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Today in History

454		In Italy, Aetius, the supreme army commander, is murdered in Ravenna by Valentinian III, the emperor of the West.
1327		Edward II of England is murdered by order of his wife.
1520		Suleiman (the Magnificent), son of Selim, becomes Ottoman sultan in Constantinople.
1589		The Duke of Mayenne of France is defeated by Henry IV at the Battle of Arques.
1673		James Needham returns to Virginia after exploring the land to the west, which would become Tennessee.
1745		A Scottish Jacobite army commanded by Lord George Murray routs the Royalist army of General Sir John Cope at Prestonpans.
1863		Union troops defeated at Chickamauga seek refuge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is then besieged by Confederate troops.
1904		Exiled Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph dies of a “broken heart”.
1915		Stonehenge is sold by auction for 6,600 pounds sterling ($11,500) to a Mr. Chubb, who buys it as a present for his wife. He presents it to the British nation three years later.
1929		Fighting between China and the Soviet Union breaks out along the Manchurian border.
1936		The German army holds its largest maneuvers since 1914.
1937		The women’s airspeed record is set at 292 mph by American pilot Jacqueline Cochran.
1937		J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit is published.
1941		The German Army cuts off the Crimean Peninsula from the rest of the Soviet Union.
1942		British forces attack the Japanese in Burma.
1944		U.S. troops of the 7th Army, invading Southern France, cross the Meuse River.
1978		Two Soviet cosmonauts set a space endurance record after 96 days in space.
1981		Belize granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
1989		General Colin Powell is confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1991		Armenia granted independence from USSR.
1993		The Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 begins when Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and invalidates the existing constitution.
1999		Earthquake in Taiwan kills more than 2,400, injures over 11,305, and causes $300 billion New Taiwan dollars ($10 billion in US dollars).
2003		Galileo space mission ends as the probe is sent into Jupiter’s atmosphere where it is crushed.

Oxytocin Enhances Spirituality,

Oxytocin Enhances Spirituality, New Study Says

Oxytocin has been dubbed the “love hormone” for its role promoting social bonding, altruism and more. Now new research from Duke University suggests the hormone may also support spirituality. In the study, men reported a greater sense of spirituality shortly after...

Beer may make you happier and more sexually ope

Science shows beer may make you happier and more sexually open

My Mom Grew Up in a Utopian Colony in Iowa

We read about the Oneida Community, which evolved into a silverware company. It’s not the only intentional community, or utopia, that morphed into a successful consumer goods company. the Amana settlement in Iowa began as a separatist religious commune, but ended up in your kitchen.

If Amana sounds familiar it may be because it’s the name of your fridge or microwave. Although the Germanic religious group embraced separatism and outdated fashions in a similar way to the Amish, the Amana Society has always had a comfortable relationship with technology.
In 1855, the Amana Colonies were founded by a Pietistic German religious sect called the Community of True Inspiration. The founders were communal pacifists attracted to America for its religious freedom and to Iowa for its fertile soil. This soil was made available by earlier treaties designed to drive out the Meskwaki Nation to make room for white settlers.

Ellie Gordon-Moershel came from a family of Amana settlers, but didn’t connect the family’s appliances with the traditional religious sect her mother grew up in for many years. Now she tells us the story of Amana, both the sect and the company, at Atlas Obscura.

Anti-vaxx mom abandons the movement after all three of her kids nearly die from rotavirus

Anti-vaxx mom abandons the movement after all three of her kids nearly die from rotavirus

An anti-vaccine mother explained how she changed her mind on inoculation after her own children became seriously ill from an easily prevented virus.

Mom goes bonkers when teacher stomps flag for 1st Amendment lesson in class her kid isn’t even in

Mom goes bonkers when teacher stomps flag for 1st Amendment lesson in class her kid isn’t even in

The teacher posted on his own Facebook page, saying that the lesson was about the Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson, in which the high court upheld that flag desecration was a protected form of protest under the First Amendment.

Federal judge says Bitcoin counts as money ...

Federal judge says Bitcoin counts as money during JPMorgan Chase hacking trial

13 Important Questions About Criminal Justice We Can't Answer

13 Important Questions About Criminal Justice We Can't Answer

Anti-government kook suspected in New Mexico bomb plot radicalized online

Anti-government kook suspected in New Mexico bomb plot radicalized online, father says

Federal agents raided two homes in New Mexico looking for evidence that an anti-government agitator was manufacturing explosives.

