Temple Police Officer Kenneth Lee Sheka, 28, was attending a law enforcement convention.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Cage used to restrain boy with autism at school
A photo of a cage used to restrain a young boy with autism at a school
in Canberra, Australia, has become public, against the ACT (Australian
Capital Territory) Education Minister's wishes.
Constructed of blue metal pool fencing, the two-meter by two-meter cage
clearly has a roof and a rear door - which was able to be latched shut.
The cage was built by an external contractor with $5,195 of school
funds. It stood for 14 days at a school in Canberra's south before it
was ordered to be dismantled in March by the ACT Education and Training
Directorate.
On Tuesday ACT Education Minister Joy Burch called the cage "disgusting"
and said a government investigation had found the school's principal
was solely responsible for approving its construction.
The principal was stood down from her role and will not be able to teach in a government school again, however she will continue working for the Education and Training Directorate. Ms Burch criticized media organizations for publishing the photo of the cage. In a statement Ms Burch said she believed publishing the photo was heartbreaking for the boy's family and emotionally damaging for other parties involved. "I accept that the community rightly wanted answers as to how such a structure came to be," she said.
"Publishing this photo does not assist in getting to the truth or add any more insight as to why it was constructed." Parents had previously complained they were kept in the dark about the investigation into the cage and when it was going to be finalized. Ms Burch acknowledged that the time taken to complete the investigation had been extremely frustrating. "The length of time this has taken did not meet community expectations or my expectations as Minister," she said.
Man stabbed after finding wife naked in bed with father-in-law
Police in Oakland County, Michigan, say a man was stabbed by his
father-in-law after finding the 47-year-old naked in bed with his wife -
the man’s own daughter - and the older man is now behind bars.
The incident unfolded just after 3:30am on Saturday at a home in
Pontiac.
A 25-year-old man told police that he had arrived home and discovered
his wife and her father completely nude, laying together in bed. The man
woke up his father-in-law and got into an altercation that continued
outside of the home.
That’s when the older man, since identified by police as Henry Allen
Michael of Detroit, allegedly stabbed the younger man in the back with a
knife.
After the stabbing, Michael got into his son-in-law’s vehicle and fled
the scene.
Deputies were dispatched to McLaren Hospital after the man arrived with a non-life threatening stab wound that possibly perforated his right lung. After interviewing the victim, deputies located his wife. The 24-year-old woman told police that she and her father were out drinking and when she arrived back at the house, she passed out. She did not know what had happened until her husband woke her up, police said.
The woman told police she had reason to believe that she was sexually assaulted and was examined by hospital staff. She was transported to the Haven START Program for further examination before being taken to a relative’s home. Michael, who was staying at the couple’s home after being released from prison, was later arrested and is lodged at the Oakland County Jail on pending charges. An investigation is ongoing.
Deputies were dispatched to McLaren Hospital after the man arrived with a non-life threatening stab wound that possibly perforated his right lung. After interviewing the victim, deputies located his wife. The 24-year-old woman told police that she and her father were out drinking and when she arrived back at the house, she passed out. She did not know what had happened until her husband woke her up, police said.
The woman told police she had reason to believe that she was sexually assaulted and was examined by hospital staff. She was transported to the Haven START Program for further examination before being taken to a relative’s home. Michael, who was staying at the couple’s home after being released from prison, was later arrested and is lodged at the Oakland County Jail on pending charges. An investigation is ongoing.
El Niño
The Last Surviving 9/11 Rescue Dog Returns to New York
In September of 2001, Denise Corliss of Texas Task Force 1
and her trained search and rescue dog Bretagne answered the call to
come to New York City and search the ruins of the World Trade Center,
first for survivors, then for bodies. Bretagne later helped in the aftermath
of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ivan, and retired at age nine. The
golden retriever still volunteers for light duty at an elementary
school.Fourteen years later, Bretagne is the last known living of the hundreds of service dogs who worked the site. BarkPost and 1 Hotels teamed up to bring Bretagne and Denise back to New York for the dog’s 16th birthday celebration! Other sponsors joined in to make the trip special. Bretagne rode around in a limousine, frolicked at the park, and enjoyed a birthday party with cake and gifts. That’s a good dog.
Clever Monkey Learns How to Use Tools ... To Pick Her Nose
This is an adult female bearded capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus)--an animal clearly ready to challenge humanity for dominance. With their advanced nose picking technology, the capuchins are already the equal of humans, if not our superiors. Science News reports on this startling finding from Brazil:
For about five minutes, an adult female bearded capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) in northeastern Brazil repeatedly inserted a twig or stem into its nostril, usually inducing a sneeze. The monkey also rubbed sticks back and forth against the base of its teeth, probably to dislodge debris, Haslam and Oxford colleague Tiago Falótico report in the July Primates. After picking its nose or teeth, the monkey often licked the tool tip, perhaps to wipe the stick clean.
