These photos clearly show the talent of photographer Mr. Netherland. Not only are his photos clearer and cleaner, they add dignity, credibility and and to their subjects. Some of the other candid shots seem silly while Mr Netherland’s work make them fantastic.
See my previous post on Mr Netherland dog grooming photography, photos taken by Mr Netherland that features the groomer/owners with their dogs and an old story I did a few years ago about extreme dog grooming.
I love this headline. Not a new story but still a jolly good holiday read.
Hysteria grips state as giant turkeys cause Christmas nightmare
By Sally Glaetzer | The Mercury | December 24, 2009 10:27AM
TASMANIAN butchers say they are facing the nightmare of irate customers and financial losses thanks to over-sized turkeys
The state’s turkey supplier Nichols says its Christmas birds are up to 2kg heavier than expected this year thanks mostly to a cooler growing season, according to a report in The Mercury.
Home cooks who ordered a 3kg turkey for Christmas Day are likely to find themselves battling to get a bird that will fit in the oven.
“It’s a nightmare,” Shane Mundy of Hill Street Gourmet Meats said.
Customers were furious and many had cancelled entire orders of up to $500, including hams and barbecue meats.
“We’ve had cancelled orders and it means more turkeys that we’re going to have to freeze or make sausages with, so we lose money,” Mr Mundy said yesterday.
“It’s caused mass panic and hysteria. People don’t know what they’re going to do.
“I had to sit down for five hours the other night to change all the orders … all the butchers will be having the same problems,” he said.
He said butchers had no choice but to meet the one-day-of-the-year demand for turkeys.
“It’s traditional, people want the turkey coming out of the oven on Christmas Day,” Mr Mundy said.
That meant he and his staff would work all through the night on Wednesday boning and rolling turkeys.
Nichols owner Robert Nichols “felt dreadful” about the fiasco, but said his company would also lose out.
“We’ve probably got some birds that literally won’t fit in the oven,” he said
He said the company was forced to sell a more premium boned and rolled product to butchers for the price of a regular turkey.
So miming a finger gun and flipping people off in a grocery store parking lot gets police interest in Boulder?
Unexpectedly for a mountain town, Boulderites are in love with cruiser bicycles and simply walking down the street there I saw amazing bikes parked everywhere! I coveted bike after bike after bike. It was like Amsterdam, but with foxy, colorful, cushy cruisers.
King Soopers
It can't be this guy, he's not looking weird at all.
Obviously this leprechaun is being tricked into flashing the bird, so he's not the suspect.
No one mentioned how big the weird leprechaun was, surely if it were this gent they'd have mentioned his stature.
Parking lot, check, leprechaun outfit check, but the article didn't mention a pot of gold so it can't be this guy.
Hmmm, he's got a twinkle in his eyes, a green hat and bad ass tv set in the garage. Could this be the weird leprechaun of Boulder?
Man dressed as leprechaun makes mischief at Boulder King Soopers
By Erica Meltzer Camera Staff Writer | 06/30/2010
Boulder police responded to a report of man dressed as a leprechaun in the parking lot of King Soopers at 30th Street and Arapahoe Avenue around 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Boulder police Sgt. Fred Gerhardt said police received a call saying there was a man dressed as a leprechaun jumping in and out from between cars. He was pretending to shoot at people with his fingers and may have made obscene gestures, as well.
“I think that’s why they called us,” Gerhardt said. “He was acting bizarre.”
If you are straddling a barrel that explodes imagine where you’d get burned.
Random exploding barrel image
Random exploding barrel image with danger dudes
2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion
Skagit Valley Herald | www.skagitvalleyherald.com | Jul 19, 2010
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) – Two men who were apparently trying to take an unusual thrill ride were seriously injured in an explosion at a shop that builds and services race cars in Washington state.
Fire Chief Dean Klinger told the Skagit Valley Herald the men put about four gallons of methanol in a 55-gallon barrel in the parking lot Sunday night, sat on top and lit it for a “barrel ride.”
Klinger says, “Apparently it was supposed to slide across the parking lot like a rocket. Instead, it blew up.”
He says one end of the barrel flew 120 feet.
The men were responsive when paramedics arrived at Funk Racing. They were taken to a local hospital, then flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe burns.
I actually have a fairly lame dirty joke that works for this post. Why was the Roman happy? He was “glad-he-ate-her.”