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Funny, he doesn't look "Mooslem" to me - he looks like a WASP. I guess there is something to that Book and Covers thing after all.

Dash cam video shows unarmed black man with hands in air before Tulsa police shoot him dead

Dash cam video shows unarmed black man with hands in air before Tulsa police shoot him dead

Dash cam video released by the Tulsa Police Department on Monday showed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher with his hands above his head moments before he was shot and killed by one of the officers at the scene.

Life would be vastly different if our phones warned us about the real sources of daily terrorism

(i.e., the lunatic fringe wingnuts)

This Sickening Pro-Gun Meme Is Quite Possibly The Most Vile Thing On The Internet

This Sickening Pro-Gun Meme Is Quite Possibly The Most Vile Thing On The Internet

The pro-gun crowd proves beyond any doubt that they’re in possession of horrifically blackened souls when they do this.

Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes at Highest Levels Since 9/11

Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes at Highest Levels Since 9/11

Dumbass Trump-loving ‘alt-right’ lunatic begs for mainstream acceptance at ‘deplorable’ DC meet-and-greet

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Never gonna happen - the acceptance - no matter how much you beg.

Dumbass Trump-loving firefighter canned after advocating to make slavery legal again

Dumbass Trump-loving firefighter canned after advocating to make slavery legal again

Many people in the nearly 4,000 person town were shocked the comments came from someone tasked with coming to their aid in emergencies.

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Being a bigot has consequences!

6 Amazing Geoglyphs

Quick answer to the question, “What the heck is a geoglyph?” Do you know what the Nazca lines are? Then you know what a geoglyph is!

1. THE NAZCA LINES
A geoglyph, meaning “land picture,” is a large— sometimes huge— image formed on or carved into the surface of the earth. The most famous are probably the Nazca lines, the enormous figures of people, animals, plants, and geometric shapes scribed into the ground in southern Peru by the ancient Nazca people roughly 1,500 years ago.
But the Nazca lines aren’t the only ones. Geoglyphs can be found all over the world, including in North America. Here are the stories of a few you might want to see for yourself someday.

2. THE UFFINGTON WHITE HORSE

Located on a hillside in the parish of Uffington, in south-central England, this geoglyph is so big (about 374 feet across) that from up close it’s impossible to make out what it is. But from a distance— as far as 20 miles on a clear day— it comes to life. It’s the stylized figure of a running horse. It was made by digging trenches up to 10 feet wide in places and filling them with crushed white chalk, making the image stand out starkly against the lush green hillside. And it’s very, very old: archaeologists say it dates to between 1400 and 600 BC. Who made it— and why— is unknown. And some people say it’s not a horse but a cat or perhaps a dragon, although written descriptions of the ancient work going back to the 11th century AD refer to it as a horse.
Note: Similar chalk “hill figures,” as this type of geoglyph is known, can be found all over southern England. Some, like this one, are made by filling trenches with chalk taken from nearby quarries, and others are made by simply stripping away the turf and exposing chalk already deposited below the surface.
3. THE CERNE ABBAS GIANT

This figure is similar to the Uffington White Horse in that it’s a chalk figure, but this one has a human shape… and it’s naughtier. It’s the figure of a man cut into a steep hillside in the village of Cerne Abbas, not far from England’s southern coast. The figure is 180 feet long— so it can be seen from very far away— and depicts a man standing with outstretched arms, carrying a long knotted club in his right hand. It has facial features (eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth), two circles for nipples, lines on the midsection that appear to be ribs, and below the waist it is (ahem) anatomically correct. (That area of the figure explains the site’s alternate name: “The Rude Man of Cerne.”)
The Cerne Abbas Giant was long thought to be an ancient geoglyph, but more recent investigations suggest that may not be the case. One reason: unlike other chalk figures in the region, it was not written about in ancient times. The earliest known reference to it only dates to the late 17th century, which leads some experts to believe it was made around that time, possibly as some kind of political parody.

