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Man finds dog he lost in divorce 10 years earlier at shelter
18 MarAww. Fate?
Above is Ginger, a 13-year-old Basset hound from Nashua, gets some scruffins from Noelle Schuyler, event and outreach coordinator for the Nashua Animal Shelter. After more than a decade apart from her original dad Jamie Carpentier, they were reunited by chance recently after she was released back to the Humane Society for Greater Nashua. Schuyler fostered Ginger while the search was on to find her forever home. Staff photo by ERIN PLACE, www.nashuatelegraph.com
Above is Ginger, a 13-year-old Basset hound from Nashua, gets some scruffins from Noelle Schuyler, event and outreach coordinator for the Nashua Animal Shelter. After more than a decade apart from her original dad Jamie Carpentier, they were reunited by chance recently after she was released back to the Humane Society for Greater Nashua. Schuyler fostered Ginger while the search was on to find her forever home. Staff photo by ERIN PLACE, www.nashuatelegraph.com
After 10 long years, Ginger the basset hound is reunited with her original dad in Nashua
By ERIN PLACE | Saturday, February 16, 2013 | www.nashuatelegraph.com
Jamie Carpentier had never gone to the Humane Society for Greater Nashua’s website. But late one recent night, the Nashua resident felt the urge to log on and peruse the animals up for adoption.
He came across a 13-year-old basset hound named Ginger, without a photo attached, and read the write up on her.
It was the right name.
It was the right age.
“It can’t be her,” he said. “It’s been so long.”
Guam pins hopes on poisoned mice wearing parachutes
4 MarI love creative solutions. Hopefully, this will work.
Image davidbenardo, flckr http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbenardo/7108492583/
Parachuting poison mice combat Guam tree snakes
www.islandsbusiness.com | Thu 28 Feb 2013
HAGATNA, Guam— The US Department of Agriculture will drop mice laced with a sedative deadly to brown tree snakes around the island’s Andersen Air Force Base over the next couple of months.
Daniel Vice from the US Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services has told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the snake is a serious threat to wildlife.
“Virtually all of the tropical west Pacific is potentially at risk from brown tree snakes,” he said.
“We’ve had them turn up on virtually every island in Micronesia associated with some sort of transportation from Guam.”
TSA’s response why it stopped a 3 year old in a wheelchair
27 FebUnlike other stories of airport security I’ve posted, this one features a response from the TSA about their actions. Warning the video is really sad and heartbreaking and features a crying toddler in a wheelchair.
Here’s The TSA’s Defense For Stopping A 3-Year-Old Girl In A Wheelchair On The Way To Disney World
Alex Davies | Feb. 22, 2013 | www.businessinsider.com
After TSA agents stopped a wheelchair-bound three-year-old girl at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport earlier this month, the TSA felt prompted by media attention to clarify its side of the story.The parents of Lucy Forck, who has Spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, were furious after TSA agents stopped them on their way to Disney World on February 9.
When Annie Forck began recording the encounter, she was told doing so is illegal.
Nathan Forck rightly argued it is legal, and Annie continued recording. In the video, posted to YouTube, Lucy is crying because TSA agents took her stuffed animal away, to be screened.
Ultimately, Lucy was not subjected to a pat-down, and the TSA apologized for the incident.
In a post on its blog Thursday, the TSA offered a few explanations:
- Our officer did initially mention a pat-down. We admit this was confusing, and contributed to a stressful situation. Very quickly, a manager was able to step in and give guidance.
- Also, our officer told the passenger that it was illegal to film at the checkpoint. This is not the case, and you can take a look at our filming policy here.
- The child did not receive a pat-down. You can read our new procedures for children 12 and under here.
- Neither the child nor the parent was detained. TSA does not have the authority to detain passengers. Only Law Enforcement Officers can detain passengers.
- The child’s stuffed animal was not confiscated. It was screened and handed back to the child after being screened.All accessible property is screened prior to traveling to you departure gate. You may remember this stuffed animal from last year.
“This stuffed animal” refers to a case from May 11, 2012, when a disassembled gun and ammo were found in three stuffed animals at Providence TF Green Airport.
‘Super drunk’ woman flees officers to take Chihuahua home before going to jail
25 FebPETA must love this broad. I wonder if she was going to jail for drunk driving? Drunk people are so classy.
Random image from interweb
‘Super drunk’ Paw Paw woman flees officers to take Chihuahua home before going to jail, police say
By Nicholas Grenke | ngrenke@mlive.com on February 16, 2013 | http://www.mlive.com
A Paw Paw woman was arrested after she tried to flee from police on Red Arrow Highway while driving super drunk, a news release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s office said.
During the arrest, the woman told officers she was trying to get her Chihuahua home before she went to jail.
A Valentine for you
14 FebFound this while spelunking on the HDs. Enjoy, and have a happy day.
Image by Miss Fidget
Victoria’s Secret “consent” web site too good to be true
12 FebWhen I was sent a link to the fake site I fell for it and thought it was the best things since sliced bread. A wonderful fresh change for venerable VS? Nope. Dream on. But the site is still up and maybe, maybe pretty panties that say “ask first” will be sold soon.
Image from http://pinklovesconsent.com/pink/pink.victoriassecret.com/about_pink_nation.html
Image from http://pinklovesconsent.com/pink/pink.victoriassecret.com/about_pink_nation.html
Image from http://pinklovesconsent.com/pink/pink.victoriassecret.com/about_pink_nation.html
This Is What A Victoria’s Secret Sabotage Looks Like
Dec. 4, 2012 | http://www.businessinsider.com
Monday at noon, journalists and Victoria’s Secret social media fans were told that the lingerie line was promoting a new campaign: the “consent revolution” that ”promotes consent to fight rape in new panties.”
