cancer treatment of any kind.
After being exposed as a fraud, Toler quit her job and
began working at a car dealership, where she was
apprehended.
Toler was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on
felony fraud and theft charges. She was released
and ordered to wear an ankle monitor. She was also
told not to contact the 17 co-workers she lied to.
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Dalarna, Sweden
Mistie Atkinson, 32, in Napa, California
Sexual Relationship With 16-Year-Old
Biological Son
Mistie Atkinson, a 32-year-old California woman was jailed
after she engaged in a sexual relationship with her 16-year-
old biological son, whom she had, when SHE was 16.
According to Napa police, Atkinson was arrested after police
found her and her 16-year-old son in a motel room in Ukiah,
California.
Investigators say Atkinson, who has no custody rights to
the boy, began sending nude photographs of herself to him
some time after December, 22, 2011. The two reportedly
exchanged sexually explicit messages and discussed the
idea of running away together.
Detectives also discovered videos on the boy's cell phone
that showed Atkinson performing oral sex on the boy and
engaging in sexual intercourse with him.
"Atkinson and the victim are aware they are biological mother
and son," investigators wrote in an arrest affidavit.
The boy's father, who has sole custody, has obtained a
restraining order against Atkinson, according to court records.
Atkinson was booked into the Napa County Jail and charged
with incest, oral copulation of a minor, contact with a minor
for a sexual offense and sending harmful matter to a minor.
Her bail was set at $200,000 and her next court appearance
has been scheduled for May 10.
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Kata Noi Beach
Patricia Krentcil, 44, Nutley, New Jersey
Jailed After Forcing 5-Year-Old Daughter To Tan,
Resulting In Severe Burns
Patricia Krentcil, a 44-year-old Nutley resident was jailed
after she allegedly forced her 5-year-old daughter into a
tanning booth, which resulted in serious burns.
According to the Nutley Township Police Department, officers
were called to the child's school after nurses discovered
that she was suffering from what appeared to be a severe
sunburn. The child stated that her mother made her stand
in a tanning booth with her, causing her to develop severe
burns.
Investigators say Krentcil admitted to taking her daughter
to a tanning booth a week prior to her arrest. Because
state laws ban children under the age of 14 from tanning
at a facility, she had to sneak the child into the booth
without the knowledge or consent of employees.
Krentcil was booked into the Essex County Jail and
charged with felony child endangerment, She was
released after posting $25,000 bail.
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Cedric Livingston, 31 in Lake Worth, Florida
Jailed After Shooting Neighbor's Roosters,
Because They Kept Waking Him Up
Cedric Livingston, a 31-year-old Florida man was jailed
after he allegedly killed his neighbor's roosters with a
hammer and gun.
According the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, an
investigation was launched in mid-April after a Lake Worth
man complained that his neighbor had killed several roosters
on his property.
Investigators say Livingston first pounded on his neighbor's
door, complaining about the noise the roosters were making.
When the victim refused to answer the door, Livingston walked
into the back yard and beat the birds to death with a hammer
before slitting their throats.
Undaunted by the incident, the victim purchased two new
roosters and placed them in his back yard.
When Livingston was awaken by the new roosters again, he
allegedly grabbed a gun and fired 5 shots, killing them both.
Livingston was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail and
charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon,
discharging a firearm in public and two counts of animal cruelty.
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I think that is a Heron
Suresh A. Chapman, of Gainesville, Florida
Charged With Felony Beverage Abuse
Upset that his order wasn't prepared correctly, a 30-year-old
man is accused of throwing his soda on a cash register at a
Taco Bell in Gainesville on Sunday night, shutting down the
restaurant's computer network for several hours.
Suresh A. Chapman, of Gainesville, was charged with damaging
a computer resulting in a loss of $5,000 or more, a second-
degree felony.
Police said he threw his soft drink at the register and credit
card machine at the Taco Bell at 3408 Archer Road at about
8 p.m., causing an estimated $2,500 worth of damage.
The damage to the computer network meant the store lost
about $3,000 in revenue, according to a Gainesville Police
Department report.
GPD spokeswoman Cpl. Angelina Valuri said Officer Sean
Borges was right to charge Chapman with the second-
degree felony, which can carry a 15-year prison sentence.
“That was the appropriate charge, based on the damage
that was done to the business,” Valuri said. “That's not
a way to handle your problems if you're upset with your
order.”
Because of the arrest, Chapman also was charged with
violating his probation on a 2011 child abuse case,
according to the arrest report.
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Ready for spring!
Kristi Diane Clark
Lumpy Bra
SARASOTA COUNTY - A sheriff's deputy who stopped a speeding
driver also halted a marijuana deal, the Sheriff's Office says.
At 1:20 a.m. today, a deputy stopped a driver going 63 mph
in a 45 mph zone at East Laurel Road and the North Tamiami
Trail. He reported that the driver and passenger appeared
nervous and that he smelled smoked marijuana.
The driver reportedly removed a .22-caliber handgun and
three bags of cannabis from her bra. A search of the car
revealed more bags of marijuana.
The woman and her passenger were expected to meet two
customers on South Casey Key Road, who had admitted to
deputies they intended to buy $200 worth of marijuana.