4. THE SAJAMA LINES

If you look at aerial or satellite photographs of the region around Mount Sajama, in the high desert plateau land of western Bolivia, it appears as if someone took a giant ruler and scribed thousands of very straight, crisscrossing lines into the land. These are the Sajama lines. Archaeologists say they were made by scraping away surface layers of dark topsoil and rock, thereby exposing the light-colored rock below. They range from 3 to 10 feet in width, with the longest stretch about 12 miles. And each of the lines somehow maintains its very straight course over the rugged, uneven landscape— evidence, experts say, that the lines weren’t built as simple footpaths, as such paths wouldn’t need to be so straight. Many of the lines radiate from a center point, over the region’s hills and peaks, like spokes emanating from the hub of a wheel; this has led some to conclude that the lines carry some kind of religious significance, perhaps as paths used in ritual pilgrimages. Sources vary as to their age: some say they are hundreds of years old, others say thousands. In any case, exactly who made them— and why they made them— remains a mystery.
5. THE BLYTHE GEOGLYPHS

These six huge figures— three depicting humans; two of animals, possibly horses or pumas; and one spiral shape— are scribed into the earth in the Sonoran Desert, not far from the town of Blythe in remote southeast California. The largest, the figure of a man with outstretched arms, measures 171 feet from head to toe. Archaeologists theorize that the drawings were made much the way the Sajama lines were made— by scraping away dark layers of pebbles and sediment, revealing lighter-colored soil below— and that they were likely made by ancestors of the native Mojave and Quechan peoples who still live in the region today. They are at least 450 years old— and possibly much older. They were completely unknown to science or the general public until 1931, when U.S. Army Air Corps pilot George A. Palmer saw them from his small airplane and alerted scientists to their existence. Since Palmer’s discovery, hundreds of other ancient geoglyphs have been discovered in the region.

6. THE ATACAMA GIANT

The Atacama Giant is one of more than 5,000 geoglyphs that can be found on the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, home to the largest collection of geoglyphs in the world. But this is one of the most spectacular. It’s the depiction of a human-like figure scraped into the side of a steep, rocky hill. It’s a towering 393 feet tall and more than 100 feet wide. It has a large, wide, rectangular head with large square eyes and a single square hole that could be either a nose or a mouth. Straight, parallel lines emanate from the top and sides of the head. The figure has a long, rectangular body; the arms are bent, with hands held up at shoulder height; and it has long, thin, straight legs— giving it a vaguely robotic (even Lego-ish) look overall. There are several other images drawn into the earth nearby, including circles and lines, and some archaeologists believe they may have all been used together for some kind of astronomical purpose. Most experts assume the figure represents a deity of some importance to whoever made the giant image, while others believe the Atacama Giant is a drawing of an alien in a space suit. (Which is a lot more fun.)

Astrologists freak out over false rumor that NASA rewrote the zodiac chart

Astrologists freak out over false rumor that NASA rewrote the zodiac chart

A misunderstanding of basic science led to the internet rumor that NASA wreaked havoc on horoscopes by rewriting the zodiac chart.

Puppy Realizes He's At The Dog Park, Goes Absolutely Bonkers

Check out what happens the instant Scrattie realizes he's just arrived at the dog park. You will never be as excited for anything in your life as much as this dog is right now.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

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Today in History


480 BC		Themistocles and his Greek fleet win one of history’s first decisive naval victories over Xerxes‘ Persian force off Salamis.
1378		The election of Robert of Geneva as anti-pope by discontented cardinals creates a great schism in the catholic cult.
1519		Ferdinand Magellan embarks from Spain on a voyage to circumnavigate the world.
1561		Queen Elizabeth of England signs a treaty at Hampton Court with French Huguenot leader Louis de Bourbon, the Prince of Conde. The English will occupy Le Havre in return for aiding Bourbon against the Catholics of France.
1565		Pedro Menendez of Spain wipes out the French at Fort Caroline, in Florida.
1604		After a two-year siege, the Spanish retake Ostend, the Netherlands, from the Dutch.
1784		Packet and Daily, the first daily publication in America, appears on the streets.
1806		Explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark pass the French village of La Charette, the first white settlement they have seen in more than two years.
1830		The National Negro Convention convenes in Philadelphia with the purpose of abolishing slavery.
1850		The slave trade is abolished in the District of Columbia.
1853		The Allies defeat the Russians at the Battle of Alma on the Crimean Peninsula.
1863		Union troops under George Thomas prevent the Union defeat at Chickamauga from becoming a rout, earning him the nickname “the Rock of Chickamauga.”
1934		Bruno Hauptmann arrested for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.
1952		Scientists confirm that DNA holds hereditary data.
1971		Hurricane Irene becomes the first hurricane known to cross from the Atlantic to Pacific, where it is renamed Hurricane Olivia.
1973		In a pro tennis bout dubbed “The Battle of the Sexes,” Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in Texas.
1977		Socialist Republic of Vietnam admitted to the United Nations.
1984		Suicide car bomber attacks US embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 22.
1985		Australia introduces a capital gains tax.
1990		South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia in the former Soviet Union.
2000		British MI6 Secret intelligence Service building in London attacked by unidentified group using RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
2001		The shrub, addressing a joint session of Congress, declares a “war on terror.”.
2008		A truck loaded with explosives detonates by Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 45 and injuring 226.
2011		US military ends its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and allows gay men and women to serve openly.

