Friday, October 23, 2015
Territorial elephants charged at motorcyclist as he prayed for safety
A motorcyclist in central Thailand got the shock of his life when he disturbed a group of territorial elephants.
The man quickly disembarked the bike as he rode up the road in Khao Yai National Park.
He then clambered nervously behind the bike for protection as he put his hand up to one of the elephants.
The man then prayed as the elephant backed away.
More of the herd including another adult and two baby elephants then joined in to see what was going on.
The man seems to have had a very lucky escape.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
The Daily Drift
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AustraliaToday in History
| 741 | Charles Martel of Gaul dies at Quiezy. His mayoral power is divided between his two sons, Pepin III and Carloman. | |
| 1746 | Princeton University, in New Jersey, receives its charter. | |
| 1797 | The first successful parachute descent is made by Andre-Jacqes Garnerin, who jumps from a balloon at some 2,200 feet over Paris. | |
| 1824 | The Tennessee Legislature adjourns ending David "Davy" Crockett’s state political career. | |
| 1836 | Sam Houston sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas. | |
| 1862 | Union troops push 5,000 confederates out of Maysbille, Ark., at the Second Battle of Pea Ridge. | |
| 1859 | Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco. | |
| 1907 | Ringling Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey. | |
| 1914 | U.S. places economic support behind Allies. | |
| 1918 | The cities of Baltimore and Washington run out of coffins during the "Spanish Inflenza" epidemic. | |
| 1938 | Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell the machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies. | |
| 1954 | As a result of the Geneva accords granting Communist control over North Vietnam, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes a crash program to train the South Vietnamese Army. | |
| 1955 | The prototype of the F-105 Thunder Chief makes its maiden flight. | |
| 1962 | U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. President Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade on further shipment of military equipment to Cuba. Following a confrontation that threatens nuclear war, Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on October 28 on a formula to end the crisis. On November 2 Kennedy reports that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled. | |
| 1964 | Jean Paul Satre declines the Nobel Prize for Literature. | |
| 1966 | The Soviet Union launches Luna 12 for orbit around the moon | |
| 1972 | Operation Linebacker I, the bombing of North Vietnam with B-52 bombers, ends. | |
| 1978 | Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla. The Polish-born Wojtyla was the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI died in 1523; he would become the second-longest serving pope in the history of the Papacy and exercise considerable influence on events of the later portion of the 20th century. | |
| 1981 | The US Federal Labor Relations authority decertified the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) from representing federal air traffic controllers, as a result of a PATCO strike in August that was broken by the Reagan Administration. | |
| 1999 | Maurice Papon, formerly an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity for his role in deporting more than 1,600 Jews to concentration camps. | |
| 2005 | Tropical Storm Alpha forms, making 2005 the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. |
Thomas Jefferson’s Hidden Chemistry Lab Discovered
"I was laying on my back looking up inside this little space. I saw that there was a piece of cut stone which is very unusual to have in this location. You could see that there was a square cut in the stone and that there was a finished space around that with plaster and painted walls," Scheidt said.The lab was bricked up in the 1850s, and then forgotten until now. There were few academic chemistry labs in existence in the 19th century, and even fewer of them survive today. Read the history and description of the lab, and see pictures, at UVA’s website.
Upon further investigation, he realized he uncovered a piece of history. A chemistry lab designed by Thomas Jefferson and built in the early 1820s, toward the end of the Rotunda's construction.
Tennessee baptists would rather abolish cult than have a female pastor
Creepy Clowns Cavorting
Recent reports from Britain claim that scary clowns are
stalking children. And not for the first time.
A Cult Exposed
As Mexico’s Nezahualcoyotl reservoir succumbs to drought, its
receding waters have revealed a haunting relic from the past.
Attractive Genes
We might like to think we're in control of who we fall in
love with, but our genes have already made the choice for us.
The Most Windswept Spots on Earth
Here are some places where you'll want to hold onto your hat for dear life.
Fracking Chemicals Causing Male Sterility
Here's a story that will make men who want to be grandfathers a bit nervous.
Photo of Iceberg That Sank Titanic
The photo comes with first-hand testimony describing red paint from the Titanic seen on the iceberg.
Moth Name
The white winged insect awaits the end of an Ebay auction to learn what it will be called.
Dining on Plastic
Will we one day be feeding our plastic bags and styrofoam
coffee cups to worms? Some new studies out there show that certain
creepy crawlies can eat some of the substances whose landfill lifespan
makes us cranky.
