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Car gets wedged outside historic Bath hotel​

Diners at one of Bath's historic hotels were met with an unusual sight on Mother's Day when a car became wedged against its basement windows.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the Francis Hotel in Queen Square at about 04:45 GMT on Sunday.
A rescue crew freed one of the occupants from the vehicle, while another was able to get out by himself.
The car remains stuck but the hotel is open as normal.

Emily, 47, was visiting family from London for Mother's Day lunch when she saw the accident.
She told BBC West: "We thought it might have been a small fire but we looked over the railings and there was a whole car fitted in there and people making jokes about parking - you can't really see how it got down there.

"There was quite a large section of the railings that were broken and some stonework had also been damaged, so you could see it must have been quite high impact.
"There was a fire engine and a few crew, but there didn't seem to be anything happening - I don't know if the fire crew were just guarding the site.
"The hotel was open - it was a bit strange because you could see through the window and there were people having their lunch and their afternoon tea above where the car was."
A member of staff at the hotel said the basement was used for storage and guest rooms had been unaffected.

A spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue said: "We were called at 04:45 due to a car having left the road and colliding with a hotel and ended up in a precarious position over a basement area.
"An ambulance was in attendance and requested we help them rescue a young adult male from within that area."

Firefighters used specialist equipment to free the male, the spokesman said, before handing him into the care of paramedics.
"We worked closely with the Francis Hotel to make sure their business was not affected," the spokesman added.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-65008705
 
From the demostrations in France:

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Basically says that if they wanted to *have sex with* the government, they'd have voted for Brad Pitt.
 
Broken_Erika said:

Car gets wedged outside historic Bath hotel​

Diners at one of Bath's historic hotels were met with an unusual sight on Mother's Day when a car became wedged against its basement windows.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the Francis Hotel in Queen Square at about 04:45 GMT on Sunday.
A rescue crew freed one of the occupants from the vehicle, while another was able to get out by himself.
The car remains stuck but the hotel is open as normal.

Emily, 47, was visiting family from London for Mother's Day lunch when she saw the accident.
She told BBC West: "We thought it might have been a small fire but we looked over the railings and there was a whole car fitted in there and people making jokes about parking - you can't really see how it got down there.

"There was quite a large section of the railings that were broken and some stonework had also been damaged, so you could see it must have been quite high impact.
"There was a fire engine and a few crew, but there didn't seem to be anything happening - I don't know if the fire crew were just guarding the site.
"The hotel was open - it was a bit strange because you could see through the window and there were people having their lunch and their afternoon tea above where the car was."
A member of staff at the hotel said the basement was used for storage and guest rooms had been unaffected.

A spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue said: "We were called at 04:45 due to a car having left the road and colliding with a hotel and ended up in a precarious position over a basement area.
"An ambulance was in attendance and requested we help them rescue a young adult male from within that area."

Firefighters used specialist equipment to free the male, the spokesman said, before handing him into the care of paramedics.
"We worked closely with the Francis Hotel to make sure their business was not affected," the spokesman added.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-65008705
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This article is useless without pictures!

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Really quite fortunate no one was hurt.
 

Australian man arrested over AK-47-shaped bong​

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Australian police have charged a man who was seen allegedly carrying what seemed to be an AK-47 assault rifle – but which turned out to have a rather different purpose.
Officers rushed into action after a flurry of emergency calls from north-west Sydney on Wednesday evening.
A helicopter joined the search before CCTV led police to a parked car.
A "gun" was recovered, but police soon realised it was in fact a bong - a device used to smoke marijuana.

A 50-year-old man was later arrested in connection with the incident, police said.
"A search of [a] vehicle by police allegedly located an imitation AK-47 assault rifle. With the assistance of Polair [helicopter], officers found a man in nearby grassland," a New South Wales Police statement said.