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An Economic Analysis of Homer Simpson

Are the Simpsons a middle class family? Upper middle or lower middle? Or working class? He’s had a lot of jobs, but has worked at the nuclear power plant more than anywhere else. Homer owns a house, has a car, and a wife who doesn’t work, but that’s mainly because she has an infant. Who will never grow up. So what’s their economic status?

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Considering how many episodes there have been (597), someone with some time can figure it all out. And Vox did.

The problem with cold-pressed juice

The real cost of the juicing fad? Food waste. Tons of it.

Linked with fasting, “cleanses,” and the raw-food movement, these fruit and vegetable drinks continue to skyrocket in popularity, whether made-to-order like mine or bottled, pressure treated, and refrigerated for purchase within a few weeks. Such a short shelf life contributes to sky-high prices, which a certain demographic is more than willing to pay. Projected 2015 sales of bottled cold-pressed juices exceed $400 million. That’s nearly 15 times 2010’s actuals...
Because cold-pressed juices are squished, rather than shredded by blades, they may contain more of certain vitamins (like A and C) and bioactive phytochemicals (like carotenoids) than their mass-produced, heat-pasteurized counterparts. Compare sipping a green juice to simply eating greens, though, and it’s a different story: “Juices lose fiber and the nutrients attached to that fiber,” explains Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University. Moreover, one 16-ounce serving of cold-pressed fruit juice can contain twice as many calories as 2 cups of raw vegetables.
That same serving of juice generates up to 4.5 pounds of pulp, depending on the ingredients. So where does all the leftover cucumber, mint, kale, apple, and carrot go? In the worst nightmare of a zero-waste zealot, straight to a landfill. There, the pulp rots and generates methane. Further details at Modern Farmer.

The "Pillars of Creation"

"The pillars are composed of cool molecular hydrogen and dust that are being eroded by photoevaporation from the ultraviolet light of relatively close and hot stars. The leftmost pillar is about four light years in length. The finger-like protrusions at the top of the clouds are larger than our solar system, and are made visible by the shadows of evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs), which shields the gas behind them from intense UV flux. EGGs are themselves incubators of new stars. The stars then emerge from the EGGs, which then are evaporated.

Napoléon Bonaparte, Failed Novelist

Did you know that Napoléon Bonaparte tried his hand at fiction before he became a revolutionary? Well, if Saddam Hussein could write a romance novel, why not Napoléon? A French publishing company found (and published) a novella written by Napoléon in 2007, and a substantial portion of the manuscript is going up for auction.

Clisson et Eugénie is unabashedly autobiographical. Penned in the autumn of 1795, while Napoleon was still rising in the ranks of the French army, the novel centers around an officer named Clisson, “a man of fervent imagination, with his blazing heart, his uncompromising intellect and his cool head”. The war-weary Clisson decides to quit his position and enjoy the spa baths of central France. There he meets two young women, Amélie and Eugénie, and falls desperately (and tragically) in love with Eugénie. While tender, this romance is also quite tame. The closest the author comes to sex may be: “Their hearts fused … the most exquisite voluptuousness flooded the hearts of the two enraptured lovers.”
The novella only runs about 22 scribbled pages, so the plot swiftly progresses from love to marriage to melancholy.

Only four pages will go to auction; the rest are in a museum or single pages in private collections. Napoléon wrote the story when he was 26 years old, and it very well may have been a kind of self-therapy, as it was based on a woman he knew and loved. Think about how history may have been different if he had found success as a novelist! Read more about Clisson et Eugénie at the Guardian.

