posted 08-31-2018 12:49 AM                       

quote: Leo Enticknap

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The last I knew, Nikon still had one or two 35mm SLR models in production - don't know if they still do.

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posted 10-10-2018 02:17 PM                       

quote: Daily Mail

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Woman is banned from flying with her ‘emotional support squirrel’ and escorted off Frontier plane by police as furious passengers are delayed for two hours

A woman was removed from a flight after an airline refused to let her fly with her 'emotional support squirrel'.

Frontier Airlines got police to escort the woman off the plane after she brought the rodent onto the flight from Orlando to Cleveland last night.

The passenger told the airline in her reservation she would be boarding with an animal, but she was taken off the plane because the firm did not know it was a squirrel, according to FOX8.

She was told of the airline's policy but refused to leave when asked by staff and so Orlando Police were called to remove her while every passenger was also forced to disembark.

Frontier say from next month the company will only allow emotional support cats and dogs on its flights.

A spokesman for Frontier told ABC News: 'The passenger noted in their reservation that they were bringing an emotional support animal but it was not indicated that it was a squirrel. Rodents, including squirrels, are not allowed on Frontier flights.

'When she refused to deplane Orlando Police were called and requested that everyone be deplaned so they could deal with the passenger.

'Police eventually escorted the passenger off the aircraft and took her to the main terminal.'

Passengers complained of having to wait two hours while the woman was escorted off the jet by police.

ulia Papesch tweeted alongside a clip of police taking her off the plane: 'I just want everyone to know that all passengers had to deplane my flight to cleveland because a woman brought a SQUIRREL ON THE PLANE.'

She added in a Snapchat clip: 'They made us deplane because a woman brought on a f****** squirrel. Now the police just went on to remove her.'

Ken Casparis tweeted: 'Flight 1612 from to Cleveland was just deplaned. Word in the terminal is that a woman was claiming her squirrel was a dog and wouldn't get off the plane. Now if this isn't the most Florida thing I've ever seen...'

Another passenger added: 'Well they just delayed a flight from Orlando to Cleveland for a squirrel. So you're saying, somebody had gotten this approved?'

According to its website, Frontier's policy on support animals states: 'We do not accept unusual or exotic animals including but not limited to rodents, reptiles, insects, hedgehogs, rabbits, sugar gliders, non-household birds or improperly cleaned and/or animals with foul odor.'

Other airlines have also cracked down on what animals qualify as emotional support pets, such as Delta Airlines who said in January it would thoroughly vet passengers' trying to fly with various exotic animals.

A spokesman for Delta said some passengers in the past had tried to get 'comfort turkeys, gliding possums known as sugar gliders, snakes, spiders and more' on to flights.

In January, a woman tried to bring a peacock on board a flight in Newark, New Jersey, and in Florida this year, a man was evicted from his apartment because his squirrel did not qualify as an emotional support pet.

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posted 10-10-2018 10:02 PM                       

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When she refused to deplane Orlando Police were called and requested that everyone be deplaned so they could deal with the passenger.

'Police eventually escorted the passenger off the aircraft and took her to the main terminal.'

Passengers complained of having to wait two hours while the woman was escorted off the jet by police.

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posted 11-25-2018 09:20 PM                       

quote: Fox News

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GRAPHIC VIDEO: Hawaii burger place closes after video appears to show rat cooking

A burger joint in Honolulu has been forced to close its doors temporarily after two employees posted a video apparently showing them cooking a rat on the grill.

Teddy’s Bigger Burgers, a Hawaii-based burger chain, announced that one of their locations was closed and the two employees were fired after the video surfaced on social media.

“We are horrified that a former teenage employee would conduct themselves in that way and make such a video of which we are investigating its authenticity,” said Richard Stula, the president of Teddy’s Bigger Burgers.

The short clip posted on Snapchat shows two staff members joking as they film in what appears to be a rat being cooked on a grill. It remains unclear when the video was taken.

The company is consulting with its lawyers about a potential legal action against the employees who filmed the video, Stula said. “We are horrified a former employee would create something like this trying to destroy our reputation without regard for our 20-plus years of quality and aloha.”

A “complete sanitization” of the location has been initiated and all equipment and utensils at the restaurant will be replaced, the company said.

“We will then send a corporate team in to inspect and complete a thorough audit of the location before it is allowed to re-open,” the company’s president said in the statement.

The state Department of Health is also scheduled to inspect the restaurant on Friday.

Peter Oshiro, the state’s environmental health program manager, said the burger joint is contacting a licensed pest control operator to examine the restaurant for rodents.

“DOH appreciates the remedial and proactive efforts undertaken by the restaurant owner to protect public health,” Oshiro said in a statement.

Last year, the restaurant received a passing placard after an inspection.

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posted 12-06-2018 07:53 AM                       

quote: Daily Mail

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Wealthy financier sues top architect for £1m after he was promised a floating modernist home cinema with 'wow factor’ but got an ‘ugly, industrial disaster he loathes' for his £7m home

A wealthy financier who claims a top architect promised him a home cinema with 'wow factor' but delivered a 'disaster' is now suing him for nearly £1m.