The man was later charged with possession of an unauthorised firearm and intimidation.
He has been remanded in custody and his case will be heard in April.
Police will allege in court that the seized item was a bong, a water-filled filtration device used to smoke marijuana and other herbal substances, local media reported.
NSW drugs laws state that it is an offence to "sell, supply or display for sale a bong… or the component parts, whether or not [it] is intended to be used to administer a prohibited drug".
Designed as a cheap and reliable weapon for the Soviet army by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the 1940s, some 100 million actual AK-47s are estimated to have been manufactured over seven decades.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65120330
 

South Africa snake on plane: Deadly cobra in cockpit forces emergency landing​

It felt like just another flight for South African pilot Rudolph Erasmus, until he noticed an extra passenger on his plane at 11,000ft in the air.
However, it wasn't a human, but a cobra slithering under his seat.
"To be truly honest, it's as if my brain did not register what was going on," he told the BBC.
"It was a moment of [...] awe," he added, saying he initially thought the cold feeling on his back was his water bottle.

"I felt this cool sensation, sort of, crawling up my shirt," he said, thinking he may not have closed the bottle properly and water might have been dripping down his shirt.
"As I turned to the left and looked down I saw the cobra [...] receding its head backwards underneath the seat."

He then made an emergency landing on his flight from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. The private plane, a Beechcraft Baron 58, was carrying four passengers, as well as the snake.
A bite from a Cape cobra is lethal and can kill someone in just 30 minutes, so not wanting to cause panic, Mr Erasmus says he thought carefully before calmly telling those on board that there was an extra unwanted voyager.
He was also "so scared the snake might have gone to the back and cause mass panic".

In the end, he decided the tell them. "I did inform the passengers: 'Listen the snake is inside the aircraft, it's underneath my seat, so let's try and get down to the ground as soon as we can.'"
So how did the passengers react? Mr Erasmus described a moment of absolute silence: "You could hear a needle drop and I think everyone froze for a moment or two."
Pilots are trained for lots of scenarios, but certainly not for dealing with snakes in the cockpit he said, telling the BBC that panicking would have just made the situation worse.

The plane made an emergency landing in the city of Welkom.
However, the presence of the snake, although shocking, was not a total surprise. Two people working at Worcester flying club where the plane first took off, said they had earlier spotted a reptile taking refuge under the aircraft. They tried to "grab" it, but without success.
Mr Erasmus said he tried to find the snake before boarding the aircraft with his passengers, but "unfortunately it was not there, so we all then safely assumed that it must have crawled out overnight or earlier that morning, which was on Monday".
The slithering passenger is still missing, as engineers who then stripped the plane are yet to find it.
Mr Erasmus has been hailed a hero, with South African civil aviation commissioner, Poppy Khosa, praising his "great airmanship indeed which saved all lives on board," according to the News24 site.
But the modest pilot says he doesn't feel like he's special for what he did: "I think that's a bit blown up if I can be direct," he said. "It's also my passengers that remained calm as well."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65188013
 
like CFC has really fallen low . Where is the coverage of the grand opening of the Raumkommando der Bundeswehr ? You know , these people once declared war on the Empire and they have a full band and Vader and Stormtroopers and the inevitable Imperial Guard ?
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Man who became trapped inside Edmonton public art charged with mischief​

Emergency crews were called to the roadside art Sunday evening​

A man who became trapped inside a notable piece of Edmonton public art made of large silver spheres was arrested soon after firefighters helped him escape the structure.

Edmonton firefighters were called to the Talus Dome sculpture around 8:30 p.m. Sunday after someone walking by noticed a strange sight.

A man was inside the mound of polished stainless steel balls with no way out.

Connor Schwindt said he was on a post-Easter dinner run past the sculpture perched on the edge of Fox Drive and the Quesnell Bridge, when he noticed a commotion.

Firefighters were attempting to extricate the man. Schwindt said he asked firefighters if it was a man or animal trapped inside.

When he learned that it was a person inside, he began documenting the incident on his phone and poked his head inside the sculpture for a closer look.

He said the man inside the structure was beginning to panic.

"It was kind of like watching a mouse fall into a bucket," said Schwindt.

"He was just kind of running around inside of it starting to freak out because he couldn't get out."