A new website featuring women with various body types (as opposed to the highly photoshopped norm) called Pink Loves Consent explained how although previous thongs read “No Peeking” and “Sure Thing,” new ones would say “No Means No” and “Ask First.”
Nevada town wants to dump “hamburger logo”
6 FebDoes this look like a hamburger to you? To me that is only the tip of the iceberg with why this logo sucks. A good logo is legible on a postage stamp as well as on the side of a bus. The useless details, the blends, the mushy colors all contribute to make this a useless ick of a logo.
Henderson, Nevada’s logo
Nev. manager wants to change city ‘hamburger’ logo
wpvi.com | 2013.01.15
The city manager in Henderson, Nev., says he wants to update the city’s logo after it was mistaken for a hamburger.
Jacob Snow tells a local newspaper that the logo is too detailed to reprint clearly on small items such as business cards. He also says he doesn’t like the image’s saguaro cactus, which is not native to the Mojave desert.
The circular logo was adopted in 1993 and features a mountain range, a lake, buildings and a golf course through the middle. City spokesman Bud Cranor says the more than 14 different colors on the image make it difficult to replicate.
Snow announced in August that he wanted to change the logo but says he wants to phase it out over time to keep costs down.
Priest given leave for “Non-Sexual Self Bondage”
3 FebFather Thomas Donovan of St. Aloyius. Image from http://andelino.files.wordpress.com
ICK with a capital I. First, the 911 call with the priest obviously gagged is hilarious and worth hearing. Second, the scenario that lead to the 911 call seems like the actions of a vengeful rent boy. To me a sex worker tying up the priest and then callously leaving him helpless and bound seems less loathsome and creepy than “Non-Sexual Self Bondage.” I think it an error to state he was not drunk or on drugs. To say the guy was loaded makes his actions wayyyy less creepy than the calculated lucid high weirdness he engaged in IN THE CHURCH.
The video is kind of tacky, rife w/ editorializing. Skip to 0:13.
Springfield Diocese: Priest Suffering from Non-Sexual Self Bondage
January 22, 2013 5:31 PM | http://stlouis.cbslocal.com
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KMOX) – The Catholic Bishop of the Springfield Diocese has issued an official explanation about a rather bizarre 9-1-1 call made by one of his parish priests.
The statement from Bishop Thomas Paprocki was distributed after all the Masses this past weekend at St. Aloysius Church in Springfield.
It said Father Thomas Donovan of St. Aloyius Parish in Springfield is suffering from a psychological condition called non-sexual self bondage. It’s a condition where a person deals with the extreme stress in their live through self bondage.
Giant art rubber duck on world tour
23 JanMany of the images shown are of the Duck in London when it forced the Tower Bridge to open. Now the piece is in Australia
Sydney Festival Draws Thousands of People | NewsLook
By: Madeleine Coorey | www.artdaily.org | Sunday, January 20, 2013
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s giant rubber duck brings 2013 Sydney festival to life
A gigantic, bright yellow rubber duck floated into Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Saturday as part of the Australian city’s annual arts festival, a celebration where high-art meets popular entertainment.
Each January hundreds of thousands of people attend theatre, music, dance, film, talks and other events for three weeks, often braving sweltering summer temperatures and thunderstorms for their dose of culture.
“Demntia Village” radical new approach to senior living
20 JanI love everything about this concept and it is one of those things that make me want to relocate to another country. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this concept spreads?
The village where people have dementia – and fun
27 August 2012 | guardian.co.uk
How is society to look after the ever-growing number of people with dementia? A curiously uplifting care home near Amsterdam may have the answers.
Jo Verhoeff twinkles; there’s no other word for it. She bounces from her sofa beaming, and takes your hand. Welcome, she says. It’s nice here; you’ll like it. The people are friendly and there’s so much to do: shopping, cooking, bingo, the classical music club.
So it’s a nice place to come and visit, once in a while. Jo comes quite often when she’s not at work; she’s a secretary in an office, you see, in Amsterdam. Lives with her parents in Diemen, not very far from the city. Her father’s a bookkeeper.
Except … wait. She has a husband, hasn’t she? And two children, still small. Darlings, both of them. How can that all work? Especially since – now she comes to think of it – she actually sleeps here, sometimes. Doesn’t she? She certainly eats meals here; very tasty.
But never mind. “You really must,” says Jo, pushing this unwanted rush of apparently irreconcilable realities firmly to one side, “come and meet my family. All of them. They would love it, I’m sure. If you like, one day next week you can come to my house and have coffee. Would you like that?”
Bigfoot hoax ends in tragedy
17 JanThis story had the perfect headline. Yes it is tragic, but what a way to go.
Bigfoot hoax ends badly: Montana jokester hit, killed by car
www.latimes.com | By Rene Lynch | August 28, 2012, 11:31 a.m.
A Montana man who was apparently trying to trigger a Bigfoot sighting by dressing up in a costume and darting out onto a dark stretch of highway was struck and killed by two passing cars, officials said.
Randy Lee Tenley, 44, of Kalispell, Mont., was apparently wearing a Ghillie suit at the time. That's a camouflage outfit -- sometimes used by military snipers or hunters -- designed to resemble dense, thick foliage.
"What we know so far is that we had a couple of guys out, allegedly trying to prompt a sighting of Bigfoot," Montana Highway Patrol Lt. Col. Butch Huseby told the Los Angeles Times. The officer added: "This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen. Really."