Animal News
Affectionately named Pinky, the blush-colored creature was first spotted in 2007 in Louisiana.
The longest running coastal shark research survey along the
East Coast completes its field work and shows increasing numbers.
A species of remarkably faithful penguins may have found the
secret to monogamy -- plenty of time spent very far apart.
Sperm whales create social cliques based on a shared dialect
of vocal clicks, evidence that humans are not alone in having culture.
The two-inch spider is believed to be from the Hadronyche genus, which typically lives in trees.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
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| 1515 | King Francis of France defeats the Swiss army under Cardinal Matthias Schiner at Marignano, northern Italy. | |
| 1549 | Pope Paul III closes the first session of the Council of Bologna. | |
| 1564 | On the verge of attacking Pedro Menendez’s Spanish settlement at San Agostin, Florida, Jean Ribault’s French fleet is scattered by a devastating storm. | |
| 1759 | British troops defeat the French on the plains of Abraham, in Quebec. | |
| 1774 | Tugot, the new controller of finances, urges the king of France to restore the free circulation of grain in the kingdom. | |
| 1782 | The British fortress at Gibraltar comes under attack by French and Spanish forces. | |
| 1788 | The Constitutional Convention authorizes the first federal election resolving that electors in all the states will be appointed on January 7, 1789. | |
| 1789 | Guardsmen in Orleans, France, open fire on rioters trying to loot bakeries, killing 90. | |
| 1846 | General Winfield Scott takes Chapultepec, removing the last obstacle to U.S. troops moving on Mexico City. | |
| 1862 | Union troops in Frederick, Maryland, discover General Robert E. Lee’s attack plans for the invasion of Maryland wrapped around a pack of cigars. They give the plans to General George B. McClellan who sends the Army of the Potomac to confront Lee but only after a delay of more than half a day. | |
| 1863 | The Loudoun County Rangers rout a company of Confederate cavalry at Catoctin Mountain in Virginia. | |
| 1905 | U.S. warships head to Nicaragua on behalf of American William Albers, who was accused of evading tobacco taxes. | |
| 1918 | U.S. and French forces take St. Mihiel, France in America’s first action as a standing army. | |
| 1945 | Iran demands the withdrawal of Allied forces. | |
| 1951 | In Korea, U.S. Army troops begin their assault in Heartbreak Ridge. The month-long struggle will cost 3,700 casualties. | |
| 1961 | An unmanned Mercury capsule is orbited and recovered by NASA in a test. | |
| 1976 | The United States announces it will veto Vietnam’s UN bid. | |
| 1988 | Hurricane Gilbert becomes the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, based on barometric pressure. Hurricane Wilma will break that record in 2005. | |
| 1993 | The Oslo Accords, granting limited Palestinian autonomy, are signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House. | |
| 2007 | UN adopts non-binding Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. | |
| 2008 | Five synchronized bomb blasts occur in crowded locations of Delhi, India, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 100; four other bombs are defused. | |
| 2008 | Hurricane Ike makes landfall in Texas; it had already been the most costly storm in Cuba’s history and becomes the third costliest in the US. |
Patriots Accused Of Institutional Cheating In ESPN Story
During
games, Adams sat in the coaches' box, with binoculars and notes of
decoded signals, wearing a headset with a direct audio line to
Belichick.
Science Confirms That EVERY Weekend Should Be A 3-Day Weekend
by Samantha Maffucci
Does that mean I can take off every Monday?
Now
that Labor Day has come and gone, I'm sure you're finding yourself
yearning for another coveted three-day weekend. Since these weekends
only come a few times a year, they're basically a saving grace for those
of us who work over 8 hours a day, and have to answer an endless stream
of emails.
And now, science has confirmed that three-day
weekends should happen EVERY weekend, as they actually improve work
ethic, efficiency, and generally make you a better person (probably).
How exactly would three-day weekends benefit you (aside from the additional sleep and extra time for shenanigans)?
1. You'll improve your health.
One meta-analysis of multiple studies, published in The Lancet,
looked at the link between heart disease and being overworked in
600,000+ Americans, Europeans, and Australians, both men and women.
Researchers discovered that employees who work more than 55 hours per
week were 33 percent more likely to have a strong risk of stroke than
those who worked less than 40 hours per week.
Not only that, but the overworked employees were 13 percent more likely to develop heart disease. Another meta-analysis found that labor workers in particular had a 30 percent increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
2. You'll be less of an asshole.
Another study
published on sleep deprivation found that people are more likely to
misread and confuse other people's emotions, even the most obvious ones
(like feeling happy or sad). Overtired people also start more fights in their relationships than those who get enough rest.