Deputies arrested driver Kristi Dane Clark, 23, of Lakeland,
on charges that include carrying a concealed weapon,
possession with intent to sell cannabis and possession of a
firearm in the commission of a crime.
They arrested her passenger — Michael James McCoy Jr.,
22, of Lakeland — on a charge of possession with intent to
sell cannabis.
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"This one bloomed today."
Imagine sitting in your breakfast nook, with the rising sun
on your back, and a few minutes later, as you are peacefully
buttering your bread, this Phylocactus opens up in front of
you, with an 8 inch wide blossom!
And the smell as it opens!
The secret to get them to bloom like that year after year,
is dedicated neglect, a large pot with lots of room for the
roots, a bit of water from the bottom three - four times
a year and a very brief misting or dew once a month,
And the same as with any cactus: LOTS of wind!
Analise Garner, 19, in Lake In The Hills, Ill.
Drunk bonehead bit mother and dog
Analise Garner, a 19-year-old Illinois female was jailed Sunday
after she attacked her mother and then repeatedly bit the
family bull dog.
According to police, officers were dispatched after neighbors
reported hearing loud screaming and pounding coming from
a residence Garner shares with her mother.
Investigators say Garner had returned home early Sunday
morning from a weekend of drinking when she allegedly got
into an argument with her mother.
Garner allegedly scratched her 37-year-old mother and
bit her on the hand.
Garner then allegedly went after the family's bull dog.
Investigators found three distinct bite marks on the dog's back.
"The bulldog eventually did bite (Garner) back in self-defense,"
stated Police Sgt. Mike Smith. "There were no charges against
the 4-legged dog."
Garner was booked into the McHenry County Jail and charged
with animal cruelty, domestic battery and underage drinking.
Rankweil is in the Western part of Austria, about 30 km (20 miles)
South of Lake Constance, 10 km (8 miles) east of Switzerland
and about the same distance northeast of Liechtenstein.
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1497 John Cabot departs to North-America
1670 King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
1776 France & Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels
1833 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs
1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
1887 Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
1902 The 1st science fiction film, "A Trip To The Moon", is released
1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court
1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands lay off Jewish journalists
1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
1945 German Army in Italy surrenders
1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
1956 US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
1968 Israeli television begins transmitting
1992 Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic
1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
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"This one bloomed today."
Somewhere behind those blossoms is the cactus,
that produced them.
Garrett Bryant, 19, in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Pot bought online goes to wrong address
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky., April 27 (UPI) -- A Kentucky teenager who
allegedly scored a pot deal over the Internet was arrested
after the package arrived at the wrong house, police said.
Garrett Bryant, 19, admitted arranging to buy a pound of
marijuana from a California person he met playing Xbox
Live online, WLKY-TV, Louisville, Ky., reported.
Bryant had the contraband sent to him under the false name
of David Smith but it was sent to the wrong address.
Lawrenceburg police officer Josh Satterly said the resident
opened the package without looking at the intended address
and after discovering the marijuana, called police who called
the postmaster who sent out a postal inspector.
"There was a name on the package of David Smith. Garrett
Bryant accepted the package from the postal inspector.
When he accepted the package and advised his name was
David Smith, we executed a search warrant on the residence
and that's when we recovered the pound of marijuana,"
Satterly said.
Bryant admitted to police he had paid $2,300 for the marijuana
and was hoping to sell it to "help his mother pay bills".
How mama's boy got the $2,300 was not mentioned. He probably
plans to sue the Post Office for ruining a $23,000 business
opportunity and getting a poor innocent boy like him in trouble.
That is the church in the village, where I grew up.
Every year on May 1 there was a pilgrimage to that church,
because miracles happened.
People came from all over Europe and the pilgrimage
culminated with a candle / torch march in the evening
around the rock, on which the church sits and then up to
the church. The ring road is exactly one Kilometer long,
and during the day, there was a 25 lap junior and 100
lap grown-ups bicycle race around the rock.
They hung big speakers along the whole circuit, and people
were watching the race 4 - 5 deep on both sides of the road.
Local and provincial businesses used to pledge pretty hefty
prizes for winning the lap with their house number or the next
lap or the next tenner, and some of the racers made prretty
good money.
Somehow, the lag in the sound from the next speakers
created a neat echo, that somehow made the race more special.
In the evening, when the pilgrims, plus local and nearby clubs,
carried their candles or torches on the same circuit plus up to
the church and back down again. the same speakers were used
for prayers and hymns. Praying or singing along with thousands
of people was quite neat too.
A few years after I left both the bicycle race and the
pilgrimage with candle finish fizzled out. Apparently there
was nobody left, who was competent enough to organize it.
I still have fond memories of those annual events, though.
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1006 Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus
1544 Turkish troops occupy Hunga
1625 Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador
1703 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
1704 Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad
1707 England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain
1757 Austria & France divide Prussia
1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California
1844 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message
1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy
1873 1st US postal card issued
1886 US general strike for 8 hour day, begins
1889 1st International Workers Day, according to the 2nd International
1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
1926 British coal-miners go on strike
1931 Empire State Building opens in New York NY
1935 Hoover Dam completed
1935 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated
1939 Batman Comics hit the street
1943 Food rationing begins in US
1944 Messerschmitt Me-262 Sturmvogel, first operational jet aircraft
(twin-jet fighter), makes 1st flight
1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government (post Hitler)
1945 Soviet army reach Rostock
1947 Radar for commercial & private planes 1st demonstrated
1948 North Korea proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea
1950 Mayor of Brussels bans May Day parade
1951 600,000 march for peace & freedom in Germany
1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week
1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk
1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
1962 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
1965 USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
1966 US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
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Anita R. Joost, 46 in Elgin, Illinois
Thanks to Walter, THE Stonecarver, for alerting me to this:
Elgin mom encouraged daughter to attack teen rival
An Elgin mother is due in Kane County court May 9, accused
of encouraging her 15-year-old daughter to beat up another
teenager while recording the altercation with her cell phone,
according to police.