Press Association via AP Images The skeletons at this site in York, England, are decapitated -- a key clue to archaeologists that this might be a cemetery for Roman gladiators. Image NPR.com
A Graveyard For Roman Gladiators — In England?
by NPR Staff | June 7, 2010
Ancient skeletons excavated under the city of York in northern England have archaeologists wondering whether they’ve discovered a well-preserved cemetery full of fallen Roman gladiators. The first of the skeletons was discovered in 2003, and since then, more than 80 have been identified.
The remains date between the 2nd and 3rd centuries, the period during which the Romans occupied northern England. The skeletons had been decapitated — and that was a key reason researchers thought they had been gladiators, says John Walker, chief executive of the York Archaeological Trust, which conducted the research.
This story reminds me of the movie ELEPHANT WALK starring Elizabeth Taylor that was most exciting when the elephants were tearing up the joint.
African elephant image
Liberian elephant rampages against timber company
www.wtopnews | July 19, 2010 – 10:16am | By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH, Associated Press Writer
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) – The unlikeliest of activists _ a rampaging elephant that locals claimed was supernaturally possessed _ has aired rural Liberians’ frustrations with the country’s profitable timber industry.
The elephant killed a logging worker in June when it charged onto the local company’s property, and had also been known to menace other employees and local farmers in previous weeks.
This unlikely confluence of superstition, corporate activity and a big, mad, male elephant ended last week in a macabre draw, when logging officials killed the elephant after it killed the logging company employee.
Ok so I’m a little behind on this story and stumbled across it while researching the “weird leprechaun of Boulder” a story I’ll be posting soon.
Apparently, a simulacra in a Mobile tree branch lead many to believe a Leprechaun was on the loose in Alabama. A news cast video about the spotting went viral, based mainly on the enthusiasm of a gap toothed guy you can’t miss when you watch it.
Good clean fun that ended up on South Park and got it’s own web site www.wheredagoldat.com.
Simulacra said to look like a leprechaun.
Hall of fame worthy sketch
Follow up story
South Park Shout Out
It is a shame these creative, intelligent, young men fired shots at the police and then died in a shootout. Bank robbery is a crime, no matter if Santa Claus, a Leprechaun or Charles Manson is the perp. Shooting at the police is bad and will get you killed, on the spot or perhaps later after a stint on death row.
I stumbled onto the story of Cotton and Skinner while researching a leprechaun sighting. Ha ha ha Leprechaun robs bank! That tangent lead me to Santa robs bank and Darth Vader robs banks.
I was shocked to discover Cotton and Skinner were the Leprechaun AND Santa Claus bank robbers. The story got deeper and sadder as facts revealed that they fired shots while fleeing the Leprechaun heist and died after a chase and a shootout.
Below are links to video of their story, with comments from close friends as well as a horror film that Cotton helped make.
In this undated photo provided by Gallatin Police Department, David Christopher Cotton is shown. Police have linked a deadly St. Patrick's Day bank robbery by a man in a leprechaun costume with a Christmastime bank holdup by a man in a Santa suit. Police on Thursday, March 18, 2010 said the two suspects who died after a shootout with Gallatin police were Cotton of Brentwood and Jonathan Ryan Skinner, a Western Kentucky University student. Both were 20 years old. (AP Photo/Gallatin Police Department)
In this undated photo provided by Gallatin Police Department, Jonathan Ryan Skinner is shown. Police have linked a deadly St. Patrick's Day bank robbery by a man in a leprechaun costume with a Christmastime bank holdup by a man in a Santa suit. Police on Thursday, March 18, 2010 said the two suspects who died after a shootout with Gallatin police were David Christopher Cotton of Brentwood and Skinner, a Western Kentucky University student. Both were 20 years old. (AP Photo/Gallatin Police Department)
In this image made from surveillance video provided by Gallatin Police Department, David Christopher Cotton, dressed as a leprechaun, is seen during a robbery of First State Bank in Gallatin, Tenn., Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Police have linked a deadly St. Patrick's Day bank robbery by a man in a leprechaun costume with a Christmastime bank holdup by a man in a Santa suit. Police on Thursday, March 18, 2010 said the two suspects who died after a shootout with Gallatin police were David Christopher Cotton of Brentwood and Jonathan Ryan Skinner, a Western Kentucky University student. Both were 20 years old. (AP Photo/Gallatin Police Department)
Video of friends speaking about the young men
More video coverage about Cotton and Skinner
Brentwood HS Grads Killed In Police Shootout
Families Remember Sons, Not Costumed Robbers
March 19, 2010Â |Â www.wsmv.com
GALLATIN, Tenn. — The man who staged a St. Patrick’s Day bank robbery in a leprechaun costume and died during a police shootout also held up a bank three days before Christmas in a Santa suit, police said Thursday.