Classic Bettie

A short history of playground equipment

Excerpts from a longread at Collectors Weekly:

[R]emoving and replacing playground equipment takes money, so a certain amount of vintage playground equipment survived into the next millennium—but it’s vanishing fast. Fortunately, Brenda Biondo, a freelance journalist turned photographer, felt inspired to document these playscapes before they’ve all been melted down. Her photographs capture the sculptural beauty and creativity of the vintage apparatuses, as well as that feeling of nostalgia you get when you see a piece of your childhood. After a decade of hunting down old playgrounds, Biondo published a coffee-table book, 2014’s Once Upon a Playground: A Celebration of Classic American Playgrounds, 1920-1975, which includes both her photographs of vintage equipment and pages of old playground catalogs that sold it.

More discussion and a gallery of photos at Collector's Weekly.

Aquagenic urticaria

This is the world of Rachel Warwick, who is allergic to water... Any contact with water whatsoever – even her own sweat – leaves Rachel with a painful, swollen and intensely itchy rash which can last for several hours...
Otherwise known as aquagenic urticaria, the condition is like being stung by a bush of particularly pernicious nettles, combined with the malaise of hay fever, every single day...
Technically, the condition isn’t actually an allergy at all, since it’s likely caused by an immune reaction to something within the body, rather than an over-reaction to something foreign, such as pollen or peanuts... In theory, anti-histamines should work every time.
In practice, the drugs have decidedly mixed results... All they needed was a drug which could block IgE’s effects. And as luck would have it, there was already a drug on the market which could do just that. Omalizumab was originally developed as a treatment for asthma... Since then scientists have discovered omalizumab is effective against even the most obscure forms of urticaria – from reactions to sunlight to changes in temperature, to friction.
Here is the relevant page from the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center at the NIH.

GABA

GABA: A Treatment for Depression or Just More Hype?

The Lewdest Sounding Town Names In The United States

People with dirty minds like to turn location names into crude jokes, and with the exception of places like Lake Titicaca that are totally asking for it these towns don't deserve to be thought of as smutty.
In fact, there are too many lewdly named places on the planet as it is, and in the United States there's at least one town with a lewd name in every single state, towns that were clearly founded by perverts.

Okay, so maybe you don't need a dirty mind to think town names like Humptulips, Wankers Corner and Bumpass sound like the punchline of a filthy joke.
But Hooker, Oklahoma was obviously named after all the crochet enthusiasts who founded the town, and Blue Ball Village was founded by racquetball enthusiasts, right? *wink*

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Georgia pastor arrested for raping 10-year-old girl at homeless shelter he founded

A Georgia pastor has been taken into custody after a 10-year-old girl told police she had been raped at the homeless shelter he founded, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Danny Wells, — who also calls himself Pastor 7 — was arrested by Cobb County police on Thursday and charged with rape and aggravated child molestation.
Wells founded 7 Bridges to Recovery ministry and runs The Garden, a homeless shelter he founded in Smyrna.
According to the website for his church, Wells created his ministry after being released from prison saying, “While in solitary, God came to 7 and whispered in his ear that He would never leave him or forsake him.”
The website also states that The Garden is home to 60 women and 40 children who have been rescued from the streets.
According to police, the young girl was staying at the shelter with her family and revealed details during an interview.
Police state that they are interviewing others who have stayed at the shelter looking for other victims.

A solid gold toilet

And fully functional.

New York’s Guggenheim museum unveiled its latest installation on Friday – a solid gold toilet titled America.
The toilet, which the Guardian can confirm is fully functioning, is the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan...
Visitors to the museum are able to use the golden toilet in much the same way as they would use a normal toilet. It is located in a standard, pre-existing bathroom on the fourth floor of the museum, a small placard the only indication of its presence...
Nathan Otterson, senior conservator, objects at the Guggenheim, is responsible for maintaining the toilet. He said a cleaning crew will attend to the toilet every 15 minutes... “We would hope no one would try to remove part of the toilet,” Otterson said.

Toilet mural to stay despite mixed response

A controversial public toilet mural will not be removed, despite being deemed a "degrading and disrespectful mess" by some. The mural on the public toilets building in Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand, depicts men's and women's legs with underwear around their ankles. The Hurunui District Council fielded several complaints in August over the commissioned work when painting began on the women's side of the facility.