Anita R. Joost, 46, was charged Wednesday with aggravated
battery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in the
April 2 incident at a local park. She is free from jail after
posting 10 percent of a $50,000 bond, but declined to
comment Friday morning.
Police said Joost was in the car about 6 p.m. April 2
with her 14-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter, along
with two of her daughter’s friends. Joost’s daughter told her
she got a call from another 15-year-old girl, and she wanted
to meet the girl to attack her at Shadow Hill Park, which is
located on the corner of Comstock Drive and Ballad Road,
according to a police report.
Joost allegedly dropped the girls off at the park and stayed
in her car to watch the fight, police said.
Police say the incident happened on April 2. Joost was in a
car with her daughter, two of the girl's friends and Joost's
14-year-old son when the daughter got a call from a friend.
The caller told the girl a 15-year-old girl she had been
feuding with wanted to meet at a park and talk things out,
police said.
The girl told her mother she wanted to go to the park, but to
fight the girl, not talk, police said. The mother drove to
Shallow Hill Park at 340 Cassidy Lane and dropped the
girl off along with her friends, police said.
Joost then drove around the park and pulled up to her
daughter and friends as they spoke with the 15-year-old
girl and her friends, police said. The 15-year-old told the
daughter she wanted to talk about their problems and
began walking away, police said.
But Joost told her daughter to "kick her ass," and then
screamed the same thing out the window, according to
the police report. After Joost's taunting, her daughter
tried to get the other girl to fight but the girl tried to
"defuse" the situation, police said.
Joost then called one of her daughter's friends on her
cell phone and told her, "Enough's enough, either kick
her ass or let's go home."
Joost's daughter started beating the girl as a friend
recorded the fight, police said.
After the fight, Joost drove her daughter to a nearby house
and encouraged her to begin another fight with the same
girl, police said. The owners of the home came outside and
ordered the Joosts to leave, police said.
Authorities say they pursued charges after becoming aware
of the recording. Joost's daughter was charged as a juvenile
with aggravated battery in the public way and was detained
at the Kane County Youth Home.
Police have received a number of videos of the incident
and plan to use them in court.
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Cinema Cannes, in Cannes, France
Davis Williams, 54, currently in OKMULGEE COUNTY, Oklahoma
Meth lab explodes in man's pants
A portable meth lab exploded in a Mounds man's pants early
Friday morning as he struggled with an Oklahoma Highway
Patrol trooper.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says meth was leaking down Davis
Williams' leg as he tried to run away from a trooper just after
midnight.
The trooper had stopped an SUV for speeding on 221st Street
South in Okmulgee County. After giving the driver a ticket, the
trooper began to question the passenger, Davis Williams, about
a chemical smell.
The OHP says Williams, 54, then took off running, but the
trooper caught him and a struggle ensued.
"After a brief struggle it was determined there was an active
meth lab in his pants that burst during the struggle and got
all over his body," said OHP trooper Shiloh Hall.
Medical personnel checked out Williams and the road was
closed so emergency crews could clean up the scene.
Williams was booked into the Okmulgee County jail on a
complaint of manufacture of a controlled and dangerous
substance. The driver of the SUV was not arrested.
The OHP says the driver was taking Williams to his semi
at the time of the incident.
NATO forces are circling the Russian ships with small yachts
loaded with shivering bikini models and a lot of very modern
cameras and surveillance gear.
Quite likely the Russians are also showing off their new
ships and probably hope to sell a bunch of them.
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1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans France, to victory over English
1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking
1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
1781 French fleet stops Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
1813 Rubber is patented
1856 End of Crimean War
1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth MS
1901 Anti semitic riot in Budapest
1912 108º F (42º C), Tuguegarao Philippines (Oceania record)
1913 Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin
1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
1940 Norwegian King Haakon & government flees to England
1945 Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
1965 Australian government announces it will send troops to Vietnam
1970 50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
1975 US Forces pull out of Vietnam
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes (conficates) all ground/earth
1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
1991 Croatia declares independence
1992 Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin
1994 Israel & PLO sign economic accord
Japan : Emperor Hirohito's Birthday
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Change the red car to a blue one. YOU can do it!
Easy to follow step-by-step tutorials.
Get 
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It is near Bartholomäberg, 6780, Austria
in case you have Google Earth
Here is the same thing, opened:
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It is a former 4 seater chair lift seat, tossed out to make
room for 6-seaters. They were placed along scenic roads
as park benches, including the clear plexiglass hoods,
that make resting and enjoying the scenery more pleasant in
rough weather. When it is sunny, they tend to turn into
saunas, but the hood opens up with a finger tip.
This is along one of my dad's favorite hiking routes.
