Archive | October, 2010

Teen says pierced nose part of her faith

31 Oct

Sounds like a religion to me, I mean c’mon, why not? I’d imagine Halloween would be a big holiday for this gal’s faith.

Ariana Lacono, 14, poses for a photograph in Clayton, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Iacono was suspended from her high school when she refused to remove the small piercing stud in her nose. She and her mother belong to the Church of Body Modification, which calls itself a non-theistic religion in which members express their faith through tattoos, piercings and the like. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

NC teen says pierced nose is part of her faith
September 10, 2010  |  uscobm.com and WTVD-TV

CLAYTON, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina school is disputing a student’s claim that body piercings are next to godliness.

WTVD reported Friday that Clayton High School has suspended freshman Ariana Iacono (eye-uh-KOHN’-oh) for wearing a stud in her nose, which is against school policy.

But Iacono says it’s how she practices her faith.

Iacono and her mother are members of a small group called the Church of Body Modification.

Church minister Richard Ivey says its members believe that changes to the body can bring about inner harmony.

School officials declined to discuss the case.

The Iaconos say they’ve contacted the American Civil Liberties Union for help.

Grandma’s lost ring found in garden

30 Oct

Imagine the odds of finding the ring in all that dirt?

Random image of a garden tiller, the implement that accidentally found the missing ring.

No metal detector needed, grandson recovers lost ring eight years later
October 12, 2010  |  www.greatfallstribune.com

SHELBY — Norma Welker’s wedding ring wasn’t anything fancy, but it always brought joy to her heart.

Though it reminds the Shelby woman of her deceased husband, these days it also makes her appreciate her grandson Nick Welker.

Eight years ago, Welker took off her wedding ring while she was arranging flowers cut from her extensive backyard garden.

A phone call distracted her as she tidied up the kitchen counter. It wasn’t until after the city garbage collectors had carted her trash to the dump that she realized her ring was missing.

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Bulgarian Blonde Festival

29 Oct

It would be highly offensive to use a blonde joke right here, right now. It would be equally callous to make a Bulgairan joke here, too.

Bulgarian Blondes on parade.

Blondes take part in a parade through the streets of the Bulgarian capital Sofia as part of a Blonde festival on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, celebrating fair haired people. (IMAGE AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Sofia Highlights Importance of Being Blonde
20 Oct 2010  |  www.balkaninsight.com  |  By Boryana Dzhambazova

Bulgarian capital plays host to first world congress of blondes – brainchild of a Russian who says being blonde is not so much a hair colour as ‘a state of mind’.

Bulgaria’s capital will be flooded with hordes of blondes this week, dressed in all shades of pink, carrying matching balloons, hats and flags, also all pink, of course.

The Parade of Blondes on October 23, which will welcome both local and international guests form ten countries, is part of the Congress of the Blondes taking place in Sofia from October 21 – 24.

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Halloween decorations a little TOO real

28 Oct

Ha ha ha.

Bloody decorations seem popular this time of year.

Halloween decorations too realistic
By The Canadian Press | ca.news.yahoo.com | Oct 21, 2010

BARRIE, Ont. – Police say the house looked like the scene a heinous crime.

A passerby called police in Barrie, Ont., to report seeing blood spattered all over the front of the residence.

Officers arriving on the scene on Thursday found blood splatter and bloody hand prints leading into the house.

But police say a talk with the residents revealed they were simply enjoying the season and had decorated their house for Halloween.

Man arrested after “goofy” baggage carousel ride

27 Oct

Oh this is so sad. One of the few comforts and laughs  a  weary traveler has is the thought of going for a ride on the luggage go round. Seriously, why the hell did they name it the baggage carousel if people aren’t allowed to ride it?

Mr Bromleo now calls his fun carousel ride "boneheaded."

Random baggage carousel image.

Alpharetta man regrets ‘boneheaded’ baggage carousel ride
By Larry Hartstein | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Friday, October 15, 2010

A 40-year-old Alpharetta man who hopped on a moving luggage carousel at Miami International Airport and rode it into a secure area told the AJC on Friday that “it was just a dumb, boneheaded play.”