From The Shark Files
The mega shark lived 300 million years ago and would have made today's great whites look like shrimps.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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Australia - PhilippinesToday in History
| 1096 | Seljuk Turks at Chivitot slaughter thousands of German crusaders. | |
| 1529 | The Pope names Henry VIII of England Defender of the Faith after defending the seven sacraments against Luther. | |
| 1600 | Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats his enemies in battle and affirms his position as Japan’s most powerful warlord. | |
| 1790 | The Tricolor is chosen as the official flag of France. | |
| 1805 | Vice Admiral and Viscount Horatio Nelson wins his greatest victory over a Franco-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. Nelson is fatally wounded in the battle, but lives long enough to see victory. | |
| 1837 | Under a flag of truce during peace talks, U.S. troops siege the Indian Seminole Chief Osceola in Florida. | |
| 1861 | The Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Va. begins, a disastrous Union defeat which sparks Congressional investigations. | |
| 1867 | Many leaders of the Kiowa, Comanche and Kiowa-Apache sign a peace treaty at Medicine Lodge, Kan. Comanche Chief Quanah Parker refused to accept the treaty terms. | |
| 1872 | The U.S. Naval Academy admits John H. Conyers, the first African American to be accepted. | |
| 1879 | After 14 months of testing, Thomas Edison first demonstrates his electric lamp, hoping to one day compete with gaslight. | |
| 1904 | Panamanians clash with U.S. Marines in Panama in a brief uprising. | |
| 1917 | The first U.S. troops enter the front lines at Sommerviller under French command. | |
| 1939 | As war heats up with Germany, the British war cabinet holds its first meeting in the underground war room in London. | |
| 1940 | Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. | |
| 1942 | Eight American and British officers land from a submarine on an Algerian beach to take measure of Vichy French to the Operation Torch landings. | |
| 1950 | North Korean Premier Kim Il-Sung establishes a new capital at Sinuiju on the Yalu River opposite the Chinese City of Antung. | |
| 1959 | The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in Manhattan. | |
| 1961 | Bob Dylan records his first album in a single day at a cost of $400. | |
| 1967 | The "March on the Pentagon," protesting American involvement in Vietnam , draws 50,000 protesters. | |
| 1969 | Israel’s Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan resigns over disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policies related to the Palestinians. | |
| 1983 | The United States sends a ten-ship task force to Grenada. | |
| 1994 | North Korea and the US sign an agreement requiring North Korea to halts its nuclear weapons program and agree to international inspections. |
Why The Florida School That Sent 6-Year-Old Home In Soiled Clothes Isn’t The Only Wrong One
She has a medical condition, wasn’t allowed to use the bathroom, soiled her clothes, and was sent home without pants. WTF?Teenager fighting for life in hospital after 'Eraser Challenge' game
A 13-year-old student from Chico Junior High in California is fighting
for his life after participating in the “Eraser Challenge,” a game that
has become popular with teenagers across the US.
The game is a dare in which students take an eraser and rub it back and
forth across their arm while reciting the alphabet and coming up with a
word for each letter. Once they reach the letter Z they stop and compare
their burns with their friend’s eraser burns.
The teenager had played the eraser challenge at school last Tuesday and is now fighting for his life at Sutter Women's and Children Center in Sacramento. According to a one of the student's relatives, he contracted Strep A Toxic Shock, likely from the germs on the dirty eraser he rubbed against his arm.
He was taken to Enloe Medical Center where doctors found he was unable to maintain oxygen or proper blood pressure, so they placed him into a coma and had him flown to Sacramento for more advanced treatment. Relatives say he is still in critical condition, but is improving. Family members are asking parents to use his situation as a reason to talk with their children about the dangers of the “Eraser Challenge.” Chico Junior High did not send a notice to parents about the incident, or the game, but say administrators spoke with each student involved.
The teenager had played the eraser challenge at school last Tuesday and is now fighting for his life at Sutter Women's and Children Center in Sacramento. According to a one of the student's relatives, he contracted Strep A Toxic Shock, likely from the germs on the dirty eraser he rubbed against his arm.
He was taken to Enloe Medical Center where doctors found he was unable to maintain oxygen or proper blood pressure, so they placed him into a coma and had him flown to Sacramento for more advanced treatment. Relatives say he is still in critical condition, but is improving. Family members are asking parents to use his situation as a reason to talk with their children about the dangers of the “Eraser Challenge.” Chico Junior High did not send a notice to parents about the incident, or the game, but say administrators spoke with each student involved.
The 1% Is Outraged At This Simple Check On Affluenza: The $108,000 Speeding Ticket
It’s time we got rid of our ridiculously unconstitutional two-tiered
justice system; one for the rich that treats them with kid’s gloves and
the real one for the rest of us.