Aldwin Caceres, 18, in Tampa, Florida
Jailed After Head-Butting Mother,
Burning Down Her House Over Cell Phone
Tampa, FL (The Weekly Vice) - Aldwin Caceres, an 18-year-old
bonehead with a blonde afro was jailed Sunday after he allegedly
head-butted his mother, then burned her house down during an
argument over a cell phone.
According to police, the 275 pound Caceres became angry
Saturday night while arguing with his mother over a cell phone.
In retaliation, Caceres allegedly grabbed his mother by the
wrists, pushed her onto a bed and then head-butted her twice
on the forehead.
Caceres then reportedly doused two couches and his mother's
bed with gasoline before setting them ablaze. The fire was
started shortly after midnight and completely destroyed the home.
Caceres was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail and
charged with first-degree arson and domestic battery.
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Stacey Ann Ortiz, 34, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Jailed After Attacking Boyfriend Because He
Refused To Have Sex With Her right now
Stacey Ann Ortiz, a 34-year-old Port St. Lucie resident
was jailed after she attacked her boyfriend because he refused
to have sex with her.
According to Port St. Lucie County Police, Ortiz and her
boyfriend were drinking at a friend's house when they
decided to call it a night and head home.
When Ortiz hinted that she was in the mood for a a little
something-something, her boyfriend rejected the idea and
stated that would rather relax and watch television instead.
That's when Ortiz launched a physical attack on her boyfriend.
Investigators say the boyfriend attempted to run away, but
Ortiz chased him down the street while he was wearing
only underwear and a cel phone.
The victim was able to call 911.
When officers arrived, they noted that the boyfriend had
several minor abrasions, including a cut on his forehead
and scratches on his chest.
Ortiz reportedly told investigators that she and her boyfriend's
argument was only verbal at first, but claimed that he
head-butted her, which turned it into a physical fight.
She admitted to using a metal mop handle to break the
windshield of the victim's truck, and to chasing him down
the street because she was angry.
Ortiz was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail and charged
with domestic battery. She was released on her own
recognizances, and is due to appear in court on May 8th.
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Yusra Farhan, 50, in Phoenix, AZ
Iraqi Woman Arrested After Beating,
Tying Her Daughter to Bed for Talking to Man
An Iraqi woman living in Phoenix has been arrested after
admitting to beating her daughter and shackling the
19-year-old to a bed as punishment for speaking with a
man. After the mother admitted to the crime and explained
the catalyst was her “Iraqi culture,“ all elements bear the
markings of an ”honor beating.”
Phoenix Police arrested 50-year-old Yusra Farhan Wednesday
night at St. Joseph’s Hospital where her daughter was being
treated for her injuries. The young woman told police her
mother beat her with with a shoe before ultimately shackling
her waist to a bed to prevent her from leaving the house.
550KFYI reports that the rope was secured by a padlock.
Farhan told officers that in Iraqi culture, females are not
allowed to have contact with males, thus a daughter is
not permitted to have a boyfriend.
Farhan resisted arrest and called out to other family
members present to help her fight off police, according
to court paperwork. Those family members also jumped
into the fray and had to be restrained in the hospital’s
emergency area, according to police.
Farhan was arrested on charges of aggravated assault,
unlawful imprisonment, and resisting arrest.
The victim claims her father also struck her several times
prior to enduring the assault by her mother.
The battered woman reported that she was set free only to
attend school the morning of the 8th. When the victim
arrived at school, she disclosed the details of her assault
and was transported to the hospital by the Phoenix Fire
department.
That barbarian bonehead, Yusra Farhan, needs to be
deported back to Iraq!
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That looks like the Klettergarten (Climbing garten,
a kindergarten for rock climbers), where I learned to
climb, when I was a kid.
Darius Williams, 19, in Memphis, tennessee
Bonehead asks officer if he's Jesus,
steals patrol car
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Darius Williams saw the light.
It just happened to be blue.
According to The Commercial Appeal, a police officer found
the 19-year-old Williams walking before dawn Thursday along
Interstate 240.
Police said after asking if the officer was Jesus, Williams
became irate in the back of the police car, pushed down
the window and climbed on top of the vehicle.
The officer got out and tried to talk Williams down and
ended up in a scuffle with him.
Williams got away from the officer, got into the police
car and took off the wrong way on the freeway.
He wrecked a short distance away and was captured.
He was charged with felony theft, aggravated assault
and resisting arrest.
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Kimberly King
Great-granny drinks fifth while babysitting,
gets arrested
Police arrested a West Monroe woman after she reportedly
got drunk and passed out while she was babysitting her two
great-grandchildren.
Kimberly King,50, of 222 Trace West, was arrested Thursday
following a complaint by her granddaughter
According to the arrest affidavit, King’s granddaughter left
her one and two year old children with King while she went
to work.
When the complainant came back four hours later, King was
reportedly passed out.
Police say both children had soiled their diapers to the point
that the diapers were falling off.
Police found King in the bed where officers shined a flashlight
in her face and woke her up.
Police say King had no visible injuries but admitted to
drinking a fifth of Jim Beam while the children were in
her care.
King was arrested and charged with two counts of child
abandonment.