Now Bradley Ray Bromelow is facing a trespassing charge and possible civil penalties from the Transportation Security Administration.

Bromelow caused a stir in the baggage claim area of Concourse J when he got on the carousel about 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Miami-Dade Police arrest report, obtained by WSVN-TV, stated:

“Bradley Ray Bromelow layed down on carousel belt #5 … moving passenger luggage for arriving passengers. Bromelow proceeded on belt through open doorway to the airport operating area, while filming passengers watching him. Bromelow … admitted trespassing into the airport operating area while ‘showing off’ in front of his friend.”

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Crocodile on plane kills 19

26 Oct

Smuggling is always bad, though not often this tragic.


VIDEO: Croc caused plane crash, says survivor

Crocodile on plane kills 19 passengers
www.news.com.au  | by Staff Writers  |  news.com.au  |  October 22, 2010

•    Crocodile escapes from carrier bag
•    Creature causes on board stampede
•    Plane tips, then crashed into house
•    All the latest travel news
A STOWAWAY crocodile on a flight escaped from its carrier bag and sparked an onboard stampede that caused the flight to crash, killing 19 passengers and crew.

The croc had been hidden in a passenger’s sports bag – allegedly with plans to sell it – but it tore loose and ran amok, sparking panic.
A stampede of terrified passengers caused the small aircraft to lose balance and tip over in mid-air during an internal flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The unbalanced load caused the aircraft, on a routine flight from the capital, Kinshasa, to the regional airport at Bandundu, to go into a spin and crash into a house.

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Joyriding child leads Marion police on chase, again

25 Oct

Oh dear. He’s actually stolen 3 cars total in his short career as a thief/joyrider.

I predict a conference room full of adults convening shortly to ask him “why are you bad?” The video footage is interesting in that at one point it seems the Marion Police Department is located in a Pepsi plant. Surely just a camera angle, maybe?

The second vehicle the 11 year old boy stole was in Richard's Restaurant parking lot on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Imaghe SCNOW

This video is from Monday when the boy allegedly stole a fire department truck and led police on a chase through Marion, SC.

Joyriding boy leads Marion police on chase, again
By Amy Vitrano  |  scnow.com  |  October 20, 2010

MARION—An 11 year old Marion boy is spending Wednesday night at the Department of Juvenile Justice for stealing two cars in one week.

These incidents were not the young man’s first. Marion Police Investigator Lt. Farmer Blue said there is a report of when the boy stole his sister’s car a few months ago.

The thefts that happened this week were a result of owners’ of the vehicles leaving the automobiles unlocked with the keys inside.

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Benoît B Mandelbrot RIP

24 Oct

Thanks you for your contributions,  Mr Mandelbrot. You’ve left the world a better place than you found it. You’ve also greatly improved the options one has for dorm room posters.

“He Gave Us Order Out of Chaos” — R.I.P. Benoît Mandelbrot, 1924-2010

www.wired.com  |  By Matt Blum Email Author | October 16, 2010

There is sad news this morning.

It has yet to be confirmed by the mainstream media, but it seems that Benoît Mandelbrot, the father of fractal geometry and one of the most famous mathematicians of all time, has passed away about a month shy of his 86th birthday. EDIT: The New York Times has confirmed the news.

I had the rare and amazing privilege of hearing Mandelbrot speak when he came to visit my high school about 20 years ago. Even at my science-and-technology high school, most of the students didn’t know much about Mandelbrot, but I’d been fascinated by fractals for years and had brought a copy of his seminal work The Fractal Geometry of Nature for him to autograph, and we chatted for a few minutes. I was a bit starstruck — I was 16 or 17 at the time — but I recall that he asked me what kind of fractal-related work I’d done, and showed genuine interest when I told him that I’d played around a lot with the Mandelbrot Set and some variations on the Sierpinski Gasket. In retrospect, I realize this could not possibly have been of much interest to him, but he took a few minutes to make me feel like an intelligent human being because a mathematical genius wanted to hear about what I was working on.