Police say the man had climbed on top of the structure and became trapped inside soon after.

To extricate the man, firefighters had to cut into the structure and remove one of the balls, said Sarah Jackson, a spokesperson for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services.

Three crews, including a technical rescue team, were involved in the call, she said.

No injuries were reported.

Soon after the man slipped out of the sculpture, he was arrested.

Police say the man caused damage to several of the balls while climbing on top of the structure.

The 26-year-old was charged with one count of mischief over $5,000 then released, police said.

'Even stranger'​

Schwindt said his video of the incident has since gone viral, and it's no surprise. The installation, often referred to as the Talus Balls, has proven divisive among Edmontonians for years.

"Seeing a guy trapped in there was strange but seeing the social media fallout is even stranger," he said.

"I mean it's so Edmonton," he said. "How polarizing the Talus Balls are is already funny and to have some dude slip inside there … I just thought it was humorous."

The Talus Dome, maintained by the Edmonton Arts Council, is part of the City of Edmonton's Public Art Collection.

Constructed in 2011, the structure designed by California-based artists Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues cost around $600,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/talus-dome-sculpture-edmonton-man-trapped-1.6806168
 
Broken_Erika said:

Man who became trapped inside Edmonton public art charged with mischief​

Emergency crews were called to the roadside art Sunday evening​

A man who became trapped inside a notable piece of Edmonton public art made of large silver spheres was arrested soon after firefighters helped him escape the structure.

Edmonton firefighters were called to the Talus Dome sculpture around 8:30 p.m. Sunday after someone walking by noticed a strange sight.

A man was inside the mound of polished stainless steel balls with no way out.

Connor Schwindt said he was on a post-Easter dinner run past the sculpture perched on the edge of Fox Drive and the Quesnell Bridge, when he noticed a commotion.

Firefighters were attempting to extricate the man. Schwindt said he asked firefighters if it was a man or animal trapped inside.

When he learned that it was a person inside, he began documenting the incident on his phone and poked his head inside the sculpture for a closer look.

He said the man inside the structure was beginning to panic.

"It was kind of like watching a mouse fall into a bucket," said Schwindt.

"He was just kind of running around inside of it starting to freak out because he couldn't get out."

Police say the man had climbed on top of the structure and became trapped inside soon after.

To extricate the man, firefighters had to cut into the structure and remove one of the balls, said Sarah Jackson, a spokesperson for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services.

Three crews, including a technical rescue team, were involved in the call, she said.

No injuries were reported.

Soon after the man slipped out of the sculpture, he was arrested.

Police say the man caused damage to several of the balls while climbing on top of the structure.

The 26-year-old was charged with one count of mischief over $5,000 then released, police said.

'Even stranger'​

Schwindt said his video of the incident has since gone viral, and it's no surprise. The installation, often referred to as the Talus Balls, has proven divisive among Edmontonians for years.

"Seeing a guy trapped in there was strange but seeing the social media fallout is even stranger," he said.

"I mean it's so Edmonton," he said. "How polarizing the Talus Balls are is already funny and to have some dude slip inside there … I just thought it was humorous."

The Talus Dome, maintained by the Edmonton Arts Council, is part of the City of Edmonton's Public Art Collection.

Constructed in 2011, the structure designed by California-based artists Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues cost around $600,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/talus-dome-sculpture-edmonton-man-trapped-1.6806168
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I was just thinking that wasn't there when I lived there when I realised it was Edmonton, Canada and not Edmonton, North London. Also they acquired it about 20 years after I lived in Edmonton, North London so even if I'd had the right Edmonton I was there at the wrong time.
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/1645900177675362304

like wasn't it clear by April '22 that it was too cheap for integrated defences ? That's power of Democracy for you , finding new ways for profit when it seems your people will loose the vote .
 