Grow food with a minimum amount of work
in a minimum amount of space with
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Marcus Hunt, 22
Homesick for jail in 16 minutes
Marcus Hunt, a 22-year-old Florida man was arrested Tuesday
after he allegedly committed a crime just 16 minutes after
he was released from jail for another crime.
According to Tampa Police, Hunt was booked into jail last
Saturday after he was allegedly caught driving without a
license and then attempting to flee from police. He was
released from county jail at 4:22 p.m. Saturday after he
posted a $2,250 bond.
Just 16 minutes after Hunt was released from jail, he
approached a man on a bike, struck him in the face
and then stole his bike.
Officers arrested Hunt at his home Tuesday after a
warrant had been issued for his arrest.
He was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail and
charged with robbery. His new and improved bond has
been set at $25,000.
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Renee Jackson, 35 in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Silver Tonged Drunk
Renee Jackson, a 35-year-old New Orleans man was jailed after
he allegedly attempted to rob a convenience store with a pair
of hot dog tongs.
According to the Fort Smith Police Department, Jackson allegedly
entered a local convenience store, grabbed a pair of silver
tongs used for hot dogs, then demanded money from the clerk
and customers.
Witnesses say Jackson appeared to be extremely intoxicated,
so no one took him seriously. The clerk called 911 and stated
that he was attempting to stab people inside the store with
the tongs. He ultimately pushed one of the customers, but
no one was inured.
Investigators say when officers arrived on the scene, Jackson
was outside the building. Police stated that he had written a
note to the store, apologizing for what he had done.
Jackson told investigators that he became distraught after
arguing with his wife and wanted to go to jail because his
family didn't appreciate him.
He was booked into jail and charged with two counts of
attempted aggravated robbery.
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Shriya Biman Patel, 25 in Austin, Texas
Jailed After Setting Husband On Fire,
Locking Him In Bathroom To Burn
Shriya Biman Patel, a 25-year-old North Austin woman was
jailed Thursday after she allegedly set her husband on fire
and then locked him in the bathroom to burn.
According to the Austin Police Department, officers were
called to the couple's apartment around 9:15 p.m. after
witnesses reported that a man was screaming for help
from his balcony.
One caller told police that the man was yelling things like
"why would you burn me?" and "All I wanted to do is love you."
When officers arrived on the scene, they found a badly burned
man. He was naked and writhing on the floor, screaming in pain.
When officers asked the man what happened, he stated that
he was in the bathtub expecting to receive a massage from
Patel when instead, she burst in and poured gasoline on him.
Patel then lit him on fire with a candle and then locked the
bathroom door, trapping the man inside. The man was able
to kick down the door and escape, but not before sustaining
severe burn injuries.
Investigators say Patel had removed the smoke detectors
from the apartment and disabled the sprinklers in preparation
for the assault. They also found a Walmart receipt showing
that she had purchased items used in the attack earlier
that day.
The victim was taken to the San Antonio Military Medical Center
where he was treated for burns to 70% of his body.
Although the couple has been married for about a year, Patel
had just moved to the U.S. from India about a week prior.
Patel was booked into jail and charged with arson and assault
with a deadly weapon. She is currently being held in lieu of
$1,000,000 bail.
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Popocatepetl, Mexico, messing up the pollution statistics
again!
Michael Baker, 20 in Jenkins, Kentucky
Facebooked into jail
APRIL 18--A Kentucky bonehead is facing a misdemeanor rap
after he siphoned gasoline from a police car, a theft that
came to the attention of cops after the perp posted a
Facebook photo memorializing the crime.
As seen in the above photo, as Michael Baker, 20, was
swiping the gas last month from a Jenkins Police Department
squad car, he made sure to flip the bird as his girlfriend
snapped a picture.
After obtaining a copy of the photo (which began circulating
in Jenkins) police arrested Baker Monday evening for theft
by unlawful taking, according to an arrest warrant, which
alleges that he “stole gas from a Jenkins City Police Cruiser”
and then “posted a picture of his theft on facebook.”
Baker, pictured in the mug shot, is scheduled to be arraigned
today in Letcher County District Court.
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Icelandia Falls
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"Scientists" waiting for Gullible Warming
or Government handouts
Mallory Renee Mims, 22, Orond Beach, Florida
Leaving Child Locked Inside Car While Applying And
Drinking At Local Bar
Mallory Renee Mims, a 22-year-old Ormond Beach woman was
jailed Friday after she allegedly left her 5-year-old child unattended
in a car for over an hour while she applied for a job at a bar, then
stuck around to drink a few shots.
According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Mims went to the
Pirana Bar and Grill to fill out a job application.
Investigators say Mims left her child in a locked car with
the windows rolled up while she went inside. After applying
for the job, she hung out at the bar for over an hour,
consuming three shots of vodka.
When a bar patron asked Mims about the child, Mims denied
that the child was hers. When Mims tried to leave the bar,
the bartender took away her keys. Police were called when
Mims went behind the bar to retrieve her keys.
When officers arrived on the scene, Mims smelled of alcohol
and appeared to be intoxicated, according to the arrest affidavit.
She was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail and
charged with child neglect and leaving a child unattended in a
vehicle for more than 15 minutes, which is the limit in Florida.
She was released after posting $1,500 bail.
The child was placed in the care of a relative.