Farmers in Uzbekistan were told to glue cotton back on to bushes for official visit
Ahead of the expected visit by the prime minister, Shavkat Mirziyaev, at
the end of September, some 400 men and women in the village of
Shaharteppa in Ferghana province were reportedly pressed into service
along the main road where the official convoy was expected to pass.
“Some of them were applying glue inside the bolls and others were putting cotton on the bolls, while another group was attaching cotton capsules onto stalks in the front rows of the cotton field,” a resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. “When I asked them why they were gluing cotton, they told me, ‘Apparently the prime minister is coming and we’re told everything should look good here,’” the resident said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of others swept the area along the main road to keep
it clean for the prime minister.
A farmer appeared to confirm the claim. “People were put through so much
trouble,” he said. “More than 500 people had to leave their work and
come and glue cotton here. They said it was being done at the provincial
governor’s order.”
Fearing reprisals from the authorities, the farmer did not want to give
his name.
Yet it seems they had labored in vain as the prime minister changed his
route at the last minute and didn't pass by the village after all.
“Some of them were applying glue inside the bolls and others were putting cotton on the bolls, while another group was attaching cotton capsules onto stalks in the front rows of the cotton field,” a resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. “When I asked them why they were gluing cotton, they told me, ‘Apparently the prime minister is coming and we’re told everything should look good here,’” the resident said.
Police hunt for thief caught on CCTV stealing knickers and bras from charity display
Police in Lancashire are on the hunt for an underwear thief who stole a charity display of pink bras and knickers.
The hooded culprit was caught on CCTV shimmying up a pole to reach the washing line of lingerie at the Pristine Car Wash in Penwortham, Preston, which had been put up in aid of "Paint Penwortham Pink" to highlight Breast Cancer Now.
When Pristine Car Wash owner Louise Pratt, 35, arrived at work last Friday, she was shocked when she saw the display had vanished. She checked the CCTV and spotted the thief at 2.24am brazenly leap over a gate to get into the premises before scaling a pole to steal the undergarments. Miss Pratt said she wanted the offender publicly exposed for stealing from a charitable cause.
"It really is crazy. He came on the premises and didn't even look
around. As you can see it would take some skill to freestyle up a tall
pole. It's quite a tall structure. He was on a mission to get it.
I don't think he was drunk because he wouldn't have been able to climb
it," she said.
The missing underwear is yet to be found but a replacement display has
since been put up.
Man wearing stolen chef’s apron demanded to be let into police station before removing pants
A 25-year-old man wearing an allegedly stolen chef’s apron demanded to
be let into the Springfield Police Station in Oregon early on Wednesday
morning, only to take off his pants once inside, according to police.
Travis Jeffrey Hodges of Springfield arrived at the station just after
3am, pulling at the locked doors and slamming a public phone before
officers arrived to see what was going on, police said.
Meanwhile, police responded to an alarm at the Sprout! Regional Food Hub, located across the street from the police station. The nonprofit group’s glass door was shattered, and police said several similar chef’s aprons were inside.
Police believe Hodges broke into the Sprout! facility, stole the apron and then walked directly to the police station. He was found pantless but still wearing the apron. He was arrested on charges of third-degree theft, second-degree criminal trespass and third-degree criminal mischief. He was taken to the Springfield Municipal Jail. Hodges allegedly admitted to using methamphetamine, police said.
Meanwhile, police responded to an alarm at the Sprout! Regional Food Hub, located across the street from the police station. The nonprofit group’s glass door was shattered, and police said several similar chef’s aprons were inside.
Police believe Hodges broke into the Sprout! facility, stole the apron and then walked directly to the police station. He was found pantless but still wearing the apron. He was arrested on charges of third-degree theft, second-degree criminal trespass and third-degree criminal mischief. He was taken to the Springfield Municipal Jail. Hodges allegedly admitted to using methamphetamine, police said.
Wife in love triangle recruited daughter and boyfriend to help kill her husband and lover
Like something out of a soap opera, a twisted love affair has turned
into double murder in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Three people are charged with the crime, including two teenagers.
Family members say it’s been an extremely difficult time. They’re trying
to wrap their heads around what was staged as a murder-suicide, but is
really a love triangle gone wrong.
Ann Marie Anastasi, 42, her 13-year-old daughter, and the girl’s
18-year-old boyfriend, Gabriel Struss have been arrested in connection
with the double murder.
Last Monday, police found 40-year-old Anthony Anastasi Jr. gunned down
in his home in the quiet Lothian community and 25-year-old Jacqueline
Riggers stabbed to death.
“Once our homicide detectives were on scene, they immediately knew
something was off, something wasn’t right,” said Anne Arundel County
police said.