Instead of taking out your aggression on your partner because you're not sleeping enough, why not take Monday off?
3. You'll be more effective at your job.
A survey
conducted by Harvard Business School researchers put this notion to the
test. In an experiment, researchers had employees from a consulting
firm take a day off in the middle of the workweek. This experiment
continued for five whole months, after which the firm's clients reported
an improvement in service from those employees who took time off.
Obviously, having a three-day weekend every weekend isn't
probable for most jobs. But it's nice to think that maybe, just maybe,
in the near-distant future, we can all have a blissful 4-day work week.
Climate change denier Rupert Murdoch just bought National Geographic, which gives grants to scientists
Rupert Murdoch, the new boss of National Geographic.
The
National Geographic magazine has been a nonprofit publication since
inception in 1888, but that has ended. The long-running American
publication becomes very much for-profit under a $725 million dollar
deal announced with 21st Century Fox, the entertainment company
controlled by the family of Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch is a notorious climate change denier, and his family's Fox media empire is the world's primary source of global warming misinformation. Which would be no big deal here, I guess, were it not for the fact that the National Geographic Society's mission includes giving grants to scientists.
Or had you forgotten? Here's a refresh for you, a fun little interview with Murdoch on his climate change views.
Deal coverage in WaPo:
The partnership, which will also include the National Geographic cable channel and the National Geographic Society’s other media assets, will be called National Geographic Partners. Fox will own 73 percent of the partnership, and Washington-based National Geographic Society will own the balance. Fox will pay $725 million to the Society for its stake in the partnership. This will push the Society’s endowment to more than $1 billion.Let the “National Geographic Covers Designed by Rupert Murdoch” Photoshop Wars begin.
More coverage: New York Times, Variety.
20-year Nat Geo vet Declan Moore becomes CEO. Gary Knell, president-CEO of the Society, will serve as the first chairman. Buried in the press announcement:
“The value generated by this transaction, including the consistent and attractive revenue stream that National Geographic Partners will deliver, ensures that we will have greater resources for this work, which includes our grant making programs that support scientists and explorers around the world,” Knell said. “As media organizations work to meet the increasing demand for high quality storytelling across multiple platforms, it’s clear that the opportunity to grow by more closely aligning our branded content and licensing assets is the right path. We now will have the scale and reach to continue to fulfill our mission long into the future. The Society’s work will be the engine that feeds our content creation efforts, enabling us to share that work with even larger audiences and achieve more impact. It’s a virtuous cycle.”So Rupert Murdoch will be to some large extent controlling a $1 billion organization whose stated mission includes giving grants to scientists.
Rupert Murdoch is a raging asshole, but he is also a very much on-the-record climate change denier. A climate change denier with now even more power and influence over science grants in the United States.
If Insurance Companies Were Honest
Krampus is Coming
Weatherman Nails the Longest Place Name in Europe
The
people of Britain need to know the weather they're facing when going
out in the morning. If you live in the town
of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in
northwestern Wales, then you'll have sunshine and warm temperatures.
At 58 characters long, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest place name in all of Europe. Can you pronounce it? Liam Dutton, a weatherman with Channel 4 News, can. Watch it pour off his tongue with ease in this weather report. Dutton told the Daily Mail that he even pronounced it correctly on the first try.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch might be easy for Dutton. Perhaps he should next try the longest place name in the entire world: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand. That's 85 characters long.
At 58 characters long, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest place name in all of Europe. Can you pronounce it? Liam Dutton, a weatherman with Channel 4 News, can. Watch it pour off his tongue with ease in this weather report. Dutton told the Daily Mail that he even pronounced it correctly on the first try.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch might be easy for Dutton. Perhaps he should next try the longest place name in the entire world: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand. That's 85 characters long.
Galactic Trash: These Unofficial Star Wars Products Are So Wrong
Some
superfans will buy practically anything related to their franchise.
"Practically" is the key word there. For in a galaxy far, far away from
the right far, far away galaxy exists a galaxy that is Very Wrong. That
is apparently where these unofficial Star Wars items are designed. And, naturally, there's a Tumblr for that.Visit the Galactic Trash tumblr to see this charming and well-conceived collection. Talk about being proud to display items on your collectibles shelf!
Kentucky couple says Kim Davis ‘tainted’ their wedding
Arizona Authorities On The Lookout For Highway Serial Sniper, Possible Nine Shootings In 10 Days
Director of Arizona’s Department of Public Safety, Colonel Frank Milstead, is calling the shooter a “domestic terrorist.”
Houston cops shoot unarmed black patient in hospital — and then charge him with assault
Alan Pean is a 26-year-old biology student
with no criminal record and history of violence. But on August 27th, he
was shot in the chest by an off-duty Houston police officer.
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