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Lawrence Deptola, 49, of Cottage Place in Utica, NY
Man attempted to rob three banks with a toilet plunger
A Utica man faces felony charges. Police say he attempted
to rob three different banks armed with a toilet plunger. Surveillance
photos captured the suspect entering the Key Bank on
Genesee Street Thursday afternoon.
Around 1:30 Thursday afternoon, Utica Police responded to the
Key Bank for a report of an attempted robbery. Officers also
were contacted by two other banks that said the man had also
entered there and demanded money.
Bank employees say he came in started yelling obscenities,
telling them to put money in a bag. Police say he threatened
the tellers with the plunger.
Officers in an unmarked car responded to the scene and saw
the suspect walking away. When the suspect saw the officers,
he ran. Police caught up with him and took him into custody.
Lawrence Deptola, 49, of Cottage Place in Utica is charged
with attempted robbery, a class "E" felony.
The plunger was recovered inside Citizen's Bank.
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Near Tucson, AZ
Teresa Agayo, 46, Costa Mesa, California
Jailed After Beating Store Clerk Over Bottle Of Beer
Teresa Aguayo, a 46-year-old Orange County woman was jailed
Sunday after she attacked a store clerk because the store
couldn't sell her an individual bottle of beer.
Teresa Aguayo, 46, is being held on suspicion of attempted murder.
Costa Mesa police say Aguayo attacked a clerk at the
California Stop, 600 W. 19th Street in Costa Mesa, Sunday
afternoon after she refused to sell the woman one bottle of beer.
California Stop does not sell single beers, according to officials.
Aguayo proceeded to hit the clerk on the head with the bottle
and then tried to strangle her with a blanket, officials said.
Police say Aguayo also rubbed acetone, bug spray and rubbing
alcohol in the clerk’s face during the attack.
The female clerk was taken to a local hospital for observation.
Aguayo is being held on $500,000 bail at an Orange County jail.
"the little milking stool".
The "beat up e" is the ESTIMATED symbol.
The Estimated symbol indicates that at some time in history
the contents should have weighed about what is indicated
on the package. That is not to be construed, that it has
actually been weighed, just that the package designer has
ESTIMATED, that the contents should weigh about that much.
It is often fairly close, but when they use the 
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Near Tucson
Edith Shellow, 39 in Macon, Georgia
Jailed After Stabbing Husband In Groin With Screwdriver,
Beating Him With Wrench
Macon, Ga. (The Weekly Vice) - Edith Shellow, a 39-year-old
Georgia woman was jailed Sunday after she stabbed her
husband in the genitals with a screwdriver, then beat him in
the head with a big wrench.
According to Macon Police, Shellow and her husband were
involved in an argument Sunday when the dispute turned
decidedly violent.
Investigators say Edith Shellow charged towards her husband with
a pair of scissors. Her husband reportedly grabbed the
scissors and attempted to call 911.
While the husband was dialing the phone, Shellow reportedly
called for her daughter to help restrain her husband while
striking him in the face and head with a big wrench.
The husband was defending himself from the daughter, when
Shellow grabbed a Phillips screwdriver and stabbed him in
the groin.
When the husband asked to be taken to a hospital, Edith
Shellow grabbed a baseball bat and threatened to beat him
with it if he attempted to leave the room.
She eventually took him to a hospital at about 3 a.m. the next
morning.
Edith Shellow was arrested at her home later the same day.
She was booked into the Bibb County Jail on a charge of
aggravated assault/domestic violence. Her bond was set at $9,550.
Shellow's daughter was also arrested, but was not charged
with a crime. Ordering her to get involved in the violence
would be considered "Mob Action" in some states, but not
necessarily in Georgia.
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Iguazu Falls
Megan Denman, 29, in Fresno, California
5th Fresno teacher in 8 month jailed
after Sex With Student
Fresno, Calif. (The Weekly Vice) - Megan Denman, a 29-year-old
teacher at Hoover High School in Fresno has been jailed after
she allegedly had sex with a student.
According to Fresno police, Denman performed oral sex on and
slept with a student under the age of 18.
Denman has been placed on paid administrative leave by school
officials while the investigation continues.
Denman, who also assists as a cheerleading coach at the school,
was reportedly married just 18 months ago.
She was booked into the Fresno County Jail on charges of sex
with a minor and oral sex with a person under the age of 18.
She was released after posting $55,000 bail.
There definitely seems to be a trend showing recently.
Recently married teachers pick on gossipy students for
extra sex. Sex between teachers and students has been going
on for thousands of years, but in the past, nobody talked.
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Alexandra Galante, 21 in Fort Myers, Florida
Jailed After Fighting Officers about sunbathing Nude
Fort Myers, Florida - Alexandra Galante, a 21-year-old
Fort Myers woman was jailed Saturday after she allegedly
went on a topless rampage after police informed her she
couldn't sunbathe in the nude.
According to Fort Myers Police, a resident at the San Simeon
condominiums called officers around 11:30 a.m. that Galante
would look better with clothes on.
When officers arrived on the scene, Galante was still topless
and was lying face-up. Her bikini bottom had been pulled together
in a way where her pubic region was exposed.
When officers asked her to put her top on, Galante argued that
since people are allowed to be nude on a beach, laying nude
next to a pool shouldn't be any different.
Galante put her top back on, but argued with officers while
doing so. She then began yelling at a woman who was recording
the incident with her cell phone.