Investigators say Anastasi Jr., his wife, Ann Marie, and Jacqueline all lived in the house together. Charging documents show the three, historically, were all sexual partners. Documents add the husband and wife’s marriage was fraught with conflict and domestic abuse and that Anastasi Jr. and Riggs were still in a relationship, but he and his wife were not. Ann Anastasi told police her husband committed suicide, but a gun near his body didn’t match evidence on scene.
“Mrs. Anastasi provided the initial false report,” said Wes Adams, Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney.
Police say Mrs. Anastasi and her daughter plotted the killing and had the teen’s boyfriend carry it out.
“He’s never done nothing, as I know of. Never. He’s been manipulated into doing this,” said Struss’ grandfather.
Struss’ family is now speaking out.
“I know he hung out with that girl a couple of times. He’s a teenager. He did what kids do,” his brother said.
All three suspects are being charged with first-degree murder and other charges.
Ann Marie Anastasi was denied bail on Friday. Her 13-year-old daughter remains in a juvenile facility.
Investigators say Anastasi Jr., his wife, Ann Marie, and Jacqueline all lived in the house together. Charging documents show the three, historically, were all sexual partners. Documents add the husband and wife’s marriage was fraught with conflict and domestic abuse and that Anastasi Jr. and Riggs were still in a relationship, but he and his wife were not. Ann Anastasi told police her husband committed suicide, but a gun near his body didn’t match evidence on scene.
Gunfail at the OK Corral
Mississippi judge: People charged with crimes are criminals
A Mississippi judge displayed a startling
lack of concern with constitutional rights during a one-on-one
interview.
Man Dies on Aer Lingus Flight After Biting Another Passenger
A bizarre incident on Sunday night onboard an Aer Lingus flight headed from Lisbon to Dublin has left one passenger dead. According to the Irish Mirror, a 24-year-old man “ran amok” and had to be restrained after he became violent and started “biting another passenger.”
The
crew reported that the man fell unconscious after he was restrained. A
doctor on the flight attempted to treat him, but he was pronounced dead
onboard the plane.
The
captain declared a medical emergency, diverting the flight to Cork.
There were approximately 168 passengers and six crew members on the
plane who were being questioned by police in Cork.
The passenger was flying solo and is believed to be a student in Ireland.
Stupid Hunters Go After Elk Through Fence Only To Discover It Was In A Zoo
The last thing they need are a bunch of children coming to the zoo while hunters are shooting up the forest!Kangaroo captured after hopping around New York neighborhood
A runaway kangaroo enjoyed a few minutes of fun in a New York neighborhood on Saturday morning.
The marsupial named Buster was spotted at around 8am after slipping
through an unlocked gate in a 6-foot-high fence and happily hopping
through Staten Island.
“It was jumping around, enjoying the freedom and the fun," said Urim
Osmani, 34, owner of the nearby Alb’s Auto Repair.
“We didn’t know what it was.
We thought it was a deer,” he said. “When it came closer, we saw it
was a kangaroo. We thought it disappeared from a zoo or something.”
Police sources confirmed that the 4-foot-tall kangaroo belongs to John
Schirripa.
Schirripa told police officers that the ‘roo belonged to his brother,
who he said brought Buster with him from upstate New York to his
sibling’s home.
Buster was hopping around in the backyard on Saturday morning when he
found the unsecured gate and made his move. Local residents then called
911.
When police arrived, they found Buster bouncing up and down in a
neighbor’s yard. The officers surrounded the kangaroo, but the owner
quickly showed up, subdued the animal and returned him to the backyard.
Buster’s adventure in the big city lasted about 10 to 15 minutes,
according to a police source.
No charges were filed and Buster remains in his owner’s custody.
The ASPCA was notified, per procedure, but it doesn’t look like they
will get involved, according to police.
“It looks like it’s legal to possess a kangaroo where this man is from,”
a police source said. “Since he was visiting the area and was returning
home today, there was no violation.”
Buster wasn’t injured, and neither were the police who responded.
“We were trying to keep it calm. We didn’t want to scare him,” Osmani
said. “We were scared it was going to hurt somebody. It jumped a couple
of times and then it disappeared.”
The ASPCA was notified, per procedure, but it doesn’t look like they
will get involved, according to police.
“It looks like it’s legal to possess a kangaroo where this man is from,”
a police source said. “Since he was visiting the area and was returning
home today, there was no violation.”
Buster wasn’t injured, and neither were the police who responded.
“We were trying to keep it calm. We didn’t want to scare him,” Osmani
said. “We were scared it was going to hurt somebody. It jumped a couple
of times and then it disappeared.”
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