Investigators in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin said information from the FBI linked David Christopher Cotton, 20, of Brentwood to the December robbery.
The last footage of Cotton and Skinner is video from the dashboard camera of a Gallatin police vehicle. But that’s unlikely what friends and family will remember most.
The two men were both 20 years old and graduates of Brentwood High School. Skinner was a junior at Western Kentucky University, majoring in meteorology. He had an internship at a Nashville television station last year.
Things are tough all over. Santa needed cash in Tennessee to “pay his elves.” Since that heist was so successful a few months later the same lads dressed as Leprechauns to rob a bank. The luck of the Irish was not with them and they met a bad end. After the jump are more photos and a story about the Santa robbery.
To read about an unrelated bank robbery by Darth Vader click here.
This local news broadcast tells the whole story.
This Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 image made from video released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shows a man dressed as Santa robbing the Sun Trust Bank in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
Link to AP’s raw CCTV footage video of Santa robbery.
Link to CBS news video of Santa robbery
Associated Press | March 19, 2010
GALLATIN, Tenn. – The man who staged a St. Patrick’s Day bank robbery in a leprechaun costume and died during a police shootout also held up a bank three days before Christmas in a Santa suit, police said Thursday.
Investigators in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin said information from the FBI linked David Christopher Cotton, 20, of Brentwood to the December robbery.
FBI Supervisor Special Agent Scott Augenbaum told The Associated Press that investigators found a Santa suit at Cotton’s home, and that the suspect made similar comments during both robberies.
Lately bank robbers have been using more creative disguises than just a wig and glasses. In this story, Darth Vader needs cash.
Suffolk County Police Major Case detectives are investigating the robbery of a Chase bank branch in Setauket by a man wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape. A man entered the bank, located at 4080 Route 347, at 11:30 a.m. today, displayed a gun and demanded cash. The teller complied with the robberÂ’s demands and gave him money from the drawer. The man fled eastbound through the parking lot. The man is between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was wearing a Darth Vader mask, a blue cape and camouflage pants.
Suffolk County Police Major Case detectives are investigating the robbery of a Chase bank branch in Setauket by a man wearing a Darth Vader mask and a cape. A man entered the bank, located at 4080 Route 347, at 11:30 a.m. today, displayed a gun and demanded cash. The teller complied with the robberÂ’s demands and gave him money from the drawer. The man fled eastbound through the parking lot. The man is between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was wearing a Darth Vader mask, a blue cape and camouflage pants.
Man wearing Darth Vader mask and cape robs Long Island bank with gun, shoves customer to floor
BY John Lauinger | DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER | www.nydailynews.com | July 23rd 2010
A lot of robbers use force. This one used the Force.
A bandit decked out in a Darth Vader costume strolled into a Long Island bank on Thursday – and walked out with a wad of cash.
The villain looked ready for Halloween, wearing the “Star Wars” scoundrel’s signature mask and sweeping black cape.
Whoops!
Mr Bishop needs one of these
Hernando man run over by own truck after his dog puts it in gear
Joel Anderson, Times Staff Writer | Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | www.tampabay.com
RIDGE MANOR — Searching for oil leaks underneath his pickup truck, Christopher Bishop placed his Ford F-150 in neutral and left the driver’s door open.
Unwittingly, Bishop also left himself vulnerable to his rambunctious bulldog, Tassey.
According to a Hernando County Sheriff’s Office report, Tassey hopped into the truck and jumped around in the front seat, knocking it into gear and causing it to roll over the left side of Bishop’s body.
Bishop, 43, was transported to Pasco Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Farewell Boa Sr. Your passing is a reminder to us all of how large, diverse and fragile our world and our humanity is.
Boa Sr, the last speaker of the Bo language of the Andaman Islands, has died. Photograph: Alok Das/Survival/Survival
Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Death of Boa Sr, last person fluent in the Bo language of the Andaman Islands, breaks link with 65,000-year-old culture
Jonathan Watts | guardian.co.uk | 4 February 2010 16.28 GMT
The last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman Islands, breaking a 65,000-year link to one of the world’s oldest cultures.
Boa Sr, who lived through the 2004 tsunami, the Japanese occupation and diseases brought by British settlers, was the last native of the island chain who was fluent in Bo.