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177 pounds of pot taken during I-77 traffic stop

23 Oct

Wow, I had no idea the 2006 Impala had such a large trunk. Apparently 7 was not a lucky number for Mr Allison.

Courtesy of Richard Smith - - Deputies found 177.6 pounds of marijuana packaged in seven bales in the trunk of a Chevrolet Impala.

Mr. Tedric Allison

Over 170 pounds of pot taken during I-77 traffic stop
Submitted by Cameron Easley | Friday, October 1st 2010 | lancaster-chester.wbtv.com

CHESTER COUNTY – Law enforcement officials recovered almost 180 pounds of marijuana from a traffic stop on I-77 in Chester County on Wednesday.

According to the Chester County Sheriff’s Office, officers stopped a motorist driving a 2006 Chevrolet Impala near mile marker 55 and found 7 bales of packaged marijuana in the trunk.

The marijuana weighed in at about 177 pounds. Officers also seized $274 in cash.

The driver, Tedric Brent Allison, 29, of Johnsonville, SC, has been charged with trafficking marijuana.

Officials from the York County Sheriff’s Offices, South Carolina Highway Patrol, State Law Enforcement Division, National Guard, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Richburg Fire Department assisted with this investigation.

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Cardiff “Kook” a magent for pranksters

22 Oct

Cardiff by the Sea in California has a life size statue of a surfer commonly referred to the as the Cardiff “Kook.” The Kook is a magnet for pranksters. Probably because the sculpture the city commissioned has a light hearted, fey turn to it’s wrists. It’s torsion is more apropos to a dancer than a wave rider don’t you think?

Coming to this site soon, amazing prank where the “Kook” is swallowed by a shark.

I want a “Kook” in my neighborhood, don’t you?

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“Extinct” plant found in Hawaii

21 Oct

Stories like this are always wonderful in a small way.

This is a flower of the clermontia, clermontia peleana, plant. Photo By: Rob Shallenberger

A plant earlier thought extinct, clermontia, is found growing on an ohia tree on the Big Island. Photo By: Rob Shallenberger

Plant Thought Extinct Found On Big Island
Clermontia Last Seen On Maui In 1920
September 1, 2010  | KITV.com

HONOLULU — A Hawaiian plant species thought to be extinct for decades has been found on the Big Island.

The Nature Conservancy and Parker Ranch announced on Wednesday that staff discovered the Clermontia peleana singuliflora plant earlier this summer in a rainforest on the slopes of Mauna Kea volcano.

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Drunk man planned kitten dinner

20 Oct

A two kitten dinner, yum! I like how he had planned to eat both light and dark meat.

Click here to read about a lady with a freezer full of kittens and a gun.

Francis McGinley

Nirvana and Karma were almost dinner

Chester resident arrested for allegedly harming kittens
Tuesday, October 19, 2010  |  By CINDY SCHARR  |  cscharr@delcotimes.com

CHESTER — The two tiny kittens were no match for the drunk who abused them so badly it made three grown women cry, according to police.

Francis McGinley, 44, who according to court records has a lengthy history of drunken escapades, allegedly told his roommates he ran the 4-week-old kittens over with his truck and was going to eat them for dinner.

The three women saved the kittens’ lives by calling for help as an intoxicated McGinley sat in the bathroom talking to himself, police said.

Nirvana, a black male, and Karma, his white sister, are being treated for their injuries at the Delaware County SPCA after being rushed to an emergency veterinary hospital Sunday night. Karma, according to authorities, was near death.

Sgt. Charles Fell and officers William Dowd and David DeFrank responded to a call for a suspicious condition at the apartment McGinley shares with three women in the 200 block of Edwards Street around 8:30 p.m.

When they arrived, Bridget Spicer, Holly Faulkner and Francela Jackson were outside crying; one of the women nearly vomited, police said. Spicer told police the kittens were in the bathtub and McGinley was in the bathroom talking to himself.

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