When officers asked Galante for her identification card, she
became extremely belligerent and began screaming at the
officer. She then refused to put her hands behind her back
when the officer tried to place her under arrest. When an
officer attempted to grab her arm, she tried to flee arrest
into the pool.
When officers where finally able to get her into the squad car,
Galante allegedly spit at and kicked the glass partition. She
also screamed obscenities at the officers until she was
threatened with pepper spray.
Galante was booked into the Lee County Jail and charged
with indecent exposure, breach of peace, and resisting an
officer without violence.
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Calvin Coolidge Wiggins, 31
Phony Postal Inspector Busted For Swiping Pot Shipments
MARCH 5--On the hunt for illegal narcotics being shipped via
Express Mail, a Michigan man allegedly repeatedly entered
a sorting facility, claimed to be a postal inspector, and
walked out with dozens of parcels, many of which
contained marijuana, investigators charge.
According to a criminal complaint filed yesterday in U.S.
District Court in Detroit, Calvin Coolidge Wiggins, 31, said,
“You got me” when questioned Saturday morning by
federal agents who had arrested him outside the Priority
Mail Center in Romulus.
Wiggins, an investigator reported, admitted that he
“previously had been involved in mailing Marijuana via
USPS Express Mail and was tired of having the parcels
seized.”
So he allegedly sought to seize the parcels of other drug
traffickers.
A surveillance team spotted Wiggins entering the facility
on March 3 and walking “towards the area of the plant
where the Express Mail was being processed.” There,
Wiggins was seen taking two parcels and placing them
into a wheeled hamper.
Wiggins told federal agents that on “numerous occasions”
he had gone to the Romulus facility and “posed as a
Postal Inspector in order to steal Express Mail parcels
which he believed contained controlled substances,”
according to an affidavit sworn by a postal inspector.
Many of the pinched parcels “did contain Marijuana,”
revealed Wiggins, who estimated that he had swiped
between 40 and 50 Express Mail packages.
The probe of the mail thefts began in January, when
postal inspectors determined that multiple packages
destined for the Detroit area went missing. Many of
the parcels were characteristic of packages that, in
the past, had been found to contain controlled
substances.
Last month, a review of surveillance footage showed
a black male suspect entering the Romulus plant on
Saturday, February 11 and walking out with eight
packages ranging in weight from two to 28 pounds.
The swiped parcels “all originated from known
narcotic source areas,” noted Postal Inspector
Edmond Rose.
Anticipating that the suspect would return, federal
agents Saturday staked out the Priority Mail Center,
where they allegedly caught Wiggins in the act.
Wiggins was named in a two-count felony complaint
charging him with theft of mail and impersonating a
government employee. At a court appearance yesterday,
a magistrate judge freed Wiggins on a $10,000
unsecured bond.
Records show that Wiggins is a registered sex offender
as a result of a sexual battery conviction in Ohio. He
first registered in June 2000, and will have to remain
on the offender list for the rest of his life.
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Tammy Roseman, 40, in Vero beach, Florida
Naked and drunk again
VERO BEACH, Fla. (UPI) -- Florida authorities say a woman
offered them no good explanation for her being naked in a
parked car.
An Indian River County deputy sheriff found Tammy Roseman
"au naturel" in the front seat of her boyfriend's car while
investigating a disturbance in Vero Beach on the afternoon
of March 23.
"I inquired why she was in a parked vehicle without any
clothes at this time of day," a report states. She could
offer no explanation.
The investigator deduced alcohol probably had something
to do with the situation and busted her for disorderly
intoxication.
Roseman's boyfriend told deputies the nudity didn't
begin in the car. He said he came home earlier in the day
and found her naked, drunk and busting up the place.
The TC Palm said the arrest was not the first for the
40-year-old Roseman that involved public exposure. She
was busted last year for allegedly dropping her pants
as a school bus full of elementary kids passed by,
and another time for walking in front of a busy mall showing
off her breasts.
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Ann, a sharp-eyed reader, asked what the bush in the far
right corner of yesterday's pictrue was.
It is a "Christus Dorn", Christ Thorn.
The bush blooms at Easter, and has very wicked, poisonous
thorns, that cause painful swelling and irritation.
Nowadays that bush grows in the wild only in Madagascar,
and it is a controversial mystery, how it had gotten to
Jerusalem 2000 and some years ago, but then totally
disappeared from that area. It is shown in drawings and
paintings ot the time, but not since then.
Police dog persuades burglary suspect to give up
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) - A burglary suspect holed up in an Oregon
deli refused police commands to come out, but changed his
mind after hearing from a police dog.
Gresham police say the police dog persuaded 31-year-old James
Patrick Brennan III to surrender early Wednesday because the
man was worried its bite would be worse than its bark.
Apparently, James Patrick Brennan III, 31, was worried about
getting bitten. He immediately walked out of the Deli Barn at
2410 S.E. 182 Ave. and surrendered to police, who had already
taken Trino Lopez Sr. a suspected accomplice, into custody.
The alleged robbery was uncovered at 2:56 a.m. Wednesday
by Gresham Officer Mark Hawley, who was on patrol. He
noticed a car parked out in front of the deli, which was closed.
He remembered the store had been robbed in January and
that the surveillance tape had shown a car parked in the
same spot at the time of that break-in.