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Pablo Escobar 'cocaine hippo' dies in Colombia after being hit by car | CNN

A hippo descended from the private menagerie of druglord Pablo Escobar has died in Colombia after being hit by a car, according to a statement from Colombian officials.
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I say, if they are dangerous and detrimental to the ecosystem why not simply kill them all instead if spending big money on relocating them. It is not like hippos are any endangered species afaik, and these ones shouldn't even exist to begin with. Saved money could then be spent in other necessary actions to improve ecosystem if wished.
 
Kyriakos said:
From the demostrations in France:

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Basically says that if they wanted to *have sex with* the government, they'd have voted for Brad Pitt.
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Late to the party, but a more adequate translation would be "if we wanted to get screwed by the government, we would have elected Brad Pitt".
I'm always amused at how near-identical french and english expressions are.
 
AmazonQueen said:
Woke Free Beer

Why give money to woke corporations that don't share your bigotry when you can give it to right wing grifters who will charge you 4 times as much for a can of mediocre weak beer?
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Woke free verses taste free. What a choice.
 
it is probably still too early considering the 7 hours between here and there , the US East Coast and all , but there will soon be reports of a bad side tank in a trailer park in the US , can fire the main gun , ready to fight in 24 hours if you have the relevant spares . See , first a so called leak to provide the means for the bad side leadership to justify their conduct ; the good side is on the ropes ! Then to minimize the "appearance" of weakness . Hence some 21 year old Minecraft player with like uhm , yeah right , access to stuff . He is quite proud of himself no doubt , waiting fools to come on him like flies in his future job as an US Intelligence Agent . Meanwhile the good side has captured so many bad side tanks (549 at a minimum) that they just get lost on US Highways . ı can get that tank myself , like if ı just bother to lift my damned finger , right ? But the even more weird thing is this ... Lack of ANY response in some specialist forum when some guy says it is 15:0 . Bad side Flankers have shot down 15 good side Fulcrums and good side Fulcrums have shot down no manned bad side planes ... Like ı know what propaganda is and like famous or whatever in regards to the Ghost of Kiev thing , but dear American pilots somewhere , how do you plan to make aces without mixing it ?
 

Beatriz Flamini: Athlete emerges after 500 days living in cave​

A Spanish extreme athlete has emerged from a cave after spending 500 days with no human contact, in what could be a world record.
When Beatriz Flamini entered the cave in Granada, Russia had not invaded Ukraine and the world was still in the grip of the Covid pandemic.
It was part of an experiment closely monitored by scientists.
"I'm still stuck on November 21, 2021. I don't know anything about the world," she said after exiting the cave.
Ms Flamini, 50, entered the cave aged 48. She spent her time in the 70-metres (230 feet) deep cave exercising, drawing and knitting woolly hats. She got through 60 books and 1,000 litres of water, according to her support team.
She was monitored by a group of psychologists, researchers, speleologists - specialists in the study of caves - but none of the experts made contact with her.

Footage on the Spanish TVE station showed her climbing out of the cave grinning, before hugging her team.
Speaking shortly afterwards, she described her experience as "excellent, unbeatable".
"I've been silent for a year-and-a-half, not talking to anyone but myself," she said, while reporters pressed her for more details.
"I lose my balance, that's why I'm being held. If you allow me to take a shower - I haven't touched water for a year-and-a-half - I'll see you in a little while. Is that OK with you?"

Ms Flamini later told reporters she lost track of time after about two months.
"There was a moment when I had to stop counting the days," she said, adding that she thought she'd been in the cave for "between 160-170 days".

One of the toughest moments came when there was an invasion of flies inside the cave, leaving her covered, she said.
The extreme athlete also described "auditory hallucinations".
"You are silent and the brain makes it up," she said.
Experts have been using her time in isolation to study the impact of social isolation and extreme temporary disorientation on people's perception of time.
Ms Flamini's support team said she has broken a world record for the longest time spent in a cave, but the Guinness Book of Records has not confirmed whether there is a record for voluntary time living in a cave.
It has awarded the "longest time survived trapped underground" to the 33 Chilean and Bolivian miners who spent 69 days 688 m (2,257 ft) underground after the collapse of a copper-gold mine in Chile in 2010.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65276888
 
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