The council reported: "Initial feedback received via social media raised concerns that the images depicted were sexualized and were therefore inappropriate for public display." Complainants were asked to withhold their judgement until after the "tongue in cheek" mural was finished. Council team leader customer and information services Naomi Woodham said the mural had since been completed and was proving to be an attraction. "Several people have told us that they actually went up to Cheviot specifically to visit the loos to see what all the fuss is about," she said. "Since the initial handful of people that took issue with the incomplete mural, there have been no further complaints, in fact there has been a considerable number of compliments."
Hagar New Zealand operations director Sarah Scott Webb said their original concerns about the image, and its role in helping to feed sexualization and objectification messages, were still there. "We are a frontline organization that deals with victims of pedophilia and sexual abuse, and often public toilets are a breeding ground for this to happen. With any decisions like this, with any images like this, the question needs to be asked if it actually helps the safety and protection of young people or not. I'm not sure these images do." Council officers reviewed the process the Cheviot Ward Committee undertook prior to the mural's installation and was satisfied "proper process was followed".

Complainant Marianne Beker said she was disappointed the council had not changed its stance. "As a women I don't think it does anything for the safety of women to have their pants round their ankles." Others praised the council for "being a little creative". In a written statement to the council, John and Susan Collins encouraged those against the mural to "treat it as art, look, ponder, think, love or hate. That is the purpose of art to entertain, reflect, create conversation, and so expand our perception of the world we live in," they said. "Our grandchildren are planning to come down from Nelson in the next school holidays specifically to look at the wall, so please leave it for them to look at and enjoy."

Lesbian booted out of women’s bathroom at L.A. music hall after guard insisted she was a man

Lesbian booted out of women’s bathroom at L.A. music hall after guard insisted she was a man

"The fact that their woman employee waited outside my stall for proof that I was a woman, didn’t believe me off my voice. That’s what hurt and had me shocked."

Woman arrested after making up kidnapping story to see if boyfriend 'truly cared about her'

A Florida woman was arrested on Tuesday after she claimed she was kidnapped at gunpoint but later admitted she concocted the story to get her boyfriend's attention.Janet Elena Brooks, 22, of Clermont was charged with filing a false report with law enforcement. She was released from the Lake County Jail after she posted a $2,000 bond.
According to an arrest affidavit, Brooks reported to Lake and Polk County sheriff’s offices on Saturday that she had been abducted by a man at gunpoint while walking in the parking lot of a Four Corners apartment complex in the Clermont area and forced into the trunk of his black Kia. She said she was then dropped off at a dog park in Polk County.
But deputies later obtained surveillance footage from the front gate camera of the complex that showed her exiting the property and walking toward US Highway 27. Deputies then confronted Brooks on Tuesday and she admitted she made up the story because she thought another woman was interested in her boyfriend and she just wanted to see if he “truly cared about her.” She added she actually had walked to a Clermont store and had a friend drop her off at the dog park.

Man who failed to attend court because he didn’t want his name in the newspaper arrested

A man from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who was arrested because he didn’t want his name in the newspaper over a hotel room being trashed has been accused of using disorderly behavior in a hospital. Belfast Magistrates Court heard that Anthony O’Neill, 21, failed to attend court last June over allegations he wrecked a room at Madison’s Hotel “because he didn’t want his name” to appear in the Belfast Telegraph like his co-accused who admitted the incident.
As well as appearing on foot of a bench warrant for his arrest, O’Neill was also charged with five new offenses including two counts of theft, possessing class B herbal cannabis, assaulting a police officer and using disorderly behavior at the Ulster Hospital. Constable Logan told the court he believed he could connect him to the offenses but that police objected to O’Neill being granted bail given his previous record, failures to attend court, being in a suspended jail sentence and on probation.
He said police were called to the Cruis Clothing shop over a report of shoplifting and when officers searched O’Neill, they uncovered £182 ($235, €212) worth of clothing which was not fit for resale. The search also uncovered a small amount of herbal cannabis and an £87 ($115, €100) bottle of Yves Saint Laurent Perfume. As a result of O’Neill’s intoxication, he was taken to the emergency department of the Ulster Hospital but while there, he “repeatedly shouted and swore” and lashed out at police.
O’Neill’s defense solicitor said while he would admit to having the cannabis, all the other offenses were denied. She said that in relation to the criminal damage of the hotel, O’Neill saw in the newspaper that his co-accused had taken full responsibility so he didn’t attend “because he didn’t want his name reported on.” Remanding O’Neill into custody, District Judge Amanda Henderson adjourned the case until Tuesday.

100-Year-Old Tortoise Fathers 800 Offspring in Fight to Save Species

100-Year-Old Tortoise Fathers 800 Offspring in Fight to Save Species

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