Philip Freeborn, 55, former head of operations at Barclays Capital, wanted a 'sleek modernist cube' floating in the leisure complex of his £7m home.

But what he got, he claims, was an unfinished eyesore and 'expensive white elephant' loathed by both him and his wife, Christina Goldie, 54.

Far from dramatically 'floating' in the roof space of their garden pool house, it rested on 'ugly and conspicuous' steel columns, he told the High Court.

And they are so unhappy with its 'industrial feel', they say that demolition and re-building in their Totteridge home is the only option.

Now the couple are blaming rising young architect, Daniel Marcal, for their broken dream and are suing him for massive damages.

They are asking for £1million to recoup 'wasted costs', to demolish the installation, and to make good the building site.

Mr Marcal, however, denies all fault, insisting his role in the project was limited and the couple have no cause for complaint.

Robert Clay, for the couple, said they were inspired by Mr Marcal's vision of a home cinema housed 'in a glass box floating in the roof space'.

It was to be fitted with cutting-edge audio visual technology, but the design was heavily revised during the building works in 2014 and 2015, the court heard.

It remains incomplete to this day, said Mr Clay, but even in its near-final form its appearance came as an 'unpleasant surprise' to the couple.

The parents-of-two fiercely disliked the cinema's 'industrial feel' and did not expect it to be supported by six solid columns.

'The project went badly...the cinema as built is out of alignment and does not fit in the space,' Mr Clay told Judge Martin Bowdery QC

'It rests on ugly and conspicuous steel columns, and aesthetically it is unsatisfactory.

'To remedy its deficiencies would require dismantling, demolishing and re-building,' he added.

'Most importantly, the architectural jewel which they thought they would obtain has turned out to be very different from their expectations. They do not like it and it is not at all what they expected.

'Instead of a sleek modernist cube suspended over the hall, they find that the result is disappointing and has an industrial appearance.'

Mr Clay told the judge: 'Altogether the project has been an expensive white elephant. The money they spent has been wasted.

'Any work to remedy the defects - or to put the pool house back to what it was before - will involve extensive demolition and re-building.'

The couple cared about cost, Mr Clay explained, but they wanted a 'high-end wow factor', complete with deluxe plush seating.

The goal was to 'create something architecturally striking and impressive', he added.

And he told the judge: 'Our case is that the project has been a disaster...the main reasons for that are failures of design, and a failure to agree the brief.

'Project management issues have also contributed to it.'

But Mr Marcal insists he acted entirely competently and in line with his brief throughout and that the couple consistently approved the build.

In the witness box, he said there were times when he felt under 'an immense amount of pressure' from Mr Freeborn, adding: 'I felt intimidated by him'.

He disputed that either Mr Freeborn or Ms Goldie ever objected to the number of columns deployed in the project.

The couple say Mr Marcal agreed to 'design and project manage the works' and that was his role until their working relationship ended in 2016.

The architect, however, argues he was taken on for 'a much more restricted range of services,' carrying out much of his work on an 'ad hoc' basis.

The couple say they agreed a project which ended up being completely redesigned, but Mr Marcal's barrister, Thomas Ogden, said this was 'untenable'.

'The design evolved for various reasons and those changes were explained and approved,' he told the judge.

Mr Freeborn, currently Head of Banking at TORI Global, told the court: 'We had discussed creating a floating cinema and how dramatic that would be.

'I wasn't expecting an industrial design which was not something we had ever asked for.'

He felt 'bounced' into accepting Mr Marcal's final design, he told the judge.

'I was promised something with the wow factor' he said, adding that Mr Marcal had talked about it being a 'fantastic project' and wanting it for his portfolio.

Thomas Ogden, for Mr Marcal, denied that he had made grand promises about the build.

'You don't think your cinema has the wow factor, but some people might?' he put to Mr Freeborn.

But the financier responded: 'I think it would be quite unusual for people to consider that what's been built here has the wow factor.'

Judge Bowdery will give his ruling on the case at a later date.

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They "did not expect it to be supported by six solid columns." So how did they expect that structure to be kept aloft - filled with hydrogen, like the Hindenburg?!

posted 12-06-2018 10:42 AM                    

quote: Frank Cox

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Man, that's an ugly thing as it is in the photo.

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Just add a few port-windows & hang a screen at the other end of the room...

posted 12-07-2018 09:54 AM                    

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'Project management issues have also contributed to it.'

Is that polite-speak for the client not paying attention to design renderings and construction progress?

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posted 03-13-2019 02:08 AM                       

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Halton Regional Police are trying to identify a man who exposed himself to two women at an Oakville movie theatre last month.

Police say on Feb. 12 a man came out of the washroom of the Cineplex at 2081 Winston Park Dr., stood in the doorway and exposed himself to two female employees.

He then left the theatre.

The suspect is described as having a thin build and dark hair. He was wearing a light-coloured jacket with a black shirt and pants.

Anyone with information can contact police at 905-825-4747 ext. 2260​ or leave an anonymous tip through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477

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