Hawley pulled out a pair of binoculars to get a good look
from a safe distance, and saw that the glass door had
been smashed in. He parked east of the store and crept
up on foot, discovering a suspect in the car. He could
hear crashing sounds inside the Deli Barn.
Hawley ordered the man inside the vehicle, Trino Lopez Sr.,
39, to surrender.
He did.
Hawley and other officers called to the scene ordered
Brennan to come out.
He refused.
That's when the Portland K-9 was called to the scene to
try to bark the suspect into giving up.
It's a commonly used tactic to keep police from having
to use their weapons or risk being hurt themselves,
Grandjean said.
It worked.
Lopez was booked into Multnomah County jail on
suspicion of burglary one and possession of
methamphetamine. Brennan faces allegations of
burglary one, criminal mischief two and possession
of burglary tools.
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Easter 2012, April 8
Fresh snow outside.
The big one in the center is a Echinocereus Matudae.
Joseph Faulk, 27
Drunk street sweeper hits cop car
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A state street sweeper cleaning up
after a crash was allegedly involved in his own crash with a
Bernalillo County deputy's patrol car. It happened on Interstate
40 last Friday when 59-year-old Herbert Morgan was called
out to clean up a scene.
A police report says that after hitting the deputy's patrol car,
the deputy asked Morgan to step out of the sweeper and noticed
Morgan stumbling and having difficulty walking.
The complaint says Morgan was also slurring his words.
According to the complaint, Morgan agreed to submit to field
sobriety tests, which he failed.
The Albuquerque Journal reports a breath test later measured
Morgan's blood-alcohol concentration at or above 0.16 percent,
which is twice the state's presumed level of intoxication. Morgan
was arrested on suspicion of aggravated DWI.
Morgan had THREE prior DUI arrests.
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Remember what Easter is all about?
Today in
0563 -BC- Gautama Buddha was born
1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain
1783 Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim
1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled
1879 Milk is sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1940 Germany battle cruiser sinks British aircraft carrier Glorious
1945 Nazi occupiers in Holland executed
1947 Largest recorded number of sunspots (7,000) observed
1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Montréal Expos beats New York Mets 10-9
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
2012 smiled
Woke up to 15 cm (six inches) of snow. It melted off the
roads fairly fast and by evening most roads were mostly dry.
On the lawns the snow disappeared from the sunny spots
and stayed in the shade.
Next week we are supposed to get our first rain!
That will turn the brown lawns green and trigger the flowers.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
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Easter 2012
The crimson colored one on the right is the original Easter Cactus,
fthe fire red one on the left is a modern hybrid.
Joseph Faulk, 27
Robber left phone with his photo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say an
accused armed robber left his cell phone at the crime scene,
complete with a digital photo of himself posing with the same
handgun he used to threaten his victims.
The Charlotte Observer reports that 27-year-old Joseph Faulk
of Brooklyn, N.Y., was arrested Wednesday after officers
searched a car in which he was a passenger. They found a
pistol and a red bandanna stuffed in the waistband of Faulk's
pants.
The day before, a man armed with a handgun and wearing
a red bandana robbed three men in apartment complexes
on the city's east side. During the first robbery, police say
Faulk dropped his phone. After his subsequent arrest for
firearms possession by a felon, police linked Faulk to the
robberies through the phone photo.
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Venice
Dylan Edward Contreras, 19
Gives False Name To Idaho Police --
But Real One Was Tattooed On Forearm
TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- A 19-year-old Idaho man with his last
name tattooed on his forearm apparently tried to give police
a fake name and was arrested.
An officer says he told three men who were walking on the
street with a dog to move to the sidewalk, and that one looked
like he might run away, so he asked for identification.
Contreras identified himself as Emiliano Velesco, and a police
database search found no matches. The officer then had a
dispatcher run a check with the birthday he was given and
the last name tattooed on the forearm.
Contreras had three warrants for failure to appear on
charges including providing false information.
DUH!
And could not walk on the sidewalk when cops are out and about.
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Istanbul
Brooke Burke, 36, North Olmsted, Ohio
Refused To Stop Slow Dancing With Groom At Wedding,
Attacked The Bride and cops
Brooke Burke, a 36-year-old Ohio woman was jailed after she
allegedly refused to stop slow dancing with the groom at a
couple's wedding reception.
According to police, the bride at a wedding reception got a
surprise reaction when she asked Burke to stop slow dancing
with her new husband.
Burke, who is reportedly married to the groom's brother,
took exception with the request and retaliated by taking a
swing at the bride. Burke then allegedly hurled expletives
at the bride as other guests pulled her away.
Witnesses told police that Burke, who was visibly intoxicated,
attacked the bride at least twice during the evening.
A short time later, while waiting outside the reception for a
cab, Burke approached the bride a third time and tried to
attack her yet again. A witness who tried to restrain Burke
was pushed to the ground.
An auxiliary officer who attended the reception restrained
Burke until she fell to the ground kicking and screaming,
according to police. A second auxiliary officer rushed in to
help after Burke struck the first officer in the face several times.
Burke was eventually subdued, arrested and stuffed into the
backseat of a police cruiser.
She was transported to the North Olmsted Police station and
charged with assault and disorderly conduct intoxication.
